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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
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!)