LGBTQ+ Fiction

Updated May 8, 2023
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10,000 dresses
Ewert, Marcus
Paper Book
In her dreams, Bailey is a young girl. Every night she dreams about magical dresses. Unfortunately, when Bailey wakes up, nobody wants to hear about her beautiful dreams. This is because Bailey is a boy and shouldn't be thinking about dresses at all. However, Bailey meets an older girl who is...
Above all, honor
Radclyffe
Paper Book
Single-minded Secret Service Agent Cameron Roberts has one mission-to guard the daughter of the President of the United States at all cost. Her duty is her life, and is the only thing that keeps her from self-destructing under the unbearable weight of her own deep personal tragedy. She hasn't...
Almost perfect
Katcher, Brian.
Paper Book
Whether you're trans, gay, lesbian, bi, queer, questioning, or straight, this winner of the Stonewall Children's & Young Adult Literature Award will make you marvel at the beauty of human connection and the irrepressible nature of love.   Everyone has that one line they swear...
Beautiful Music for Ugly Children
Cronn-Mills, Kirstin
Ebook
"This is Beautiful Music for Ugly Children, on community radio 90.3, KZUK. I'm Gabe. Welcome to my show." My birth name is Elizabeth, but I'm a guy. Gabe. My parents think I've gone crazy and the rest of the world is happy to agree with them, but I know I'm right. I've been a boy my whole life. When...
Beetle & the Hollowbones
Layne, Aliza, author, illustrator.
Paper Book
A Stonewall Honor Book An enchanting, riotous, and playfully illustrated debut graphic novel following a young goblin trying to save her best friend from the haunted mall--perfect for fans of Steven Universe and Adventure Time. In the eerie town...
Black like us : a century of lesbian, gay and bisexual African American fiction
Carbado, Devon W.
Paper Book
The definitive and most comprehensive book of 20th century black lesbian and gay writing ever published, this epic anthology features the work of such acclaimed authors as James Baldwin, Alice Walker, Langston Hughes, E. Lynn Harris, Audre Lorde and April Sinclair. Divided into three chronological...
The bright lands : a novel
Fram, John
Paper Book
A Best Book of 2020 from Library Journal, CrimeReads, and BookPage "Marks the debut of an already accomplished novelist." --John Banville The town of Bentley holds two things dear: its football, and its secrets. But when star quarterback...
Call me by your name
Aciman, André
Paper Book
Now a Major Motion Picture from Director Luca Guadagnino, Starring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet, and Written by Three-Time Oscar(tm) Nominee James Ivory The Basis of the Oscar-Winning Best Adapted Screenplay A New York Times Bestseller A...
Confessions of a mask
Mishima, Yukio
Paper Book
Confessions of a Mask tells the story of Kochan, an adolescent boy tormented by his burgeoning attraction to men: he wants to be "normal."  Kochan is meek-bodied, and unable to participate in the more athletic activities of his classmates. He begins to notice his growing attraction to some of...
Dare truth or promise
Boock, Paula.
Ebook
When Louie and Willa first meet, they don't know their lives will soon be changed forever. Self-assured Louie is gearing up for another successful year in high school, starring in a production of Twelfth Night and running the Comedy Club. Kicked out of her last school and still stinging from a past...
Daughter of mystery
Jones, Heather Rose
Paper Book
Margerit Sovitre did not expect to inherit the Baron Saveze's fortunes--and even less his bodyguard. The formidable Barbara, of unknown parentage and tied to the barony for secretive reasons, is a feared duelist, capable of defending her charges with efficient, deadly force. Equally...
The days of Anna Madrigal : a novel
Maupin, Armistead
Paper Book
Inspiration for the Netflix Limited Series, Tales of the City The ninth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin's best-selling San Francisco saga. The Days of Anna Madrigal, the suspenseful, comic, and touching novel, follows one of modern...
Dream boy
Grimsley, Jim
Paper Book
ALA Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual Book Award. DREAM BOY confirms the immense promise of Jim Grimsley's award-winning debut, WINTER BIRDS. In his electrifying novel, adolescent gay love, violence, and the spirituality of old-time religion are combined through the alchemy of Grimsley's vision into a...
The essential Dykes to watch out for
Bechdel, Alison
Paper Book
From the author of Fun Home--the lives, loves, and politics of cult fav characters Mo, Lois, Sydney, Sparrow, Ginger, Stuart, Clarice, and others For twenty-five years Bechdel's path-breaking Dykes to Watch Out For strip has been collected in award-winning volumes (with a...
Every heart a doorway
McGuire, Seanan
Paper Book
Winner: 2022 Hugo Award for Best Series Winner: 2017 Hugo Award Winner: 2017 Alex Award Winner: 2017 Locus Award Winner: 2016 Nebula Award Nominated: 2017 World Fantasy Award ...
The gentleman's guide to getting lucky [electronic resource] Montague siblings series, book 1.5.
Lee, Mackenzi.
Ebook
"The queer teen historical you didn't know was missing from your life." -- Teen Vogue, on The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue In this funny and frothy novella that picks up where the New York Times bestselling The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue leaves off, freshly minted couple...
The gentleman's guide to vice and virtue
Lee, Mackenzi.
Ebook
A Kirkus Prize nominee with five starred reviews! A New York Times bestseller! 2018 Audie Award® nominee for Best Male Narrator! Named one of the best books of 2017 by NPR and the New York Public Library! "The queer teen historical you didn't know was missing from...
Heartstopper
Oseman, Alice
Paper Book
*Now an acclaimed live-action Netflix series!* *Winner of Best Book I Wish I Could Read Again For The First Time - TikTok Book Awards* Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. A bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and...
Heartstopper, volume 1
Oseman, Alice.
Ebook
Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. A sweet and charming coming-of-age story that explores friendship, love, and coming out. This edition features beautiful two-color artwork. Now streaming on Netflix! Shy and softhearted Charlie Spring sits next to...
Heather has two mommies
Newman, Lesléa
Paper Book
Candlewick relaunches a modern classic for this generation with a beautifully illustrated edition. Heather's favorite number is two. She has two arms, two legs, and two pets. And she also has two mommies. When Heather goes to school for the first time, someone asks her about her...
If I was your girl
Russo, Meredith
Paper Book
Meredith Russo's award-winning, big-hearted novel If I Was Your Girl is about being seen for who you really are, with a love story you can't help but root for! Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school. Like anyone else, all she wants is to make friends and fit in. But...
In our mothers' house
Polacco, Patricia, author, illustrator.
Paper Book
A heartwarming story of family, love, and celebrating what makes us special, from master storyteller Patricia Polacco, author of Thank You, Mr. Falker. Marmee, Meema, and the kids are just like any other family on the block. In their cozy home, they cook dinner together,...
Julián is a mermaid
Love, Jessica
Paper Book
Winner of a 2019 Stonewall Book Award In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and ready to dazzle the world. While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women...
Kevin Keller : drive me crazy
Parent, Dan
Paper Book
Kevin Keller sure is making a splash at Riverdale High School! Kevin has gone from the new kid in town to one of the most well-known and popular students in the school! Struggling to stay on top of his new duties while trying to find time for a social life, Kevin deals with the mishaps...
King & King
Haan, Linda de
Paper Book
The Crown Kitty and Friends Cordially Invite You to Celebrate a Royal Wedding Reception to follow in the Royal Gardens Bring Lots of Presents
King & King & family
Haan, Linda de
Paper Book
Join newlyweds King Lee and King Bertie on their journey into the noisy jungle. As they float down a river, wild animal families turn out to greet them but the royal travellers suspect something more significant awaits them in the trees. The illustrious pair soon discover that theres no adventure...
Kissing Kate
Myracle, Lauren
Paper Book
Kate was lissa's best friend. they've shared everything for four years. then one night at a drunken party, Kate leaned in to kiss lissa, and lissa kissed her back. And now Kate is pretending lissa doesn't exist. Confused and alone, lissa's left questioning everything she thought she knew about...
The last Herald-Mage trilogy : Magic's pawn, Magic's promise, Magic's price
Lackey, Mercedes
Paper Book
The Last Herald-Mage Trilogy--three groundbreaking, Lambda Award-winning novels that established Mercedes Lackey as a fantasy tour-de-force and her Kingdom of Valdemar as a place millions of readers return to again and again. This Lambda Award-winning trilogy tells...
Laura Dean keeps breaking up with me
Tamaki, Mariko
Paper Book
One of FORBES Best Graphic Novels of 2019 On BCCB 2019 Blue Ribbons List One of NPR's Best Books of 2019 Booklist 2019 Editors' Choice One of Bitch Media's Best Queer YA Novels of 2019 Author Mariko Tamaki and...
The mystic marriage : a novel of Alpennia
Jones, Heather Rose
Paper Book
Antuniet Chazillen lost everything the night her brother was executed. In exile, she swore that treason would not be the final chapter of the Chazillen legacy in Alpennia's history. A long- hidden book of alchemical secrets provides the first hope of success, but her return to the capital is...
Night kites
Kerr, M. E.
Paper Book
What do you do when your best friend's girlfriend makes a pass at you? Erick Rudd isn't sure how it happened -- he did nothing but look. It was Nicki who made the first move. And if that doesn't complicate things enough, Erick is about to get some news that will blow his safe world apart:...
Nightwood
Barnes, Djuna
Paper Book
Nightwood, Djuna Barnes' strange and sinuous tour de force, "belongs to that small class of books that somehow reflect a time or an epoch" (Times Literary Supplement). That time is the period between the two World Wars, and Barnes' novel unfolds in the decadent shadows of Europe's great cities,...
Ordinary mayhem
Brownworth, Victoria.
Ebook
Passing strange
Klages, Ellen
Paper Book
Inspired by the pulps, film noir, and screwball comedy, Passing Strange is a story as unusual and complex as San Francisco itself from World Fantasy Award winning author Ellen Klages, and a finalist for the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Novella San Francisco in 1940 is a...
The perks of loving a wallflower a Wild Wynchesters novel
Ridley, Erica
Paper Book
Fans of Bridgerton will love this "delightful" Regency romp (Julia Quinn, New York Times bestselling author​) named one of the best romances of the year by Entertainment Weekly. As a master of disguise, Thomasina Wynchester can be a...
Peter Darling
Chant, Austin
Paper Book
Ten years ago, Peter Pan left Neverland to grow up, leaving behind his adolescent dreams of boyhood and resigning himself to life as Wendy Darling. Growing up, however, has only made him realize how inescapable his identity as a man is.But when he returns to Neverland, everything has changed: the...
Princess Princess ever after
O'Neill, Kay (Cartoonist)
Paper Book
When the heroic princess Amira rescues the kind-hearted princess Sadie from her tower prison, neither expects to find a true friend in the bargain. Yet as they adventure across the kingdom, they discover that they bring out the very best in the other person. They'll need to join forces and use all...
The priory of the orange tree
Shannon, Samantha.
Ebook
The New York Times bestselling "epic feminist fantasy perfect for fans of Game of Thrones" (Bustle).NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY:AMAZON (Top 100 Editors Picks and Science Fiction and Fantasy) * CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY * BOOKPAGE * AUTOSTRADDLEA world...
Rangers at Roadsend
Fletcher, Jane
Paper Book
Sergeant Chip Coppelli escaped the manipulative plots of her powerful family by becoming a soldier. After 9 years in the elite Rangers, dealing with thugs and wild predators, she has learned to spot trouble coming, and that is exactly what she sees in the mystery surrounding her new recruit,...
Shadows of the night : queer tales of the uncanny and unusual
Herren, Greg.
Paper Book
Brings you face to face with the best in queer fear, breaking through to the other side of fiction. An acclaimed collection of authors gathers at the place where fiction meets fantasy and swaps stories of murder and mayhem, savoring every lurid detail.
The temple at Landfall
Fletcher, Jane
Paper Book
Lynn is an imprinter, one chosen by the Goddess to receive her greatest gift, that of creating new life. So why does she feel like a prisoner in the Temple? When Lynn learns that she is to be relocated to the temple at Landfall, the arduous journey seems more like a gift--her last...
Ten days in august
McMurray, Kate
Ebook
A police detective investigates a male prostitute's murder and finds an intense forbidden love in nineteenth-century New York City . . .   New York City, 1896. As the temperatures rise, so does the crime rate. At the peak of this...
Too bright to see
Lukoff, Kyle
Paper Book
A Newbery Honor Book . Winner of the Stonewall Book Award . A National Book Award Finalist "A gentle, glowing wonder, full of love and understanding." -The New York Times Book Review Cover may vary. It's the summer before middle school and eleven...
Trouble and her friends
Scott, Melissa
Paper Book
One hundred years in the future, someone steals Trouble's identity on the computer nets and she, the greatest hacker of them all, returns from retirement to track down and confront the imposter in the strange, constantly-changing world of computer reality. Reissue. AB. PW.
The well of loneliness
Hall, Radclyffe.
Paper Book
First published in 1928, this timeless portrayal of lesbian love is now a classic. The thinly disguised story of Hall's own life, it was banned outright upon publication and almost ruined her literary career.
When Aidan became a brother
Lukoff, Kyle
Paper Book
Stonewall Book Award Winner - American Library Association (ALA) This sweet and groundbreaking picture book, winner of the 2020 Stonewall Book Award, celebrates the changes in a transgender boy's life, from his initial coming-out to becoming a big brother. When Aidan was born...
Whose eye is on which sparrow?
Taylor, Robert, 1940 July 22-
Paper Book
Named the Best Gay Romance of 2004QInsightOut Book ClubWhat happens to love when life gets in the way? When a privileged young doctor falls in love with a handsome black man, his unexpected love for Jonathan turns his well-ordered world upside down, shaking loose new feelings about what he...

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