GLBTQ Challenge

The basic idea of this challenge is to read books about GLBT topics and/or by GLBT authors.

The challenge runs year-round, and there will be three levels of participation:

* Lambda Level: Read 4 books.
* Pink Triangle Level: Read 8 books.
* Rainbow Level: Read 12 or more books.

I'm committing to Lambda level for this challenge, but I hope to go further.  Unfortunately, if I commit to the level I want on every challenge I'm interested in, I'll have to read about 500 books next year. :)

My List

1. A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf (lesbian author)
2. Women by Annie Leibovitz (lesbian women and families)
3. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (lesbian author and lesbian romance)
4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by M.A. Shaffer and A. Barrows (positive portrayal of homosexual relationship)
5. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (positive portrayal of homosexual relationship) 
6. You Better Not Cry by Augusten Burroughs (gay author and content)  
7. Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips (positive portrayal of homosexuality) 
8. The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet by Myrlin A. Hermes 
9. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 
10. The Alcoholic by Jonathan Ames
11. The Surrogates by Robert Venditti
12. The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff 
13. Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan 
14. The Great Lover by Jill Dawson 
15. Of All the Stupid Things by Alexandra Diaz 
16. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel 
17. Strings Attached by Nick Nolan 
18. The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson
19. Deliver Us From Evie by M.E. Kerr
20. Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur
21. Marked by P.C. and Kristin Cast
22. Queer Questions Straight Talk by Abby Dees 
23. Wildthorn by Jane Eagland 
24. Disturbed by Her Song by Tanith Lee
25. Gender Outlaws by Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman
26. will grayson, will grayson by David Levithan and John Green

CHALLENGE COMPLETED: Yet another challenge that I just adore, the GLBT challenge inspired me to read quite a few books on my TBR shelf, and more importantly, to be aware of what I was reading and how it fits into a social construction.  I will definitely be more cognizant and conscientious about reading GLBTQ lit.