Top gay fiction

As someone who also hates my hometown albeit for much less traumatic reasons I appreciated the built in redemption arc for both Delilah and her home of Bright Falls. This Sri Lanka-set coming-of-age memoir has a Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction to its name, and rightfully so; Selvadurai’s depiction of gay protagonist Arjie Chelvaratnam’s journey.

If you are a fan of some light magic in the real world, this book should be at the top of your TBR. One of my goals in life is to start a commune where I can live with all of my closest friends. Both Can Be True is a story of two kids who attempt to care for a dog in secret.

Reading this book made me delightfully happy the entire time. These are the LGBTQ-led reads you won’t want to miss this year. This is just one of only two middle grade books on the list, but I adored this one. Queer people so often have their own found family, and it was nice to see that given proper weight in this series.

As always in June, I’ll be updating my series of “best of” queer books, TV shows, and movies. This Spanish-translated book tells the story of a young person as they navigate both their place in the world and their gender identity through the gay.

Keep in mind that these are simply my opinions, and as a result of that these books tend to skew towards queer women and nonbinary people, given that these are the people I identify with most strongly. Empower yourself by adding these inspiring books to your reading list.

That being said, there is something for everyone on this list, and I tried my best to make it as comprehensive as possible! This is an enemies to lovers story about how, sometimes, opposites can attract. I am genuinely obsessed with this queer short story collection.

Celebrate with the best LGBTQ books and books with gay characters or from LGBTQ authors. This story is primarily about sisters, but one of them is queer. Conklin is such an incredible storyteller and I found myself ceaselessly impressed with the depth and breadth of characters they brought to life in a single collection.

The Best Queer Books of (So Far) The queer literary landscape is flourishing in spite of near-constant threats. In this dual perspective YA book, Mia Peters is faced with one top challenge before the end of her summer after high-school.

Starting the list off strong with a young adult historical fiction novel about a young girl in Chinatown who finds herself at a late-night lesbian club. Boyfriend Material is so cute! The answer, Mia hopes, will tell her whether she should leave her hometown to become a singer or stay with her also gay!

Sammie Lucas, a lesbian mother, sort of hates her son. As I followed her journey through youth into adulthood, I found myself rooting for the character while simultaneously understanding her mistakes. Happy Pride Month! Whether set in the US, Canada, the Northeast of England or South Africa, these must-read LGBTQ fiction books continue to educate, comfort, and remind us.

This is one of those books that I was thinking about for a long time after I finished reading. Every single story was painfully relatable and made me either laugh or cry or both. Happy Pride Month! This was the perfect, light, YA coming of age story.

It lent an emotional gravitas to every fiction word that could not have been achieved any gay art paintings way. Keep in mind that these are simply my opinions, and as a result of.

Alongside her sort-of girlfriend Britt, Mia must decode a message left to her by her long dead mother.