The other day I was scrolling through twitter and I saw someone make a comment that they didn’t see any rec lists of adult LGBT books. Which. Once you say it, becomes obvious, really. There are a lot of lists of YA LGBT books. In fact, those are the ones me and Anna find easiest to confirm the rep in for you. Adult books? That’s hard. Often, those are the ones where we find ourselves spending 10 minutes just trying to find a confirmation that it is LGBT, let alone how.
So this is (probably only part one of) a list of all the adult LGBT lit we can find (read, unread, and pre-release). Where possible, we’ve added in rep as usual, but for that we’re mostly reliant on Goodreads reviewers (and you know how vague they can be). But. These are 50 confirmed LGBT novels. Sorted by genre (10 of each).
Enjoy!
Key:
lesbians & wlw relationships: ☀️
gays & mlm relationships: 🌿
bisexual characters: 💎
trans, genderqueer, non-binary, gnc characters: 🌷
LGBT authors: 🌈
Fantasy
The Amberlough Dossier by Lara Elena Donnelly 🌿
Every Dark Desire by Fiona Zedde ☀️
The Impossible Contract by K. A. Doore ☀️🌈
Sword of the Guardian by Merry Shannon ☀️🌈
Lord of the Last Heartbeat by May Peterson 🌷🌿🌈
Lars by Aleksandr Voinov 🌿🌈
The Devourers by Indra Das 🌿🌈
The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner ☀️🌈
Dying for a Living by Kory M. Shrum ☀️
Valhalla by L. A. Ashton 🌿🌈
Science Fiction
Compass Rose by Anna Burke ☀️🌈
If, Then by Kate Hope Day ☀️
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine ☀️
The Awakening of Insects by Bobby Sun ☀️
The Vela by Yoon Ha Lee, Becky Chambers, S. L. Huang & Rivers Solomon ☀️🌷🌈
Waiting on a Bright Moon by Neon Yang ☀️🌈
Imperial Radch by Ann Leckie ☀️
Barbary Station by R. E. Stearns ☀️🌈
The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley ☀️💎🌈
The Sol Majestic by Ferrett Steinmetz 🌿
Contemporary
Almost Like Being in Love by Steve Kluger 🌿🌈
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters 🌷🌈
Black Light by Kimberley King Parsons ☀️
Frankissstein: A Love Story by Jeanette Winterson 🌷🌈
The Cranberry Hush by Ben Monopoli 🌿🌈
In at the Deep End by Kate Davies ☀️🌈
The Last Kings of Sark by Rosa Rankin-Gee ☀️💎
Less by Andrew Sean Greer 🌿🌈
The Last Romeo by Justin Myers 🌿🌈
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi 🌷🌈
Mystery
After the Eclipse by Fran Dorricott ☀️🌈
The Best Bad Things by Katrina Carrasco ☀️🌈
The Case of the Good-for-Nothing Girlfriend by Mabel Maney ☀️🌈
The Little Death by Michael Nava 🌿🌈
Temper by Layne Fargo 💎🌈
A Study in Honor by Claire O’Dell ☀️🌈
Keeping Secrets by Penny Mickelbury ☀️🌈
Hallowed Murder by Ellen Hart ☀️🌈
The Blue Place by Nicola Griffith ☀️🌈
Little Darlings by Melanie Goldman 💎
Historical
An Arrow’s Flight by Mark Merlis 🌿🌈
Cantoras by Carolina de Robertis ☀️🌈
Her Every Wish by Courtney Milan 💎🌈
Paris, 7 A. M. by Liza Wieland ☀️
Clio Rising by Paula Martinac ☀️🌈
Crossing by Pajtim Statovci 🌿
Peach Blossom Pavilion by Mingmei Yip ☀️
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta ☀️🌈
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor 🌷🌈
The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor ☀️
And that’s the end of part one! There are plenty more parts to come (the list is around 300 books total, so it’ll keep us going for a bit), so keep a look out for those.
In the meantime, what are your favourite adult LGBT books?
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