Reading With Pride - Adult, Rainbow Female Character

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This is a list of books that will help you complete the first section of the challenge - reading a book with a rainbow female character.

This is the Adult list.

Updated May 11, 2026
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Count your lucky stars : a novel
Bellefleur, Alexandria
Paper Book
"Bellefleur has a droll, distinct voice, and her one-liners zing off the page, striking both the heart and funny bone... There's a sparkling quality here, one that mirrors the starry title. Bellefleur writes as if she's captured fairy lights in a mason jar, twinkly and lovely...
Exciting times
Dolan, Naoise
Ebook
"This debut novel about an Irish expat millennial teaching English and finding romance in Hong Kong is half Sally Rooney love triangle, half glitzy Crazy Rich Asians high living--and guaranteed to please." --Vogue  A RECOMMENDED BOOK FROM: The New...
Learned by heart
Donoghue, Emma
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of Room and The Wonder, this novel is based on the true story of two girls who fall secretly, deeply, and dangerously in love at boarding school in 19th century York. "A wrenching love story." --Chris Bohjalian, The...
The couple at no. 9
Douglas, Claire (Journalist)
Paper Book
"Tense, twisty, fraught with emotion and packed with secrets, The Couple at Number 9 is Claire's best thriller yet."--Gilly MacMillan, bestselling author of What She Knew The internationally bestselling author of Do Not Disturb and Just Like the Other...
One last stop
McQuiston, Casey
Paper Book
*INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER* *INSTANT #1 INDIE BESTSELLER* From the New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue comes a new romantic comedy that will stop readers in their tracks... ...
Gideon the Ninth
Muir, Tamsyn
Paper Book
Gideon the Ninth is the first book in the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Locked Tomb Series, and one of the Best Books of 2019 according to NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, BookPage, Shelf Awareness, BookRiot, and Bustle!...
Harrow the ninth
Muir, Tamsyn
Paper Book
Harrow the Ninth, an Amazon pick for Best SFF of 2020 and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling sequel to Gideon the Ninth, turns a galaxy inside out as one necromancer struggles to survive the wreckage of herself aboard the Emperor's haunted space station....
Nona the ninth
Muir, Tamsyn
Paper Book
Tamsyn Muir's New York Times and USA Today bestselling Locked Tomb Series continues with Nona ...the Ninth? A Finalist for the Hugo and Locus Awards! An Indie Next Pick! The Locked Tomb is a 2023 Hugo...
A river of golden bones
Mulford, A. K.
Ebook
From bestselling author of the romantasy sensation The High Mountain Court comes A River of Golden Bones, the first riveting, enchanting novel in an all-new romantic fantasy shifter trilogy, which begins a journey of self-discovery, romance, and adventure for a young heir with a...
Detransition, baby
Peters, Torrey
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * The lives of three women--transgender and cisgender--collide after an unexpected pregnancy forces them to confront their deepest desires in "one of the most celebrated novels of the year" (Time) "Reading this novel is like holding a live...
Stag dance
Peters, Torrey
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * "This inventive, boundary-pushing follow-up to Detransition, Baby . . . [takes] on gender, transness and lives on the margins in all of their gorgeously complicated glory."--People "Hot, heartbreaking, and thrillingly victorious."--Miranda...
Sing you home
Picoult, Jodi
Paper Book
From the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author whom USA TODAY calls a "master of the page-turner," comes the spectacular story of a woman's complex quest to form a family. Every life has a soundtrack. All you have to do is listen. Music has set...
SIX WILD CROWNS
RACE, HOLLY.
Ebook
A breathtaking novel of courtly intrigue, sapphic yearning, and the wives of Henry VIII as you've never seen them before. ★ "Combines the romantasy of Sarah J. Maas, the cutthroat political corruption of Game of Thrones, and the feminist/sapphic...
Come and get it
Reid, Kiley
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER National Bestseller A Good Morning America Book Club Pick An Indie Next Pick A LibraryReads Pick Acclaimed author Kiley Reid's fresh and provocative story about desire, consumption, and bad behavior.
Atmosphere
Reid, Taylor Jenkins
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * From the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go...
The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo : a novel
Reid, Taylor Jenkins
Paper Book
"Riveting, heart-wrenching, and full of Old Hollywood glamour." --BuzzFeed "This wildly addictive journey of a reclusive Hollywood starlet and her tumultuous Tinseltown journey comes with unexpected twists and the most satisfying of drama." --PopSugar In...
Greta And Valdin
Reilly, Rebecca K.
Paper Book
A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF THE YEAR * A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE * AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR "A heartfelt portrait of a complex family." --People * "Laugh-out-loud-funny." --Harper's Bazaar *...
Bury our bones in the midnight soil
Schwab, Victoria
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestseller * #1 USA Today bestseller * #1 National Indie bestseller * #1 IndieNext List, June 2025 * 2025 Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Fantasy A genre-defying novel about immortality and hunger from V. E. Schwab, the #1 New York...
Among the burning flowers
Shannon, Samantha
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With the awakening of fire-breathing dragons, Among the Burning Flowers sees the first sparks of danger that threaten to consume the world in The Priory of the Orange Tree. Take your first steps...
A day of fallen night
Shannon, Samantha
Paper Book
**THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER** 'A magnificent, sweeping epic' JENNIFER SAINT, Sunday Times-bestselling author of ARIADNE 'Shannon is simply a master of the genre' C. S. PACAT, New York Times-bestselling author of DARK RISE...
The priory of the orange tree
Shannon, Samantha
Paper Book
The million-copy bestselling "rich and engaging high fantasy novel that puts women and their stories front and center . . . will pull you into its magical world from the first page." (Bustle) NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: AMAZON (Top 100 Editors...
Briefly, a delicious life
Stevens, Nell
Paper Book
*A Cosmopolitan Best Book of Summer * One of BuzzFeed's Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Books* An "exquisite...too lovely to bear" (The New York Times Book Review) debut novel from an award-winning writer: a playful and daring tale about a teenage ghost who falls...
The Isle in the silver sea
Suri, Tasha
Audiobook
From World Fantasy Award-winning author Tasha Suri comes The Isle in the Silver Sea, a heart-shattering standalone romantasy of sapphic longing, medieval folklore and a love that spans the centuries. In an England fuelled by stories, the knight and the witch...
Something to talk about
Wilsner, Meryl
Paper Book
Hollywood powerhouse Jo is photographed making her assistant Emma laugh on the red carpet and the tabloids declare them a couple. The so-called scandal couldn't come at a worse time - threatening Emma's promotion and Jo's new movie. The gossip starts to affect all areas of their lives; paparazzi are...
The safekeep : a novel
Wouden, Yael van der
Paper Book
* SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 BOOKER PRIZE * * WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION * * WINNER OF THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION * Shortlisted for the 2025 Dylan Thomas Prize and Aspen Words Literary Prize * A Best Book...

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