LGBTQ - General Fiction

This list has been created by a Library Assistant at Wake County Public Libraries (WCPL) and encompasses *most* of the LGBTQ+ titles categorized under "Fiction" in the WCPL collection as of November 9, 2024.

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Book cover for "The safekeep"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"It is 1961 and the rural Dutch province of Overijssel is quiet. Bomb craters have been filled, buildings reconstructed, and the war is truly over. Living alone in her late mother's country home, Isabel knows her life is as it should be, led by routine and discipline. But all is upended when her brother Louis brings his graceless new girlfriend Eva, leaving her at Isabel's doorstep as a guest, to stay for the season. Eva is Isabel's antithesis: she...
Book cover for "So happy for you"
Star rating for So happy for you
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
"Robin and Ellie have been best friends since childhood. When Robin came out, Ellie was there for her. When Ellie's father died, Robin had her back. But when Ellie asks Robin to be her maid of honor, she is reluctant. A queer academic, Robin is dubious of the elaborate wedding rituals now sweeping the nation, which go far beyond champagne toasts and a bouquet toss. But loyalty wins out, and Robin accepts. Yet, as the wedding weekend approaches, a...
Book cover for "Like a house on fire"
Star rating for Like a house on fire
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"An electric and seductive debut novel about a woman at a turning point in her life, and what happens when she discovers the spark that makes her feel whole again"--
Book cover for "All the water I've seen is running"
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"Having forged a new identity as a gay man in New York, Daniel Henriquez returns to the floodlands where he went to high school, to mourn Aubrey, the self-identified "redneck" girl he loved back then. His track team buddies--Twig, a long-distance runner; Desmond, a sprinter; Des's girlfriend, Egypt; and Jess, Aubrey's best friend-help him reckon with who they are to him, and he to them. Recklessly, he confronts the good-ole-boy responsible for Aubrey's...
Book cover for "In at the deep end"
Star rating for In at the deep end
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
"A ... debut novel about a Bridget Jones-like twenty-something who discovers that she may have simply been looking for love--and, ahem, pleasure--in all the wrong places (aka: from men)"--