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84 Great LGBTQ+ Romance Reads for Pride Month (and All Year-Round)
Adriana Herrera was born and raised in the Caribbean and now lives in New York City. When not at work as a trauma therapist, she writes stories with unapologetic happily-ever-afters about people who look and sound like her people. Her books, which The New York Times has called "sweet and thoughtful, but delightfully filthy too," include the contemporary Dreamers series as well as historical romances like her Las Leonas series.
For this year's Pride Month, we asked Herrera to recommend great LGBTQ+ romances for year-round reading from her extensive mental Rolodex of romance titles.
For this year's Pride Month, we asked Herrera to recommend great LGBTQ+ romances for year-round reading from her extensive mental Rolodex of romance titles.
Pride Month has arrived, and I am here with all of the Queer Joy and all of the happily-ever-afters you can handle. This list has got it all: found family, boys in love, girls kissing, nonbinary folks swooning, trans lives getting their LIVES, and everything in between. If there is one thing romance does better than any other genre is give us BIG FEELINGS, and when it comes to Queer Pride, in this genre we go big with the HEAs.
For this Pride readathon, I've compiled a collection of LGBTQ+ romances that I promise will have something for everyone. All these books are available to read now, and some are true genre classics. I've sorted the selections by popular tropes and subgenres of romance, so you can dive right in to your favorite kind of happily-ever-afters.
Maybe you're hankering for some gay cowboys, or perhaps your kind of small-town romance includes a big Pride flag on main street. If you’re like me…that hockey romance hits better when the teammates kiss at the end. It might also be the case that your heart is set on a duke who falls for his valet…well, here are all kinds of new favorites.
Get those WTR shelves ready because they are about to explode with a million rainbows!
Hot for Teacher
Yes, Chef…
MILFs, DILFs, and Everything in Between…
Heat in the Hockey Rink
Bangin' Ballers
Business and Pleasure: Workplace Romance
Sad Boys
Ghosts, Demons, and Shifters
Gay Vamps
Road Trip Love
Rock Stars
College Love
Small-Town Pride
Save a Horse…
Romantasy
Historical Hotties
Bodyguards
Poly Love
Faking It
Enemies to Lovers
Editor's Note: And don't miss Adriana Herrera's own romances!
What romances are you picking up for your Pride reading? Let us know in the comments below!
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This seems like a comprehensive list. It covers a wide variety of subgenres within the queer romance genre. Where to start?
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Odd not to include _Front Runner_ by Patricia Nell Warren.
Min wrote: "Any enby/trans books? :)"Here's some!
- A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee (trans man)
- Chef's Kiss by T.J. Alexander (nonbinary)
- Chef's Choice by T.J. Alexander (trans man and trans woman)
- Second Chances in New Port Stephen by T.J. Alexander (trans man)
- The Companion by E.E. Ottoman (trans women and trans man)
- A Lady For a Duke by Alexis Hall (trans woman)
- Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly (nonbinary)
- Caroline's Heart by Austin Chant (trans man and trans woman)
- Something Spectacular by Alexis Hall (agender and nonbinary)
Min wrote: "Any enby/trans books? :)"Hey, It's YA but I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver is a cute one!
here's a few more:
- Starless by Jacqueline Carey (NB/F)
- All of Our Hidden Gifts by Caroline O'Donoghue. ( I haven't read this but supposedly the Love interest is NB but also uses He/Him pronouns too)
Rory wrote: "Odd not to include _Front Runner_ by Patricia Nell Warren."Likely because it's not a romance. A love story, sure, and a wonderful, important, awesome work of fiction, but definitely not a romance. Romances have Happy Ever Afters or Happy For Nows.
Min wrote: "Any enby/trans books? :)""The Prospects" by K.T. Hoffman!
A bit miffed we get a whole line with male recommendations (sad boys) but none with just women. Unless "poly love" is what's on offer for women (which still sucks).Aside from that, a nice enough list.
For an intriguing, spooky paranormal mystery with MM romance. You’ve got to read the 5 star ⭐️ The Mysterious and Amazing Blue Billings by Lily Morton, it’s so good!
Any recommendation of no science fiction related to LGBT?
Just wanted to add some of my favorites: I’ll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson has a m/m romance and so does Carry On by Rainbow Rowell. I also loved Basil & Oregano, and On A Sunbeam which are both sapphic and graphic novels ❤️
thank you for making a list of lgbt books where almost all of them are adult books 🙌🏻 usually lists like this are almost fully YA, which sucks for those of us who are adults and enjoy more mature writing
Most ardently is a cute pride and prejudice retelling with trans and gay representation.And for fantasy romance a strange and stubborn endurance is really well written and amazing.
For more books those that want Indie Authors.Kai's Healing Smiles by Vivi Anne Hunt
A Secret Love Affair by (me) Amber M. Kestner and I have many others in the Lesbian Romance
Her Maiden Voyage by Rachel Maldonado
Broken Star by Joann Lee
My Vampire Mate: A Vampire FF Love Story by Pixie Chica
The Breath Between Waves by Charlotte Anne Hamilton
Ziva Bail and the Cosmic Connection by Riverr Ravenzwood (has bit of lesbian taste into it with two main female characters)
Swimmer Boy by Jay Argent
Leap To Love by Johana Gavez
Mio by Lysander Arden
Cinderfella by A.J. Lange
This Spell Can't Last by Isabel Sterling
The Single Matchmaker by J.J. Arias (slow burn lesbian romance for her books)
Drunk Fireworks, A Love Drunk Short Story by Skye Turner
And there is probably more out there, this just a list that I have gathered for you all if you wanted to support any Indie Authors.
where has this list been all my life???? i’m so excited to get into it 🤓🥳
Does anyone have any recommendations for aromantic and/or ace books?
weird that 10-15 of these are MM romances written by straight cis women
Black Cake has some LGBTQ relationships. They are not central to the plot but it’s a fantastic book and queer affirming.
Ivy wrote: "Does anyone have any recommendations for aromantic and/or ace books?"books where main character identifies as ace/aro:
Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun
The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann
This Doesn't Mean Anything by Sarah Whalen
Friends without Benefits by Evelyn Fenn
How to Be a Normal Person by T.J. Klune
A few of the books in the main list above also discuss asexuality for a main character, but the character may not have chosen to identify that way:
Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun
How You Get the Girl by Anita Kelly
Ivy wrote: "Does anyone have any recommendations for aromantic and/or ace books?"The Soul Engine, Chariots of Wrath & By Demons Driven - R.L. King
His Quiet Agent & Agents of Winter - Ada Maria Soto]
Blank Spaces & Finding Your Feet - Cass Lennox
Dread Nation duology - Justine Ireland: Dread Nation & Deathless Divide
Loveless - Alice Oseman
Sierra wrote: "weird that 10-15 of these are MM romances written by straight cis women""cis people don't write stories about us. Why are these cis people writing stories about us?"
Pick a lane.
I would add Tipping the Velvet. It’s a historical fiction based in the 1920’s England romance/erotica lesbian novel by Sarah Waters. Breath taking and salacious writing.
"has some LGBTQ relationships. They are not central to the plot but it’s a fantastic book and queer affirming."I'm going to be very gentle in pointing out that this isn't exactly the appropriate forum to promote a generically queer-friendly book.
Ivy Toler "Does anyone have any recommendations for aromantic and/or ace books?"Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann
Sierra wrote: "weird that 10-15 of these are MM romances written by straight cis women"It’s a weird phenomenon.
Hardly any by male authors. Thanks for including two by M.A. Wardell--excellent!
Erin wrote: "Ivy wrote: "Does anyone have any recommendations for aromantic and/or ace books?"books where main character identifies as ace/aro:
Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun
[book:Th..."
Carlie wrote: "Black Cake has some LGBTQ relationships. They are not central to the plot but it’s a fantastic book and queer affirming."
Alison Cochrun’s The Charm Offensive features a wonderful ace main character.
I am looking for more LGBTQ+ romance offerings by male authors!!!
I've already read the book "Written in the Star" . It was really interesting . It was a big pleasure for me to see it in your list)
Erin wrote: "Ivy wrote: "Does anyone have any recommendations for aromantic and/or ace books?"books where main character identifies as ace/aro:
Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun
[book:Th..."
Ooh, thanks.
Readhead wrote: "Ivy Toler "Does anyone have any recommendations for aromantic and/or ace books?"Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann"
I read that book. It was only okay, though.
Sierra wrote: "weird that 10-15 of these are MM romances written by straight cis women"So?
I feel like they left out a lot of great queer books written by great queer authors
Winter's Orbit is a good book but NOT enemies to lovers. I'm bamboozled how it got into that category
Bill wrote: "I am looking for more LGBTQ+ romance offerings by male authors!!!"Sean Kennedy.
T J Klune.
Andrew Grey.
