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

Read an LGBTQ+ history book
All books added
A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City: Murder, Secrets, and Scandal in Old Louisville by David Domine

A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City: Murder, Secrets, and Scandal in Old Louisville

David Domine

360 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction crime travel dark mysterious fast-paced
The Life & Times of Butch Dykes: Portraits of Artists, Leaders, and Dreamers Who Changed the World by Eloisa Aquino

The Life & Times of Butch Dykes: Portraits of Artists, Leaders, and Dreamers Who Changed the World

Eloisa Aquino

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ informative inspiring slow-paced
Peculiar Places: A Queer Crip History of White Rural Nonconformity by Ryan Lee Cartwright

Peculiar Places: A Queer Crip History of White Rural Nonconformity

Ryan Lee Cartwright

272 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history sociology medium-paced
Butch Heroes by Ria Brodell

Butch Heroes

Ria Brodell

96 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction art gender history lgbtqia+ informative slow-paced
Missing from the Village: The Story of Serial Killer Bruce McArthur, the Search for Justice, and the System that Failed Toronto's Queer Community by Justin Ling

Missing from the Village: The Story of Serial Killer Bruce McArthur, the Search for Justice, and the System that Failed Toronto's Queer Community

Justin Ling

8 hours, 51 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ politics true crime challenging dark informative slow-paced
The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality by Julie Sondra Decker

The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality

Julie Sondra Decker

308 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective slow-paced
I movimenti omosessuali di liberazione by Mariasilvia Spolato

I movimenti omosessuali di liberazione

Mariasilvia Spolato

195 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction medium-paced
I, Pierre Seel, Deported Homosexual: A Memoir of Nazi Terror by Pierre Seel

I, Pierre Seel, Deported Homosexual: A Memoir of Nazi Terror

Pierre Seel

186 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Beebo Brinker by Ann Bannon

Beebo Brinker

Beebo Brinker #prequel

Ann Bannon

233 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced
Out of the Woods by Luke Turner

Out of the Woods

Luke Turner

288 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir nature emotional reflective slow-paced