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Martha's avatar

My fav queer book this year, aside from Bellies, was obvs Cantoras that you must read!! Appreciate all the reminders of these books I need to get hold of and read - esp Billy-Ray Belcourt’s new one bc Minor Chorus was insane!

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Nic Marna's avatar

Cantoras is at the tip top of my list! Just waiting for my hold at the library!!!!

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Steph's avatar

Cantoras hive 🫡

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Martha's avatar

buzz buzz

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calista ginn's avatar

feeling insane bc i missed this somehow - soooo many slays on here

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booksthatslay's avatar

The gayest reading year and I am living, so many good ones on this list and SO many I want to read. You ate that 😌🌈

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Celine's avatar

This list is so special!!! Homebodies has been on my to-read list, since you first mentioned it, and now I have many many more to look forward to🤍

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Janu's avatar

totally saving this one 🫡

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Mike Naple's avatar

I really like this list! There's so much to explore and discover. Greta & Valdin, Housemates, and Dancing on My Own are all on my TBR!

Some of the queer books I've read this year: Hunger (Roxane Gay); Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It (Greg Marshall); Congratulations, the Best is Over! (R. Eric Thomas); Family Meal (Bryan Washington); Henry, Henry (Allen Bratton); A Scatter of Light (Malinda Lo); The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard (John Birdsall); and Love in the Big City (Sang Young Park).

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Nic Marna's avatar

Family Meal is very high on my list!! I’ll definitely take a look at your other suggestions, thank you!

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becca mae's avatar

Go tell it on the mountain is one of my all time faves ❤️

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Nic Marna's avatar

It was really great!

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Steph's avatar

I want to read so many of these 😭 Housemates is def next on my list and I’ve made Chain-Gang All-Stars a pre-req for being my friend tbh

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Hannah's avatar

just finished Homebodies, devoured it in a day so so so good!!! I’m going to recommend The Cure for Drowning by Loghan Paylor, based on these I do think you’d enjoy!!

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Nic Marna's avatar

Okay fun!!!! And a queer canadian author????

Adding it to the list immediately

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Catherine Merritt's avatar

I trust your taste in books with my entire life tbh

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Nic Marna's avatar

🥲 TY angel!!!!!

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Viktoriia Vasileva's avatar

I love Raven Smith so much, he always makes me laugh. I wish more people knew about Men, it's brilliant!!

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Nic Marna's avatar

He’s so brilliant! I read every single one of his pieces

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Bre's avatar

It is one of those books I wish I could read for the first time again! Can’t wait for you to finish it!

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Bre's avatar

Similar to your year of Baldwin I’m having a year of André Aciman and I’m working through his books.

Side note: can’t wait for your review on Another Country it is my tied with Giovanni’s Room for my favorite Baldwin novel. Truly stunning.

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Nic Marna's avatar

Ok spoiler alert that I am reading Another Country right now and loving it!!!!!

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Martha's avatar

I love to hear you’re loving this bc I want to read it so much!!

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