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LGBT Book Summaries

Martyr! Summary
Martyr!
by Kaveh Akbar 2024 331 pages
4.23
53k+ ratings
Literary Fiction
Poetry
Contemporary
God of Fury Summary
God of Fury
by Rina Kent 2023 522 pages
4.49
86k+ ratings
Romance
M M Romance
Dark
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Summary
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2017 389 pages
4.41
3.5M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
LGBT
Contemporary
Heaven Official's Blessing Summary
Heaven Official's Blessing
Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 1
by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 2020 416 pages
4.61
36k+ ratings
Fantasy
Romance
LGBT
Blue Sisters Summary
Blue Sisters
by Coco Mellors 2024 342 pages
3.99
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Family
Call Me By Your Name Summary
Call Me By Your Name
by André Aciman 2007 248 pages
4.10
500k+ ratings
LGBT
Queer
Contemporary
A Little Life Summary
A Little Life
by Hanya Yanagihara 2015 720 pages
4.30
700k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
LGBT
When Haru Was Here Summary
When Haru Was Here
by Dustin Thao 2024 304 pages
3.83
4k+ ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
The Velvet Rage Summary
The Velvet Rage
Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World
by Alan Downs 2005 212 pages
4.06
10k+ ratings
LGBT
Queer
Psychology
Clap When You Land Summary
Clap When You Land
by Elizabeth Acevedo 2020 432 pages
4.23
100k+ ratings
Young Adult
Poetry
Contemporary
All Fours Summary
All Fours
by Miranda July 2024 336 pages
3.60
95k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
LGBT
The Song of Achilles Summary
The Song of Achilles
by Madeline Miller 2011 408 pages
4.32
1.7M+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Romance
The Psychology of Sex Summary
The Psychology of Sex
by Meg John Barker 2018 144 pages
3.94
100+ ratings
Psychology
Sexuality
Science
Loathing You Summary
Loathing You
by Amina Khan 2023 483 pages
4.12
2k+ ratings
Lesbian
Enemies To Lovers
Romance
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Summary
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
by Benjamin Alire Sáenz 2012 390 pages
4.30
600k+ ratings
Young Adult
LGBT
Contemporary
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Summary
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
by Ocean Vuong 2019 246 pages
4.03
300k+ ratings
Poetry
LGBT
Contemporary
They Both Die at the End Summary
They Both Die at the End
by Adam Silvera 2017 389 pages
3.75
800k+ ratings
Romance
Young Adult
LGBT
All Boys Aren’t Blue Summary
All Boys Aren’t Blue
by George M. Johnson 2020 304 pages
4.19
41k+ ratings
Memoir
LGBT
Queer
The Priory of the Orange Tree Summary
The Priory of the Orange Tree
by Samantha Shannon 2019 845 pages
4.18
200k+ ratings
Fantasy
LGBT
Queer
Somewhere Beyond the Sea Summary
Somewhere Beyond the Sea
by T.J. Klune 2024 416 pages
4.21
93k+ ratings
Fantasy
LGBT
Romance
The Cancer Journals Summary
The Cancer Journals
by Audre Lorde 1980 104 pages
4.43
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Feminism
Essays
Every Day Summary
Every Day
by David Levithan 2012 322 pages
3.90
200k+ ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Fantasy
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation Summary
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation
Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 1
by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 2016 395 pages
4.55
26k+ ratings
Fantasy
Romance
LGBT
The Golden Raven Summary
The Golden Raven
by Nora Sakavic 2025 484 pages
4.68
6k+ ratings
LGBT
Contemporary
Sports
Faebound Summary
Faebound
by Saara El-Arifi 2024 386 pages
3.57
19k+ ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Romantasy
DEI Deconstructed Summary
DEI Deconstructed
Your No-Nonsense Guide to Doing the Work and Doing It Right
by Lily Zheng 2022 341 pages
4.29
500+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Social Justice
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Summary
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
by Becky Albertalli 2015 320 pages
4.14
400k+ ratings
Young Adult
Romance
LGBT
Six of Crows Summary
Six of Crows
by Leigh Bardugo 2015 480 pages
4.47
1M+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Young Adult Fantasy
The Atlas Complex Summary
The Atlas Complex
by Olivie Blake 2024 496 pages
2.86
23k+ ratings
Fantasy
Adult
LGBT
Giovanni’s Room Summary
Giovanni’s Room
by James Baldwin 1956 159 pages
4.34
100k+ ratings
Classics
LGBT
Queer
Red, White & Royal Blue Summary
Red, White & Royal Blue
by Casey McQuiston 2019 448 pages
4.07
1.1M+ ratings
Romance
LGBT
Contemporary
A Cup of Water Under My Bed Summary
A Cup of Water Under My Bed
A Memoir
by Daisy Hernández 2014 185 pages
4.13
2k+ ratings
Memoir
LGBT
Feminism
Gideon the Ninth Summary
Gideon the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir 2019 448 pages
4.20
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
LGBT
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Summary
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard
by Rick Riordan 2017 1584 pages
4.53
3k+ ratings
Fantasy
Mythology
Young Adult
Mad Honey Summary
Mad Honey
by Jodi Picoult 2022 464 pages
4.08
500k+ ratings
Mystery
Contemporary
Romance
The Color Purple Summary
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker 1982 295 pages
4.27
700k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Feminism
LGBT
Read This to Get Smarter Summary
Read This to Get Smarter
About Race, Class, Gender, Disability, and More
by Blair Imani 2021 192 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
Social Justice
Feminism
Disability
Coming Home Summary
Coming Home
by Brittney Griner 2024 320 pages
4.38
9k+ ratings
Memoir
Sports
LGBT
This Is How You Lose the Time War Summary
This Is How You Lose the Time War
by Amal El-Mohtar 2019 209 pages
3.87
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Romance
Fantasy
Sister Outsider Summary
Sister Outsider
Essays and Speeches
by Audre Lorde 1984 190 pages
4.53
38k+ ratings
Feminism
Essays
Race
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant Summary
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
by Curtis Chin 2023 291 pages
3.82
3k+ ratings
Memoir
LGBT
Queer
The First to Die at the End Summary
The First to Die at the End
by Adam Silvera 2022 560 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Romance
LGBT
Young Adult
The Whole Lesbian Sex Book Summary
The Whole Lesbian Sex Book
A Passionate Guide for All of Us
by Felice Newman 1999 400 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Sexuality
Queer
LGBT
Will Grayson, Will Grayson Summary
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
by John Green 2010 320 pages
3.69
400k+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
LGBT
The Foxhole Court Summary
The Foxhole Court
by Nora Sakavic 2013 237 pages
4.02
95k+ ratings
Contemporary
LGBT
Young Adult
Gaga Feminism Summary
Gaga Feminism
Sex, Gender, and the End of Normal
by J. Jack Halberstam 2012 157 pages
3.55
500+ ratings
Feminism
Queer
Gender
Dear Evan Hansen Summary
Dear Evan Hansen
by Val Emmich 2018 368 pages
3.87
69k+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Mental Health
Lawn Boy Summary
Lawn Boy
by Jonathan Evison 2018 320 pages
3.83
9k+ ratings
Banned Books
LGBT
Young Adult
If We Were Villains Summary
If We Were Villains
by M.L. Rio 2017 354 pages
4.13
300k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Less Summary
Less
by Andrew Sean Greer 2017 273 pages
3.63
200k+ ratings
LGBT
Contemporary
Queer
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