Underrated & Under-reviewed LGBT+ Book Recommendations
To read for Pride all year long.
I see a lot of LGBT+ book rec pots going around because of pride but they rarely feature any of the obscure books that actually need to be found and read and supported to help new LGBT+ manuscripts break into the literary world.
So, without further ado, here is a list with books which have (approximately) less than 5k ratings or less than 1k reviews on goodreads. (Books with fewer than 1k ratings are bolded!)
Disclaimer: I haven’t read all these books personally, but they have been read by people whose opinions I trust. I tried to get as much content information as I could, but I might have missed some things so please let me know if I should adjust any of the content info!
Fantasy/Sci-fi
Thornfruit by Felicia Davin
Women loving women
Unique world building
In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan.
Bisexual disaster protagonist
Great social analysis
Comedy
Our Bloody Pearl by D.N. Bryn.
Ace romance with a nonbinary pov character
More fluff than angst
TW for mild gore
Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner.
Men loving men
Mature content
The Fever King by Victoria Lee.
Dark YA
TW for heavy traumatic themes
More Than Enough by Elizabeth Wambheim
Fluff
Ace men loving men
Women loving women
Beauty and the beast retelling
Daughter of Mystery by Heather Rose Jones;
Woman loving women
Adult content
Bodyguard romance trope
Contemporary
Poppy Jenkins by Clare Ashton.
Lesbian coffee shop rom-com
Mature content
Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole.
Black women loving women
Novella
Mature content
I Hate Everyone But You by Gaby Dunn.
Comedy
Women loving women
Told through not traditional narration
TERF character (called out by the narrative)
Leave Myself Behind by Bart Yates;
Men loving men
Drama
TW for traumatic themes
Running with Lions by Julian Winters
Men loving men
Sports
Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann
Black, biromantic asexual protagonist
Bonus Recommendations
Dragonsong a wlw fantasy short story by Audrey Rose B
Knit One, Girl Two a fluffy wlw contemporary short story by Shira Glassman
The Songbird’s Refrain a wlw fantasy by Jillian Maria, coming FALL 2019.
Please reblog with your own favorite underrated, under-reviewed LGBT+ books!
