When asked about the top LGBT books of the year, Canadian booksellers offered many thought-provoking choices.
Scott Dagostino, manager of Toronto’s Glad Day Bookshop, says, “I could go on and on about the great books we have in stock. And the great taste of our customers, who have rewarded these authors for their talent and risk-taking.”
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- "Our top-selling book this year is also one of our favourites," says Scott Dagostino of Toronto's Glad Day Bookshop. "[Kamal Al-Solaylee] writes amusingly and movingly about his boyhood in Yemen, coming out in Toronto, and the separation from his increasingly fundamentalist family back home. It's both a great read and a vital story."<br /> <br /> Vancouver's Little Sister's Book & Art Emporium manager Janine Fuller calls <i>Intolerable</i>, which was nominated for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize, "an amazing portrait of a life journey."
- Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes by Kamal Al-Solaylee (HarperCollins Canada)
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- <i>My Princess Boy</i> is the bestselling children's title at Glad Day Bookshop.<br /> <br /> Based on the author's real-life experience, the story follows a family's unconditional love for their son, who loves to wear pink and a princess tiara.
- My Princess Boy by Cheryl Kilodavis; Suzanne DeSimone, illus. (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster)
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- Kate Bornstein's <i>A Queer and Pleasant Danger</i> is described as the "true story of a nice Jewish boy who joins the Church of Scientology and leaves 12 years later to become the lovely lady she is today."<br /> <br /> The memoir is currently a bestseller at Little Sister's Book & Art Emporium in Vancouver.
- A Queer and Pleasant Danger by Kate Bornstein (Beacon Press)
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- Ivan E. Coyote's eighth book is her first to tackle issues facing queer youth. <br /> <br /> Little Sister's Book & Art Emporium manager Janine Fuller calls the semi-fictional memoir "brilliant" and says the book sold well beyond the youth market.
- One in Every Crowd by Ivan E. Coyote (Arsenal Pulp Press)
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- Janine Fuller of Little Sister's in Vancouver says this book has been successful because it resonates with locals: Doll & Penny's Café is located down the street from the bookstore.<br /> <br /> The story, which portrays love, sex, and drag queens in Vancouver's gay village during the late 1980s, was initially serialized in <i>Xtra Vancouver</i>.
- Foodsluts at Doll & Penny's Cafe by Tony Correia and Ken Boesem (Cactus Flower Press)
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- This graphic novel introduces Kevin Keller into the world of Archie and Jughead.<br /> <br /> "It's as fun as it is groundbreaking," says Scott Dagostino of Toronto's Glad Day Bookshop. "The first gay teen in Riverdale is a great role model for kids. We adore him."
- Archie's Pal: Kevin Keller by Dan Parent (Archie Comics)
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