Once again, I have asked people on Twitter something and was overwhelmed with the responses. This time my question was: what are your 5 favourite LGBT romance novels? Almost fifty people replied! It’s amazing to see how much this community loves to hype up their favourite books!
But it also means that I had to take some time to decide how to make this post. In the end I settled on dividing it into three parts: one for recommendations from me & Charlotte, one for books which were mentioned multiple times (some more than five times!), and one all the other hidden gems. I still ended up with close to 200 titles! (In each category, the books are in alphabetical order.)
A lot of those titles are available on Scribd, so if you want to check out that service but don’t have an account yet, use my invite code to get 2 months for free! (This also gives me one free month.)
💛 = sapphic rep (not necessarily an f/f relationship)
💚 = achillean rep (not necessarily an m/m relationship)
💙 = trans & nonbinary rep
Related: Twitter’s Favourite Sapphic Books, LGBT Books & Trans Books
CHARLOTTE & ANNA’S RECS
A Prince On Paper by Alyssa Cole 💚
Abroad by Liz Jacobs 💚💛
After The Wedding by Courtney Milan 💛
Contract Season by Cait Nary 💚
Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake 💛
Far From Home by Lorelie Brown 💛
Fire Season by K.D. Casey 💚
Hold Me by Courtney Milan 💚💙
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston 💛
In the Event of Love by Courtney Kae 💛
Into The Blue by Pene Henson 💚
Night Tide by Anna Burke 💛
Proper English by K.J. Charles 💛
Saint by Sierra Simone 💚
Season’s Change by Cait Nary 💚
Take A Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert 💛
The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by K.J. Charles 💚
The Pursuit Of… by Courtney Milan 💚
There Is a Light by Ban Gilmartin 💚
Work For It by Talia Hibbert 💚
MULTIPLE MENTIONS
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske 💚
A Whisper of Solace by Milena McKay 💛
Alone by E. J. Noyes 💛
And Playing the Role of Herself by K.E. Lane 💛
Ask, Tell by E. J. Noyes 💛
Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall 💚
Breaking Character by Lee Winter 💛
Fated Love by Radclyffe 💛
Gold by E. J. Noyes 💛
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman 💚
Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid 💚
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers 💛
If I Don’t Ask by E. J. Noyes 💛
Mrs. Middleton by Melissa Tereze 💛
Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole 💛
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston 💛
Pirates of Aletharia by Britney Jackson 💛
Poppy Jenkins by Clare Ashton 💛
Proper English by K.J. Charles 💛
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 💚
Spellbound by Allie Therin 💚
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert 💛
The Brutal Truth by Lee Winter 💛
The Headmistress by Milena McKay 💛
The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite 💛
The Lily & The Crown by Roslyn Sinclair 💛
The Scottish Boy by Alex de Campi 💚
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone 💛
Those Who Wait by Haley Cass 💛
When You Least Expect It by Haley Cass 💛
Who’d Have Thought by G Benson 💛
Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell 💚
Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur 💛
Wrong Number, Right Woman by Jae 💛
HIDDEN GEMS
A Gentleman’s Position by K.J. Charles 💚
A Little Bit of Spice by Georgia Beers 💛
A Lot Like Adiós by Alexis Daria 💛💚
A Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole 💚
A Royal Romance by Jenny Frame 💛
Above All, Honor by Radclyffe 💛
All That’s Left in the World by Erik J. Brown 💚
Ambereye by Gill McKnight 💛
American Dreamer by Adriana Herrera 💚
Any Old Diamonds by K.J. Charles 💚
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz 💚
Ash by Malinda Lo 💛
Ask Me Again by E. J. Noyes 💛
Aurora’s Angel by Emily Noon 💛
Avi Cantor Has Six Months to Live by Sacha Lamb 💚💙
Backstage Pass by Riley Scott 💛
Backwards to Oregon by Jae 💛
Battle Scars by Meghan O’Brien 💛
Before You Say I Do by Clare Lydon 💛
Beowulf for Cretins by Ann McMan 💛
Box 1663 by Alex Sorel 💚
Brandon Mills versus the V-Card by Lisa Henry 💚
Brothers of the Wild North Sea by Harper Fox 💚
Catalysts by Kris Ripper 💚
Catch Me if I Fall by Noah Steele 💚
Claimings, Tails, and Other Alien Artifacts by Lyn Gala 💚
Dating Sarah Cooper by Siera Maley 💛
Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake 💛
Don’t Cry for Me by Rachel Lacey 💛
Edge of Glory by Rachel Spangler 💛
Electric Idol by Katee Robert 💛💚
Everything for You by Chloe Liese 💚
Evolution by M.J. Duncan 💛
Fanfik by Natalia Osińska 💚💙
Far from Home by Lorelie Brown 💛
Feels Like Home by Jo Cox 💛
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender 💚💙
Flight of Magpies by K.J. Charles 💚
Flight SQA016 by A.E. Radley 💛
Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown 💛
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 💚
Hang The Moon by Alexandria Bellefleur 💛
Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar 💛
Heart of Gold by L. Dreamer 💛
Him by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy 💚
His Quiet Agent by Ada Maria Soto 💚
Hold Me by Courtney Milan 💚💙
House of Agnes by Fiona Zedde 💛
How to Bang a Billionaire by Alexis Hall 💚
How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole 💛
Husband Material by Alexis Hall 💚
In Development by Rachel Spangler 💛
In the Long Run by Haley Cass 💛
In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard 💛
Jericho by Ann McMan 💛
Just For Show by Jae 💛
Just Three Words by Melissa Brayden 💛
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree 💛
Leo Loves Aries by Anyta Sunday 💚
Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly 💛💙
Love in Spades by Charlie Cochet 💚
Love is for Losers by Wibke Brueggemann 💛
Maverick by Max Ellendale 💛
Mongrel by Lee Colgin 💚
Mrs. Martin’s Incomparable Adventure by Courtney Milan 💛
Night Tide by Anna Burke 💛
No Strings Attached by Harper Bliss 💛
Nottingham by Anna Burke 💛
Novel Affair by Ava Olsen 💚
One Giant Leap by Kay Simone 💚
Pansies by Alexis Hall 💚
Pas de deux by E. J. Noyes 💛
Peter Cabot Gets Lost by Cat Sebastian 💚
Peter Darling by Austin Chant 💚💙
Proper Scoundrels by Allie Therin 💚
Read Between the Lines by Rachel Lacey 💛
Reaping the Benefits by E. J. Noyes 💛
Rend by Roan Parrish 💚
Requiem for Immortals by Lee Winter 💛
Rook Takes Queen by Em Stevens 💛
Safe Harbor by Radclyffe 💛
Season’s Change by Cait Nary 💚
Shadowland by Radclyffe 💛
She Gets the Girl by Alyson Derrick & Rachael Lippincott 💛
Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh 💚
Slippery Creatures by K.J. Charles 💚
Soldier’s Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian 💚
Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall 💚
Spectred Isle by K.J. Charles 💚
Stormsong by C.L. Polk 💛
Soulstar by C.L. Polk 💙
Strawberry Summer by Melissa Brayden 💛
Subtle Blood by K.J. Charles 💚
The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite 💛
The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun 💚
The Delicate Things We Make by Milena McKay 💛
The Endgame by Riley Hart 💚
The Fate Of Stars by S.D. Simper 💛
The Fifth Surgeon by Faith Prize 💛
The Goodmans by Clare Ashton 💛
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri 💛
The Jock by Tal Bauer 💚
The Lightning-Struck Heart by T.J. Klune 💚
The Necromancer’s Dance by S.J. Himes 💚
The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian 💚
The Red Files by Lee Winter 💛
The Remaking of Corbin Wale by Roan Parrish 💚
The River Leith by Leta Blake 💚
The Roommate Arrangement by Jae 💛
The Ruin of Gabriel Ashleigh by K.J. Charles 💚
The Same Breath by Gregory Ashe 💚
The Sex Therapist Next Door by Meghan O’Brien 💛
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller 💚
The Winter Duke by Eliza Claire Bartlett 💛
The Wolf and the Sparrow by Isabelle Adler 💚
The Wolf at the Door by Charlie Adhara 💚
Tommy Cabot Was Here by Cat Sebastian 💚
Top Secret by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy 💚
Tough Guy by Rachel Reid 💚
Trick Of Light by Michele Rivera 💛
Truth and Measure by Roslyn Sinclair 💛
Turbulence by E. J. Noyes 💛
Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian 💚💙
Waiting in the Wings by Melissa Brayden 💛
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo 💛
White Trash Warlock by David R. Slayton 💚
Widdershins by Jordan L. Hawk 💚
Wild by Adrienne Wilder 💚
Work For It by Talia Hibbert 💚
Worthy of Love by Quinn Ivins 💛
Ziggy, Stardust and Me by James Brandon 💚
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