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me: here’s a flow chart of 41 lgbtq+ book recommendations, have fun!

disclaimer: this is a very non-comprehensive list since I’m only including books that I’ve read

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Since some people are asking for a list of the books…

Contemporary

  • History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera
  • They Both Die at the End by “ “
  • More Happy Than Not by “ “
  • We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
  • That’s Not What Happened by Kody Keplinger
  • Anger Is A Gift by Mark Oshiro
  • Jane Unlimited by Kristin Cashore
  • Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
  • I Was Born For This by “ “
  • Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee
  • Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann
  • Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
  • The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy Spalding
  • Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
  • Leah on the Offbeat by “ “
  • What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
  • Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
  • Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Historical

  • All Out edited by Saundra Mitchell
  • The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
  • The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
  • The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by “ “
  • Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
  • Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman
  • Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth

Sci-fi/fantasy

  • Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
  • An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
  • More Than This by Patrick Ness
  • Ash by Malinda Lo
  • Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moira Fowley-Doyle
  • Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore
  • Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst
  • Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
  • The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
  • Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand
  • Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
  • Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly
  • The Disasters by MK England
  • Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente
  • On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

some other books that I completely forgot to include on this list because I’m dumb:

  • Dreadnought by April Daniels (trans superhero!)
  • Check Please! by Ngozi Ukazu (gay hockey graphic novel/webcomic!)
  • The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (retelling of The Iliad!)
  • The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi (more be gay, do crimes, but in Gilded Age Paris!)
  • Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (children coming back from magical worlds - ace MC in first book!)