THE BEST LGBTQ+ BOOKS EVERY MONTH
You are valid • You are loved • You exist in the literary canon
…and we want to share that joy with you!
This box is a one-off. It’s a curated selection of books and related items which we’ve designed to say ‘hey, we see you, we got you, and there’s a community of bookish queers ready and waiting for you’
Gift this to yourself, or to someone you love.
In this box you’ll find two books, one young adult and one adult contemporary, as well as bookmarks and postcards with quotes from queer books that we love, pins, stickers, a hat, an A5 notebook and a Pride map of the world. There is also a booklet which tells you why we chose these books for you, more about the authors, further reading recommendations and the queer creatives behind the fun items in your box. It won’t necessarily be exactly what’s in this photo, but it will be very similar. Same vibes.
The books in this box:
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Adam Silvera reminds us that there’s no life without death and no love without loss in this devastating yet uplifting story about two people whose lives change over the course of one unforgettable day.
On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They’re going to die today.
Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they’re both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: There’s an app for that. It’s called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure—to live a lifetime in a single day.
Memorial by Bryan Washington
A funny, sexy, profound dramedy about two young people at a crossroads in their relationship and the limits of love.
Benson and Mike are two young guys who live together in Houston. Mike is a Japanese American chef at a Mexican restaurant and Benson's a Black day care teacher, and they've been together for a few years -- good years -- but now they're not sure why they're still a couple. There's the sex, sure, and the meals Mike cooks for Benson, and, well, they love each other.
But when Mike finds out his estranged father is dying in Osaka just as his acerbic Japanese mother, Mitsuko, arrives in Texas for a visit, Mike picks up and flies across the world to say goodbye. In Japan he undergoes an extraordinary transformation, discovering the truth about his family and his past. Back home, Mitsuko and Benson are stuck living together as unconventional roommates, an absurd domestic situation that ends up meaning more to each of them than they ever could have predicted. Without Mike's immediate pull, Benson begins to push outwards, realizing he might just know what he wants out of life and have the goods to get it.
Both men will change in ways that will either make them stronger together, or fracture everything they've ever known. And just maybe they'll all be okay in the end. Memorial is a funny and profound story about family in all its strange forms, joyful and hard-won vulnerability, becoming who you're supposed to be, and the limits of love.