Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Golden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar | 2025 | Sonora Reyes | Buy |
Sonora Reyes’s companion novel The Golden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar (2025) is set in the same world as The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School.
The original novel, The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School, was a YA debut that received attention for its honest portrayal of a queer Latina teenager navigating a new school environment. The Golden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar shifts perspective to a different character from that world, exploring mental health through the lens of a young man dealing with his bipolar diagnosis.
Both books deal with identity and belonging in direct, personal ways. Reyes writes from a Mexican-American perspective, and the cultural specifics give the stories texture that sets them apart from more generic YA fiction.