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Read a F*cking Book: 20 Best Young Adult Novels For Queer Girls

NPR’s list of Top 100 Choices For Best Teen Novels lacked proper queeriosity. Thus we present our top 20 picks for Queer Teen Novels For Girls.

By Riese| August 10, 2012 | 90 Comments
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Holigay Gift Guide: Gift a F*cking Book

When you give the gift of reading, you’re giving two gifts — the book, and the gift of reading that you get from reading the book. Does that make sense?

By Riese| December 7, 2011 | 38 Comments
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Reading Rainbow OPEN THREAD: On Gays, Lesbians And Their Books

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