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Welcome to the Metro Pride Booklist!
Browse our eBook and eAudio Collections for opens in a new windowKids, opens in a new windowTeens, and opens in a new windowAdults or scroll through the sections below to find titles specific to different identities.
KIDS
opens in a new windowEvery Bird a Prince ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Jenn Reese
opens in a new windowA-Okay
by Jarad Greene
opens in a new windowRick ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Alex Gino
opens in a new windowHazel’s Theory of Evolution ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Lisa Jenn Bigelow
opens in a new windowThe Trouble with Robots ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Michelle Mohrweis
opens in a new windowSpeak Up!
by Rebecca Burgess
TEENS
opens in a new windowSo Let Them Burn ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Kamilah Cole
opens in a new windowDear Wendy
by Ann Zhao
opens in a new windowLove Letters for Joy
by Melissa See
opens in a new windowWren Martin Ruins It All ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Amanda DeWitt
opens in a new windowSummer Bird Blue ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Akemi Dawn Bowman
opens in a new windowLet’s Talk About Love ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Claire Kann
opens in a new windowThe Spy With the Red Balloon
by Katherine Locke
opens in a new windowBelle Révolte
by Linsey Miller
opens in a new windowBeyond the Black Door
by AdriAnne Strickland
opens in a new windowThe Kindred ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Alechia Dow
opens in a new windowA Snake Falls to Earth ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Darcie Little Badger
opens in a new windowElatsoe ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Darcie Little Badger
opens in a new windowThe Summer of Bitter and Sweet ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Jen Ferguson
opens in a new windowForward March ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Skye Quinlan
opens in a new windowThe Last 8 ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Laura Pohl
opens in a new windowFire Becomes Her ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Rosiee Thor
opens in a new windowHullmetal Girls
by Emily Skrutskie
opens in a new windowBeneath the Citadel ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Destiny Soria
opens in a new windowTarnished Are the Stars ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Rosiee Thor
opens in a new windowLoveless ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Alice Oseman
opens in a new windowThe Grimrose Girls ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Laura Pohl
opens in a new windowThis Golden Flame ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Emily Victoria
opens in a new windowDread Nation
by Justina Ireland
opens in a new windowBeing Ace
An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection
ADULTS
opens in a new windowSomeone You Can Build a Nest In ( opens in a new windowAudio)
John Wiswell
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Angela Chen
opens in a new windowRefusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Sherronda J. Brown
opens in a new windowInvisible Orientation
by Julie Sondra Decker
opens in a new windowHopeless Aromantic
by Samantha Rendle
opens in a new windowCommon Bonds
A Speculative Aromantic Anthology
opens in a new windowVicious ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by V.E. Schwab
opens in a new windowKaikeyi ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Vaishnavi Patel
opens in a new windowEvery Heart a Doorway ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Seanan McGuire
opens in a new windowAn Accident of Stars
by Foz Meadows
opens in a new windowI Think I Am In Friend-Love With You
by Yumi Sakugawa
opens in a new windowThe Romantic Agenda ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Claire Kann
opens in a new windowLooking for Love in All the Haunted Places ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Claire Kann
opens in a new windowI Am Ace
by Cody Daigle-Orians
opens in a new windowAce Voices: What it Means to Be Asexual, Aromantic, Demi or Grey-Ace
by Eris Young
opens in a new windowSounds Fake But Okay: An Asexual and Aromantic Perspective on Love, Relationships, Sex, and Pretty Much Anything Else
by Sarah Costello & Kayla Kaszyca
KIDS
opens in a new windowDrew Leclair Gets a Clue ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Katryn Bury
opens in a new windowIn the Key of Us ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Mariama Lockington
opens in a new windowTell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas
by Sam Maggs
opens in a new windowA Touch of Ruckus
by Ash Van Otterloo
opens in a new windowGrounded for All Eternity ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Darcy Marks
TEENS
The Poisons We Drink (Audio)
by Bethany Baptiste
opens in a new windowThe Last True Poets of the Sea ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Julia Drake
opens in a new windowAce of Spades ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
opens in a new windowAll That’s Left in the World ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Erik J. Brown
opens in a new windowThings We Couldn’t Say ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Jay Coles
opens in a new windowIf This Gets Out ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by S. Gonzales
opens in a new windowIcebreaker ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by A.L. Graziadei
opens in a new windowHani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Adiba Jaigirdar
opens in a new windowSo This Is Ever After ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by F.T. Lukens
opens in a new windowNo Filter and Other Lies ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Crystal Maldonado
opens in a new windowOphelia After All ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Racquel Marie
opens in a new windowNothing Burns as Bright as You ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Ashley Woodfolk
opens in a new windowIron Widow ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Xiran Jay Zhao
opens in a new windowIf It Makes You Happy ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Claire Kann
opens in a new windowDread Nation
by Justina Ireland
ADULTS
opens in a new windowHow to Find a Princess ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Alyssa Cole
opens in a new windowBig Swiss ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Jen Beagin
Milk Fed (Audio)
by Melissa Broder
opens in a new windowA Lot Like Adiós ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Alexis Daria
opens in a new windowPayback’s a Witch ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Lana Harper
opens in a new windowLove & Other Disasters ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Anita Kelly
opens in a new windowOpen: An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogamy ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Rachel Krantz
opens in a new windowWinter’s Orbit ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Everina Maxwell
opens in a new windowBlue-Skinned Gods ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by SJ Sindu
opens in a new windowGreedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Jen Winston
opens in a new windowMonster in the Middle ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Tiphanie Yanique
opens in a new windowRosaline Palmer Takes the Cake ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Alexis Hall
opens in a new windowSorry, Bro ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Taleen Voskuni
opens in a new windowThe Chosen and the Beautiful ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Nghi Vo
KIDS
opens in a new windowA High Five for Glenn Burke
by Phil Bildner
opens in a new windowThanks a Lot, Universe ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Chad Lucas
opens in a new windowThe Insiders ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Mark Oshiro
opens in a new windowCameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Jamar J. Perry
TEENS
opens in a new windowAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
opens in a new windowThe Sky Blues ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Robbie Couch
opens in a new windowYesterday is History ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Kosoko Jackson
opens in a new windowReady When You Are
by Gary Lonesborough
opens in a new windowAnything But Fine ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Tobias Madden
opens in a new windowPumpkin ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Julie Murphy
opens in a new windowThe Darkness Outside Us ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Eliot Schrefer
opens in a new windowCemetery Boys ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Aiden Thomas
opens in a new windowThe Magic Fish
by Trung Le Nguyen
opens in a new windowSpin Me Right Round ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by David Valdes
opens in a new windowRight Where I Left You ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Julian Winters
ADULTS
opens in a new windowOn Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Ocean Vuong
opens in a new window¡Hola Papi! How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by John Paul Brammer
opens in a new windowThe Sweetness of Water ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Nathan Harris
opens in a new windowThe Prophets ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Robert Jones, Jr.
opens in a new windowThe Groom Will Keep His Name
by Matt Ortile
opens in a new windowA Night at the Sweet Gum Head: Drag, Drugs, Disco and Atlanta’s Gay Revolution ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Marty Padgett
opens in a new windowLove in the Big City ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Sang Young Park
opens in a new windowBolla ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Pajtim Statovci
KIDS
opens in a new windowThe Pronoun Book: She, He, They, and Me!
by Cassandra Jules Corrigan
opens in a new windowBoth Can Be True ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Jules Machias
opens in a new windowTéo’s Tutu
by Maryann Jacob Macias
opens in a new windowAna on the Edge ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by A.J. Sass
opens in a new windowThe Best Liars in Riverview
by Lin Thompson
TEENS
opens in a new windowAnder & Santi Were Here ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Jonny Garza Villa
opens in a new windowThe Heartbreak Bakery ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by A. R. Capetta
opens in a new windowThe Ghosts We Keep ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Mason Deaver
opens in a new windowAcross a Field of Starlight
by Blue Delliquanti
opens in a new windowThe Many Half-lived Lives of Sam Sylvester
by Maya MacGregor
opens in a new windowLakelore ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Anna-Marie McLemore
opens in a new windowCan’t Take That Away ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Steven Salvatore
ADULTS
opens in a new windowCare of: Letters, Connections, and Cures ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Ivan Coyote
opens in a new windowDear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Akwaeke Emezi
opens in a new windowGender Queer: A Memoir
by Maia Kobabe
opens in a new windowIn the Watchful City
by S. Qiouyi Lu
opens in a new windowMargaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Megan Milks
opens in a new windowThe Story of Silence ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Alex Myers
opens in a new windowDisintegrate/Dissociate
by Arielle Twist
opens in a new windowPaul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl
by Andrea Lawlor
KIDS
opens in a new windowNeither
by Airlie Anderson
opens in a new windowSpork
by Kyo Maclear
opens in a new windowCattywampus
by Ash Van Otterloo
TEENS
opens in a new windowNone of the Above ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by I.W. Gregorio
opens in a new windowDouble Exposure
by Bridget Birdsall
opens in a new windowAlex As Well
by Alyssa Brugman
opens in a new windowThat Inevitable Victorian Thing ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by E.K. Johnston
opens in a new windowJust Ash ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Sol Santana
ADULTS
opens in a new windowThe Queen has a Cold
Jane Kolven
opens in a new windowGender Pioneers: A Celebration of Transgender, Non-Binary and Intersex Icons
Philippa Punchard
opens in a new windowInverse Cowgirl: A Memoir ( opens in a new windowAudio)
Alicia Roth Weigel
opens in a new windowArcadia ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Emmanuelle Bayamack-Tam
opens in a new windowNico & Tucker
by Rachel Gold
opens in a new windowPantomime
by Laura Lam
opens in a new windowRaising Rosie: Our Story of Parenting an Intersex Child
by Eric Lohman
opens in a new windowAcross the Green Grass Fields ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Seanan McGuire
opens in a new windowAn Ordinary Wonder
by Buki Papillon
opens in a new windowSorrowland ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Rivers Solomon
opens in a new windowBorn Both ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Hida Viloria
opens in a new windowThe Albino Album
by Chavisa Woods
opens in a new windowGolden Boy ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Abigail Tarttelin
opens in a new windowTrans Liberty Riot Brigade
by L.M. Pierce
opens in a new windowGalileo’s Middle Finger ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Alice Dreger
opens in a new windowXOXY
by Kimberly M. Zieselman
KIDS
opens in a new windowAlmost Flying ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Jake Maia Arlow
opens in a new windowThe Lock-Eater ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Zack Loran Clark
opens in a new windowThe Deepest Breath ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Meg Grehan
opens in a new windowThe Legend of Auntie Po
by Shing Yin Khor
opens in a new windowBeetle & the Hollowbones
by Aliza Layne
opens in a new windowCandidly Cline ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Kathryn Ormsbee
opens in a new windowArtie and the Wolf Moon
by Olivia Stephens
opens in a new windowMeow or Never
by Jazz Taylor
opens in a new windowLove, Violet
by Charlotte Sullivan Wild
TEENS
opens in a new windowLaura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me
by Mariko Tamaki
opens in a new windowJuliet Takes a Breath
by Gabby Rivera & Celia Moscote
opens in a new windowDisplacement
by Kiku Hughes
opens in a new windowA Clash of Steel
by C.B. Lee
opens in a new windowLast Night at the Telegraph Club ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Malinda Lo
opens in a new windowLike Other Girls ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Britta Lundin
opens in a new windowShe Drives Me Crazy ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Kelly Quindlen
opens in a new windowLove & Other Natural Disasters ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Misa Sugiura
opens in a new windowBurn Down, Rise Up ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Vincent Tirado
opens in a new windowComing Back
by Jessi Zabarsky
opens in a new windowYou Should See Me in a Crown ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Leah Johnson
ADULTS
opens in a new windowHijab Butch Blues ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Lamya H
opens in a new windowGideon the Ninth ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Tamsyn Muir
opens in a new windowLegends & Lattes ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Travis Baldree
opens in a new windowRoaming
by Jillian Tamaki & Mariko Tamaki
opens in a new windowDead Dead Girls ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Nekesa Afia
opens in a new windowRadiant Fugitives ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Nawaaz Ahmed
opens in a new windowDevils, Lusts and Strange Desires: The Life of Patricia Highsmith ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Richard Bradford
opens in a new windowBlack Water Sister ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Zen Cho
opens in a new windowD’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Chencia C. Higgins
opens in a new windowMouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought
by Briona Simone Jones (editor)
opens in a new windowShe Who Became the Sun ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Shelley Parker-Chan
opens in a new windowHoney Girl ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Morgan Rogers
opens in a new windowThe Jasmine Throne ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Tasha Suri
KIDS
opens in a new windowDifferent Kinds of Fruit ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Kyle Lukoff
opens in a new windowPlenty of Hugs
by Fran Manushkin
opens in a new windowBathe the Cat
by Alice B. McGinty
TEENS
opens in a new windowThe Dead and the Dark ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Courtney Gould
opens in a new windowThe Reckless Kind ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Carly Heath
opens in a new windowFrom Dust, A Flame ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Rebecca Podos
ADULTS
opens in a new windowStone Fruit
by Lee Lai
opens in a new windowLight From Uncommon Stars ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Ryka Aoki
opens in a new windowWith Teeth ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Kristen Arnett
opens in a new windowThe Other Mothers ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Jennifer Berney
opens in a new windowThe Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Krys Malcolm Belc
opens in a new windowSkye Falling ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Mia McKenzie
opens in a new windowDetransition, Baby ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Torrey Peters
opens in a new windowBad Girls
by Camila Sosa Villada
KIDS
opens in a new windowObie is Man Enough ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Schuyler Bailar
opens in a new windowThe Ship We Built ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Lexie Bean
opens in a new windowCalvin
by JR Ford
opens in a new windowI’m Not a Girl
by Maddox Lyons
opens in a new windowMy Rainbow ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Trinity Neal
opens in a new windowBorn Ready
by Jodie Patterson
opens in a new windowThe Deep & Dark Blue
by Niki Smith
TEENS
opens in a new windowThe Spirit Bares Its Teeth ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Andrew Joseph White
opens in a new windowPet ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Akwaeke Emezi
opens in a new windowThe Witch King ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by H.E. Edgmon
opens in a new windowThe Passing Playbook ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Isaac Fitzsimons
opens in a new windowA Million Quiet Revolutions ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Robin Gow
opens in a new windowMeet Cute Diary ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Emery Lee
opens in a new windowAct Cool ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Tobly McSmith
opens in a new windowBirthday ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Meredith Russo
opens in a new windowBetween Perfect and Real ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Ray Stoeve
ADULTS
opens in a new windowYes, You Are Trans Enough
by Mia Violet
opens in a new windowThe Wrong End of the Telescope
by Rabih Alameddine
opens in a new windowSpecial Topics in Being a Human
by S. Bear Bergman
opens in a new windowThe Death of Vivek Oji ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Akwaeke Emezi
opens in a new windowDead Collections ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Isaac Fellman
opens in a new windowBoys Run the Riot
by Keito Gaku
opens in a new windowHorseman ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Christina Henry
opens in a new windowGoing to Trinidad ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Martin J. Smith
opens in a new windowSummer Fun ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Jeanne Thornton
KIDS
opens in a new windowPhoenix Gets Greater
by Marty Wilson-Trudeau and Megan Kyak-Monteith
opens in a new windowKapaemahu ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Wong-Kalu, Hinaleimoana
opens in a new windowHo’onani Hula Warrior
by Heather Gale
opens in a new windowSharice’s Big Voice
by Sharice Davids
opens in a new windowRabbit Chase
by Elizabeth LaPensée & KC Oster
opens in a new windowThe Ribbon Skirt
by Cameron Mukwa
opens in a new windowThe Flicker ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by H.E. Edgmon
TEENS
opens in a new windowLove Beyond Body, Space & Time: An Anthology
opens in a new windowPukawiss the Outcast (Two Spirit Chronicles #1)
by Jay Jordan Hawke
opens in a new windowA Scout Is Brave (Two Spirit Chronicles #2)
by Jay Jordan Hawke
opens in a new windowOnwaachige the Dreamer (Two Spirit Chronicles #3)
by Jay Jordan Hawke
opens in a new windowSurviving the City
by Tasha Spillett and Natasha Donovan
opens in a new windowSurviving the City Vol. 2: From the Roots Up
by Tasha Spillett and Natasha Donovan
opens in a new windowSurviving the City Vol. 3: We Are the Medicine
by Tasha Spillett and Natasha Donovan
opens in a new windowFire Song ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Adam Garnet Jones
opens in a new windowThe Summer of Bitter and Sweet ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Jen Ferguso
opens in a new windowBetween the Pipes
by Albert McLeod & Elaine Mordoc
ADULTS
opens in a new windowDisintegrate/Dissociate
by Arielle Twist
opens in a new windowJonny Appleseed ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Joshua Whitehead
opens in a new windowMaking Love with the Land ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Joshua Whitehead
opens in a new windowThe Way of Thorn and Thunder: The Kynship Chronicles
by Daniel Heath Justice
opens in a new windowA Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder
by Ma-Nee Chacaby
opens in a new windowA Generous Spirit: Selected Work by Beth Brant ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Janice Gould
opens in a new windowIndigenous Men and Masculinities
by Robert Alexander Innes
opens in a new windowA Minor Chorus ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Billy-Ray Belcourt
opens in a new windowA History of My Brief Body
by Billy-Ray Belcourt
opens in a new windowNDN Coping Mechanisms
by Billy-Ray Belcourt
opens in a new windowThis Wound Is a World
by Billy-Ray Belcourt
opens in a new windowThis Town Sleeps ( opens in a new windowAudio)
by Dennis E. Staples
opens in a new windowEvil Dead Center
by Carole LaFavor
opens in a new windowawâsis – kinky and dishevelled
by Louise B. Halfe – Sky Dancer
