LGBTQ+ Virtual BOOK CLUB
Every month the LGBTQ+ Virtual Book Club members read one LGBTQIA+ book as a group. During the first week of each month, members will meet either in-person or via Zoom for discussions about the book. Sometimes, via Zoom, even the author can join us at some meetings! Every year the group votes on the selection of books to be read. If you have suggestions, share them with the moderator.
The LGBTQ+ Virtual Book Club is completely free to join! We're excited to read with you!
Click the button below to join our private Facebook group "MSCCP LGBTQ Book Club" as it will serve as a safe place for continuous dialogue amongst the group.
Not on social media? No problem! Join our email list and keep up-to-date!
Local Book Stores
We ask that, if possible, you buy your books from local Mississippi Book Stores. We call or email these stores in advance of any books chosen to be read to make sure that they will have them in stock. Three that we recommend are:
Lemuria Books - Jackson, MS (601-366-7619)
Violet Valley Bookstore - Water Valley, MS (662-506-2750)
Friendly City Books - Columbus, MS (662-570-4247)
Current Book of the Month
Stop Me If You've Heard This One by Kristen Arnett
Equal parts bravado, tenderness, and humor, and bursting with misfits, magicians, musicians, and mimes, Stop Me If You've Heard This One is a masterpiece of comedic fiction that asks big questions about art and performance, friendship and community, and the importance of timing in jokes and in life.
Kristen Arnett is the queer Floridian author of the novels STOP ME IF YOU’VE HEARD THIS ONE (Riverhead Books, 2025) which was shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize, With Teeth (Riverhead Books, 2021) which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in fiction, and the New York Times bestselling debut Mostly Dead Things (Tin House, 2019) which was also a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in fiction and was shortlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. She was awarded a Shearing Fellowship at Black Mountain Institute, has held residencies at Ragdale Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, the Millay Colony, and the Studios of Key West, and was longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. She runs the substack “Dad Lessons.” Her work has appeared at The New York Times, TIME, Vogue, The Cut, Oprah Magazine, PBS Newshour, The Guardian, Salon, The Washington Post, and elsewhere. Her upcoming short fiction collection, Party at the End of the World, will be published by Riverhead Books. She has a Masters in Library and Information Science from Florida State University and lives in Orlando, Florida.
UPCOMING BOOK CLUB DISCUSSIONS
MSCCP LGBTQ+ POP-UP LIBRARY
Pop-Up Library for Readers, by Readers
After having the LGBTQ+ Virtual Book Club for a number of years, some members have collected a lot of books and want to share them with others. So the LGBTQ+ Pop-Up Library was created!
Pop-Up Library Events
The first MSCCP LGBTQ+ Pop-Up Library will be at the Monthly Trivia at Hal & Mal's on November 3! You can check out a book that day, and it won't be due back until the next Monthly Trivia on December 1. We might pop-up at other places throughout the 2026.
Create your own MSCCP LGBTQ Library Account
In just a few short steps, you can register for a free MSCCP LGBTQ Library account:
- Visit https://librarika.com/users/register to register a new account.
- Librarika will send you an email to verify your email address.
- Verify your email by clicking the link.
- A new page will load: click on Request Member Access.
- Enter https://mscapitalcitypride.librarika.com in the blank and click Submit.
- You will see "Joined Library Confirmation" message instantly, and you can click on the library website to browse books.
If you have questions, email msccplibrary@gmail.com. When you attend a pop-up library event you will receive a MSCCP LGBTQ Library card!
Visit the Catalog
You can search the collection without an account via the "Search Catalog" link below. Just click on https://mscapitalcitypride.librarika.com/ to visit and browse!
Taking Book Donations
Do you have LGBTQ books you have loved but want to share? Do you need to make room for more books and want to donate some of your collection? Are you an author who wants to donate your book the the MSCCP LGBTQ Library? Email us at msccplibrary@gmail.com.