PRIDE Reads! LGBTQ+ Book Recommendations 🌈

Heyhey, BookNerds! Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈🌈!

Last year I made a smaller list of queer/lgbtq+ books that you can check out here -> LGBTQ+ Reads! Pride Month Book Recs🌈

This year I have redone this list and added even more books!!

A significant amount of the books are written by ownvoice authors (but not all) – and only a handful on this list are ones with tragedy (which have been marked!). However, they are all fantastic reads that I highly recommend!

Fantasy/Sci-Fi!

BBNYA #Blog Tour And Book Review: May Day (Seekers #1), by Josie Jaffrey
BBNYA #Blogtour and BookReview: Judgement Day (Seekers #2), by Josie Jaffrey
Rep: Bisexual mc/lesbian side character/gay side character.

Mini Book Review: The Thousand Eyes (The Serpent Gates #2), by A.K. Larkwood
Rep: f/f, m/m, non-binary (they/them)

The Obsidian Tower (Rooks And Ruin #1), by Melissa Caruso
Book Review: The Quicksilver Court (Rooks and Ruin #2), by Melissa Caruso
Rep: f/f, bisexual mc, non-binary (they/them), polyamory.

Book Review: The Mask Of Mirrors (Rook And Rose #1), by M. A. Carrick
Book Review: The Liar’s Knot (Rook & Rose #2), by M.A. Carrick
Rep: Bisexual, lesbian side character, queer-normative society, poc characters.

Book Review: The Hidden King (The Coming Of Aed #1), by E.G Radcliff
Book Review: The Last Prince (The Coming Of Aed #2), by E.G. Radcliff
Book Review: The Wild Court (The Coming of Aed #3), by EG Radcliff.
Rep: m/m, disabled rep.
–> This series does include some tragedy.

Book Review: A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn #1), by P. Djèlí Clark
Rep: Central f/f couple (including mc), PoC/Egyptian rep.

Book Review: The Unbroken (Magic Of The Lost #1), by C.L. Clark
Rep: f/f main couple, queer side characters, poc cast.

Mini Book Review: In The Ravenous Dark, by AM Strickland
Rep: Pansexual, polyamory, lesbian, asexual, non-binary.

Book Review: The Jasmine Throne (Burning Kingdoms #1), by Tasha Suri
Rep: Sapphic mc’s, Indian characters/Indian inspired settings.

Book Review: Six Of Crows (#1), by Leigh Bardugo
Rep (Inc. Book 2): gay, bisexual, disabled, poc.

Book Review: The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire #1) , by Andrea Stewart
Book Review: The Bone Shard Emperor (The Drowning Empire #2), by Andrea Stewart
Rep: f/f main pov, Asian Characters.

Book Review: The Priory Of The Orange Tree, by Samantha Shannon
Rep: f/f mc’s, m/m side characters.

Mini Book Review: Gideon The Ninth (Locked Tomb Tilogy #1), by Tamsyn Muir
Rep: lesbian rep.

Book Review: She Who Became The Sun (The Radiant Emperor #1), by Shelley Parker-Chan
Rep: Central Sapphic rep, genderqueer mc, queer side characters, Chinese and Mongolian characters.

Book Review: The Starless Sea, by Erin Morgenstern
Rep: m/m rep, lgbtq+ side characters, poc characters.

Mini Book Review: Girl, Serpent, Thorn, by Melissa Bashardoust
Rep: sapphic mc, f/f relationship.

#BlogTour – Our Bloody Pearl (These Treacherous Tides), by D.N. Bryn (#TheWriteReads #BBNYA #BBNYA2021)
Rep: non-binary, asexual and ace romance, disabled.

Book Review: The Once And Future Witches, by Alix E Harrow
Rep: Sapphic, transgender side character, poc characters

Book Review: Wild And Wicked Things, by Francesca May
Rep: Sapphic mc’s, bisexual side character, gender non-conforming mc.

Book Reveiw: The City Of Dusk (The Dark Gods #1), by Tara Sim
Rep: Sapphic, transgender side character, bisexual – the book has a queer cast – poc characters

Book Review: The Final Strife (The Final Strife Trilogy), by Saara El-Arifi
Rep: Sapphic mc’s, transgender character (pov character), non-binary characters, Disabled characters, POC characters (African/Arab), queer side characters.

Legends & Lattes, by Travis Baldree
Rep: Sapphic mc, slow-burn sapphic romance.

Winter’s Orbit, by Everina Maxwell
Rep: M/M central couple (one mc is bisexual/pansexual), queer normative society, multiple side characters in same-sex relationships, non-binary side characters.

Cinderella Is Dead, by Kalynn Bayron
Rep: Lesbian mc, sapphic central romance, gay side character.

Iron Widow, By Xiran Jay Zhao
Rep: Bisexual MC, Poly M/F/F relationship.

The Sound Of Stars, by Alechia Dow
Rep: Demisexual and biromantic MC, non-binary side characters, Anxiety, biracial mc, plus sized mc.

Contemporary!

What If It’s Us, by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera.
Rep: m/m mc’s.

History Is All You Left Me, by Adam Silvera
Rep: m/m main characters
The book has a tragic element and is an emotional read.

They Both Die At The End, by Adam Silvera
Rep: m/m main characters (one is bisexual)
Another sad book with tragedy.

You Should See Me In A Crown, by Leah Johnson
Rep: f/f mc’s.

Loveless, by Alice Oseman
Rep: Asexual, Aromantic, Lesbian, Pansexual, Gay side character.
-> I would recommend this for the AroAce rep primarily (But keep in mind this is one specific experience of asexuality, not the only experience.)

Historical Fiction!

The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Rep: bisexual mc, lesbian side character, f/f relationship, m/m relationship, gay side character, Cuban mc.
–> Great read but an emotional one.

Romance/Rom-Coms!

Book Review: Delilah Green Doesn’t Care (Bright Falls #1), by Ashley Herring Blake.
Rep: Bisexual and Lesbian mc’s (f/f relationship), queer side characters.

Book Review: She Gets The Girl, by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick
Rep: Lesbian mc’s, sapphic side characters, one character has Korean heritage/a Korean mother.

Blog Blast and Book Review: Tell Me Everything, by Laura Kay
Rep: Lesbian mc, central f/f relationships, lgbtq+ side characters, non-binary (they-them) side character, gay side character.