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Jun 01, 2025 8 Books to Add to Your Shelf in Celebration of Pride Month

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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.

Book cover titled "Monstrilio" by Gerardo Sámano Córdova. Features a dark creature with red eyes, surrounded by geometric shapes. Mood is mysterious and intriguing.

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.

Cover of "Gender Queer: A Memoir" by Maia Kobabe. An illustration shows a person standing in water, reflected upside down, surrounded by nature. Calm, introspective tone.

Gender Queer
By Maia Kobabe

Maia, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, explores eir journey of self-identity in this graphic memoir, including confusing crushes during adolescence, coming out to eir family, and bonding with other queer people.
Cover of "Fun Home" by Alison Bechdel, featuring an illustrated family portrait with a vintage style. Bold yellow title with teal background, highlighting the book as a family tragicomic.

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.

Cover of "The Membranes" by Chi Ta-wei, translated by Ari Larissa Heinrich. A peach against a black background, with stylized white text.

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.

Cover of "Real Life" by Brandon Taylor. Coral background with black geometric patterns, features a sparrow and a round yellow badge noting it as a New York Times notable book. Text includes "The 2020 Booker Prize Shortlisted."

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.

Cover of "Hungerstone" by Kat Dunn. A woman in white lies dramatically on a chaise, with bold green title text above. The tone is mysterious and gothic.

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.

Cover of "Ace" by Angela Chen. Bold black text "ACE" overlays abstract purple and yellow shapes. Subheading explores asexuality's societal impact.

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.

Cover of "Outlawed" by Anna North. Features a stylized face with a wide-brimmed hat, red bandana, blue sky, and clouds. Includes “Reese’s Book Club” badge. Bright and bold.

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.

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