Booksology I also decided to include the tags that NPR placed on each title. You can filter the list by tag, but unfortunately there’s no LGBTQ tag, so I had to rely on my mental rolodex.
Access members, keep reading queer books on NPR’s Books We Love list.
- Actresses of a Certain Age: My 20-Year Journey to Overnight Success by Jeff Hiller (Biography and Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Interesting Stuff, Identity and Culture, Not in Showbiz, Nonfiction, Staff Picks)
- All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles (Let’s talk about family issues, fiction, historical fiction, sex, love and romance, mystery and thrillers, and the dark side)
- A/S/L by Jeanne Thornton (book club ideas, fiction, identity and culture, all nerdy stuff to me, quite long, staff selected)
- Atmosphere: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Book Club Ideas, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Identity and Culture, Science!, Staff Picks)
- Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs (biography and memoir, for history buffs, identity and culture, love and romance, nonfiction, fairly long, very nice writing, staff recommended)
- Buried in the Midnight Earth by VE Schwab (Fiction, Historical Fiction, Let’s Talk About Sex, Quite Long, Staff Selected, Dark Side)
- Cannon by Lee Lai (comics and graphic novels, family issues, fiction, identity and culture, staff selections, stories from around the world)
- Casanova 20: Or, Hot World by Davey Davis (Let’s talk about fiction, identity and culture, sex, seriously great writing)
- Deep House: The Gayest Love Story Ever Told by Jeremy Atherton Lin (Let’s talk biography & memoir, history buffs, identity & culture, sex, love & romance, nonfiction)
- elseship: An Unrequited Affair by Tree Abraham (Biography and Memoir, Eye-Opening Read, Identity and Culture, Nonfiction)
- The Empire of Gladness by Ocean Vuong (Book Club Ideas, Fiction, Identity and Culture, Quite Long, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picked)
- A Feast for the Eyes by Alex Crespo (Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Dark Side, Young Adult)
- Fireblooms by Alexandra Villasante (Family Issues, Fiction, Identity and Culture, Love and Romance, Seriously Great Writing, Young Adult)
- Florenzer by Phil Melanson (Fiction, Art Enthusiasts, Historical Fiction, Identity and Culture, Let’s Talk About Sex, Really Great Writing, Staff Picks, Stories from Around the World)
- Girl’s Dinner by Olivi Blake (Book Club Ideas, Fiction, Funny Stuff, Staff Picks, Dark Side)
- The Hunger Stone by Kat Dunn (Book Club Ideas, Fiction, Let’s Talk About Sex, Science Fiction, Fantasy & Mystery Fiction, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)
- Incandescence by Emily Tesch (fiction, fairly long, science fiction, fantasy and speculative fiction, stories from around the world)
- Silver Island by Tasha Suri (Fiction, Historical Fiction, Love and Romance, Fairly Long, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Mystery, Stories from Around the World)
- Kirby’s Lessons for Falling (in Love) by Laura Gao (Comics and Graphic Novels, Family Issues, Fiction, Sports Enthusiasts, Identity and Culture, Love and Romance, Staff Picks, Young Adults)
- Liquid: A Love Story by Mariam Rahmani (Book club ideas, family issues, fiction, identity and culture, let’s talk about sex, love and romance, staff picks)
- House of Dreams by Christina Lee (Book Club Ideas, Family Issues, Fiction, Identity and Culture, Mystery and Thrillers, Not an Industry Like Showbiz, Staff Selection, The Dark Side)
- Minor Black Figures by Brandon Taylor (book club ideas, fiction, for art lovers, identity and culture, quite long, very nice writing, staff picks)
- Necessary Fiction by Eloghosa Osunde (book club ideas, fiction, identity and culture, stories from around the world)
- Joanna Rowell’s Unusual Discoveries (Family Matters, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Love and Romance, Stories from Around the World)
- The Prophets by Sulaiman Adonia (Let’s talk about fiction, identity, culture and sex, fairly short stories from around the world)
- Simplicity by Mattie Lubchansky (Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Identity & Culture, Let’s Talk About Sex, Science Fiction, Fantasy & Detective Fiction, Staff Picks)
- Son of the Morning by Akwaeke Emezi (Let’s talk about fiction, sex, love and romance, science fiction, fantasy and mystery novels)
- Used: Comic Novels by Alison Bechdel (Comics and Graphic Novels, Fiction, Funny Stuff, Identity and Culture, Not an Industry Like Showbiz, The State We Are in)
- Stag Dance: A Novel & Stories by Torrey Peters (Fiction, Identity and Culture, Exceptional Writing, Short Stories, Essays and Poetry, Staff Picks)
- The Survivor Wants to Die at the End by Adam Silvera (Fiction, Fairly Long, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Mystery, Dark Side, Young Adult)
- Blooming at Night by Tran Thanh Tran (Family Issues, Fiction, Identity and Culture, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction, The Dark Side, Our Condition, Young Adults)
- The Three Lives of Kate Kay by Kate Fagan (Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Staff Recommendation)
- The Very Core: The New York Diary, 1983-1994, by Thomas Mallon (Biography and Memoir, Eye-Opening Read, History Buffs, Identity and Culture, Sex, Nonfiction, Quite Long, Let’s Talk Staff Picks)
- When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-yi Lee (Book club ideas, fiction, historical fiction, love and romance, short stories, science fiction, fantasy and mystery fiction, stories from around the world)
- Woodworking by Emily St. James (Book Club Ideas, Family Issues, Fiction, Identity and Culture, Really Great Writing, Staff Picks, Our State)
