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Bustle's 21 LGBTQ+ Authors On The Books They Wish They’d Had As Teenagers

  • December 19, 2021
  • 20 Books
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  • bustle.com

Learning from our own lived experiences help us thrive. Bustle's K.W. Colyard's Bustle has gathered 21 insightful books—fiction and non-fiction—LGBTQ+ authors wish they had as teenagers themselves.

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Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun
Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun
  • Jonny Garza Villa
Edinburgh
Edinburgh
  • Alexander Chee
The Henna Wars
The Henna Wars
  • Adiba Jaigirdar
ZOM-FAM
ZOM-FAM
  • Kama La Mackerel
A Safe Girl to Love
A Safe Girl to Love
  • Casey Plett
Reverse Cowgirl
Reverse Cowgirl
  • McKenzie Wark
With Teeth
With Teeth
  • Kristen Arnett
i'm alive / it hurts / i love it
i'm alive / it hurts / i love it
  • Joshua Jennifer Espinoza
When the Moon was Ours
When the Moon was Ours
  • Anna-Marie McLemore
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Can Everyone Please Calm Down?

Can Everyone Please Calm Down?: Mae Martin's Guide to 21st Century Sexuality
  • Mae Martin
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls
  • T Kira Madden
Memorial
Memorial
  • Bryan Washington
Sadie
Sadie
  • Courtney Summers
Dear Senthuran
Dear Senthuran
    Squad
    Squad
    • Maggie Tokuda-Hall
    The Black Flamingo
    The Black Flamingo
    • Dean Atta
    Gideon the Ninth
    Gideon the Ninth
    • Tamsyn Muir
    • Jelena Katić Živanović (Translator)
    Lady Hotspur
    Lady Hotspur
    • Tessa Gratton
    • Eleonora González Capria (Translator)
    Freshwater
    Freshwater
    • Akwaeke Emezi
    Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
    Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
    • Julia Serano