Pride has officially arrived, so it\u2019s time to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community<\/a> all month long (and beyond because Pride is something you should rep year-round). There is no better way to honor queer voices <\/a>than immersing yourself in their stories with a good book. From powerful coming-of-age journeys to\u00a0steamy romances<\/a>, LBGTQ+ books are not just entertaining but full of humanity and heart that can help you see yourself and the people around you better.<\/p>\n This year is full of so many incredible queer novels it\u2019s impossible to choose one single favorite\u2014so we chose fifteen. Whether you identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community or not, these stories are for all<\/em> walks of life to enjoy. If you want to stay educated or find characters you can relate to on a deeper level, read on for the top LGBTQ+ books we are loving this year\u2014from Taylor Jenkins Reid\u2019s buzzy new romance\u00a0Atmosphere<\/a><\/em>\u00a0to Ocean Vuong\u2019s incredibly moving novel\u00a0The Emperor of Gladness<\/em>.<\/p>\n Torrey Peters<\/p>\n In Stag Dance<\/em>, A group of lumberjacks working in an illegal winter logging outfit plan a dance that some of them will attend as women. When the strongest says he will dance as a woman, he\u2019s caught in a strange rivalry with a young jack. Three stories surround Stag Dance<\/em>: \u201cInfect Your Friends and Loved Ones\u201d imagines a gender apocalypse brought about by an ex-girlfriend. In \u201cThe Chaser,\u201d a secret romance between roommates at a boarding school brings out intrigue and cruelty. In \u201cThe Masker,\u201d a weekend in Las Vegas turns dark when a young crossdresser must choose between two guides.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Taylor Jenkins Reid<\/p>\n Joan is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University. That is, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women scientists to join NASA\u2019s space shuttle program. Suddenly, Joan burns to be one of the few people to go to space. She begins training at Houston\u2019s Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates who become friends. As they all prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion she never imagined. Leading her to question everything she thinks she knows about her place in the universe.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n T.J. Klune<\/p>\n Meet Linus Baker: a by-the-book case worker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. He\u2019s tasked with determining whether six dangerous magical children are likely to bring about the end of the world. Arthur Parnassus is the master of the orphanage who would do anything to keep the children safe, even if it means the world will burn. An enchanting love story, masterfully told, about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family\u2015and realizing that family is yours.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Ocean Vuong<\/p>\n One late summer evening in the post-industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge in pelting rain, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia, who convinces him to take another path. Bereft and out of options, he quickly becomes her caretaker. Over the course of the year, the unlikely pair develops a life-altering bond, one built on empathy, spiritual reckoning, and heartbreak.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Bret Easton Ellis<\/p>\n Seventeen-year-old Bret is a senior at the exclusive Buckley prep school when a new student arrives with a mysterious past. Robert Mallory is bright, handsome, and shielding a secret from Bret and his friends. Bret\u2019s obsession with Mallory is equaled only by his increasing preoccupation with the Trawler, a serial killer on the loose who seems to be drawing closer to Bret and his friends. Thwarted by the world, Bret spirals into paranoia and isolation as the relationship between the Trawler and Robert Mallory hurtles toward collision.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Marie Rutkoski<\/p>\n Emily appears to have a perfect life: a townhouse in Manhattan, two healthy children, and a husband who adores her. But the truth is more complicated: Emily\u2019s marriage is in trouble, her relationship with her parents is fraught, and she is still nursing a heartbreak from long ago. When Emily runs into her high school girlfriend at a party, that heartbreak comes roaring back. But Gen Hall is no longer the kid Emily once loved. Instead, Gen is an Olympic athlete with high-profile ex-girlfriends. The two circle one another cautiously, drawn together by a magnetic attraction and scarred by their history.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Page Powars<\/p>\n On his first day at Valentine Academy for Boys, Charlie\u2019s carefully crafted plan to hide his identity as the school\u2019s only trans student is set in motion. Only to be immediately destroyed. Charlie has been assigned the worst roommate in the world: Jasper Grimes, the boy who broke Charlie\u2019s heart the year before he transitioned. Except, Jasper doesn\u2019t recognize Charlie. Who knows how long until Jasper realizes the truth? Charlie has one shot at freedom and a dorm room all to himself, but only if he helps Jasper write love letters on behalf of their fellow students first.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Rory Power<\/p>\n It\u2019s been months since the Raxter School for Girls was put under quarantine. It started slow. First the teachers died one by one. Then it began to infect the students. Now, cut off from the rest of the world and left to fend for themselves on their island home, the girls don\u2019t dare wander outside the school\u2019s fence, where the Tox has made the woods wild and dangerous. They wait for the cure they were promised. But when Byatt goes missing, Hetty will do anything to find her, even if it means breaking quarantine and braving the horrors beyond the fence.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Casey McQuiston<\/p>\n For twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that cinematic love stories don\u2019t exist, and the only way to go through life is alone. She can\u2019t imagine how waiting tables at a pancake diner and living with weird roommates could change that. But then, there\u2019s this gorgeous girl on the train: Jane. August\u2019s subway crush becomes the best part of her day, but soon, she discovers one problem: Jane\u2019s literally displaced in time from the 1970s, and August is going to have to use everything she tried to leave in her own past to help her.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Tamsyn Muir<\/p>\n Brought up by ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She prepares to launch her escape, but her childhood nemesis won\u2019t set her free without a service. Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House, has been summoned by the Emperor for a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds she will be become an immortal. But no necromancer can ascend without their cavalier. Without Gideon\u2019s sword, Harrow will fail, and the Ninth House will die. Of course, some things are better left dead.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Dean Atta<\/p>\n Kai wants to come out at school, but his best friend, Matt, stays closeted for fear of getting kicked out by his parents\u2014and wants Kai to do the same. Kai unhappily agrees, but when a rumor goes around that Kai and Matt are dating, Matt starts acting differently anyway. Kai\u2019s other best friend, Vass, is proudly nonbinary and thinks Matt is a negative influence\u2014though maybe that\u2019s just their crush on Kai talking. Kai has always turned to writing to express his emotions, but when his on-page emotions erupt into the real world, he might be putting the delicate balance of his life at risk.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Kaveh Akbar<\/p>\n Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mother\u2019s plane was shot down over the Persian Gulf; and his father\u2019s life in America was circumscribed by his work killing chickens at a factory farm in the Midwest. Cyrus is a drunk, an addict, and a poet, whose obsession with martyrs leads him to examine the mysteries of his past\u2014toward an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields dressed as the angel of death to inspire and comfort the dying, and toward his mother, through a painting discovered in a gallery that suggests she may not have been what she seemed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Jasmine Guillory<\/p>\n Avery Jensen is fresh off a breakup, and tired of being well-behaved. She wants all the fun stuff normal people do in their twenties, but doesn\u2019t know where to start. She doesn\u2019t have a lot of dating experience, and doesn\u2019t have a lot of confidence when it comes to romance. Enter Taylor Cameron, Napa Valley\u2019s biggest heartbreaker. Taylor just broke up with her girlfriend, and her best friend bet her that she can\u2019t make it until Labor Day without sleeping with someone. So, she offers to give Avery flirting lessons to keep herself busy. The only issue is: now Avery wants Taylor.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Julia Armfield<\/p>\n Leah is changed. A marine biologist, she left for a routine expedition months earlier, only this time her submarine sank to the sea floor. When she finally surfaces and returns home, her wife Miri knows that something is wrong. Barely eating and lost in her thoughts, Leah rotates between rooms in their apartment, running the taps morning and night. Whatever happened in that vessel, Leah has carried part of it onto dry land and into their home. As Miri searches for answers, desperate to understand what happened, she must face the possibility that the woman she loves is slipping from her grasp.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Steven Rowley<\/p>\n Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP, for short), has always loved his niece, Maisie, and nephew, Grant. That is, he loves spending time with them when they come out to Palm Springs for weeklong visits. So when tragedy strikes and Maisie and Grant lose their mother and Patrick\u2019s brother has a health crisis of his own, Patrick finds himself suddenly taking on the role of primary guardian. Despite having a set of \u201cGuncle Rules\u201d ready to go, Patrick has no idea what to expect. Quickly realizing that parenting isn\u2019t solved with treats and jokes, Patrick\u2019s eyes are opened to new responsibilities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/p>\n As an Assistant Editor for The Everygirl, Madigan writes and edits content for every topic under the digital media sun. As the oldest of four siblings, she enjoys utilizing her big sister persona to connect and inspire readers\u2014helping them discover new ways to maximize their everyday.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Products included in graphics linked within the article. 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