Happy Pride Month! I’m celebrating with lots of reading (of course) and taking a look back at some of my favorite stories that highlight the experiences of LGBTQ+ community members.
As political and online vitriol continues to turn towards members of this community, it’s important for all of us to uplift and amplify lots of different kinds of stories—stories of joy, of finding oneself, of existing in outer space and hundreds of years ago.
There is incredible diversity of LGBTQ+ fiction out there, and I hope you all will find a new story to love through exploring it. Here are some of my favorite books with LGBTQ+ representation listed by genre:
Romance
Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
A second-chance-romance blooms when Olivia is hired to be the wedding planner for an engaged friend and ends up reconnecting with her former best friend, Margot.
Read my full review | Buy the book here
Young Adult
I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
When Ben comes out to their parents as nonbinary, they’re thrown out of the house and have to move in with their sister. That’s when Ben meets Nathan.
Read my full review | Buy the book here
Science Fiction
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Mahit Dzmare must serve as her station’s ambassador to the Teixcalaanli Empire and discover who murdered her predecessor.
Read my full review | Buy the book here
Fantasy
Crier’s War by Nina Varela
An unexpected alliance forms between two women as they battle a massive regime.
Read my full review | Buy the book here
Poetry
These Queer Merboys by Serge Neptune
Beautifully written collection of poems following two young Merboys exploring the world and connection.
Full review coming soon! | Buy the book here
Classics
Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu
Vampires! Interpretations of Carmilla are broad, but I personally believe it deserves a spot on this list.
Carmilla enters Laura’s home as a mysterious houseguest and begins a dangerous game of seduction with supernatural outcomes.
Read my full review | Buy the book here
Additional Favorites
- All Our Hidden Gifts by Caroline O’Donaghue
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
- What If it’s Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera
- King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
- Jo: An Adaptation of Little Women (Sort Of) by Kathleen Gros
- She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott & Alyson Derrick
- Release by Patrick Ness
- Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki
- After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz
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