Pride Month Reads
Pride Month Reads
I have a habit of reading far too many books at once, and have developed "themed" reading months for myself to help keep my focus (for instance I usually read one Stephen King novel a year, and only in October).
This year I found myself really wanting to dedicate my month of reading to the LGBTQIA+ community. Both educational and informative reads, and books written by LGBTQIA+ authors. I've been all over the place in my exploration of the Fediverse so I wrote a quick lil article over here on a WriteFreely instance.
I also imported my goodreads reading lists here on bookwyrm. Right now I'm about two thirds of the way through Fever by Jonathon Bazzi. I'll probably dive into The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo next. It's a retelling of The Great Gatsby from a queer/female point of view. I peaked in at the first few chapters and am already in love.
What other pride books would you recommend? I'm going to try and do this every June so I'd like to build out an impossibly long backlog of books to read if at all possible.
If you haven’t already read all of Becky Chambers’ books, highly recommend all of them. The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet is pretty well known, but her new novella miniseries (Monk and Robot) is great as well and features a non-binary main character which I don’t see all that often.
I love everything I've read of Becky Chambers, it's like a warm hug in book form. I want to be Dex when I grow up!
Choosing a theme by month is a really great idea, that would probably help me with planning out my giant TBR list.
For Pride month, I started Can't Spell Treason without Tea by Rebecca Thorne. The blurb that caught me was: "...a cozy tale of mishaps, mysteries, and a murderous queen throwing the realm’s biggest temper tantrum. In a story brimming with hurt/comfort and quiet fireside conversations, these two women will discover just what they mean to each other… and the world."
Also I'm going to read Loveless by Alice Oseman to get more exposure to ace/aro perspectives.
In short fiction I recommend Sam J Miller's "The Heat Of Us: Notes Toward An Oral History" which is about the Stonewall Riots but adds a fantasy twist. I don't think the twist is necessary, but Miller's description of the events is so lucid and engrossing that it's a substantive tribute.