It’s Dare Day! You know? Like our favorite truth or dare game, but without the option for truth. I promise my dare today won’t be too painful, actually if you’re up for the challenge it’s really fun. You’ll learn a lot, laugh, cry, and maybe fall in love with a few characters.
As today is also the start of Pride month, my dare for you is to read as many of these LGBTQIA+ books as you possibly can during the month of June and beyond. There are so many good books representing the LGBTQIA+ community that it was difficult to narrow it down to one list, so there are quite a few. But hopefully you’ll find some new favorites!
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Blechdel
Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans
Sea Foam and Silence by Dove Cooper
The Guncle by Steven Rowley
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
Pumpkin by Julie Murphy
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
The Tradition by Jericho Brown
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
All My Mother’s Lovers by Ilana Masad
With Teeth by Kristen Arnett
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Bingo Love by Tee Franklin
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Leah On the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
We Are Watching Eliza Bright by A.E. Osworth
The Bone People by Keri Hulme
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
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