Pride Month is a time to reflect on inclusion, equality, and justice. For decades, it has been celebrated each June to honor and remember the significance of the Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan in 1969. Here is a list of recommended picture books, fiction, and nonfiction titles. Find them all in the catalog, or browse Pride Month displays at the Library in the Nonfiction and Fiction areas and the Kid and Teen zones.
Kids – Picture Books
- “The Name I Call Myself” by Hasan Namir
- “A House For Everyone” by Jo Hirst
- “Julián At the Wedding” by Jessica Love
- “Love Makes a Family” by Sophie Beer
- “From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea” by Kai Cheng Thom
- “Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag” by Rob Sanders
- “Daddy, Papa, and Me” by Leslea Newman
- “My Two Moms and Me” by Michael Joosten
Kids – Fiction
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- “George” by Alex Gino
- “Best Man” by Richard Peck
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- “Zenobia July” by Lisa Bunker
- “The Other Boy” by M.G. Hennessey
- “The Whispers” by Greg Howard
- “To Night Owl from Dogfish” by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer
Teens
- “I’ll Give You the Sun” by Jandy Nelson
- “We are Okay” by Nina LaCour
- “Darius the Great is Not Okay” by Adib Khorram
- “Beyond the Gender Binary” by Alok Vaid-Menon
- “Juliet Takes a Breath” by Gabby Rivera
- “Hot Dog Girl”by Jennifer Dugan
- “Red, White & Royal Blue” by Casey McQuiston
- “Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe” by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Adults – Nonfiction
- “We are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation” by Matthew Riemer
- “The Fixed Stars” by Molly Wizenberg
- “Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality” by Sarah McBride
- “The Stonewall Reader” by various authors
- “Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story” by Jacob Tobia
- “Sister Outsider” by Audre Lorde
Adults – Fiction
- “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” by Ocean Vuong
- “White Teeth” by Kristen Arnett
- “Under the Rainbow” by Celia Laskey
- “All My Mother’s Lovers” by Ilana Masad
- “The Prophets” by Robert Jones, Jr.
- “Detransition, Baby” by Torrey Peters
- “Romance in Marseille” by Claude McKay
- “The Vanished Birds” by Simon Jimenez