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Libraries are the last place left that you can go where you don’t have to pay for anything: knowledge, books, music, entertainment, community meeting spaces, art, research, technology, resource assistance, and much more. Our librarians take a lot of pride in making sure each library is a place where everyone can not only obtain these materials, but where everyone can feel welcome and included. Some of our librarians recently got into the Pride Month spirit by compiling a list of 10 top Non-Fiction and Fiction Pride Month books in 2022 for each age group.
Find the library closest to you and check out one of these great books that give a proper voice to LGBTQIA+ authors and subjects:
Picture Book Fiction (ages 3-6):
- Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
- Prince & Knight by Daniel Haack
- Maiden & Princess by Daniel Haack
- When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff
- I am Jazz by Jessica Herthel
- Grandad’s Camper by Harry Wodgate
- Ritu Weds Chandni by Ameya Narvankar
- Ho’oanani: Hula Warrior by Heather Gale
- Phoenix Goes to School: A Story to Support Transgender and Gender Diverse Children by Michelle and Phoenix Finch
- Plenty of Hugs by Fran Manushkin
Chapter Book Fiction (ages 7-12)
- Goldie Vance by Hope Larson
- Obie is Man Enough by Shuyler Bailar
- Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker
- The Whispers by Greg Howard
- Hurricane Child by Cacen Kallender
- Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
- Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff
- Beetle and the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne
- This is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, and Us by Katherine, Melleby, and Nicole Locke
Juvenile Non-fiction (ages 3-12)
- What Are Your Words? A Book About Pronouns – Katherine Locke
- The Every Body Book: The LGBTQ+ Inclusive Guide for Kids about Sex, Gender, Bodies, and Families by Estrela Joana
- Rainbow Revolutionaries (Fifty LGBTQ+ People Who Made History) by Sarah Prager
- Be Amazing: A History of Pride by Desmond Napoles
- Queer Heroes: Meet 53 LGBTQ Heroes From Past and Present! By Arabelle Sicardi
- It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity by Thersea Thorn
- What is the AIDS Crisis? (What Was? Series) by Nico Medina
- Sylvia and Marsha Start a Revolution: The Story of the Trans Women of Color Who Made LGBTQ+ History by Joy Michael Ellison
- Stonewall: A Building, an Uprising, a Revolution by Rob Sanders
Teen Fiction (ages 13-17)
- This Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth
- All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages by Sandra Mitchell et. al
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
- Dress Codes for Small Towns by Courtney C. Stevens
- Each of Us a Desert by Mark Oshiro
- The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglas
- Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
- Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
- Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
- Cosmoknights by Hannah Templer
Teen Non-Fiction (ages 13-17)
- Quick and Easy Guide to Asexuality by Will Hernandez and Molly Muldoon
- The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
- Brave Face by Shaun David Hutchinson
- Out Law: What LGBT Youth Should Know About Their Legal Rights by Lisa Keen
- Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World by Sarah Prager
- A Queer History of the United State for Young People by Richie Chevat
- A Quick and Easy Guide to Queer and Trans Identities by Jules Zuckerburg and Mady G.
- The ABC’s of LGBT+ By Ash Hardell
- All the Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson
- Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore our Radical Anatomy by Kelly Jensen
Adult Fiction (ages 18 and up)
- An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
- The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
- She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
- Bingo Love by Tee Franklin
- The Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
- The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
- Damn Love by Jasmine Beach-Ferrara
- Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
- Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indiqueer Speculative Fiction by Joshua Whitehead
- When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo
Adult Non-Fiction (ages 18 and up)
- The Stonewall Reader by the New York Public Library
- When We Rise by Cleve Jones
- Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen
- Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
- David Bowie Made Me Gay: 100 Years of LGBT Music by Darryl W. Bullock
- Storytelling in Queer Appalachia: Imagining and Writing the Unspeakable Other by Hillery Glasby, Sherrie Gradin, and Rachael Ryerson
- LGBTQ Fiction and Poetry from Appalachia by Jeff Mann and Julie Watts
- We Can Do Better Than This: 35 Voices on the Future of LGBTQ+ Rights by Amelia Abraham
- Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton
- Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource by and for Transgender Communities by Laura Erikson-Schroth
Buncombe County is promoting this list and it's library's participation in Pride Month. Vist our Facebook page to see more articles and initiatives associated with Pride Month.