Bloody Rose by Nicholas Eames
Genre | Fantasy Page #s | 544Publishing Date | August 2018 Live fast, die young. Tam Hashford is tired ofContinue Reading
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Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
Genre | Contemporary Fiction Page #s | 256Publishing Date | July 2021 Gilda, a twenty-something lesbian, cannot stop ruminating aboutContinue Reading
Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Abida Jaigirdar
Genre | YA Contemporary Fiction Page #s | 352Publishing Date | May 2021 Everyone likes Humaira “Hani” Khan—she’s easy goingContinue Reading
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
Genre | Contemporary Fiction Page #s | 241Publishing Date | February 2021 With her newly completed PhD in astronomy inContinue Reading
One More Stop by Casey McQuiston
Genre | YA Contemporary Fiction Page #s | 422Publishing Date | June 2021 From the New York Times bestselling author of Red, WhiteContinue Reading
Roadqueen: Eternal Roadtrip to Love by Mira Ong Chua
Genre | Graphic Novel Page #s | 270Publishing Date | December 2018 SHE CAN STEAL THE HEART OF EVERY GIRL…EXCEPTContinue Reading
Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell
Genre | YA Fantasy Page #s | 574Publishing Date | July 2021 In Carry On, Simon Snow and his friends realizedContinue Reading
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
Genre | Fantasy Page #s | 533Publishing Date | June 2021 Author of Empire of Sand and Realm of Ash Tasha Suri’s The Jasmine Throne,Continue Reading
Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard
Genre | Fantasy Novella Page #s | 99Publishing Date | February 2021 Award-winning author Aliette de Bodard returns with aContinue Reading
Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy by Leslie Brody
Genre | Biography Page #s | 335Publishing Date | December 2020 In this inspiring biography, discover the true story of HarrietContinue Reading
I Think I Love You by Auriane Desombre
A sweet and funny debut novel about falling for someone when you least expect it . . . and findingContinue Reading
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
This was a lovely YA historical novel about a Chinese American young woman coming to terms with her attraction to women, exploring queer community in 1950s San Francisco, and growing strong enough to stand up for herself and the life that she wants to create for herself.
Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier
Pizza Girl is a very well written book with a story I didn’t care for. I can appreciate the skill with which Frazier conveys the listlessness, anxiety, and obsession of a closeted pregnant teen girl. But I spent most of the book clutching my pearls and screaming, “STOP MAKING BAD CHOICES!” It reminded me a lot of a lesbian Juno.
5 Books for Lesbian Visibility Day
Established in 2008, Lesbian Visibility Day is celebrated on April 26th with the goal of raising “awareness about the stereotypes, judgments, and lack of representation that lesbians face” (source). I will do my small part to celebrate the holiday by highlighting five of my favorite books starring lesbians.
Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi
I adored this compulsively readable story of three women – Kambirinachi and her adult twin daughters Taiye and Kahinde that gives you literary feels with a page-turner drive. Set primarily in their home country of Nigeria but extending to England, France, and Canada, this is a book about the messy relationships we have with ourselves and each other.
