Book Bingo 2026: Queer/Trans Voices
Here are some suggestions for your 2026 Book Bingo NW category: Queer/trans voices, selected by library staff at The Seattle Public Library. Book Bingo is our annual adult summer reading program presented in partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures and King County Library System.
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Martyr!
Fiction. As a kid, Cyrus moved from Iran to Indiana with his dad after the plane his mother was on was accidentally shot down by the U.S. military. Now nearly 30 and recovering from addiction, Cyrus' obsession with martyrs leads him to a dying artist in Brooklyn in this highly anticipated debut. (NoveList)
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An Optimism
Nonfiction/Poetry. Anchored by an epistolary sequence directed to the 20th century poet and activist Pauli Murray, and looking to the work of other trans, queer, and black feminist writers like Audre Lorde, Lucille Clifton, and June Jordan for company and counsel, Cameron Awkward-Rich situate us in spaces intimate and capacious, from lovers' beds to the Gamma Quadrant across the Milky Way. (NoveList)
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Fire in Every Direction
Nonfiction. In this poignant autobiography, queer Palestinian writer and activist Baconi (Hamas Contained) tenderly explores identity, nationality, and family history. (Publishers Weekly)
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The Idea of An Entire Life
Nonfiction/Poetry. A powerful meditation on the present as a space where the past and a still-possible utopia collide. (NoveList)
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Black Trans Feminism
Nonfiction. In Black Trans Feminism Marquis Bey offers a meditation on blackness and gender nonnormativity in ways that recalibrate traditional understandings of each. (Publisher description)
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What Is Queer Food?
Nonfiction. Exploring how food has helped define the act of queer survival across decades of sexual prohibition. (Kirkus)
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Leo Rising
Fiction Graphic Novel. Three queer 20-somethings from “Squarebanks,” Alaska, push each other to find their respective paths—to love, work, and an authentic identity—in this clever graphic novel from Bongiovanni. (Publishers Weekly)
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The Double Dutch Fuss: A Memoir
Nonfiction. Baltimore Story Fest founder and creative director Branch gives an engrossing account of the pressures of performing masculinity while being gay in the 1980s and 1990s. (Library Journal)
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Crawl
Fiction. Delsohn debuts with a dryly humorous and poignant collection featuring an eclectic cast of characters navigating trans life in 2010s Seattle. (Publishers Weekly)
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Disappoint Me
Fiction. Approaching thirty, Max, a trans woman, attempts to embrace heteronormativity by dating Vincent, but as his past resurfaces, she must use love and forgiveness to determine whether it’s possible to move beyond her dissatisfaction and their shared mistakes. (NoveList)
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