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🌈Queer All Year🌈 (queer romance reads)
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items Sometimes it feels like a chore to find a new queer book to read - so let me do some of the work for you. I can’t say they’re all 5-star, top of my list reads - but I did enjoy them all and hope you will too.
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Sapphic
Gay
YA
Bi & Bi
Sapphic
I tend to stray away from mainstream best-sellers because I don’t think they usually live up to the hype.
This one? This one lived up to the hype. It might be my fascination with space, it might be my deep connection to the main character, it might...
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Spooky season stamp of approval for this queer romcom! What happens when the ghost of your ex girlfriend is tasked with helping you move on? 👀
Pumpkin Spice and Poltergeist by Ali K Mulford and K Elle Morrison
Okay but what if your celebrity crush is actually the same person who you shared your first kiss with… except she doesn’t know it was you? Small town romance with a little dose of putting your dreams on hold for your family (relatable). Time to hit p...
Dream On, Ramona Riley by Ashley Herring Blake
I read this book shortly after coming out and it gave me so much hope for the future. I always love a little twist of paranormal/sci-fi (like anything by Ashley Poston) and this book was the perfect read for that time in my life. Highly recommend.
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Two women who people see as “going no-where” meet and discover each other - each learning who they are and what they want, addressing their pasts and the assumptions and insecurities they bring into the present, and choosing themselves even when it’s...
At Her Service by Amy Spalding, Paperback
A debut novel that transports you into the whimsical world of Clara Thorne. Fall in love AND save magic? 👀
The Impossible Garden of Clara Thorne
A forbidden lovers, if you will. A glance behind the scenes of a reality dating show, where two women are dating the same man but they just might fall for each other instead.
Hot Summer by Elle Everhart
SO CUTE AND COZY I just want to wrap it up in my arms and read it again. A bookstore owner and an author have an off-chance meeting that turns into working together, in ways neither could have anticipated.
Novel Problems by Elizabeth Luly
A story of love over the years - forbidden, but enduring. SUCH a good book, I’m sad it took me so long to finally read it.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Did someone say friends to enemies to lovers? For those raised in small towns, whether they wanted to stay forever or couldn’t wait to leave - you’ll see both sides as these two opposites attract.
In the Long Run by Haley Cass, Paperback
A spicy sapphic love story with “willed” forced-proximity (two people are left property by their late aunt/friend) and fake dating tropes.
Two women are forced into each others lives after the death of someone they both loved - and must work togeth...
Satisfaction Guaranteed by Karelia Stetz-Waters, Paperback
A cutie little autumn sapphic romance! Small town doctor reunites with her high school crush who is laying low after some online hiccups… anything could happen!
Not Just Gal Pals by Elizabeth Luly
So you kiss a stranger in a bar, and you don’t think you’ll ever see her again. But then… she shows up at a wine tasting you’re hosting, and she applies for the open job at your winery.
Forbidden-ish love story.
It Started With A Kiss by Clare Lydon
We love a cutie enemies to lovers 😍 and artists? And opposites attract? Yes pleaseeeee
Get Over It, April Evans - Ashley Herring Blake
This one is HOT 🥵 🌶️ but I mean, why wouldn’t it be when it’s two best friends who finally make the move on each other? 👀
My Best Friend's Honeymoon by Meryl Wilsner
When you have writers block so you ghost your life and visit your parents, only to need to escape them… so you end up at the local coffee shop and find inspiration, and maybe love?
Not in the Plan by Dana Hawkins
Everyone’s been talking about gay hockey lately… but what about the sapphics? This is the lesbian hockey romance we’ve all been waiting for, set in the lead up to the Winter Olympics. Enemies to lovers? You better believe it.
Wake Up, Nat & Darcy by Kate Cochrane
I had no idea what I was getting myself into with this book, but let me just say: I am SO glad I took a friend’s recommendation to read it. Can you say SPICY 🥵 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️?
Bloom Town: Genesis by Ally North
Gay
I am obsessed with this book. The characters are messy and heartbreaking and perfectly imperfect, and the story is an adventure of its own. As a frequent traveler and self-proclaimed world adventurer, I’m constantly drawn back to this book!
The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
The follow-up to Nightmare Before Kissmas - filled with more enemies to lovers and holiday magic 😍 when I tell you that these romances are swoon worthy, I MEAN IT. gorgeous. Obsessed. Must-read.
Go Luck Yourself by Sara Raasch
When I tell you I LOVED this book… I keep finding myself wishing I could crawl back into the story and see more of the characters.
Imagine a world where each holiday had a ruling kingdom, fae hidden within the real world. An arranged marriage to joi...
The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch
I guess it’s not really a romance per se, but I would argue it’s a lesson on falling back in love with life after loss. Filled with laughs and tears and facing your fears, and the guncle rules we should probably all live by. TW: substance abuse, deat...
The Guncle by Steven Rowley, Paperback
Sworn enemies except maybe not? Chaos and calm forced into a box just might be the perfect potion for falling in love.
The Entanglement of Rival Wizards by Sara Raasch
Casey McQuiston truly knows the perfect formula for a queer romance novel - yearning, banter, and just the right amount of spice. 10/10 would read again. (Just in time for the related novella’s release 👀)
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
YA
Sapphic space romance with a touch of sci-fi? Yes please 😍
The Stars Too Fondly by Emily Hamilton
A WLW YA hockey/figure skating romance? YES PLEASE. Enemies to lovers, forced-ish proximity, slow burn DELIGHT. Loved it.
Love, Skate, and Relationship by Carli J. Corson
I didn’t know how I’d feel about this book at first (I struggle with YA sometimes) but IM SO GLAD I READ IT. In the days following my read, I missed the characters so much - and that is always a good sign for me.
Lover Birds by Leanne Egan
Not the book I expected at all, but I loved every moment. A little mystery, a dose of intrigue, and a journey to find answers (basically the entire experience of teen-hood, yeah?)
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
Bi & Bi
As a bi baddie, I love the representation! Straight passing relationships do not = straight relationships. I loved the boundary setting and the consent between the two characters. There is a bit of talk about AI, but it didn’t feel like propaganda an...
Sparks Fly by Zakiya N Jamal
2 things I love: the enemies to lovers trope and bisexual representation 🙌 this book has both and man was it good 👀
Truly, Madly, Deeply by Alexandria Bellefleur