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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!

Mohsin Zaidi, "A Dutiful Boy: A Memoir of Secrets, Lies and Family Love"

Mohsin Zaidi, "A Dutiful Boy: A Memoir of Secrets, Lies and Family Love"

$19.39

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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A coming of age memoir about growing up queer in a strict Muslim household. Mohsin grew up in a poor pocket of east London, in a devout shia Muslim community. His family were close-knit and religiously conservative. From a young age, Mohsin felt different but in a home where being gay was inconceivable he also felt very alone. Outside of home Mohsin went to a failing inner city school where gang violence was a fact of life. As he grew up life didn't seem to offer teenage Mohsin any choices: he was disenfranchised from opportunity and isolated from his family as a closet gay Muslim. But Mohsin had incredible drive and became the first person from his school to go to Oxford University. At university came the newfound freedom to become the man his parents never wanted him to be. But when he was confronted by his father and a witch doctor invited to 'cure' him Mohsin had to make a difficult choice. Mohsin's story takes harrowing turns but it is full of life and humour, and, ultimately, it is an inspiring story about breaking through life's barriers.

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Carmen Maria Machado, "In the Dream House"

$17.28
Vivek Shraya, "Death Threat"

Vivek Shraya, "Death Threat"

$16.15
Samra Habib, "We Have Always Been Here: a Queer Muslim Memoir"

Samra Habib, "We Have Always Been Here: a Queer Muslim Memoir"

$20.47
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Twist, Vincent, et al., eds, "Non-Binary Lives: : An Anthology of Intersecting Identities"

$21.55
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Meredith Talusan, "Fairest: A Memoir"

from $18.36