Reading

All the books are available to read for free online and in libraries. Here is a selection of titles, you can find more in your local library.

LGBTQ+ (books for adults)

Fiction

• Pages For You by Sylvia Brownrigg
• Mur-mur by Will Eaves
• The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
• On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong (also available in e-audiobook)
• We Contain Multitudes by Sarah Henstra
• Birthday by Meredith Russo
• A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
• She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
• Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman
• Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski
• One Last Stop by Casey McQuinston
• Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
• The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (also available in e-audiobook)

Non-fiction

• Queer Intentions: a (personal) journey through LGBTQ+ culture by Amelia Abraham
• The Gender Games: the problem with men and women... from someone who has been both by Juno Dawson
• Diary of a Drag Queen by Crystal Rasmussen
• We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib
• Eat, Gay, Love by Calum McSwiggan
• This Much is True by Miriam Margoyles
• Coming Out stories edited by Emma Goswell and Sam Walker (also available in e-book)
• The Pink Line by Mark Gevisser
• We Can Do Better Than This by Amelia Abraham
• Unicorn by Amrou Al-Kadhi (also available in e-book)
• Outrageous by Paul Baker

Magazines (available from Libby)

• Outre Magazine
• Gay Times
• Gay Pages
• The Advocate

LGBTQ+ (books for young people)

Please note the following books are on our shelves in Older Teenage and Younger Teenage sections and, as such, some titles may contain more adult themes.

• Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide
• All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
• Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
• Gay Club by Simon James Green
• Gender Explorers by Juno Roche
• Have Pride: an inspirational history of the LGBTQ+ movement by Stella Caldwell
• Heartstopper by Alice Oseman Volumes 1-4 (Graphic Novels)
• If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales
• I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston (also available in e-book and e-audiobook)
• Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
• Love Frankie by Jacqueline Wilson
• Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales
• Queer Up by Alexis Caught
• The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
• The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe
• Welcome to St Hell by Lewis Hancox
• What’s the T by Juno Dawson
• Wranglestone by Darren Charlton (also available on e-audiobook)

LGBTQ+ (books for children)

• The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams
• My Brother's Name is Jessica by John Boyne
• The Girl with Two Dads by Mel Elliott
• Fabulous Frankie by Simon James Green
• The Pirate Mums by Jodie Lancet-Grant
• Uncle Bobby’s Wedding by Sarah Brannen
• The Hips on the Drag Queen go Swish, Swish, Swish by Lil Miss Hot Mess
• Marmalade the Orange Panda by David Walliams
• Me, my Dad and the End of the Rainbow by Benjamin Dean
• Nen and the Lonely Fisherman by Ian Eagleton
• Nothing Ever Happens Here by Sarah Hagger-Holt
• Grandad's Camper by Harry Woodgate
• Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
• Remixed by Arree Chung
• ABC Pride by Louie Stowell
• She’s my Dad by Sarah Savage
• Fearless Fairy Tales by Konnie Huq
• Rick by Alex Gino (also available in e-audiobook)

Non-fiction

• Break the Mould by Sinead Burke
• The Pronoun Book by Chris Ayala-Kronos
• The Every Body Book: the LGBTQ+ inclusive guide for kids about sex, gender, bodies, and families by Rachel E. Simon
• All About Diversity by Felicity Brooks and Mar Ferrero
• Stories for Boys who Dare to be Different (Volumes 1 and 2) by Ben Brooks

Tell us what you think of the books on this list and suggest great books you would like to share: contact us libraries247@coventry.gov.uk