forum LGBT book club!!

Started October 01, 2018 by Deleted user

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Recommend some sweet LGBT books!
I’ll start
•27 hours (TONS of LGBT and POC rep, and its SCIFI so its super great)
•summer of salt (lesbians, and WITCHES!!)
• that book by rainbow rowell (something about simon? Idk but it was good)

• Carry On was Rowell's book
• Let's Talk About Love (bi-ace black protag)
• The Summer of Us (Rae is gay and Clara is
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  pan or bi
• Doctor Aphra (Star Wars comic series about a woman who is basically a loose cannon archaelogist, a bit crazy, and a lesbian.)
• Chaotic Good (??? I think was the title?? It was about a girl who makes cosplay but the only comic book shop in town is run by a sexist dudebro and so she disguises herself as a guy and sneaks in, getting invited to a DnD meeting where her gay brother meets her friend who's a guy and they become a couple.)
• Reign of the Fallen (mc is a bisexual necromancer (is that the word? She reanimates dead people))
• Ahsoka (Kaedan is bi and has a crush on Ahsoka, who is ambigiously bi? I ship it, but it's not pointed out, exactly)

The Love Interest - Cale Dietrich

Meg and Linus (Lesbean and gay protagonists.)
Dove Cove trilogy (The second one is based around 2 guys getting together)

ship it by britta lundin (pansexual rep, queer rep, POC

Rune binder (Gay protagonist)

The art of being normal(trans and lgbtq+)

Ok but 27 hours had SO MUCH rep
•lots of bi pople
•a bi, trans, POC girl
•ace! Character
•nonbinary (sorta)
•a lesbian and a gay character
•and its not just about romance i loved it so much

Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit

Nothing Happened (Much Ado About Nothing modern retelling but Claudio is Claudia and so Claudio/Hero still happens BUT IT'S GAY NOW!!!!!)

Six of Crows
The Raven Cycle

The Pearl Thief by Elizabeth Wein
It's a prequel to Code Name Verity and it's a historical mystery set in 30's(?) Scotland. The protagonist is Julie, from Code Name Verity, and it's a coming of age story. So in short it has: historical fiction, a bi protagonist, mystery, a hint of romance, and also a hard of hearing MC.

Also, Julie is my precious smol bi child and I love her so much?? It also adds the question of "Were Maddie and Julia involved prior to CNV??"

The Magnus Chase series

I'll give you the sun by jandy nelson aka the best book ever

Of Fire and Stars
Simon vs the homosapiens agenda
Leah on the Offbeat

OF FIRE AND STARS IS REALLY GOOOOODDD THO SERIOUSLY READ IT!!!

Cupid painted blind

Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe - Benjamin Saenz

Also do any of u know of some lgbtq books that don’t actually give away that it’s queer on the cover? Or on the back or front flap??? Asking bc my mom is homo + transphobic and would lose it if she found out I was reading queer fiction. She tends to go through my library books so :/
Magnus chase and Aristotle + Dante have fit this criteria mostly and I have considered Dress codes for small towns, also any websites for reading books for free are good too thx

Also do any of u know of some lgbtq books that don’t actually give away that it’s queer on the cover

Six of Crows also fits this criteria as well, although sexuality isn't really the main focus of the book. It's one of those books where two of the characters just happen to be gay and it doesn't really have a huge impact on the story (and iirc, it doesn't really get addressed until the second book). Still, both books in the series are amazing.

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell also fits this criteria don't kill me but I actually really hated this book. I figured I'd mention it anyways since it fits your criteria and a lot of people seem to like it

Also "The Pearl Thief" by Elizabeth Wein is very inconspicious. I was 100% taken by surprise that Julie was bi!!!

and i've already said of fire and stars, but it is sooooo good and i need to talk about it with someone but no one's read it

dID SOMEONE SAY ARISTOTLE AND DANTE OH MY GOD

Ivy Aberdeen's Letters to the World has a very subtle cover, it's pretty safe for closeted kids. The style is sort of kiddy, suited for slightly younger ages, but it talks about figuring out sexuality in middle school and it's really cute