🌈 Queer Intimacy

Writing that lingers on the textures of closeness between queer people — the vulnerability of touch, the language of bodies, and the trust that precedes surrender.

Sounds Fake But Okay

by Sarah Costello • 2023

Remove attraction from the center, and relationships, romance, and sex look entirely different.

3.66

1k+

🖤 Asexuality 💚 Aromanticism 💛 Platonic Intimacy 🔀 Relationship Anarchy 📚 Queer Theory

Sounds Fake But Okay 91%

Remove attraction from the center, and relationships, romance, and sex look entirely different.

by Sarah Costello 2023

3.66

1k+ ratings

🖤 Asexuality 💚 Aromanticism 💛 Platonic Intimacy 🔀 Relationship Anarchy 📚 Queer Theory

Ace

by Angela Chen • 2020

The world assumes everyone wants sex. Asexuality reveals what that assumption costs all of us.

4.34

20k+

📘 Asexuality Studies 🌈 Queer Theory 📏 Sexual Normativity 🤝 Non-Sexual Intimacy 🛡️ Consent Culture

Ace 90%

The world assumes everyone wants sex. Asexuality reveals what that assumption costs all of us.

by Angela Chen 2020

4.34

20k+ ratings

📘 Asexuality Studies 🌈 Queer Theory 📏 Sexual Normativity 🤝 Non-Sexual Intimacy 🛡️ Consent Culture

Bad Gays

by Huw Lemmey • 2022

Gay history's villains reveal more about power, race, and assimilation than its heroes.

3.55

6k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer History 📚 Lgbtq Studies 🚫 Anti-Respectability Politics 🏴 Queer Radicalism 🔌 Power And Sexuality

Bad Gays 89%

Gay history's villains reveal more about power, race, and assimilation than its heroes.

by Huw Lemmey 2022

3.55

6k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer History 📚 Lgbtq Studies 🚫 Anti-Respectability Politics 🏴 Queer Radicalism 🔌 Power And Sexuality

On the Same Page

by Haley Cass • 2023

A news producer exhausted by dating discovers her roommate might be the connection she's craved.

4.33

16k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💕 Sapphic Romance 🏠 Roommates To Lovers 💭 Mutual Pining

On the Same Page 89%

A news producer exhausted by dating discovers her roommate might be the connection she's craved.

by Haley Cass 2023

4.33

16k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💕 Sapphic Romance 🏠 Roommates To Lovers 💭 Mutual Pining

This Book Is Gay

by Juno Dawson • 2014

Everything school omitted about coming out, identity, and queer sex, delivered with zero apologies.

3.76

13k+

🌈 Queer Sexuality ⚧ Gender Identity 🩺 Inclusive Sex Ed 🚪 Coming Out Guide 👥 Lgbtq Teens

This Book Is Gay 89%

Everything school omitted about coming out, identity, and queer sex, delivered with zero apologies.

by Juno Dawson 2014

3.76

13k+ ratings

🌈 Queer Sexuality ⚧ Gender Identity 🩺 Inclusive Sex Ed 🚪 Coming Out Guide 👥 Lgbtq Teens

Openly Straight

by Bill Konigsberg • 2013

Tired of labels, he hides his sexuality at a new school and falls for a friend.

3.85

34k+

🏫 Boarding School 🌱 Queer Coming Of Age 🌈 Gay Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity ❤️‍🔥 Friends To Lovers

Openly Straight 89%

Tired of labels, he hides his sexuality at a new school and falls for a friend.

by Bill Konigsberg 2013

3.85

34k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School 🌱 Queer Coming Of Age 🌈 Gay Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity ❤️‍🔥 Friends To Lovers

Proficiency Bonus

by Charlie Novak • 2021

A cosplay PA and closeted actor rekindle their Comic Con spark with late-night calls and fandom.

4.29

760

🎮 Fandom Romance 📱 Long Distance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🧠 Neurodivergent Romance ☀️ Sunshine X Reserved

Proficiency Bonus 89%

A cosplay PA and closeted actor rekindle their Comic Con spark with late-night calls and fandom.

by Charlie Novak 2021

4.29

760 ratings

🎮 Fandom Romance 📱 Long Distance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🧠 Neurodivergent Romance ☀️ Sunshine X Reserved

Queer

by Kathy Belge • 2011

A queer teen's guide to coming out, dating, staying safe, and finding your people.

3.77

855

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Teens 🚪 Coming Out Guide 🪞 Queer Identity 💕 Queer Relationships 🩺 Queer Sex Ed

Queer 89%

A queer teen's guide to coming out, dating, staying safe, and finding your people.

by Kathy Belge 2011

3.77

855 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Teens 🚪 Coming Out Guide 🪞 Queer Identity 💕 Queer Relationships 🩺 Queer Sex Ed

Courageous Hearts

by Emmy Sanders • 2023

A cabaret bartender falls for its nonbinary star and must rethink everything he believed about love.

4.36

2k+

🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Awakening ✨ Nonbinary Protagonist 🧲 Opposites Attract 🔥 Tender Slow Burn

Courageous Hearts 89%

A cabaret bartender falls for its nonbinary star and must rethink everything he believed about love.

by Emmy Sanders 2023

4.36

2k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Awakening ✨ Nonbinary Protagonist 🧲 Opposites Attract 🔥 Tender Slow Burn

The Velvet Rage

by Alan Downs • 2005

Success and beauty won't fix it: the shame gay men carry from childhood, and the skills that heal.

4.06

12k+

🏳️‍🌈 Gay Self-Help 🪞 Internalized Homophobia ❤️‍🩹 Shame And Healing 🚪 Coming Out 🏆 Validation Seeking

The Velvet Rage 89%

Success and beauty won't fix it: the shame gay men carry from childhood, and the skills that heal.

by Alan Downs 2005

4.06

12k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Gay Self-Help 🪞 Internalized Homophobia ❤️‍🩹 Shame And Healing 🚪 Coming Out 🏆 Validation Seeking

Somewhere Beyond the Sea

by T.J. Klune • 2024

Arthur's island sanctuary for magical children faces an inspection set on tearing his family apart.

4.10

224k+

😊 Cozy Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ✨ Magical Children 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Romance 🌈 Queer Family

Somewhere Beyond the Sea 89%

Arthur's island sanctuary for magical children faces an inspection set on tearing his family apart.

by T.J. Klune 2024

4.10

224k+ ratings

😊 Cozy Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ✨ Magical Children 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Romance 🌈 Queer Family

Sunburn

by Chloe Michelle Howarth • 2023

Her first love is another girl. 1990s Ireland demands she hide behind the boy next door.

4.28

61k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🤫 Secret Relationship 💕 Best Friends To Lovers 📜 Compulsory Heterosexuality ✝️ Catholic Guilt

Sunburn 89%

Her first love is another girl. 1990s Ireland demands she hide behind the boy next door.

by Chloe Michelle Howarth 2023

4.28

61k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🤫 Secret Relationship 💕 Best Friends To Lovers 📜 Compulsory Heterosexuality ✝️ Catholic Guilt

What a Girl Wants

by Roxy Bourdillon • 2025

Her mother's response to coming out: marry a man first. A memoir of taking up space.

4.18

142

📖 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Stories 💋 Femme Identity 🎭 People Pleasing 🪞 Body Image

What a Girl Wants 89%

Her mother's response to coming out: marry a man first. A memoir of taking up space.

by Roxy Bourdillon 2025

4.18

142 ratings

📖 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Stories 💋 Femme Identity 🎭 People Pleasing 🪞 Body Image

Milk Fed

by Melissa Broder • 2021

An eating-disordered comic falls for the Orthodox yogurt server who feeds her forbidden desire.

3.55

81k+

🍽️ Disordered Eating 🌈 Queer Awakening 💔 Mother Wound ✡️ Jewish Identity 💋 Forbidden Queer Love

Milk Fed 89%

An eating-disordered comic falls for the Orthodox yogurt server who feeds her forbidden desire.

by Melissa Broder 2021

3.55

81k+ ratings

🍽️ Disordered Eating 🌈 Queer Awakening 💔 Mother Wound ✡️ Jewish Identity 💋 Forbidden Queer Love

Boyslut

by Zachary Zane • 2023

Bisexual men disappear unless they shout. One manifesto for making your desires undeniable.

3.77

2k+

😶 Sexual Shame 💜 Bisexuality ✨ Sex Positivity 🔄 Ethical Non-Monogamy ⛓️ Kink Exploration

Boyslut 89%

Bisexual men disappear unless they shout. One manifesto for making your desires undeniable.

by Zachary Zane 2023

3.77

2k+ ratings

😶 Sexual Shame 💜 Bisexuality ✨ Sex Positivity 🔄 Ethical Non-Monogamy ⛓️ Kink Exploration

Not That I'd Kiss A Girl

by Lil O'Brien • 2020

Kicked out for coming out, she finds love, queer soccer, and the slow work of pride.

4.17

685

🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Stories 📚 Lesbian Memoirs 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 💔 Family Rejection 🪞 Internalized Homophobia

Not That I'd Kiss A Girl 89%

Kicked out for coming out, she finds love, queer soccer, and the slow work of pride.

by Lil O'Brien 2020

4.17

685 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Stories 📚 Lesbian Memoirs 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 💔 Family Rejection 🪞 Internalized Homophobia

Nanny in the Middle

by Adrian J. Smith • 2025

A nanny falls for three mothers who share her. Their fragile family faces a vengeful ex.

4.26

742

😈 Why Choose Romance 🧸 Nanny Romance 🏠 Found Family 🌈 Sapphic Awakening 💕 Hurt Comfort

Nanny in the Middle 88%

A nanny falls for three mothers who share her. Their fragile family faces a vengeful ex.

by Adrian J. Smith 2025

4.26

742 ratings

😈 Why Choose Romance 🧸 Nanny Romance 🏠 Found Family 🌈 Sapphic Awakening 💕 Hurt Comfort

Pass with Care

by Cooper Lee Bombardier • 2020

A trans man's essays: the desert, the bar, the body, and the long work of belonging.

4.50

171

🏳️‍⚧️ Transmasculinity 🛠️ Working-Class Queer 🌊 Gender Fluidity 🫂 Chosen Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Pass with Care 88%

A trans man's essays: the desert, the bar, the body, and the long work of belonging.

by Cooper Lee Bombardier 2020

4.50

171 ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Transmasculinity 🛠️ Working-Class Queer 🌊 Gender Fluidity 🫂 Chosen Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Hostile

by Nicole Dykes • 2022

A foster kid who can't accept love meets a closeted athlete determined to reach him.

3.96

8k+

🧩 Demisexual Discovery 🏈 Closeted Athlete 💕 Friends To Lovers 🤫 Secret Relationship 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Hostile 88%

A foster kid who can't accept love meets a closeted athlete determined to reach him.

by Nicole Dykes 2022

3.96

8k+ ratings

🧩 Demisexual Discovery 🏈 Closeted Athlete 💕 Friends To Lovers 🤫 Secret Relationship 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Night Off

by Meghan O'Brien • 2012

An accountant books a night with a butch escort. The connection was never part of the deal.

4.02

3k+

🖤 Bdsm Romance 💼 Sex Work Romance 💪 Butch/Femme 👩‍👧 Sibling Caretaker 😢 Angsty Romance

The Night Off 88%

An accountant books a night with a butch escort. The connection was never part of the deal.

by Meghan O'Brien 2012

4.02

3k+ ratings

🖤 Bdsm Romance 💼 Sex Work Romance 💪 Butch/Femme 👩‍👧 Sibling Caretaker 😢 Angsty Romance

Bisexual Men Exist

by Vaneet Mehta • 2023

Only 14% of bi men are out. The others have a handbook now that sees them.

3.76

147

🧔‍♂️ Bisexual Men 🧭 Pansexuality 🚫 Biphobia 🌈 Bi Visibility 🧠 Queer Mental Health

Bisexual Men Exist 88%

Only 14% of bi men are out. The others have a handbook now that sees them.

by Vaneet Mehta 2023

3.76

147 ratings

🧔‍♂️ Bisexual Men 🧭 Pansexuality 🚫 Biphobia 🌈 Bi Visibility 🧠 Queer Mental Health

Lately Lesbian

by J.D. Simmons • 2019

After thirty-three years as a wife, a woman from her past makes her question everything.

4.12

🌸 Late-Blooming Lesbian ⏰ Midlife Awakening 🔗 Compulsory Heterosexuality 🔥 Sexual Awakening 🚪 Closeted Marriage

Lately Lesbian 88%

After thirty-three years as a wife, a woman from her past makes her question everything.

by J.D. Simmons 2019

4.12

17 ratings

🌸 Late-Blooming Lesbian ⏰ Midlife Awakening 🔗 Compulsory Heterosexuality 🔥 Sexual Awakening 🚪 Closeted Marriage

10 Ways to Accidentally Fall in Love

by Emmy Sanders • 2025

A straight goofball's no-strings month with his gym partner turns into the love he never expected.

4.15

11k+

🏳️‍🌈 Bisexual Awakening 💕 Friends To Lovers 💪 Gym Meet Cute 😅 Oblivious Hero 🤝 Friends With Benefits

10 Ways to Accidentally Fall in Love Summary

10 Ways to Accidentally Fall in Love 88%

A straight goofball's no-strings month with his gym partner turns into the love he never expected.

by Emmy Sanders 2025

4.15

11k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Bisexual Awakening 💕 Friends To Lovers 💪 Gym Meet Cute 😅 Oblivious Hero 🤝 Friends With Benefits

Off Limits

by Riley Hart • 2021

An anonymous app connects him to the one man forbidden: his sister's ex-husband.

4.07

4k+

🔥 Forbidden Romance 📱 Anonymous Connection 💭 Bi Awakening 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

Off Limits 88%

An anonymous app connects him to the one man forbidden: his sister's ex-husband.

by Riley Hart 2021

4.07

4k+ ratings

🔥 Forbidden Romance 📱 Anonymous Connection 💭 Bi Awakening 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

I Wish You All the Best

by Mason Deaver • 2019

Thrown out by their parents, a nonbinary teen builds a home with a sister long estranged.

4.14

55k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Queer Coming Of Age 💛 Found Family ✨ Nonbinary Protagonist 💕 Friends To Lovers 🧠 Mental Health Journey

I Wish You All the Best 88%

Thrown out by their parents, a nonbinary teen builds a home with a sister long estranged.

by Mason Deaver 2019

4.14

55k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Queer Coming Of Age 💛 Found Family ✨ Nonbinary Protagonist 💕 Friends To Lovers 🧠 Mental Health Journey

The Inverts

by Crystal Jeans • 2021

Childhood friends, both queer, seal a marriage pact in the 1920s that will cost them everything.

3.22

864

📜 Queer Historical Fiction 💍 Lavender Marriage 🌸 Sapphic Awakening 🤝 Platonic Soulmates 🖤 Dark Humor

The Inverts 88%

Childhood friends, both queer, seal a marriage pact in the 1920s that will cost them everything.

by Crystal Jeans 2021

3.22

864 ratings

📜 Queer Historical Fiction 💍 Lavender Marriage 🌸 Sapphic Awakening 🤝 Platonic Soulmates 🖤 Dark Humor

The Grief Keeper

by Alexandra Villasante • 2019

A Salvadoran teen absorbs a stranger's grief so her sister can claim asylum.

3.97

3k+

🏠 Asylum Seeker 💕 Sapphic Romance 👭 Protective Sister 🔬 Medical Experiment 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Grief Keeper 88%

A Salvadoran teen absorbs a stranger's grief so her sister can claim asylum.

by Alexandra Villasante 2019

3.97

3k+ ratings

🏠 Asylum Seeker 💕 Sapphic Romance 👭 Protective Sister 🔬 Medical Experiment 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Whole Lesbian Sex Book

by Felice Newman • 1999

From first touch to BDSM scenes: the unabashed guide to lesbian sex, anatomy, and connection.

4.11

937

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian Sexuality 🧬 Pleasure Anatomy 💥 Orgasm Guide 🗣️ Erotic Communication 🪞 Body Image Healing

The Whole Lesbian Sex Book 88%

From first touch to BDSM scenes: the unabashed guide to lesbian sex, anatomy, and connection.

by Felice Newman 1999

4.11

937 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian Sexuality 🧬 Pleasure Anatomy 💥 Orgasm Guide 🗣️ Erotic Communication 🪞 Body Image Healing

by Julia Shaw • 2022

Bisexuality as the baseline, not an aberration. The history, the science, the cost of invisibility.

4.11

6k+

📚 Bisexuality Studies 📜 Queer History 🔬 Sexuality Research 👻 Bisexual Erasure 🌱 Identity Development

Bi 88%

Bisexuality as the baseline, not an aberration. The history, the science, the cost of invisibility.

by Julia Shaw 2022

4.11

6k+ ratings

📚 Bisexuality Studies 📜 Queer History 🔬 Sexuality Research 👻 Bisexual Erasure 🌱 Identity Development

Boyfriend Goals

by Riley Hart • 2022

An unfiltered accountant inherits a Maine bookstore, and the tattooed tenant who finally gets him.

4.16

11k+

🧠 Neurodivergent Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Roommates To Lovers 🔥 Tattooed Hero ✋ Explicit Consent

Boyfriend Goals 88%

An unfiltered accountant inherits a Maine bookstore, and the tattooed tenant who finally gets him.

by Riley Hart 2022

4.16

11k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Roommates To Lovers 🔥 Tattooed Hero ✋ Explicit Consent

Sorry, Bro

by Taleen Voskuni • 2023

Her mother lines up Armenian bachelors. She falls for the witchy woman running the cooking class.

3.64

6k+

🏳️‍🌈 Bisexual Awakening 🇦🇲 Armenian Diaspora 💕 Friends To Lovers 🌈 Coming Out Journey 👨‍👩‍👧 Meddling Family

Sorry, Bro 88%

Her mother lines up Armenian bachelors. She falls for the witchy woman running the cooking class.

by Taleen Voskuni 2023

3.64

6k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Bisexual Awakening 🇦🇲 Armenian Diaspora 💕 Friends To Lovers 🌈 Coming Out Journey 👨‍👩‍👧 Meddling Family

Filthy Animals

by Brandon Taylor • 2021

After a crisis, a gay math student drifts into the charged bond between two partnered dancers.

3.63

10k+

🖇️ Linked Short Stories 🔥 Queer Desire 🧠 Interior Lives 🌧️ Tender Melancholy 🩹 Emotional Recovery

Filthy Animals 88%

After a crisis, a gay math student drifts into the charged bond between two partnered dancers.

by Brandon Taylor 2021

3.63

10k+ ratings

🖇️ Linked Short Stories 🔥 Queer Desire 🧠 Interior Lives 🌧️ Tender Melancholy 🩹 Emotional Recovery

sWitch

by Kat Blackthorne • 2025

A tattooed masc dropout, her twin's girlfriend, and the game where she pretends to be him.

3.75

2k+

🖤 Sapphic Dark Romance 🎮 Gamer Romance 💖 Femme Masc Dynamic 💍 Fake Dating 👤 Secret Identity Online

sWitch 88%

A tattooed masc dropout, her twin's girlfriend, and the game where she pretends to be him.

by Kat Blackthorne 2025

3.75

2k+ ratings

🖤 Sapphic Dark Romance 🎮 Gamer Romance 💖 Femme Masc Dynamic 💍 Fake Dating 👤 Secret Identity Online

First Comes Love

by Marion Winik • 1996

She fell for a gay man during Mardi Gras. Marriage, meth, motherhood, abuse, and AIDS came next.

4.14

441

✍️ Literary Memoir 💊 Aids Crisis 💔 Unconventional Marriage 💉 Love And Addiction 🚫 Domestic Violence

First Comes Love 88%

She fell for a gay man during Mardi Gras. Marriage, meth, motherhood, abuse, and AIDS came next.

by Marion Winik 1996

4.14

441 ratings

✍️ Literary Memoir 💊 Aids Crisis 💔 Unconventional Marriage 💉 Love And Addiction 🚫 Domestic Violence

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

by Gertrude Stein • 1933

Alice Toklas meets Gertrude Stein in 1907 Paris, entering the salon where modern art was born.

3.54

14k+

📖 Experimental Memoir 🎨 Literary Modernism 🛋️ Salon Culture 💞 Life Partnership 🗼 Americans In Paris

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Summary

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas 88%

Alice Toklas meets Gertrude Stein in 1907 Paris, entering the salon where modern art was born.

by Gertrude Stein 1933

3.54

14k+ ratings

📖 Experimental Memoir 🎨 Literary Modernism 🛋️ Salon Culture 💞 Life Partnership 🗼 Americans In Paris

Our Way

by T.L. Swan • 2020

For ten years, he was her gay best friend. One bikini, and their carefully built world fell apart.

4.07

29k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🌈 Bi Awakening 🔥 Slow Burn 🩺 Medical Romance 🏢 Roommates To Lovers

Our Way 88%

For ten years, he was her gay best friend. One bikini, and their carefully built world fell apart.

by T.L. Swan 2020

4.07

29k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🌈 Bi Awakening 🔥 Slow Burn 🩺 Medical Romance 🏢 Roommates To Lovers

Straight Battle

by Willow Dixon • 2022

Two straight men share a house, a renovation project, and an attraction neither can explain.

3.83

2k+

🧭 Bi Awakening 🏠 Roommates To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 💔 Hurt/Comfort 🤝 Found Family

Straight Battle 88%

Two straight men share a house, a renovation project, and an attraction neither can explain.

by Willow Dixon 2022

3.83

2k+ ratings

🧭 Bi Awakening 🏠 Roommates To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 💔 Hurt/Comfort 🤝 Found Family

A Lesbian's Guide to Women

by Erica Lee • 2023

Grandma's hookup-nudge leads Annalise to Brinley: a bartender with a thorough syllabus.

4.26

3k+

🌈 Bisexual Awakening 📚 Sex Tutoring ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 😌 Low Angst 🏠 Found Family

A Lesbian's Guide to Women 88%

Grandma's hookup-nudge leads Annalise to Brinley: a bartender with a thorough syllabus.

by Erica Lee 2023

4.26

3k+ ratings

🌈 Bisexual Awakening 📚 Sex Tutoring ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 😌 Low Angst 🏠 Found Family

Conversations with Friends

by Sally Rooney • 2017

A young poet's secret affair with a married actor unravels the friendship she once called love.

3.73

622k+

💔 Extramarital Affair 🏛️ Class Tensions 💜 Bisexual Protagonist ⏳ Age Gap Relationship 🇮🇪 Contemporary Dublin

Conversations with Friends 88%

A young poet's secret affair with a married actor unravels the friendship she once called love.

by Sally Rooney 2017

3.73

622k+ ratings

💔 Extramarital Affair 🏛️ Class Tensions 💜 Bisexual Protagonist ⏳ Age Gap Relationship 🇮🇪 Contemporary Dublin

Big Swiss

by Jen Beagin • 2023

A transcriptionist falls for a client's voice, meets her at the dog park, and gives a fake name.

3.68

149k+

🛋️ Therapy Fiction 🤫 Secret Queer Affair 🎭 Identity Concealment 🤪 Unhinged Narrator 🏚️ Modern Gothic

Big Swiss 88%

A transcriptionist falls for a client's voice, meets her at the dog park, and gives a fake name.

by Jen Beagin 2023

3.68

149k+ ratings

🛋️ Therapy Fiction 🤫 Secret Queer Affair 🎭 Identity Concealment 🤪 Unhinged Narrator 🏚️ Modern Gothic

Nick and Charlie

by Alice Oseman • 2015

Nick leaves for university; Charlie stays. The distance won't break them. The silence will.

4.13

155k+

🛤️ Long-Distance Relationship 💬 Miscommunication 💑 Established Couple 💔 Fear Of Abandonment ☀️ Summer Before College

Nick and Charlie 88%

Nick leaves for university; Charlie stays. The distance won't break them. The silence will.

by Alice Oseman 2015

4.13

155k+ ratings

🛤️ Long-Distance Relationship 💬 Miscommunication 💑 Established Couple 💔 Fear Of Abandonment ☀️ Summer Before College

Cosas del destino (II)

by Cris Ginsey • 2018

Ashley found Claire's diary at camp. Twelve years later, Claire walks into her park, already taken.

4.39

321

🌈 Sapphic Romance 👭 Friends To Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Journey 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Cosas del destino (II) 88%

Ashley found Claire's diary at camp. Twelve years later, Claire walks into her park, already taken.

by Cris Ginsey 2018

4.39

321 ratings

🌈 Sapphic Romance 👭 Friends To Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Journey 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

They Both Die at the End

by Adam Silvera • 2017

A final day's notice connects two teenage strangers. They spend their last hours falling in love.

3.75

881k+

🕰️ One Day Romance 💞 Strangers To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 💔 Bittersweet Ending 🥀 Ya Tearjerker

They Both Die at the End 88%

A final day's notice connects two teenage strangers. They spend their last hours falling in love.

by Adam Silvera 2017

3.75

881k+ ratings

🕰️ One Day Romance 💞 Strangers To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 💔 Bittersweet Ending 🥀 Ya Tearjerker

Now Is the Hour

by Tom Spanbauer • 2006

A queer farm boy in 1960s Idaho hunts for one color worth believing in.

4.14

1k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🤲 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Love 💑 Interracial Romance ⛪ Catholic Guilt

Now Is the Hour 88%

A queer farm boy in 1960s Idaho hunts for one color worth believing in.

by Tom Spanbauer 2006

4.14

1k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🤲 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Love 💑 Interracial Romance ⛪ Catholic Guilt

Claiming the B in LGBT

by Kate Harrad • 2018

Queer spaces often erase bisexuality. How to own your identity and what allies keep getting wrong.

4.07

164

🏳️‍🌈 Bisexual Identity 📢 Bisexual Advocacy 🚫 Biphobia And Erasure 🚪 Coming Out Narratives 🤝 Lgbt Allyship

Claiming the B in LGBT 88%

Queer spaces often erase bisexuality. How to own your identity and what allies keep getting wrong.

by Kate Harrad 2018

4.07

164 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Bisexual Identity 📢 Bisexual Advocacy 🚫 Biphobia And Erasure 🚪 Coming Out Narratives 🤝 Lgbt Allyship

To Catch a Firefly

by Emmy Sanders • 2024

Childhood best friends: one dreams of leaving Nebraska, the other has loved him since they met.

4.39

24k+

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To Catch a Firefly 88%

Childhood best friends: one dreams of leaving Nebraska, the other has loved him since they met.

by Emmy Sanders 2024

4.39

24k+ ratings

💞 Friends To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💭 Mutual Pining 🌱 Childhood Friends

Scaffolding

by Lauren Elkin • 2024

In Paris, a grieving analyst falls for her neighbor's boyfriend: her own first love.

3.63

6k+

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Fiction 💔 Affair With Ex 🌈 Queer Awakening 🥀 Melancholy Mood 🗼 Contemporary Paris

Scaffolding 88%

In Paris, a grieving analyst falls for her neighbor's boyfriend: her own first love.

by Lauren Elkin 2024

3.63

6k+ ratings

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Fiction 💔 Affair With Ex 🌈 Queer Awakening 🥀 Melancholy Mood 🗼 Contemporary Paris

Love Points to You

by Alice Lin • 2025

An artist, a secret game, and the guarded classmate she was never supposed to fall for.

3.60

910

🖤 Asexual Love Story 🎨 Artistic Ambition 👯 Stepsister Bonding 🏠 Blended Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Love Points to You 88%

An artist, a secret game, and the guarded classmate she was never supposed to fall for.

by Alice Lin 2025

3.60

910 ratings

🖤 Asexual Love Story 🎨 Artistic Ambition 👯 Stepsister Bonding 🏠 Blended Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Disappoint Me

by Nicola Dinan • 2025

A trans poet, weary of being left behind, falls for a man with a buried past.

3.97

9k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Literary Fiction 👥 Queer Chosen Family 😮‍💨 Millennial Discontent 🇬🇧 Contemporary London 🥀 Wry Tenderness

Disappoint Me 88%

A trans poet, weary of being left behind, falls for a man with a buried past.

by Nicola Dinan 2025

3.97

9k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Literary Fiction 👥 Queer Chosen Family 😮‍💨 Millennial Discontent 🇬🇧 Contemporary London 🥀 Wry Tenderness

Dream On, Ramona Riley

by Ashley Herring Blake • 2025

A waitress fake-dates the star she's training, unaware they shared a first kiss at thirteen.

3.70

14k+

🖤 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Fake Dating 🌟 Celebrity Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔗 Childhood Connection

Dream On, Ramona Riley 88%

A waitress fake-dates the star she's training, unaware they shared a first kiss at thirteen.

by Ashley Herring Blake 2025

3.70

14k+ ratings

🖤 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Fake Dating 🌟 Celebrity Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔗 Childhood Connection

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