Belladonna
By: Anbara Salam
3.45
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An evocative, atmospheric story of friendship and obsession set in the 1950s that follows two schoo…
Want to Read $ 10.99"Sometimes love isn't enough"-Anbara Salam, Belladonna
"Sometimes love isn't enough"-Anbara Salam, Belladonna
"And Isabella made a noise, just a slight noise. And at that, I began to unwind"-Anbara Salam, Belladonna
"And Isabella made a noise, just a slight noise. And at that, I began to unwind"-Anbara Salam, Belladonna
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1. A Natural
By: Ross Raisin
3.71
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Tom has always known exactly the person he is going to be. A successful footballer. A man others lo… read more
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- literary fiction
- queer
- fiction
- lgbt
2. Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
By: Lorrie Moore
3.83
Format: 147 pages, Paperback
In this moving, poignant novel by the bestselling author of Birds of America we share a grown woman… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- young adult
"What the fuck, babe."-Lorrie Moore, Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
"I feel his lack of love for me."-Lorrie Moore, Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
"They looked like frogs who’d been kissed and kissed roughly, yet stayed frogs."-Lorrie Moore, Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
"It reminded me of how children always thought too big; how the world tackled and chiseled them to keep them safe."-Lorrie Moore, Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
3. The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion (Danielle Cain, #1)
By: Margaret Killjoy
3.61
Format: 130 pages, Kindle Edition
Danielle Cain is a queer punk rock traveller, jaded from a decade on the road. Searching for clues … read more
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- queer
- fiction
- lgbt
"Always afraid, never a coward"-Margaret Killjoy, The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion (Danielle Cain, #1)
"On a whim, I went with him. I could always stab him if he tried anything, after all."-Margaret Killjoy, The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion (Danielle Cain, #1)
"I believe in a messy, imperfect world where we just, collectively or individually, figure things out."-Margaret Killjoy, The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion (Danielle Cain, #1)
"I've got a long history of scraping together little moments of peace in the midst of hardship, and cooking is a great way to do that."-Margaret Killjoy, The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion (Danielle Cain, #1)
4. Sunburn
By: Chloe Michelle Howarth
4.33
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Selected as an Evening Standard 'one to watch in 2023' It's the early 1990s, and in the Irish vi… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- queer
"It's a shame that you can't even come out to me."-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn
"People say 'lesbian' sometimes, they say 'dyke' more."-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn
"I hope your bed is warm and you sleep well. See you tomorrow, Lucy x"-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn
"My heart lurches, as if it wants to leave my awful body and go make a home in her."-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn
5. Peach Pit: Sixteen Stories of Unsavory Women
By: Molly Llewellyn
3.58
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A stunning anthology of fierce and dangerous women, featuring stories from Lauren Groff, Deesha Phi… read more
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- literary fiction
- queer
- fiction
- lgbt
6. A Good Happy Girl
By: Marissa Higgins
3.01
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, surprising, and immersive read about a young professional woman pursuing an emotionally… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- fiction
- queer
7. Fruit of the Dead
By: Rachel Lyon
3.54
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An electric contemporary reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter set over the course of o… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
8. A Sweet Sting of Salt
By: Rose Sutherland
3.88
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Once a young woman uncovers a dark secret about her neighbor and his mysterious new wife, she’ll ha… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- queer
9. Lost in the Garden
By: Adam S. Leslie
3.73
Format: 446 pages, Paperback
"Like an old wives’ tale, like a piece of wisdom passed down through generations which no one quest… read more
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- queer
- fiction
- lgbt
10. Denison Avenue
By: Christina Wong
4.17
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vuln… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
11. Thirst
By: Marina Yuszczuk
3.58
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Across two different time periods, two women confront fear, loneliness, mortality, and a haunting y… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- fiction
- historical fiction
- queer
12. Killingly
By: Katharine Beutner
3.39
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Based on the unsolved real-life disappearance of a Mount Holyoke student in 1897, Killingly weaves … read more
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- historical
- historical fiction
- fiction
- lgbt
13. Mrs. S
By: K. Patrick
3.63
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
A sublime and sensual debut novel exploring the nature of queer love and attraction, the transforma… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- fiction
- queer
"I live in hope it is her, I live in fear it is her, it is never her."-K. Patrick, Mrs. S
14. You Exist Too Much
By: Zaina Arafat
3.64
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
On a hot day in Bethlehem, a 12-year-old Palestinian-American girl is yelled at by a group of men o… read more
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- lesbian
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- fiction
- queer
"When you don’t want to lose someone, it’s so tempting to deceive them."-Zaina Arafat, You Exist Too Much
"Appetite is embarrassing enough; visibly trying to satiate it, utterly mortifying."-Zaina Arafat, You Exist Too Much
15. The Day the Germans Came
By: Ella Gyland
4.18
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
Inspired by the incredible true story of how the people of Denmark saved their Jewish neighbours du… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
16. Belladonna
By: Anbara Salam
3.45
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An evocative, atmospheric story of friendship and obsession set in the 1950s that follows two schoo… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- literary fiction
- italy
- lgbt
- historical
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- queer
"Sometimes love isn't enough"-Anbara Salam, Belladonna
"And Isabella made a noise, just a slight noise. And at that, I began to unwind"-Anbara Salam, Belladonna
"I took another pretend sip of hot chocolate as the blood rushed to my cheeks. She adored me. Soul mates."-Anbara Salam, Belladonna
17. The Skin and Its Girl
By: Sarah Cypher
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A young, queer Palestinian American woman pieces together her great aunt’s secrets in this sweeping… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- fiction
- queer
"But I tell you, I recognize myself by death's mark, and for a time I imagined almost every day that it were different, that I could be anything other than impossibly blue."-Sarah Cypher, The Skin and Its Girl
"But what was death to me, when it was my first act in life? Death looked like the house of the body opening, returning to a wider place: that place of confusion and strange beauty."-Sarah Cypher, The Skin and Its Girl
"I had the first inkling that some kinds of splendor were invisible to others. Were not wrong. And the solitude of this knowledge was wide and comfortable, a sort of imaginary palace."-Sarah Cypher, The Skin and Its Girl
"Do you know what it's like to be bewitched? Your mind bends. Your entire life shrinks to the size of a small room. The imagination is a fever. You can't stand it. Nobody can stand it-that's the point…"-Sarah Cypher, The Skin and Its Girl
18. This Arab Is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers
By: Elias Jahshan
4.44
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
This ground-breaking anthology features the compelling and courageous memoirs of eighteen queer Ara… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"Those of us who suffer from severe anxiety and PTSD, in my case due to inferiority complexes and repeated emotional, physical and religious trauma from a young age, know that the fear of being found …"-Elias Jahshan, This Arab Is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers
19. Fiebre Tropical
By: Juliana Delgado Lopera
3.82
Format: None pages, ebook
Lit by the hormonal neon glow of Miami, this heady, multilingual debut novel follows a Colombian te… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- queer
20. You All Grow Up and Leave Me: A Memoir of Teenage Obsession
By: Piper Weiss
3.27
Format: 368 pages, ebook
A highly unsettling blend of true crime and coming-of-age memoir— The Stranger Beside Me meets Prep… read more
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21. A Shot in the Dark
By: Victoria Lee
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
An emotionally powerful romance novel about two people finding love after struggling with addiction… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- fiction
- queer
