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Best LGBTQIA+ books by authors

If you’re having a hard time adding all the queer books to your TBR stack, don’t miss this year’s Pride Month reading lecture guardian‘s list of America’s Best LGBTQ+ Books, Chosen by Authors. When I think about the celebrations surrounding the United States’ 55th anniversary, I feel a kind of deep-seated heaviness, and I’m going to address it in the form of this list. Highlights include Brian Washington (paravale) Rika Aoki’s favorite. light from a rare starSamuel R. Delaney (dark reflection) Recommended Giovanni’s room Written by James Baldwin and Imogen Binney (nevada) Recommended period Written by Dennis Cooper and Sarah Shulman (girls, vision and everything) Recommended My heart is a lonely hunter Written by Carson McCullers.

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We have some exciting adaptations coming up, including one about female knights and one about female ambition. Netflix picks up Alix E. Harrow’s time-loop fantasy eternal Toward a series. Hallow will serve as executive producer, and the series will be written by Daphne Ferraro (Maxton Hall: The World Between Us). At Anika Jade Reviz at Vice Studios flat earth He also plans to receive series-adapted treatment. Levy co-authored with Sam Zvibleman (Chapter 15– a personal favorite).

Books selected by universities as popular reading in 2026

Want to know what college freshmen across the country are reading as part of the 2026 Common Reads project? A mix of fiction and nonfiction, including books by Ross Gay, Elizabeth Gilbert, and George Orwell. Check out the complete list and consider what the title says about our current political moment.