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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!

Charles Forsman, "I Am Not Okay with This"

Charles Forsman, "I Am Not Okay with This"

$16.19

Price includes state and local tax. Book can be picked up at the store or delivered to your home in Northwest Philadelphia. We don’t yet mail books - if you live outside of our delivery area, please visit Bookshop.org to have this great book mailed to you.

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With Charles Forsman's hit graphic novel The End of the Fucking World already turned into a hit Netflix series, 2020 will see the Netflix debut of the series adaptation of another Forsman classic, I Am Not Okay With This, starring Sophia Lillis (It) as Sydney! Sydney seems like a normal 15-year-old freshman. She hangs out underneath the bleachers, listens to music in her friend's car, and gets into arguments with her annoying little brother -- but she also has a few secrets she's only shared in her diary. Like how she's in love with her best friend, Dina; the bizarreness of her father's death; and last but not least, there's those painful telekinetic powers that keep popping up at the most inopportune times. Forsman expertly channels teenage ethos and ennui in a style that evokes classic comic strips while telling a powerful story about the intense, and sometimes violent, tug of war between trauma and control.

Kelsey Wroten, "Cannon Ball"

Kelsey Wroten, "Cannon Ball"

$26.95
Meg-John Barker, "Queer: A Graphic History"

Meg-John Barker, "Queer: A Graphic History"

$20.47
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Shira Spector, "Red Rock Baby Candy"

$32.39
Rikke Villadsen, "Cowboy"

Rikke Villadsen, "Cowboy"

$21.59
Vivek Shraya, "Death Threat"

Vivek Shraya, "Death Threat"

$16.15