20+ queer books that deserve more love

Описание: we're leaving the bestsellers bookshelves aside for today with some underrated queer book recommendations to help you read queer all year!

these are just some 20+ books i could find at home that have impacted me throughout the years that i would love to see discussed and loved more within the book community. i am aware that this barely scratches the surface of queer books so i'm more than open to hearing your recommendations!!

(not me posting so consistently PLS i just wanted to pour my heart out especially as it's pride month - let's see how long i'll keep this up jk)

⏱ timestamps:
00:00 intro
01:01 today's agenda
02:50 recommendations
33:25 important reminders


🔗 see you at our other hangout spots;
📚 instagram: / seigf.read
🎥 tikTok: / seigf.read
📝 substack: https://seigfread.substack.com

books mentioned:

• Edinburgh – Alexander Chee
• Crossing – Pajtim Statovci
• Beijing Comrades – Bei Tong
• Love in the Big City – Sang Young Park
• Swimming in the Dark – Tomasz Jedrowski
• Giovanni’s Room – James Baldwin
• Bolla – Pajtim Statovci
• Maurice – E.M. Forster
• Concerning My Daughter – Kim Hye-jin
• Bad Habit – Alana S. Portero
• Sunburn – Chloe Michelle Howarth
• Boulder – Eva Baltasar
• Notes of a Crocodile – Qiu Miaojin
• Brickmakers – Selva Almada
• Cinema Love – Jiamin Tang
• Beast at Every Threshold – Natalie Wee
• When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities – Chen Chen
• A Language of Limbs – Dylin Hardcastle
• The South – Tash Aw
• Monstrilio – Gerardo Sámano Córdova
• Coexistence – Billy-Ray Belcourt
• The Year of Blue Water – Yanyi

#queerbooks #queerfilms #booktube #lgbtqreads #gaymovies #bookrecs #queerreads #cinemarecs #slowcinema #ourusualspot #pridemonth #literaryyoutube #cinephile #booktuber #fiction #literature #pinoy #gaybooks #lgbt #lgbtq