2023 LGBTQ+ Reading Challenge - hosted by longstorieshort

An "own voices" book.
A LGBTQ+ book in which the author shares the same identity as their character(s).
All books added
Loveless by Alice Oseman

Loveless

Alice Oseman with Elisabeth Hopper (Narrator)

fiction lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

12 hours, 27 minutes | first published 2020

Sovereign by April Daniels

Sovereign

Nemesis #2

April Daniels

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous fast-paced

315 pages | first published 2017

How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow

How to Excavate a Heart

Jake Maia Arlow

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

384 pages | first published 2022

Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly

Love & Other Disasters

Love & Other Disasters #1

Anita Kelly

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

368 pages | first published 2022

Dreadnought by April Daniels

Dreadnought

Nemesis #1

April Daniels

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced

280 pages | first published 2017

Out of the Blue by Jason June

Out of the Blue

Jason June

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance young adult adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

375 pages | first published 2022

it was never going to be okay by jaye simpson

it was never going to be okay

jaye simpson

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective medium-paced

96 pages | first published 2020

Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon

Beyond the Gender Binary

Pocket Change Collective

Alok Vaid-Menon with Ashley Lukashevsky (Illustrator)

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ young adult informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

64 pages | first published 2020

Obie Is Man Enough by Schuyler Bailar

Obie Is Man Enough

Schuyler Bailar

fiction lgbtqia+ middle grade sports challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

352 pages | first published 2021

More Than This by Patrick Ness

More Than This

Patrick Ness

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous emotional sad slow-paced

480 pages | first published 2013