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Sixteen New LGBTQ+ Books to Pick Up This Summer Pride month isn’t the only month to immerse yourself in stories about the LGBTQ+ community and by the LGBTQ+ community, but it’s a great month start, especially given this summer’s slate of new books hitting the shelves. Whether you’re looking for nonfiction, memoirs, story collections, YA fiction and more, there’s a new LGBTQ+ book on the horizon for you. We’ve rounded up 15 favorites to pick up this summer. One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston: August moved to New York City to prove to herself that fairy tale endings do not exist. But on the subway on her way to her first day of school, she’s quickly proven wrong when she meets Jane. Soon she realizes her new subway crush is literally displaced from the 1970s, stuck in a timeslip with no memory of her past. This time-bending queer romance is as big-hearted as it gets. ing the shelves. Whether you’re looking for nonfiction, memoirs, story collections, YA fiction and more, there’s a new LGBTQ+ book on the horizon for you. We’ve rounded up 15 favorites to pick up this summer The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo: Set in the Roaring Twenties, this Great Gatsby retelling follows Jordan Baker, an adopted Asian woman who has to work twice as hard to get what she wants. She’s a queer professional golfer raised in wealth and seen at every extravagant party, but on top of invitations to the secluded speakeasies and intoxicating Gatsby gatherings, golf meets and working to prove her worth, she’s still always seen as “other,” and that’s something of which she’s well aware. Bath Haus by P.J. Vernon: Oliver Park mkepridelife.com
lives with his affectionate partner, Nathan. But after visiting Haus, a gay bathhouse, without Nathan knowing, and following a man into a private room, everything starts to go wrong. As the lies begin to unravel, he’ll work to save more than just his relationship—but his life as well. Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So: From refugee children planning to create new paths for themselves to a queer couple inspiring the creation of a new app. Afterparties is a composition of short stories of Cambodian-Americans that explores the complexities of sexuality, family, friendship and race.
er and fellow trans man who posts of his transition on Instagram. After an uncomfortable encounter between the two, Pen convinces his roommates to put a hex on Aiden and curse him to the Shadowlands. But the hex transports a young trans man named Blithe instead, which means Pen and Aiden must work together to bring him back.
Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee: Transgender teen Noah thinks he’s a romance expert, running a blog about trans romance happily-ever-afters that’s loved by his many viewers. But when it’s revealed that all of his stories are made up, he tries to prove its authenticity by fake dating Drew, slowly falling for him and Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertal- realizing that love is nothing like the li: Best friends Kate and Anderson are fantasies he’s created. rarely separated, making big-time life decisions together and even pining for The Guncle by Steven Rowley: Patrick, the same guys from afar. But when one a previously famous gay sitcom star, has of their most recent crushes, Matt Ols- discovered that parenting, even temson, shows up at their school, Kate and porary parenting, is not as simple as Anderson realize they both have feel- he thought. After his sister-in-law dies ings for him. Will it put their long-term and his brother checks himself into refriendship at risk? hab, his niece and nephew are placed in Patrick’s care for the time being. His current lifestyle isn’t suited for children, Future Feeling by Joss Lake: Penfield especially as he recovers from losing his R. Henderson spends his life as a dog love and his career. walker, obsessing over holograms of Aiden Chase, a social media influenc(Continued on pg. 11) 10
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