Best LGBT Books | Summaries & Audio

LGBT Book Summaries

The Guncle

by Steven Rowley • 2021

After his best friend dies, a former TV star in Palm Springs must raise her two children.

4.1

200k+

🛡️ Unexpected Guardianship 🫂 Found Family 📖 Storytelling As Healing 🎭 Family Dramedy 🌅 Second Act Life

The Guncle

After his best friend dies, a former TV star in Palm Springs must raise her two children.

by Steven Rowley 2021 326 pages

4.1

200k+ ratings

🛡️ Unexpected Guardianship 🫂 Found Family 📖 Storytelling As Healing 🎭 Family Dramedy 🌅 Second Act Life

The Guncle Abroad

by Steven Rowley • 2024

Gay Uncle Patrick faces his brother's Italian wedding and the ex he never got over.

3.89

58k+

🫂 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Romance 🕯️ Grief And Healing ✈️ European Travel 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family

The Guncle Abroad

Gay Uncle Patrick faces his brother's Italian wedding and the ex he never got over.

by Steven Rowley 2024 320 pages

3.89

58k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Romance 🕯️ Grief And Healing ✈️ European Travel 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family

A Cup of Water Under My Bed

by Daisy Hernández • 2014

A childhood translating for her parents gave her everything except a language for her bisexuality.

4.12

2k+

✈️ Immigrant Memoir 🌈 Coming Out Stories 🗣️ Language And Identity 🇺🇸 Assimilation 💰 Class Consciousness

A Cup of Water Under My Bed

A childhood translating for her parents gave her everything except a language for her bisexuality.

by Daisy Hernández 2014 185 pages

4.12

2k+ ratings

✈️ Immigrant Memoir 🌈 Coming Out Stories 🗣️ Language And Identity 🇺🇸 Assimilation 💰 Class Consciousness

Becoming Nicole

by Amy Ellis Nutt • 2015

Identical twins, one boy and one girl. A bathroom battle that reached the Maine Supreme Court.

4.22

13k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Rights 🏠 Lgbtq Families 🏷️ Gender Identity 🧒 Trans Youth 💊 Medical Transition

Becoming Nicole

Identical twins, one boy and one girl. A bathroom battle that reached the Maine Supreme Court.

by Amy Ellis Nutt 2015 279 pages

4.22

13k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Rights 🏠 Lgbtq Families 🏷️ Gender Identity 🧒 Trans Youth 💊 Medical Transition

Iron Widow

by Xiran Jay Zhao • 2021

A girl volunteers as a sacrificial mecha copilot to kill the pilot who murdered her sister.

4.02

100k+

🤖 Mecha Sci-Fi 🏮 Chinese Retelling 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💖 Polyamorous Romance 🔥 Feminist Revenge

Iron Widow

A girl volunteers as a sacrificial mecha copilot to kill the pilot who murdered her sister.

by Xiran Jay Zhao 2021 394 pages

4.02

100k+ ratings

🤖 Mecha Sci-Fi 🏮 Chinese Retelling 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💖 Polyamorous Romance 🔥 Feminist Revenge

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea

by Rebecca Thorne • 2022

Two women, one bookshop, and a Queen who calls their happiness an act of treason.

3.70

33k+

🍵 Cozy Fantasy 💕 Sapphic Romance 📚 Bookshop Setting 🫂 Found Family 🏡 Domestic Fantasy

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea

Two women, one bookshop, and a Queen who calls their happiness an act of treason.

by Rebecca Thorne 2022 388 pages

3.70

33k+ ratings

🍵 Cozy Fantasy 💕 Sapphic Romance 📚 Bookshop Setting 🫂 Found Family 🏡 Domestic Fantasy

This Winter

by Alice Oseman • 2015

Tori's brother is home from treatment. Their family's Christmas plan: pretend nothing happened.

4.06

100k+

🎄 Holiday Novella 🫶 Anorexia Recovery 🛡️ Protective Sister 💕 Sibling Bond 🤐 Family Silence

This Winter

Tori's brother is home from treatment. Their family's Christmas plan: pretend nothing happened.

by Alice Oseman 2015 120 pages

4.06

100k+ ratings

🎄 Holiday Novella 🫶 Anorexia Recovery 🛡️ Protective Sister 💕 Sibling Bond 🤐 Family Silence

Will Grayson, Will Grayson

by John Green • 2010

Two Will Graysons meet in a porn shop, entangling their lives, hearts, and a grand musical.

3.69

400k+

🗣️ Dual Narrators 🎭 High School Musical 🎣 Catfishing 🌈 Coming Out 💔 Fractured Friendship

Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Two Will Graysons meet in a porn shop, entangling their lives, hearts, and a grand musical.

by John Green 2010 320 pages

3.69

400k+ ratings

🗣️ Dual Narrators 🎭 High School Musical 🎣 Catfishing 🌈 Coming Out 💔 Fractured Friendship

Burn Down, Rise Up

by Vincent Tirado • 2022

Mother in a coma, friend missing: a Bronx teen enters a subway game where history kills.

3.72

2k+

👻 Deadly Urban Legend 🚇 Supernatural Subway 🖤 Creeping Dread 💕 Friends To Lovers 📜 Historical Trauma

Burn Down, Rise Up

Mother in a coma, friend missing: a Bronx teen enters a subway game where history kills.

by Vincent Tirado 2022 352 pages

3.72

2k+ ratings

👻 Deadly Urban Legend 🚇 Supernatural Subway 🖤 Creeping Dread 💕 Friends To Lovers 📜 Historical Trauma

10 Ways to Accidentally Fall in Love

by Emmy Sanders • 2025

A straight goofball's no-strings month with his gym partner turns into the love he never expected.

4.15

11k+

🏳️‍🌈 Bisexual Awakening 💕 Friends To Lovers 💪 Gym Meet Cute 😅 Oblivious Hero 🤝 Friends With Benefits

10 Ways to Accidentally Fall in Love

A straight goofball's no-strings month with his gym partner turns into the love he never expected.

by Emmy Sanders 2025 327 pages

4.15

11k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Bisexual Awakening 💕 Friends To Lovers 💪 Gym Meet Cute 😅 Oblivious Hero 🤝 Friends With Benefits

A Village Affair

by Joanna Trollope • 1989

A restless village mother falls for a magnetic woman, and her carefully ordered world comes apart.

3.70

2k+

🏘️ English Village 🔥 Small Town Scandal 💍 Crumbling Marriage 💝 Unconventional Love 🏡 Quiet Domestic Drama

A Village Affair

A restless village mother falls for a magnetic woman, and her carefully ordered world comes apart.

by Joanna Trollope 1989 277 pages

3.70

2k+ ratings

🏘️ English Village 🔥 Small Town Scandal 💍 Crumbling Marriage 💝 Unconventional Love 🏡 Quiet Domestic Drama

Our Share of Night

by Mariana Enriquez • 2019

A death cult pursues a father and his psychic son across Argentina for the boy's body.

4.25

64k+

🕯️ Occult Secret Society 🕸️ Gothic Family Curse 👻 Mediums And Spirits 🇦🇷 Argentine Dictatorship 🩸 Generational Trauma

Our Share of Night

A death cult pursues a father and his psychic son across Argentina for the boy's body.

by Mariana Enriquez 2019 588 pages

4.25

64k+ ratings

🕯️ Occult Secret Society 🕸️ Gothic Family Curse 👻 Mediums And Spirits 🇦🇷 Argentine Dictatorship 🩸 Generational Trauma

The Gilded Crown

by Marianne Gordon • 2023

To raise the dead, she pays in flesh. The princess she saves demands her heart.

3.69

2k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 💀 Death Magic 🩸 Cost Of Magic 💔 Sapphic Yearning 🏰 Outsider At Court

The Gilded Crown

To raise the dead, she pays in flesh. The princess she saves demands her heart.

by Marianne Gordon 2023 384 pages

3.69

2k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 💀 Death Magic 🩸 Cost Of Magic 💔 Sapphic Yearning 🏰 Outsider At Court

We Have Always Been Here

by Samra Habib • 2019

Arranged marriage at sixteen. Queer awakening in secret. Then a camera gave her a voice.

4.16

19k+

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Faith 🕌 Muslim Memoir 💔 Religious Trauma 🫂 Inclusive Islam

We Have Always Been Here

Arranged marriage at sixteen. Queer awakening in secret. Then a camera gave her a voice.

by Samra Habib 2019 220 pages

4.16

19k+ ratings

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Faith 🕌 Muslim Memoir 💔 Religious Trauma 🫂 Inclusive Islam

Una marea oscura y letal

by Allison Saft • 2024

Two rival scholars hunt the source of magic, trapped together on an expedition with a murderer.

3.49

19k+

🖤 Dark Academia 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🌿 Folkloric Fantasy 🔍 Fantasy Whodunit 💜 Sapphic Rivals

Una marea oscura y letal

Two rival scholars hunt the source of magic, trapped together on an expedition with a murderer.

by Allison Saft 2024 457 pages

3.49

19k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🌿 Folkloric Fantasy 🔍 Fantasy Whodunit 💜 Sapphic Rivals

A Day of Fallen Night

by Samantha Shannon • 2023

Three women across a world of dragons and dynasties battle to survive ancient fire's return.

4.31

58k+

🐉 Dragon Riders 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Political Intrigue 🥚 Hidden Heir

A Day of Fallen Night

Three women across a world of dragons and dynasties battle to survive ancient fire's return.

by Samantha Shannon 2023 868 pages

4.31

58k+ ratings

🐉 Dragon Riders 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Political Intrigue 🥚 Hidden Heir

Hijab Butch Blues

by Lamya H. • 2023

A queer Muslim rereads the Quran and finds Maryam and Hajar waiting for her.

4.46

19k+

🌙 Lgbtq Muslims 🕌 Faith And Sexuality 📖 Queer Theology ✊ Liberation Theology 🔗 Intersectional Identity

Hijab Butch Blues

A queer Muslim rereads the Quran and finds Maryam and Hajar waiting for her.

by Lamya H. 2023 284 pages

4.46

19k+ ratings

🌙 Lgbtq Muslims 🕌 Faith And Sexuality 📖 Queer Theology ✊ Liberation Theology 🔗 Intersectional Identity

Pretty Boy

by Brianna Flores • 2024

Heartbroken, a college student falls for his gruff personal trainer, who refuses to date clients.

4.00

9k+

😤 Grumpy And Soft 🌈 Sexual Awakening 🏠 Found Family ⚖️ Body Image 🔒 Possessive Hero

Pretty Boy

Heartbroken, a college student falls for his gruff personal trainer, who refuses to date clients.

by Brianna Flores 2024 395 pages

4.00

9k+ ratings

😤 Grumpy And Soft 🌈 Sexual Awakening 🏠 Found Family ⚖️ Body Image 🔒 Possessive Hero

The Night Off

by Meghan O'Brien • 2012

An accountant books a night with a butch escort. The connection was never part of the deal.

4.02

2k+

🖤 Bdsm Romance 💼 Sex Work Romance 💪 Butch/Femme 👩‍👧 Sibling Caretaker 😢 Angsty Romance

The Night Off

An accountant books a night with a butch escort. The connection was never part of the deal.

by Meghan O'Brien 2012 264 pages

4.02

2k+ ratings

🖤 Bdsm Romance 💼 Sex Work Romance 💪 Butch/Femme 👩‍👧 Sibling Caretaker 😢 Angsty Romance

To Paradise

by Hanya Yanagihara • 2022

Across three centuries, a New York house shelters lovers, rebels, refugees, each seeking paradise.

3.73

56k+

🕰️ Alternate History 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 🦠 Dystopian Pandemic 🎭 Triptych Narrative ❤️‍🔥 Forbidden Love

To Paradise

Across three centuries, a New York house shelters lovers, rebels, refugees, each seeking paradise.

by Hanya Yanagihara 2022 720 pages

3.73

56k+ ratings

🕰️ Alternate History 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 🦠 Dystopian Pandemic 🎭 Triptych Narrative ❤️‍🔥 Forbidden Love

Garron Park

by Nordika Night • 2023

Two trailer park enemies, one bloody night, and a shared bed that changes everything between them.

4.01

23k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏍️ Sports Rivalry 🔧 Blue Collar Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Recovery

Garron Park

Two trailer park enemies, one bloody night, and a shared bed that changes everything between them.

by Nordika Night 2023 308 pages

4.01

23k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏍️ Sports Rivalry 🔧 Blue Collar Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

by Sonora Reyes • 2022

A closeted teen hides behind a fake boyfriend at Catholic school, then falls for the out girl.

4.24

31k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 💍 Fake Boyfriend 🫂 Chosen Family 👫 Sibling Bond 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

A closeted teen hides behind a fake boyfriend at Catholic school, then falls for the out girl.

by Sonora Reyes 2022 385 pages

4.24

31k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 💍 Fake Boyfriend 🫂 Chosen Family 👫 Sibling Bond 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Heartstopper

by Alice Oseman • 2020

Boyfriends on a Paris school trip, Nick and Charlie steal secret kisses, but hiding has a cost.

4.54

500k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Teen Romance 📖 Graphic Novel Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🚪 Coming Out Journey 😰 Anxiety Representation

Heartstopper

Boyfriends on a Paris school trip, Nick and Charlie steal secret kisses, but hiding has a cost.

by Alice Oseman 2020 384 pages

4.54

500k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Teen Romance 📖 Graphic Novel Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🚪 Coming Out Journey 😰 Anxiety Representation

The Grief Keeper

by Alexandra Villasante • 2019

A Salvadoran teen absorbs a stranger's grief so her sister can claim asylum.

3.97

3k+

🏠 Asylum Seeker 💕 Sapphic Romance 👭 Protective Sister 🔬 Medical Experiment 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Grief Keeper

A Salvadoran teen absorbs a stranger's grief so her sister can claim asylum.

by Alexandra Villasante 2019 256 pages

3.97

3k+ ratings

🏠 Asylum Seeker 💕 Sapphic Romance 👭 Protective Sister 🔬 Medical Experiment 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Infinity Son

by Adam Silvera • 2020

His phoenix fire goes viral. Now both sides of a magical war want his blood.

3.30

14k+

🛡️ Found Family Vigilantes 👥 Sibling Rivalry Fantasy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Slow Burn 📱 Social Media Fame Costs ⚖️ Morally Gray Cast

Infinity Son

His phoenix fire goes viral. Now both sides of a magical war want his blood.

by Adam Silvera 2020 368 pages

3.30

14k+ ratings

🛡️ Found Family Vigilantes 👥 Sibling Rivalry Fantasy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Slow Burn 📱 Social Media Fame Costs ⚖️ Morally Gray Cast

Nonbinary

by Genesis P-Orridge • 2021

Genesis P-Orridge died twice: once by accident, once to become an experiment in erasing gender.

4.00

500+

🎸 Industrial Music 📖 Countercultural Memoir 🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Fluidity 🕯️ Occult Philosophy ✂️ Avant-Garde Techniques

Nonbinary

Genesis P-Orridge died twice: once by accident, once to become an experiment in erasing gender.

by Genesis P-Orridge 2021 352 pages

4.00

500+ ratings

🎸 Industrial Music 📖 Countercultural Memoir 🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Fluidity 🕯️ Occult Philosophy ✂️ Avant-Garde Techniques

Some Girls Do

by Jennifer Dugan • 2021

A closeted pageant queen falls for a track star who refuses to be her secret.

3.69

30k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 💞 Opposites Attract 🚪 Coming Out Story 📚 High School Romance 🤫 Secret Romance

Some Girls Do

A closeted pageant queen falls for a track star who refuses to be her secret.

by Jennifer Dugan 2021 336 pages

3.69

30k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 💞 Opposites Attract 🚪 Coming Out Story 📚 High School Romance 🤫 Secret Romance

Milk Fed

by Melissa Broder • 2021

An eating-disordered comic falls for the Orthodox yogurt server who feeds her forbidden desire.

3.55

81k+

🍽️ Disordered Eating 🌈 Queer Awakening 💔 Mother Wound ✡️ Jewish Identity 💋 Forbidden Queer Love

Milk Fed

An eating-disordered comic falls for the Orthodox yogurt server who feeds her forbidden desire.

by Melissa Broder 2021 304 pages

3.55

81k+ ratings

🍽️ Disordered Eating 🌈 Queer Awakening 💔 Mother Wound ✡️ Jewish Identity 💋 Forbidden Queer Love

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

by Shehan Karunatilaka • 2022

A dead war photographer has seven days to solve his murder and the crimes he photographed.

3.90

61k+

📑 Bureaucratic Afterlife 👻 Dead Narrator 🔍 Hidden Evidence 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Queer Love 💥 Cycle Of Violence

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

A dead war photographer has seven days to solve his murder and the crimes he photographed.

by Shehan Karunatilaka 2022 386 pages

3.90

61k+ ratings

📑 Bureaucratic Afterlife 👻 Dead Narrator 🔍 Hidden Evidence 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Queer Love 💥 Cycle Of Violence

Hurricane Child

by Kacen Callender • 2018

Haunted by a spirit and her absent mother, an island girl falls for the new student.

3.78

4k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Middle Grade 💖 First Queer Crush 🌴 Caribbean Setting 👻 Spirits And Ghosts 💔 Missing Mother

Hurricane Child

Haunted by a spirit and her absent mother, an island girl falls for the new student.

by Kacen Callender 2018 214 pages

3.78

4k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Middle Grade 💖 First Queer Crush 🌴 Caribbean Setting 👻 Spirits And Ghosts 💔 Missing Mother

Amateur

by Thomas Page McBee • 2018

A trans man's boxing match becomes a reckoning with what men are actually fighting.

4.20

4k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Memoir 📚 Masculinity Studies ⚠️ Toxic Masculinity 👥 Socialization Of Men ❓ Gender Questioning

Amateur

A trans man's boxing match becomes a reckoning with what men are actually fighting.

by Thomas Page McBee 2018 205 pages

4.20

4k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Memoir 📚 Masculinity Studies ⚠️ Toxic Masculinity 👥 Socialization Of Men ❓ Gender Questioning

Beyond the Gender Binary

by Alok Vaid-Menon • 2020

The gender binary is a political fiction. Four arguments prop it up. All of them fail.

4.48

13k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Theory 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights 🧱 Gender As Construct ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🎭 Shame And Identity

Beyond the Gender Binary

The gender binary is a political fiction. Four arguments prop it up. All of them fail.

by Alok Vaid-Menon 2020 64 pages

4.48

13k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Theory 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights 🧱 Gender As Construct ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🎭 Shame And Identity

She Drives Me Crazy

by Kelly Quindlen • 2021

After wrecking the head cheerleader's car, a heartbroken basketball player pays her to fake date.

3.93

81k+

🔗 Fake Dating ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🚗 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romcom

She Drives Me Crazy

After wrecking the head cheerleader's car, a heartbroken basketball player pays her to fake date.

by Kelly Quindlen 2021 288 pages

3.93

81k+ ratings

🔗 Fake Dating ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🚗 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romcom

Another Country

by James Baldwin • 1962

When a Black drummer leaps from a bridge, his bohemian circle fractures along the color line.

4.30

35k+

🏙️ Bohemian New York 💔 Interracial Romance 🎭 Artists And Lovers 🖤 Self-Destruction 🗽 1950s New York

Another Country

When a Black drummer leaps from a bridge, his bohemian circle fractures along the color line.

by James Baldwin 1962 448 pages

4.30

35k+ ratings

🏙️ Bohemian New York 💔 Interracial Romance 🎭 Artists And Lovers 🖤 Self-Destruction 🗽 1950s New York

We Are Okay

by Nina LaCour • 2017

Her grandfather died. She fled. Now a snowstorm traps her with the girl she left behind.

3.93

100k+

🔒 Family Secrets 🏠 Chosen Family 💞 Friends To Lovers 🖤 Processing Grief ❄️ Wintry Atmosphere

We Are Okay

Her grandfather died. She fled. Now a snowstorm traps her with the girl she left behind.

by Nina LaCour 2017 236 pages

3.93

100k+ ratings

🔒 Family Secrets 🏠 Chosen Family 💞 Friends To Lovers 🖤 Processing Grief ❄️ Wintry Atmosphere

Someday

by David Levithan • 2018

He borrowed bodies. She staked her heart. Now his double steals lives for good.

3.64

9k+

🔄 Body-Swap Romance 🌌 Star-Crossed Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🖤 Dark Mirror 🥀 Melancholy Romance

Someday

He borrowed bodies. She staked her heart. Now his double steals lives for good.

by David Levithan 2018 391 pages

3.64

9k+ ratings

🔄 Body-Swap Romance 🌌 Star-Crossed Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🖤 Dark Mirror 🥀 Melancholy Romance

I Can't Date Jesus

by Michael Arceneaux • 2018

A Beyoncé concert opened a door his church kept locked. Walking through it took years.

3.77

4k+

🌈 Black Gay Experience 📖 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Stories ⛪ Religious Trauma ✝️ Catholic Upbringing

I Can't Date Jesus

A Beyoncé concert opened a door his church kept locked. Walking through it took years.

by Michael Arceneaux 2018 256 pages

3.77

4k+ ratings

🌈 Black Gay Experience 📖 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Stories ⛪ Religious Trauma ✝️ Catholic Upbringing

La canción del lobo

by T.J. Klune • 2016

A fatherless boy is adopted by a werewolf pack, already claimed by the Alpha's fierce son.

4.19

100k+

🐺 Werewolf Pack Life 💫 Fated Mates 🌱 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family

La canción del lobo

A fatherless boy is adopted by a werewolf pack, already claimed by the Alpha's fierce son.

by T.J. Klune 2016 701 pages

4.19

100k+ ratings

🐺 Werewolf Pack Life 💫 Fated Mates 🌱 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family

Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

by Charlie Adhara • 2020

A human and his werewolf go undercover at a mountain retreat where guests are vanishing.

4.44

7k+

🐺 Werewolf Romance 🕵️ Undercover Mission 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🐾 Pack Politics 💍 Established Couple

Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

A human and his werewolf go undercover at a mountain retreat where guests are vanishing.

by Charlie Adhara 2020 268 pages

4.44

7k+ ratings

🐺 Werewolf Romance 🕵️ Undercover Mission 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🐾 Pack Politics 💍 Established Couple

You Will Get Through This Night

by Daniel Howell • 2021

A comedian's frank toolkit for navigating your worst nights, no self-help platitudes required.

4.25

8k+

🧠 Cognitive Therapy 💭 Emotional Regulation 💖 Self-Compassion 🌿 Mental Wellness 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Mental Health

You Will Get Through This Night

A comedian's frank toolkit for navigating your worst nights, no self-help platitudes required.

by Daniel Howell 2021 320 pages

4.25

8k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Therapy 💭 Emotional Regulation 💖 Self-Compassion 🌿 Mental Wellness 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Mental Health

Sorry, Bro

by Taleen Voskuni • 2023

Her mother lines up Armenian bachelors. She falls for the witchy woman running the cooking class.

3.64

6k+

🏳️‍🌈 Bisexual Awakening 🇦🇲 Armenian Diaspora 💕 Friends To Lovers 🌈 Coming Out Journey 👨‍👩‍👧 Meddling Family

Sorry, Bro

Her mother lines up Armenian bachelors. She falls for the witchy woman running the cooking class.

by Taleen Voskuni 2023 354 pages

3.64

6k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Bisexual Awakening 🇦🇲 Armenian Diaspora 💕 Friends To Lovers 🌈 Coming Out Journey 👨‍👩‍👧 Meddling Family

It's About Damn Time

by Arlan Hamilton • 2020

The outsider's playbook for turning low expectations into a venture capital firm and a movement.

4.19

1k+

🏦 Venture Capital 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 🤝 Strategic Networking 🔄 Personal Reinvention 🌐 Diversity In Tech

It's About Damn Time

The outsider's playbook for turning low expectations into a venture capital firm and a movement.

by Arlan Hamilton 2020 224 pages

4.19

1k+ ratings

🏦 Venture Capital 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 🤝 Strategic Networking 🔄 Personal Reinvention 🌐 Diversity In Tech

Openly Straight

by Bill Konigsberg • 2013

Tired of labels, he hides his sexuality at a new school and falls for a friend.

3.85

34k+

🏫 Boarding School 🌱 Queer Coming Of Age 🌈 Gay Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity ❤️‍🔥 Friends To Lovers

Openly Straight

Tired of labels, he hides his sexuality at a new school and falls for a friend.

by Bill Konigsberg 2013 320 pages

3.85

34k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School 🌱 Queer Coming Of Age 🌈 Gay Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity ❤️‍🔥 Friends To Lovers

The Space Between Worlds

by Micaiah Johnson • 2020

The multiverse opens only to those already dead there. Cara qualifies on nearly every world.

3.93

45k+

🌀 Multiverse Sci-Fi 🎭 Stolen Identity 💋 Sapphic Romance 🏚️ Dystopian Class Divide 💔 Class-Crossed Lovers

The Space Between Worlds

The multiverse opens only to those already dead there. Cara qualifies on nearly every world.

by Micaiah Johnson 2020 336 pages

3.93

45k+ ratings

🌀 Multiverse Sci-Fi 🎭 Stolen Identity 💋 Sapphic Romance 🏚️ Dystopian Class Divide 💔 Class-Crossed Lovers

Among the Burning Flowers

by Samantha Shannon • 2025

As dragons rise and her father falls, an heir fakes loyalty to outlast the wyrm's reign.

4.07

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Among the Burning Flowers

As dragons rise and her father falls, an heir fakes loyalty to outlast the wyrm's reign.

by Samantha Shannon 2025 288 pages

4.07

15k+ ratings

🐉 Ancient Menace Returns 🏰 Court Intrigue 🎭 False Allegiance 👑 Royal Captivity 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance

Vibe

by Liza James • 2020

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3.57

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Vibe

A cult survivor meets a stripper who reignites every desire she was taught to bury.

by Liza James 2020 466 pages

3.57

5k+ ratings

🏃 Cult Escape 💕 Sapphic Romance ⛪ Religious Trauma 👥 Found Family 🖤 Dark Romance

Forbidden Puckboy

by Eden Finley • 2024

A hockey referee falls for his best friend's newly out brother. Vegas makes forgetting impossible.

3.75

11k+

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Forbidden Puckboy

A hockey referee falls for his best friend's newly out brother. Vegas makes forgetting impossible.

by Eden Finley 2024 274 pages

3.75

11k+ ratings

🫣 Best Friend's Brother 🏒 Hockey Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🫂 Found Family ✈️ Long-Distance Love

Fire Shut Up in My Bones

by Charles M. Blow • 2014

Sexually abused at seven, he spent decades climbing toward power. A polygraph machine made him stop.

4.01

4k+

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Fire Shut Up in My Bones

Sexually abused at seven, he spent decades climbing toward power. A polygraph machine made him stop.

by Charles M. Blow 2014 228 pages

4.01

4k+ ratings

🌾 Southern Childhood 🖤 Growing Up Black 🩹 Childhood Sexual Abuse 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🧬 Generational Trauma

Foundryside

by Robert Jackson Bennett • 2018

A thief steals a talking key and learns her city's magic can think for itself.

4.16

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Foundryside

A thief steals a talking key and learns her city's magic can think for itself.

by Robert Jackson Bennett 2018 501 pages

4.16

56k+ ratings

🏦 Heist Fantasy ✨ Magical Coding 🗝️ Sentient Artifact 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Thief Protagonist

Silver in the Wood

by Emily Tesh • 2019

An ancient forest guardian falls for a folklore scholar, but the equinox stirs a hungry spirit.

3.98

24k+

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Silver in the Wood

An ancient forest guardian falls for a folklore scholar, but the equinox stirs a hungry spirit.

by Emily Tesh 2019 112 pages

3.98

24k+ ratings

🌳 Mythic Woodland 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🌙 Lyrical Fantasy ⏳ Immortal Protagonist 👻 Folk Horror

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