BOOKS

Our Favorite Queer Books!

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‘The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For’ by Alison Bechdel

'The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For' by Alison Bechdel was originally published as a comic strip from 1983 to 2008. The graphic novel...

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‘Carol’ by Patricia Highsmith

‘Carol’ (originally published as ‘The Price of Salt’) by Patricia Highsmith is a novel about the relationship between Therese Belivet and...

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‘Marriage of a Thousand Lies’ by SJ Sindu

‘Marriage of a Thousand Lies’ by SJ Sindu tells the story of Lucky. Lucky’s family is from Sri Lanka and tries to live by Hindu...

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‘The Prophets’ by Robert Jones Jr.

“Isaiah was Samuel's and Samuel was Isaiah's.” ‘The Prophets’ by Robert Jones Jr. is set on a cotton plantation in the Deep South....

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‘Felix Ever After’ by Kacen Callender

‘Felix Ever After’ by Kacen Callender is a wonderful coming of age book that I wish I could have read as a teenager. It's incredibly...

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‘Cantoras’ by Carolina De Robertis

‘Cantoras’ by Carolina De Robertis is a beautiful story of friendship and love between women during and after the Uruguayan dictatorship...

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‘In Memoriam’ by Alice Winn

‘In Memoriam’ by Alice Winn isn’t a particularly beautiful book. It’s gory at times. But it’s a fabulous one and completely on point....

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‘Das Summen unter der Haut’ by Stephan Lohse

‘Das Summen unter der Haut’ [~the buzzing under the skin] by Stephan Lohse is set in Hamburg (Germany) in 1977. Sexual relations between...