Curated by Eccles Health Science Library Administrative Assistant Hanna Colm

Pride Month is a time to honor the LGBTQ+ community and recognize the powerful impact they’ve had on culture, history and society. To celebrate this vibrant and meaningful month, we’ve curated a list of 8 inspiring books that uplift LGBTQ+ voices and stories.

Monstrilio
By Gerardo Sámano Córdova

A genuinely devastating and scary horror; grieving mother, Magos, cuts out a piece of her deceased son’s lung. As she nurtures the lung, it grows into a creature, both charming and deadly.

Gender Queer
By Maia Kobabe

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
By Alison Bechdel

Alison’s family jokingly called the funeral home her father was director of “Fun Home.” In this graphic memoir, Alison unravels a mystery about her dad, while exploring her own identity as a lesbian.

The Membranes
By Chi Ta-Wei

T City is located at the bottom of the sea due to devastating effects of climate change. Momo is a celebrated dermal care technician who discreetly cares for celebrities. When Momo meets her estranged mother, she begins to inspect her own identity.

Real Life
By Brandon Taylor

Wallace is a queer Black man from Alabama, working toward a biochem degree at a Midwestern university. He has his walls up to everyone, even his closest friends. After an encounter with a straight, white man, his defenses become fractured.

Hungerstone
By Kat Dunn

A feminist redux of Carmilla. Ten years into Lenore’s marriage to Henry, the mysterious and unsettling Carmilla overstays her welcome in their home. The presence of Carmilla causes Lenore to question her past and who she is becoming.

Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society and the Meaning of Sex
By Angela Chen

Journalist Angela Chen creates her path to understanding her own asexuality with the perspectives of a diverse group of asexual people.

Outlawed
By Anna North

In an alternate history, when the great flu has wiped out most of the U.S. population, Ada walks away from her engagement with man to join a group of queer desert bandits.