We follow them for three decades, withstanding alongside them the waves of trauma that life so often sends. To make matters worse, she must learn to ride Mynaria’s formidable warhorses—and her teacher is the person who intimidates her most, the prickly and unconventional Princess Amaranthine—called Mare—the sister of her betrothed. Maybe one of the most subtly LGBT books on this list, you'll catch the references the second time around. Now once-human monsters called Howls prowl abandoned streets, their hunger guided by corrupt necromancers and the all-powerful Kin. These stories range from a transgender woman trying an experimental transition medication to young lovers separated through decades and meeting far in their own future. published 2017, avg rating 3.97 — 28,512 ratings — 8,130 ratings — I’ve noted what kind of LGBT+ representation can be found in each book in parentheses after the title. updated Nov 26, 2018 10:33PM — Yanagihara talked with The Guardian about friendship and hardship. What she is may change hell for good. In a small Southern town, a white man murders a black man, then throws his Now, they’ll have to work together to survive—and discover the truth about their connection.”, “Gene’s life resembles a debutante’s dream. 38,123 ratings — Yesterday a werewolf was murdered outside the Velvet, the night-time playground of one of the most powerful vampires in England. This stunning memoir plays with structure and form as it takes us through an abusive relationship and what that does to a person. published 2013, avg rating 3.91 — “We might all have had that feeling: as a friend, what is my responsibility to save someone who doesn’t want to be saved? It turns out that on the other side of the wall, classes involve a lot more weaponry and fitness training and fewer mermaids than he expected. Last time it was my partner. Despite her heroic lineage, Jess is resigned to a life without superpowers and is merely looking to beef-up her college applications when she stumbles upon the perfect (paid!) Hasryan is innocent…he thinks. If you’re a fan of LGBT YA fantasy books in particular, you’re in luck: I’ve made a specific section of queer YA fantasy books just for you! 29,961 ratings — published 2016, avg rating 3.86 — 312,817 ratings — His novels have rich plots and twists, and the emotional descriptions are delicate and moving. 33,418 ratings — 56,206 ratings — published 2016, 1 chapters — But if his mutinous magic and wayward heart get in the way, his power might not be used in favor of humanity.”, “Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Even the text as originally published has references to Dorian’s corruption of not only young women but young men: “There was that wretched boy in the Guards who committed suicide. While Tom Ford's 2009 film adaptation conveys the styles and anxieties of the early 1960s, it doesn't exactly capture the beautiful tone of despondency created by the incomparable Isherwood. Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. Their bond is not coterie, pack, or coven, but something else. 38,123 ratings — published 2018, avg rating 4.28 — It's difficult, in 2018, to divorce the rich subject of sexual desire from the fact that it revolves around a 14-year-old boy. Dorian’s friends Basil Hallward and Lord Henry Wotton express intense admiration for his beauty, and passages that show Basil’s feelings for Dorian as more clearly homoerotic were excised by an editor, according to Nicholas Frankel, who edited an edition presenting Wilde’s original text in 2011. Yonghua is an artificial woman crafted from terracotta. Current price is $12.50, Original price is $14.00. Orlando, which Virginia Woolf wrote in tribute to friend and lover Vita Sackbville-West, is a study in gender fluidity across time and space. The pair embark on a two-year affair until Clive leaves Maurice to marry a woman and live out his proscribed life as part of the landed gentry, leaving Maurice in shambles and seeking to cure his homosexuality. published 2017, avg rating 3.86 — Nick gets a sneak peek at the aristocracy, while indulging in no shortage of sex and party favors; the fun comes to a crashing halt as AIDS enters the fray. Gene is intersex. 27,769 ratings — “This book is a compilation of the stories of eight gay and lesbian people that left straight marriages and came out as gay. 67,939 ratings — After a terrifying vision reveals imminent danger for the uncle who raised and instructed him, Braden retreats to Belle Dam, an old city divided by two feuding witch dynasties. When Maggie sets out to deliver them, she learns a lot about her parents' relationship, her late mom, and her own misconceptions. They’re her old friends from Winding Circle: Daja, Tris, and Briar. Rubyfruit Jungle is a page-turning reminder that queer lust and queer sex are timeless. This book weaves her personal journey with the steps the country has taken toward trans acceptance in a memoir that's both deeply individual and a primer on national civil rights. “A beautiful piece of fiction, this novel takes us through the complicated relationship between religion and LGBTQ+ identity.”, says SJ Sindu, the prize-winning author of Marriage of a Thousand Lies. Just ask high school nobody, Jessica Tran. – SJ Sindu, Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction Winner. published 2016, avg rating 4.02 — This rom-com flips the script on your favorite tropes, while still following them in ways that are as comfortable as an old pair of pjs. published 2007, avg rating 3.86 — The one safe road between the northern oasis and southern kingdom is stalked by a necromantic terror. Add to Wishlist. 80,356 ratings — There’s a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it’s up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of the matter.”, “This is the way the world ends. While it was originally written for younger readers, it rings true to adults as well, in the same way we all return to our favorite bedtime stories. Inspired by the 19th-century memoirs of Herculine Barbin, Middlesex incorporates elements of Greek mythology as well as Eugenides’s Greek-American upbringing to tell a groundbreaking story about gender identity in the 21st century. 130,159 ratings — Current price is $11.99, Original price is $12.99. Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don’t kill each other first.”, “For years the Empress of Namorn has pressed her young cousin, Lady Sandrilene fa Toren, to visit her vast lands within the Empire’s borders. Enabling JavaScript in your browser will allow you to experience all the features of our site. Javascript is not enabled in your browser. The meshed power of words and art thins the boundaries between the present and the past—and allows these two troubled, brilliant artists to enter each other’s worlds.”, “When magic returned to the world, it could have saved humanity. Tales of the City was adapted in 1993 into a PBS television miniseries, which starred Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis. At school she is an ace at quantum physics. Unwilling to continue to play a pawn in his mother’s twisted schemes, Akeha leaves the Tensorate behind and falls in with the rebels.”, “A year ago, Millie lost her legs and her filmmaking career in a failed suicide attempt.