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LGBT

Personal stories and scholarly works illuminate the rich tapestry of LGBTQ+ lives, activism, and cultural movements throughout history. These powerful books explore identity, love, family, and justice while amplifying diverse queer voices and perspectives that have shaped - and continue to transform - our understanding of gender and sexuality.

LGBT Book Summaries

The Knockout Queen
by Rufi Thorpe • 2020
Two suburban misfits bond over drag shows. One of them will kill for the other.
3.74
15k+
🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming-Of-Age🤝 Unlikely Friendship🫂 Found Family💄 Drag Culture💔 Tragic Friendship
The Knockout Queen Summary
The Knockout Queen
Two suburban misfits bond over drag shows. One of them will kill for the other.
by Rufi Thorpe 2020 277 pages
3.74
15k+ ratings
🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming-Of-Age🤝 Unlikely Friendship🫂 Found Family💄 Drag Culture💔 Tragic Friendship
The Psychology of Time Travel
by Kate Mascarenhas • 2018
An archaeology student finds a body in a locked basement, killed by bullets fired through time.
3.70
15k+
🕰️ Time Travel Mystery🧠 Psychological Sci-Fi💕 Sapphic Romance🔗 Generational Trauma🏛️ Toxic Institution
The Psychology of Time Travel Summary
The Psychology of Time Travel
An archaeology student finds a body in a locked basement, killed by bullets fired through time.
by Kate Mascarenhas 2018 336 pages
3.70
15k+ ratings
🕰️ Time Travel Mystery🧠 Psychological Sci-Fi💕 Sapphic Romance🔗 Generational Trauma🏛️ Toxic Institution
When You Least Expect It
by Haley Cass • 2020
A divorce lawyer takes on her nemesis's wife as a client, and risks falling in love.
4.26
19k+
🔥 Slow Burn🎄 Holiday Romance👩‍👧 Single Mom🏠 Found Family💔 Divorce Recovery
When You Least Expect It Summary
When You Least Expect It
A divorce lawyer takes on her nemesis's wife as a client, and risks falling in love.
by Haley Cass 2020 248 pages
4.26
19k+ ratings
🔥 Slow Burn🎄 Holiday Romance👩‍👧 Single Mom🏠 Found Family💔 Divorce Recovery
Hi Honey, I'm Homo!
by Matt Baume • 2023
How sitcoms smuggled queer life past the censors and changed what America saw as normal.
4.30
2k+
📺 Television History🏳️‍🌈 Queer Representation🎭 Sitcom History📚 Queer History📰 Media Criticism
Hi Honey, I'm Homo! Summary
Hi Honey, I'm Homo!
How sitcoms smuggled queer life past the censors and changed what America saw as normal.
by Matt Baume 2023 288 pages
4.30
2k+ ratings
📺 Television History🏳️‍🌈 Queer Representation🎭 Sitcom History📚 Queer History📰 Media Criticism
Carol (Movie Tie-In)
by Claire Morgan • 1952
A shopgirl falls for an elegant older woman, but a custody battle threatens their stolen happiness.
4.02
85k+
🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Classic💔 Forbidden Love💫 Age Gap Romance🌸 Sexual Awakening🔥 Slow Burn Romance
Carol (Movie Tie-In) Summary
Carol (Movie Tie-In)
A shopgirl falls for an elegant older woman, but a custody battle threatens their stolen happiness.
by Claire Morgan 1952 296 pages
4.02
85k+ ratings
🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Classic💔 Forbidden Love💫 Age Gap Romance🌸 Sexual Awakening🔥 Slow Burn Romance
Bad Gays
by Huw Lemmey • 2022
Gay history's villains reveal more about power, race, and assimilation than its heroes.
3.55
5k+
🏳️‍🌈 Queer History📚 Lgbtq Studies🚫 Anti-Respectability Politics🏴 Queer Radicalism🔌 Power And Sexuality
Bad Gays Summary
Bad Gays
Gay history's villains reveal more about power, race, and assimilation than its heroes.
by Huw Lemmey 2022 357 pages
3.55
5k+ ratings
🏳️‍🌈 Queer History📚 Lgbtq Studies🚫 Anti-Respectability Politics🏴 Queer Radicalism🔌 Power And Sexuality
Afterlove
by Tanya Byrne • 2021
Ashana, a teen grim reaper, is seen by her girlfriend: only the dying can see reapers.
3.96
16k+
💀 Grim Reaper Romance🌈 Queer Paranormal💔 Doomed Lovers📋 Afterlife Bureaucracy🖤 Bittersweet
Afterlove Summary
Afterlove
Ashana, a teen grim reaper, is seen by her girlfriend: only the dying can see reapers.
by Tanya Byrne 2021 389 pages
3.96
16k+ ratings
💀 Grim Reaper Romance🌈 Queer Paranormal💔 Doomed Lovers📋 Afterlife Bureaucracy🖤 Bittersweet
The Nightmare Before Kissmas
by Sara Raasch • 2024
The Christmas heir must marry for power, but Halloween's prince has his heart.
3.91
34k+
🫅 Royal Romance💍 Arranged Marriage🔥 Forbidden Romance🏰 Court Intrigue👑 Toxic Royalty
The Nightmare Before Kissmas Summary
The Nightmare Before Kissmas
The Christmas heir must marry for power, but Halloween's prince has his heart.
by Sara Raasch 2024 357 pages
3.91
34k+ ratings
🫅 Royal Romance💍 Arranged Marriage🔥 Forbidden Romance🏰 Court Intrigue👑 Toxic Royalty
Transgender History
by Susan Stryker • 2008
The trans rights battle traces to 1850s dress-code laws. Stonewall was the middle, not the start.
4.22
5k+
📜 Transgender History🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq History🏥 Medical Gatekeeping🌱 Grassroots Organizing✊ Feminist Sex Wars
Transgender History Summary
Transgender History
The trans rights battle traces to 1850s dress-code laws. Stonewall was the middle, not the start.
by Susan Stryker 2008 208 pages
4.22
5k+ ratings
📜 Transgender History🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq History🏥 Medical Gatekeeping🌱 Grassroots Organizing✊ Feminist Sex Wars
Conversations with People Who Hate Me
by Dylan Marron • 2022
He saved the hate mail, then called the haters. Twelve things those conversations taught him.
3.89
1k+
🧌 Online Hate🚫 Cancel Culture🫂 Empathy Practice🗣️ Difficult Conversations📱 Social Media Criticism
Conversations with People Who Hate Me Summary
Conversations with People Who Hate Me
He saved the hate mail, then called the haters. Twelve things those conversations taught him.
by Dylan Marron 2022 271 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
🧌 Online Hate🚫 Cancel Culture🫂 Empathy Practice🗣️ Difficult Conversations📱 Social Media Criticism
Infamous Park Avenue Prince
by Ella Frank • 2023
At an elite Manhattan college, a wealthy playboy bets on seducing the dean's son as revenge.
3.96
8k+
🎲 Secret Bet👑 Wealthy Elite🌈 Sexual Awakening🔄 Reformed Playboy🤐 Secret Romance
Infamous Park Avenue Prince Summary
Infamous Park Avenue Prince
At an elite Manhattan college, a wealthy playboy bets on seducing the dean's son as revenge.
by Ella Frank 2023 454 pages
3.96
8k+ ratings
🎲 Secret Bet👑 Wealthy Elite🌈 Sexual Awakening🔄 Reformed Playboy🤐 Secret Romance
Summer Girls
by Jennifer Dugan • 2025
A disgraced socialite and the beach town lifeguard paid to watch her can't stay enemies.
3.61
2k+
🥊 Enemies To Lovers🏡 Forced Proximity☀️ Summer Romance💸 Class Divide🌈 Coming Out
Summer Girls Summary
Summer Girls
A disgraced socialite and the beach town lifeguard paid to watch her can't stay enemies.
by Jennifer Dugan 2025 320 pages
3.61
2k+ ratings
🥊 Enemies To Lovers🏡 Forced Proximity☀️ Summer Romance💸 Class Divide🌈 Coming Out
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
by Becky Chambers • 2022
A tea monk and a curious robot travel the countryside, asking one deceptively simple question.
4.37
89k+
☕ Cozy Sci-Fi🤖 Robot Companion🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi🏞️ Quiet Adventure☀️ Solarpunk
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy Summary
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
A tea monk and a curious robot travel the countryside, asking one deceptively simple question.
by Becky Chambers 2022 152 pages
4.37
89k+ ratings
☕ Cozy Sci-Fi🤖 Robot Companion🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi🏞️ Quiet Adventure☀️ Solarpunk
Without the Mask
by Charlie Bird • 2020
A gay Mormon discovered his faith and sexuality could coexist; he wrote the book he couldn't find.
4.53
2k+
🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Mormons✝️ Faith And Sexuality🚪 Coming Out Stories🕊️ Religious Inclusion🙏 Queer Spirituality
Without the Mask Summary
Without the Mask
A gay Mormon discovered his faith and sexuality could coexist; he wrote the book he couldn't find.
by Charlie Bird 2020 176 pages
4.53
2k+ ratings
🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Mormons✝️ Faith And Sexuality🚪 Coming Out Stories🕊️ Religious Inclusion🙏 Queer Spirituality
Come and Get It
by Kiley Reid • 2024
A visiting professor's relationship with a student RA upends her research and her sense of self.
3.32
46k+
🏫 Campus Novel🏳️‍🌈 Queer Protagonist🌀 Blurred Boundaries💸 Financial Anxiety🎭 Social Satire
Come and Get It Summary
Come and Get It
A visiting professor's relationship with a student RA upends her research and her sense of self.
by Kiley Reid 2024 400 pages
3.32
46k+ ratings
🏫 Campus Novel🏳️‍🌈 Queer Protagonist🌀 Blurred Boundaries💸 Financial Anxiety🎭 Social Satire
The Coin
by Yasmin Zaher • 2024
A Palestinian woman scrubs New York clean while a childhood coin remains inside her.
3.42
16k+
🧳 Diasporic Alienation🧼 Obsessive Rituals✂️ Caustic Voice🗽 Contemporary NYC🇵🇸 Palestinian Diaspora
The Coin Summary
The Coin
A Palestinian woman scrubs New York clean while a childhood coin remains inside her.
by Yasmin Zaher 2024 240 pages
3.42
16k+ ratings
🧳 Diasporic Alienation🧼 Obsessive Rituals✂️ Caustic Voice🗽 Contemporary NYC🇵🇸 Palestinian Diaspora
In the Dream House
by Carmen Maria Machado • 2019
Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.
4.38
100k+
🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir🏚️ Domestic Abuse💭 Psychological Abuse👩‍❤️‍👩 Lesbian Relationships✊ Feminist Memoir
In the Dream House Summary
In the Dream House
Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.
by Carmen Maria Machado 2019 264 pages
4.38
100k+ ratings
🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir🏚️ Domestic Abuse💭 Psychological Abuse👩‍❤️‍👩 Lesbian Relationships✊ Feminist Memoir
Hild
by Nicola Griffith • 2013
In Anglo-Saxon England, a girl sees the patterns others miss. The king calls it prophecy.
3.85
12k+
🌿 Anglo-Saxon England👑 Court Intrigue🖤 Sapphic Love📜 Lyrical Historical🔮 Seer Protagonist
Hild Summary
Hild
In Anglo-Saxon England, a girl sees the patterns others miss. The king calls it prophecy.
by Nicola Griffith 2013 546 pages
3.85
12k+ ratings
🌿 Anglo-Saxon England👑 Court Intrigue🖤 Sapphic Love📜 Lyrical Historical🔮 Seer Protagonist
Over the Top
by Jonathan Van Ness • 2019
A hairdresser's path from meth addiction to Queer Eye stardom, and the secret he carried.
4.18
68k+
🧑‍🎤 Celebrity Memoir🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir💊 Addiction Recovery🩹 Childhood Trauma🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Nonconformity
Over the Top Summary
Over the Top
A hairdresser's path from meth addiction to Queer Eye stardom, and the secret he carried.
by Jonathan Van Ness 2019 269 pages
4.18
68k+ ratings
🧑‍🎤 Celebrity Memoir🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir💊 Addiction Recovery🩹 Childhood Trauma🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Nonconformity
Wayward Son
by Rainbow Rowell • 2019
After saving the world, a hero with nothing left hits the road with his vampire boyfriend.
3.89
100k+
🩹 Post-Quest Recovery🧛 Vampire Boyfriend🚗 Found Family Road Trip🥀 Hero Burnout💬 Sardonic Warmth
Wayward Son Summary
Wayward Son
After saving the world, a hero with nothing left hits the road with his vampire boyfriend.
by Rainbow Rowell 2019 356 pages
3.89
100k+ ratings
🩹 Post-Quest Recovery🧛 Vampire Boyfriend🚗 Found Family Road Trip🥀 Hero Burnout💬 Sardonic Warmth
How to Be You
by Jeffrey Marsh • 2016
Permission to quit performing, trust your gut, and love the one person you've been ignoring: you.
4.17
500+
💖 Self-Acceptance🛑 Anti-Perfectionism🌊 Emotional Awareness🔮 Inner Wisdom🏳️‍🌈 Queer Self-Help
How to Be You Summary
How to Be You
Permission to quit performing, trust your gut, and love the one person you've been ignoring: you.
by Jeffrey Marsh 2016 190 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
💖 Self-Acceptance🛑 Anti-Perfectionism🌊 Emotional Awareness🔮 Inner Wisdom🏳️‍🌈 Queer Self-Help
Count Your Lucky Stars
by Alexandria Bellefleur • 2022
Estranged best friends and former secret lovers become roommates while planning a wedding together.
3.94
28k+
🖤 Second Chance Romance🌈 Sapphic Romance🏠 Forced Proximity💕 Friends To Lovers🛏️ Roommates To Lovers
Count Your Lucky Stars Summary
Count Your Lucky Stars
Estranged best friends and former secret lovers become roommates while planning a wedding together.
by Alexandria Bellefleur 2022 384 pages
3.94
28k+ ratings
🖤 Second Chance Romance🌈 Sapphic Romance🏠 Forced Proximity💕 Friends To Lovers🛏️ Roommates To Lovers
Building a Bridge
by James Martin • 2017
A Catholic priest's guide to moving the Church and the LGBT community from blame to belonging.
3.96
1k+
🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Catholics⛪ Pastoral Theology🕊️ Inclusive Christianity🛐 Church Reform🤝 Modern Catholicism
Building a Bridge Summary
Building a Bridge
A Catholic priest's guide to moving the Church and the LGBT community from blame to belonging.
by James Martin 2017 160 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Catholics⛪ Pastoral Theology🕊️ Inclusive Christianity🛐 Church Reform🤝 Modern Catholicism
Every Heart a Doorway
by Seanan McGuire • 2016
Her Underworld door closed. At a school for magical exiles, a killer harvests students for parts.
3.80
100k+
🚪 Portal Fantasy🏫 Magical Boarding School💜 Found Family🖤 Asexual Protagonist🔪 Boarding School Murder
Every Heart a Doorway Summary
Every Heart a Doorway
Her Underworld door closed. At a school for magical exiles, a killer harvests students for parts.
by Seanan McGuire 2016 176 pages
3.80
100k+ ratings
🚪 Portal Fantasy🏫 Magical Boarding School💜 Found Family🖤 Asexual Protagonist🔪 Boarding School Murder
Ambessa
by C.L. Clark • 2025
A vision of death promises Ambessa a throne. Her family's civil war will collect the price.
3.80
2k+
🗡️ Military Fantasy💀 Grimdark Fantasy💔 Mother Daughter Conflict⚔️ Family Civil War🖤 Villain Origin Story
Ambessa Summary
Ambessa
A vision of death promises Ambessa a throne. Her family's civil war will collect the price.
by C.L. Clark 2025 448 pages
3.80
2k+ ratings
🗡️ Military Fantasy💀 Grimdark Fantasy💔 Mother Daughter Conflict⚔️ Family Civil War🖤 Villain Origin Story
Dragonfall
by L.R. Lam • 2023
A thief and the last dragon share a stolen bond only a doomed heist can sever.
3.36
10k+
🏴‍☠️ Heist Fantasy💔 Enemies To Lovers🐉 Dragon Shifter Romance🗡️ Criminal Underworld💫 Fated Mates
Dragonfall Summary
Dragonfall
A thief and the last dragon share a stolen bond only a doomed heist can sever.
by L.R. Lam 2023 336 pages
3.36
10k+ ratings
🏴‍☠️ Heist Fantasy💔 Enemies To Lovers🐉 Dragon Shifter Romance🗡️ Criminal Underworld💫 Fated Mates
Pirates of Aletharia
by Britney Jackson • 2021
Fleeing the gallows, a dragon sorceress trades her magic for passage with a scarred pirate captain.
4.36
3k+
🏴‍☠️ Sapphic Pirates🗡️ Enemies To Lovers🖤 Found Family🔥 Slow-Burn Romance🐉 Dragon Bond
Pirates of Aletharia Summary
Pirates of Aletharia
Fleeing the gallows, a dragon sorceress trades her magic for passage with a scarred pirate captain.
by Britney Jackson 2021 514 pages
4.36
3k+ ratings
🏴‍☠️ Sapphic Pirates🗡️ Enemies To Lovers🖤 Found Family🔥 Slow-Burn Romance🐉 Dragon Bond
The Pairing
by Casey McQuiston • 2024
Two exes on the same European culinary tour compete to hook up with the most strangers.
3.66
48k+
🖤 Second Chance Romance🚌 Forced Proximity🌈 Queer Romance💛 Nonbinary Protagonist🔥 Sex Positive Romance
The Pairing Summary
The Pairing
Two exes on the same European culinary tour compete to hook up with the most strangers.
by Casey McQuiston 2024 407 pages
3.66
48k+ ratings
🖤 Second Chance Romance🚌 Forced Proximity🌈 Queer Romance💛 Nonbinary Protagonist🔥 Sex Positive Romance
Heaven Official's Blessing
by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù • 2022
A fallen god enters Ghost City and finds a ghost king whose devotion has lasted centuries.
4.63
36k+
💕 Danmei⚔️ Xianxia🖤 Fallen God🔥 Slow Burn Romance💫 Hidden Devotion
Heaven Official's Blessing Summary
Heaven Official's Blessing
A fallen god enters Ghost City and finds a ghost king whose devotion has lasted centuries.
by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 2022 438 pages
4.63
36k+ ratings
💕 Danmei⚔️ Xianxia🖤 Fallen God🔥 Slow Burn Romance💫 Hidden Devotion
Wish You Weren't Here
by Erin Baldwin • 2024
Summer camp is Juliette's escape from Priya's shadow. This year, Priya moves into her cabin.
3.91
4k+
⚔️ Rivals To Lovers🏕️ Summer Camp Romance🛖 Forced Proximity☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine💬 Witty Banter
Wish You Weren't Here Summary
Wish You Weren't Here
Summer camp is Juliette's escape from Priya's shadow. This year, Priya moves into her cabin.
by Erin Baldwin 2024 304 pages
3.91
4k+ ratings
⚔️ Rivals To Lovers🏕️ Summer Camp Romance🛖 Forced Proximity☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine💬 Witty Banter
The Darkest Part of the Forest
by Holly Black • 2015
A horned boy wakes from a glass coffin. Two siblings chase him into the faerie-haunted woods.
3.86
89k+
🧚 Modern Faerie Tale👑 Faerie Court Intrigue🤝 Faerie Bargain🌙 Secret Double Life🦋 Changeling Identity
The Darkest Part of the Forest Summary
The Darkest Part of the Forest
A horned boy wakes from a glass coffin. Two siblings chase him into the faerie-haunted woods.
by Holly Black 2015 328 pages
3.86
89k+ ratings
🧚 Modern Faerie Tale👑 Faerie Court Intrigue🤝 Faerie Bargain🌙 Secret Double Life🦋 Changeling Identity
Brim Over Boot
by Emmy Sanders • 2025
Small-town farriers and sworn enemies, they seal a barroom bet with a kiss neither can forget.
4.23
5k+
🥊 Enemies To Lovers💡 Bi Awakening🏘️ Small-Town Romance🔥 Slow Burn💬 Witty Banter
Brim Over Boot Summary
Brim Over Boot
Small-town farriers and sworn enemies, they seal a barroom bet with a kiss neither can forget.
by Emmy Sanders 2025 330 pages
4.23
5k+ ratings
🥊 Enemies To Lovers💡 Bi Awakening🏘️ Small-Town Romance🔥 Slow Burn💬 Witty Banter
The Stonewall Riots
by Gayle E. Pitman • 2019
A 1969 police raid ignited a rebellion that launched the modern fight for LGBT equality.
4.04
1k+
🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq History✊ Civil Rights History🌃 Underground Subcultures👮 Police Brutality📢 Community Activism
The Stonewall Riots Summary
The Stonewall Riots
A 1969 police raid ignited a rebellion that launched the modern fight for LGBT equality.
by Gayle E. Pitman 2019 224 pages
4.04
1k+ ratings
🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq History✊ Civil Rights History🌃 Underground Subcultures👮 Police Brutality📢 Community Activism
Another Word for Love
by Carvell Wallace • 2024
Childhood taught him survival meant armoring up; recovery taught him presence takes more courage.
4.25
1k+
🖋️ Literary Memoir💔 Childhood Trauma🔗 Generational Trauma🟤 Racial Identity🖤 Black Men
Another Word for Love Summary
Another Word for Love
Childhood taught him survival meant armoring up; recovery taught him presence takes more courage.
by Carvell Wallace 2024 272 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Memoir💔 Childhood Trauma🔗 Generational Trauma🟤 Racial Identity🖤 Black Men
How to Say I Do
by Tal Bauer • 2023
A Texas rancher meets a jilted New Yorker. One week in Cancun turns strangers into soulmates.
4.42
8k+
🤠 Cowboy Romance💔 Second Chance Romance🌃 Opposites Attract🩹 Hurt Comfort👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family
How to Say I Do Summary
How to Say I Do
A Texas rancher meets a jilted New Yorker. One week in Cancun turns strangers into soulmates.
by Tal Bauer 2023 406 pages
4.42
8k+ ratings
🤠 Cowboy Romance💔 Second Chance Romance🌃 Opposites Attract🩹 Hurt Comfort👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family
Roman
by Grae Bryan • 2022
A haunted vampire finds his fated mate in an exhausted nurse, but his maker is closing in.
3.86
9k+
🖤 Fated Mates🧛 Vampire Romance🩹 Hurt/Comfort⏳ Age Gap Romance☀️ Grumpy Sunshine
Roman Summary
Roman
A haunted vampire finds his fated mate in an exhausted nurse, but his maker is closing in.
by Grae Bryan 2022 273 pages
3.86
9k+ ratings
🖤 Fated Mates🧛 Vampire Romance🩹 Hurt/Comfort⏳ Age Gap Romance☀️ Grumpy Sunshine
The Best Strangers in the World
by Ari Shapiro • 2023
He follows a Syrian refugee and sings with a band; his real job is listening.
4.02
6k+
📻 Radio Journalism🌍 Foreign Correspondence🎙️ Storytelling Craft🔍 Curiosity As Practice💞 Radical Empathy
The Best Strangers in the World Summary
The Best Strangers in the World
He follows a Syrian refugee and sings with a band; his real job is listening.
by Ari Shapiro 2023 256 pages
4.02
6k+ ratings
📻 Radio Journalism🌍 Foreign Correspondence🎙️ Storytelling Craft🔍 Curiosity As Practice💞 Radical Empathy
Lover Boy
by Brianna Flores • 2024
Estranged stepbrothers become college roommates and find their hatred has always burned like need.
3.83
2k+
👥 Stepbrother Romance⛓️ Power Play💔 Trauma Bonding🩹 Scarred Hero🏫 College Campus
Lover Boy Summary
Lover Boy
Estranged stepbrothers become college roommates and find their hatred has always burned like need.
by Brianna Flores 2024 292 pages
3.83
2k+ ratings
👥 Stepbrother Romance⛓️ Power Play💔 Trauma Bonding🩹 Scarred Hero🏫 College Campus
Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh
by Rachael Lippincott • 2023
A magical coin flings an artist into 1812, where a repressed heiress becomes her forbidden muse.
3.94
11k+
✨ Time Travel Romance🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance🎩 Regency Era🐟 Fish Out Of Water💔 Forbidden Love
Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh Summary
Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh
A magical coin flings an artist into 1812, where a repressed heiress becomes her forbidden muse.
by Rachael Lippincott 2023 336 pages
3.94
11k+ ratings
✨ Time Travel Romance🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance🎩 Regency Era🐟 Fish Out Of Water💔 Forbidden Love
Sweet Obsession
by Katee Robert • 2025
The son of a traitor seduces his captor while a sorceress's fleet blockades Olympus.
3.58
13k+
🔗 Captor Captive Romance🏛️ Mythological Retelling💔 Hurt Comfort⚡ Power Exchange👑 Palace Intrigue
Sweet Obsession Summary
Sweet Obsession
The son of a traitor seduces his captor while a sorceress's fleet blockades Olympus.
by Katee Robert 2025 336 pages
3.58
13k+ ratings
🔗 Captor Captive Romance🏛️ Mythological Retelling💔 Hurt Comfort⚡ Power Exchange👑 Palace Intrigue
The T in LGBT
by Jamie Raines • 2023
A trans man's guide to transition: identity, coming out, hormones, and finding joy.
4.53
1k+
🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Identity🔄 Gender Transition📖 Trans Memoir💔 Gender Dysphoria🚪 Coming Out
The T in LGBT Summary
The T in LGBT
A trans man's guide to transition: identity, coming out, hormones, and finding joy.
by Jamie Raines 2023 256 pages
4.53
1k+ ratings
🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Identity🔄 Gender Transition📖 Trans Memoir💔 Gender Dysphoria🚪 Coming Out
Shameless Puckboy
by Eden Finley • 2022
After a scandal, a PR manager must tame the shameless hockey star he's falling for.
4.02
17k+
🏒 Hockey Romance🚪 Forced Proximity😤 Enemies To Lovers🔥 Reformed Playboy🌧️ Grumpy Sunshine
Shameless Puckboy Summary
Shameless Puckboy
After a scandal, a PR manager must tame the shameless hockey star he's falling for.
by Eden Finley 2022 301 pages
4.02
17k+ ratings
🏒 Hockey Romance🚪 Forced Proximity😤 Enemies To Lovers🔥 Reformed Playboy🌧️ Grumpy Sunshine
Lucien
by Grae Bryan • 2022
A vampire's beast hungers for its mate. The man it possesses is terrified to love.
4.13
5k+
🖤 Fated Mates🧛 Vampire Romance☀️ Grumpy Sunshine🔮 Psychic Hero🩹 Hurt Comfort
Lucien Summary
Lucien
A vampire's beast hungers for its mate. The man it possesses is terrified to love.
by Grae Bryan 2022 267 pages
4.13
5k+ ratings
🖤 Fated Mates🧛 Vampire Romance☀️ Grumpy Sunshine🔮 Psychic Hero🩹 Hurt Comfort
I Don't Want to Die Poor
by Michael Arceneaux • 2020
Student debt trapped him. Being Black and gay meant the escape routes were already closed.
3.71
1k+
💰 Student Debt🏚️ Poverty Memoirs🏳️‍🌈 Queer Black Identity📝 Essay Collections🧬 Generational Trauma
I Don't Want to Die Poor Summary
I Don't Want to Die Poor
Student debt trapped him. Being Black and gay meant the escape routes were already closed.
by Michael Arceneaux 2020 240 pages
3.71
1k+ ratings
💰 Student Debt🏚️ Poverty Memoirs🏳️‍🌈 Queer Black Identity📝 Essay Collections🧬 Generational Trauma
The Gathering Dark
by Tori Bovalino • 2022
Teen girls battle cursed houses and hungry forests in folk horror stories where trauma grows teeth.
3.53
4k+
🌒 Folk Horror🌈 Queer Horror🩸 Generational Trauma🌲 Vengeful Nature🔥 Female Rage
The Gathering Dark Summary
The Gathering Dark
Teen girls battle cursed houses and hungry forests in folk horror stories where trauma grows teeth.
by Tori Bovalino 2022 272 pages
3.53
4k+ ratings
🌒 Folk Horror🌈 Queer Horror🩸 Generational Trauma🌲 Vengeful Nature🔥 Female Rage
Malice
by Heather Walter • 2021
Briar needs her curses but despises her blood. The princess doomed at twenty-one just needs her.
3.91
33k+
🖤 Villain Origin Story🌹 Sleeping Beauty Retelling💕 Forbidden Romance🦇 Monstrous Protagonist🏰 Fairy Tale Court
Malice Summary
Malice
Briar needs her curses but despises her blood. The princess doomed at twenty-one just needs her.
by Heather Walter 2021 470 pages
3.91
33k+ ratings
🖤 Villain Origin Story🌹 Sleeping Beauty Retelling💕 Forbidden Romance🦇 Monstrous Protagonist🏰 Fairy Tale Court
How to Find a Missing Girl
by Victoria Wlosok • 2023
A missing sister. A vanished ex. A podcast of secrets someone is killing to keep quiet.
3.59
5k+
🕵️ Amateur Sleuths🏘️ Small Town Mystery🎙️ True Crime Podcast🔍 Missing Sister📚 High School Secrets
How to Find a Missing Girl Summary
How to Find a Missing Girl
A missing sister. A vanished ex. A podcast of secrets someone is killing to keep quiet.
by Victoria Wlosok 2023 320 pages
3.59
5k+ ratings
🕵️ Amateur Sleuths🏘️ Small Town Mystery🎙️ True Crime Podcast🔍 Missing Sister📚 High School Secrets
When the Tides Held the Moon
by Venessa Vida Kelley • 2025
A Brooklyn blacksmith falls for the captive merman he's hired to keep in a tank.
4.14
14k+
🎪 Carnival Sideshow🧜‍♂️ Merman Romance👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family💔 Forbidden Love🔥 Slow-Burn Romance
When the Tides Held the Moon Summary
When the Tides Held the Moon
A Brooklyn blacksmith falls for the captive merman he's hired to keep in a tank.
by Venessa Vida Kelley 2025 464 pages
4.14
14k+ ratings
🎪 Carnival Sideshow🧜‍♂️ Merman Romance👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family💔 Forbidden Love🔥 Slow-Burn Romance
The Doors of Eden
by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2020
When her lover vanishes into another Earth, a cryptozoologist must save parallel worlds from ruin.
3.87
10k+
🌍 Parallel Worlds🧬 Alternate Evolution💕 Sapphic Romance💔 Lost And Found Love🪐 Cosmic Scale
The Doors of Eden Summary
The Doors of Eden
When her lover vanishes into another Earth, a cryptozoologist must save parallel worlds from ruin.
by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2020 609 pages
3.87
10k+ ratings
🌍 Parallel Worlds🧬 Alternate Evolution💕 Sapphic Romance💔 Lost And Found Love🪐 Cosmic Scale
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
by Alexander Chee • 2018
A novelist's confession: memoir cannot hold the truth of what happened to him. Only fiction can.
4.38
12k+
✍️ Writing Craft📖 Autofiction🏳️‍🌈 Queer Experience🌗 Mixed-Race Identity🩹 Trauma Healing
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel Summary
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
A novelist's confession: memoir cannot hold the truth of what happened to him. Only fiction can.
by Alexander Chee 2018 280 pages
4.38
12k+ ratings
✍️ Writing Craft📖 Autofiction🏳️‍🌈 Queer Experience🌗 Mixed-Race Identity🩹 Trauma Healing
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