LGBT BOOK CLUB
We welcome new members to our friendly book club!
We meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00PM.
Due to the Covid crisis, meetings are simul-broadcast on Zoom.
EMAIL THE STORE to be added to the invite list.
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7pm, December 13, 2023
The Color Purpble By Alice Walker A powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature, The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in early-twentieth-century rural Georgia. Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance, and silence. Through a series of letters spanning nearly thirty years, first from Celie to God, then from the sisters to each other, the novel draws readers into a rich and memorable portrayal of Black women--their pain and struggle, companionship and growth, resilience & bravery. Deeply compassionate and beautifully imagined, The Color Purple breaks the silence around domestic and sexual abuse, and carries readers on an epic and spirit-affirming journey toward transformation, redemption, and love.
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Previous Picks:
2023
January 12 – Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell
February 8 – Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity ed. by Micah Rajunov & Scott Duane
March 8 - Y'all Means All: The Emerging Voices Queering Appalachia- Ed. by Z. Zane McNeill
April 12 - Swimming in The Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski
May 10 – Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
June 14 – X-Gender by Asuka Miyazaki
July 12 - Orlando By Virgina Woolf
August 9 - Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
September 13 - Fat Ham by James Ijames
October 11 - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
November 8 - Moby Dyke by Krista Burton
2022
December 14, 2022 – Liarmouth, A Feel-Bad Romance by John Waters
November 9, 2022 – Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
October 12, 2022 – Nevada by Imogen Binnie
September 14, 2022 – Bad Gays: A Homosexual History by Huy Lemmey & Ben Miller
August 10, 2022 – When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
July 13, 2022 – In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
June 8, 2022 – Upon This Rock by David Eugene Perry
May 11, 2022 – The Chosen and The Beautiful by Nghi Vo
April 13, 2022 - Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
March 9, 2022 - Last Night at The Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
February 9, 2022 – The Promise by Damon Algut
January 12, 2022 – Wide Open Town: A History of Queer San Francisco to 1965 by Nan Alamilla Boyd
2021
December 8, 2021 - On A Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
November 10, 2021 - Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
October 12, 2021 - The Well of Loneliness by Radcliffe Hall
September 8, 2021 - The Queer Principles of Kitt Webb by Cat Sebastian
August 11, 2021 - Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleure
July 14, 2021 - Johnny Would You Love Me If My Dick Were Bigger - Brontez Purnell
June 10, 2021 - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
May 12, 2021 - The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.
April 14, 2021 - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
March 10, 2021 - Fiebre Tropical - Juli Delgado Lopera
February 10, 2021 - Save Yourself - Cameron Esposito
January 13, 2021 – The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels
2020
December 9, 2020 – Here For It by Eric R. Thomas
November 11, 2020 – Real Life by Brandon Taylor
October 14 - Confessions of A Mask by Yukio Mishima
Sept 9, 2020 – Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala
August 12, 2020 – We Are OK by Nina LaCour
July 8, 2020 – Disasterama! Adventures in The Queer Underground 1977 - 1997 by Alvin Orloff
June 10, 2020 – The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster
May 13, 2020 – Dear America by Jose Antonio Vargas
April 8, 2020 – Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor
March 11, 2020 – God in Pink by Hasan Namir
February 12, 2020 – Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
January 8, 2020 – Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde
2019
December 11, 2019 – If The Fates Allow, edited by Annie Harper
November 13, 2019 – The Age of Dreaming by Nina Revoyr
October 9, 2019 – Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
September 11, 2019 – Stella Maris: And Other Key West Stories by Carroll Michael
August 14, 2019 – No Ashes in the Fire by Darnell L. Moore
July 10, 2019 – History of Violence by Édouard Louis
June 12, 2019 – The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
May 8, 2019 – The Diamond Setter by Moshe Sakal
April 10, 2019 – At Swim Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill
March 13, 2019 – If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
February 13, 2019 – Marriage of a Thousand Lies by SJ Sindu
January 9, 2019 – My Brother's Husband by Gengoroh Tagame
2018
December 12, 2018 – Now I'm Here by Jim Provenzano
November 14, 2018 – The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
October 10, 2018 – The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells by Andrew Sean Greer
September 12, 2018 – Empire of the Senseless by Kathy Acker
August 8, 2018 – The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World by Alan Downs, Ph.D.
July 11, 2018 – Gentrification of The Mind by Sarah Schulman
June 13, 2018 – The Brothers Bishop by Bart Yates
May 9, 2018 – Faggots by Larry Kramer
April 11, 2018 – When We Rise: My Life in The Movement by Cleve Jones
March 14, 2018 – The Clothesline Swing by Ahmad Danny Ramadan
February 14, 2018 - Jack and Lem: John F. Kennedy and Lem Billings,
The Untold Story of an Extraordinary Friendship by David Pitts
January 10, 2018 – Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
2017
December 13, 2017 – Speakers of the Dead by Aaron Sanders
November 8, 2017 – No Other World by Rahul Mehta
October 11, 2017 - Gods and Monsters by Christopher Bram
September 13, 2017 – Another Country by James Baldwin
August 9, 2017 - Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim
July 12, 2017 - The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer
June 14, 2017 - Black Sheep Boy by Martin Pousson
May, 10, 2017 - What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwall
April 12, 2017 – Answered Prayers by Truman Capote
March 8, 2017: The Days of Anna Madrigal by Armistead Maupin
February 8, 2017: The Best-Kept Boy in The World by Arthur Vanderbilt
January 11, 2017: I Loved You More by Tom Spanbauer
2016
December 14: My Side of The Mountain by Jean Craighead George
November 9, 2016: Our Young Man by Edmund White
October 12, 2016: Born on the Edge of Race and Gender by Willy Wilkinson
September 14, 2016: Guapa by Saleem Haddad
August 10, 2016: Smash Cut by Brad Gooch
July 13, 2016: The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
June 8, 2016: On the Move by Oliver Sacks
May 11, 2016: Gay Berlin by Robert Beachy
April 13, 2016: The Two Hotel Francforts by David Leavitt
March 9, 2016: Halfway to the Stars by Daniel Curzon
February 10, 2016: The Tenderloin by Randy Shaw
January 13, 2016: Mouthquake by Daniel Allen Cox
2015
December 9, 2015: Let Me See It by James Magruder
November 11, 2015: Body Counts: A Memoir of Activism, Sex, and Survival by Sean Strub
October 14, 2015: Frog Music by Emma Donoghue
September 9, 2015: Totempole by Sanford Friedman
August 12, 2015: The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson by Robert Hofler
July 8, 2015: Invisible Man by Ralph Waldo Ellison
June 10, 2015: Blackmail, My Love by Katie Gilmartin
May 13, 2015: Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial by Kenji Yoshino
April 8, 2015: The King Must Die by Mary Renault
March 11, 2015: White Girls by Hilton Als
February 11, 2015: The Story of the Night by Colm Toibin
January 14, 2015: The Charioteer by Mary Renault
2014
December 10, 2014: Damned by Chuck Palahniuk
November 12, 2014: Numbers by John Rechy
October 8, 2014: Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father by Alysia Abbott
September 10, 2014: Adam by Ariel Schrag
August 13, 2014: Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir by Nicole J. Georges
July 9, 2014: Man About Town by Mark Merlis
June 11, 2014: Mary Ann in Autumn by Armistead Maupin
May 14, 2014: London Triptych by Jonathan Kemp
April 9, 2014: Everything Begins & Ends at the Kentucky Club by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
March 12, 2014: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson
February 12, 2014: Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
January 8, 2014: Season of the Witch by David Talbot
2013
December 11, 2013: Don’t Get Too Comfortable by David Rakoff
November 13, 2013: In One Person by John Irving
October 9, 2013: The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
September 11, 2013: Death Trick by Richard Stevenson
August 14, 2013: Visions of Cody by Jack Kerouac
July 10, 2013: Stuck Rubber Baby by Howard Cruse
June 19, 2013: The Stranger’s Child by Alan Hollinghurst
May 8, 2013: Jack Holmes and His Friend by Edmund White
April 10, 2013: Just Kids by Patti Smith
March 13, 2013: Falconer by John Cheever
February 13, 2013: Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
January 9, 2013: Palimpsest by Gore Vidal
2012
December 12, 2012: The Next Queen of Heaven by Gregory Maguire
November 14, 2012: The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov by Paul Russell
October 10, 2012: Billy Budd by Herman Melville
September 12, 2012: Nightwood by Djuna Barnes
August 8, 2012: The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
July 11, 2012: Angels In America (Parts 1 & 2) by Tony Kushner
June 13, 2012: My Queer War by James Lord
May 9, 2012: Becoming a Man by Paul Monette
April 11, 2012: The Empty Family by Colm Toibin
March 14, 2012: The Page Turner by David Leavitt
February 8, 2012: The Two Krishnas by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla
January 11, 2012: Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima
2011
December 14, 2011: Remembering Christmas by Tom Mendicino, et al
November 9, 2011: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
October 12, 2011: Secret Historian by Justin Spring
September 14, 2011: Querelle by Jean Genet
August 10, 2011: Quarantine by Rahul Mehta
July 13, 2011: Rolling the R’s by R. Zamora Linmark
June 8, 2011: Orlando by Virginia Woolf
May 11, 2011: The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst
April 13, 2011: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
March 9, 2011: Silver Lake by Peter Gadol
February 9, 2011: Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
January 12, 2011: By Nightfall by Michael Cunningham
2010
December 8, 2010: Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
November 10, 2010: Probation by Tom Mendicino
October 13, 2010: I’ve a Feeling We’re Not in Kansas Anymore by Ethan Mordden
September 8, 2010: Missouri by Christine Wunnicke
August 11, 2010: Lois Lenz, Lesbian Secretary by Monica Nolan
July 14, 2010: Salvation Army by Abdellah Taia
June 9, 2010: Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
May 12, 2010: Robin and Ruby by K. M. Soehnlein
April 14, 2010: The City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal
March 10, 2010: The Price of Salt (Carol) by Patricia Highsmith
February 10, 2010: The Lure by Felice Picano
January 13, 2010: The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood
2009
December 9, 2009: You Better Not Cry by Augusten Burroughs
November 11, 2009: Light Fell by Evan Fallenberg
October 14, 2009: The World of Normal Boys by K. M. Soehnlein
September 9, 2009: A Little Death by Michael Nava
August 12, 2009: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
July 8, 2009: Hero by Perry Moore
June 10, 2009: Our Lady of the Flowers by Jean Genet
May 13, 2009: A Density of Souls by Christopher Rice
April 8, 2009: A Boy’s Own Story by Edmund White
March 11, 2009: Beach Reading by Mark Abramson
February 11, 2009: The Story of a Marriage by Andres Sean Greet
January 14, 2009: Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
2008
December 10, 2008: A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
November 12, 2008: Mississippi Sissy by Kevin Sessums
October 8, 2008: At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O’Neill
September 10, 2008: Dry by Augusten Burroughs
August 20, 2008: Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
July 16, 2008: Michael Tolliver Lives by Armistead Maupin
June 18, 2008: Mayor of Castro Street by Randy Shilts
May 21, 2008: Exiles in America by Christopher Bram
April 16, 2008: We Disappear by Scott Helm
March 19, 2008: Dancing to Almendra by Mayra Montero
February 20, 2008: The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
January 16, 2008: Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
2007
December 19, 2007: Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis
November 21, 2007: The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
October 17, 2007: Another Country by James Baldwin
September 19, 2007: Unspeakable Love by Brian Whitaker
August 15, 2007: Now is the Hour by Tom Spanbauer
July 18, 2007: IHOP Papers by Ali Liebegott
June 20, 2007: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
May 16, 2007: The Revolution Will Be Accessorized edited by Aaron Hicklin/Blackbook
April 18, 2007: SOMA by Kemble Scott
March 21, 2007: Rose of No Man’s Land by Michelle Tea
February 21, 2007: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
January 17, 2007: Adventures of a Bird-Shit Foreigner by Sulayman X
2006
December 2006: (skipped a month?)
November 15, 2006: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
October 18, 2006: Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson
September 20, 2006: In September, the Light Changes by Andrew Holleran
August 16, 2006: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
July 19, 2006: I Am Not Myself These Days by Josh Kilmer-Purcell
June 21, 2006: Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham
May 17, 2006: Still Life with June by Darren Greer
April 19, 2006: Maurice by E. M. Forster
March 15, 2006: Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
February 15, 2006: Song of the Loon by Richard Amory and (?) Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
January 18, 2006: A Seahorse Year by Stacey D’Erasmo
2005
December 2005: (skipped a month?)
November 16, 2005: Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
October 19, 2005: Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
September 21, 2005: 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith
August 17, 2005: Black Girl in Paris by Shay Youngblood
July 20, 2005: The Book of Joe by Jonathan Tropper
June 15, 2005: Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim
May 18, 2005: The Master by Colm Toibin
April 20, 2005: Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon
March 16, 2005: Lives of the Circus Animals by Christopher Bram
February 18, 2005: Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer
January 20, 2005: Sarah by J T LeRoy
2004
December: (skipped a month?)
November 18, 2004: The Persian Boy by Mary Renault
October 21, 2004: Dryland’s End by Felice Picano
September 16, 2004: Southland by Nina Revoyr
August 19, 2004: Last Summer by Michael Thomas Ford
July 15, 2004: A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham
2023
January 12 – Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell
February 8 – Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity ed. by Micah Rajunov & Scott Duane
March 8 - Y'all Means All: The Emerging Voices Queering Appalachia- Ed. by Z. Zane McNeill
April 12 - Swimming in The Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski
May 10 – Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
June 14 – X-Gender by Asuka Miyazaki
July 12 - Orlando By Virgina Woolf
August 9 - Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
September 13 - Fat Ham by James Ijames
October 11 - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
November 8 - Moby Dyke by Krista Burton
2022
December 14, 2022 – Liarmouth, A Feel-Bad Romance by John Waters
November 9, 2022 – Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
October 12, 2022 – Nevada by Imogen Binnie
September 14, 2022 – Bad Gays: A Homosexual History by Huy Lemmey & Ben Miller
August 10, 2022 – When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
July 13, 2022 – In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
June 8, 2022 – Upon This Rock by David Eugene Perry
May 11, 2022 – The Chosen and The Beautiful by Nghi Vo
April 13, 2022 - Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
March 9, 2022 - Last Night at The Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
February 9, 2022 – The Promise by Damon Algut
January 12, 2022 – Wide Open Town: A History of Queer San Francisco to 1965 by Nan Alamilla Boyd
2021
December 8, 2021 - On A Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
November 10, 2021 - Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
October 12, 2021 - The Well of Loneliness by Radcliffe Hall
September 8, 2021 - The Queer Principles of Kitt Webb by Cat Sebastian
August 11, 2021 - Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleure
July 14, 2021 - Johnny Would You Love Me If My Dick Were Bigger - Brontez Purnell
June 10, 2021 - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
May 12, 2021 - The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.
April 14, 2021 - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
March 10, 2021 - Fiebre Tropical - Juli Delgado Lopera
February 10, 2021 - Save Yourself - Cameron Esposito
January 13, 2021 – The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels
2020
December 9, 2020 – Here For It by Eric R. Thomas
November 11, 2020 – Real Life by Brandon Taylor
October 14 - Confessions of A Mask by Yukio Mishima
Sept 9, 2020 – Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala
August 12, 2020 – We Are OK by Nina LaCour
July 8, 2020 – Disasterama! Adventures in The Queer Underground 1977 - 1997 by Alvin Orloff
June 10, 2020 – The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster
May 13, 2020 – Dear America by Jose Antonio Vargas
April 8, 2020 – Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor
March 11, 2020 – God in Pink by Hasan Namir
February 12, 2020 – Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
January 8, 2020 – Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde
2019
December 11, 2019 – If The Fates Allow, edited by Annie Harper
November 13, 2019 – The Age of Dreaming by Nina Revoyr
October 9, 2019 – Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
September 11, 2019 – Stella Maris: And Other Key West Stories by Carroll Michael
August 14, 2019 – No Ashes in the Fire by Darnell L. Moore
July 10, 2019 – History of Violence by Édouard Louis
June 12, 2019 – The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
May 8, 2019 – The Diamond Setter by Moshe Sakal
April 10, 2019 – At Swim Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill
March 13, 2019 – If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
February 13, 2019 – Marriage of a Thousand Lies by SJ Sindu
January 9, 2019 – My Brother's Husband by Gengoroh Tagame
2018
December 12, 2018 – Now I'm Here by Jim Provenzano
November 14, 2018 – The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
October 10, 2018 – The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells by Andrew Sean Greer
September 12, 2018 – Empire of the Senseless by Kathy Acker
August 8, 2018 – The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World by Alan Downs, Ph.D.
July 11, 2018 – Gentrification of The Mind by Sarah Schulman
June 13, 2018 – The Brothers Bishop by Bart Yates
May 9, 2018 – Faggots by Larry Kramer
April 11, 2018 – When We Rise: My Life in The Movement by Cleve Jones
March 14, 2018 – The Clothesline Swing by Ahmad Danny Ramadan
February 14, 2018 - Jack and Lem: John F. Kennedy and Lem Billings,
The Untold Story of an Extraordinary Friendship by David Pitts
January 10, 2018 – Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
2017
December 13, 2017 – Speakers of the Dead by Aaron Sanders
November 8, 2017 – No Other World by Rahul Mehta
October 11, 2017 - Gods and Monsters by Christopher Bram
September 13, 2017 – Another Country by James Baldwin
August 9, 2017 - Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim
July 12, 2017 - The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer
June 14, 2017 - Black Sheep Boy by Martin Pousson
May, 10, 2017 - What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwall
April 12, 2017 – Answered Prayers by Truman Capote
March 8, 2017: The Days of Anna Madrigal by Armistead Maupin
February 8, 2017: The Best-Kept Boy in The World by Arthur Vanderbilt
January 11, 2017: I Loved You More by Tom Spanbauer
2016
December 14: My Side of The Mountain by Jean Craighead George
November 9, 2016: Our Young Man by Edmund White
October 12, 2016: Born on the Edge of Race and Gender by Willy Wilkinson
September 14, 2016: Guapa by Saleem Haddad
August 10, 2016: Smash Cut by Brad Gooch
July 13, 2016: The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
June 8, 2016: On the Move by Oliver Sacks
May 11, 2016: Gay Berlin by Robert Beachy
April 13, 2016: The Two Hotel Francforts by David Leavitt
March 9, 2016: Halfway to the Stars by Daniel Curzon
February 10, 2016: The Tenderloin by Randy Shaw
January 13, 2016: Mouthquake by Daniel Allen Cox
2015
December 9, 2015: Let Me See It by James Magruder
November 11, 2015: Body Counts: A Memoir of Activism, Sex, and Survival by Sean Strub
October 14, 2015: Frog Music by Emma Donoghue
September 9, 2015: Totempole by Sanford Friedman
August 12, 2015: The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson by Robert Hofler
July 8, 2015: Invisible Man by Ralph Waldo Ellison
June 10, 2015: Blackmail, My Love by Katie Gilmartin
May 13, 2015: Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial by Kenji Yoshino
April 8, 2015: The King Must Die by Mary Renault
March 11, 2015: White Girls by Hilton Als
February 11, 2015: The Story of the Night by Colm Toibin
January 14, 2015: The Charioteer by Mary Renault
2014
December 10, 2014: Damned by Chuck Palahniuk
November 12, 2014: Numbers by John Rechy
October 8, 2014: Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father by Alysia Abbott
September 10, 2014: Adam by Ariel Schrag
August 13, 2014: Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir by Nicole J. Georges
July 9, 2014: Man About Town by Mark Merlis
June 11, 2014: Mary Ann in Autumn by Armistead Maupin
May 14, 2014: London Triptych by Jonathan Kemp
April 9, 2014: Everything Begins & Ends at the Kentucky Club by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
March 12, 2014: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson
February 12, 2014: Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
January 8, 2014: Season of the Witch by David Talbot
2013
December 11, 2013: Don’t Get Too Comfortable by David Rakoff
November 13, 2013: In One Person by John Irving
October 9, 2013: The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
September 11, 2013: Death Trick by Richard Stevenson
August 14, 2013: Visions of Cody by Jack Kerouac
July 10, 2013: Stuck Rubber Baby by Howard Cruse
June 19, 2013: The Stranger’s Child by Alan Hollinghurst
May 8, 2013: Jack Holmes and His Friend by Edmund White
April 10, 2013: Just Kids by Patti Smith
March 13, 2013: Falconer by John Cheever
February 13, 2013: Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
January 9, 2013: Palimpsest by Gore Vidal
2012
December 12, 2012: The Next Queen of Heaven by Gregory Maguire
November 14, 2012: The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov by Paul Russell
October 10, 2012: Billy Budd by Herman Melville
September 12, 2012: Nightwood by Djuna Barnes
August 8, 2012: The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
July 11, 2012: Angels In America (Parts 1 & 2) by Tony Kushner
June 13, 2012: My Queer War by James Lord
May 9, 2012: Becoming a Man by Paul Monette
April 11, 2012: The Empty Family by Colm Toibin
March 14, 2012: The Page Turner by David Leavitt
February 8, 2012: The Two Krishnas by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla
January 11, 2012: Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima
2011
December 14, 2011: Remembering Christmas by Tom Mendicino, et al
November 9, 2011: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
October 12, 2011: Secret Historian by Justin Spring
September 14, 2011: Querelle by Jean Genet
August 10, 2011: Quarantine by Rahul Mehta
July 13, 2011: Rolling the R’s by R. Zamora Linmark
June 8, 2011: Orlando by Virginia Woolf
May 11, 2011: The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst
April 13, 2011: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
March 9, 2011: Silver Lake by Peter Gadol
February 9, 2011: Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
January 12, 2011: By Nightfall by Michael Cunningham
2010
December 8, 2010: Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
November 10, 2010: Probation by Tom Mendicino
October 13, 2010: I’ve a Feeling We’re Not in Kansas Anymore by Ethan Mordden
September 8, 2010: Missouri by Christine Wunnicke
August 11, 2010: Lois Lenz, Lesbian Secretary by Monica Nolan
July 14, 2010: Salvation Army by Abdellah Taia
June 9, 2010: Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
May 12, 2010: Robin and Ruby by K. M. Soehnlein
April 14, 2010: The City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal
March 10, 2010: The Price of Salt (Carol) by Patricia Highsmith
February 10, 2010: The Lure by Felice Picano
January 13, 2010: The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood
2009
December 9, 2009: You Better Not Cry by Augusten Burroughs
November 11, 2009: Light Fell by Evan Fallenberg
October 14, 2009: The World of Normal Boys by K. M. Soehnlein
September 9, 2009: A Little Death by Michael Nava
August 12, 2009: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
July 8, 2009: Hero by Perry Moore
June 10, 2009: Our Lady of the Flowers by Jean Genet
May 13, 2009: A Density of Souls by Christopher Rice
April 8, 2009: A Boy’s Own Story by Edmund White
March 11, 2009: Beach Reading by Mark Abramson
February 11, 2009: The Story of a Marriage by Andres Sean Greet
January 14, 2009: Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
2008
December 10, 2008: A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
November 12, 2008: Mississippi Sissy by Kevin Sessums
October 8, 2008: At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O’Neill
September 10, 2008: Dry by Augusten Burroughs
August 20, 2008: Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
July 16, 2008: Michael Tolliver Lives by Armistead Maupin
June 18, 2008: Mayor of Castro Street by Randy Shilts
May 21, 2008: Exiles in America by Christopher Bram
April 16, 2008: We Disappear by Scott Helm
March 19, 2008: Dancing to Almendra by Mayra Montero
February 20, 2008: The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
January 16, 2008: Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
2007
December 19, 2007: Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis
November 21, 2007: The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
October 17, 2007: Another Country by James Baldwin
September 19, 2007: Unspeakable Love by Brian Whitaker
August 15, 2007: Now is the Hour by Tom Spanbauer
July 18, 2007: IHOP Papers by Ali Liebegott
June 20, 2007: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
May 16, 2007: The Revolution Will Be Accessorized edited by Aaron Hicklin/Blackbook
April 18, 2007: SOMA by Kemble Scott
March 21, 2007: Rose of No Man’s Land by Michelle Tea
February 21, 2007: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
January 17, 2007: Adventures of a Bird-Shit Foreigner by Sulayman X
2006
December 2006: (skipped a month?)
November 15, 2006: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
October 18, 2006: Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson
September 20, 2006: In September, the Light Changes by Andrew Holleran
August 16, 2006: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
July 19, 2006: I Am Not Myself These Days by Josh Kilmer-Purcell
June 21, 2006: Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham
May 17, 2006: Still Life with June by Darren Greer
April 19, 2006: Maurice by E. M. Forster
March 15, 2006: Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
February 15, 2006: Song of the Loon by Richard Amory and (?) Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
January 18, 2006: A Seahorse Year by Stacey D’Erasmo
2005
December 2005: (skipped a month?)
November 16, 2005: Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
October 19, 2005: Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
September 21, 2005: 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith
August 17, 2005: Black Girl in Paris by Shay Youngblood
July 20, 2005: The Book of Joe by Jonathan Tropper
June 15, 2005: Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim
May 18, 2005: The Master by Colm Toibin
April 20, 2005: Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon
March 16, 2005: Lives of the Circus Animals by Christopher Bram
February 18, 2005: Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer
January 20, 2005: Sarah by J T LeRoy
2004
December: (skipped a month?)
November 18, 2004: The Persian Boy by Mary Renault
October 21, 2004: Dryland’s End by Felice Picano
September 16, 2004: Southland by Nina Revoyr
August 19, 2004: Last Summer by Michael Thomas Ford
July 15, 2004: A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham