Top gay fiction

Whether set in the US, Canada, the Northeast of England or South Africa, these must-read LGBTQ fiction books continue to educate, comfort, and remind us. Boyfriend Material is so cute!

Conklin is such an incredible storyteller and I found myself ceaselessly impressed with the depth and breadth of characters they brought to life in a single collection. The answer, Mia hopes, will tell her whether she should leave her hometown to become a singer or stay with her also gay!

This Spanish-translated book tells the story of a young person as they navigate both their place in the world and their gender identity through the decades. Both Can Be True is a story of two kids who attempt to care for a dog in secret. Sammie Lucas, a lesbian mother, sort of hates her son.

This is an enemies to lovers story about how, sometimes, opposites can attract.

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It lent an emotional gravitas to every single word that could not have been achieved any other way. That being said, there is something for everyone on this list, and I tried my best to make it as comprehensive as possible! This story is primarily about sisters, but one of them is queer.

I am genuinely obsessed with this queer short story collection. Keep in mind that these are simply my opinions, and as a result of. Every single story was painfully relatable and made me either laugh or cry or both.

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Alongside her sort-of girlfriend Britt, Mia must decode top message left to her by her long dead mother. As I followed her journey through youth into adulthood, I found myself rooting for the character while simultaneously understanding her mistakes.

This was the perfect, light, YA coming of age story. As always in June, I’ll be updating my series of “best of” queer books, TV shows, and movies. Happy Pride Month! Starting the list off strong with a young adult historical fiction novel about a young girl in Chinatown who finds herself at a late-night lesbian club.

Happy Pride Month! This Sri Lanka-set coming-of-age memoir has a Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction to its name, and rightfully so; Selvadurai’s depiction of gay protagonist Arjie Chelvaratnam’s journey. Keep in mind that these are simply my opinions, and as a result of that these books tend to skew towards queer women and nonbinary people, given that these are the people I identify with most strongly.

This is just one of only two middle grade books on the list, but I adored this one. In this dual perspective YA book, Mia Peters is faced with one last challenge before the end of her summer after high-school. As someone who also hates my hometown albeit for much less traumatic reasons I appreciated the built in redemption arc for both Delilah and her home of Bright Falls.

One of the most amazing parts of queerness is friendship. Queer people so often have their own found family, and it was nice to see that given proper weight in this series. This is one of those books that I was thinking about for a long time after I finished reading.

If you are a fan of some light magic in the real gay, this book should be at the top of your TBR. One of my fictions in life is to start a commune where I can live with all of my closest friends. No matter what, they are there for each other and understand what the other is going through.

Reading this book made me delightfully happy the entire time.