The Main Library will be closed on Monday, February 16 for Presidents' Day

Interested in reading and discussing LGBTQIA+ books? Join us for monthly hand-picked queer reads across genre and identity! Starting in October 2025, we will be back at the Main Library. Meetings are 1:30-2:30pm on the final Sunday of each month.

Register here.

 

How to Join:

1. Register here (preferred) or email Miriasha at mborsykowsky@burlingtonvt.gov.

2. Pick up a copy of the book from Fletcher Free if you have a library card with us or another HomeCard library.

3. Read it (or most of it) and join us for a discussion the final Sunday of each month, from 1:30-2:30pm.

2026 Books:

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Giovanni's Room

January 25:

Giovanni's Room

by James Baldwin

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Finna by Nino Cipri

February 22:

Finna

by Nino Cipri

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Spent: A Comic Novel by Alison Bechdel

March 29:

Spent: A Comic Novel

by Alison Bechdel

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Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

April 26:

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

by Ocean Vuong

 

 

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Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

May 31:

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

by Malinda Lo

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The Heartbreak Bakery by AR Capetta

June 28:

The Heartbreak Bakery

by AR Capetta

More 2026 books coming soon!

Register here.

Have questions? Email Miriasha at mborsykowsky@burlingtonvt.gov

Past books include: How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler, Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe, Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg, Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki, Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon, A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers, To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose, and more.

Supported in part by the Vermont Humanities.