The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaCall Me by Your Name by André AcimanMaurice by E.M. ForsterGiovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Literary Gay Romantic Novels
109 books — 263 voters
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuistonThe Hourglass Throne by K.D. EdwardsAll That's Left in the World by Erik J. BrownDelilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring BlakeA Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy
2022 LGBTQ Book Releases
207 books — 257 voters

Bluets by Maggie NelsonCitizen by Claudia RankineAutobiography of Red by Anne CarsonDon’t Let Me Be Lonely by Claudia RankineThe Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
Lyric Essay and Hybrid Genre
59 books — 26 voters

The Flywheel by Erin GoughTwo Weeks with the Queen by Morris GleitzmanPoints of Departure by Emily O’BeirneThe Sidekicks by Will KostakisNight Swimming by Steph Bowe
Best Australian LGBTQIA YA
205 books — 52 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Stranger by Albert Camus
World's Greatest Novellas
739 books — 1,483 voters

Crush by Richard SikenLeaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanThe Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara by Frank O'HaraIf Not, Winter by SapphoHowl by Allen Ginsberg
Gay/Queer Poetry
291 books — 125 voters