LGBTQ+ Nonfiction & Poetry

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

New Releases:

The Book of Oded, Chapter 2

by Oded Kassirer

In this chapter, Oded relives a love that began under the Israeli sun and found new meaning in Los Angeles. What starts as passion between two men becomes a journey through tenderness, distance, and the quiet devastation of AIDS. Woven with heartbreak and hope, it’s a remembrance of love that endures beyond loss — a story of two souls forever intertwined.

A Room in Bombay

by Manil Suri

This remarkable memoir explores how an abode can shape destiny while delving into the difficult question of how much to prioritize our parents’ happiness over our own. Inspired by more than 2,700 letters the author wrote home across three decades, it is ultimately a testament to the abiding, unbreakable bond tying a son to his mother.

Preorder: Releases April 21, 2026

Today’s Deals:

Survival Takes a Wild Imagination

by Fariha Roísín

This collection of poetry asks a kaleidoscope of questions: Who is my family? My father? How do I love a mother no longer here? Can I see myself? What does it mean to be Bangladeshi? What is a border? Innately hopeful and resolutely strong, Fariha's voice turns to the optimism and beauty inherent in rebuilding the self, and in turn, the world that the self moves through.

SALE: $2.99 (70% OFF)

Though I Walk: A Memoir of Trauma, Healing, and Truth

by Sam Heinrichs

As a young boy, Sam was ensnared in the dark corridors of abuse within his religious community. Now, as an adult, he revisits these painful memories, uncovering repressed traumas and battling the devastating impact of his abuse. Along the way, unable to confront his abuser, he challenges the institution that failed him and finds solace in sharing his story with the world.

SALE: $0.99 (80% OFF)

The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman’s Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster

by Sarah Kraznostein

In houses and buildings that have fallen into disrepair, Sandra airs out residents' smells, throws out their weird porn, their photos, their letters, the last traces of their DNA entombed in soaps and toothbrushes. The remnants and mementoes of these people's lives resonate with Sandra. Before she began professionally cleaning up their traumas, she experienced her own. First, as a little boy, raised in violence and excluded from the family home. Then as a husband and father, drag queen, gender reassignment patient, sex worker, small businesswoman, and trophy wife. In each role she played, all Sandra wanted to do was belong.

SALE: $2.99 (80% OFF)