What better way to begin a blog post than with one of our favorite quotes from Tennessee Williams? “What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart? Oh, no, it’s curved like a road through mountains.” Whether you like nonfiction or fiction, biographies or poetry, there is something for everyone on on our latest list of inspiring and innovative books featuring proud LGBTQIA+ characters.
- Rubyfruit Jungle, by Rita Mae Brown
- Portrait of a Marriage, by Nigel Nicolson
- Coal, by Audre Lorde
- The Joy of Gay Sex, by Charles Silverstein and Felice Picano
- The Bisexual Option, by Fritz Klein
- Movement in Black, by Pat Parker
- Tales of the City, by Armistead Maupin
- Annie on my Mind, by Nancy Garden
- Zami, by Audre Lorde
- The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
- A Boy’s Own Story, by Edmund White
- The Boys on the Rock, by John Fox
- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, by Jeanette Winterson
- The Lost Language of Cranes, by David Leavitt
- Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café, by Fannie Flagg
- The Object of My Affection, by Stephen McCauley
- The Arizona Kid, by Ron Koertge
- Kitchen, by Banana Yoshimoto
- The Swimming-Pool Library, by Alan Hollinghurst
- Weetzie Bat, by Francesca Lia Block
- Putting on the Ritz, by Joe Keenan
- The Liar, by Stephen Fry
- Invisible Life, by E. Lynn Harris
- Ammonite, by Nicola Griffith
- Funny Boy, by Shyam Selvadurai
- Trouble and Her Friends, by Melissa Scott
- Dream Boy, by Jim Grimsley
- The Hours, by Michael Cunningham
- Tipping the Velvet, by Sarah Waters
- The Blackwater Lightship, by Colm Tobin
- Hard Love, by Ellen Wittlinger
- Pedro and Me, by Judd Winick
- Middlesex, by Jeffery Eugenides
- Luna, by Julie Anne Peters
- And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
- Fun Home, by Allison Bechdel
- Call Me By Your Name, by Andre Aciman
- Hiding in Hip Hop, by Terrance Dean
- Sea, Swallow Me and Other Stories, by Craig Laurance Gidney
- Huntress, by Malinda Lo
- The Miseducation of Cameron Post, by Emily M. Danforth
- Nevada, by Imogen Binnie
- The Fifth Season, by N.K. Jemisin
- Under the Udala Trees, by Chinelo Okparanta
- A Little Life, by Hanya Yanagihara
- Days Without End, by Sebastian Barry
- Darius the Great is Not Okay, by Adib Khorrram
- I’m Afraid of Men, by Vivek Shraya
- The Thirty Names of Night, by Zeyn Joukhadar
- Detransition Baby, by Torrey Peters
Did we leave out some of your favorites, like The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller or Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, by Becky Albertalli? Let us know in the comments below, and celebrate PRIDE month by picking up these books and more at your local HPB or HPB.com.
Happy reading!