Eight books that embrace the expansiveness of queer families

Josefin Dolsten-Kuhel is a New York-based writer and communications strategist. She provides strategic counsel to organizations that work to advance public health, education access, LGBTQ+ equality, reproductive rights and more. Her writing has been published in Daily Beast, GO Magazine, Refinery29, JTA and elsewhere.

At Electric Lit she tagged eight books that "share a nuanced, authentic representation of queer families." One title on the list:

Exalted by Anna Dorn

This is an edgy, captivating, astrology-themed book that follows two women who are trying, but not necessarily succeeding, to get their lives together. Emily is a millennial who makes a living running a famous Instagram astrology account and struggles with a dysfunctional relationship with a guy she refuses to call her boyfriend. 40-something Dawn is searching for meaning while navigating a breakup with a girlfriend and a tense relationship with her son, whose needs she never seems to put before her own. Dorn doesn’t shy away from a characters’ lack of likeability, which makes her examination of psychology, queer identity, and surprising familial relationships all the richer. It also contains a shocking plot twist that will leave you reeling.

Read about the other titles on the list at Electric Lit.

--Marshal Zeringue