Variously hilarious and despairing, Komail Aijazuddin’s memoir covers his struggles for self-acceptance. As a child, Aijazuddin knew that he was different from other children and that he would suffer because of it. “Gay boys who are... Read More

A much-anticipated addition to the mystical, queer-normative world of the Birdverse, R. B. Lemberg’s "Yoke of Stars" is a moving tale about the transformative power of stories. Stone Orphan, an apprentice assassin, awaits their first... Read More

Influenced by Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, Zackary Vernon’s novel "Our Bodies Electric" is a story of self-discovery set on Pawley’s Island, South Carolina, in the early 1990s. The book begins the summer before sixth grade, when... Read More

A knowledgeable professor is thrust into a murder investigation in the information-rich novel "Murder in the Grand Bazaar". In Miles Nilsson Fowler’s novel "Murder in the Grand Bazaar", a murder involving early Christian history leads... Read More

Kyle Thomas Smith’s thoughtful memoir about coming to terms with one’s desires and ambitions, "François" covers an early and influential love affair. Kyle Thomas Smith’s reflective memoir "François" is about a life-changing,... Read More

With memoir entries for transgender youths by transgender people, "Becoming Who We Are" is a comics anthology about the process of becoming yourself as a transgender person. It includes essential representation along with a... Read More

Naomi Kanakia’s sparkling novel "The Default World" exposes the shaky foundations of community, love, and found family in post-capitalist San Francisco. After being cast out by her conservative Indian parents and struggling to build a... Read More

Two boys survive the world’s end while fighting for their growing romance in Paul Michael Winters’s post-apocalyptic novel "Together in a Broken World". Following global collapse, most of the population is either dead or zombified.... Read More