Hi guys! How are you? I hope you’re having an amazing Pride Month so far! I think reading and boosting queer books is a wonderful way to celebrate and I’ve loved reading all the Pride themed posts on my feed. So today I want to share some of my personal favorite queer reads with you guys.
Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore
Stunning #OwnVoices magical realism about a family of women with the ability to grow flowers with their hands. The MC and all her cousins all bisexual.
Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdo
Urban fantasy about a bruja who accidentally vanishes her family with her magic and has to travel to a dark and dangerous magical world to find them. The MC is bisexual and there’s an f/f romance.
Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde
Super cute contemporary about three friends attending the con of their dreams. It’s told from dual POV’s and one of the MC’s is bisexual and has a f/f romance.
Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
Light and summery contemporary set in LA about a girl trying to make it in the film industry. MC is a lesbian and has a f/f romance.
The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg
Beautiful, graphic novel retelling of One Thousand and One Night retelling in which a woman has to tell stories to distract the man who wants to seduce her girlfriend. Main f/f relationship.
Princess Princess Ever After by Katie O’Neill
Short and sweet graphic novel about a princess who runs away on a unicorn to be a hero and rescues another princess from a tower. Main f/f relationship.
Marriage of a Thousand Lies by S.J. Sindu
Underrated adult contemporary about a lesbian, Sri Lankan woman who’s married to a gay man, and her relationship with her first love – who’s about to enter an arranged marriage.
Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert
YA contemporary about a black, Jewish girl returning to LA for the summer and exploring her sexuality. MC is bisexual and has both a male and female love interest.
And I Darken by Kiersten White
Alternate history inspired by Vlad the Impaler about a brutal princess and her gentle younger brother, who fall in love with the same boy. One of the MC’s is gay.
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
Fun and swoony historical fiction about two teenage boys seeing Europe, having adventures and falling in love. Bisexual male MC and main m/m relationship.
A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
A modern classic about one day in the life of a gay professor grieving the loss of his partner.
Crush by Richard Siken
Gay poetry that will break your heart:
“Sorry about the blood in your mouth. I wish it was mine.
I couldn’t get the boy to kill me, but I wore his jacket for the longest time.”
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Fantasy novella about a school for children who’ve come back from portal-fantasy worlds. MC is asexual and there’s a side characters who’s trans.
River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
Alternate history novella in which cowboys ride hippos, not horses. The cast is almost all queer and one of the characters is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.
Everyone talking about Gentlemen’s Guide is making me want to go out and buy it right now!!
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I caved into the hype and I don’t regret it 🙂 It’s the perfect, fun summer read and the romance is the sweetest!
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I totally went out and bought it today….
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I hope you love it!
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a brutal princess and her gentle young brother = my dreams come true c: c:
LOVE THIS POST SO MUCHHHH
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I know right??? And Radu is so soft, you’ll love him!!! Thank you so much 💕
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Thank you for the recommendations!
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You’re so welcome! Thank you for reading 🙂
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I met Sarah Gailey at an event last year and she was so wonderful. Such an imaginative book.
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That’s awesome! Right? It’s such a cool and original idea!
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Great post! Marriage of a Thousand Lies sounds amazing and potentially heartbreaking 😳😊 I’ll check it out thanks!
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Thank you so much! It’s amazing and definitley a little heartbreaking, but there’s a lot of hope in there too. At least that’s how I read it 😊
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Ohh I love this post, there are quite a few books that aren’t on my TBR (yet). I can’t wait to finally read a Anna-Marie McLemore book & I really hope I’ll love Crush.
Amazing list, Aurora. ❤
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Thank you so much, Lily!
I can’t wait for you to read Anna-Marie McLemore either! I’m so excited to hear what you think of her books! I hope you love Crush too! Happy reading 💕
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Every Heart a Doorway is seriously one of my favourite series
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I’m so excited to read the rest of the series!
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I read the first two and I want to read the third, but the ebooks are way too expensive for some reason
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I’ve only read the first so far and I bought that one in hardback. It’s weird that they’d be extra expensive, since their so short…
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Yeah, it’s not even worth it, honestly
The ebooks are almost the same price as the hardback.
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I really loved the McGuire book! And I think the second one is even better (if a thing like this is possible) and I’ve read Gentlemen’s Guide too, but I was a little disappointed in it.
I’ve read just these two but I have most of the others on my wish-list!
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That’s good to know, now I’m even more excited to read the second book! I’m usually a little disappointed by super hyped books like Gentleman’s Guide, but for some reason I didn’t have very high expectations going into it, so I ended up being pleasantly surprised instead.
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In part were my expectations that ruined the reading, even if it wasn’t all their fault, so that was good for you! 🙂
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Awesome post! I really want to read Princess Princess and The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue! 🙂 And…many others haha. 😀
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Thank you so much! Princess Princess is so cute and such a quick, little read too. I hope you enjoy them both when you get to them! 😊
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Thanks Aurora! 😊💕
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The graphic novels sound amazing! Will have to pick them up! Great post 😊
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They’re both lovely, I hope you enjoy them! Thank you so much 😊
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Ahhh I love this list, Aurora! I’ve read most and love them, but I didn’t know The One Hundred Nights of Hero featured a f/f relationship! I saw it at my local library so I’m gonna be picking it up immediately. ❤
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Thank you so much, Kathy! It’s such a beautiful book – I hope you love it! 💕
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Great post! So many of these are on my TBR! I really want to read Wild Beauty, Queens of Geek and Everything leads to You. I loved Gentlemens Guide!!
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Thank you so much, Cindy! They’re all wonderful reads, I hope you love them! 💕
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Awesome list you got here! Definitely adding some just books that I know I could bite into and chew. Thanks for this post.
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Than you so much! I hope you found something you’ll love 😊
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I certainly did. Very helpful! ❤
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Happy pride month 🌈
Awesome recs!! 💕 I really want to get to the gentleman’s guide and every heart a doorway!
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YES THE GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO VICE AND VIRTUE. That’s all I have to say.
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i love SO MANY of those but more importantly i never heard of the one hundred nights of hero and i really wanna read this 😮
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The one hundred night of Hero is so beautiful, it has all these stories about brave, wonderful girls and the main f/f relationship is so lovely.
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my kind of book, honestly :>>>>
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Great recommendation post! I’m very excited to someday soon read Labyrinth Lost and the Gentleman’s Guide, as I have both of them on my shelf 🙂 (and omg Queens of Geek, I love that book so much 😍 )
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