Pride Month is over but I don’t give a fuck, here’s a thread of my favourite LGBTQ+ reads

Please leave your recommendations too :)

THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO BY TAYLOR JENKINS REID
↳ let’s just get this out the way, y’all know it’s my favourite
↳ bisexual cuban protagonist
↳ mainly set in the mid 20th century
↳ deals with homophobia, racism and misogyny in the film industry
↳ evelyn and celia

RED WHITE & ROYAL BLUE BY CASEY MCQUISTON
↳ half-mexican bisexual protagonist
↳ m/m romance
↳ set in an alternative timeline where a woman won the 2016 election
↳ follows the prince of england and the president’s son in a hate-to-love romance

GIRLS OF PAPER AND FIRE BY NATASHA NGAN
↳ f/f romance set in a malaysian inspired fantasy world
↳ badass women of colour falling in love and fighting patriarchy
↳ lei and wren own me
↳ sequel is out this november
↳ trigger warning for sexual assault and rape !

HOW TO MAKE A WISH BY ASHLEY HERRING BLAKE
↳ bisexual main character, black lesbian love interest
↳ discusses addiction, alcoholism, racism, homophobia
↳ incredible romance

OF FIRE AND STARS BY ASHLEY COULTHURST
↳ sapphic romance set in a high fantasy world
↳ main character falls in love with her fiancé’s sister
↳ elemental magic
↳ sequel is out this august

GIRL MADE OF STARS BY ASHLEY HERRING BLAKE
↳ bisexual main character and genderqueer love interest
↳ trigger warning for rape and sexual assault !
↳ beautifully written and incredibly important

THE ABYSS SURROUNDS US BY EMILY SKRUTSKIE
↳ ignore the nasty cover, fantasy duology
↳ f/f enemies-to-lovers romance
↳ sea monsters and pirates
↳ addictive as fuck
↳ i love cas and swift

TELL ME HOW YOU REALLY FEEL BY AMINAH MAE SAFI
↳ f/f hate-to-love high school rom com
↳ both main characters are women of colour
↳ what i’ve been looking for from young adult for years
↳ cutesy and adorable and real

WE SET THE DARK ON FIRE BY TEHLOR KAY MEJIA
↳ latinx fantasy
↳ f/f hate-to-love romance (can you tell i love this trope
↳ a story of feminism and revolution
↳ duology, sequel is out february next year

I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST BY MASON DEAVER
↳ ownvoices
↳ follows a non-binary teenager who is kicked out of their house when they come out to their parents
↳ main character also has depression and anxiety and attends therapy
↳ as becky albertalli said, this book will save lives

THE DIVINERS BY LIBBA BRAY
↳ represents too many identities for me to list (basically the entire LGBTQ+ acronym)
↳ paranormal historical fiction set in the 1920s
↳ has a diverse and eclectic cast of characters

LITTLE AND LION BY BRANDY COLBERT
↳ black bisexual main character
↳ representation for bipolar disorder
↳ i strongly related to the narrative of questioning sexuality that runs through this book

SIX OF CROWS BY LEIGH BARDUGO
↳ y’all knew this was coming
↳ six protagonists, three of which are queer
↳ jesper fahey is bisexual
↳ wylan van eck is gay
↳ nina zenik is bisexual (but this is delved into more in king of scars)
↳ my all time favourite duology

SIMON VS THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA BY BECKY ALBERTALLI
↳ i tried to avoid including this because it’s just so well known, but i couldn’t resist
↳ m/m romance
↳ discusses questioning sexuality, the difficulties surrounding coming out, and first loves

THE RED SCROLLS OF MAGIC BY CASSANDRA CLARE AND WESLEY CHU
↳ magnus and alec’s story
↳ indonesian bisexual protagonist and gay protagonist
↳ f/f side character relationship (helen and aline, the first sapphics i saw in fiction)
↳ you do have to have read tmi

EVERYTHING LEADS TO YOU BY NINA LACOUR
↳ another f/f romance, are we surprised
↳ contemporary following a protagonist interested in film making
↳ well written and intricate

WHAT IF IT’S US BY BECKY ALBERTALLI AND ADAM SILVERA
↳ m/m romance
↳ duo perspective
↳ cutesy rom com contemporary
↳ abundant in harry potter and broadway references

HISTORY IS ALL YOU LEFT ME BY ADAM SILVERA
↳ gay main character who suffers from ocd
↳ follows griffin, who’s ex-boyfriend theo has just died
↳ discusses grief in detail

THE NOWHERE GIRLS BY AMY REED
↳ feminist book that discusses rape culture and victim blaming
↳ follows three protagonist, one of which is a latina lesbian
↳ minor f/f romance (main focus is the feminism)

FAR FROM THE TREE BY ROBIN BENWAY
↳ i have never cried at a book more than i did this one
↳ about three biological siblings separated through adoption
↳ maya is a lesbian
↳ also has mexian representation

IF I WAS YOUR GIRL BY MEREDITH RUSSO
↳ trans woman main character
↳ she moves to a new school where nobody knows that she is trans
↳ author is trans too
↳ i read this a few years ago so i’m a bit fuzzy in the details

A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC BY V E SCHWAB
↳ historical fantasy following alternate versions of london
↳ m/m romance (not the main couple but still very prevalent throughout the trilogy)
↳ rhy maresh is a bisexual king

THE GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO VICE AND VIRTUE BY M*CKENZI LEE
↳ the author is not the best person in the world but…
↳ m/m romance set in the 1700s
↳ main character is bisexual
↳ love interest is gay, black, and has epilepsy

FURYBORN BY CLAIRE LEGRAND
↳ high fantasy trilogy, told from two perspectives of characters living a thousand years apart
↳ both the main characters, rielle and elianna, are bisexual
↳ sexuality isn’t the main focus of this series but i thought it was worth mentioning

EVERY EXQUISITE THING BY CASSANDRA CLARE AND MAUREEN JOHNSON
↳ this is a novella but i don’t care, I love it
↳ sapphic romance
↳ follows a genderqueer lesbian in the victorian era
↳ i read it four consecutive times

HER ROYAL HIGHNESS BY RACHEL HAWKINS
↳ cutesy f/f hate to love
↳involves royals and boarding schools
↳ SO CUTE
↳ sequel to Prince Charming but you can read this first if you want

CRIER’S WAR BY NINA VARELA

↳ f/f enemies to lovers
↳ and it’s full-on enemies - one of them originally is set on killing the other
↳ incredible fantasy world
↳well developed characters
↳ slow burn

TARNISHED ARE THE STARS BY ROSIEE THOR
↳ f/f romance
↳ asexual representation
↳ sci fi fantasy
↳ perfect for fans of cinder

THE MIDNIGHT LIE BY MARIE RUTKOSKI
↳ f/f romance with mc of colour
↳ fantasy set in word of the winners curse (but you don’t have to read that book first)
↳ angst-filled slow burn
↳ possibly my favourite sapphic book ever

COMPASS ROSE BY ANNA BURKE
↳ futuristic pirate novel
↳ f/f romance with a small age gap
↳ main character has an uncanny sense of direction
↳ tropes of mutual pining and colleagues to lovers

THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR BY AMAL EL-MOHTAR AND MAX GLADSTONE
↳ f/f enemies to lovers
↳ love story told through a series of letters between the two main characters
↳ intense sci fi novel involving time travelling
↳ only 200 pages so easy to fly through

THE SONG OF ACHILLES BY MADELINE MILLER
↳ m/m retelling of the iliad
↳ introspective character based story
↳ absolutely gorgeous writing
↳ unconventional ending