20+ queer books that deserve more love

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