My Favorite Queer Books
Maddison Simmons
April 30, 2018
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This Book Is Gay
This book is helpful no matter how you identify. It's more like a gay instruction manual on how to handle life when you're LGBTQA+ it covers a lot of stuff. It's even a helpful book if you're straight. Plus, it's funny. Who doesn't love a funny book that's also gay as hell? Count me in.
You can purchase the book on Amazon HERE.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
The two main characters, Aristotle "Ari" and Dante are two boys growing up in East Texas during the 1980s who become fast friends, even though it seems like they have nothing in common at first.
You can purchase the book on Amazon HERE.
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Written by John Green and David Levithan, this book explores the lives of two boys, both named Will Grayson who end up meeting unexpectedly. Their lives become intertwined as the reader learns the story of two boys with the same name, but very different lives.
You can purchase the book on Amazon HERE.
Every Day
Each day, the main character, A, wakes up in a new body. They have rules set so that they don't get attached, but one day they find themselves in the body of a guy names Justin and they meet his girlfriend, Rhiannon. Although they keep switching bodies, they find themselves reaching out and trying to be with Rhiannon each day.
You can purchase the book on Amazon HERE.
Everything Leads to You
Set in modern Hollywood, the main character Emi is a young set designer who is a true romantic at heart. While on the job, a mysterious letter in an old record leads her to meet Ava. This is one of the only wlw novel that I have read and that doesn't include harmful representation of queer women. The author, Nina LaCour, is a lesbian too, and you can tell when you read this cute novel that ends with happy queer women.
You can purchase the book on Amazon HERE.
You Know Me Well
Set in San Francisco during Pride, this story has alternating gay and lesbian characters that form a bond while out in the city one night. Although they had been going to school together for years, it isn't until they both end up sad and alone that they form their friendship that leads to exciting new adventures.
You can purchase the book on Amazon HERE.
Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda
When Simon finds another closeted gay kid at school via a school-wide Tumblr account, he decides to start emailing the boy anonymously under the name Jacques (the other boy under the name Blue). The two start their correspondence and form a relationship, even though they don't who the other boy is. The book has recently been turned into the film Love, Simon, which is also a really cute movie (and the first movie from a major studio with a gay main character).
You can purchase the book on Amazon HERE.
They Both Die at the End
Despite the title, I desperately found myself wishing the two queer main characters (who were also boys of color) could live, but alas the title rang true. Although you go into the novel knowing that both boys will die, this is a truly touching novel about living out your last day in the best way that you can.
You can purchase the book on Amazon HERE.
And there we have it, the eight queer books I own and have read and enjoyed. I hope that I can discuss more queer books in the future, but for now, those are the only ones that I have read. I have a list of queer books I still want to read, and maybe I can do another post like this. Have you read any of these books/seen the Love Simon movie? What did you think about it?
~Maddison
(Source for the pride hearts!)
