Pride 2026 Adult Books

The Ultimate LGBTQ+ Pride Book List - find both fiction and nonfiction titles.

Updated May 29, 2026
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Alchemy and a Cup of Tea
Thorne, Rebecca
Paper Book
DELUXE EDITION--this gorgeous paperback release features romantic lavender sprayed edges, a beautiful color illustration, and a bonus short story! USA Today, Sunday Times, and Indie bestselling author Rebecca Thorne brings the Tomes & Tea series to a...
American Teenager: How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era
Lang, Nico
Paper Book
From an award-winning journalist comes a vivid and moving portrait of eight trans and nonbinary teenagers across the country, following their daily triumphs, struggles, and all that encompasses growing up trans in America today "An urgent and heartfelt chronicle of families...
Another country
Baldwin, James
Ebook
From one of the most important American novelists of the twentieth century--a novel of sexual, racial, political, artistic passions, set in Greenwich Village, Harlem, and France. "Brilliant and fiercely told."--The New York Times One of The Atlantic's...
Atmosphere : A Love Story
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...
Baldwin: A Love Story
Boggs, Nicholas
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE NBCC JOHN LEONARD PRIZE WINNER OF THE PEN/ JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY A TIME TOP 10 BOOK OF 2025 AN ATLANTIC TOP 10 BOOK OF 2025 A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2025 AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES...
Before gender : lost stories from trans history, 1850-1950
Erlick, Eli
Paper Book
Explore the trailblazing lives of 30 trans people who radically change everything you've been told about transgender history Highlighting influential individuals from 1850-1950 who are all but unknown today, Eli Erlick shares 30 remarkable stories from romance to rebellion and...
Brigands & Breadknives
Baldree, Travis
Paper Book
An instant New York Times, USA Today, and Indie bestseller! Return to the fantasy world of the #1 New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes series with a new adventure featuring fan-favorite, foul-mouthed bookseller Fern Fern has weathered the stillness...
Crash Test
James, Amy
Paper Book
Formula 1 meets Red, White, & Royal Blue in this contemporary romance in which an F1 phenom battling for the championship is sent spinning after his secret love is involved in a massive crash. Twenty-four-year-old Formula 1 driver Travis Keeping is halfway through an...
Divine Ruin
Douaihy, Margot
Paper Book
INDIE NEXT Pick * Publishers Weekly Editor's Pick * A CrimeReads Best Crime Novel of January 2026 In the latest in the USA Today bestselling, award-winning, critically acclaimed series, New Orleans punk rock nun-detective Sister Holiday plunges into a...
Gay Science: The Totally Scientific Examination of LGBTQ+ Culture, Myths, and Stereotypes
Anderson, Rob
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller Comedian Rob Anderson examines queer stereotypes and LGBTQ+ culture with humorous explanations borrowed from real principles across multiple fields of science. Class is in session, babe! Discover the inner workings of the LGBTQ+...
Gender explained : a new understanding of identity in a gender creative world
Ehrensaft, Diane
Paper Book
Gender is everywhere. Politicians argue over it, educational systems struggle to define it, and our friends, neighbors, and children explore it. More than ever before, young people are questioning their gender identities and redefining the role of gender in their lives. How should our society-...
Heated rivalry
Reid, Rachel
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NOW A #1 STREAMING SHOW  The epic enemies-to-lovers hockey romance from Rachel Reid, streaming on Crave in Canada and on HBO Max in the U.S. "The book that got me into hockey romance." --NPR's ...
Homebound
Elan, Portia
Paper Book
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * In a dazzling ode to human inventiveness and desire for meaning, four lives are entangled across time by one unfinished story, saved to a floppy disk in the 1980s and destined to ripple across the centuries. "A...
The Isle in the Silver Sea
Suri, Tasha
Paper Book
AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES' BEST ROMANCE NOVELS OF 2025 From World Fantasy Award-winning author Tasha Suri comes The Isle in the Silver Sea, a heart-shattering standalone...
It Rhymes with Takei
Takei, George
Paper Book
Following the award-winning bestseller They Called Us Enemy, George Takei's new full-color graphic memoir reveals his most personal story of all-told in full for the first time anywhere! George Takei has shown the world many faces- actor, author, outspoken activist,...
John of John : a novel
Stuart, Douglas
Paper Book
AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, TIME, Oprah Daily, and Vogue "Douglas Stuart brilliantly weaved a layered, compelling and yet so intimate a story...
The Keeper of Magical Things
Leong, Julie
Paper Book
An almost-mage discovers friendship--and maybe something more--in the unlikeliest of places in this delightfully charming novel from the USA Today bestselling author of The Teller of Small Fortunes. Certainty Bulrush wants to be useful--to the Guild of Mages that...
Ladies in Hating
Vasti, Alexandra.
Paper Book
INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER! Named Best Romance of 2025 by Amazon, Kirkus, Chicago Public Library, and more . . . A pair of Gothic novelists trade rivalry for love in this swoony, steamy, sapphic Regency by USA Today bestselling author Alexandra...
Let Us Play: Winning the Battle for Gender Diverse Athletes
Browne, Harrison
Paper Book
"Get your head out of your phone and stop doomscrolling. Read Let Us Play instead."--Jay Onrait, sports anchor "A crucial playbook that athletes and nonathletes alike can use to help make sports an inclusive place for all."--Meghan Duggan, 3-time Olympian and Olympic gold...
The Lilac People
Todd, Milo
Paper Book
Finalist for the New England Book Award "Reminiscent of Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See . . . Heart-stopping in its suspense and dramatic reveals." --The Boston Globe A moving and deeply humane story about a trans man who must relinquish the...
Lucky Seed
Huang, Justinian.
Paper Book
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER "Lucky Seed is a family saga, a romance, a bodice ripper--a crotch ripper too--a diasporic Asian American family novel, and a thriller. A family story for a family like this could never have just one genre and Huang knows it and has fun...
Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson
Tourmaline
Paper Book
Black transgender luminary Tourmaline brings to life the first definitive biography of the revolutionary activist Marsha P. Johnson, one of the most important and remarkable figures in LGBTQIA+ history, revealing her story, her impact, and her legacy. "She is the preeminent...
Meet the Newmans : a novel
Niven, Jennifer
A #1 New York Times Bestselling Author An International Bestselling Author For two decades, Del and Dinah Newman and their sons, Guy and Shep, have ruled television as America's Favorite Family. Millions of viewers tune in every week to watch them play flawless...
Missing Sam
Umrigar, Thrity
Paper Book
A tense and twisty story of a woman who goes missing on a morning run and her wife's determination to both find her and clear her own name--from the bestselling author of Honor. One night after a party, old grievances surface between married couple...
Naked lunch : the restored text
Burroughs, William S.
Paper Book
Since its original publication in Paris in 1959, Naked Lunch has become one of the most important novels of the twentieth century. Exerting its influence on the relationship of art and obscenity, it is one of the books that redefined not just literature but American culture....
Next time will be our turn
Sutanto, Jesse Q.
Palaver
Washington, Bryan
Paper Book
Finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction "A heart-wrenchingly honest, often luminescent exploration of how to find and cultivate true connections, sometimes in the unlikeliest of places . . . [...
Postcolonial love poem
Diaz, Natalie
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE 2021 PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRY FINALIST FOR THE 2020 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY Natalie Diaz's highly anticipated follow-up to When My Brother Was an Aztec, winner of an American Book Award Postcolonial Love Poem is an...
Radiant Star
Leckie, Ann
Paper Book
Space opera's sharpest mind returns to the world of the Imperial Radch in this brilliant standalone from award-winning author Ann Leckie. The Temporal Location of the Radiant Star has always been a source of both conflict and hope for the people of Ooioiaa....
The Red Winter
Sullivan, Cameron
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY AND INDIE BESTSELLER! DELUXE EDITION--the hardcover edition of The Red Winter features beautiful red sprayed edges! A LibraryReads Pick! An Indie Next Pick! A devastating love...
The Slip
Schaefer, Lucas
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER | WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE | NBCC JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FINALIST One of The New York Times Book Review's 100 Notable Books of 2025 One of The Washington Post's 10 Best Books of 2025 For readers of...
So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color
de Robertis, Caro
Paper Book
From an acclaimed novelist, a first-of-its-kind, deeply personal, and moving oral history of a generation of trans and gender nonconforming elders of color--from leading activists to artists to ordinary citizens--who tell their own stories of breathtaking courage, cultural...
Sparks Fly
Jamal, Zakiya N
Paper Book
A late bloomer thought a visit to a sex club might jump start her love life, but instead makes an instant connection that turns her whole world upside down, in this adult debut from author Zakiya N. Jamal. When Stella Renee Johnson's roommate invites her to a sex club party but...
The spear cuts through water
Jimenez, Simon
Paper Book
Two warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to end the tyrannical reign of a royal family in this epic fantasy from the author of The Vanished Birds. "A beguiling fantasy not to be missed."--Evelyn Skye, New York Times bestselling author of The Crown's...
Super Gay Poems: Lgbtqia+ Poetry After Stonewall
Burt, Stephanie
Paper Book
Winner of the 2025 New England Book Award for Poetry A major poet and literary critic leads an aesthetic adventure through poems about queer experience, by writers who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, trans, nonbinary, gender fluid, and more. A...
The true true story of Raja the Gullible (and his mother)
Alameddine, Rabih
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD "Alameddine is a writer with a boundless imagination."--NPR From the winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction comes a tragicomic love story set in Lebanon, a modern saga of family, memory, and the unbreakable attachment of a son...
Villain
Walschots, Natalie Zina
Paper Book
The Boys meets Assistant to the Villain in the electrifying, sharp, violent, and hilarious sequel to the highly acclaimed novel, Hench. Filled with a queer and neurodiverse cast, Villain asks the question: what happens when a diabolically brilliant henchperson looks back at their already storied...
We are everywhere : protest, power, and pride in the history of Queer Liberation
Riemer, Matthew
Paper Book
Have pride in history.A rich and sweeping photographic history of the Queer Liberation Movement, from the creators and curators of the massively popular Instagram account LGBT History. "If you think the fight for justice and equality only began in the streets outside...
We Burned So Bright
Klune, Tj
Paper Book
A LibraryReads pick! An Indie Next pick! A heart-wrenching standalone novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, We Burned So Bright follows an elder gay couple on an end-of-the-world road-trip. The road stretched out before...
When the Tides Held the Moon
Kelley, Venessa Vida
Paper Book
The Shape of Water meets The Greatest Showman in this beautifully illustrated queer historical cozy fantasy, as a young Puerto Rican immigrant goes through a journey of love and self-discovery after capturing a merman for a Coney Island sideshow act in turn-of-the 20th century New...
Whidbey : novel
Madden, T Kira
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Audacious and instantly gripping . . . hums with cinematic tension, echoing classic thrillers without tipping into pastiche. . . . In Madden's vision, justice is partial at best and closure rare--and yet Whidbey is deeply satisfying." --...
Who's afraid of gender?
Butler, Judith
Paper Book
National Bestseller. Named a Best Book of 2024 by NPR, Harper's Bazaar, W, and Esquire. "A profoundly urgent intervention." --Naomi Klein "A timely must-read for anyone actively invested in reimagining collective futurity." -- Claudia Rankine From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a...

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