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"While we celebrate queer literature and history all year long at Lit Hub dot com, we also love a good book list. This year, in honor of Pride, we reached out to some of our favorite librarians, booksellers, and authors and asked them about the queer books they find themselves recommending over and over again—the ones that no library would be complete without, book bans be damned. (We also added a few of our favorites because we can't help ourselves.) The resulting list of 111 books—categorized by classics, contemporary, nonfiction, poetry, YA, and children's—is by no exhaustive (we're not that good). But it is joyful, varied, and personal, the virtual equivalent of dropping into a bookstore and asking the coolest person what to read next."
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Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters)
Detransition, Baby
41
Torrey Peters
The Subtweet (Vivek Shraya)
The Subtweet
42
Vivek Shraya
The Prettiest Star (Carter Sickels)
The Prettiest Star
43
Carter Sickels
Afterparties: Stories (Anthony Veasna So)
Afterparties: Stories
44
Anthony Veasna So
The Freezer Door (Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore)
The Freezer Door
45
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Filthy Animals (Brandon Taylor)
Filthy Animals
46
Brandon Taylor
Bath Haus (P.J.Vernon)
Bath Haus
47
P.J.Vernon
Indecent (Paula Vogel)
Indecent
48
Paula Vogel
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
49
Alison Bechdel
I Remember (Joe Brainard)
I Remember
50
Joe Brainard
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel (Alexander Chee)
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
51
Alexander Chee
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex (Angela Chen)
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
52
Angela Chen
Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime (Alex Espinoza)
Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime
53
Alex Espinoza
Abandon Me (Melissa Febos)
Abandon Me
54
Melissa Febos
Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa (Rigoberto González)
Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa
55
Rigoberto González
The Queer Art of Failure (Judith Halberstam)
The Queer Art of Failure
56
Judith Halberstam
Derek Jarman's Garden (Derek Jarman)
Derek Jarman's Garden
57
Derek Jarman
How We Fight for Our Lives (Saeed Jones)
How We Fight for Our Lives
58
Saeed Jones
The Letters of Thom Gunn (August Kleinzahler, Michael Nott, Clive Wilmer)
The Letters of Thom Gunn
59
August Kleinzahler, Michael Nott, Clive Wilmer
Gender Queer (Maia Kobabe)
Gender Queer
60
Maia Kobabe
Gay Bar: Why We Went Out (Jeremy Atherton Lin)
Gay Bar: Why We Went Out
61
Jeremy Atherton Lin
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (Audre Lorde)
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
62
Audre Lorde
In the Dream House (Carmen Maria Machado)
In the Dream House
63
Carmen Maria Machado
Looking for Lorraine (Imani Perry)
Looking for Lorraine
64
Imani Perry
When Brooklyn Was Queer (Hugh Ryan)
When Brooklyn Was Queer
65
Hugh Ryan
The Women's House of Detention (Hugh Ryan)
The Women's House of Detention
66
Hugh Ryan
The Gentrification of the Mind (Sarah Schulman)
The Gentrification of the Mind
67
Sarah Schulman
Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 (Sarah Schulman)
Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993
68
Sarah Schulman
If You Knew Then What I Know Now (Ryan Van Meter)
If You Knew Then What I Know Now
69
Ryan Van Meter
Greedy: Notes From a Bisexual Who Wants to Much (Jen Winston)
Greedy: Notes From a Bisexual Who Wants to Much
70
Jen Winston
Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration (David Wojnarowicz)
Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration
71
David Wojnarowicz
Anybody: Poems (Ari Banias)
Anybody: Poems
72
Ari Banias
For the Hard Ones: A Lesbian Phenomenology (Tatiana De La Tierra)
For the Hard Ones: A Lesbian Phenomenology
73
Tatiana De La Tierra
Inheritance (Taylor Johnson)
Inheritance
74
Taylor Johnson
Bestiary (Donika Kelly)
Bestiary
75
Donika Kelly
Voyage of the Sable Venus (Robin Coste Lewis)
Voyage of the Sable Venus
76
Robin Coste Lewis
The Complete Works of Pat Parker (Pat Parker)
The Complete Works of Pat Parker
77
Pat Parker
Illuminations (Arthur Rimbaud)
Illuminations
78
Arthur Rimbaud
Crush (Richard Siken)
Crush
79
Richard Siken
As She Appears (Shelley Wong)
As She Appears
80
Shelley Wong
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