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Here is a selection, picked from the recommendations of our team, of the best novel collections with a sexological kick for you to (re)discover.
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Author
Abdellah Taïa
Publisher
Points
Language
French
Themes
Homosexuality/Transidentity/Morocco
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N'essuie jamais de larmes sans gants (2018)
Author
Jonas Gardell
Publisher
Alto
Language
French (translated from Swedish by Lena Grumbach and Catherine Marcus)
Themes
Homosexuality/HIV/AIDS/Religion
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Author
Jordan Tannahill
Publisher
House of Anansi Press Inc
Language
English
Themes
Homosexuality/Queer/Transidentity/Body/
Art/Philosophy
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Author
Niviaq Korneliussen
Publisher
Grove/Atlantic
Language
English (translated from Kalaallisut by Anna Halager)
Themes
Queer/Transidentity/Autochthony
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En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule (2014)
Author
Édouard Louis
Publisher
Points
Language
English (translated from French by Michael Lucey)
Themes
Homosexuality/Class divide/Poverty
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Author
Emily Witt
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language
English
Themes
Feminism/Sexual pleasure/Polyamory
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Author
Louise O'Neill
Publisher
Quercus
Language
English
Themes
Rape culture/Young adult
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Author
Alex Gino
Publisher
Scholastic
Language
English
Themes
Transsexuality/Exploration/Gender identity/Children’s books
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Author
Maggie Nelson
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Language
English
Themes
Relationships/Queer parenthood/Feminism
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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (2014)
Author
Jeannette Winterson
Publisher
Random House UK
Language
English
Themes
Homosexuality/Lesbianism/Coming-of-age
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Author
Laurie Halse Anderson
Publisher
Square Fish
Language
English
Themes
Rape/Mental health/Young adults
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Look How Happy I'm Making You (2019)
Author
Polly Rosenwaike
Publisher
Doubleday Books
Language
English
Themes
Parenthood/Maternity/Pregnancy
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Author
Chloé Savoie-Bernard
Publisher
Groupe Nota Bene
Language
French
Themes
Female Body/Relationships/Maternity
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Des femmes savantes (2016)
Author
Chloé Savoie-Bernard
Publisher
Triptyque
Language
French
Themes
Femininity/Women of colour/Interracial relationships
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Le jeu de la musique (2017)
Author
Stéphanie Clermont
Publisher
Le Quartanier
Language
French
Themes
Relationships/Transidentity/Queer
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Author
Vickie Gendreau
Publisher
Book*hug Press
Language
English (translated from French by Aimee Wall)
Themes
Femininity/Sex work
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La vérité sort de la bouche du cheval (2018)
Author
Meryem Alaoui
Publisher
Gallimard
Language
French
Themes
Sex work/Sexuality/Morocco
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Author
Hasan Namir
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press
Language
English
Themes
Homosexuality/Islam/Iraq War
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Author
Pauline Delabroy-Allard
Publisher
Minuit
Language
French
Themes
Love Relationships/Lesbianism/Illness
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Author
Chris Kraus
Publisher
Flammarion
Language
English
Themes
Love relationships/Toxic relationships/Extramarital relationships
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Author
Catherine Chabot
Publisher
Dramaturges éditeur
Language
French
Themes
Friendship/Feminism/Sexuality/Illness
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Je suis une sur deux (2020)
Author
Giulia Foïs
Publisher
Flammarion
Language
French
Themes
Sexual Assault
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