Pride 2026 Adult Books

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

Updated May 29, 2026
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Another country
Baldwin, James
Paper Book
Published in 1962, this is an emotionally intense novel of love, hatred, race and liberal America in the 1960s. Set in Greenwhich Village, Harlem and France, ANOTHER COUNTRY tells the story of the suicide of jazz-musician Rufus Scott and the friends who search for an understanding of his life and...
Atmosphere : A Love Story
Reid, Taylor Jenkins
Paper Book
***THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER*** 'Tipped as the read of the summer' SUNDAY TIMES 'A richly drawn page-turner' OBSERVER 'Quite possibly our favourite TJR novel yet' COSMOPOLITAN 'I absolutely adored this' BRYONY GORDON
Baldwin: A Love Story
Boggs, Nicholas
Paper Book
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2025 'Virtuosic' Spectator 'Compulsively interesting and beautifully written - there is something to treasure on every page. I absolutely loved it'...
Brigands & Breadknives
Baldree, Travis
Paper Book
Return to the cosy fantasy world of the No. 1 New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes series with Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree, a freshly baked adventure featuring fan-favorite, foul-mouthed bookseller Fern.Fern has weathered the stillness and storms of a...
Get Over It, April Evans
Herring Blake, Ashley
A summer job at a lake-town resort brings together two women with an unlikely connection in this new contemporary romance by USA Today bestselling author Ashley Herring Blake - perfect for fans of Alexandria Bellefleur, Meryl Wilsner and Rosie Danan She stole...
Homebound
Elan, Portia
Paper Book
'A Cloud Atlas-like puzzle box' GUARDIAN 'A work of joyous and serious invention' KALIANE BRADLEY 'Gripping... hauntingly beautiful' MADELINE MILLER 'A big, bold, ecstatic world - full of heart and wonder' RUTH OZEKI THE...
The Hours
Cunningham, Michael
Paper Book
Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize and Pen Faulkner prize. Made into an Oscar-winning film, 'The Hours' is a daring and deeply affecting novel inspired by the life and work of Virginia Woolf. In 1920s London, Virginia Woolf is fighting against her rebellious spirit as she...
John of John : a novel
Stuart, Douglas
Paper Book
From Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo comes a stunning new novel, John of John. Set in the Isle of Harris, John of John is a tender and devastating story of love...
The Keeper of Magical Things
Leong, Julie
Paper Book
'What cozy fantasy is all about' REBECCA THORNE'Absolute perfection' SARAH BETH DURST 'Reading this felt like coming home' BRIGITTE KNIGHTLEY A heart-warming, cozy fantasy standalone with an achingly sweet sapphic romance from the Sunday Times...
Meet the Newmans : a novel
Niven, Jennifer
Paper Book
From #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Jennifer Niven, a novel about America's favorite TV family, whose perfect façade starts to crack, for fans of Lessons in Chemistry and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.* * *For two decades, Del and Dinah Newman and their sons, Guy...
Minor Black Figures
Taylor, Brandon.
Paper Book
Over a hot summer in New York a painter falls for a priest, in this captivating modern love story from the Booker-Prize shortlisted Brandon Taylor 'A genuinely swoony summer romance' New York Times 'Brilliant' Raven Leilani 'Stunning' Observer
Next time will be our turn
Sutanto, Jesse Q.
An aching, winding, unforgettable love story which explores the love of sisters, soulmates and the sacrifices we make for family.
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 Secret Public: How Music Moved Queer Culture from the Margins to the Mainstream
Savage, Jon
Paper Book
A monumental history of the LGBTQ influence on popular culture, from the award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author Jon Savage.
The Shock of the Light
Inglis Hall, Lori
Paper Book
'A powerful story, beautifully told' M.L. STEDMAN 'Truly compelling' WILLIAM BOYD 'Exquisitely written and deeply human' CHRIS CLEAVE 'Far-reaching, but also intimate and intensely personal' FLORENCE KNAPP 'Alluring in its twists and turns' SONIA PURNELL ...
The T in LGBT: Everything You Need to Know about Being Trans
Raines, Jamie
Paper Book
Hey, I'm Jamie, a 29-year-old trans guy from the UK. I've been transitioning for 12 years now after realising I was trans (by accident!) at sixteen years old. I knew I was a boy since the age of four, but realised whilst growing up that I was different. It was only in my teens that I found the words...
The true true story of Raja the Gullible (and his mother)
Alameddine, Rabih
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION! 'Relentlessly funny' The New Yorker 'Darkly comic . . . I loved it' The GuardianFrom the inimitable Rabih Alameddine - winner of the National Book Award...
Whidbey : novel
Madden, T Kira
'In the realm of Patricia Highsmith and Gone Girl' Chelsea Bieker 'A masterpiece' Carmen Maria Machado ---- You want to know who did it, but that was never the question. Or, it was never the right one. Birdie Chang...

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