Gaye Magazine's Top 40 LGBT Books You Should Be Reading for National Book Month
Updated: Oct 30, 2020
National Book Month is held each October. In celebration of this month-long celebration, we at Gaye Magazine want you to explore and support queer Black authors such as E. Patrick Johnson, Akwaeke Emezi, Roxane Gay, James Baldwin, and many others. Be sure to let us know your thoughts after you read them.
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40. Pet by Akwaek Emezi
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39. Kings, Queens, and In-betweens by Tanya Boteju
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38. Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility by Tourmaline
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37. Trans: Gender and Race in an Age of Unsettled Identities by Rogers Brubaker
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36. Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & so Much More by Janet Mock
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35. Modern HERstory : Stories of Women and Nonbinary People Rewriting History by Blair Imani
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34. I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
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33. Reclaiming Afrikan: Queer Perspectives on Sexual and Gender Identities by Zethu Matebeni
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32. Evidence of Being: the Black Gay Cultural Renaissance and the Politics of Violence by Darius Bost
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31. The Other Side of Paradise: A Memoir by Stacyann Chin
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30. A Garden for Black Boys: Between the Stages of Soil and Stardust by W. J. Lofton
29. Invisible Families: gay identities, relationships, and motherhood among Black women by Mignon R. Moore
28. Semi Queer: Inside the World of Gay, Trans, and Black Truck Driversby Anne Balay
27. TQ Review: A Journal of Trans & Queer Voices by Damaged Good Press
26. Queer Returns: Essays on Multiculturalism, Diaspora, and Black Studies by Rinaldo Walcott
25. Black Queer Identity Matrix: Towards an Integrated Queer of Color Framework by Sheena C. Howard Sheena C.
24. Blacktino Queer Performance by E. Patrick Harrison
23. Looking for Leroy : illegible black masculinities by Mark Anthony Neal
22. Basketball Jones by E. Lynn Harris
21. Honeypot: Black Southern Women who Love Women by E. Patrick Johnson
20. HoodWitch: Poems by Faylita Hicks
19. Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
18. Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South by E. Patrick Johnson
17. No Tea, No Shade: New Writings in Black Queer Studies by E. Patrick Johnson
16. Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde
15. Invisible Life by E. Lynn Harris
14. Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton
13. Erotic Islands: Art and Activism in the Queer Caribbean by Kamaal Lyndon Gill
12. Black LGBT Health in the United States: The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation by Lourdes Dolores Follins
11. Sexual Discretion: Black Masculinity and the Politics of Passing by Jeffrey Q. McCune, Jr.
10. "--and then I became gay": young men's stories by Ritch C. Savin-Williams
9. A Whosoever Church: Welcoming Lesbians and Gay Men into African American Congregations by Comstock, Gary David
8. I Don't Wanna Live Forever, But I Don't Wanna Die by Patrick Rebel
7. Dear Dreamer by Quentin Harris
6. Love makes a Family: Portraits of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Parents and Their Families by Gigi Kaeser
5. What You Don't Know is Hurting You by Marion E. Brooks
4. Love Under Fault Lines by Marcus J. King
3. Afrekete: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Writing by Catherine E. McKinley
2. Tommy Boys, Lesbian Men and Ancestral Wives: Female Same-sex Practices in Africa by Ruth Zilla Morgan
1. Bulldaggers, Pansies, and Chocolate Babies: Performance, Race, and Sexuality in the Harlem Renaissance by James F. Wilson
