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Pride Reading List: Fiction

Books and videos most involving gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender topics or authors.

Pride List

The Pride Collection

The Pride Collection is composed of books and videos many of which were purchased by the Alliance an SFCC club that seeks to educate the community regarding gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender issues.

SELECTED FICTION

Anshaw, Carol. Aquamarine. (1992) ANSHAW

Baldwin, James. Giovanni’s Room. (2000) BALDWIN

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. (2000) BALDWIN

Balzac, Honore de. Lost Illusions. (1997) BALZAC

Bram, Christopher. Father of Frankenstein. (1996) BRAM

Brown, Rita Mae. Venus Envy. (1994) BROWN

Burroughs, William S. The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead. (1992) BURROUGH

Chan Christopher. Eat Everything Before You Die : A Chinaman in the Counterculture CHAN

Clarke, Arthur C. Imperial Earth. (1991) CLARKE

Delaney, Samuel R. The Einstein Intersection. (1998) DELANEY

Dischm, Thomas M. On Wings of Song. (1988) DISCH

Feinberg, Leslie. Stone Butch Blues. (1993) FEINBERG

Genet, Jean. Miracle of the Rose. (1988) GENET

Genet, Jean. Our Lady of the Flowers. (1991) GENET

Hall, Radclyffe. The Well of Loneliness. (1990) HALL

Harris, Bertha. Lover. (1993) HARRIS

Hart, Ellen. Faint Praise. (1995) HART

Hart, Ellen. Robber’s Wine. (1996) HART

Holleran, Andrew. Dancer from the Dance (2001) HOLLERAN

Hollinghurst, Alan. A Line of Beauty: A Novel (2002) HOLLING

Leavitt, David. Martin Bauman: Or, A Sure Thing. (2000) LEAVITT

Leavitt, David. The Lost Language of Cranes. (1997) LEAVITT

Mishima, Yukio. Confessions of a Mask. (1958) MISHIMA

Monette, Paul. Taking Care of Mrs. Carroll. (1987) MONETTE

Morgan, Claire. The Price of Salt (Patricia Highsmith writing as Claire Morgan). (1991) HIGHSMI

Nava, Michael. Goldenboy. (1996) NAVA 1996

Nava, Michael. The Little Death. (2001) NAVA 2001

Pinera, Virgilio. Cold Tales. (1988) PINERA

Proulx, Annie. Brokeback Mountain (2005) PROULX

Puig, Manuel. Kiss of the Spider Woman.  (1986) KISS OF

Raphael, Lev. Dancing on Tisha B’av. (1990) RAPHAEL

Raphael, Lev. Winter Eyes. (1994) RAPHAEL

Raven, Simon. The Feathers of Death. (1998) RAVEN

Rechey, John. City of Night. (1984) RECHY

Selvadurai, Shyam. Funny Boy. (1997) SELVADUR

Shapiro, Lisa. The Color of Winter. (1996) SHAPIRO

Troung, Monique. The book of salt (2003) TROUNG

Vidal, Gore. City and the Pillar (2003) VIDAL

Vidal, Gore. Myra Breckinridge (1997) VIDAL

Waters, Sarah. Affinity. (2000) WATERS

White, Edmund. Boy’s Own Story. (2000) WHITE

Winterson, Jeannette. Passion (1997) WINTERS

Winterson, Jeanette. The World and Other Places: Stories. (2000) WINTERS

Winterson, Jeanette. Written on the Body. (1994) WINTERSO

Winterson, Jeanette. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. (1987) 823.914 WINTERS

Woolf, Virginia. Orlando. (1973) 823.912 WOOLF

Yourcenar, Marguerite. Memoirs of Hadrian (1989) YOURCEN

Zimmerman, R.D. Innuendo. (2000) ZIMMERM

Zimmerman, R.D. Outburst. (1998) ZIMMERM 2000

Campo, Rafael. Diva.  (1999) 811.54 CAMPO

Lorde, Audre. Coal. (1996) 811.54 LORDE

Kushner, Tony. Angels in America. (1994) 812.54 KUSHNER Circulating Video Angels

Black like us: A century of lesbian, gay and bisexual African American fiction 813.508 BLACK

 


Children's Fiction

JUVENILE PRIDE FICTION

Uncle Bobby's wedding / Sarah S. Brannen.(2008) SFCC Childrens Collection Call Number: J BRANNEN

 

10,000 Dresses / story by Marcus Ewert ; illustrations by Rex Ray (2008) SFCC Childrens Collection  J EWERT

 

Ryan's Mom is Tall / written by Heather Jopling ; illustrated by Alyson Demoe. SFCC Childrens J JOPLING

 

Monicka's Papa is Tall / written by Heather Jopling ; illustrated by Allyson Demoe. SFCC Childrens Collection J JOPLING

 

And Tango Makes Three / by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell ; illustrated by Henry Cole. SFCC Childrens Collection J RICHARDS

My Princess Boy: A Mom's Story about a Young Boy Who Loves to Dress Up.  J306.768 KILODAVIS