Recs if you like The Gifts of the Body...

Books that focus on the AIDS epidemic (mostly US, mostly the 80s-90s - though not exclusively). This includes history, sociology, cultural criticism of the time, and even fiction. This is such an important era to understand modern politics - especially queer politics and the LGBTQ+ community

Queer backlist fiction, written before the 2000s

The Lambda Literary Awards champion LGBTQ writers and stories by giving out awards in 26 categories of LGBTQ literature. These are the winners of the Lesbian Fiction category throughout the years!