Celebrate Pride by reading an LGBTQ+ book! Start with something excellent, like one of the 5-star books that I’ve read and reviewed.

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My 5-Star LGBTQ+ Books for Pride

Contemporary Fiction

• The Clothesline Swing by Danny Ramadan
• Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily R. Austin
• Roadqueen: Eternal Roadtrip to Love by Mira Ong Chua
• The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.
• Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert
• Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi

YA Contemporary Fiction

• Loveless by Alice Oseman
• Bruised by Tanya Boteju
• Flamer by Mike Curato
• Camp by Lev A. C. Rosen
• The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith

Fantasy

• Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
• The Councillor by E. J. Beaton
• Bloody Rose by Nicholas Eames
• The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
• The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
• Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

Science Fiction

• To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
• On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
• The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
• A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
• Alice Payne Arrives by Kate Heartfield

Nonfiction

• Dear Senthuran by Akwaeke Emezi
• Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen
• Like Crazy: Life with My Mother and Her Invisible Friends by Dan Mathews
• Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBride

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