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

Read an LGBTQ+ history book
All books added
Stagestruck: Theater, Aids, and the Marketing of Gay America by Sarah Schulman

Stagestruck: Theater, Aids, and the Marketing of Gay America

Sarah Schulman

176 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ emotional reflective slow-paced
Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT Up New York, 1987-1993 by Sarah Schulman

Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT Up New York, 1987-1993

Sarah Schulman

736 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Tristan Jimerson, Archie Bongiovanni

A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns

Quick & Easy Guides

Tristan Jimerson, Archie Bongiovanni

64 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction comics graphic novel lgbtqia+ funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones

How We Fight For Our Lives

Saeed Jones

192 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Out North: An Archive of Queer Activism and Kinship in Canada by Nisha Ewaran, Craig Jennex

Out North: An Archive of Queer Activism and Kinship in Canada

Nisha Ewaran, Craig Jennex

292 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ challenging informative slow-paced
Stitch by Stitch: Cleve Jones and the AIDS Memorial Quilt by Rob Sanders, Jamey Christoph

Stitch by Stitch: Cleve Jones and the AIDS Memorial Quilt

Rob Sanders, Jamey Christoph

40 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography childrens history lgbtqia+ emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Steven Salerno, Rob Sanders

Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag

Steven Salerno, Rob Sanders

40 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography lgbtqia+ lighthearted medium-paced
Be Gay, Do Comics by Matt Bors, Sarah Mirk, Eleri Harris

Be Gay, Do Comics

Matt Bors, Sarah Mirk, Eleri Harris

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction comics history lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Disturbing Attachments: Genet, Modern Pederasty, and Queer History by Kadji Amin

Disturbing Attachments: Genet, Modern Pederasty, and Queer History

Kadji Amin

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction informative reflective medium-paced
The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government by David K. Johnson

The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government

David K. Johnson

277 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative slow-paced