[JGC 2024] Jewish Books with a Queer/LGBTQ Focus

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Depart, Depart!
Depart, Depart!
by: Sim Kern
4.23 avg rating — 404 ratings
2.
The Trans Space Octopus Congregation: Stories
The Trans Space Octopus Congregation: Stories 4.11 avg rating — 118 ratings
3.
Power to Yield and Other Stories
Power to Yield and Other Stories 4.26 avg rating — 50 ratings
4.
Time and Time Again
Time and Time Again 4.07 avg rating — 994 ratings
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The Light of the Midnight Stars
The Light of the Midnight Stars 3.57 avg rating — 1,704 ratings
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Forget the Sleepless Shores
Forget the Sleepless Shores really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 49 ratings
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Uncommon Charm
Uncommon Charm 3.40 avg rating — 482 ratings
8.
The City Beautiful
The City Beautiful 4.10 avg rating — 2,705 ratings
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Mooncakes
Mooncakes 3.82 avg rating — 46,187 ratings
10.
Rules for Ghosting
Rules for Ghosting 3.90 avg rating — 2,812 ratings
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You Asked for Perfect
You Asked for Perfect 3.79 avg rating — 6,419 ratings
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Knit One, Girl Two
Knit One, Girl Two 3.82 avg rating — 1,379 ratings
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Three Partitions
Three Partitions 3.91 avg rating — 64 ratings
12.
Hotel Queens
Hotel Queens 4.33 avg rating — 4,347 ratings
15.
The Rabbi Who Prayed with Fire
The Rabbi Who Prayed with Fire 3.96 avg rating — 232 ratings
15.
The Brutal Truth
The Brutal Truth 4.35 avg rating — 7,428 ratings
17.
Red Rock Baby Candy
Red Rock Baby Candy 3.55 avg rating — 137 ratings
17.
Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts)
Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts) 3.84 avg rating — 5,008 ratings
19.
Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of the Artist and His Work
Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of the Artist and His Work 4.49 avg rating — 76 ratings
19.
Armed In Her Fashion
Armed In Her Fashion 3.69 avg rating — 609 ratings
19.
Echo After Echo
Echo After Echo 3.86 avg rating — 1,443 ratings
22.
Something to Talk About
Something to Talk About 3.62 avg rating — 32,912 ratings
22.
Godmother Night
Godmother Night 3.87 avg rating — 312 ratings
24.
Playing the Palace
Playing the Palace 3.22 avg rating — 7,033 ratings
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The Seep
The Seep 3.65 avg rating — 8,725 ratings
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Once More with Chutzpah
Once More with Chutzpah 3.96 avg rating — 780 ratings
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Special Topics in Being a Human: A Queer and Tender Guide to Things I've Learned the Hard Way about Caring for People, Including Myself
Special Topics in Being a Human: A Queer and Tender Guide to Things I've Learned the Hard Way about Caring for People, Including Myself 4.39 avg rating — 708 ratings
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Just Like Beauty
Just Like Beauty 3.58 avg rating — 165 ratings
29.
Isaac Mizrahi
Isaac Mizrahi 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings
29.
This Dark Descent (This Dark Descent, #1)
This Dark Descent (This Dark Descent, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 2,025 ratings
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A Song for a New Day
A Song for a New Day 3.96 avg rating — 4,717 ratings
32.
Dogs on the Trail: A Year in the Life
Dogs on the Trail: A Year in the Life 4.63 avg rating — 660 ratings
32.
The Red Door: A dark fairy tale told in poems
The Red Door: A dark fairy tale told in poems 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
34.
Play It Again
Play It Again 3.66 avg rating — 517 ratings
34.
Magical Princess Harriet: Chessed, World of Compassion
Magical Princess Harriet: Chessed, World of Compassion 4.49 avg rating — 49 ratings
36.
The Remaking of Corbin Wale
The Remaking of Corbin Wale 4.01 avg rating — 4,854 ratings
36.
Tales Of Jewish Gay Erotic Love
Tales Of Jewish Gay Erotic Love it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
36.
Three Wrong Turns in the Desert (Have Body, Will Guard, #1)
Three Wrong Turns in the Desert (Have Body, Will Guard, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 629 ratings
39.
Rainbow Jews: Jewish and Gay Identity in the Performing Arts
Rainbow Jews: Jewish and Gay Identity in the Performing Arts liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
39.
GayLife.com
GayLife.com 3.62 avg rating — 130 ratings
41.
Hearts Alight
Hearts Alight 3.77 avg rating — 128 ratings
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Like Bread on the Seder Plate: Jewish Lesbians and the Transformation of Tradition
Like Bread on the Seder Plate: Jewish Lesbians and the Transformation of Tradition 4.36 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Saving the Boxer (Ormond Yard Romantic Adventures, #3)
Saving the Boxer (Ormond Yard Romantic Adventures, #3) 4.23 avg rating — 56 ratings
44.
I.M.: A Memoir
I.M.: A Memoir 3.95 avg rating — 2,120 ratings
44.
Bone Weaver
Bone Weaver 3.73 avg rating — 762 ratings
44.
Milk and Honey: A Celebration of Jewish Lesbian Poetry
Milk and Honey: A Celebration of Jewish Lesbian Poetry 3.87 avg rating — 38 ratings
44.
These Violent Delights
These Violent Delights 3.94 avg rating — 25,180 ratings
48.
The Intimacy Experiment (Shameless #2)
The Intimacy Experiment (Shameless #2) 3.60 avg rating — 25,694 ratings
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Speaking for Ourselves: Short Stories by Jewish Lesbians
Speaking for Ourselves: Short Stories by Jewish Lesbians 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
50.
Unwritten Rules (Unwritten Rules #1)
Unwritten Rules (Unwritten Rules #1) 3.81 avg rating — 1,560 ratings
50.
Friday the Rabbi Wore Lace: Jewish Lesbian Erotica
Friday the Rabbi Wore Lace: Jewish Lesbian Erotica 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings
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In Other Lands
In Other Lands 4.35 avg rating — 12,725 ratings
53.
Wild Visionary: Maurice Sendak in Queer Jewish Context
Wild Visionary: Maurice Sendak in Queer Jewish Context 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
53.
Nice Jewish Girls: A Lesbian Anthology
Nice Jewish Girls: A Lesbian Anthology 4.29 avg rating — 117 ratings
55.
I Kissed a Girl
I Kissed a Girl 3.31 avg rating — 2,877 ratings
55.
Nice Jewish Girls (Lesbian Light Reads Book 12)
Nice Jewish Girls (Lesbian Light Reads Book 12) 3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings
55.
Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound: A Novel
Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound: A Novel 4.14 avg rating — 126 ratings
58.
This Rebel Heart
This Rebel Heart 3.69 avg rating — 1,341 ratings
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Queer Jewish Notions: Proof That God Isn't a Homophobe
Queer Jewish Notions: Proof That God Isn't a Homophobe
by: Amy Soule
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
58.
Milk Fed
Milk Fed 3.56 avg rating — 74,714 ratings
61.
The Pomegranate Gate (The Mirror Realm Cycle, #1)
The Pomegranate Gate (The Mirror Realm Cycle, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,747 ratings
61.
Some Queer Jewish Poetry
Some Queer Jewish Poetry it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
61.
Sex Ed
Sex Ed 3.95 avg rating — 1,423 ratings
64.
Down Comes the Night
Down Comes the Night 3.78 avg rating — 9,271 ratings
64.
Queering the Text: Biblical, Medieval, and Modern Jewish Stories
Queering the Text: Biblical, Medieval, and Modern Jewish Stories 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
64.
Dirty Steal (Dirty Players, #2)
Dirty Steal (Dirty Players, #2) 3.80 avg rating — 856 ratings
67.
Higher (Hot for the Holidays, #2)
Higher (Hot for the Holidays, #2) 4.22 avg rating — 72 ratings
67.
Deathless: The Complete, Uncensored, Heartbreaking, and Amazing Autobiography of Serach bat Asher, the Oldest Woman in the World
Deathless: The Complete, Uncensored, Heartbreaking, and Amazing Autobiography of Serach bat Asher, the Oldest Woman in the World 4.12 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Tied Together (Tied Together, #1)
Tied Together (Tied Together, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 866 ratings
70.
Matzo Match (Hot for the Holidays, #1)
Matzo Match (Hot for the Holidays, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 128 ratings
70.
Fragments of the Brooklyn Talmud
Fragments of the Brooklyn Talmud 4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings
70.
Fire Season (Unwritten Rules #2)
Fire Season (Unwritten Rules #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,280 ratings
73.
A Masc for Purim (Hot for the Holidays #3)
A Masc for Purim (Hot for the Holidays #3) 4.15 avg rating — 78 ratings
73.
Keep This Off the Record
Keep This Off the Record
by: Arden Joy
3.43 avg rating — 477 ratings
73.
Revelations for a New Millenium: Saintly and Celestial Prophecies of Joy and Renewal
Revelations for a New Millenium: Saintly and Celestial Prophecies of Joy and Renewal 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
73.
Diamond Ring (Unwritten Rules #3)
Diamond Ring (Unwritten Rules #3) 4.17 avg rating — 909 ratings
77.
A Year of Firsts
A Year of Firsts 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Torah Told Different: Stories for a Pan/Poly/Post-Denominational World
Torah Told Different: Stories for a Pan/Poly/Post-Denominational World 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
77.
Housemates
Housemates 3.49 avg rating — 5,970 ratings
80.
Hut and Bothered
Hut and Bothered 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
80.
Sailor's Delight
Sailor's Delight 3.95 avg rating — 428 ratings
82.
Cinnamon Blade: Knife in Shining Armor
Cinnamon Blade: Knife in Shining Armor 3.91 avg rating — 217 ratings
83.
Ring of Solomon
Ring of Solomon 3.93 avg rating — 244 ratings
83.
Director's Cut
Director's Cut 3.56 avg rating — 968 ratings
85.
The Art of Starving
The Art of Starving 3.72 avg rating — 5,173 ratings
85.
Benji Zeb is a Ravenous Werewolf
Benji Zeb is a Ravenous Werewolf 4.09 avg rating — 213 ratings
85.
Willow: Wonderland
Willow: Wonderland 3.99 avg rating — 1,475 ratings
85.
Frisky Connections (Frisky Bean, #0.5)
Frisky Connections (Frisky Bean, #0.5) 3.38 avg rating — 200 ratings
89.
Nine of Swords, Reversed
Nine of Swords, Reversed
by: Xan West
4.02 avg rating — 133 ratings
89.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow & Tara
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow & Tara 4.13 avg rating — 560 ratings
89.
Jewish Bodylore: Feminist and Queer Ethnographies of Folk Practices
Jewish Bodylore: Feminist and Queer Ethnographies of Folk Practices 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
92.
Eight Kinky Nights
Eight Kinky Nights
by: Xan West
3.93 avg rating — 257 ratings
93.
The Art of Three
The Art of Three 3.89 avg rating — 209 ratings
93.
Dreidel Date
Dreidel Date 3.98 avg rating — 45 ratings
95.
The Dybbuk in Love
The Dybbuk in Love 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings
96.
The Second Mango (Mangoverse, #1)
The Second Mango (Mangoverse, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 827 ratings
96.
Singing Innocence and Experience
Singing Innocence and Experience 4.27 avg rating — 26 ratings
98.
When the Angels Left the Old Country
When the Angels Left the Old Country 4.26 avg rating — 3,727 ratings
99.
From Dust, a Flame
From Dust, a Flame 3.83 avg rating — 906 ratings
100.
The First Bright Thing
The First Bright Thing 3.58 avg rating — 3,318 ratings
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