I’ve read a lot of LGBTQ+ books throughout the years, but I’m always, ALWAYS on the hunt for more. To celebrate Pride Month, here are some books that I highly recommend or am putting on my list and getting a hold of immediately (click title to go to link).
1. No other world by Rahul Mehta
2. Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
3. Eleanor and Hick by Susan Quinn
4. The Color Purple by Toni Morrison
5. Boy Erased by Garrard Conley
6. When Katie Met Cassidy by Camille Perri
7. The Gods of Tango by Carolina de Robertis
9. The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy
10. A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
11. The Danish Girl by David Ebersboff
12. The Sunlight Pilgrims by Jenni Fagan
13. Ask a Queer Chick by Lindsay King-Miller
14. The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker
15. Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
16. The New Old Me by Meredith Maran
17. Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
18. Alexander and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sanchez
19. Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
20. The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth
21. How to Survive a Summer by Nick White
22. From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun by Jacqueline Woodson
23. Queer, There, and Everywhere by Sarah Prager
24. The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara
25. Oranges are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
26. Tomorrow Will be Different by Sarah McBride
27. America is not the Heart by Elaine Castillo
28. Marriage of a Thousand Lies by SJ Sindu
29. Under the Undala Tree by Chinelo Okparanta
30. I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
31. Lies we Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley
Please let me know if you’ve read any of these and what you thought! Also…leave a comment and let me know other LGBTQ+ books that I must get my hands on immediately. Happy Pride and Happy Reading!
bookishfolk…read instead.