Read & Rant: The South Sound's LGBTQ+ Book Club [formerly Tacoma LGBTQ Book Club] meets the second Saturday of every month at the Moore Branch, Tacoma Public Library. We read both fiction and nonfiction, recent and classic! The book club is open to everyone. Each month, the selected book is available for purchase at King's Books. To see what we're reading this month, go to the main Events page. If you're on Facebook, like our Page. If you have questions, please email the book club for more information.
Previous Reads:
July 2023: The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
June 2023: All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews
May 2023: Lost & Found by Kathryn Schulz
April 2023: Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour
March 2023: This Way Out by Tufayel Ahmed
February 2023: The Verifiers by Jane Pek
January 2023: Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
December 2022: Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
November 2022: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
October 2022: The Very Nice Box by Eve Gleichman & Laura Blackett
September 2022: Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
August 2022: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malindo Lo
July 2022: My Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn Shapland
June 2022: Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin
May 2022: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
April 2022: Real Life by Brandon Taylor
March 2022: Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Díaz
February 2022: I'm in Seattle, Where Are You? by Mortada Gzar
January 2022: Melissa [aka George] by Alex Gino
December 2021: A Star Is Bored by Byron Lane
November 2021: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
October 2021: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
September 2021: Pew by Catherine Lacey
August 2021: Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
July 2021: Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
June 2021: Carved in Bone by Michael Nava
May 2021: Lot by Bryan Washington
April 2021: In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
March 2021: Southernmost by Silas House
February 2021: Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan
January 2021: The Tiger Flu by Larissa Lai
December 2020: Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden
November 2020: How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones
October 2020: Real Queer America by Samantha Allen
September 2020: A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
August 2020: Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
July 2020: So Lucky by Nicola Griffith
June 2020: Sissy by Jacob Tobia
May 2020: Looking for Lorraine by Imani Perry
April 2020: Dear Rachel Maddow by Adrienne Kisner
March 2020: Pennsylvania Station by Patrick E Horrigan
February 2020: More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
January 2020: Sugar Land by Tammy Lynne Stoner
December 2019: This is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel
November 2019: No Ashes in the Fire by Darnell L Moore
October 2019: It's Not Like It's a Secret by Misa Sugiura
September 2019: Tinderbox by Robert W Fieseler
August 2019: Drama by Raina Telgemeier
July 2019: History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera
June 2019: Who Is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht
May 2019: Blackfish City by Sam J Miller
April 2019; Logical Family: A Memoir by Armistead Maupin
March 2019: White Houses by Amy Bloom
February 2019: Less by Andrew Sean Greer
January 2019: Boy Erased by Garrard Conley
December 2018: Notes on a Banana by David Leite
November 2018: Sensing Light by Mark A Jacobson
October 2018: Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard
September 2018: Marriage of a Thousand Lies by SJ Sindu
August 2018: The Miseducation of Cameron Post by emily m. danforth
July 2018: Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
June 2018: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
May 2018: Notes of a Crocodile by Miaojin Qui & Bonnie Huie
April 2018: Tomboy Survival Guide by Ivan Coyote
March 2018: Insomniac City by Bill Hayes
February 2018: Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman
January 2018: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
December 2017: Weekend by Jane Eaton Hamilton
November 2017: Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
October 2017: Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear by Kate Carroll de Gutes
September 2017: God in Pink by Hasan Namir
August 2017: Scoop by Jeff Miller
July 2017: I'm Just a Person by Tig Notaro
June 2017: As Nature Made Him by John Colapinto
May 2017: Curveball by Jeremy Sorese
April 2017: The Life and Death of Sophie Stark by Anna North
March 2017: Teaching the Cat to Sit by Michelle Theall
February 2017: Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
January 2017: The Days of Anna Madrigal by Armistead Maupin
December 2016: Bettyville by George Hodgman
November 2016: Transgender History by Susan Stryker
October 2016: Faggots by Larry Kramer
September 2016: I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
August 2016: Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel
July 2016: It's Not Over by Michelangelo Signorile
June 2016: The Walk-In Closet by Abdi Nazemian
May 2016: The End of San Francisco by Mattilda Bernstein
March 2016: Chelsea Girls by Eileen Myles
February 2016: Fire Shut Up in My Bones by Charles M Blow
January 2016: Maurice by E M Forster
December 2015: Queerly Beloved by Diane Anderson-Minshall & Jacob Anderson-Minshall
November 2015: The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer
October 2015: If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan
September 2015: Foxfire by Joyce Carol Oates
August 2015: Against Equality by Ryan Conrad
July 2015: Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
June 2015: Queer Africa edited by Karen Martin & Makhosazana Xaba
May 2015: Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
April 2015: The Naked Civil Servant by Quentin Crisp
March 2015: The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
February 2015: Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
January 2015: M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang
December 2014: Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father by Alysia Abbott
November 2014: Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf
October 2014: Night Shadows: Queer Horror by Greg Herren & JM Redmann
September 2014: Songs for the New Depression by Kergen Edwards-Stout
August 2014: Blue Is the Warmest Color by Julie Maroh
July 2014: Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
June 2014: The Slow Fix by Ivan E Coyote
May 2014: After Delores by Sarah Schulman
April 2014: Raising My Rainbow by Lori Duron
March 2014: Odd Girl Out by Ann Bannon
February 2014: A Boy's Own Story by Edmund White
January 2014: The Gentrification of the Mind by Sarah Schulman
December 2013: The City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal
November 2013: The Persian Boy by Mary Renault
October 2013: Calling Dr Laura by Nicole J Georges
September 2013: Tango by Justin Vivian Bond
August 2013: Riding Fury Home by Chana Wilson
July 2013: Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy by Bil Wright
June 2013: The Correspondence Artist by Barbara Browning
May 2013: Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult
April 2013: Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots? by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
March 2013: Zipper Mouth by Laurie Weeks
February 2013: By Nightfall by Michael Cunningham
January 2013: The Absolutist by John Boyne
December 2012: Victory by Linda Hirshman
November 2012: Stuck Rubber Baby by Howard Cruse
October 2012: The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff
September 2012: Landing by Emma Donoghue
August 2012: City Boy by Edmund White
July 2012: Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
June 2012: Bob the Book by David Pratt
May 2012: Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
April 2012: Becoming a Man by Paul Monette
March 2012: Holding Still for as Long as Possible by Zoë Whittall
February 2012: Geography Club by Brent Hartinger
January 2012: Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers by Lillian Faderman
December 2011: The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
November 2011: Quarantine by Mehta Rahul
October 2011:The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai
September 2011: The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
August 2011: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
July 2011: Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde
June 2011: Sex Variant Woman: The Life of Jeannette Howard Foster by Joanne Ellen Passet
May 2011: Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
