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There are some incredible books out this year celebrating African American history. I'd definitely add Hunger and Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay as well.

At the start of the month dedicated to African American history, here’s The Guardian's rundown of what to read, including Paul Beatty and Octavia Butler.


The Woman Next Door

The Woman Next Door

Yewande Omotoso

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Hortensia James and Marion Agostino are neighbours. One is black, one white. Both are successful...

Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for the Real James Brown

Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for the Real James Brown

James McBride

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The definitive biography of the soul legend James Brown by National Book Award-winning novelist...

The Sellout

The Sellout

Paul Beatty

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'Outrageous, hilarious and profound.' Simon Schama, Financial Times 'The longer you stare at...

The Hate u Give

The Hate u Give

Angie Thomas

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A powerful and brave YA novel about what prejudice looks like in the 21st century. Sixteen-year-old...


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Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin

Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin

Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton

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On February 26th 2012 seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin was walking home with a bag of Skittles and...

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    Beggar's Opera

    Beggar's Opera

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    The Beggar's Opera is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay with music arranged...

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The Sluts
The Sluts
Dennis Cooper | 2005 | Fiction & Poetry, LGBTQ+
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"The novelist Dennis Cooper has always made other gay writers nervous. He’s a leader, a radical and his sexual horror stories are smart as hell."

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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a video about Love, Simon (2018) in Movies

Nov 14, 2017  
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Love, Simon - Promo

Film about a gay teen finding his first love. Based on Becky Albertalli’s 2015 YA novel "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda".

  
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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Oct 12, 2017
As the Human Rights Campaign’s National Coming Out Day comes to fruition, celebrate coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer by reading these following books.

As part of National Coming Out Day, The National Student has put together a list of great books in which one or more of the characters is LGBTQIAP+.


Seven Ways We Lie

Seven Ways We Lie

Riley Redgate

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Paloma High School is ordinary by anyone's standards. It has the same cliques, the same prejudices...


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27 hours: Nightside Saga Series, Book One

27 hours: Nightside Saga Series, Book One

Tristina Wright

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ZERO HOUR MEANS WAR Rumor Mora fears two things: hellhounds too strong for him to kill, and...


Science fiction fantasy LGBTQ
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Hannah Moskowitz

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From the award-winning author of Break and Teeth comes a raw and honest exploration of complicated...


Young adult LGBTQ
Queens of Geek

Queens of Geek

Jen Wilde

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Charlie likes to stand out. She's a vlogger and actress promoting her first movie at SupaCon, and...


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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Becky Albertalli

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William C. Morris Award Winner: Best Young Adult Debut of the Year * National Book Award Longlist ...


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