Best gay books for adults

Conklin is such an incredible storyteller and I found myself ceaselessly impressed with the depth and breadth of characters they brought to life in a single collection.

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Boyfriend Material is so cute! Celebrate with the best LGBTQ books and books with gay characters or from LGBTQ authors. As a lifelong book nerd who came out in my mids and. Sammie Lucas, a lesbian mother, sort of hates her son. These are the essential LGBTQ+ books to read for Pride month and beyond, including fiction, nonfiction, romance, thriller and memoir.

This is an enemies to lovers story about how, sometimes, opposites can attract. Reading this book made me delightfully happy the entire time. We asked 16 queer authors to share the best LGBTQ books they've ever read.

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This was the perfect, light, YA coming of age story. It lent an emotional gravitas to every single word that could not have been achieved any other way. Here are their top recommendations. Every single story was painfully relatable and made me either laugh or cry or both.

This story is primarily about sisters, but one of them is queer. This is just one of only two middle grade books on the list, but I adored this one. Queer people so often have their own found family, and it was nice to see that given proper weight in this series.

Starting the list off strong with a young adult historical fiction novel about a young girl in Chinatown who finds herself at a late-night lesbian club. Happy Pride Month! If you are a fan of some light magic in the real world, this book should be at the top of your TBR.

One of my goals in life is to start a commune where I can live with all of my closest friends. As I followed her journey through youth into adulthood, I found myself rooting for the character while simultaneously understanding her mistakes.

Alongside her sort-of girlfriend Britt, Mia must decode a message left to her by her long dead mother. This Spanish-translated book tells the story of a young person as they navigate both their place in the world and their gender identity through the decades.

This is one of those books that I was thinking about for a long time after I finished reading. That being said, there is something for everyone on this list, and I tried my best to make it as comprehensive as possible!

One of the most amazing parts of queerness is friendship. The answer, Mia hopes, will tell her whether she should leave her hometown to become a singer or stay with her also gay! Both Can Be True is a story of two kids who attempt to care for a dog in secret.

Keep in mind that these are simply my opinions, and as a result of that these books tend to skew towards queer women and nonbinary people, given that these are the people I identify with most strongly. Trying to list the very best LGBTQ+ books—or even the LGBTQ+ authors who have changed my life—is, it turns out, a near-painful task.

Empower yourself by adding these inspiring books to your reading list. There are plenty of amazing LGBTQ books that aren't YA! Here are just some of the best adult LGBTQ books out there to get you started. As someone who also hates my hometown albeit for much less traumatic reasons I appreciated the built in redemption arc for both Delilah and her home of Bright Falls.

I am genuinely obsessed with this queer short story collection. In this dual perspective YA book, Mia Peters is faced with one last challenge before the end of her summer after high-school.