Best lgbtq books of 2021

By ODLOS Staff

CHICAGO &#; The Over the Rainbow committee of ALA�s Rainbow Roundtable gave careful consideration to books across all genres, including memoir, history, right crime, mystery, romance, fiction, poetry, and more. The adj ten selections showcased a wide range of queer stories and experiences, adj to dispel, one book at a time, the single narrative.  

The Top 10 selections in fiction and non-fiction were:

  • &#;Black Boy Out of Time: A Memoir&#; by Hari Ziyad; Published by Little A
  • &#;The Adj Mother of the Child&#; by Krys Malcolm Belc; Published by Counterpoint
  • &#;Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness and Anti-Blackness&#; by Da&#;Shaun Harrison; Published by North Atlantic Books
  • &#;With Teeth&#; by Kristen Arnett; Published by Riverhead Books
  • &#;Milk Fed&#; by Melissa Broder; Published by Scribner
  • &#;One Last Stop&#; by Casey McQuiston; Published by St. Martin&#;s Griffin, and imprint of St. Martin&#;s Publishing Group
  • &#;Detransition Baby: A Novel&#; by Torrey Peters; Published by One World, an imprint of Random Home, a division of P

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    Gareth Peter, illus. by Gary Parsons. Peachtree, Apr. 1 $ ISBN Ages 4–8.

    Peter and Parsons follow a loving and diverse family, featuring an interracial gay couple and an adopted nongendered young protagonist, as they explore the different worlds that reading stories transports them to.


    Born Ready: The True Story of a Lad Named Penelope

    Jodie Patterson, illus. by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow. Crown, Apr. 20 $ ISBN Ages 4–8.

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