Here are 10 popular book recommendations for pride month.
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Call Me By Your Name
Written by André Aciman this book follows the romance between an adolescent boy and a summer guest on the cliff-side mansion on the Italian Riviera
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The Song of Achilles
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller is an adaptation of Homer's Iliad, told from the perspective of Patroclus
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Nightcrawling
Leila Mottley's debut novel, Nightcrawling, tells a powerful story of racism, exploitation and sexuality set in the streets of Oakland
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The Guncle
The Guncle is a fun read that follows Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP, for short) whose unexpected family tragedy leaves him with his niece and nephew for the summer
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Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston's novel is a romantic comedy that centres around Alex Claremont-Diaz, the son of the president of the US and his relationship with Prince Henry, a British prince
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
A debut novel by poet Ocean Vuong, this moving book is written in the form of a letter from a son to his illiterate mother
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The Color Purple
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, Alice Walker's The Color Purple follows the lives of African American women in the early 20th century in rural Georgia
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Tomorrow Will Be Different
Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality is a memoir by Sarah McBride that explores the LGBTQ community’s battle for equal rights
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Loveless
Exploring the themes of asexuality, this fiction book by Alice Oseman tells the story of a teen girl named Georgia who has never experienced romantic attraction toward someone
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Milk Fed
Milk Fed by Melissa Broder is a darkly comic novel that follows a young woman with an eating disorder. The book in hindsight celebrates bodily liberation