2SLGBTQIA+ Books for Adults - NEW 2024

New books for adults published since 2023!

Updated June 4, 2024
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Hotel 21
Rich, Senta
Paper Book
'Beautifully told, this is a heart-warming and thought-provoking read.' Heat 'A sharp, funny, poignant and completely heart-warming story about female friendship and kick-ass women. I truly loved it!' Ruth Hogan 'I have a first-day rule....
We could be so good.
Sebastian, Cat
Paper Book
A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 A New York Times Books Review Best Romances of 2023 pick * Apple Books' Best Books of the Month * Amazon Best Books of the Month Editor's Pick, Romance * An NPR "Books We Love" * Library Journal Romance Pick of the Month * LibraryReads Hall of Fame:...
Love at First Set : A Novel.
Dugan, Jennifer.
Paper Book
Sometimes true love takes a little heavy lifting "The most hilarious disaster bisexuals you'll ever meet." --Dahlia Adler, Buzzfeed Books This irresistible adult debut from beloved YA author Jennifer Dugan is a queer romcom for fans of Delilah Green Doesn't Care...
After Sappho
Schwartz, Selby Wynn
Paper Book
What did we want? To begin with, we wanted what half the population had got by just being born. It's 1895. Amid laundry and bruises, Rina Pierangeli Faccio gives birth to the child of the man who raped her-the man she has been forced to marry. Unbroken, she determines to change...
All the Hidden Paths.
Meadows, Foz
Paper Book
The follow-up to Foz Meadows's A Strange and Stubborn Endurance, All the Hidden Paths is a sultry political & romantic fantasy exploring gender, sexuality, identity, and self-worth. With the plot against them foiled and the city of Qi...
And then he sang a lullaby
Somtochukwu, Ani Kayode
Paper Book
Captivating, passionate and utterly heartbreaking, this debut novel tells the story of two young gay men in Nigeria who are determined to love each other despite all that stands in their way.
For her consideration
Spalding, Amy
Paper Book
'Pure romance magic' Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners 'Joyful... thoughtful and real' Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author What if her Hollywood job turns into her Hollywood ending? ...
Biography of X
Lacey, Catherine
Paper Book
From one of America's fiercest stylists, a roaring epic novel chronicling the life, times and secrets of a notorious artist.
Herc
Rogerson, Phoenicia.
Paper Book
Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award Waterstones best book of the year 2023 'A remarkable feat of storytelling' Rosie Hewlett This should be the story of Hercules: his twelve labours, his endless adventures...everyone's favourite...
In memoriam
Winn, Alice
Paper Book
It's 1914, and talk of war feels far away to Henry Gaunt, Sidney Ellwood and the rest of their classmates, safely ensconced in an idyllic boarding school in the English countryside. At seventeen, they're too young to enlist, and anyway, Gaunt is fighting his own private battle - an all-consuming...
Arthur and Teddy are coming out
Love, Ryan
Paper Book
The feel-good read of 2024. Perfect for fans of Mike Gayle, Beth O'Leary and Alice Oseman's Heartstopper. Selected as one of the Independent's 19 debut authors set to make their mark in 2023 'Gentle, honest and beautifully authentic' Julietta Henderson ...
Big swiss.
Beagin, Jen
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER AND CULT FAVORITE Named a Best Book of the Year by the New Yorker, Time, NPR, Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Huffington Post, NBC News, Lit Hub, theSkimm, Condé Nast Traveler, Town & Country, and more!...
Interesting Facts about Space : A Novel
Paper Book
A fast-paced, hilarious, and ultimately hopeful novel for anyone who has ever worried they might be a terrible person--from the bestselling author of Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead. Enid is obsessed with space. She can tell you all about black...
Blackouts : A Novel
Paper Book
Winner of the National Book Award Winner of the California Book AwardWinner of Tournament of Books Out in the desert in a place called the Palace, a young man tends to a dying soul, someone he once knew briefly but who has haunted the edges of his...
Homebodies
Denton-Hurst, Tembe
Paper Book
'Sexy, honest, and powerful. I laughed, I cried, I NEED more' Reader review, 'I melted into this book and loved every minute of it - if you're looking for a contemporary story of a queer black girl finding herself, you'll love this' Reader review, 'Homebodies is so many...
All the right notes.
Lim, Dominic, 1974-
Paper Book
* Entertainment Weekly: The 27 best new books to take on your 2023 summer vacation * USA Today: 10 swoon-worthy romance books coming out for summer 2023 * BookRiot: 40 of the Most Anticipated Beach Reads of 2023 * Buzzfeed: 25 New and...
Greta & Valdin
Reilly, Rebecca K.
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024 THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Delightfully confident . . . a total pleasure' TIMES 'Warm, witty and utterly idiosyncratic' ALICE SLATER 'Hilarious, touching and hotly sublime' JULIA...
The Adult
Fischer, Bronwyn
Paper Book
An addictively gripping coming-of-age story about an all-consuming, insidious love affair between a college freshman and a mysterious older woman, from an unforgettable new voice in fiction   Eighteen-year-old Natalie has just arrived at her first year of university in...
The sleeping car porter.
Mayr, Suzette
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD WINNER OF THE 2022 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2023 GEORGES BUGNET AWARD FOR FICTION FINALIST FOR THE 2023 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARD FOR ENGLISH-LANGUAGE FICTION PUBLISHERS WEEKLY...
Mrs. Nash's ashes
Adler, Sarah
Paper Book
10 things that never happened
Hall, Alexis J.
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of BOYFRIEND MATERIAL and HUSBAND MATERIAL comes a "delightfully fun" spinoff about two opposites willfully determined never to attract. "Brilliance on every single page."--CHRISTINA LAUREN, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, for Boyfriend Material...
Exciting times
Dolan, Naoise
Paper Book
The celebrants.
Rowley, Steven, 1971-
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller A TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick A Big Chill for our times, celebrating decades-long friendships and promises--especially to ourselves--by the bestselling and beloved author of The Guncle. It's been a...
Bell in the Fog.
Rosen, Lev AC
Paper Book
The Bell in the Fog, a dazzling historical mystery by Lev AC Rosen, asks--once you have finally found a family, how far would you go to prove yourself to them? San Francisco, 1952. Detective Evander "Andy" Mills has started a new life for himself as a private...
Hijab butch blues : a memoir /
H, Lamya.
Paper Book
A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from stories in the Quran in this "raw and relatable memoir that challenges societal norms and expectations" (Linah Mohammad, NPR). "A masterful, must-read contribution to conversations on...
Chef's choice.
Alexander, T.J.
Paper Book
A 2024 Lambda Literary Award Finalist One of the 50 Best Romance Novels to Read Right Now by Time "Urgent and intimate." --The New York Times Book Review A fake dating arrangement turns to real love in this deliciously...
Sounds fake but okay : an asexual and aromantic perspective on love, relationshi
Costello, Sarah
Paper Book
'Somehow, over time, we forgot that the rituals behind dating and sex were constructs made up by human beings and eventually, they became hard and fast rules that society imposed on us all.' True Love. Third Wheels. Dick pics. 'Dying alone'. Who decided this was...
Camp Damascus
Tingle, Chuck
Paper Book
Love is real. Demons are real. Kill the demons. A chilling and heartfelt supernatural horror about a young woman searching for love and the secrets of a demonic gay conversion camp, perfect for readers of Stephen Graham Jones, Hailey Piper and Lucy A. Snyder Camp Damascus...
The secret lives of country gentlemen
Charles, KJ
Paper Book
Abandoned by his father, Gareth Inglis grew up lonely, prickly, and well-used to disappointment. Still, he longs for a connection. When he meets a charming stranger, he falls head over heels-until everything goes wrong and he's left alone again. Then Gareth's father dies, turning the shabby London...
Fiancee Farce: A Novel
Bellefleur, Alexandria.
Paper Book
Lambda Literary award winner and national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur returns with a steamy sapphic rom-com about a quiet bookseller and a romance novel cover model who agree to a modern-day marriage of convenience... Tansy Adams' greatest love is her family's bookstore,...
Your driver is waiting : a novel
Guns, Priya
Paper Book
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Autostraddle, Shondaland, Booklist * In this electrifyingly fierce and funny social satire--inspired by the iconic 1970s film Taxi Driver--a ride share driver is barely holding it together on the hunt for love, dignity, and financial security....
Flux.
Chong, Jinwoo
Paper Book
Can we ever really change the past, or the future? What truth do we owe our families? What truth do we owe ourselves? In FLUX, a brilliant debut in the vein of William Gibson's Neuromancer and Ling Ma's Severance, Jinwoo Chong introduces us to three characters - Bo, Brandon and Blue - who are...

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