Rainbow Book Month
Read the Rainbow! June is Pride Month, a celebration of and by the LGBTQIA+ community. It is observed in June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, a formative point in the gay rights movement. The unifying symbol for Pride, the rainbow flag, is an inspiring reflection of the diversity of the human race. Welcome these titles into your Summer Reading plans, and find more in our catalog!
Adult Reads
- That Summer Feeling by Bridget Morrissey
- Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H
- Pageboy by Elliot Page
- A Place for Us: A Memoir by Brandon J. Wolf
- Something Wild & Wonderful by Anita Kelly
- Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style by Paul Rudnick
- The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor
- Horse Barbie: A Memoir by Geena Rocero
- Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni
- The Male Gazed: On Hunks, Heartthrobs, and What Pop Culture Taught Me About (Desiring) Men by Manuel Betancourt
- Sizzle Reel by Carlyn Greenwald
- The Yards Between Us: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Football by R. K. Russell
- Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby
- Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World by Christian Cooper
- Lesbian Love Story: a Memoir in Archives by Amelia Possanza
- A Trans Man Walks into a Gay Bar by Harry Nicholas
Teen Reads
- Planning Perfect by Haley Neil
- Friday I'm in Love by Camryn Garrett
- This Is Our Place by Vitor Martins
- Only on the Weekends by Dean Atta
- Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales
- A Million Quiet Revolutions by Robin Gow
- Always the Almost by Edward Underhill
- Here and Queer: a Queer Girl's Guide to Life by Rowan Ellis
- And Other Mistakes by Erika Turner
- Henry Hamlet's Heart by by Rhiannon Wilde
- Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues by H.S. Valley
- The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa
- Acting the Part by Z. R. Ellor
- Welcome to St. Hell : my trans teen misadventure by Lewis Hancox
- I Have Something to Tell You for Young Adults: A Memoir by Chasten Buttigieg
- Hello, Melancholic! 01 by Yayoi Ohsawa
Kid Reads
- Every Bird a Prince by Jenn Reese
- Camp QUILTBAG by Nicole Melleby
- Nikhil Out Loud by Maulik Pancholy
- In the Key of Us by Mariama Lockington
- Dear Mothman by Robin Gow
- Sylvia Rivera by Claudia Romo Edelman
- Ellie Engle Saves Herself by Leah Johnson
- Twelfth by Janet Key
- Tiger Honor by Yoon Ha Lee
- Pride: An Inspirational History of the LGBTQ+ Movement by Stella Caldwell
- Moonflower by Kacen Callender
- The Real Riley Mayes by Rachel Elliott
Picture Books
- I Am a Rainbow! by Mark Kanemura
- Patience, Patches! by Christy Mihaly
- The Wishing Flower by A. J. Irving
- Téo's Tutu by Maryann Jacob Macias
- Grandad's Pride by Harry Woodgate
- My Own Way by Joana Estrela
- Payden's Pronoun Party by Blue Jaryn
- Phoenix Gets Greater by Marty Wilson-Trudeau
- No One Owns the Colors by Gianna Davy
- The You Kind of Kind by Nina West
- If You're a Kid Like Gavin by Gavin Grimm
- True You : a gender journey by Gwen Agna
- The Mother of a Movement : Jeanne Manford, ally, activist, and co-founder of PFLAG by Rob Sanders
- The Good Hair Day by Christian Trimmer
- The Meaning of Pride by Rosiee Thor
- Pride and Joy: A Story About Becoming an LGBTQIA+ Ally by Frank J. Sileo
