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This week, I was outbid in the Crime Writers for Trans Rights 2025 Auction, which is great news, because it raised more money for the Transgender Law Center. I was a little disappointed, though, that my budget could not afford another bid. That got me thinking about the queer books I’d buy if money was no object.
Despite my life revolving around books and reading, I don’t buy a ton of books. I have the library to thank for that! My biggest book purchase of all time was buying a nine-volume hardcover complete compilation of The Ladder, a lesbian magazine that ran from 1956 to 1972. I walked past it at the used bookstore I worked at for about a year before I broke down and spent more than I’d like to admit buying it for myself as a graduation present.
Aside from that one-time splurge, I tend to keep to a pretty small book buying budget. If that budget was unlimited, though, here’s what I’d buy…
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