LGBTQ Recommended Ficiton
My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins and Fenway Park by Steve Kluger. 2008
Blackbird by Larry Duplechan. 2006
Finistere by Fritz Peters. 2006
Is He or Isn’t He? by John Hall. 2006
How They Met and Other Stories by David Levithan. 2008
Mousetraps by Pat Schmetz. 2008
The Boys and the Bees by Joe Babcock. 2006
Down to the Bone by Mayra Lazara Dole. 2008
Love & Lies: Marisol’s Story by Ellen Wittliinger. 2008
Absolutely, Positively Not by David LaRochelle. 2009
A Really Nice Prom Mess by Biran Sloan. 2008
Talk by Kathe Koja. 2008
The Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd. 2009
The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson. 2007
Grl2grl by Julie Anne Peters. 2007
A Tale of Two Summers by Brian Sloan. 2006
Rage: A Love Story by Julie Anne Peters. 2009
LGBTQ Recommended Non-Fiction
Testimonies: Lesbian and Bisexual Coming-out Stories by Sarah Holmes and Jenn Tust. 2006
GLBTQ: THe Survival Guide for Queer and Questioning Teens by Kelly Huegel. 2003
Out Law: What LGBT Youth Should Know About Their Legal Rights by Lisa Keen. 2007
Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suiside for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws by Kate Bornstein. 2006
Awkward and Definitions: The High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schrag by Ariel Schrag. 2008
Award Winners
Lambda Literary Awards seek to recognize excellence in the field of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender literature. Each year, over 80 judges — writers, booksellers, librarians, journalists — assess the entries in more than 20 categories.
Don’t forget! We have a dedicated section of LGBTQ books at the Copley Branch. It’s on the wooden shelves in the walls after the Mystery section. Feel free to drop by and browse.
