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  • The Spooky Life by S.E. Harmon

    The Spooky Life by S.E. Harmon

    Rated: 4.91 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Rain Christiansen isn’t sure he’ll ever fully understand the supernatural. But he’s finally finding his groove as a reluctant medium and cold-case detective. That’s not to say everything is going smoothly—there’s a wedding in the works, after all. He’s finally taking that enormous step with fellow detective, Daniel McKenna, and he couldn’t be happier…about the marriage. Not so much the wedding...
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    lgbtq  adult  book  fiction
  • Jamie by L.D. Lapinski

    Jamie by L.D. Lapinski

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A beautiful and uplifting story from L.D. Lapinski, author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency, about how to make your own place when the world doesn't think you fit anywhere. For fans of Me, My Dad and The End of The Rainbow.Jamie Rambeau is a happy 11-year-old non-binary kid who likes nothing better than hanging out with their two best friends Daisy and Ash...
  • Poésies complètes by Arthur Rimbaud

    Poésies complètes by Arthur Rimbaud

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    *ILLUSTRATED EDITION French poet and adventurer, who stopped writing verse at the age of 19, and who became, after his early death an inextricable myth in French gay life. Rimbaud's poetry, partially written in free verse, is characterized by dramatic and imaginative vision...
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    lgbtq  classics  dark-academia  fiction
  • The Mistress Files: The Case of the Acting Actress by Tiffany Reisz

    The Mistress Files: The Case of the Acting Actress by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to the private files of Nora Sutherlin, The Mistress. Kingsley Edge, owner of the 8th Circle BDSM club, has ordered her to compose client profiles so the other Dominatrixes in his employ can learn from her expert erotic encounters. She’s the best Dominatrix at the club and her clients always leave satisfied..
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  fiction  steamy
  • Bad Habitzz: What's Yours by Ivy Symone

    Bad Habitzz: What's Yours by Ivy Symone

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everyone has bad habits. Some are hard to break, while others can be stopped cold turkey. But what happens when your bad habit gets you in some shit you can’t get out of? Andrea has just returned home after her other half’s passing...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  black-mc  female-mc  fiction
  • State of the Union by J.A. Armstrong

    State of the Union by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ...
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    lgbtq  age-gap  family  fiction  politics  wlw
  • Maverick by Max Ellendale

    Maverick by Max Ellendale

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Renowned doctor, Lauren Lewis, purchases an old Victorian home after the loss of her former residence and channels her energy into restoring the new property. When a wandering antique restorer shows up to take on the job, together, they uncover the secrets the house harbored for a century...
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    lgbtq  romance  wlw  fiction  book  adult
  • The Collected Books by Jack Spicer

    The Collected Books by Jack Spicer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Collected Books includes all the poems written from After Lorca (1957) up to the poet's early death, including Admonitions (1958), A Book of Music (1958), Billy the Kid (1958), and The Holy Grail (1962)...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  arthurian  classics  fiction
  • The Book of Frank by C.A. Conrad, Eileen Myles

    The Book of Frank by C.A. Conrad, Eileen Myles

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Winner of the 2009 Gil Ott Book Award, this expanded edition of The Book of Frank features additional "Frank" poems and an essay by Eileen Myles.Praised by poet Anne Waldman as a "voyeuresque surreal portrait," The Book of Frank is also, in the words of “candid portrayal of human cruelty and its resultant fantasies of escape...
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    lgbtq  21st-century  fiction  university
  • Live for a Living by Buddy Wakefield

    Live for a Living by Buddy Wakefield

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "Tender, jarring and deeply human, Live For A Living is a book of poetry that is pulsing with the same electricity and honesty found in Buddy's live performances...
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    lgbtq  21st-century  fiction  contemporary
  • El libro de Gloria Fuertes: Antología de poemas y vida by Gloria Fuertes

    El libro de Gloria Fuertes: Antología de poemas y vida by Gloria Fuertes

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Al fin en un mismo libro la vida y la obra de una poeta genial que vio su carrera ensombrecida primero por su género, después por su clase social y finalmente por su fama. El libro sobre la verdadera Gloria - 448 páginas a todo color. - Más de 300 poemas, varios inéditos. - 80 fotos nunca vistas. - 12 dibujos hechos por Gloria. - La biografía glorista más completa hasta la fecha...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  feminism  female-author
  • Stepbrother Next Door by Anna Wineheart

    Stepbrother Next Door by Anna Wineheart

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The stepbrother Quentin helped to raise is now back in Meadowfall - bigger and stronger than before, and very much an adult. It's a pity they're on bad terms. Especially when they share a bedroom wall...
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    lgbtq  adult  book  fiction  steamy
  • A Costume for Charly by C.K. Malone, Alejandra Barajas

    A Costume for Charly by C.K. Malone, Alejandra Barajas

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Trick-or-treat! Non-binary Charly must think outside the box to create the perfect Halloween one that represents both their feminine and masculine sides. Halloween is always tricky for Charly, and this year they are determined to find a costume that showcases both the feminine and masculine halves of their identity. Digging through their costume box, they explore many fun costumes. Some are masc...
  • Sweet Things by J.A. Armstrong

    Sweet Things by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Carrie Maynard’s life changed the day she walked into Devon Brine’s restaurant. It’s about to change again in ways she would never have imagined. On the heels of a romantic proposal, Carrie and Devon are about to embark on the greatest adventure of their lives—attempting to create a family. Families come in many shapes and sizes...
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    lgbtq  adult  anthologies  family  fiction  wlw
  • Perfect Pairings by J.A. Armstrong

    Perfect Pairings by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After a tumultuous two years, the death of her best friend, Dar, and the decision to sell her company, Carrie Maynard’s life has finally hit its stride. She’s married to the love of her life, Devon Brine and expecting their first baby. Devon and Carrie’s family might seem unusual to some people. They share custody of Dar’s daughter, CJ with CJ’s father, Tom...
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    lgbtq  adult  book  fiction  slow-burn  wlw
  • Forbidden Formula by Erica Lee

    Forbidden Formula by Erica Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hannah Kilpatrick wasn’t looking for more than a one night stand, but she can’t seem to shake the one from New Year’s Eve. Ever since she left Cecelia Webster’s bed, she regretted not getting her number. She knew it could never work anyway since she lied about her age to get into her bed, but she still couldn’t help but wonder about her...
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    lgbtq  wlw  age-gap  fiction  book  adult
  • Capturing Happiness by Erica Lee

    Capturing Happiness by Erica Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  romantic-love  fiction
  • Visions of Home by Erica Lee

    Visions of Home by Erica Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw
  • Perfectly Imperfect by Erica Lee

    Perfectly Imperfect by Erica Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw
  • Lost Soul: AJ's Burden by Nicky James

    Lost Soul: AJ's Burden by Nicky James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What does rock bottom look like to you? AJ Silva is about to find out. His life has been spiralling the drain for the past year, and if he doesn’t find a way out soon, he may die on the streets of San Francisco. Drowning in a severe drug addiction, battling every day to survive, AJ doesn’t know where to turn...
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    lgbtq  romance  mlm  fiction  book  adult
  • The Planck Paradox by T.J. Dallas

    The Planck Paradox by T.J. Dallas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cole Maclean is a philosophy teacher who also fosters service dogs through puppyhood. While she trains cute little Paradox to help a paraplegic friend, she can’t help but notice the pretty new professor with whom she finds herself sharing a supply closet.Kenzie Philips teaches physics and likes her world to be grounded in the hard sciences...
  • The Case of the Brokenhearted Bartender by Tiffany Reisz

    The Case of the Brokenhearted Bartender by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to the private files of Nora Sutherlin, The Mistress.Kingsley Edge, owner of the 8th Circle BDSM club, has ordered her to compose client profiles so the other Dominatrixes in his employ can learn from her expert erotic encounters. She’s the best Dominatrix at the club and her clients always leave satisfied..
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  steamy  wlw  humor
  • Call Down The Hawk 8 chapter sampler by Maggie Stiefvater

    Call Down The Hawk 8 chapter sampler by Maggie Stiefvater

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    8 chapter sample of Call Down the Hawk released by Scholastic on June 3rd in advance of the full novel's publication in November: https://www.scribd.com/document/41236..
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    lgbtq  fantasy  young-adult  fiction  book
  • Peanut Goes for the Gold by Jonathan Van Ness

    Peanut Goes for the Gold by Jonathan Van Ness

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Jonathan Van Ness, the star of Netflix's hit show Queer Eye, brings his signature humor and positivity to his empowering first picture book, inspiring readers of all ages to love being exactly who they are.Peanut Goes for the Gold is a charming, funny, and heartfelt picture book that follows the adventures of Peanut, a gender nonbinary guinea pig who does everything with their own personal flare...
  • KELABU by Nadia Khan

    KELABU by Nadia Khan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Senang kalau hidup dalam dunia hitam putih.Baik-buruk, betul-salah, cinta-benci,lelaki-perempuan.Apa jadi pada yang tengah-tengah?Apa jadi pada orang-orang macam aku?Bila Jun datang pada aku, menawarkan posisi sebagai 'boyfriend kontrak', aku tak tolak...
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    lgbtq  adult  book  fiction  wlw  romance
  • I'll Be Home For Christmas by Mason Deaver

    I'll Be Home For Christmas by Mason Deaver

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ben has a plan for the ultimate Christmas present for Nathan. All it requires is taking a large golden retriever from one end of the country to the other. No pressure. When a snowstorm rocks the east coast sooner than expected, though, Ben is trapped at the airport, and suddenly all their plans for a perfect first Christmas with Nathan are on the line...
  • The Secret Ingredient by Paul Castle

    The Secret Ingredient by Paul Castle

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Follows Pringle and Finn as they deliver birthday cakes to their colorful animal friends. Along the way, our lovable penguins discover the "secret ingredients" to a happy family. The Secret Ingredient is the sequel to Pringle & Finn (The Pengrooms).The Secret Ingredient is a picture book for ALL ages...
  • Dysfonctionnelle by Axl Cendres

    Dysfonctionnelle by Axl Cendres

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fidèle, jeune adolescente, grandit, entourée de ses six frères et sœurs, dans une famille dysfonctionnelle : son père enchaîne les allers-retours en prison, sa mère est à l'asile. Dotée d'une "intelligence précoce", elle s'intègre à un lycée des beaux quartiers où les élèves la regardent comme un alien. Mais c'est là que l'attend l'amour, le vrai, celui qui transforme, celui qui sauve..
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    lgbtq  book  fiction  lesbian-mc  young-adult  romance
  • Mules of Love  (American Poets Continuum) by Ellen Bass

    Mules of Love (American Poets Continuum) by Ellen Bass

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Balancing heart-intelligent intimacy and surprising humor, the poems in Ellen Bass's Mules of Love illuminate the essential dynamics of our lives: family, community, sexual love, joy, loss, religion and death. The poems also explore the darker aspects of humanity-personal, cultural, historical and environmental violence-all of which are handled with compassion and grace...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  contemporary  fiction  wlw
  • Os Dragões não Conhecem o Paraíso by Caio Fernando Abreu

    Os Dragões não Conhecem o Paraíso by Caio Fernando Abreu

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Escritor da paixão, como foi chamado por Lygia Fagundes Telles, o gaúcho Caio Fernando Abreu reúne neste livro treze contos girando todos em torno do mesmo tema — o amor...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  contemporary  fiction
  • Three Poems by John Ashbery

    Three Poems by John Ashbery

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    (American Poetry...
  • Convict's Candy by Damon "Amin" Meadows, Jason Poole

    Convict's Candy by Damon "Amin" Meadows, Jason Poole

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    CONVICT'S CANDY is based on a teen-aged, pre-op transsexual named Candy, who gets arrested and sent to federal prison exactly one week before her scheduled sex-change operation. Still having male organs, Candy is housed with strong, masculine, handsome male inmates who haven't been around or touched a woman in years...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  adult  book  fiction  mystery  urban
  • Kai's Aftermath by K. Elle Collier

    Kai's Aftermath by K. Elle Collier

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kai, Todd and Alana are back in this sequel to My Man’s Best Friend, which ended with Kai's surprise pregnancy.  Kai’s Aftermath picks up with Kai relocating to New York City with hopes of putting her life back together as she awaits the birth of her child...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  wlw
  • Influenced by Felice Stevens

    Influenced by Felice Stevens

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A MILLION LIKES vs. ONE TRUE LOVEBryce Bauman is one half of a famous influencer couple…until his boyfriend dumps him and puts the whole ugly scene online.Several months later, Bryce is at the end of his rope—he’s lost all his endorsements, along with his so-called friends...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  adult  book  fiction
  • Three by Helen Juliet

    Three by Helen Juliet

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All good things come in threes…When three shy best friends sign up to a dating app to finally get some by the end of the year, they don’t expect to all fall for the same gorgeous, slightly scary-looking older man. The only solution? Let him choose who he wants to bed. Except he doesn’t…Jacob didn’t become a billionaire before hitting thirty-five by making compromises. What he wants, he gets...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Other Side of Christmas by Sharon Booth

    The Other Side of Christmas by Sharon Booth

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A festive feel-good novella. Katy’s driving home for Christmas – except an empty, cold caravan hardly seems like home, and it’s not feeling much like Christmas. It wasn’t supposed to be like this: a few months ago she had her dream cottage, a loving fiance, and big plans for a perfect wedding...
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    lgbtq  adult  book  fiction  wlw
  • The Hangover by Emma Nichols

    The Hangover by Emma Nichols

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Eva continues to self-destruct, and Rosa faces the very real possibility of losing the woman she loves...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  adult  angst  book  fiction  wlw
  • The Finish Line by Erica Lee

    The Finish Line by Erica Lee

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  young-adult  romantic-love  fiction
  • The Woman Who Climbed A Mountain by Jamey Moody

    The Woman Who Climbed A Mountain by Jamey Moody

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  romantic-love  second-chances
  • The Human Line by Ellen Bass

    The Human Line by Ellen Bass

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Poetry,” writes best-selling author Ellen Bass, “is the way I pay attention, appreciate, give praise, struggle, grieve, rage, and pray. It’s the way I embody my love for the world.” The Human Line, Bass’ seventh book of poems, startles with its precise detail, intimate images, and wild metaphors...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  fiction  contemporary
  • L'ora dei dannati. La montagna by Luca Tarenzi

    L'ora dei dannati. La montagna by Luca Tarenzi

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    L'atteso secondo episodio di una trilogia. Un romanzo che è un fantasy ambientato tra Inferno e Purgatorio dantesco, un racconto carcerario, una storia di redenzione piena di colpi di scena. I quattro dannati evasi dall'Inferno approdano sulle sponde del Purgatorio...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  fantasy  retellings  fiction  book  adult
  • Filhos da Degradação by Felipe Castilho

    Filhos da Degradação by Felipe Castilho

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Você destruiria seu mundo em nome da verdade?A última região habitada do mundo, Untherak, é povoada por humanos, anões e gigantes, sinfos, kaorshs e gnolls. Nela, a deusa Una reina soberana, lembrando a todos a missão maior de suas vidas: servir a Ela sem questionamentos. No entanto, um pequeno grupo de rebeldes, liderado por uma figura misteriosa, está disposto a tudo para tirá-la do trono...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  adult  book  fiction  fantasy
  • Missionary No More: Purple Panties 2 by Zane

    Missionary No More: Purple Panties 2 by Zane

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Steamy, sensual and poetically hypnotic, Missionary No More: Purple Panties 2 is the follow-up to the bestseller Purple Panties. No one can debate the fact that Zane knows sex. The Queen of Erotic Fiction has hit home run after home run in the literary arena with her literary offerings...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  anthologies  drama  fiction  steamy  wlw
  • My Maddy by Gayle E. Pitman

    My Maddy by Gayle E. Pitman

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A child celebrates her Maddy, who is neither mommy nor daddy but a little bit of both, like so many things in nature. Includes note to parents...
  • Something Great by Jeanette Bradley

    Something Great by Jeanette Bradley

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Voila! Quinn spent the morning in their workshop, and they emerged with Something Great! But. What is it?No one seemed to understand that Something Great isn't supposed to be anything. It was just. itself. Something Great.Then, the new kid asks to play with Quinn and Something Great. They discover that Something Great can be an elevator, a bug catcher, or a stick lifter. It could even be...
  • Blutbuch by Kim de l'Horizon

    Blutbuch by Kim de l'Horizon

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Eine Lektüre, die an der Körperwahrnehmung und an den eigenen Gewissheiten rüttelt.Die Erzählfigur in Blutbuch identifiziert sich weder als Mann noch als Frau. Aufgewachsen in einem schäbigen Schweizer Vorort, lebt sie mittlerweile in Zürich, ist den engen Strukturen der Herkunft entkommen und fühlt sich im nonbinären Körper und in der eigenen Sexualität wohl...
  • Two Dark Moons by Avi Silver

    Two Dark Moons by Avi Silver

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Sohmeng Par is sick of being treated like a child. Ever since a tragic accident brought her mountain community’s coming-of-age ritual to a halt, she’s caused nothing but trouble in her impatience to become an adult. But when she finally has the chance to prove herself, she’s thrown from her life in the mountains and into the terror of the jungle below...
  • Tant qu'il le faudra, Tome 1 by Cordélia

    Tant qu'il le faudra, Tome 1 by Cordélia

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Prudence est une jeune lesbienne dans le placard qui découvre la vie parisienne... David est un étudiant gay dont la vie tourne presque exclusivement autour de son engagement associatif et de son meilleur ami... Jade, militante féministe et anti-validisme, essaie de faire entendre sa voix sur les réseaux sociaux..
  • Jacob's School Play: Starring He, She, and They by Ian Hoffman, Sarah Hoffman

    Jacob's School Play: Starring He, She, and They by Ian Hoffman, Sarah Hoffman

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Jacob--star of one of the most banned books of the decade according to the American Library Association--is back in his third book and ready to put on a school play! While learning their lines and making their costumes, Jacob's class finds itself unexpectedly struggling with identity, and what it means to be "he," "she," or "they...
  • Vanishing Monuments by John Elizabeth Stintzi

    Vanishing Monuments by John Elizabeth Stintzi

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    ★SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD★A brilliant novel whose lead character returns home to their long-estranged mother who is now suffering from dementia.Alani Baum, a non-binary photographer and teacher, hasn't seen their mother since they ran away with their girlfriend when they were seventeen - almost thirty years ago...
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