The Best LGBT 2025

1. Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love, Pre-Owned (Hardcover)

Pre-Owned - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNPR'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEARINDIE BESTSELLERGOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER: BEST MEMOIR & AUTOBIOGRAPHYA laugh-and-cry-out-loud memoir from the beloved star of Netflix's Queer Eye, Jonathan Van NessWho gave Jonathan Van Ness permission to be the radiant human he is today? No one, honey.The truth is, it hasn't always been gorgeous for this beacon of positivity and joy.Before he stole our hearts as the grooming and self-care expert on Netflix's hit show Queer Eye, Jonathan was growing up in a small Midwestern town that didn't understand why he was so...over the top. From choreographed carpet figure skating routines to the unavoidable fact that he was Just. So. Gay., Jonathan was an easy target and endured years of judgement, ridicule and trauma--yet none of it crushed his uniquely effervescent spirit.Over the Top uncovers the pain and passion it took to end up becoming the model of self-love and acceptance that Jonathan is today. In this revelatory, raw, and rambunctious memoir, Jonathan shares never-before-told secrets and reveals sides of himself that the public has never seen. JVN fans may think they know the man behind the stiletto heels, the crop tops, and the iconic sayings, but there's much more to him than meets the Queer Eye.You'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll come away knowing that no matter how broken or lost you may be, you're a Kelly Clarkson song, you're strong, and you've got this.

Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love, Pre-Owned (Hardcover)

2. Over the Top: My Story, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

Pre-Owned - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NPR'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR INDIE BESTSELLER GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER: BEST MEMOIR & AUTOBIOGRAPHY A laugh-and-cry-out-loud memoir from the beloved star of Netflix's Queer Eye, Jonathan Van Ness Who gave Jonathan Van Ness permission to be the radiant human he is today? No one, honey. The truth is, it hasn't always been gorgeous for this beacon of positivity and joy. Before he stole our hearts as the grooming and self-care expert on Netflix's hit show Queer Eye, Jonathan was growing up in a small Midwestern town that didn't understand why he was so...over the top. From choreographed carpet figure skating routines to the unavoidable fact that he was Just. So. Gay., Jonathan was an easy target and endured years of judgement, ridicule and trauma--yet none of it crushed his uniquely effervescent spirit. Over the Top uncovers the pain and passion it took to end up becoming the model of self-love and acceptance that Jonathan is today. In this revelatory, raw, and rambunctious memoir, Jonathan shares never-before-told secrets and reveals sides of himself that the public has never seen. JVN fans may think they know the man behind the stiletto heels, the crop tops, and the iconic sayings, but there's much more to him than meets the Queer Eye. You'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll come away knowing that no matter how broken or lost you may be, you're a Kelly Clarkson song, you're strong, and you've got this. --The New York Times

Over the Top: My Story, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

3. Do You Mind If I Cancel? (Things That Still Annoy Me), Pre-Owned (Hardcover)

Pre-Owned - The Instant New York Times Bestseller From Family Guy to his own Instagram account, Janetti has been behind some of his generation's greatest comedy. This book of essays is no exception. -- The New York Times Fans of David Sedaris, Jenny Lawson, and Tina Fey... meet your new friend Gary Janetti.Gary Janetti, the writer and producer for some of the most popular television comedies of all time, and creator of one of the most wickedly funny Instagram accounts there is, now turns his skills to the page in a hilarious, and poignant book chronicling the pains and indignities of everyday life. Gary spends his twenties in New York, dreaming of starring on soap operas while in reality working at a hotel where he lusts after an unattainable colleague and battles a bellman who despises it when people actually use a bell to call him. He chronicles the torture of finding a job before the internet when you had to talk on the phone all the time, and fantasizes, as we all do, about who to tell off when he finally wins an Oscar. As Gary himself says, These are essays from my childhood and young adulthood about things that still annoy me. Original, brazen, and laugh out loud funny, Do You Mind If I Cancel? is something not to be missed.

Do You Mind If I Cancel? (Things That Still Annoy Me), Pre-Owned (Hardcover)

4. My Big Fat Queer Life: The Best of Michael Thomas Ford [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Ford's My Queer Life books have racked up four Lambda Literary Award nominations, with two consecutive wins, and appeared on numerous best-seller lists. Now the best of Ford's writing has been collected along with seven new, brilliantly funny essays to create the essential My Queer Life compendium.

My Big Fat Queer Life : The Best of Michael Thomas Ford, Used [Paperback]

5. Lesbianism Made Easy, Used [Paperback]

A hilarious look at lesbian life. In this irreverent how-to, even the least lesbian among readers can learn how to pick up girls, how to have sex, how to cope with the woman of their dreams, even how to heal, or heel, the inner lesbian. National ads/media. From the Hardcover edition.

Lesbianism Made Easy, Used [Paperback]

6. When Drag Is Not a Care Race : An Irreverent Dictionary of over 400 Gay and Lesbian Words and Phrases, Used [Paperback]

A witty, humorous, and helpful guide to the lingo common among the gay community for gay folks, straight folks, and everyone in between! The authors of Why Gay Guys Are a Girl's Best Friend know how to talk the talk, and now they share their expertise in a delightfully illustrated and enlightening look at the gay and lesbian vocabulary. With sections devoted to men on men, women on women, sex, straights, fashion sense (or lack thereof), and more, they provide sassy, on-target definitions, and even include tips on proper usage. From buysexual to Mary, Martha, and the Sacred Band of Thebes, here is a fabulous compendium of terms guaranteed to ruffle the pages of Noah Webster himself!

When Drag Is Not a Care Race : An Irreverent Dictionary of over 400 Gay and Lesbian Words and Phrases, Used [Paperback]

7. Openly Bob, Used [Hardcover]

Growing up gay is, by now, familiar terrain -- the unrequited crushes, coming out to your friends and family, making your place in an overwhelmingly straight world. It has been the subject of countless books, magazine articles, and talk shows. But okay: you're out, you're proud . . . now what? In Openly Bob, Bob Smith offers his own original, whine-free perspective on being grown up and gay. From bringing your boyfriend home to your father's funeral, to being the only gay couple at a family wedding, to surviving couples counseling, Smith's unique point of view on the very ordinary events of our lives resonates with keen observation and hilarious truth. Sex education, meteor showers, lesbian ventriloquist dummies, flea-market shopping, body piercing, pot-smoking drag queens, environmental correctness, Judgment Day, Samuel Beckett, Newt Gingrich, Coco Chanel, Sigmund Freudnothing and no one has been spared Bob Smith's incisive eye in this very human collection of comic essaysfrom a writer who knows how to serve up a truly fresh slice of American pie.

Openly Bob, Used [Hardcover]