Books for LGBTQ+ Pride Month

By Luis Diaz | June 7 2022 | General

In June we celebrate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Pride Month, which honors the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan.

Pride Month is a time to both celebrate the accomplishments of those in the LGBTQ+ community and also recognize the ongoing struggles faced by many across the world who wish to live as their most authentic selves.

To honor this community, here is a selection of titles that we encourage you to share with your students: LGBTQIA+ Fiction & Literature | LGBTQIA+ History & Memoir

We proudly amplify these authors during Pride Month and all year long as we invite readers to discover their stories. To uplift LGBTQ+ youth and help ensure they get the chance to write their own stories, Penguin Random House is donating 15% of PRH.com net proceeds in June 2022 to The Trevor Project, LGBTQ Saves, and the Zebra Coalition (up to $30K Total). 

 

Sword Stone Table
Sword Stone Table
Old Legends, New Voices
9780593081891
From the vast lore surrounding King Arthur, Camelot, and the Knights of the Round Table, comes an anthology of gender-bent, race-bent, LGBTQIA+ inclusive retellings. Featuring stories by:
$17.00 US
Jul 13, 2021
Paperback
480 Pages
Vintage
Time Is a Mother
Time Is a Mother
Ocean Vuong
9780593300237
The highly anticipated collection of poems from the award-winning writer Ocean Vuong
$25.00 US
Apr 05, 2022
Hardcover
128 Pages
Penguin Press
A Queer History of the United States for Young People
A Queer History of the United States for Young People
Michael Bronski
9780807056127
Queer history didn’t start with Stonewall. This book explores how LGBTQ people have always been a part of our national identity, contributing to the country and culture for over 400 years.
$18.95 US
Jun 11, 2019
Paperback
336 Pages
Beacon Press
Pride: An Inspirational History of the LGBTQ+ Movement
Pride: An Inspirational History of the LGBTQ+ Movement
Stella Caldwell
9780593382943
Take pride in who you are! This inspiring history of the LGBTQ+ community enlightens young readers on the true timeline of LGBTQ+ history around the world, the lives of important figures like Harvey Milk, and iconic events like Stonewall.
$14.99 US
Apr 19, 2022
Hardcover
128 Pages
Penguin Workshop
Across a Field of Starlight
Across a Field of Starlight
(A Graphic Novel)
Blue Delliquanti
9780593124130
An epic sci-fi graphic novel romance between two non-binary characters as they find one another through time, distance, and war. An amazing story that explores the complexity of human nature and what brings us together.
$16.99 US
Feb 08, 2022
Paperback
352 Pages
Random House Graphic
The Stonewall Reader
The Stonewall Reader
9780143133513
For the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, an anthology chronicling the tumultuous fight for LGBTQ rights in the 1960s and the activists who spearheaded it, with a foreword by Edmund White.
$18.00 US
Apr 30, 2019
Paperback
336 Pages
Penguin Classics
Malice
Malice
Heather Walter
9781984818676
A princess isn't supposed to fall for an evil sorceress. But in this darkly magical retelling of "Sleeping Beauty," true love is more than a simple fairy tale. “Walter’s spellbinding debut is for all the queer girls and women who’ve been told to keep their gifts hidden and for those yearning to defy gravity.”—O: The Oprah Magazine
$18.00 US
Feb 01, 2022
Paperback
496 Pages
Del Rey
Too Bright to See
Too Bright to See
Kyle Lukoff
9780593111178
A National Book Award Finalist "A gentle, glowing wonder, full of love and understanding." –The New York Times Book Review
$8.99 US
Jun 07, 2022
Paperback
224 Pages
Dial Books
Being Jazz
Being Jazz
My Life as a (Transgender) Teen
Jazz Jennings
9780399554674
Get ready for season 3 of the popular TLC show I Am Jazz! Teen advocate and trailblazer Jazz Jennings--named one of "The 25 Most Influential Teens" of the year by Time--shares her very public transgender journey, as she inspires people to accept the differences in others while they embrace their own truths."[Jazz's] touching book serves as a rallying cry for understanding and acceptance."--Bustle
$12.99 US
Jun 27, 2017
Paperback
272 Pages
Ember
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