Gay romance novel

This romance from Casey McQuiston is a salt-tinged romcom about two slutty bisexuals falling in love — but it  could also function as an advertisement for any Mediterranean country’s tourism board, thanks to its many gorgeous descriptions of salty wind and buttery seafood.

The plot feels cooked up in a MadLibs factory, but what emerges is an achingly cute romance that’s hard to put down. She Gets the Girl

Author: Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick

Release Date: April 5th, 2022

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If you want a gay, dual perspective, enemies to friends to lovers story written by a real life couple, this is the book for you!

It got fairly middling reviews on Goodreads but I’m convinced it’s only because people didn’t understand what they were getting into when they started. It wouldn’t be a Highsmith work without the tightening seams of suspense and homophobia written throughout the novel, but The Price of Salt remains both a historical novel and a surprising example of Highsmith leaving her characters if not with their dignity, then at least their love for each other.

There’s nothing soft or easy about Giovanni’s Room, James Baldwin’s novel that has remained one of the greatest written works since its publication in 1956.

These books have touched hearts and captivated readers with their poignant narratives and well-crafted characters that stay with you long after the final page.

Take books like The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. I truly cannot explain enough how deeply moving this book was. Arafat told a story that I haven’t seen told a lot, especially from a female LGBTQ+ perspective, and so I enjoyed the narrative that was weaved together.

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I liked this book more than Delilah Green, mostly because Iris’ love interest was fun to learn about. This book was a story of struggling with grief and moving on– Feyi repeats the words “I’m alive” often throughout the story– but it was also a black bisexual success story on two fronts.

Page Powars’ second novel is a campy romp through every high school trope imaginable, but pulled together by its main characters’ wit and hilarity.

When a grim reaper deposits him in a tea shop for one week of purgatory, Wallace is overwhelmed at how little a life in his office chair seems to actually be worth. It’s about self discovery under a starry sky — and has enough in-depth personal growth to melt even the iciest of hearts.

Makkai’s Pulitzer-Prize nominated novel is not for the faint of heart — nor those looking for their next breezy summer romance.

The choice to tell this book entirely through the eyes of someone who wasn’t even given a name was stunning. Jhanvi, a now-sober trans woman, returns to San Francisco with the intention of moving in with her friend Henry and taking advantage of his commune of rich friends. It’s the type of book that straight teens and pre-teens get all the time but doesn’t really seem to exist in the queer world.

This book is partially told via transcription and partially via actual prose, and yet it somehow works so well together.

This second-chance romance from Marie Rutkoski is the newest book on this list, coming out June 10. The only time I put the book down was when I physically needed a break because of how gut wrenchingly sad and well-written the story was.