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This was the perfect, light, YA coming of age story. It lent an emotional gravitas to gay single word that could not have been achieved any other way. These are the LGBTQ-led reads you won’t want to miss this year. Every single story was painfully relatable and made me either laugh or cry or both.

As I followed her journey through youth into adulthood, I found myself rooting for the character while simultaneously understanding her mistakes. That being said, there is something for everyone on this list, and I tried my best to make it as comprehensive as possible!

This is one of those books that I was thinking about for a long time after I finished reading. I am genuinely obsessed with this queer short story collection. Discover the best LGBTQ fiction books including bestsellers, award winners, and more.

This Spanish-translated book tells the story of a young person as they navigate both their place in the world and their gender identity through the decades. This story is primarily about sisters, but one of them is queer.

As always in June, I’ll be updating my series of “best of” queer books, TV shows, and movies. Keep in mind that these are simply my opinions, and as a result of. This is an enemies to lovers story about how, sometimes, opposites can attract.

The answer, Mia hopes, will tell her whether she should leave her hometown to become a singer or stay with her also gay! Queer people so often have their own found family, and it was nice to see that given proper weight in this series. Starting the list off strong with a young adult historical fiction novel about a young girl in Chinatown who finds herself at a late-night lesbian club.

Reading this book made me delightfully happy the entire time. If you are a fan of some light magic in the real world, this book should be at the top of your TBR. Happy Pride Month! Thankfully, is full of options you can add to your list!

In this dual perspective YA book, Mia Peters is faced fiction one last challenge before the end of her summer after high-school. Boyfriend Material is so cute! This is just one of only two middle grade books on the list, but I adored this one.

Alongside her sort-of girlfriend Britt, Mia must decode a message left to her by her long dead mother. As someone who also hates my hometown albeit for much less traumatic reasons I appreciated the built in redemption arc for both Delilah and her home of Bright Falls.

Sammie Lucas, a book mother, sort of hates her son. Keep in mind that these are simply my opinions, and as a result of that these books tend to skew towards queer women and nonbinary people, given that these are the people I identify with most strongly.

Conklin is such an incredible storyteller and I found myself ceaselessly impressed with the depth and breadth of characters they brought to life in a single collection. The Best Queer Books of (So Far) The queer literary landscape is flourishing in spite of near-constant threats.

The. Whether set in the US, Canada, the Northeast of England or South Africa, these must-read LGBTQ fiction books continue to educate, comfort, and remind us. Between YA and fantasy, memoirs and romance, horror and historical fiction, LGBTQ+ stories have become more important than ever.

Both Can Be True is a story of two kids who attempt to care for a dog in secret. Happy Pride Month! Browse books by LGBTQ+ authors to books featuring LGBTQ characters.