Happy pride! I make a point to read queer all year, but if you’re just looking for some books with LGBTQIA+ representation, look no further. In this post I’ve compiled all the books that I’ve tagged as featuring queer main characters, regardless of identity. In my “Read Queer All Year” post, I break down the representation more specifically to help readers find exactly what they’re looking for.
I would love to hear some of your recommendations as well. Drop them in the comments if they seem to align with my favorites!
Happy reading!
Books with Queer Representation:
Timothy Janovsky | The Merriest Misters
The Plot (from Goodreads):Patrick Hargrave and Quinn Muller have been married for less than a year, but their passionate romance is cracking under the pressures of domestic life and a…
Rachel Runya Katz | Whenever You’re Ready
The Plot (Goodreads): After reconnecting on a road trip, two friends must decide if love is the ultimate risk worth taking in this funny, emotional sapphic romance. Nia and Jade…
Andie Burke | Fly With Me
The Plot (from Goodreads): A sparkling and steamy opposites-attract romance, Fly with Me by Andie Burke is filled with sharp banter and that sweet, swooping feeling of finding “the one”…
Meryl Wilsner | Cleat Cute
The Plot (from Goodreads): Grace Henderson has been a star of the US Women’s National Team for ten years, even though she’s only 26. But when she’s sidelined with an…
Steven Rowley | The Guncle Abroad
The Plot (from Goodreads): Patrick O’Hara is finally in a league of his own…professionally. Inspired by his stint as Grant and Maisie’s caretaker after their mother’s passing, Patrick has “un-stalled”…
Mazey Eddings | Late Bloomer
The Plot (from Goodreads): Winning the lottery has ruined Opal Devlin’s’s life. After quitting her dead-end job where she’d earned minimum wage and even less respect, she’s bombarded by people…
TJ Alexander | Second Chances in New Port Stephen
The Plot (from Goodreads): Eli Ward hasn’t been back to his suffocating hometown of New Port Stephen, Florida, in ages. Post-transition and sober, he’s a completely different person from the…
Jessica Knoll | Bright Young Women
The Book: Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll September 19, 2023 by S&S/ Marysue Rucci BooksDate read: May 23, 2023 The Characters: PamelaRuth Buy it on Bookshop.org | Amazon This…
Kimmery Martin | The Antidote for Everything
The Plot (from Goodreads): Georgia Brown’s profession as a urologist requires her to interact with plenty of naked men, but her romantic prospects have fizzled. The most important person in…
Casey McQuiston | Red, White, & Royal Blue
The Plot (Goodreads): First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz is the closest thing to a prince this side of the Atlantic. With his intrepid sister and the Veep’s genius granddaughter, they’re the…
Julie Murphy | A Merry Little Meet Cute
The Plot (from Goodreads): Bee Hobbes (aka Bianca Von Honey) has a successful career as a plus-size adult film star. With a huge following and two supportive moms, Bee couldn’t…
Helena Greer | Season of Love
The Plot (from Goodreads): Miriam Blum has no choice but to face the past she thought she’d left behind when she inherits her great-aunt’s Christmas tree farm in this witty,…
Roan Parrish | The Holiday Trap
The Plot (from Goodreads): Greta Russakoff loves her tight-knit family and tiny Maine hometown, even if they don’t always understand what it’s like to be a lesbian living in such…
TJ Alexander | Chef’s Kiss
The Plot (from Goodreads): Simone Larkspur is a perfectionist pastry expert with a dream job at The Discerning Chef, a venerable cookbook publisher in New York City. All she wants…
Georgia Clark | Island Time
The Plot (from Goodreads): The Kellys are messy, loud, loving Australians. The Lees are sophisticated, aloof, buttoned-up Americans. They have nothing in common…except for the fact that their daughters are…
Timothy Janovsky | You’re A Mean One, Matthew Prince
The Plot (from Goodreads): Bring a little joy to the world? Not today, Santa. Matthew Prince is young, rich, and thoroughly spoiled. So what if his parents barely remember he…
Courtney Kae | In The Event of Love
The Plot (from Goodreads): Offering a steamy, queer spin on the feel-good tropes of a Hallmark movie, this sweet, funny #OwnVoices rom-com is perfect for fans of Casey McQuiston and…
Alexis Hall | Husband Material
The Plot (from Goodreads): Wanted: One (very real) husband Nowhere near perfect but desperately trying his best In BOYFRIEND MATERIAL, Luc and Oliver met, pretended to fall in love, fell…
Timothy Janovsky | Never Been Kissed
The Book: Never Been Kissed by Timothy JanovskyPublished May 3rd 2022 by Sourcebooks CasablancaDate read: April 28, 2022 The Characters: Wren and Derick Buy it on Bookshop.org | Amazon The…
Kosoko Jackson | I’m So (Not) Over You
The Plot (from Goodreads): It’s been months since aspiring journalist Kian Andrews has heard from his ex-boyfriend, Hudson Rivers, but an urgent text has them meeting at a café. Maybe…
Thomas Olde Heuvelt | Echo
The Plot (from Goodreads): Travel journalist and mountaineer Nick Grevers awakes from a coma to find that his climbing buddy, Augustin, is missing and presumed dead. Nick’s own injuries are…
Marie Rutkoski | Real Easy
The Plot (from Goodreads): It’s 1999 and Samantha has danced for years at the Lovely Lady strip club. She’s not used to mixing work and friendship―after all, between her jealous…
Anita Kelly | Love & Other Disasters
The Plot (from Goodreads): Recently divorced and on the verge of bankruptcy, Dahlia Woodson is ready to reinvent herself on the popular reality competition show Chef’s Special. Too bad the…
Alison Cochrun | The Charm Offensive
The Plot (from Goodreads): Dev Deshpande has always believed in fairy tales. So it’s no wonder then that he’s spent his career crafting them on the long-running reality dating show…
Caitlin Wahrer | The Damage
The Plot (from Goodreads): Tony has always looked out for his younger brother, Nick. So when he’s called to a hospital bed where Nick is lying battered and bruised after…
Karelia Stetz-Waters | Satisfaction Guaranteed
The Book: Satisfaction Guaranteed by Karelia Stetz-WatersPublished June 1st 2021 by ForeverDate read: July 18, 2021 The Characters: CadeSelena Buy it on Bookshop.org | Amazon The Plot (from Goodreads): When…
Alexis Hall | Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake (Winner Bakes All #1)
The Plot (from Goodreads): Following the recipe is the key to a successful bake. Rosaline Palmer has always lived by those rules—well, except for when she dropped out of college…
Morgan Rogers | Honey Girl
The Plot (from Goodreads): With her newly completed PhD in astronomy in hand, twenty-eight-year-old Grace Porter goes on a girls’ trip to Vegas to celebrate. She’s a straight A, work-through-the-summer…
Wendy Heard | She’s Too Pretty To Burn
The Plot (from Goodreads): The summer is winding down in San Diego. Veronica is bored, caustically charismatic, and uninspired in her photography. Nico is insatiable, subversive, and obsessed with chaotic…
Zak Salih | Let’s Get Back to the Party
The Plot (from Goodreads): It’s just weeks after the historic Supreme Court marriage equality ruling, and all Sebastian Mote wants is to settle down. A high school art history teacher,…
Chad Musick | Not My Ruckus
The Plot (from Goodreads): Folks know 14-year-old Clare isn’t normal, even for a tomboy. She runs too much, talks too little, carries a gun too often, and holds a grudge…
Kacen Callender | Felix Ever After
The Plot (from Goodreads): Felix Love has never been in love—and, yes, he’s painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what it’s like and why it seems…