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14 June 2024

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I added a new category of illustrated children's books (yay!) and about a dozen or so books to the existing categories. Please share!

Fiction:

377, by Manish Jani

A Life Apart, by Neel Mukherjee

All the Words Unspoken, by Serena Kaur

A Thousand Dreams Within Me Softly Burn, by Sahil Sood

Babyji by Abha Dawesar

Blue Boy, by Rakesh Satyal

The Boyfriend, by R. Raj Rao

The Boy and the Bindi, by Vivek Shraya

Bright Lines: A Novel, by Tanwi Nandini Islam

The Carpet Weaver, by Nemat Sadat

Cinnamon Gardens, by Shyam Selvadurai

The City of Devi, by Manil Suri

Cobalt Blue: A Novel, by Sachin Kundalkar

The Default World, by Naomi Kanakia

Don’t Let Him Know, by Sandip Roy

Dulhaniyaa: A Desi Lesbian Romance, by Talia Bhatt

Funny Boy, by Shyam Selvadurai

Hostel Room 131, by R. Raj Rao

My Magical Palace, by Kunal Mukherjee

Marriage of a Thousand Lies, by SJ Sindhu

A Married Woman, by Manju Kapur

Memory of Light, by Ruth Vanita

Mohanaswamy, by Vasudhendra

My Father’s Garden, by Hansda Sowvendra Shekar

The Normal State of Mind, by Susmita Bhattacharya

Ode to Lata, by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla

The Paths of Marriage, by Mala Kumar

The Pregnant King, by Devdutt Pattanaik

Quarantine, by Rahul Mehta

The Quilt and Other Stories, by Ismat Chughtai

Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion, by Bushra Rehman

Stealing Nasreen, by Farzana Doctor

Swimming in the Monsoon Sea, by Shyam Selvadurai

Tell Me How to Be: A Novel, by Neel Patel

Trying to Grow, by Firdaus Kanga

The Two Krishnas, by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla

Valmiki’s Daughter, by Shani Mootoo

When Tara Met Farah, by Tara Pammi

The World Unseen, by Shamim Sarif

Your Driver is Waiting, by Priya Guns

Poetry:

High Noon and the Body, by Kyla Pasha

If They Come for Us: Poems, by Fatima Asghar

She of the Mountains, by Vivek Shraya

The Tree Outside My Window is a Drama Queen, by Avinash Matta

The World that Belongs to Us: An Anthology of Queer Poetry from South Asia, by Aditi Angiras and Akhil Katyal

Children’s:

The Big Thoughts of Little Luv, by Karan Johar (author) and Priya Kuriyan (illustrator)

The Boy and the Bindi, by Vivek Shraya (author) and Rajni Perera (illustrator)

The Boy in the Cupboard, by Harshala Gupta (author) and Priya Dali (illustrator)

My Paati’s Saris, by Jyoti Rajan Gopal (author) and Art Twink (illustrator)

Rainbow Hands, by Mamta Nainy (author) and Jo Loring-Fisher (illustrator)

Ritu Weds Chandni, by Ameya Narvankar

Sadiq Wants to Stitch, by Mamta Nainy (author) and Niloufer Wadia (illustrator)

Young Adult:

The Best at It, by Maulik Pancholy

Bruised, by Tanya Boteju

Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adbia Jaigirdar

The Henna Wars, by Adiba Jaigirdar

Jaya and Rasa, Sonia Patel

Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens, by Tanya Boteju

The Loophole, by Naz Kutub

The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan

Nikhil Out Loud, by Maulik Pancholy

Talking of Muskaan, by Himanjali Sankar

Tell Me How You Really Feel, by Aminah Mae Safi

We are Totally Normal, by Naomi Kanakia

When Tara met Farah: An Opposites Attract Romance, by Tara Pammi

Zara Hossain is Here, by Sabina Khan

Fantasy:

The Devourers, by Indra Das

The Ivory Key, by Akshaya Raman

The Jasmine Throne, by Tasha Suri

The Lotus Empire, by Tasha Suri

The Oleander Sword, by Tasha Suri

Rakesfall, by Vajra Chandrasekera

Biography & Memoir:

Antiman, by Rajiv Mohabir

Between Queens and the Cities, by Niranjan Kunwar

Dirty River, by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

A Dutiful Boy, by Mohsin Zaidi

The Man Who Would be Queen, by Hoshang Merchant

Me Hijra, Me Laxmi, by Laxminarayan Tripathi

A Sinner in Mecca: A Gay Muslim’s Hajj of Defiance, by Parvez Sharma

So Now You Know: A Memoir of Growing Up Gay In India, by Vivek Tejuja

A Truth About Me: A Hijra Story, by A. Revathi

We Have Always Been Here, by Samra Habib

You Can’t Be Serious, by Kal Penn

Non-Fiction & Anthologies:

AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India, by Amartya Sen and various authors

Because I Have A Voice: Queer Politics in India, edited by Arvind Narrain and Gautam Bhan

Beyond the Gender Binary, by Alok Vaid-Menon

Close, Too Close: The Tranquebar Book of Queer Erotica, by Meenu and Shruti

Decolonlize Drag, by Kareem Khubchandani

The Fabulous Feminist: A Suniti Namjoshi Reader, by Suniti Namjoshi

Gay Bombay: Globalization, Love, and (Be)Longing in Contemporary India, by Parmesh Shahani

Hijras, Lovers, Brothers: Surviving Sex and Poverty in Rural India, by Vaibhav Saria

Impossible Desires: Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures, by Gayatri Gopinath

The Invisibles, by Zia Jaffrey

Ishstyle: Accenting Gay Indian Nightlife (Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Theater/Drama/Performance), by Kareem Khubchandani

A Lotus of Another Color, by Rakesh Ratti

Love’s Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West by Ruth Vanita

Loving Women: Being Lesbian in Unprivileged India, by Maya Sharma

Made in India: Decolonializations, Queer Sexualities, Trans/National Projects, by Suparna Bhaskaran

Moving Truth(s): Queer and Transgender Desi Writings on Family, by Various authors

Neither Man Nor Woman, Serena Nanda

No Outlaws in the Gender Galaxy, by Chaynika Shah, Raj Merchant, et al.

Out! Stories from the New Queer India, by Minal Hajratwala

Queering India: Same-Sex Love and Eroticism in Indian Culture and Society, by Ruth Vanita

Queer Activism in India: A Story in the Anthropology of Ethics, by Naisargi Dave

Sakhiyani: Lesbian Desire in Ancient and Modern India, by Giti Thadani

Same-Sex Love in India, edited by Ruth Vanita and Saleem Kidwal

Sexual Sites, Seminal Attitudes: Sexualities, Masculinities and Culture in South Asia, by Sanjay Srivastava

Sex Longing and Not Belonging: A Gay Muslim’s Quest for Love and Meaning, by Badruddin Khan

Sexuality, Abjection and Queer Existence in Contemporary India, by Pushpesh Kumar

Shikhandi and Other Tales They Don’t Tell You, by Devdutt Pattanaik

We Were Here: Sexuality, Photography, and Cultural Difference, by Sunil Gupta

With Respect to Sex: Negotiating Hijra Identity in South India, by Gaytri Reddy

Yaraana: Gay Writings from South Asia by Hoshang Merchant

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Dolphins doing cartwheels with an aquarium guest.

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Statue of the goddess Aphrodite bathing in the garden of the Reggia di Caserta, Italy.

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(by Andrew Taylor)

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Castle Ashby Orangery 🍊 Northamptonshire, England

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@thefifearms designed by Neil Wenman

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Sohan Qadri (Indian, 1932-2011), Inner Journey, 2000. Ink and dye on handmade paper, 30 x 22 ⅛ in.

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(by Octavio Campos Salles)

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