So, it’s my 21st birthday! Unfortunately, I am not doing much today other than working but I thought I would share my 21 favorite queer books of all time to celebrate. Now, I have more than 21 but these are the books that stand out to me the most. Sorry, no fantasy books but I will give one honorable mention to the Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire!
Adult/NA
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Last Place You Look (Roxane Weary, #1)
YA Contemporary
Let’s Talk About Love Claire Klann
Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake
The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy Spalding
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Creekwood, #1) by Becky Albertalli
The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Kann
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Non-Fiction
Black Girl Dangerous on Race, Queerness, Class and Gender Mia Mckenzie
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
Poetry
Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith
Black Queer Hoe by Britteney Black Rose Kapri
Graphic Novels
Heartstopper Volume One by Alice Oseman
Moonstruck, Vol. 1: Magic to Brew(Moonstruck #1) by Gace Eliis
Middle Grade
Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashely Herring Blake
The Seven Husbands is SO amazing, I love that book and there are many on your list that I still have to read 😍👏🏻
Seven Husbands is so iconic so I had to mention it ! I hope you do enjoy some of these books when you get to it!:)
I’m SO happy you mentioned Let’s Talk About Love and The summer of Jordi Perez!! I absolutely ADORED those two books and feel they are super underrated even though they are wonderful. This is a really great list 🙂
I will never stop mentioning Let’s Talk About Love😂 but yeah I LOVE romantic comedies and both of these books gave me those vibes. Thank you !
Happy Birthday! Thank you for all of the relationships recommendations. I can not wait to read Coffee Boy since I loved Austin Chant’s other book Peter Darling.
Thank you!!! Yes, coffee boy was short but still an awesome work place romance. I hope you enjoy it!
you have such a great list here! I’ve read a lot of these but I’m excited to pick up the others soon! I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone else who has read Black Queer Hoe, I loved this one so much! Also, Coffee Boy was amazing!!!!
Yes!! I read black queer hoe this month it was awesome and unapologetic. Coffee Boy 🙌🏿