The Red Emma's Gift Guide 2017

We've got the perfect gifts for all of your very specific friends and family members!

Sing, Unburied, Sing

Jesmyn Ward

For the lover of literary fiction who's tired of reading about white people's divorces

The Leavers

Lisa Ko

For the lover if literary fiction who's tired of reading about white people's divorces

What We Lose

Zinzi Clemmons

For the lover if literary fiction who's tired of reading about white people's divorces

The Mothers

Brit Bennett

For the lover if literary fiction who's tired of reading about white people's divorces

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Slingshot Collective

For the teenager who's doing better activism than you

The Book of Dust

Philip Pullman

For the nerd in your life who grew up on armored polar bears and very special boy wizards

The Fifth Season

N.K. Jemisin

For the nerd in your life who grew up on armored polar bears and very special boy wizards

The Obelisk Gate

N.K. Jemisin

For the nerd in your life who grew up on armored polar bears and very special boy wizards

The Stone Sky

N.K. Jemisin

For the nerd in your life who grew up on armored polar bears and very special boy wizards

Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler

For your dear and dour friend who just loves a devastating near-future American dystopia

Parable of the Talents

Octavia E. Butler

For your dear and dour friend who just loves a devastating near-future American dystopia

The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion

Margaret Killjoy

For your dear and dour friend who just loves a devastating near-future American dystopia

American War

Omar El Akkad

For your dear and dour friend who just loves a devastating near-future American dystopia

Afterglow: A Dog Memoir

Eileen Myles

For the archetypical lesbian dog mom

Transgender History, second edition: The Roots of Today's Revolution

Susan Stryker (Author)

For the baby queer who needs a little guidance

Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation

Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman

For the baby queer who needs a little guidance

A Burst of Light: And Other Essays

Audre Lorde (Author)

For the friend who tagged #praisethelorde in the Red Emma's bathroom

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Slingshot Collective

For the loveable flake who's always "running late" or "can't make"

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