I love LGBTQ+ books! And for Pride month, I am sharing some novels. The ones that are bold, I have personally read while the other are TBR (to be read)! There are so many to choose from and so many that I still need to read! These are not ranked in any order.
Graphic Novel
- Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks
- Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
- Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell
- Bloom by Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau
- Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe and Phoebe Kobabe
- Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu
- Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
- Life is Strange by Emma Vieceli, Claudia Leonardi, and Andrea Izzo
- I Am Not Okay With This by Charles Forsman
- Blue is the Warmest Colors by Julie Maroh
- Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
- Fences by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad, Joana LaFuente, and Jim Campbell
- Jo by Kathleen Gros (I read the ARC and it is being released September 2020)
YA
- Simon Vs. the Homo Sapians Agenda by Becky Albertalli
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
- They Both Die At the End by Adam Silvera
- Leah On the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
- Will Grayson, Will Grayson by David Levithan and john Green
- Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
- I’ll Give you the Sun by Jandy Nelson
- Upside of the Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
- Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- What If It’s Us by Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli
- We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
- Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
- Ash by Malinda Lo
- Annie on my Mind by Nany Garden
- The Inexplicable Logic of my Life by Benjamin Alire Saenz
- The Gravity of Us by Phol Stamper
Fiction:
- Sevens Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
- Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
- The Hours by Michael Cunningham
- Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
- Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
- This is How It Always is by Laurie Frankel
- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
- The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
- Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
- Wilder Girls by Rory Power
- Orlando by Virginia Woolf
Non-Fiction
- A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
- How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones
Happy reading, Book Nerds!