Happy Pride Month! We should be more aware of this every month, but June is commemorating the Stonewall riots, which took place at the end of June 1969. So in honour of Pride Month, I wanted to shout out to some of the LGBTQIA+ books on my shelves.
Let’s make a rainbow 🏳️🌈 There are so many amazing LGBTQIA+ books out there, I was so pleased to see a display dedicated to these books in Waterstones recently. To narrow this list down, these are the LGBTQIA+ books on my shelves, I know there are so many more amazing ones, I’m trying to buy more every month. So please let me know more recommendations in the comments!
I want to point out that it’s been a while since I’ve read some of these books and some of them are still on my TBR. So if I’ve mislabeled some I apologise, let me know and I’ll switch them about. I’m mainly relying on my memory and Google!
Lesbian Fiction
The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali, Sabina Khan
The Upside of Unrequited, Becky Albertalli (also features Pansexual representation)
All The Invisible Things, Orlagh Collins
The Geekerella series, Ashely Poston
Other Words for Smoke, Sarah Maria Griffin
In At The Deep End, Kate Davies
Gay Fiction
Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda, Becky Albertalli
What If It’s Us, Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
They Both Die At The End, Adam Silvera
History Is All You Left Me, Adam Silvera
Alex in Wonderland, Simon James Green
The Priory of the Orange Tree, Samantha Shannon
Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts), L C Rosen
Heartstopper, Alice Oseman
Carry On, Rainbow Rowell
The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller
Bisexual Fiction
Leah on the Offbeat, Becky Albertalli
The Priory of the Orange Tree, Samantha Shannon
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, Mackenzi Lee
The Upside of Unrequited, Becky Albertalli
Queens of Geek, Jen Wilde
Asexual Fiction
The Paper & Hearts Society, Lucy Powrie (also contains f/f romance)
Daughter of the Burning City, Amanda Foody
The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy, Mackenzi Lee
Vicious, V.E. Schwab
Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire
Radio Silence, Alice Oseman
Transgender/Gender Fluid Fiction
The Magnus Chase Series, Rick Riordan
This is a great post, Beth! I’d definitely recommend Girls of Paper and Fire (although I’d check out the TWs first just in case).
I have heard a lot about that one, it sounds really good!
This is a fab post Beth! I adored Priory, Gent’s Guide, Simon Vs, Vicious, and Rukhsana Ali so I’m happy to see all those on the list! I’d also recommend Summer Bird Blue and Tash Hearts Tolstoy for ace rep, and the Weight of the Stars (which I’m currently reading) for f/f rep. I’m really keen to read Girls of Paper and Fire, and Let’s Talk about Love this year as well. Happy pride!
Thanks Kate! I’m so glad you liked it. I’ve heard so much about Tash Hearts Tolstoy, I think I’ll have to pick that one up!
This list is AMAZING! There are so many books I need to add to my TBR list! Thanks! 🙂
Great list thanks