Malta Libraries has a list of LGBTIQ+ reads available for its members!

With all the hate and prejudice going on in the world right now, it is easy to forget that there are allies all around us ready to reach out and support us.

Malta Libraries have posted a beautiful message this afternoon and offered a whole list of recommended LGBTIQ+ themed reads and can be accessed digitally if you are a Malta Library member!

Membership with Malta Libraries is free and you can apply online!

In their post on their social media, they said:

We stand by our mantra: if you’re unsure, unprepared, confused about any given subject – READ UP ABOUT IT! Reading is always a great place to start. We believe that LGBTIQ+ stories are not only educational but also empowering for individuals who are searching for voices to relate to, for friends and families who wish to be of better support and for society in general to understand how to be the very best version it could be in embracing the community and in bringing about change.

The following is the list of reads being recommended by the Library via maltalibraries.overdrive.com which can be accessed as eBooks:

• I’ll give you the sun – Jandy Nelson

• Aristotle & Dante discover the secrets of the universe – Benjamin Alire Saenz

• Fingersmith - Sarah Waters

• Love, Simon – Becky Albertalli

• Simon vs the Homo Sapiens agenda – Becky Albertalli

• Leah on the offbeat – Becky Albertalli

• What if it’s us – Adam Silvera/Becky Albertalli

• More happy than not – Adam Silvera

• The full spectrum: a new generation of writing about gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and other identities – David Levithan

• You asked for perfect – Laura Silverman

• Color outside the lines – Sangu Mandanna

• The art of being normal – Lisa Williamson

• If I was your girl – Meredith Russo

• Tell me again how a crush should feel – Sara Farizan

• If you could be mine – Sara Farizan

• Annie on my mind – Nancy Garden

• Everything leads to you – Nina LaCour

• Hurricane season – Nicole Melleby

• The summer of Jordi Perez (and the best burger in Los Angeles) – Amy Spalding

• We used to be friends – Amy Spalding

• Maybe this time – Eva Clancy

• All out: the no-longer secret stories of queer teens throughout the ages – Saundra Mitchell

• Queer: the ultimate LGBT guide for teens – Kathy Belge/Marke Bieschke

• A practical guide to gender diversity and sexuality in early years – Deborah Price

• GLBTQ: the survival guide for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning teens – Kelly Huegel/Marieka Heinlen

• The love hypothesis – Laura Steven

• Some girls bind – Rory James

• Neanderthal opens the door to the universe – Preston Norton

• Meet cute – Jennifer L. Armentrout

• Half the world away – Jessica Skye Davies

• Reverie – Ryan La Sala

• Release – Patrick Ness

• The beauty that remains – Ashley Woodfolk

• Winter ball – Amy Lane

• Forever man – A.J. DeWall

• Becoming a man: half a life story – Paul Monette

• Pancakes in Paris: living the American dream in France – Craig Carlson

Thank you Malta Libraries for educating hearts and minds!