LGBTQ+ book list

We partnered with Bangor-based The Briar Patch bookstore to curate a book list about topics including empathy, compassion, and resiliency in addition to LGBTQ+-specific topics for adolescents and adults. Our Northern Light Health clinical teams find many of the following books useful in their work with patients of all ages and their families.

 

Gender identity

Parenting

  • Beyond Magenta by Susan Kuklin
  • Gender Creative Child by Diane Ehrensaft
  • Trans Kids and Teens by Elijah Nealy
  • Quick and Easy Guide/Queer Trans by J.R. Zuckerberg
  • Quick and Easy Guide/They Them by Archie Bongiovanni

Kids picture books

  • Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss
  • Heather has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
  • I am Jazz! by Jessica Herthel
  • Introducing Teddy by Jessica Walton
  • It Feels Good to Be Yourself by Theresa Thorn
  • Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
  • Miles is the Boss of His Body by Samantha Kurtzman-Counter
  • Stella Brings the Family by Miriam Schiffer
  • When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff
  • Who Are You? by Brook Pessen-Whedbee

Tween/Middle Grade

  • Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag
  • Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker
  • George by Alex Gino
  • Mighty Heart of Sunny St James by Ashley Herring Blake
  • Martin McLean by Alyssa Zaczek

Teen Fiction

  • Aristotle and Dante by Benjamin Alire Saenz
  • I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
  • Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
  • Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
  • Simon VS the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
  • Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
  • Kings Queens and in Betweens by Tanya Boteju

Teen Non-fiction

  • ABCs of LGBT+ by Ashley Mardell
  • Being Jazz by Jazz Jennings
  • Quick and Easy Guide/Queer Trans by J.R. Zuckerberg
  • Quick and Easy Guide/They Them by Archie Bongiovanni
  • Letter Q: Queer Writers Letters to Younger Selves by Sarah Moon
  • Beyond Magenta by Susan Kuklin
  • Becoming Nicole by Amy Ellis Nutt

Adult

  • Trans Bodies Trans Selves by Laura Erickson-Schroth
  • Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
  • She's Not There by Jennifer FInney Boylan
  • On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
  • The Lie by William Dameron Sissy Jacob Tobia