Rainbow Reads Book Club
The Rainbow Reads Book Club is another 2019 addition to our book club offerings and is led by Towne bookseller Dana. All the selections for the Rainbow Reads Book Club feature protagonists who are members of the LGBTQ+ community. For the time being as the group continues to grow, each month’s selection is picked by Dana!
Rainbow Reads Book Club meets on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm.
Upcoming Meetings and Selections
Wednesday, September 20th, 2023: Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Wednesday, October 18th, 2023: The Honeys by Ryan La Sala
Previous Selections
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023: The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath
Monday, June 5th, 2023: Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
Monday, May 1st, 2023: The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
Monday, April 3rd, 2023: Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
Monday, March 6th, 2023: Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
Monday, Februrary 6th, 2023: Real Queer America: LGBT Stories From Red States by Samantha Allen
Monday, January 2nd, 2022: The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain
Monday, November 7, 2022: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Wednesday, January 12, 2022: Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
Wednesday, November 10, 2021: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Wednesday, October 13, 2021: Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
September 2021: The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
August 2021: David Bowie Made Me Gay by Darryl W Bullock
July 2021: Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
From Ryan La Sala, the wildly popular author of Reverie, comes a twisted and tantalizing horror novel set amidst the bucolic splendor of a secluded summer retreat.
Mars has always been the lesser twin, the shadow to his sister Caroline's radiance.
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (NPR, The Washington Post, Lit Hub, The Telegraph, Goodreads, Tor.com, them, and more)
A FINALIST for the LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD and GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD
A genre-defying debut, this queer historical YA centers a wild and reckless trio who fly in the face of small-town tradition—full of compassion, love, and determination to live the lives of their choosing.
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A furious, queer debut novel about embracing the monster within and unleashing its power against your oppressors.
"A long, sustained scream to the various strains of anti-transgender legislation multiplying around the world like, well, a virus." —The New York Times
An Instant National Bestseller!
An Indie Next Pick!
A B&N Reads April Pick!
In this “fun, page-turner of a novel” (Sarah Haywood, New York Times bestselling author) that’s perfect for fans of Mostly Dead Things and Goodbye, Vitamin, a morbidly anxious young woman stumbles into a job as a receptionist at a Catholic church and soon finds herself obsessed with her predecessor’s mysterious death.
An Instant New York Times Bestseller
A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2022
A Library Reads Pick
An Indie Next Pick
A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee
The much-beloved BookTok sensation, Travis Baldree's novel of high fantasy and low stakes.
LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST
A transgender reporter's "powerful, profoundly moving" narrative tour through the surprisingly vibrant queer communities sprouting up in red states (New York Times Book Review), offering a vision of a stronger, more humane America.
“This rollicking romance entrapped me! True in its detail and its scope, it is amusing yet heart-breaking.” —Ian McKellen
Winner of the National Book Award
A New York Times Bestseller
"The queer romance we’ve been waiting for.”—Ms. Magazine
"I was hooked from the very first page!” – Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of In a Holidaze
"This book is a delight." – New York Times Book Review
A NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER!
A 2021 Alex Award winner!
The 2021 RUSA Reading List: Fantasy Winner!
An Indie Next Pick!
One of Publishers Weekly's "Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2020"
One of Book Riot’s “20 Must-Read Feel-Good Fantasies”
#1 New York Times best seller!
Booklist Editors’ Choice 2015 - Youth!
Named a "Best Book of 2015" by Time Magazine, School Library Journal, Barnes & Noble, NPR, PopSugar, The Millions, and The News & Observer!
Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen.
The Traitor Baru Cormorant is the critically-acclaimed debut novel from Seth Dickinson, one of the rising new stars in fantasy.
Tomorrow, on the beach, Baru Cormorant will look up and see red sails on the horizon.
David Bowie Made Me Gay isthe most “sweeping” and “comprehensive” (Kirkus Reviews, A Best Nonfiction Book Selection) history of LGBT music ever compiled, encompassing a century of music by and for the LGBT community.
From Sia to Elton John, from Billie Holiday to David Bowie, LGBT musicians have changed the course of mod
Named Most Anticipated of 2021 by Oprah Magazine * Marie Claire * Ms. Magazine * E * Parade Magazine * Buzzfeed * Cosmo * The Rumpus * GoodReads * Autostraddle * Brit & Co * Refinery29 * Betches * BookRiot and others
A LibraryReads Pick
"HONEY GIRL is an emotional, heartfelt, charming debut, and I loved every moment of it."