Recs if you like How We Named the Stars...
Men Loving Men in Literary Fiction
Some classic, popular, and lesser-known books about the lives and relationships of men who love men. Recommendations welcome---I'm specifically in search of more books centering trans men! [Created Sep '25]
🇬🇹 🇲🇽 Latinx Heritage Month 🇨🇱 🇨🇷
Latine/Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 15 but we can celebrate all year long by reading one of these titles!
Additional Resources: ~ https://latino.si.edu/learn/teaching-and-learning-resources/hispanic-heritage-month-resources/hispanic-heritage-month ~ https://www.census.gov/newsroom/facts-for-features/2025/hispanic-heritage-month.html
the gay agenda
ownvoices books across genres by queer men/masc authors that feature queer men as main characters
disclaimer: this is all just based on my own research and may not always be 100% accurate to the author’s identity - feel free to comment any edits or suggestions!
Queer Voices of Color
Queer lit fic
Would love more recommendations!
Reading the Queer World: North America & Caribbean
Mix of genres by queer authors from nations in North America and the Caribbean, set in (or partially in) the nation. Not every nation is represented yet—I'm still researching them! Keeping it at maximum 3 books per nation.
Antigua & Barbuda: Annie John Bahamas: If I Had Wings Canada: A Minor Chorus; Mohawk Trail Costa Rica: Crocodilopolis Cuba: Call Me Cassandra Dominican Republic: Tentacle Greenland: Last Night in Nuuk Honduras: Libertad Jamaica: Broughtupsy; Things I Have Withheld Mexico: How We Named the Stars* Panama: Stepmotherland Puerto Rico: This is the Only Kingdom; Bad Seed Trinidad and Tobago: Cereus Blooms at Night; The Dreaming United States: The Color Purple; Jonny Appleseed
(*) diaspora author
Road Trip Reading
Either you will feel a cozy escape or a chilling thriller. You'll be fine!..I think.
