Pride Month

We invite you to celebrate Pride Month with our LGBTQIA+ inclusive books of all genres and for all ages! Stop in the Library and visit our Spotlight display to discover even more titles for checkout 💖

Adult Reads

Curated by Librarians Stephanie Howes and Courtney Rose Gonsowski

• Here For It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays by R. Eric Thomas 

• Over the Top: a Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness 

• Shortest Way Home: One Mayor’s Challenge and a Model for America’s Future by Pete Buttigieg 

• Sissy: a Coming-of-Gender Story by Jacob Tobia 

• IM: a Memoir by Isaac Mizrahi 

• Body Counts: A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS, and Survival by Sean Strub 

• All the Young Men: a Memoir of Love, AIDS, and Chosen Family in the American South by Ruth Coker Burks & Kevin Carr O’Leary 

• Naturally Tan by Tan France with Caroline Donofrio 

• One Life by Megan Rapinoe 

• Beautiful on the Outside by Adam Rippon 

• David Bowie Made Me Gay by Darryl W. Bullock 

• The Gay Revolution: the Story of the Struggle by Lillian Faderman 

• Love Wins: the Lovers and Lawyers Who Fought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality by Debbie Cenziper and Jim Obergefell 

• Queer America: a People’s GLBT History of the United States by Vicki L. Eaklor 

• Stand By Me: the Forgotten History of Gay Liberation by Jim Downs 

• Trans Like Me: Conversations for All of Us by CN Lester 

• Charity and Sylvia: a Same-Sex Marriage in Early America by Rachel Hope Cleves 

• Tinderbox: the Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation by Robert W. Fieseler 

• Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love,Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBride 

• Flagrant Conduct: the Story of Lawrence vs Texas: How a Bedroom Arrest Decriminalized Gay Americans by Dale Carpenter 

• How to They/Them: a Visual Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity by Stuart Getty 

• A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities by Mady G and J.R. Zuckerberg 

• What’s Your Pronoun?: Beyond He & She by Dennis Baron 

• A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni & Tristan Jimerson 

• Boy Erased by Garrard Conley

• Pride: Celebrating Diversity & Community by Robin Stevenson

• Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings

• The Normal Heart And The Destiny Of Me: Two Plays by Larry Kramer and Tony Kushner

• Raising Ryland: our Story of Parenting a Transgender Child with No Strings Attached by Hillary Whittington with Kristine Gasbarre

• The Invisible Orientation: an Introduction to Asexuality by Julie Sondra Decker

• The Queens’ English: the LGBTQIA+ Dictionary of Lingo and Colloquial Phrases by Chloe O. Davis

Discover more Pride books in-Library on our Spotlight display!

Teen Reads

Curated by Librarian Katie Guzan

• Some Assembly Required by Arin Andrews

• None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio

• Queer, There, and Everywhere by Sarah Prager

• The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar

• All Boys Aren’t Blue by George Johnson

• If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

• Brave Face by Shaun David Hutchinson

• A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni & Tristan Jimerson

• Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy

• The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

• You Should See Me in A Crown by Leah Johnson

For Older Kids

Curated by Librarian Ting Ko

• Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag written by written by Rob Sanders; illustrated by Steven Salerno

• Alan Cole is Not a Coward by Eric Bell

• The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy

• George by Alex Gino

• Drama by Raina Telgemeier; with color by Gurihiru

• Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle

• The Parker inheritance by Varian Johnson

• My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer by Jennifer Gennari

Picture Books for Younger Kids

Curated by Librarian Tricia Nelson

• Fred Gets Dressed by Peter Brown

• From Archie to Zack by Vincent X. Kirsch

• The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish by Lil Miss Hot Mess

• It Feels Good to be Yourself: A Book about Gender Identity by Theresa Thorn

• Jack (not Jackie) by Erica Silverman

• Julián is a Mermaid by Jessica Love

• Love Makes a Family by Sophie Beer

• My Maddy by Gayle E. Pitman

• My Rainbow by Trinity and DeShanna Neal

• Papa, Daddy, and Riley by Seamus Kirst

• Plenty of Hugs by Fran Manushkin

• Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders

• Pride Colors by Robin Stevenson

• Sam is My Sister by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

• This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman

• What Riley Wore by Elana K. Arnold

Pride Collections from Our Online Resources

• Hoopla: Audiobooks - Comics - eBooks - Movies