Queer Joy

Here are some suggestions for your 2024 Book Bingo NW category: Queer Joy. Book Bingo is our annual adult summer reading program presented in partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures. Annotations from NoveList, unless otherwise attributed. GN=Graphic novel (Created May 2024)

  • The Terraformers

    The Terraformers

    Newitz, Annalee

    Fiction. As part of the Environmental Rescue Team, Destry is dedicated to terraforming the planet Sask-E until she discovers a city full of people that shouldn't exist, and as she uncovers more about their past, she starts to question the mission she's devoted her life to.

    Format: Book

    Availability: Available

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  • Greta & Valdin

    Greta & Valdin

    Reilly, Rebecca K.

    Fiction. Valdin is still in love with his ex-boyfriend Xabi, who used to drive around Auckland in a Ute but now drives around Buenos Aires in one. Greta is in love with her fellow English tutor Holly, who doesn't know how to pronounce Greta's surname, Vladisavljevic, properly. From their Auckland apartment, brother and sister must navigate the intricate paths of modern romance as well as weather the small storms of their eccentric Maori-Russian-Catalonian family. (NoveList)

    Format: Book

    Availability: All copies in use

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  • Juliet Takes A Breath

    Juliet Takes A Breath

    Rivera, Gabby

    GN. Juliet, a self-identified queer, Bronx-born Puerto Rican-American, comes out to her family to disastrous results the night before flying to Portland to intern with her feminist author icon--whom Juliet soon realizes has a problematic definition of feminism that excludes women of color. (NoveList)

    Format: Graphic Novel

    Availability: Available

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  • Northranger

    Northranger

    Terciero, Rey

    YA GN. In this swoony and spooky teen summer romance graphic novel set on a Texas ranch, sixteen-year-old Cade Muñoz finds himself falling for the ranch owner's mysterious and handsome son, only to discover that he may be harboring a dangerous secret. (NoveList)

    Format: Graphic Novel

    Availability: All copies in use

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  • Kings of B'more

    Kings of B'more

    Thomas, R. Eric

    YA. When his best friend announces he is moving, Harrison gives him a send-off ala Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and as they do things they've been scared to do, they learn the scariest thing is saying goodbye to someone you love. (NoveList)

    Format: Book

    Availability: Available

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