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Burning Books

Buffalo, NY

Author-Owned Woman-Owned

Burning Books is a radical bookstore in Buffalo, NY. We have a highly curated selection of titles dealing with activism, race, antifascism, environmentalism, colonialism, indigenisim, capitalism, feminism, queer studies, animal liberation, class, disability, and more — including books for children, middle graders, and young adults. We work to support individuals and movements that are struggling against oppression and domination in all its forms.

Queer Favorites

(Some of) our queer favorites for pride month (or whenever)!

Bookseller pick
Let the Record Show by Sarah Schulman
Let the Record Show
Sarah Schulman
Nonbinary by Micah Rajunov & Scott Duane
Nonbinary
Micah Rajunov & Scott Duane
The Women's House of Detention by Hugh Ryan
The Women's House of Detention
Hugh Ryan
Before We Were Trans by Dr. Kit Heyam
Before We Were Trans
Dr. Kit Heyam
Bookseller pick
It Came from the Closet by Joe Vallese & various authors
It Came from the Closet
Joe Vallese & various authors
Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic by Richard A. McKay
Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic
Richard A. McKay
The Stonewall Reader by New York Public Library
The Stonewall Reader
New York Public Library
Bookseller pick
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin
Queer Little Nightmares by David Ly & Daniel Zomparelli
Queer Little Nightmares
David Ly & Daniel Zomparelli
Transgender History, second edition by Susan Stryker
Transgender History, second edition
Susan Stryker
Bookseller pick
My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson
My Government Means to Kill Me
Rasheed Newson
Bookseller pick
Gay Bar by Jeremy Atherton Lin
Gay Bar
Jeremy Atherton Lin
A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski
A Queer History of the United States
Michael Bronski
Punch Me Up To The Gods by Brian Broome
Punch Me Up To The Gods
Brian Broome
Another Appalachia by Neema Avashia
Another Appalachia
Neema Avashia
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Sister Outsider
Audre Lorde
It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful by Jack Lowery
It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful
Jack Lowery
Bookseller pick
Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
Light From Uncommon Stars
Ryka Aoki
Bookseller pick
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
Upright Women Wanted
Sarah Gailey
A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt
A Minor Chorus
Billy-Ray Belcourt
Bookseller pick
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
In the Dream House
Carmen Maria Machado
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
Under the Udala Trees
Chinelo Okparanta
Bookseller pick
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
Akwaeke Emezi
Bookseller pick
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune
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