LGBTQIA+ Pride at the 2025 Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books

Pittsburgh Pride kicks off on Saturday May 31st 2025, bringing us into June to celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride. At the Library we are also celebrating Pride on May 31st by hosting a TON of great events at the Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books. Start your day at the book fest events before heading to Pittsburgh Pride and see the nation’s #1 Beyonce impersonator, Riley Knoxx along with The First Ladies of Disco!  

Learn more about the 2025 Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books. We hope to see you this year!


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The Blessed

Being the child of a top-tier demon and a human isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. For the past two hundred years, Layla Jefferies has lived a life of quietude. When an unknown force draws her out of seclusion, the pull is too strong to ignore. Layla is tasked to assist with protecting the gateways and saving Suri from becoming a vengeful demon’s avatar. Falling in love with her is definitely not part of the plan.

This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby. 


Don't Sleep With the Dead

From award-winning author Nghi Vo comes Don’t Sleep with the Dead, a standalone companion novella to The Chosen and the Beautiful, her acclaimed reimagining of The Great Gatsby. 

This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby. 


Housemates

Bernie is a talented young photographer who has quit taking photographs in favor of drinking and drifting around Philadelphia. Leah is ambitious yet flailing grad student and journalist who must know the answer to every question. When Bernie replies to Leah’s ad for a new housemate, they tentatively begin the kind of uncategorizable, queer relationship that can only flourish between two people who deeply understand each others’ dreams and dissatisfactions.

This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in Audio on Libby. 


The In-between Bookstore

A poignant and enchanting novel about a magical bookstore that transports a trans man through time and brings him face-to-face with his teenage self, offering him the chance of a lifetime to examine his life and identity to find a new beginning.

This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby. 


Single Player

Tara Tai is a featured author at the 2025 Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books! Cat Li cares about two things: video games and swoony romances. The former means there hasn’t been much of the latter in her (real) life, but when she lands her dream job writing the love storylines for Compass Hollow—the next big thing in games—she knows it’s all been worth it.

This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby, eBook on hoopla, in eAudio on Libby, in eAudio on hoopla. 


Stag Dance

In this collection of one novel and three stories, Torrey Peters’s keen eye for the rough edges of community and desire push the limits of trans writing.

This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby. 

 


Stop Me If You've Heard This One

Cherry Hendricks might be down on her luck, but she can write the book on what makes something funny: she’s a professional clown who creates raucous, zany fun at gigs all over Orlando. Between her clowning and her shifts at an aquarium store for extra cash, she’s always hustling. Not to mention balancing her judgmental mother, her messy love life, and her equally messy community of fellow performers.

This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby. 


Zoe Brennan, First Crush

Zoe Brennan may be the loneliest lesbian in Blue Ridge, but at least she has her family vineyard to keep her busy. When a prestigious wine festival announces it’s coming to town, it kicks off a battle royale among local vineyards vying for the opportunity to host it.

This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby,in eAudio on Libby, and in eAudio on Hoopla. 


What Is Wrong With You?

A diverse cast of eccentric characters—including a tech billionaire, a flight attendant, a disgraced book editor, and a TikTok rapping Wall Street bro—collide at a lavish private island wedding, where love, chaos and self-discovery intertwine in unexpected ways.

This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby.