How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones
Redefining Realness and Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me by Janet Mock
Officer Clemmons by François S. Clemmons
I Can’t Date Jesus by Michael Arceneaux
The Other Side of Paradise by Staceyann Chin
Bonus: These are all Adult, but for a YA memoir-essay collection, try All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson.
These are all Adult titles. For YA titles, click here and see below.
Reverb by Anna Zabo (Contemporary, trans M/cis F)
The Queer and the Restless by Kris Ripper (Contemporary, trans M/cis F)
Hold Me by Courtney Milan (Contemporary, cis M/trans F)
The Right Thing to Do at the Time by Dov Zeller (Contemporary, trans M/cis F)
Caroline’s Heart by Austin Chant (Fantasy, trans M/trans F)
Bonus: For some YA titles not included in the linked post, check out Birthday by Meredith Russo (cis M/trans F) and Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith (trans M/cis F)
Double Bonus: For a novelette, check out The Rat-Catcher’s Daughter by KJ Charles (Historical, trans M/cis F)
We Are Totally Normal by Rahul Kanakia (B)
The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar (L)
The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali (L) and Zora Hossain Is Here (B) by Sabina Khan
Jaya and Rasa by Sonia Patel (T)
Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens by Tonya Boteju (L)
Bonus: For MG, check out Maulik Pancholy’s The Best At It (G)
As I Descended by Robin Talley (Macbeth)
The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake (Twelfth Night)
Nothing Happened by Molly Booth (Much Ado About Nothing)
Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig (Hamlet)
That Way Madness Lies ed. by Dahlia Adler (an anthology containing a number of queer retellings)
Witches of Ash and Ruin by E. Latimer (YA Bisexual Fantasy)
Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moïra Fowley-Doyle (YA Bi/Lesbian Fantasy)
At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O’Neill (Gay Historical Fiction)
Stir-Fry by Emma Donoghue (Contemporary Lesbian Fiction)
The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne (Gay Historical Fiction)
Bonus: Coming up in 2020, The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth (Romantic Lesbian Contemporary YA) and The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar (Lesbian Contemporary YA Romance)!
Keeping Her Secret by Sarah Nicolas (YA)
Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole
Once in a Lifetime by Harper Bliss
You’re My Kind by Clare Lydon
Second Chance by Chelsea M. Cameron
Bonus: Coming up in 2021, Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler (YA)
Pink by KD Williamson
You Make Me Wanna by Nikki Rashan
Bliss by Fiona Zedde
Tailor-Made by Yolanda Wallace
Small Town Secrets by Katrina Jackson
Bonus: These are all Adult, but in YA, check out The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus and the upcoming You Should See Me in a Crown and Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson!
Double Bonus: They’ve already been featured books on the site, so I wanted to highlight some other things, but obviously Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon and Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole.
Work for It by Talia Hibbert
American Dreamer by Adriana Herrera
Bang & Burn by Katrina Jackson
His Convenient Husband by Robin Covington
Kitten by Jack Harbon
Bonus: These are all adult, but in YA, definitely check out By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery, The Secrets of Eden by Brandon Goode, and How to Be Remy Cameron by Julian Winters!
Double Bonus: Coming up in May, Meet Cute Club by Jack Harbon!
Sometime After Midnight by L. Philips
The Secrets of Eden by Brandon Goode
Cinders by Cara Malone
Cinder Ella by S.T. Lynn
Dithered Hearts by Chace Verity
Bonus: Coming up in July, Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo
The Wicker King by K. Ancrum
Temper by Layne Fargo
The Better Liar by Tanen Jones
After the Eclipse and The Final Child (September 8) by Fran Dorricott
