Consider the wide variety of LGBTQ fiction books published this year that showcase our diverse lives, and our diverse forms of storytelling, from mysteries to Young Adult, fantasy and classics rereleased.
Sex With Strangers: Stories (University of Wisconsin Press), the first short story collection by gay novelist and educator
Michael Lowenthal (
The Paternity Test and others) is populated with characters, gay ( Over Boy, Thieves, The Gift of Travel ) and straight ( You Are Here, Uncle Kent, Stud ), with sexual goals in common.
Canadian Y/A fantasy author
Ashley Shuttleworth makes their debut with
A Dark and Hollow Star (Margaret K. Elderry Books), an urban fantasy tale featuring four queer teens tasked with preventing a serial killer from revealing the concealed faery realm to humans.
This monthâs Book Report features three under-the-radar novels that will restore your faith in humanity.
Patry Francisâ beautiful novel âAll The Children Are Homeâ is set in a small town near Boston in the 1950s. Dahlia and Louie Moscatelli are a married couple who take foster children into their home. Three foster children have become permanent placements: teenage Jimmy, teenage Zaidie and her younger brother, Jon. When a social worker brings 8-year-old girl Agnes, in an emergency placement, Dahlia is reluctant. She relents, and allows Agnes to stay until a permanent home can be found.
Agnes had a horrible childhood; she suffered from a failure to thrive as an infant. She didnât speak much, and her last placement was frightening. The other kids took to Agnes right away. Jimmy teaches her to play baseball, and Zaidie happily shared her room and gave Agnes her treasured shamrock barrettes to wear.
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