Queer

Queer literature illuminates the vibrant spectrum of LGBTQ+ experiences, identities, and perspectives through personal stories, cultural analysis, and practical guidance. These powerful works explore everything from coming out and building community to navigating relationships and challenging societal norms, offering both intimate insights and essential resources for understanding queer life.

Queer Book Summaries

Pass with Care

by Cooper Lee Bombardier • 2020

A trans man's essays: the desert, the bar, the body, and the long work of belonging.

4.50

171

🏳️‍⚧️ Transmasculinity 🛠️ Working-Class Queer 🌊 Gender Fluidity 🫂 Chosen Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Pass with Care

A trans man's essays: the desert, the bar, the body, and the long work of belonging.

by Cooper Lee Bombardier 2020 240 pages

4.50

171 ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Transmasculinity 🛠️ Working-Class Queer 🌊 Gender Fluidity 🫂 Chosen Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Red, White & Royal Blue

by Casey McQuiston • 2019

The First Son and a prince fake a friendship; in private, they aren't pretending anymore.

4.05

1.2M+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Fake Dating 👑 Royal Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Rom-Com 🌈 Coming Out

Red, White & Royal Blue

The First Son and a prince fake a friendship; in private, they aren't pretending anymore.

by Casey McQuiston 2019 416 pages

4.05

1.2M+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Fake Dating 👑 Royal Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Rom-Com 🌈 Coming Out

Heaven Official's Blessing

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù • 2023

Fallen god and ghost king face stolen fate that bred vengeful ghost, to break a curse.

4.79

20k+

🏯 Xianxia Fantasy 🏳️‍🌈 Danmei Romance ⏳ Fate Manipulation 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Tragic Siblings

Heaven Official's Blessing

Fallen god and ghost king face stolen fate that bred vengeful ghost, to break a curse.

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 2023 412 pages

4.79

20k+ ratings

🏯 Xianxia Fantasy 🏳️‍🌈 Danmei Romance ⏳ Fate Manipulation 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Tragic Siblings

Not Catching Love

by Saxon James • 2025

A nurse holds an anxious artist together through every spiral, but wanting more risks everything.

4.12

5k+

🔥 Slow Burn 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 😰 Anxious Hero 🧠 Therapy Journey

Not Catching Love

A nurse holds an anxious artist together through every spiral, but wanting more risks everything.

by Saxon James 2025 304 pages

4.12

5k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 😰 Anxious Hero 🧠 Therapy Journey

Activist Theology

by Robyn Henderson-Espinoza • 2019

You can’t think your way to justice. A queer theologian’s charge to turn belief into action.

3.96

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Theology ✊ Liberation Theology 🕊️ Faith In Action 🌍 Spiritual Activism ⛪ Progressive Christianity

Activist Theology

You can’t think your way to justice. A queer theologian’s charge to turn belief into action.

by Robyn Henderson-Espinoza 2019 137 pages

3.96

81 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Theology ✊ Liberation Theology 🕊️ Faith In Action 🌍 Spiritual Activism ⛪ Progressive Christianity

Pop Star

by Eden Finley • 2020

A closeted pop star's bodyguard was hired to stop a stalker, not to steal his heart.

3.97

10k+

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🌟 Celebrity Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💍 Fake Relationship 🧲 Opposites Attract

Pop Star

A closeted pop star's bodyguard was hired to stop a stalker, not to steal his heart.

by Eden Finley 2020 286 pages

3.97

10k+ ratings

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🌟 Celebrity Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💍 Fake Relationship 🧲 Opposites Attract

A Little Kissing Between Friends

by Chencia C. Higgins • 2024

After one night with her best friend, a musician can't lose the single mom she's falling for.

3.69

1k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 👩‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🖤 Black Love 🏠 Found Family

A Little Kissing Between Friends

After one night with her best friend, a musician can't lose the single mom she's falling for.

by Chencia C. Higgins 2024 304 pages

3.69

1k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 👩‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🖤 Black Love 🏠 Found Family

A Perfect Fit

by Kellan McKnight • 2023

Newly out at thirty-five, Ella falls for a twenty-four-year-old bartender who never gets serious.

4.04

1k+

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🌸 Late Blooming Lesbian 🏠 Found Family 🧲 Opposites Attract 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

A Perfect Fit

Newly out at thirty-five, Ella falls for a twenty-four-year-old bartender who never gets serious.

by Kellan McKnight 2023 413 pages

4.04

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🌸 Late Blooming Lesbian 🏠 Found Family 🧲 Opposites Attract 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

White Noise

by Lark Taylor • 2023

A journalist and a rock star, trapped in an elevator, share one kiss they can't undo.

4.09

3k+

🎸 Rock Star Romance 💡 Bi Awakening 🛗 Forced Proximity 🤫 Secret Relationship 🌸 Late Bloomer Romance

White Noise

A journalist and a rock star, trapped in an elevator, share one kiss they can't undo.

by Lark Taylor 2023 293 pages

4.09

3k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Star Romance 💡 Bi Awakening 🛗 Forced Proximity 🤫 Secret Relationship 🌸 Late Bloomer Romance

King of Death

by Lily Mayne • 2023

A Seelie king's lover must claim the enemy throne before their divided world rots apart.

4.38

3k+

🖤 Dark Fae Romance 🌙 Seelie And Unseelie 💔 Trauma Recovery 🫂 Found Family 👑 Reluctant King

King of Death

A Seelie king's lover must claim the enemy throne before their divided world rots apart.

by Lily Mayne 2023 514 pages

4.38

3k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fae Romance 🌙 Seelie And Unseelie 💔 Trauma Recovery 🫂 Found Family 👑 Reluctant King

Boyslut

by Zachary Zane • 2023

Bisexual men disappear unless they shout. One manifesto for making your desires undeniable.

3.77

2k+

😶 Sexual Shame 💜 Bisexuality ✨ Sex Positivity 🔄 Ethical Non-Monogamy ⛓️ Kink Exploration

Boyslut

Bisexual men disappear unless they shout. One manifesto for making your desires undeniable.

by Zachary Zane 2023 240 pages

3.77

2k+ ratings

😶 Sexual Shame 💜 Bisexuality ✨ Sex Positivity 🔄 Ethical Non-Monogamy ⛓️ Kink Exploration

The Final Strife

by Saara El-Arifi • 2022

A disgraced fighter trains a privileged heir for deadly trials; their love could spark a revolution.

4.18

9k+

🏰 Epic Fantasy 🩸 Blood Magic 🔗 Caste System 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Sapphic Romance

The Final Strife

A disgraced fighter trains a privileged heir for deadly trials; their love could spark a revolution.

by Saara El-Arifi 2022 640 pages

4.18

9k+ ratings

🏰 Epic Fantasy 🩸 Blood Magic 🔗 Caste System 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Sapphic Romance

Knocking Myself Up

by Michelle Tea • 2022

Queer, single, and 40: one woman's irreverent, friend-sperm-assisted quest for a baby.

3.98

500+

🧬 Fertility Journey 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Parenthood 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 😏 Irreverent Memoir 👩‍👧 Single Motherhood

Knocking Myself Up

Queer, single, and 40: one woman's irreverent, friend-sperm-assisted quest for a baby.

by Michelle Tea 2022 294 pages

3.98

500+ ratings

🧬 Fertility Journey 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Parenthood 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 😏 Irreverent Memoir 👩‍👧 Single Motherhood

Crier's War

by Nina Varela • 2019

A human rebel must murder the artificial princess who was secretly built to love.

4.09

54k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🤖 Artificial Life ✊ Human Resistance

Crier's War

A human rebel must murder the artificial princess who was secretly built to love.

by Nina Varela 2019 464 pages

4.09

54k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🤖 Artificial Life ✊ Human Resistance

Iron Heart

by Nina Varela • 2020

A failed assassin and the Automa princess she spared must trust their forbidden bond.

4.21

29k+

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ✊ Revolution

Iron Heart

A failed assassin and the Automa princess she spared must trust their forbidden bond.

by Nina Varela 2020 400 pages

4.21

29k+ ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ✊ Revolution

Death in the Spires

by K.J. Charles • 2024

An anonymous letter forces Jem Kite to uncover which Oxford friend committed murder ten years ago.

4.17

5k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👥 Found Family 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Love Story 💔 Toxic Friendship

Death in the Spires

An anonymous letter forces Jem Kite to uncover which Oxford friend committed murder ten years ago.

by K.J. Charles 2024 273 pages

4.17

5k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👥 Found Family 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Love Story 💔 Toxic Friendship

Greta & Valdin

by Rebecca K. Reilly • 2021

Two Auckland siblings, two impossible loves, and one messy family trying to hold it together.

3.90

32k+

🏡 Multicultural Family Saga 👫 Dual Sibling Pov 🫂 Chosen Family 💞 Second Chance Romance 🤷 Quarter-Life Crisis

Greta & Valdin

Two Auckland siblings, two impossible loves, and one messy family trying to hold it together.

by Rebecca K. Reilly 2021 352 pages

3.90

32k+ ratings

🏡 Multicultural Family Saga 👫 Dual Sibling Pov 🫂 Chosen Family 💞 Second Chance Romance 🤷 Quarter-Life Crisis

Be Right Back

by Bill Wood • 2026

Four survivors of a slasher return home to a copycat staging urban legends as crime scenes.

3.79

1k+

🔪 Slasher Horror 🎬 Meta Horror 👻 Urban Legend Horror 🎭 Copycat Killer 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Romance

Be Right Back

Four survivors of a slasher return home to a copycat staging urban legends as crime scenes.

by Bill Wood 2026 348 pages

3.79

1k+ ratings

🔪 Slasher Horror 🎬 Meta Horror 👻 Urban Legend Horror 🎭 Copycat Killer 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Romance

Ink Blood Sister Scribe

by Emma Törzs • 2023

Two sisters inherit spellbooks written in blood. A secret library will kill to claim them.

4.00

64k+

🩸 Blood Magic System 👭 Estranged Sisters 📚 Secret Magical Library 🏚️ Lonely Caretaker 👤 Hidden Mother

Ink Blood Sister Scribe

Two sisters inherit spellbooks written in blood. A secret library will kill to claim them.

by Emma Törzs 2023 416 pages

4.00

64k+ ratings

🩸 Blood Magic System 👭 Estranged Sisters 📚 Secret Magical Library 🏚️ Lonely Caretaker 👤 Hidden Mother

At Dark, I Become Loathsome

by Eric LaRocca • 2025

After his son vanished, he started burying strangers alive. His last client knows what happened.

3.20

5k+

🪦 Grief Horror 🩸 Transgressive Horror 🦴 Queer Body Horror 🪞 Self-Loathing Narrator 🔩 Body Modification

At Dark, I Become Loathsome

After his son vanished, he started burying strangers alive. His last client knows what happened.

by Eric LaRocca 2025 178 pages

3.20

5k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Horror 🩸 Transgressive Horror 🦴 Queer Body Horror 🪞 Self-Loathing Narrator 🔩 Body Modification

Pages for You

by Sylvia Brownrigg • 2001

A college freshman falls for her mesmerizing female TA, and the consuming affair rewrites her world.

3.91

9k+

🌈 Queer Awakening 👩‍🏫 Age Gap Relationship 💕 First Love 🔥 Sexual Awakening 🍽️ Meet Cute

Pages for You

A college freshman falls for her mesmerizing female TA, and the consuming affair rewrites her world.

by Sylvia Brownrigg 2001 274 pages

3.91

9k+ ratings

🌈 Queer Awakening 👩‍🏫 Age Gap Relationship 💕 First Love 🔥 Sexual Awakening 🍽️ Meet Cute

Bury Your Gays

by Chuck Tingle • 2024

When a screenwriter won't kill his queer leads, the studio's AI sends his own monsters after him.

4.04

31k+

🪞 Metafictional Horror 🎬 Hollywood Horror 👹 Monsters Made Real 💔 Trauma As Monster 🫂 Found Family

Bury Your Gays

When a screenwriter won't kill his queer leads, the studio's AI sends his own monsters after him.

by Chuck Tingle 2024 295 pages

4.04

31k+ ratings

🪞 Metafictional Horror 🎬 Hollywood Horror 👹 Monsters Made Real 💔 Trauma As Monster 🫂 Found Family

Like Family

by Erin O. White • 2025

Three queer families share everything: carpools, holidays, and one secret that could break them.

3.49

3k+

🫂 Chosen Family 🌈 Queer Parenthood 🤫 Secret Parentage 🔄 Midlife Transformation 💔 Sapphic Affair

Like Family

Three queer families share everything: carpools, holidays, and one secret that could break them.

by Erin O. White 2025 320 pages

3.49

3k+ ratings

🫂 Chosen Family 🌈 Queer Parenthood 🤫 Secret Parentage 🔄 Midlife Transformation 💔 Sapphic Affair

Girl Made of Stars

by Ashley Herring Blake • 2018

Mara's twin brother is accused of rape, and her family's fierce denial leaves her standing alone.

4.18

29k+

⚠️ Sexual Assault 👯 Twin Siblings 🫂 Found Family ✊ Feminist Activism 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Questioning

Girl Made of Stars

Mara's twin brother is accused of rape, and her family's fierce denial leaves her standing alone.

by Ashley Herring Blake 2018 295 pages

4.18

29k+ ratings

⚠️ Sexual Assault 👯 Twin Siblings 🫂 Found Family ✊ Feminist Activism 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Questioning

Off Sides

by Andi Jaxon • 2024

A closeted hockey captain's one-night stand returns: the football star who wants to keep seeing him.

3.98

7k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Athlete 🔥 Anonymous Hookup 💔 Hurt/Comfort 👨‍👧‍👦 Parentified Hero

Off Sides

A closeted hockey captain's one-night stand returns: the football star who wants to keep seeing him.

by Andi Jaxon 2024 336 pages

3.98

7k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Athlete 🔥 Anonymous Hookup 💔 Hurt/Comfort 👨‍👧‍👦 Parentified Hero

Someone You Can Build a Nest In

by John Wiswell • 2024

A flesh-eating shapeshifter falls in love with the daughter of the hunters who want her dead.

3.86

24k+

👹 Monster Romance 🫀 Body Horror 💕 Sapphic Love Story 🏠 Found Family 💔 Generational Trauma

Someone You Can Build a Nest In

A flesh-eating shapeshifter falls in love with the daughter of the hunters who want her dead.

by John Wiswell 2024 310 pages

3.86

24k+ ratings

👹 Monster Romance 🫀 Body Horror 💕 Sapphic Love Story 🏠 Found Family 💔 Generational Trauma

The Romance Recipe

by Ruby Barrett • 2022

To save her restaurant, she enters a reality cooking show with the head chef she secretly craves.

3.58

6k+

🍳 Culinary Romance 📺 Reality TV Cooking 👔 Boss And Employee 🏳️‍🌈 Late Bloomer Queer 📣 Public Coming Out

The Romance Recipe

To save her restaurant, she enters a reality cooking show with the head chef she secretly craves.

by Ruby Barrett 2022 304 pages

3.58

6k+ ratings

🍳 Culinary Romance 📺 Reality TV Cooking 👔 Boss And Employee 🏳️‍🌈 Late Bloomer Queer 📣 Public Coming Out

Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians

by Rachel Pepper • 1999

You don't get a conception manual. This one covers donors, fertility, and the invisible partner.

3.72

179

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian Parenting 📊 Fertility Tracking 🧬 Donor Conception 👥 Non-Birthing Partner 📋 Birth Planning

Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians

You don't get a conception manual. This one covers donors, fertility, and the invisible partner.

by Rachel Pepper 1999 288 pages

3.72

179 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian Parenting 📊 Fertility Tracking 🧬 Donor Conception 👥 Non-Birthing Partner 📋 Birth Planning

Green Light

by Lark Taylor • 2023

Childhood friends become rock stars, faking romance onstage. Kai's feelings were never an act.

4.12

2k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🎸 Rock Star Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💔 Pining 🌈 Queer Awakening

Green Light

Childhood friends become rock stars, faking romance onstage. Kai's feelings were never an act.

by Lark Taylor 2023 306 pages

4.12

2k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🎸 Rock Star Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💔 Pining 🌈 Queer Awakening

Verona Comics

by Jennifer Dugan • 2020

Two teens bond at Comic-Con, only to discover their families are bitter business rivals.

3.58

4k+

⚔️ Rival Families 🤫 Secret Relationship 💘 Forbidden Romance 👥 Dual Pov 💔 Angsty Romance

Verona Comics

Two teens bond at Comic-Con, only to discover their families are bitter business rivals.

by Jennifer Dugan 2020 352 pages

3.58

4k+ ratings

⚔️ Rival Families 🤫 Secret Relationship 💘 Forbidden Romance 👥 Dual Pov 💔 Angsty Romance

Lately Lesbian

by J.D. Simmons • 2019

After thirty-three years as a wife, a woman from her past makes her question everything.

4.12

🌸 Late-Blooming Lesbian ⏰ Midlife Awakening 🔗 Compulsory Heterosexuality 🔥 Sexual Awakening 🚪 Closeted Marriage

Lately Lesbian

After thirty-three years as a wife, a woman from her past makes her question everything.

by J.D. Simmons 2019 279 pages

4.12

17 ratings

🌸 Late-Blooming Lesbian ⏰ Midlife Awakening 🔗 Compulsory Heterosexuality 🔥 Sexual Awakening 🚪 Closeted Marriage

The Pride Guide

by Jo Langford • 2018

From coming out to safer sex to online safety: the honest guide every LGBTQ teen deserves.

4.06

121

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Youth 📚 Sex Education ⚧️ Gender Identity 🚪 Coming Out 😰 Minority Stress

The Pride Guide

From coming out to safer sex to online safety: the honest guide every LGBTQ teen deserves.

by Jo Langford 2018 363 pages

4.06

121 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Youth 📚 Sex Education ⚧️ Gender Identity 🚪 Coming Out 😰 Minority Stress

What's the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary

by Juno Dawson • 2021

The trans and nonbinary guidebook: pronouns, hormones, dating, and the joy of living authentically.

4.32

1k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Guidebooks ⏳ Trans History 👗 Gender Norms 🚪 Coming Out ✊ Trans Rights

What's the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary

The trans and nonbinary guidebook: pronouns, hormones, dating, and the joy of living authentically.

by Juno Dawson 2021 226 pages

4.32

1k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Guidebooks ⏳ Trans History 👗 Gender Norms 🚪 Coming Out ✊ Trans Rights

Blood on Her Tongue

by Johanna van Veen • 2025

A desperate letter summons her to a remote estate where a bog body stirs a hunger.

3.79

20k+

📜 Epistolary Horror 👯 Twin Horror 🧬 Changeling Myth 🩸 Body Horror 🌿 Bog Setting

Blood on Her Tongue

A desperate letter summons her to a remote estate where a bog body stirs a hunger.

by Johanna van Veen 2025 368 pages

3.79

20k+ ratings

📜 Epistolary Horror 👯 Twin Horror 🧬 Changeling Myth 🩸 Body Horror 🌿 Bog Setting

A Life Worth Living

by Monica McCallan • 2023

When a hurricane traps two office rivals in Bermuda, walls crumble and a cautious love begins.

4.08

3k+

🌈 Sapphic Romance 🏢 Workplace Romance 🏝️ Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers

A Life Worth Living

When a hurricane traps two office rivals in Bermuda, walls crumble and a cautious love begins.

by Monica McCallan 2023 347 pages

4.08

3k+ ratings

🌈 Sapphic Romance 🏢 Workplace Romance 🏝️ Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers

The Entanglement of Rival Wizards

by Sara Raasch • 2025

Two rival wizards are forced into one lab by the grant that could save their futures.

4.18

16k+

🏛️ Magical Academia 💥 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💕 Chosen Family 🗣️ Banter Heavy

The Entanglement of Rival Wizards

Two rival wizards are forced into one lab by the grant that could save their futures.

by Sara Raasch 2025 336 pages

4.18

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Magical Academia 💥 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💕 Chosen Family 🗣️ Banter Heavy

Normal

by Amy Bloom • 2002

Trans men, crossdressers, and intersex activists: their lives reveal normal is a myth.

3.53

500+

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Studies 📰 Narrative Journalism 💛 Intersex Rights ⚧ Beyond The Gender Binary ⚕ Medical Ethics

Normal

Trans men, crossdressers, and intersex activists: their lives reveal normal is a myth.

by Amy Bloom 2002 174 pages

3.53

500+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Studies 📰 Narrative Journalism 💛 Intersex Rights ⚧ Beyond The Gender Binary ⚕ Medical Ethics

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls

by T Kira Madden • 2019

A fatherless girl in Boca Raton craves a fierce love and finds it in dangerous places.

4.25

10k+

🧒 Fatherlessness 🌐 Mixed-Race Identity 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma ✍️ Confessional Memoir

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls

A fatherless girl in Boca Raton craves a fierce love and finds it in dangerous places.

by T Kira Madden 2019 336 pages

4.25

10k+ ratings

🧒 Fatherlessness 🌐 Mixed-Race Identity 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma ✍️ Confessional Memoir

Hot and Unbothered

by Yana Tallon-Hicks • 2022

Your sex life improves when you stop performing and start asking for what you actually want.

4.27

298

🎓 Sex Education 🗣️ Sexual Communication 🌈 Pleasure Advocacy 🔓 Sexual Shame 🧠 Cognitive Reframing

Hot and Unbothered

Your sex life improves when you stop performing and start asking for what you actually want.

by Yana Tallon-Hicks 2022 464 pages

4.27

298 ratings

🎓 Sex Education 🗣️ Sexual Communication 🌈 Pleasure Advocacy 🔓 Sexual Shame 🧠 Cognitive Reframing

The New Guy

by Sarina Bowen • 2023

A widower's one-night stand is his new neighbor, and the closeted hockey star he must rehab.

4.09

17k+

🏒 Closeted Athlete 👨‍👧 Single Dad Romance 🏢 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance 🚪 Neighbors To Lovers

The New Guy

A widower's one-night stand is his new neighbor, and the closeted hockey star he must rehab.

by Sarina Bowen 2023 346 pages

4.09

17k+ ratings

🏒 Closeted Athlete 👨‍👧 Single Dad Romance 🏢 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance 🚪 Neighbors To Lovers

Little Blue Encyclopedia

by Hazel Jane Plante • 2019

An encyclopedia of a cult TV show becomes a memorial for her magnetic trans friend Vivian.

4.22

1k+

📖 Encyclopedic Novel 📺 Fictional Tv Show 💔 Grieving For A Friend 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Womanhood 🤝 Queer Friendship

Little Blue Encyclopedia

An encyclopedia of a cult TV show becomes a memorial for her magnetic trans friend Vivian.

by Hazel Jane Plante 2019 200 pages

4.22

1k+ ratings

📖 Encyclopedic Novel 📺 Fictional Tv Show 💔 Grieving For A Friend 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Womanhood 🤝 Queer Friendship

Eat the Ones You Love

by Sarah Maria Griffin • 2025

Broke and heartbroken, Shell takes a florist job in a dying mall where something sentient hungers.

3.46

8k+

🪴 Botanical Horror 🫀 Body Horror 🖤 Queer Horror 🌿 Sentient Plant 💔 Toxic Sapphic Love

Eat the Ones You Love

Broke and heartbroken, Shell takes a florist job in a dying mall where something sentient hungers.

by Sarah Maria Griffin 2025 288 pages

3.46

8k+ ratings

🪴 Botanical Horror 🫀 Body Horror 🖤 Queer Horror 🌿 Sentient Plant 💔 Toxic Sapphic Love

Regrettably, I am About to Cause Trouble

by Amie McNee • 2022

Her birthmark brands a Tudor bride a witch, exiling her to wisewomen, magic, and danger at court.

3.90

2k+

🧙 Tudor Witch Fantasy 🏠 Found Family 👑 Court Intrigue 👩‍🏫 Witch Mentor 🗣️ Witty Narrator

Regrettably, I am About to Cause Trouble

Her birthmark brands a Tudor bride a witch, exiling her to wisewomen, magic, and danger at court.

by Amie McNee 2022 370 pages

3.90

2k+ ratings

🧙 Tudor Witch Fantasy 🏠 Found Family 👑 Court Intrigue 👩‍🏫 Witch Mentor 🗣️ Witty Narrator

All of Us Murderers

by K.J. Charles • 2025

Trapped in a Dartmoor mansion: his ex-lover, a bride contest, and no way out.

3.70

9k+

🏚️ Country House Murder 💔 Second Chance Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🔪 Servant Revenge

All of Us Murderers

Trapped in a Dartmoor mansion: his ex-lover, a bride contest, and no way out.

by K.J. Charles 2025 343 pages

3.70

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Country House Murder 💔 Second Chance Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🔪 Servant Revenge

Taming of a Rebel

by Eada Friesian • 2024

A single mom's meet-cute with a guarded guardian opens the door to love neither saw coming.

3.89

2k+

🧊 Ice Queen 👩‍👧 Single Mother 🧲 Opposites Attract 🏠 Found Family 😍 Meet Cute

Taming of a Rebel

A single mom's meet-cute with a guarded guardian opens the door to love neither saw coming.

by Eada Friesian 2024 394 pages

3.89

2k+ ratings

🧊 Ice Queen 👩‍👧 Single Mother 🧲 Opposites Attract 🏠 Found Family 😍 Meet Cute

Jedi

by Sam Maggs • 2023

Stealing a cloaking device, a Jedi crew is hunted by an Inquisitor and broken by betrayal.

3.09

4k+

🫂 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 💎 Heist Mission 💔 Trauma Recovery 🏳️ Enemy Defector

Jedi

Stealing a cloaking device, a Jedi crew is hunted by an Inquisitor and broken by betrayal.

by Sam Maggs 2023 304 pages

3.09

4k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 💎 Heist Mission 💔 Trauma Recovery 🏳️ Enemy Defector

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.

by Samantha Irby • 2017

A vet clinic receptionist on chronic illness, dead parents, and the dull love that saved her.

3.89

48k+

🤡 Self-Deprecating Humor 🩺 Chronic Illness 🧘 Body Acceptance 💸 Poverty Memoir 🕊️ Grief And Loss

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.

A vet clinic receptionist on chronic illness, dead parents, and the dull love that saved her.

by Samantha Irby 2017 275 pages

3.89

48k+ ratings

🤡 Self-Deprecating Humor 🩺 Chronic Illness 🧘 Body Acceptance 💸 Poverty Memoir 🕊️ Grief And Loss

Love That Story

by Jonathan Van Ness • 2022

He thought vulnerability was weakness. HIV, trans rights, and a salon chair taught him otherwise.

4.09

7k+

📖 Queer Memoir 🧘 Body Neutrality 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights 💊 Hiv Advocacy 🌿 Cannabis Reform

Love That Story

He thought vulnerability was weakness. HIV, trans rights, and a salon chair taught him otherwise.

by Jonathan Van Ness 2022 256 pages

4.09

7k+ ratings

📖 Queer Memoir 🧘 Body Neutrality 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights 💊 Hiv Advocacy 🌿 Cannabis Reform

A Renaissance of Our Own

by Rachel Elizabeth Cargle • 2023

A Black feminist's roadmap for redesigning your inherited belief systems, relationships, and work.

4.25

1k+

📜 Memoir Manifesto 🥷 Black Feminism ✳️ Intersectional Feminism ☕ White Feminism Critique 🛌 Rest As Resistance

A Renaissance of Our Own

A Black feminist's roadmap for redesigning your inherited belief systems, relationships, and work.

by Rachel Elizabeth Cargle 2023 256 pages

4.25

1k+ ratings

📜 Memoir Manifesto 🥷 Black Feminism ✳️ Intersectional Feminism ☕ White Feminism Critique 🛌 Rest As Resistance

Human, Animal

by Seth Insua • 2025

A genderqueer child's coming out fractures a dairy farming family under siege from activists.

4.07

345

📜 Generational Saga 🦋 Coming Out 🔐 Family Secrets ⚧️ Genderqueer Identity 💌 Forbidden Wartime Love

Human, Animal

A genderqueer child's coming out fractures a dairy farming family under siege from activists.

by Seth Insua 2025 324 pages

4.07

345 ratings

📜 Generational Saga 🦋 Coming Out 🔐 Family Secrets ⚧️ Genderqueer Identity 💌 Forbidden Wartime Love

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