Have You Read These LGTBQ Books Yet?
Fresh from the Pride Parade on Sunday, TPL Staff have rounded up five of our fave LGTBQ+ reads. Like these? Crushing on others? Share your suggestions in the comments.
Girl Mans Up, by M.E. Girard (ebook)
In Ontario, Pen is a sixteen-year-old girl who looks like a boy. She's fine with it, but everyone else is uncomfortable–especially her Portuguese immigrant paren'ts and her manipulative neighbor who doesn't want her to find a group of real friends.
The Lies We Tell Ourselves, by Robin Talley (ebook)
In 1959 Virginia, Sarah, a black student who is one of the first to attend a newly integrated school, forces Linda, a white integration opponent's daughter, to confront harsh truths when they work together on a school project.
Everything Leads to You, by Nina LaCour (ebook)
While working as a film production designer in Los Angeles, Emi finds a mysterious letter from a silver screen legend which leads Emi to Ava who is about to expand Emi's understanding of family, acceptance, and true romance.
Symptoms of Being Human, by Jeff Garvin (ebook)
A gender-fluid teenager who struggles with identity creates a blog on the topic that goes viral, and faces ridicule at the hands of fellow students.
Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel: A Novel, by Sara Farizan (ebook)
Leila has made it most of the way through high school without having a crush on anyone, which comes as something of a relief. Her Persian heritage makes her different enough; if word got out that Leila liked girls, life would be twice as hard. But when a sophisticated, beautiful new girl, Saskia, shows up, Leila starts to take risks she never dreamed of.
- List compiled by Adele, TPL Pride Alliance Member
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