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27 Best LGBTQ Books of All Time


Our goal: Find the best LGBTQ books according to the internet (not just one random person's opinion).

    Here's what we did:
  1. Type "best lgbtq books" into our search engine and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly for you here! 😊
    (It was a lot of work. But hey! That's why we're here, right?)

(Updated 2024)

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Last Updated: Monday 1 Jan, 2024

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  1. MOST RECOMMENDED!
    1
    The Color Purple

    The Color Purple

    Alice Walker

  2. 2
    Call Me by Your Name
  3. 3
    The Guncle

    The Guncle

    Steven Rowley

  4. 4
    Giovanni's Room

    Giovanni's Room

    James Baldwin

  5. 5
    The Great Believers

    The Great Believers

    Rebecca Makkai

  6. 6
    A Little Life

    A Little Life

    Hanya Yanagihara

  7. 7
    The Picture of Dorian Gray
  8. 8
    Red, White & Royal Blue
  9. 9
    Middlesex

    Middlesex

    A Novel

    Jeffrey Eugenides

  10. 10
    Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
  11. 11
    The Hours

    The Hours

    A Novel

    Michael Cunningham

  12. 12
    Shuggie Bain

    Shuggie Bain

    A Novel

    Douglas Stuart

  13. 13
    One Last Stop

    One Last Stop

    Casey McQuiston

  14. 14
    Detransition, Baby
  15. 15
    Fun Home
  16. 16
    The Price of Salt

    The Price of Salt

    Patricia Highsmith

  17. 17
    Rubyfruit Jungle
  18. 18
    Under the Udala Trees

    Under the Udala Trees

    Chinelo Okparanta

  19. 19
    Juliet Takes a Breath
  20. 20
    You Exist Too Much
  21. 21
    We Do What We Do in the Dark
  22. 22
    Mrs. Everything

    Mrs. Everything

    Jennifer Weiner

  23. 23
    I Wish You All the Best
  24. 24
    I Kissed Shara Wheeler
  25. 26
    Here Comes the Sun

    Here Comes the Sun

    A Novel

    Nicole Dennis-Benn

  26. 27
    Felix Ever After

    Felix Ever After

    Kacen Callender

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