In honor of Pride Month, we’ve put together a list of some of our favorite LGBTQIA+ fiction and nonfiction books. Whether you want to brush up on your civil rights history or read a heartwarming story about love, we have books and movies for every color of the rainbow.
History
David Bowie Made Me Gay by Darryl W. Bullock
The Gay Revolution: the Story of the Struggle by Lillian Faderman
Love Wins: the Lovers and Lawyers Who Fought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality by Debbie Cenziper and Jim Obergefell
Queer America: a People's GLBT History of the United States by Vicki L. Eaklor
Stand by Me: the Forgotten History of Gay Liberation by Jim Downs
Trans Like Me: Conversations for All of Us by CN Lester
Charity and Sylvia: a Same-Sex Marriage in Early America by Rachel Hope Cleves
Tinderbox: the Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation by Robert W. Fieseler
Tomorrow Will be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBride
Flagrant Conduct: the Story of Lawrence v. Texas: How a Bedroom Arrest Decriminalized Gay Americans by Dale Carpenter
Biography/Personal Stories
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Mean by Myriam Gurba
How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones
No Ashes in the Fire by Darnell Moore
In The Dream House: a Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado
Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout by Laura Jane Grace
Perfectly Clear: Escaping Scientology and Fighting for the Woman I Love by Michelle LeClair and Robin Gaby Fisher
To My Trans Sisters edited by Charlie Craggs
Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope by Karamo Brown with Jancee Dunn
My Butch Career: a Memoir by Esther Newton
The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist by Ben Barres
Boy Erased: a Memoir by Garrard Conley
Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me by Janet Mock
Sissy: a Coming-of-Gender Story by Jacob Tobia
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
The Bold World: a Memoir of Family and Transformation by Jodie Patterson
I Can't Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé by Michael Arceneaux
Queer Virtue: What LGBTQ People Know About Life and Love and How it Can Revitalize Christianity by Elizabeth Edman
Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States by Samantha Allen
Soar, Adam, Soar by Rick Prashaw
Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death by Lillian Faderman
Nonfiction
Angels in America: a Gay Fantasia on National Themes by Tony Kushner
Love in a Dark Time and Other Explorations of Gay Lives and Literature by Colm Tóibín
"You Can Tell Just by Looking": and 20 Other Myths about LGBT Life and People by Michael Bronski, Ann Pellegrini, Michael Amico
A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples by Frederick Hertz and Emily Doskow
Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBride
Raising Ryland: our Story of Parenting a Transgender Child with No Strings Attached by Hillary Whittington
It's Not Over: Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia, and Winning True Equality by Michelangelo Signorile
Transgender Children and Youth: Cultivating Pride and Joy with Families in Transition by Elijah C. Nealy
The Pride Guide: a Guide to Sexual and Social Health for LGBTQ Youth by Jo Langford
Is It a Choice?: Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Gay and Lesbian People by Eric Marcus
It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living edited by Dan Savage and Terry Miller
Adult Fiction
Call Me by Your Name by Andre Aciman
A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Jilted by Lilah Suzanne
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
Breakfast with Scot by Michael Downing
A Private Gentleman by Heidi Cullinan
Something Like Summer by Jay Bell
Unfit to Print by KJ Charles
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
The Lawrence Browne Affair by Cat Sebastian
Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 by Francine Prose
Idlewild by Jude Sierra
Slam! by JL Merrow
Blueberry Boys by Vanessa North
The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara
Hide by Matthew Griffin
This is How it Always is by Laurie Frankel
When Katie Met Cassidy by Camille Perri
White Houses by Amy Bloom
Mysteries
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Dodging and Burning by John Copenhaver
The Dime by Kathleen Kent
The Elephant of Surprise by Joe R. Lansdale
Codename Villanelle by Luke Jennings
Murder Games by James Patterson
The Best Bad Things by Katrina Carrasco
A Kind of Justice by Renee James
Night Work by Laurie R. King
Hold Tight by Christopher Bram
Flight Dreams by Michael Craft
Stranger on the Shore by Josh Lanyon
Graphic Novels
Our Dreams at Dusk by Yuhki Kamatani
Heartstopper. Volume 1 by Alice Oseman
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities by Mady G and J.R. Zuckerberg
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Check, Please! Book 1, #Hockey! by Ngozi Ukazu
Dream Daddy: a Dad Dating Comic Book by Leighton Gray and Vernon Shaw
10 Dance #1 by Inouesatoh
My Brother's Husband, Volume 1 by Gengoroh Tagame
Hitorijime My Hero by Memeco Arii
Cannonball by Kesley Wroten
Star Collector Vol 1 by Sophie Schonhammer
Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel
Exit Stage Left: the Snagglepuss Chronicles by Mark Russell
Flocks by L Nichols
Forward by Lisa Maas
Fence by CS Pacat
Bitch Planet, Book 1, Extraordinary Machine by Kelly Sue DeConnick
Motor Crush, Volume 1 by Brenden Fletcher
Teen Titles
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee
Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin
When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
Odd One Out by Nic Stone
Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki
Jack of Hearts by Lev AC Rosen
History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera
Drag Teen: a Tale of Angst and Wigs by Jeffery Self
Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings
Some Assembly Required: the Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen by Arin Andrews
Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World by Sarah Prager
What if It’s Us by Becky Albertalli
The Pride Guide: a Guide to Sexual and Social Health for LGBTQ Youth by Jo Langford
Honor Girl: a Graphic Memoir by Maggie Thrash
Bingo Love by Tee Franklin
Bloom by Kevin Panetta
Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
We Contain Multitudes by Sarah Henstra
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
DVD/Blu-rays
