Homo sapienne, La Peuplade 2017 - Fair use

Sexological Cultural Suggestions • Novels

10 April 2020
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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.

If you are looking for more recommendations, you can consult the entire culture section here.

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Le jour du roi (2010)

Author
Abdellah Taïa

Publisher
Points 

Language
French

Themes
Homosexuality/Transidentity/Morocco

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BAnQ paper version [➦]

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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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BAnQ paper version [➦] / e-version [➦] 
 

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Liminal (2019)

Author
Jordan Tannahill

Publisher
House of Anansi Press Inc 

Language
English 

Themes
Homosexuality/Queer/Transidentity/Body/
Art/Philosophy

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BAnQ paper version [➦] / e-version [➦]

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Homo sapienne (2018)

Author
Niviaq Korneliussen

Publisher
Grove/Atlantic 

Language
English (translated from Kalaallisut by Anna Halager)

Themes
Queer/Transidentity/Autochthony

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BAnQ paper version [➦] / e-version [➦]

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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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BAnQ paper version [➦] / e-version [➦]

Our cultural critique [➦]
(only in French)

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Future Sex (2017)

Author
Emily Witt

Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 

Language
English

Themes
Feminism/Sexual pleasure/Polyamory

Available on many platforms listed here

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Asking for it (2018)

Author
Louise O'Neill

Publisher
Quercus 

Language
English

Themes
Rape culture/Young adult

Available on many platforms listed here

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George (2017)

Author
Alex Gino

Publisher
Scholastic 

Language
English 

Themes
Transsexuality/Exploration/Gender identity/Children’s books

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The Argonauts (2017)

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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Speak (1999)

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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BAnQ paper version [➦]

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Corps (2018)

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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Drama Queens (2014)

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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God in Pink (2015)

Author
Hasan Namir

Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press

Language
English

Themes
Homosexuality/Islam/Iraq War

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Ça raconte Sarah (2018)

Author
Pauline Delabroy-Allard

Publisher
Minuit 

Language
French

Themes
Love Relationships/Lesbianism/Illness

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BAnQ paper version [➦] / e-version [➦]

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I Love Dick (2016)

Author
Chris Kraus

Publisher
Flammarion

Language
English

Themes
Love relationships/Toxic relationships/Extramarital relationships

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Table rase (2017)

Author
Catherine Chabot

Publisher
Dramaturges éditeur

Language
French

Themes
Friendship/Feminism/Sexuality/Illness

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BAnQ paper version [➦]

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Je suis une sur deux (2020)

Author
Giulia Foïs

Publisher
Flammarion

Language
French

Themes
Sexual Assault

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BAnQ paper version [➦] 

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