Adult Fiction & Nonfiction
 
for Pride Month
 
June 2025

Fiction
The Lilac People
by Milo Todd

Trans man Bertie and his girlfriend Sofie flee Nazi persecution in 1930s Berlin to live in hiding, later risking everything to protect a young trans Holocaust survivor from Allied arrest in a tale of resilience and the fight for queer survival.
Songs of No Provenance
by Lydi Conklin

After a shocking onstage act threatens her career, indie folk singer Joan Vole retreats to a rural Virginia writing camp, where she confronts her fraught artistic past, her relationship with a former mentee, and a growing bond with a nonbinary artist.
I might be in trouble
by Daniel Aleman

A suspenseful dark comedy about a struggling writer who wakes up to find his date from the night before dead - and must now decide how far he's willing to go to spin the event into his next big book.
The three lives of Cate Kay
by Kate Fagan

Cate Kay, a reclusive bestselling author, has concealed her identity for years, but when a devastating tragedy from her past resurfaces, she's forced to confront the secrets that derailed her dreams and return to the place she's been running from.
Stag dance : a novel & stories
by Torrey Peters

This collection of one novel and three novellas explores community, desire and the complexities of gender through stories of lumberjacks navigating identity in Stag Dance, a gender apocalypse in Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones, boarding school intrigue in The Chaser and dark choices on the Vegas strip in The Masker.
Nonfiction
The Secret Public : How Music Moved Queer Culture from the Margins to the Mainstream
by Jon Savage

Chronicles the transformative influence of queer artists on pop culture from 1955 to 1979, highlighting their covertly revolutionary music that challenged oppression, shaped iconic figures, and fueled cultural and civil rights movements in the face of persistent societal crackdowns and discrimination.
The T in LGBT : everything you need to know about being trans
by Jamie Raines

"From realising you're trans and coming out to friends and family, to understanding hormones, considering surgery and everything in between, this is your one-stop guide to everything trans related. Packed full of advice, tips and personal stories from a range of trans voices and allies, in here you'll find the answers to all the questions you were too afraid to ask"
Secret city : the hidden history of gay Washington
by James Kirchick

Drawing on declassified documents, interviews and materials unearthed from presidential libraries and archives around the country, this chronicle of American politics illuminates how homosexuality shaped each successive presidential administration through the end of the 20th century.
I heard her call my name : a memoir of transition
by Lucy Sante

The Belgian-born American writer shares the both the arc of her artistic journey as well as a step-by-step account of her 2021 transition to becoming a woman at the age of nearly 70.
The house of hidden meanings : a memoir
by RuPaul

From an international drag superstar and pop culture icon comes his most revealing and personal work to date—a deeply intimate memoir of growing up black, poor and queer in a broken home and discovering the power of performance, found family and self-acceptance.
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