Book Riot's 2020 Read Harder Challenge - hosted by thestorygraph

Read a debut novel by a queer author
All books added
The Black Veins by Ashia Monet

The Black Veins

Dead Magic #1

Ashia Monet

430 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Small Beauty by Jia Qing Wilson-Yang

Small Beauty

Jia Qing Wilson-Yang

160 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib

We Have Always Been Here

Samra Habib

220 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced
Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg

Confessions of the Fox

Jordy Rosenberg

329 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ adventurous challenging medium-paced
Mean by Myriam Gurba

Mean

Myriam Gurba

175 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir funny reflective medium-paced
Solitaire by Alice Oseman

Solitaire

Solitaire #1

Alice Oseman

391 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons

The Passing Playbook

Isaac Fitzsimons

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance sports young adult emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever

These Violent Delights

Micah Nemerever

465 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary thriller dark emotional tense slow-paced
Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison

Bastard Out of Carolina

Dorothy Allison

320 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Jeanette Winterson

171 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced