LGBTQ+ Fiction
From literary fiction to mystery, romance to sci-fi and beyond, here's a wide variety of recently published LGBTQ+ fiction recommended by our librarians. Annotations from review sources as attributed. (Created May 2025)
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Martyr!
An alcoholic, addict and poet, Cyrus Shams, the orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, finds his obsession with martyrs leading him to examine the mysteries of his past and to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. (NoveList)
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Triple Sec
In this appealingly fluffy triad romance, Alexander explores sweet and authentic queer relationship dynamics... Readers hungry for representation of community-supported nonmonogamy that doesn’t skimp on either love or sex will happily gulp this down. (Publishers Weekly)
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Stop Me If You've Heard This One
A lesbian clown walks into a bar and tries to figure out her life...A funny and tender novel about life’s best and worst punchlines. (Kirkus)
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The Wildes
A historical novel explores the life of Oscar Wilde's wife, Constance, and their two sons in the aftermath of the famous playwright's imprisonment for homosexuality, told against the backdrop of Victorian England and World War I. (NoveList)
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Isaac's Song
Encouraged by his therapist to write down his story, a young, queer Black man describes the details and circumstances of his life, from growing up with a difficult father to finding community in 1980s Chicago. (NoveList)
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Make Sure You Die Screaming
Carlstrom debuts...with a nameless narrator who has rejected the gender binary. While on a massive bender, they are interrupted by their mother, who says their father is missing. The protagonist hits the road in a stolen car to take an epic road trip while examining capitalism and self-expression. (Library Journal)
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Hungerstone
Dunn offers a moody and triumphant retelling of Carmilla, the 1872 gothic novella by Sheridan Le Fanu, about a married woman in Victorian London who experiences an existential and sexual awakening at the hands of a female vampire. (Publishers Weekly)
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My Lesbian Novel
The scintillating and unclassifiable latest from Gladman takes the form of an interview with a writer named Renee Gladman about her attempt to write a lesbian romance. (Publishers Weekly)
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Loca
In 1999 in New York, when book-loving science nerd Sal finds love at a gay club one night, life for him and his best friend, young mother Charo, unexpectedly opens to a vibrant social circle that pushes them to consider what they owe to themselves and to each other. (NoveList)
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The Prospects
Queer joy and a healthy dash of hope infuse nearly every page of Hoffman's home-run debut novel. Trans minor-league baseball player Gene Ionescu is happy playing for the Beaverton Beavers, but his world is upended when his former college teammate Luis Estrada gets traded to his team. (Library Journal)
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