books mentioned: adult 1. the death of vivek oji by akwaeke emezi 2. the prophets by robert jones jr. 3. we ride upon sticks by quan barry 4. naamah by sarah blake 5. her body and other parties by carmen maria machado 6. in the dream house by carmen maria machado 7. this is how you lose the time war by amal el-mohtar and max gladstone 8. the order of the pure moon reflected in water by zen cho 9. girls made of snow and glass by melissa bashardoust 10. the first sister by linden a. lewis 11. the broken earth trilogy by n.k. jemisin (the fifth season, the obelisk gate, and the stone sky) 12. docile by k.m. szpara 13. the monster of elendhaven by jennifer giesbrecht 14. less by andrew sean greer 15. real life by brandon taylor 16. exciting times by naoise dolan 17. conversations with friends by sally rooney 18. the lady's guide to celestial mechanics by olivia waite 19. written in the stars by alexandria bellefleur 20. fortune favors the dead by stephen spotswood 21. how long 'til Black future month? by n.k. jemisin 22. fierce femmes and notorious liars by kai cheng thom 23. a history of my brief body by billy-ray belcourt 24. girl, woman, other by bernardine evaristo 25. the subtweet by vivek shraya 26. the deep by rivers solomon 27. the house in the cerulean sea by t.j. klune 28. kissing the witch: old tales in new skins by emma donoghue young adult 29. anger is a gift by mark oshiro 30. the henna wars by adiba jaigirdar 31. the last true poets of the sea by julia drake 32. her royal highness by rachel hawkins 33. the falling in love montage by ciara smyth 34. we set the dark on fire (we set the dark on fire #1) by tehlor kay mejia 35. we unleash the merciless storm (we set the dark on fire #2) by tehlor kay mejia 36. the midnight lie by marie rutkoski 37. of fire and stars by audrey coulthurst 38. an absolutely remarkable thing by hank green 39. foolish hearts by emma mills 40. the black flamingo by dean atta 41. an unkindness of ghosts by rivers solomon 42. all boys aren't blue by george m. johnson 43. darius the great is not okay by adib khorram 44. foundryside by robert jackson bennett graphic novels 45. monstress by marjorie m. liu 46. bury the lede by gaby dunn 47. the one hundred nights of hero by isabel greenberg poetry 48. homie by danez smith 49. don't call us dead by danez smith 50. the tradition by jericho brown
I love how concisely you break down these books and talk about their themes while also sounding super passionate about them! definitely got a few more for my tbr
This is great! Definitely going to pick a couple of these up. You are so eloquent. Some of these books I heard about on other lists and thought "meh", but the way you described them has me eager to read them now!
You’re one of the only people who has actually recommended books I haven’t already heard a ton about or read before and actually sound interesting literally all of these are going on my tbr Edit: AND THEY AREN’T ALL YA!! As much as I love YA I don’t want to be limited to just that and weird voyeuristic romance novels with cheesy covers written by straight men. (No hate if you like airport books I just am not interested)
THANK U SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO !!!! wow, usually when i watch videos like this it's like 5 books and i've read 4 of them but this... WOW how do you even FIND so many lgbt books ?? thank u sm for sharing with the class 😭 🙏
@@asunnybooknook this might be a bad tactic because it will make doing vids like these harder in the future, but would u like.. idk, consider making a video talking about *how* u find so many diverse books ? idk if that's even something you actively think about vs the books just showing up in ur corner of the bookish web, but i'd be interested !!!
48:41 Woah...this is so crazy to me because Hank Green is the host of Crash Course aka a psychology/science series that is showed a lot in schools. It just blows my mind that he wrote a queer book because a lot of influential straight men are very anti-lgbtq. It's like my two worlds are mending.
sorry i’m late! so i have a book to suggest! this book is just a cute, short, book that i sped through when i first read it. it’s called “date me, bryson keller” and it’s literally AMAZING! i loved it so much, and couldn’t stop turning the pages. you should definitely read it!
I have been looking for this for so long its not even funny. I can't wait!! I realised the other day when one of my friends asked me what my favourite queer ships were, I had nothing to say and that really hit hard, so its amazing to find a comprehensive, diverse list to start from!
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars!! i love this book so much, it's brilliant. Monstress's art is to die for, I only read vol1 &2 couple of years ago, i need to reread them and continue on with the story.
Read This Is How You Lose The Time War this year and it was easily my favourite romance novel I’ve ever read, it was so beautifully written and I adore sci-fi and time travel stories, my copy is annotated out the wazoo because every single line is just heartbreakingly beautiful
So happy I found your video! I wanted books exactly in this area. I was looking for one genere and was planning to do another search for the rest but you hit them all in one. I'm so so happy you introduced People of Color. These all seem like a must to check out. Thank you!
Ohhhh, that's a great list! I've heard about most of them and at least half of it is on my tbr. But there are two or three titles I haven't heard about yet so thanks for sharing these, I'd love to look into those 💖🌈
I'm binge-watching all of your videos and I just wanna say that I love every single one of them so damn much. your videos really comfort me and inspire me; thank you for creating 🌙 also- you always look so cute! I love your makeup and your earrings
I'm so happy you talked about The last true poets of the Sea! I picked it up randomly at a bookshop and loved it a lot, but I hadn't seen anyone talk about it
Super excited about this! Just discovered Olivia Gatwood's book of queer poetry and it was everything I never knew I always needed! Thanks for doing this vid!
This was such a wonderful video! I knew almost all of these books (and many either I've read ore they're on my tbr!) but I had never ever heard of Bury the lede and I love the art and the synopsis, so I will be adding that one to my tbr as well
I’m late but.... Love this! Also, have you read House of Names by Colm Toíbín? It is SUCH a good book, one of my all time favorites! It’s set in ancient greece and retells a really dark myth from the pov of 3 characters, with 1 gay storyline, and holy hell it is magnificent. The first line of the book is the best I’ve ever read (I won’t spoil it for you if you’d want to read it 😆) and I genuinely hope you might read it one day!
I love the way you are able to break down those books and introduce them, I wish there were someone that did that with books in Italian, or at least with books that had an Italian translation.
There's another book i would want to recommend to people, it's called 'wish you all the best' and it follows a nonbinary person trying to get their life back together after their parent's kicked them out. And they fall in love with someone. It's a really cute book and I thought it would fit nicely in the comment section of this video.
thank you so damn much for creating this video! i've been feeling a bit stuck with my current reads, as i've been mostly reading classics, esp russian. i felt the need to explore a new genre and i've made so many notes from your video! will definitely get at least 10 from your recommendations. once again, thank you!
thank you so much for this video! i didn't read as much LGBTQ books as i would've liked last year and i really want to make sure to read more this year. This video was just so helpful and i got so many new books on my want to read list!
"Darius the Great Is Not Okay" is not queer. There is no discussion of Darius' sexuality in the book. I know that in the sequel it's actually explicit, but here it isn't, so it's not really a good book for queer themes specifically.
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an HOUR? lemme get comfortable
also naamah sounds so good, reminds me a lot of book of longings which u DEF need to read if u havent
@@joanbereading omg that's been on my tbr for foreverrrrrr!! tysm
books mentioned:
adult
1. the death of vivek oji by akwaeke emezi
2. the prophets by robert jones jr.
3. we ride upon sticks by quan barry
4. naamah by sarah blake
5. her body and other parties by carmen maria machado
6. in the dream house by carmen maria machado
7. this is how you lose the time war by amal el-mohtar and max gladstone
8. the order of the pure moon reflected in water by zen cho
9. girls made of snow and glass by melissa bashardoust
10. the first sister by linden a. lewis
11. the broken earth trilogy by n.k. jemisin (the fifth season, the obelisk gate, and the stone sky)
12. docile by k.m. szpara
13. the monster of elendhaven by jennifer giesbrecht
14. less by andrew sean greer
15. real life by brandon taylor
16. exciting times by naoise dolan
17. conversations with friends by sally rooney
18. the lady's guide to celestial mechanics by olivia waite
19. written in the stars by alexandria bellefleur
20. fortune favors the dead by stephen spotswood
21. how long 'til Black future month? by n.k. jemisin
22. fierce femmes and notorious liars by kai cheng thom
23. a history of my brief body by billy-ray belcourt
24. girl, woman, other by bernardine evaristo
25. the subtweet by vivek shraya
26. the deep by rivers solomon
27. the house in the cerulean sea by t.j. klune
28. kissing the witch: old tales in new skins by emma donoghue
young adult
29. anger is a gift by mark oshiro
30. the henna wars by adiba jaigirdar
31. the last true poets of the sea by julia drake
32. her royal highness by rachel hawkins
33. the falling in love montage by ciara smyth
34. we set the dark on fire (we set the dark on fire #1) by tehlor kay mejia
35. we unleash the merciless storm (we set the dark on fire #2) by tehlor kay mejia
36. the midnight lie by marie rutkoski
37. of fire and stars by audrey coulthurst
38. an absolutely remarkable thing by hank green
39. foolish hearts by emma mills
40. the black flamingo by dean atta
41. an unkindness of ghosts by rivers solomon
42. all boys aren't blue by george m. johnson
43. darius the great is not okay by adib khorram
44. foundryside by robert jackson bennett
graphic novels
45. monstress by marjorie m. liu
46. bury the lede by gaby dunn
47. the one hundred nights of hero by isabel greenberg
poetry
48. homie by danez smith
49. don't call us dead by danez smith
50. the tradition by jericho brown
I really needed this post haha🔥
So helpful 💖
The fact that I've read 21 of these, and that some are absolute favourites - Vivek Oji, Fierce Femmes, Time War. I need to subscribe tf now.
You’re a legend, and absolute legend muah
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I love how concisely you break down these books and talk about their themes while also sounding super passionate about them! definitely got a few more for my tbr
aw thank you!! im so glad :)
putting this out there so i can remember and order these tomorrow-
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i think you are such a GOD for this literally the saviour of my life this was such an amazing list tysm!
you're so welcome! im glad
This is great! Definitely going to pick a couple of these up. You are so eloquent. Some of these books I heard about on other lists and thought "meh", but the way you described them has me eager to read them now!
thank you so much!
an hour? what a treat✨
awww thank you
You’re one of the only people who has actually recommended books I haven’t already heard a ton about or read before and actually sound interesting literally all of these are going on my tbr
Edit: AND THEY AREN’T ALL YA!! As much as I love YA I don’t want to be limited to just that and weird voyeuristic romance novels with cheesy covers written by straight men. (No hate if you like airport books I just am not interested)
thank you! and hahahah yeah I totally feel you :)
THANK U SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO !!!! wow, usually when i watch videos like this it's like 5 books and i've read 4 of them but this... WOW how do you even FIND so many lgbt books ?? thank u sm for sharing with the class 😭 🙏
omg hahahah yeah I find that the rec videos I stumble upon are like that too which is why I wanted to make this video
@@asunnybooknook this might be a bad tactic because it will make doing vids like these harder in the future, but would u like.. idk, consider making a video talking about *how* u find so many diverse books ? idk if that's even something you actively think about vs the books just showing up in ur corner of the bookish web, but i'd be interested !!!
@@george-vk8ke that's such a good idea! I will definitely make that video :)
48:41 Woah...this is so crazy to me because Hank Green is the host of Crash Course aka a psychology/science series that is showed a lot in schools. It just blows my mind that he wrote a queer book because a lot of influential straight men are very anti-lgbtq. It's like my two worlds are mending.
sorry i’m late! so i have a book to suggest! this book is just a cute, short, book that i sped through when i first read it. it’s called “date me, bryson keller” and it’s literally AMAZING! i loved it so much, and couldn’t stop turning the pages. you should definitely read it!
thanks for the rec!!
I have been looking for this for so long its not even funny. I can't wait!! I realised the other day when one of my friends asked me what my favourite queer ships were, I had nothing to say and that really hit hard, so its amazing to find a comprehensive, diverse list to start from!
Wow there are so many great books I want to read here, especially We Ride Upon Sticks and Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars
ahhhh I hope you get to them soon and enjoy them!!
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars!! i love this book so much, it's brilliant.
Monstress's art is to die for, I only read vol1 &2 couple of years ago, i need to reread them and continue on with the story.
it is so great!!
1:05 this literally made me so happy!
Read This Is How You Lose The Time War this year and it was easily my favourite romance novel I’ve ever read, it was so beautifully written and I adore sci-fi and time travel stories, my copy is annotated out the wazoo because every single line is just heartbreakingly beautiful
What a great resource! Thanks for reading all of those books. My TBR list just had a growth spurt.
So happy I found your video! I wanted books exactly in this area. I was looking for one genere and was planning to do another search for the rest but you hit them all in one. I'm so so happy you introduced People of Color. These all seem like a must to check out. Thank you!
Ohhhh, that's a great list! I've heard about most of them and at least half of it is on my tbr. But there are two or three titles I haven't heard about yet so thanks for sharing these, I'd love to look into those 💖🌈
thank you so much !
help the way i am a queer woc but i always thought bipoc meant bisexual poc efjaknf
OMG. This video. I can't. Juust ordered 6 books! I think I love you now.
You have SUCH good taste! I can't wait to read these books full of beautiful diversity🖤
thanks so much love!
looking for book recs for my best friend for the holidays. This video is going to be so helpful
I'm binge-watching all of your videos and I just wanna say that I love every single one of them so damn much. your videos really comfort me and inspire me; thank you for creating 🌙 also- you always look so cute! I love your makeup and your earrings
aw thank you so much, that means so much to me!
This was amazinnnnng! Loved every second of this video!!! And my wishlist has grownnnnn some more XD
tysm
An HOURR ?!! Goddamn Thanks
I'm so happy you talked about The last true poets of the Sea! I picked it up randomly at a bookshop and loved it a lot, but I hadn't seen anyone talk about it
RUclips recommended me this video and I've just added so many books to my TBR. Thaaaanks 😚
Super excited about this! Just discovered Olivia Gatwood's book of queer poetry and it was everything I never knew I always needed! Thanks for doing this vid!
of course! thank you for watching!
This was such a wonderful video! I knew almost all of these books (and many either I've read ore they're on my tbr!) but I had never ever heard of Bury the lede and I love the art and the synopsis, so I will be adding that one to my tbr as well
I’m late but.... Love this! Also, have you read House of Names by Colm Toíbín? It is SUCH a good book, one of my all time favorites! It’s set in ancient greece and retells a really dark myth from the pov of 3 characters, with 1 gay storyline, and holy hell it is magnificent. The first line of the book is the best I’ve ever read (I won’t spoil it for you if you’d want to read it 😆) and I genuinely hope you might read it one day!
thank you love! I really want to get to house of names but ive heard that it's super intimidating. thanks for the rec!
Also The Deep is based off a song of the same name by Daveed Diggs’ group clipping hence the coauthors.
I love the way you are able to break down those books and introduce them, I wish there were someone that did that with books in Italian, or at least with books that had an Italian translation.
Obviously I meant books that also deal with those same topics
There's another book i would want to recommend to people, it's called 'wish you all the best' and it follows a nonbinary person trying to get their life back together after their parent's kicked them out. And they fall in love with someone. It's a really cute book and I thought it would fit nicely in the comment section of this video.
thank you so damn much for creating this video! i've been feeling a bit stuck with my current reads, as i've been mostly reading classics, esp russian. i felt the need to explore a new genre and i've made so many notes from your video! will definitely get at least 10 from your recommendations. once again, thank you!
Was not expecting and didn’t know about the Irish authors/books, will be 100% start look into them. Hope they use our slang and way of speaking
thank you for commenting! I hope you enjoy them if you get to them
this vid is actually everything wow
I enjoy this video so much! Thank you for all the books and btw I hope it doesn't sound weird but I love the way you speak ♥️♥️♥️
Thanks you so much for doing this! These are exactly the kind of recs I’ve been looking for and they’re so hard to come by.
You're so welcome! Glad it was helpful for you!
Thank you so much for this. For as long as I’ve been watching booktube you’ve still managed to recommend to me some new reads. Appreciated 💜
so good to hear!! thank you love
yesss a bipoc lgbtqia+ list is what i was looking for
I adore An Absolutely Remarkable Thing!!
I just finished reading Docile… I gotta process… THANK YOU FOR THE REC!!!!
thank you for reading im glad you enjoyed! ive been thinking about doing a review/analysis on that book for a while
Add more books to my already extremely long tbr list 👍
thank you so much for this video! i didn't read as much LGBTQ books as i would've liked last year and i really want to make sure to read more this year. This video was just so helpful and i got so many new books on my want to read list!
thank you for watching, im glad I could help you out!
I read almost all of your lgbt recommendation before 😭 and now you have 50books recommendation damn
hahahah I hope this is helpful for you
furiously taking notes any time you post a video 😌👼 this list is fantastic!!
omg thank you so much ahahahah
I AM SO happy!!! To discover your lovely channel! 💗💗
thank you love!
OMG I haven't even watched this video but that title alone is enough to know that I'm going to love it
omg thank uuu
thanks for this video! What a great ressource 🥰
wow you treat us so well! never leave us hungry for rep!
of course love
Was just looking for a book to read. Lemme open my Amazon app real quick 👀🤳🏾
hahahaha yay!
Okay you've manage to convince me to read in the dream house haha, i keep seeing it everywhere. also this video is a masterpiece!!
omg thank you so much!! in the dream house is probably the most universally likable and tender book I can think of tbh
I would love to see you do a review on docile!
thank you John!
love these recs! thank you!
i wonder if you know any books about dealing with depression, anxiety, and dysphoria that comes with transitioning to male?
All these books looks really great❤
I love this vid!!
My library has naamah & girls made of snow and glass, yay!
omg im so glad! hope you enjoy :)
“Her Body & Other Parties” is such a fantastic book. Thanks for sharing this list!
It really is! thank you :)
PLEASE HELP!!!
Is there any book where both the girls are straight but only gay for each other????
So many great books mentioned in this video! 🙌
thank you!
Nothing makes me happier than people talking about Jericho Brown and Billy-Ray Belcourt.
yessss!!!
this vid is so good! u r my booktube goals
omggggggg ur too king tysm miles!
11:07 i think i just found my summer reading book
Unrelated I love your makeup 🫶
Do you read fanfic? I find that’s where I get w/w books.
thank you so much for this!!
You're so welcome!
Loved your video. I’m glad I found your channel! 😁
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Can you do a review on the boy who fell from the stars
*when it’s gonna snow soon so your downloading a shit tone of book videos*
Thank you sooo much!!!
"Darius the Great Is Not Okay" is not queer. There is no discussion of Darius' sexuality in the book. I know that in the sequel it's actually explicit, but here it isn't, so it's not really a good book for queer themes specifically.
I love you sm omg
Thank you for this
Thank you!!💕
Great review, thanks :)))
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I did not understand Her body and other parties 😭 I dnf it 🥲