Queer / LGBTQ Books I Have Read


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Book cover for "Be dazzled"
Star rating for Be dazzled
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
Seventeen-year-old Raffy is determined to win a cosplay competition that could lead to art school admission and respect for his talent, but being paired with his main competitor, ex-boyfriend Luca, complicates things.
Book cover for "Disarmed"
Star rating for Disarmed
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"The boys of Kings Row are off to a training camp in France! The team will have to face superior fencers, ex-boyfriends, expulsion, and even Nicholas's golden boy and secret half-brother, the infamous Jesse Coste"--
Book cover for "Grandad's camper"
Star rating for Grandad's camper
Average Rating:
3.5 stars
Description:
A child who enjoys Grandad's stories of his travels and adventures with Gramps persuades him to fix up their old camper and take another trip, in honor of Gramps.
Book cover for "Heartstopper"
Star rating for Heartstopper
Series:
Heartstopper volume 4.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Description:
"Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. A sweet and charming coming-of-age story that explores friendship, love, and coming out. This edition features beautiful two-color artwork. Absolutely delightful. Sweet, romantic, kind. Beautifully paced. I loved this book. -- Rainbow Rowell, author of Carry On Shy and softhearted Charlie Spring sits next to rugby player Nick Nelson in class one morning. A warm and intimate friendship follows,...
Book cover for "Here's to us"
Star rating for Here's to us
Series:
What if it's us volume 2.
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
"Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera reunite to continue the story of Arthur and Ben, the boys readers first fell for in the [...] rom-com What If It's Us. Ben survived freshman year of college, but he's feeling more stuck than ever. His classes are a slog, his part-time job working with his father is even worse, and his best friend Dylan's been acting weird for weeks. Ben's only real bright spot is his writing partner Mario, who's been giving him a...
Book cover for "A high five for Glenn Burke"
Star rating for A high five for Glenn Burke
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
After researching Glenn Burke, the first major league baseball player to come out as gay, sixth-grader Silas Wade slowly comes out to his best friend Zoey, then his coach, with unexpected consequences.
Book cover for "In deeper waters"
Star rating for In deeper waters
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Sixteen-year-old Prince Tal is on his long-awaited coming-of-age tour when he meets the intriguing and roguish Athlen, and when he is kidnapped by pirates, Athlen is his only hope of escape.
Book cover for "The meaning of pride"
Star rating for The meaning of pride
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Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
"Celebrating the culture and achievements of the LGBTQ+ community, this vibrant picture book shows young readers that there are many ways to show your pride and make a difference"--

9. Mimosa

Book cover for "Mimosa"
Star rating for Mimosa
Description:
"Best friends and chosen family Chris, Elise, Jo, and Alex work hard to keep themselves afloat. Their regular brunches hold them together even as the rest of their lives threaten to fall apart. In an effort to avoid being the oldest gays at the party, the crew decides to put on a new queer event called Grind-specifically for homos in their dirty thirties. Grind is a welcome distraction from their real problems: after a messy divorce, Chris adjusts...
Book cover for "Our dreams at dusk"
Star rating for Our dreams at dusk
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
Not only is high schooler Tasuku Kaname the new kid in town, he is also terrified that he had been outed as gay. Just as he's contemplating doing the unthinkable, Tasuku meets a mysterious woman who leads him to a group of people dealing with problems not so different from his own. In this realistic, heartfelt depiction of LGBT+ characters from different backgrounds finding their place in the world, a search for inner peace proves to be the most universal...
Book cover for "Prince & knight"
Star rating for Prince & knight
Series:
Prince & knight volume 1.
Average Rating:
3.3 stars
Description:
A prince and a knight in shining armor find true love in each other's embrace after fighting a dragon together.
Book cover for "So this is ever after"
Star rating for So this is ever after
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Arek has managed to fulfill the prophecy and save the Kingdom of Ere from its evil ruler, but the quest is not over because until they free the princess locked in one of the towers he has to asssume the crown himself; only the princess proves to be very dead, and Arek is stuck as king; then he discovers that magic requires him to find a bride before his eighteenth birthday or wither away--but none of his female companions are interested, he does not...
Book cover for "Striking distance"
Star rating for Striking distance
Average Rating:
3.5 stars
Description:
"The boys of Kings Row are assigned a course of team building exercises to deepen their bonds. It takes a shoplifting scandal, a couple of moonlit forest strolls, and a whole lot of introspection for the team to realize they are stronger together than they could ever be apart"--
Book cover for "Tale of the Shadow King"
Star rating for Tale of the Shadow King
Series:
Prince & knight volume 2.
Average Rating:
2.3 stars
Description:
When a dark and mysterious Shadow King causes a fog of darkness to spread across their kingdom, the prince and the knight, now happily married, set out to find and stop him.
Book cover for "What if it's us"
Star rating for What if it's us
Series:
What if it's us volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Description:
Told in two voices, when Arthur, a summer intern from Georgia, and Ben, a native New Yorker, meet it seems like fate, but after three attempts at dating fail they wonder if the universe is pushing them together or apart.