New and favourite LGBTQIA+ fiction

Our Evenings

Alan Hollinghurst

Alan Hollinghurst, the Booker Prize-winning author of The Line of Beauty, brings us a dark, luminous and wickedly funny portrait of modern England through the lens of one man’s acutely…

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A Sunny Place for Shady People

Mariana Enriquez, Megan McDowell (trans.)

A delicious, diabolical collection of short stories, from the International Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Dangers of Smoking in Bed and Our Share of Night

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Radical Love

Neil Blackmore

'Neil Blackmore re-imagines an astounding story of gay men in London 200 years ago and under the pain of their betrayal and injustice, he uncovers loyalty and above all, love…

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Cecilia

K-Ming Chang

A visceral, bite-size novella from a rising Asian American literary star with a striking, surreal, irreverent voice - one of the '5 under 35' National Book Award honorees

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Little Rot

Akwaeke Emezi

Akwaeke Emezi's exhilarating new novel follows five people over the course of a weekend which will brutally upend all of their lives.

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The Pairing

Casey McQuiston

#1 New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue, Casey McQuiston's delicious romantic comedy The Pairing.

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The Adult

Bronwyn Fischer

An addictively gripping coming-of-age story about an all-consuming, insidious love affair between a college freshman and a mysterious older woman, from an unforgettable new voice in fiction.

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The Sunforge (Endsong, Book 2)

Sascha Stronach

Sascha Stronach’s queer, Maori-inspired Endsong trilogy reopens on a city in flames, where a magic-wielding pirate crew uncovers an age-old fight between the gods that threatens their world.

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Somewhere Beyond the Sea (House in the Cerulean Sea, Book 2)

TJ Klune

This is the hugely-anticipated sequel to TJ Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea, an international bestseller and one of the best loved fantasy novels of the past decade.

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Playboy

Constance Debre, Holly James (trans.)

In this prequel to the critical sensation Love Me Tender, Constance Debre breaks free from conformity to live her life as a butch lesbian

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Perfume and Pain

Anna Dorn

A controversial LA author attempts to revive her career and finally find true love in this hilarious nod to 1950s lesbian pulp fiction.

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Anyone’s Ghost

August Thompson

A gorgeous modern love story about the lives that change us, and the loves that haunt us, Anyone’s Ghost will break your heart.

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A Language of Limbs

Dylin Hardcastle

The first love of a teenage girl is a powerful thing, particularly when the object of that desire is her best friend, also a girl. It's the kind of power…

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Misrecognition

Madison Newbound

A smart, savage and hilarious debut exploring love, sexuality, purpose and the delicious absurdities of online life

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Blessings

Chukwuebuka Ibeh

A stunning debut novel charting the coming-of-age of a young gay man in 2010s Nigeria, from a young rising star in literary fiction

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How It Works Out

Myriam Lacroix

What if you had the chance to rewrite the course of your relationship, again and again, in the hopes that it would work out?

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Confidence

Rafael Frumkin

Best friends (and occasional lovers) Ezra and Orson are teetering on top of the world after founding a company that promises instant enlightenment in this “propulsive, cheeky, eat-the-rich page-turner” (…

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Max

Avi Duckor-Jones

A beautifully written coming-of-age novel from an exciting new voice in antipodean fiction

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The Stars Too Fondly

Emily Hamilton

Part space odyssey, part Sapphic romcom and all spaceship-stealing fun, Emily Hamilton's breathtaking debut is a wild tale of galaxy-spanning friendship, improbable love, and wonder as vast as the universe…

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Exhibit

R.O. Kwon

From the bestselling author R.O. Kwon, a powerful, blazing-hot novel about a woman caught between her desires and her life.

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Henry Henry

Allen Bratton

An elegant, audacious and blisteringly funny portrait of inheritance, defiance and love - from a major new talent

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Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix

Gabe Cole Novoa

A trans boy searches for a future - and a romance - in which he can live and love openly as himself in this heart-wrenching YA reimagining of Pride &amp…

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Antiquity

Hanna Johansson, Kira Josefsson (trans.)

Elegant, slippery, and provocative, Antiquity is a queer Lolita story by prize-winning Swedish author Hanna Johansson - a story of desire, power, obsession, observation, and taboo.

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Tales of the City (Tales of the City, Book 1)

Armistead Maupin

The first novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin's best-selling San Francisco saga, is an uproariously moving novel and an indelible portrait of cultural change from…

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The Line of Beauty

Alan Hollinghurst

Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2004, The Line of Beauty is exquisitely written, wryly funny and powerfully moving – a perfectly realized tale of our times.

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She Who Became the Sun

Shelley Parker-Chan

Zhu journeys from life as a peasant girl to war and the heights of power. This is a traditional Chinese tale reimagined in a subversive new way, for fans of…

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Cinema Love

Jiaming Tang

Cinema Love is a sweeping debut novel about gay men in rural China, the women who marry them, and the secret theatres where their husbands cruised for love.

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Evenings and Weekends

Oisin McKenna

Taking place over two blisteringly hot days in feverish London, this is an addictive drama, painfully relatable to anyone living for the evenings and weekends.

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Interesting Facts About Space

Emily Austin

A warm, witty and wise novel for anyone who has ever worried that they might be a terrible person, from the author of Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be…

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A Minor Chorus

Billy-Ray Belcourt

A debut novel from a rising literary star that brings the modern queer and Indigenous experience into sharp relief.

An unnamed narrator abandons his unfinished thesis and returns to northern…

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City of Laughter

Temim Fruchter

A rich and riveting debut spanning four generations of Eastern European Jewish women bound by blood, half-hidden secrets and the fantastical visitation of a shapeshifting stranger over the course of…

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Greta and Valdin

Rebecca K Reilly

Siblings Greta and Valdin have, perhaps, too much in common. They're flatmates, beholden to the same near-unpronounceable surname, and both make questionable choices when it comes to love.

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This Love

Lotte Jeffs

Find yourself in this sweeping tale of queer friendship and chosen families that will keep you laughing, crying and endlessly turning the page.

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In Memoriam

Alice Winn

An epic, gripping, heart-shattering love story about two soldiers in the First World War

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Blackouts

Justin Torres

An intimate, emotionally rich novel, in which two men - young and old - reckon with queer histories and their place within them, from the critically acclaimed author of We…

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100 Boyfriends

Brontez Purnell

An irreverent, dirty, and profoundly intimate collection of vignettes exploring gay male desire, loneliness, sex, and self-sabotage –

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Love The World or Get Killed Trying

Alvina Chamberland

Through playful poetic prose, sharp social commentary and self-deprecating gallows humor Love the World or Get Killed Trying dives into the mind of Alvina, a trans woman on the eve…

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The Gilda Stories

Jewelle Gomez

A masterpiece of Black feminist fiction, The Gilda Stories is the cult 90s classic that reimagines the vampire myth

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The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

Deesha Philyaw

An intimate, irresistible collection of stories about the hidden desires of generations of church-going Black women, soon to be an HBO TV series.

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Nadezhda in the Dark

Yelena Moskovich

A queer anthem for doomed youth by the author of Virtuoso and A Door Behind a Door

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Luda

Grant Morrison

A drag queen becomes obsessed with her mysterious young rival who might be an occultist, or a murderer . . . or the greatest star of all

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The In-Between

Christos Tsiolkas

The tender, sensual and moving new novel from the award-winning and bestselling author of The Slap and Damascus.

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Eyes Guts Throat Bones

Moira Fowley

A collection of short stories about (queer, female) bodies and the end of the world Arresting, beautiful and ultimately consoling, Eyes Guts Throat Bones is a fierce collection of stories…

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A Man and His Pride

Luke Rutledge

An uplifting and deeply moving gay novel by an exciting new Australian voice in commercial fiction, ideal for fans of Honeybee and Heartstopper

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Acts of Service

Lillian Fishman

A provocative debut exploring sex and sexuality as a twentysomething New Yorker pursues a sexual freedom that follows no lines other than her own desire

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Queer Chameleon and Friends

Amee Wilson

A vibrant and uplifting collection of comic illustrations about LGBTQ+ life, for the community and beyond, from the creator of the online sensation @queeeerchameleon that's loved by millions.

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I Will Greet the Sun Again

Khashayar J. Khabushani

A searing, sunlit debut about the powerful bonds that make and break an Iranian-American family

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Prophet

Helen Macdonald, Sin Blache

Daring, surprising and superbly plotted, this is a fresh, thrilling page-turner from a dynamic new duo in genre fiction

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New and favourite LGBTQIA+ fiction

Our Evenings

A Sunny Place for Shady People

Radical Love

Cecilia

Little Rot

The Pairing

The Adult

The Sunforge (Endsong, Book 2)

Somewhere Beyond the Sea (House in the Cerulean Sea, Book 2)

Playboy

Perfume and Pain

Anyone’s Ghost

A Language of Limbs

Misrecognition

Blessings

How It Works Out

Confidence

Max

The Stars Too Fondly

Exhibit

Henry Henry

Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix

Antiquity

Tales of the City (Tales of the City, Book 1)

The Line of Beauty

She Who Became the Sun

Cinema Love

Evenings and Weekends

Interesting Facts About Space

A Minor Chorus

City of Laughter

Greta and Valdin

This Love

In Memoriam

Blackouts

100 Boyfriends

Love The World or Get Killed Trying

The Gilda Stories

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

Nadezhda in the Dark

Luda

The In-Between

Eyes Guts Throat Bones

A Man and His Pride

Acts of Service

Queer Chameleon and Friends

I Will Greet the Sun Again

Prophet