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LGBTQ Books for Adults

We here at Big Blue Marble remember the days when there were only a handful of “LGB” books, and we each took personal pride in owning most of them. 2024 is an entirely different universe, with a deluge of diverse books, in all genres and formats, documenting lesbian, bisexual, gay, queer, intersex, trans, nonbinary, and something-beyond-labels-we-have lives. This page is a small selection of the best of the newest of these books. Look for our lists of LGBTQ books for kids, middle grade, and YA!

Brandon Taylor, Real Life

Brandon Taylor, Real Life

$19.44

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A novel of rare emotional power that excavates the social intricacies of a late-summer weekend -- and a lifetime of buried pain. Almost everything about Wallace, an introverted African-American transplant from Alabama, is at odds with the lakeside Midwestern university town where he is working toward a biochem degree. For reasons of self-preservation, Wallace has enforced a wary distance even within his own circle of friends -- some dating each other, some dating women, some feigning straightness. But a series of confrontations with colleagues, and an unexpected encounter with a young straight man, conspire to fracture his defenses, while revealing hidden currents of resentment and desire that threaten the equilibrium of their community"--

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Hazel Jane Plante, Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian)

$21.60
Casey McQuiston, The Pairing, 8/6/2024 (Copy)

Casey McQuiston, The Pairing, 8/6/2024 (Copy)

$21.60
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Kirstin Valdez Quade, Five Wounds

$19.39
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Cyrus Grace Dunham, A Year Without a Name

$18.35
Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

$31.32