Some queer book recommendations because even though pride might be over, reading queer books never is

~ Ally Writes Things

Happy Monday, everyone! I hope you had a great weekend!

Today, I thought I would recommend some queer books, as well as talk about some queer books on my TBR. As you likely know, June was pride. But, I think it’s important that we read queer books all the time, not just in a designated month. So I thought now would be a good time to talk about some!

Also, I’m using the term “queer” as a bit of a catchall because I think it’s arduous to write LGBTQ+ every time. I personally don’t have an issue with the term queer, but I apologize if it makes you uncomfortable.

Books I’ve read

For all these books, I tried to put a one-sentence synopsis of the book, so that you have a bit of an idea of what they’re about! I’ve indicated the character’s sexuality, if it’s mentioned in the book. I’ve also put whether the relationship is f/f or m/m, and whether the book is a romance or if the relationship is more of a side thing. I’ve put a (✨) for my personal favourite books.

  • Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moïra Fowley-Doyle: magical realism where people keep losing things; lesbian main character, bisexual main character and side character, f/f relationship
  • Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins (✨): Scottish boarding school romance where the love interest is a princess; bisexual and lesbian characters, f/f romance
  • This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone: two agents of opposing sides in the time war communicate via letters and fall in love; f/f romance
  • Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan: fantasy with a concubine-assassin lesbian love interest; f/f relationship
  • Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu (✨): gay hockey graphic novel; m/m romance
  • Wilder Girls by Rory Power: girls at a boarding school contract a weird disease and are cut-off from the rest of society; f/f relationship
  • Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado (✨): weird and brilliant short story anthology; f/f relationships
  • Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (✨): romance between the First Son of the US and the Prince of England; bisexual main character, gay love interest, m/m romance
  • The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness: urban fantasy from the point of view of the unimportant side characters; gay side characters
  • Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney (✨): literary fiction about a woman having a relationship with her friend’s husband; lesbian side character, undefined queer main character, f/f relationship
  • Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand: girls die every few months on this island and no one knows why; magical realism/fantasy; asexual main character, f/f relationship
  • Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire: when kids get lost in a fairytale world, they go to a special boarding school to learn how to cope with real life; asexual main character, trans side character
  • The Raven Cycle Series by Maggie Steifvater (✨): magical realism with psychics, gays, and dead Welch kings; gay side characters, m/m relationship in the later books
  • The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne: a gay man struggles his entire life; gay main character, m/m relationship
  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (✨): Hollywood starlet had seven husbands and is spilling all her secrets; bisexual main character, lesbian love interest, f/f romance
  • The Shades of Magic trilogy by V. E. Schwab: fantasy with magic and action and gays; m/m side relationship in later books
  • Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green: gay and straight teenage boys struggle with life; gay main character, m/m relationship
  • Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan: a gay boy falls in love with another gay boy; gay main character, m/m romance

Books on my TBR

So, those are some queer books I want to read and highly recommend! Have you read any of these? What were your thoughts? Do you have any recommendations? Let me know!

Ally xx

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  2. WOW thank you so much for this! I’ve been meaning to read more LGBTQ+ books so this is really helpful! I absolutely loved The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo! It was such a great book and the story seemed so real!

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