We’re joining libraries across the nation in celebrating Rainbow Book Month, a nationwide celebration of the authors and books that reflect the lives and experiences of the LGBTQ+ community. NCW Libraries is committed to providing resources that foster community, understanding, and access to the very best in LGBTQ+ literature.
This year we are partnering with Wenatchee Pride to bring you a curated list of recommended books to celebrate Rainbow Book Month & Pride Month.
Wenatchee Pride’s mission is to empower and connect the North Central Washington LGBTQ+ community and its allies toward creating and maintaining a safe, inclusive and equitable environment for all.
To find our more about Wenatchee Pride, check out their website, Facebook, and Instagram
Picture Books for Children
Love Makes a Family by Sophie Beer
A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss –print, eBook on Hoopla, eBook on Overdrive
Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall –print, print w/audio
Jack, Not Jackie by Erica Silverman
Chapter Books for Children
Fiction
George by Alex Gino- print, eBook, eAudio on Overdrive, eAudio on hoopla
The Pants Project by Cat Clarke –print, eBook
Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender –print, eAudio
A High Five for Glenn Burke by Phil Bildner
Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker
The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy –print, eBook, eAudio
Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff
The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith (GN)
Cattywampus by Ash Van Otterloo
Hazel’s Theory of Evolution by Lisa Jenn Bigelow –print, eBook, eAudio
Alan Cole is Not a Coward by Eric Bell
Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake –print, print in Spanish
The Ship We Built by Lexie Bean
Biography
Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders
I am Jazz! by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings
Books for Young Adults
Fiction
Bad Boy by Elliot Wake
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender –print, eBook, audiobook, eAudio on Overdrive, eAudio on hoopla
How it All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi
Furia by Yamile Saled Mendez
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera –print, Español
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz –print, Large Type, Español, audiobook, eAudio
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera –print, Español, eBook, eAudio
Fire Song by Adam Garnet Jones –print, eBook
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas –print, eBook, eAudio
Nonfiction
The New Queer Conscience by Adam Eli
Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon
Books for Adults
Fiction
You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat –print, eBook, eAudio
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf –large type print, eBook, audiobook
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde –print, eBook, eAudio
All My Mother’s Lovers by Ilana Masad –eBook, eAudiobook
Speak No Evil: A Novel by Uzodinma Iweala –print, large print, audiobook
Johnny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead –print, eBook, eAudio
Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong –print, eBook, eAudio
Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston –print, eBook, eAudio
This is How is Always Is by Laurie Frankel –print, eBook, eAudio
Nevada by Imogen Binnie
The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall –eBook, eAudio
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom
Biography
Black Boy Out of Time: A Memoir by Hari Ziyad
Mean by Myriam Gurba
Native Country of the Heart: A Memoir by Cherrie Moraga
Born Both: An Intersex Life by Hida Viloria
A Queer and Pleasant Danger: A Memoir by Kate Bornstein
Redefining Realness: My Path To Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde
Nonfiction
Homie: Poems by Danez Smith
Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community by Laura Erickson-Schroth
Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family by Amy Ellis Nutt –eBook, eAudio
Unbound: Transgender Men and the Remaking of Identity by Arlene Stein
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde –print, eAudio
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us by Kate Bornstein
Trans Like Me: Conversations for All of Us by CN Lester –print, eAudio
Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxane Gay –print, eAudio
Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians by Austen Hartke –print, eAudio
The Transgender Child by Stephanie Brill and Rachel Pepper –print, eBook, eAudio
Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements by Charlene Carruthers
A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni & Tristan Jimerson
The Black Unicorn: Poems by Audre Lorde
LGBTQ+ Resources
Stonewall Book Awards -The first and longest-enduring award for LGBTQ+ literature
Rainbow Book List -LGBTQ+ book lists for children and teens
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