Adults

While the PPF Programs Team focuses on PROUD Youth & Older Adults, we know LGBTQ+ people of all ages need support and connection! As many of us strive to say safe at home during COVID-19, the below LGBTQ+ Reading List curated by the Santa Barbara Public Library and our Programs Team is one way to engage with LGBTQ+ community at a distance!

Untamed by Glennon Doyle

Night Sky with Exit Wounds, Ocean Vuong

Felix Ever After, Kacen Callender

They Say Sarah by Pauline Delabroy-Allard

Pet, Akwaeke Emezi
They Both Die at the End, Adam Silvera

Like a Love Story, Abdi Nazemian The Lawrence Browne Affair, Cat Sebastian

Nature Poem, Tommy Pico

Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner
Keep This to Yourself, Tom Ryan

American Dreamer, Adriana Herrera
The Fell of Dark, Caleb Roehrig

13th Balloon, Mark Bibbins

Fairest: A Memoir by Meredith Talusan
All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto, George M. Johnson

These Witches Don’t Burn, Isabel Sterling

A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt

Tomboyland by Melissa Faliveno (Out August 1)

I Have Something to Tell You by Chasten Buttigieg (Out Sept 1)

Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski

Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs by Jennifer Finney Boylan

What Is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life by Mark Doty

We Had No Rules by Corinne Manning

The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels

All My Mother’s Lovers by Ilana Masad

The Stonewall Generation by Dr. Jane Fleishman

*Looking for a specific subject area or identity of interest? Let us know and we can connect you with the literary mavens at SBPL for direct recommendations!

Please also consider visiting our weekly Older Adult lunch (open to all ages), volunteering (safely, at physical distance) with our Syringe Exchange Task Force, supporting yourself through Counseling at Pacific Pride, and engaging us with one of our heralded LGBTQ+ 101 trainings for your workplace or business!