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Countries of Origin
Your Driver Is Waiting
The Fake
Dyscalculia
Small Joys
The Skin and Its Girl

Brand New Queer Fiction

I Will Greet the Sun Again
The Late Americans
Boys Weekend
Man o' War
Right Where I Left You
Lucky Red

Books by Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender Non-Conforming Authors

Books by Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender Non-Conforming Authors

Dear Senthuran
Confessions of the Fox
Tripping Arcadia
Tomorrow Will Be Different
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl
The Passing Playbook
Beyond the Gender Binary
Dead Collections
The T Guide
My Rainbow
Being Jazz
Detransition, Baby
Several People Are Typing
Zenobia July
I'm Afraid of Men
Sissy
Gender Outlaw
She's Not There
Fairest
The Ship We Built
How to They/Them
An Accident of Stars
The Brilliant Death
Grace Needs Space!
The Moth Keeper
The Crane Wife
Horse Barbie
Falling Back in Love with Being Human
Unmasking Autism
Take Your Own Advice
All the Flowers Kneeling
Burn the Page
Luda
The Borrow a Boyfriend Club
Hell Followed with Us

Otherworldly Sci-Fi/Fantasy With Queer Characters

Otherworldly Sci-Fi/Fantasy With Queer Characters

Black Leopard, Red Wolf
More Happy Than Not (Deluxe Edition)
The Spear Cuts Through Water
Captive Prince
The Grief Keeper
The Taking of Jake Livingston
Chaos & Flame
Iron Widow
Her Majesty's Royal Coven
Malice
An Accident of Stars
Moonshine
Lucha of the Night Forest
Mortal Follies
The Wicked Bargain
To Shape a Dragon's Breath
The Severed Thread
Another Dimension of Us
The Other Merlin
The Meadows
Hell Followed with Us

Bi the Book

Characters in these novels feel attraction towards people of two or more genders.

To Shape a Dragon's Breath
Old Enough
The Spare Room
The Other Merlin
Mademoiselle Revolution
Blue-Skinned Gods
Sizzle Reel
Filthy Animals
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them
Skye Falling
Vagabonds!
Memorial
The Color Purple
The Death of Vivek Oji
Rainbow Milk
The Passing Playbook
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Mademoiselle Revolution
Sister Outsider
The Prophets

Must-Read Books by Queer Writers of Color

Black Girl, Call Home
The Black Period
Here for It
Quietly Hostile
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Booker Prize Winner)
I'm So (Not) Over You
When We Were Sisters
Nightcrawling
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Red at the Bone
Gods of Want
All This Could Be Different
All the Flowers Kneeling
Finding Latinx

Feel the Love

These queer romances range from the sweet to the spicy.

Spicy Queer Romances

Spicy Queer Romances

Written on the Body
A Dash of Salt and Pepper
Something to Talk About
Delilah Green Doesn't Care
Riven
The Disenchantment

Lesbian Love Stories

Lesbian Love Stories

Iris Kelly Doesn't Date
Off the Record
In Charm's Way
This Spells Disaster
When Katie Met Cassidy
Melt With You
Everything Leads to You
Something to Talk About
I Think I Love You
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Girl Crushed
Marriage of a Thousand Lies

Gay Romances

Gay Romances

Memorial
Right Where I Left You
Kiss & Tell
They Hate Each Other
The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers
The Prophets
A Dash of Salt and Pepper
Filthy Animals
Caught in a Bad Fauxmance

LGBTQ+ Love Stories With Happy Endings

LGBTQ+ Love Stories With Happy Endings

Juliet Takes a Breath
Kings Rising
The Passing Playbook
Everything Leads to You
Queerly Beloved
I Think I Love You
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them
Right Where I Left You
Belladonna
Nate Plus One
19 Love Songs
Melt With You
Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail
Skye Falling
Full Disclosure
Playing the Palace
Girl Crushed
Payback's a Witch
Sizzle Reel
That Summer Feeling
Best Men
Just as You Are
Countries of Origin
Wild Things
Solomon's Crown

Historical Fiction That's a Little Bit Queer

Historical Fiction That's a Little Bit Queer

Do Tell
How to be both
The Prophets
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
The Paying Guests
Belladonna
The Last Nude
Up With the Sun
The Disenchantment
Lucky Red
The Teahouse Fire
The Paris Bookseller
The Perfume Thief
Let the Dead Bury the Dead

Books by Queer Authors To Help You Kick A** at Life

Books by Queer Authors To Help You Kick A** at Life

Come Out and Win
Finance for the People
A Renaissance of Our Own
Working Girls
Right at Home
Like Streams to the Ocean
Old Brand New
The T Guide
Flower Love
Son of a Southern Chef
How to Be You
Better Living Through Birding
Be a Triangle
Pick Me Up
Queer Eye
XOXO, Cody
Kung Food

Queer Voices and Verses

These powerful and personal collections by queer poets invite readers to bear witness to their innermost thoughts and feelings.

soulscript
All the Flowers Kneeling
If They Come for Us
Time Is a Mother
Dream of the Divided Field
Madness
Take Me With You
A Hundred Lovers
Black Girl, Call Home
Love Speaks Its Name
Selected Poems of Frank O'Hara
The Black Period

Thrillers With Queer Characters Who Don’t Die First

Thrillers With Queer Characters Who Don’t Die First

Luda
Tripping Arcadia
A Line in the Dark
Killing Me
Bath Haus
The Wicked Unseen
These Witches Don't Burn
The Spare Room
Long Black Veil
The Schoolhouse
Hush Little Baby
The Last Girls Standing
Your Lonely Nights Are Over
Natural Beauty
Echo After Echo
Bad Cree

Memoirs That Give Voice to the Queer Experience

Memoirs That Give Voice to the Queer Experience

Perfectly Queer
Gender Outlaw
Boy Erased
Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing
Tomorrow Will Be Different
Ten Steps to Nanette
Untamed
We Have Always Been Here
Here for It
A Renaissance of Our Own
I Was Better Last Night
The Rules Do Not Apply
All Down Darkness Wide
All In
A Visible Man
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
I Felt the End Before It Came
Brace for Impact
Mama's Boy
Wow, No Thank You.
Burn the Page
The Naked Civil Servant
Would You Rather?
We Should Not Be Friends
Diary of a Misfit
Thin Skin
Congratulations, The Best Is Over!
How to Write About Africa
Hijab Butch Blues
Horse Barbie
Broken Horses
Uncle of the Year
One Life
Out Loud
Rebel Chef
From Here
On Top of Glass
Queer and Loathing
Better Living Through Birding
Mother, Nature
Boy Meets Boy
Juliet Takes a Breath
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
The Grief Keeper
The Passing Playbook
The Bone Spindle
Wonders of the Invisible World
Darius the Great Is Not Okay
Melt With You
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life
Date Me, Bryson Keller
The Borrow a Boyfriend Club
Friday I'm in Love
The Rules of Us

Queer YA Stories You'll Be Obsessed With

Kings of B'more
Right Where I Left You
Another Dimension of Us
The Future King
How It Feels to Float
Kiss & Tell
Chasing Pacquiao
They Hate Each Other
Man o' War
The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers
More Happy Than Not (Deluxe Edition)
Caught in a Bad Fauxmance
Hot Dog Girl
Pet
Hell Followed with Us

Fiction With Queer Characters We Love

Fiction With Queer Characters We Love

Natural Beauty
The Prophets
First Time for Everything
All My Mother's Lovers
Speech Team
All This Could Be Different
When Katie Met Cassidy
With Teeth
How to be both
The Married Man
Guapa
Body Grammar
Detransition, Baby
Nightcrawling
I Know You Know Who I Am
How to Survive a Summer
The Guncle
Skye Falling
Cantoras
Rainbow Rainbow
Sammy Espinoza's Last Review
Sorry, Bro
A Shot in the Dark
Countries of Origin
Your Driver Is Waiting
The Fake
Dyscalculia
Small Joys
The Skin and Its Girl
I Will Greet the Sun Again
Let the Dead Bury the Dead
We Do What We Do in the Dark
The Late Americans
I'm So (Not) Over You

Poignant Books With Trans and Nonbinary Characters

Poignant Books With Trans and Nonbinary Characters

Long Black Veil
Moon Witch, Spider King
The Storm of Life
Detransition, Baby
A Shot in the Dark
The Wicked Bargain
Boys Weekend
The Borrow a Boyfriend Club
Calvin
Back in a Spell
Man o' War
Blue-Skinned Gods
Hell Followed with Us
Giovanni's Room
Rubyfruit Jungle
Written on the Body

Classic Queer Fiction from Trailblazing Authors

A Boy's Own Story
Romance in Marseille
Olivia
Death in Venice

Histories of the LGBTQ+ Movement

Histories of the LGBTQ+ Movement

Legendary Children
We Are Everywhere
The Stonewall Reader
A Queer History of the United States
How to Survive a Plague
The Laramie Project and The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later
The Art of Drag
From the Closet to the Courtroom
Stonewall
Speak Now
Transgender Warriors
Torch Song Trilogy
Unbound
White Girls
The Queering of Corporate America
Hi Honey, I'm Homo!

Comics, Graphic Novels, and Manga That Portray Queerness

Comics, Graphic Novels, and Manga That Portray Queerness

Our Colors
Every Day: The Graphic Novel
Boys Weekend
The Glass Scientists: Volume One
If You'll Have Me
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Illustrated
Queer Power!
DC Comics: Bombshells Vol. 1: Enlisted
The DC Book of Pride
Color Me Queer
Other Ever Afters
The Magic Fish

Feeling Heard

These books with queer themes are all read by narrators who identify as LGBTQ+.

Like Streams to the Ocean
I Was Better Last Night
Be a Triangle
The Language of Seabirds
The Late Americans
Queer Power!
Luda
Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston
Girl Crushed
Being You: A First Conversation About Gender
The Wicked Bargain
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Nate Plus One
Payback's a Witch
Untamed
Congratulations, The Best Is Over!
Uncle of the Year

For All Ages

These books introduce queer themes and the gender spectrum to kids.

Books for Kids That Explore Queerness

Books for Kids That Explore Queerness

What Was Stonewall?
Answers in the Pages
The Sister Split
Alex Wise vs. the End of the World
The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet
The Devouring Wolf
Almost Flying
The Nameless Witch
Different Kinds of Fruit
Sex Is a Funny Word
Pride Parade Mad Libs
The Ship We Built
Too Bright to See
Zenobia July

Picture Books That Celebrate Being Queer

Picture Books That Celebrate Being Queer

Calvin
Kapaemahu
Heather Has Two Mommies
ABC Pride
Twas the Night Before Pride
Honey & Leon Take the High Road
My Family and Other Families
Pink, Blue, and You!
My Rainbow
10,000 Dresses
Being You: A First Conversation About Gender

Baby's First Queer Books

Baby's First Queer Books

The GayBCs
My Two Moms and Me
Daddy, Papa, and Me
Being You: A First Conversation About Gender
Mommy, Mama, and Me
My Two Dads and Me

The Ultimate LGBTQ+ Pride Book List

From inspirational memoirs to irresistible romances, these stories honor the journeys of LGBTQ+ individuals and the larger movement for love, acceptance, and equality for all.

Must-Read Queer Writers of Color

Dive into these celebrated works by queer writers of color, told with unflinching honesty and powerful prose.

Queer Romance Books To Read Right Now

These queer romance books celebrate queer love and explore characters learning to live their truth and claim their identities.

Queer Fantasy Books We Love

These transportive tales have all the conventions of the fantasy genre and feature queer characters.

30 Great LGBTQ+ Books for Kids and Teens

These books, geared to everyone from the youngest tots to questioning tweens and teens, offer queer representation, unconditional love, and acceptance.

The Queer History Book List

Discover these nonfiction books about queer history that honor the LGBTQ+ movement in the U.S.

Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Kids & Teens

From colorful picture books to memoirs for teens, these stories celebrate transgender and gender-nonconforming kids and teens.

Poetry Collections by Queer Authors

Each of these poetry collections is personal and powerful, giving voice to those who have historically been relegated to the sidelines.

YA Novels That Explore Sexuality and Sexual Identity

These novels confront sexual feelings amid a myriad of relationships: gay, bisexual, or questioning.

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