Books for LGBTQ+ Pride Month

By Luis Diaz | June 7 2022 | General

In June we celebrate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Pride Month, which honors the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan.

Pride Month is a time to both celebrate the accomplishments of those in the LGBTQ+ community and also recognize the ongoing struggles faced by many across the world who wish to live as their most authentic selves.

To honor this community, here is a selection of titles that we encourage you to share with your students


We proudly amplify these authors during Pride Month and all year long as we invite readers to discover their stories. To uplift LGBTQ+ youth and help ensure they get the chance to write their own stories, Penguin Random House is donating 15% of PRH.com net proceeds in June 2022 to The Trevor ProjectLGBTQ Saves, and the Zebra Coalition (up to $30K Total). 


 

Rainbow Milk
A Novel
978-0-593-31307-7
An essential and revelatory coming-of-age novel from a thrilling new voice, Rainbow Milk follows nineteen-year-old Jesse McCarthy as he grapples with his racial and sexual identities against the backdrop of his Jehovah's Witness upbringing.
$18.00 US
May 31, 2022
Paperback
336 Pages
Anchor

Fairest
A Memoir
978-0-525-56132-3
"Talusan sails past the conventions of trans and immigrant memoirs." —The New York Times Book Review
$18.00 US
Jun 08, 2021
Paperback
320 Pages
Penguin Books

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
A Biomythography
978-0-89594-122-0
“ZAMI is a fast-moving chronicle. From the author’s vivid childhood memories in Harlem to her coming of age in the late 1950s, the nature of Audre Lorde’s work is cyclical. It especially relates the linkage of women who have shaped her . . . Lorde brings into play her craft of lush description and characterization. It keeps unfolding page after page.”
$17.99 US
Jan 01, 1982
Paperback
272 Pages
Crossing Press

The Engagement
America's Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage
978-1-9848-9851-7
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
$23.00 US
May 31, 2022
Paperback
928 Pages
Vintage

Sissy
A Coming-of-Gender Story
978-0-7352-1884-0
"Transformative ... If Tobia aspires to the ranks of comic memoirists like David Sedaris and Mindy Kaling, Sissy succeeds." —The New York Times Book Review
$18.00 US
Mar 03, 2020
Paperback
352 Pages
G.P. Putnam's Sons

Dream of the Divided Field
Poems
978-0-593-23099-2
From an award-winning poet comes a collection on heartbreak and transitions, written with a piercing lyric ferocity
$16.00 US
Mar 01, 2022
Paperback
96 Pages
One World

App Kid
How a Child of Immigrants Grabbed a Piece of the American Dream
978-0-525-65619-7
App Kid is an inspiring and deeply personal coming of age memoir from one of Silicon Valley’s youngest entrepreneurs—a second-generation immigrant who taught himself how to code as a thirteen-year-old and went on to claim his share of the American dream.
$27.00 US
Sep 21, 2021
Hardcover
304 Pages
Knopf

Legendary Children
The First Decade of RuPaul's Drag Race and the Last Century of Queer Life
978-0-14-313462-6
A definitive deep-dive into queer history and culture with hit reality show RuPaul's Drag Race as a touchstone, by the creators of the pop culture blog Tom and LorenzoNPR's Best Books of the Year 2020 pickA New York Times New & Noteworthy bookOne of Logo/NewNowNext's "11 Queer Books We Can't Wait to Read This Spring"
$18.00 US
Mar 03, 2020
Paperback
288 Pages
Penguin Books

Detransition, Baby
A Novel
978-0-593-13338-5
A whipsmart debut about three women--transgender and cisgender--whose lives collide after an unexpected pregnancy forces them to confront their deepest desires around gender, motherhood, and sex.
$18.00 US
Oct 05, 2021
Paperback
368 Pages
One World