Recommended reading from HVPRIDE members

In celebration of Pride Month, HarbourVest Partners is proud to showcase our Little Queer Library, a curated selection of LGBTQ+ media available at our Boston office. This initiative, led by our LGBTQ+ employee resource group, HVPRIDE, fosters inclusivity and celebrates diverse stories. At the end of June, these gently used books will find a new home at the QT Library , a local LGBTQ+ lending library.

To further support the exploration of queer voices, HVPRIDE has put together a recommended reading list across various genres. We invite you to discover new stories that inspire, educate, and entertain. 

Adult Fiction/Non-Fiction/Memoir: 

• All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson
• And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts
• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
• Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
• Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
• Greedy: Notes From a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much by Jen Winston
• Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
• The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
• 28 Barbary Lane: Tales of the City Books 1-3 by Armistead Maupin
• The New Town Librarian by Kathy Anderson
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker
• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
• Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
• Tomorrow Will Be Different by Sarah McBride
• Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
• We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation by Leighton Brown and Matthew Riemer

Children’s/YA Books: 

• Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
• How to be Ace: A Memoir on Growing Up Asexual by Rebecca Burgess
• Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
• Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sander
• Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Cookbooks: 

• Did You Eat Yet? by Ronnie Woo 
• Eat Up! by Ruby Tandoh 
• Husbands That Cook by Adam Merrin and Ryan Alvarez 
• Feed the Resistance: Recipes and Ideas for Getting Involved by Julia Turshen 
• Son of A Southern Chef by Lazarus Lynch