LGBTQ+ Nonfiction & Poetry

The best new releases, preorders, and deals in the vast world of LGBTQ+ nonfiction and poetry

New Releases:

Write Your Evolving Story

by Bill Mawhiney

In Write Your Evolving Story, Billy invites readers to look inward and find the courage to take authorship of their own lives. Growing up in a town of just over a hundred people, he learned the power of community, the value of hard work, and the quiet cost of feeling unseen. His journey, from the fields of rural Missouri to the classrooms of youth programs, to the busy streets of Brooklyn, and back to South Dakota, is one of hope, healing, and becoming.

Shine: Portraits in Queer Resilience, Embracing New Dimensions

by Asafe Ghalib

In their stunning compositions, photographer Asafe Ghalib explores the identities of members of the LGBTQIA+ immigrant community in Britain with striking beauty and poise. Brought up in a religious family, Ghalib draws from their own experience of leaving Brazil behind to depict the rich lives of their subjects who live at the intersections of multiple cultures. Their work, which evokes black-and-white newspaper photographs and classic portraiture that has been present since the dawn of photography, immortalizes the lives of a community that has been misrepresented for decades.

Preorder: Releases December 16, 2025

Today’s Deals:

Boy One

by Jaap Cové

A memoir about coming of age inside the controversial world of the Spartacus Gay Guide during the 80s, when the popularity of the guide was at its peak. Jaap, a Dutch teenager, falls in love with the owner/editor of the guide and travels the world with him, finding out about the good and the bad.

$10 (33% OFF)

Dog Gone

by Jaap Cové

DOG GONE is for anyone who loves cats and dogs; is okay with gay/MM content and May-December relationships; wants to know what it’s like to live in Spain; can handle cancer and grief; is not afraid of spirituality.

$10 (33% OFF)

Alligator Tears

by Edgar Gomez

A darkly comic memoir-in-essays about the scam of the American Dream and doing whatever it takes to survive in the Sunshine State.

$1.99 (87% OFF)