Lee Mandelo Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Lee Mandelo on XLee Mandelo is a writer and critic. phd candidate in gender studies - critic - writer of books (gay southern gothic ‘Summer Sons’ & bad vibes queer sf ‘Feed Them Silence’). he/him

Love in the Big City
Sang Young Park“Love in the Big City” was one of my favorite books last year, I’m so excited to see it get an adaptation!! https://t.co/AYhBAswmNV
Paperback, 2022
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
On the Inconvenience of Other People
Lauren BerlantThe struggle: wanting to read the new Lauren Berlant book, ‘On the Inconvenience of Other People,’ but held back by the knowledge it’ll be the last new Lauren Berlant book I ever get to read
Paperback, 2022
$25.95Member price:$24.65 + Free shipping5% off
How to Sell a Haunted House
Grady HendrixHow to Sell a Haunted House is the first thing I’ve read by Hendrix—and I had so much fun! The novel reminded me of the frenetic, compulsive energy that propelled me through pulp horror paperbacks as a kid, except cleverly updated for a contemporary adult audience.
Paperback, 2024
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Walking Practice
Dolki MinCheck out this lil‘ Pride Month reading round-up essay!! Including my favorite book of the year so far, Dolki Min’s absolutely fucking amazing “Walking Practice” ✨✨ https://t.co/SriRKJpIoj
Paperback, 2024
$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bad Gays: A Homosexual History
Huw LemmeyOh, hey, my review of “Bad Gays: A Homosexual History” by Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller (@badgayspod) has gone live in GLQ from @DukePress!!
Paperback, 2023
$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Terrible We: Thinking with Trans Maladjustment
Cameron Awkward-RichAfternoon research reading today: ‘The Terrible We’ by Cameron Awkward-Rich!! Had a great time with this book, especially the ways Awkward-Rich draws connections between and across trans studies, disability studies, queer studies etc. https://t.co/TwA0JYmQpW
Paperback, 2022
$24.95Member price:$23.70 + Free shipping5% off
Screw Consent: A Better Politics of Sexual Justice
Joseph J. FischelFinished Joseph Fischel’s ‘Screw Consent: A Better Politics of Sexual Justice’ and enjoyed it! A thoughtful analysis of all the ways “consent” as sole & singular metric often seriously fails to protect against harm while impoverishing an already depressingly-bad sexual culture. https://t.co/iOIcO9LaIv
Paperback, 2019
$34.95Member price:$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: Essays
Kiese LaymonAlso, read Kiese Laymon’s “How to Kill Yourself and Others in America (Revised Edition)” on the flights and it’s so fucking great—definitely will be assigning essays from it in future coursework https://t.co/wB22UEHVt1
Paperback, 2020
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Punks
John KeeneReading some John Keene today, like these two pieces from ‘Punks: New & Selected Poems’ https://t.co/V56OJ4Ailp
Paperback, 2021
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Racial Erotics: Gay Men of Color, Sexual Racism, and the Politics of Desire
C. Winter HanDissertation reading continues apace with ‘Racial Erotics: Gay Men of Color, Sexual Racism, and the Politics of Desire’ by C. Winter Han (2021) https://t.co/o5lNCZepTT
Hardcover, 2021
$110.00Member price:$110.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)