Reading List
There are a whole bunch of amazing books out there. While we'd love to read them all, that would be pretty impossible. We've selected our reading list carefully, making sure we have a good balance of everything. However, we wanted to compile a bigger list of suggested reading, collected from recommendations by our members, new authors, and reading lists from other organizations.
Along with our scheduled reading list for our meetings, be sure to check out our suggested further reading. Also, if you're a member and to recommend a book to your fellow readers, click below to fill out our book suggestion form!
Reading List
These are the books we will be covering during our monthly meetings. Please note that these titles are subject to change during meeting times. Any changes made will be posted to the website and sent out via email.
MEETING 21
WHAT: Ellen Outside the Lines by A.J. Sass
A middle grade book for children who find themselves on the margins of what is considered "normal," Ellen Outside the Lines follows Ellen Katz, a Jewish and autistic child from the United States who goes on a class trip to Barcelona, Spain. The trip will challenge her comfort zones, her friendships, and the very nature of her relationship to gender and sexuality.
WHEN: Friday, January 17 at 6pm CT
WHERE: Zoom (Meeting ID: 824 377 3249)
WHO: Everyone is welcome!!
MEETING 22
WHAT: Journal of a Black Queer Nurse by Britney Daniels
Britney Daniels is a Black, masculine-presenting, tattooed lesbian from a working-class background. For the last five years, she has been working as an emergency-room nurse. She began Journal of a Black Queer Nurse as a personal diary, a tool to heal from the day-to-day traumas of seeing too much and caring too much. Her book reveals the unsavory truths behind the medical industry, including racism, classism, queerhobia, and more.
WHEN: Friday, February 28 at 6pm CT
WHERE: Phi Coffee & Tea
2430 E Pioneer Pkwy #213
Arlington, Texas 76010
WHO: Literally EVERYONE is welcome!!
MEETING 23
WHAT: This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, grows into something more. Something romantic.
WHEN: Friday, April 4 at 6pm CT
WHERE: Zoom (Meeting ID: 824 377 3249)
WHO: All of y'all are welcome!
MEETING 24
WHAT: Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth
It’s the early 1990’s in the small town of Crossmore, Ireland, and Lucy knows what she’s expected to do — fall in love with the son of the farmer next door, marry him, pray for children, and never, under any circumstances reveal the truth – that she may have a growing desire to be with her best friend Susannah. Sunburn portrays the realities of growing up queer in a small rural town. It’ll leave you aching for your own first love.
WHEN: Friday, May 23rd at 7:15pm CT
WHERE: Zoom (Meeting ID: 824 377 3249)
WHO: Every single one of y'all is welcome!
MEETING 25
WHAT: TBD
WHEN: TBD
WHERE: TBD
WHO: TBD
Suggested Reading
These are the books that, while not a part of our current lineup, and pretty incredible and worth a read.
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"Miss Dalloway," Virginia Woolf
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"The Sense of Brown," José Esteban Muñoz
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"The Price of Salt," Patricia Highsmith
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"Feminist, Queer, Crip," Allison Kafer
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"Sister Outsider," Audre Lorde
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"The Hours," Michael Cunningham
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"America Is Not The Heart," Elaine Castillo
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"Felix Ever After," Kacen Callender
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"Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity," Julia Serano
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"Clap When You Land," Elizabeth Acevedo
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"Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity," C. Riley Snorton
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"Legends and Lattes," Travis Baldree
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"Symptoms of Being Human," Jeff Garvin
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"The Sweetness of Water," Nathan Harris
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"Goliath," Tochi Onyebuchi
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"Stone Cold Blues," Leslie Feinberg
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"Lot," Bryan Washington
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"The Gilda Stories," Jewelle Gomez
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"This Is How You Lose the Time War," Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
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"All Boys Aren't Blue," George M. Johnson
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"The Black Flamingo," Dean Atta
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"Last Night at the Telegraph Club," Malinda Lo
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“Maurice,” E.M. Forester
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"Nightwood," Djuna Barnes
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“Confessions of a Mask,” Yukio Mishima
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"My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness," Kabi Nagata
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"The Seep," Chana Porter
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"Girl, Woman, Other," Bernardine Evaristo
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"Juliet Takes a Breath," Gabby Rivera
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"I Wish You All The Best," Mason Deaver
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“The Death of Vivek Oji,” Akwaeke Emezi
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“The Lesbian’s Guide to Catholic School,” Sonora Reyes
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“Giovanni’s Room,” James Baldwin
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"Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza," Gloria Anzaldúa