June is Pride Month: LGBTQ+ Reading Recommendations from Diversity & Inclusion Committee

It's June, which means it's time to celebrate Pride month with the LGBTQ+ community!

Below is a sample of books/audio books available through the Park Ridge Library and the Bergen County Cooperative Library System (BCCLS). We divided these books into nonfiction, fiction, historical fiction, and fantasy/mythology categories. Within these categories you'll find a variety of genres, topics, and voices.

Reading is, if nothing else, an innate act of empathy; of putting yourself, however temporarily, in another person's shoes. Whether you are a member of the LGBTQ+ community, would like to become more familiar with queer art, or simply enjoy a great read, we encourage you to check these out. The list below is by no means exhaustive, instead offering merely a sampling of some exciting and compelling reading material being published by LGBTQ+ authors.

Happy Pride!

The Park Ridge Diversity and Inclusion Committee

Non-Fiction Books:

• All Boys Aren’t Blue, by George M. Johnson
• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, by Alison Bechel
• Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches, by Audre Lorde
• Sorted: Growing Up, Coming Out, and Finding My Place, by Jackson Bird
• Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality, by Sarah McBride
• Untamed, by Glennon Doyle

Fiction Books:

• Cam Girl, by Leah Raeder
• Giovanni’s Room, by James Baldwin
• Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time: An Indigenous LGBT Sci-Fi Anthology, by Hope Nicholson
• Rubyfruit Jungle, by Rita Mae Brown
• Under the Udala Trees, by Chinelo Okparanta
• When The Moon Was Ours, by Anna-Marie McLemore
• I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver•
• Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake
• The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James by Ashley Herring Blake
• They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

Historical Fiction:

• Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Fantasy/Mythology:

• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller