BOOK RIOT’S 2021 READ HARDER CHALLENGE - hosted by bookriot

Read an LGBTQ+ history book
All books added
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

nonfiction essays history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced

128 pages | first published 1963

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ memoir challenging dark reflective medium-paced

264 pages | first published 2019

No Way, They Were Gay?: Hidden Lives and Secret Loves (Queer History Project) by Lee Wind

No Way, They Were Gay?: Hidden Lives and Secret Loves (Queer History Project)

Lee Wind

nonfiction biography history lgbtqia+ informative reflective medium-paced

296 pages | first published 2020

Disturbing Attachments: Genet, Modern Pederasty, and Queer History by Kadji Amin

Disturbing Attachments: Genet, Modern Pederasty, and Queer History

Kadji Amin

nonfiction informative reflective medium-paced

272 pages | first published 2017

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

One Last Stop

Casey McQuiston

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

432 pages | first published 2021

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider

Audre Lorde

nonfiction essays feminism lgbtqia+ sociology reflective slow-paced

190 pages | first published 1984

Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen

Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

Angela Chen

nonfiction lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective medium-paced

226 pages | first published 2020

Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker

Queer: A Graphic History

Meg-John Barker with Julia Scheele (Illustrator)

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ sociology challenging informative slow-paced

176 pages | first published 2016

We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib

We Have Always Been Here

Samra Habib

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

240 pages | first published 2019

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

Elatsoe

Darcie Little Badger with Rovina Cai (Illustrator)

fiction lgbtqia+ magical realism young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

368 pages | first published 2020