Queereaders discussion

We're now accepting nominations for July - August.

Please read the rules below for nominating BEFORE you create your post!! And check our bookshelves to be sure you are not nominating something we have already read as a group!

Only ONE nomination per person.

Please be sure to post the title and author.

Authors may not nominate their own books.

Please add your selections here. Once we get a sufficient number of titles, I will start up a poll. Each person may choose one title.

Remember, the authors should be gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, or feature significant gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender characters in their work. Queer can be interpreted as broadly as we like.

Any genre (SF/fantasy, horror, romance, mystery), non-fiction, and classics are acceptable. Based on this criteria, we should have plenty of books to choose from. If you are nominating a title that is part of a series, please make sure to nominate the first book, unless we have already read it as a group.

The book discussion will start July 1 and continue through the end of August. This should give everyone sufficient time to obtain and read the book.

I nominate Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling.

I would like to nominate Tell the Wolves I'm Home

I'd like to nominate Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz.

We already read that one, Thomas. Would you like to nominate something else?

I would like to nominate Adam by Ariel Schrag

I nominate Silent by Sara Alva.

Last call for nominations!

Please read the rules, Zander. Authors cannot nominate their own books.

If the poll hasn't gone up yet, I nominate Thoreau in Love by John Schuyler Bishop.

It hasn't gone up yet. Thanks for the nominations, everyone!

I am sorry Zander, but I can't include your book. I certainly can if someone else nominates it.

The poll is up!

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Just bought both July reads! Thanks so much for flagging them up. I'm just discovering gay literary fiction so it's marvellous to have these recommendations here.

I haven't read Thoreau in Love yet, but I thoroughly enjoyed Tell the Wolves I'm Home even if it made me a weeping mess.

Have you read The Absolutist, Nancy? That really moved me.

No, I haven't, Jonathan. It sounds like something I'd really enjoy and I'm happy that a number of my friends liked it too.

The only story I read about WWI is All Quiet on the Western Front.

Nancy wrote: "No, I haven't, Jonathan. It sounds like something I'd really enjoy and I'm happy that a number of my friends liked it too.

The only story I read about WWI is [book:All Quiet on the Western Front|..."

I have that on my shelf unread as yet. I might recommend 'The Absolutist' for a future group read?

Yes, please do! My library has a copy.

I will post an announcement when I'm ready to accept nominations.

I agree with Jonathan, The Absolutist is such a great read.