Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created byย The Broke and the Bookish. This week we get a freebie and since it is Pride month, it is simply not acceptable that I haven’t done anything on the topic yet. So, here we are with a little list (in no particular order) of my favourite LGBT+ books and/or books that feature LGBT+ characters.
1. Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
The main character from this book works in film and that totally spoke to me! Also, I think I didn’t even knew that she was lesbian when I bought the book, so that was a nice change for once, because I actually think I have more books with gay characters.
2. Wide Awake by David Levithan
This is such an idealistic story, it sends a great message. It is about all kinds of diversity (skin colour, religion, sexuality) and even though it is not my favourite Levithan book, it is still one that inspires.
3. Blue is the Warmest Colour by Julie Maroh
Blue is the Warmest Colour always makes me kind of sad. It’s a movie and because of that I was lucky and got a free graphic novel of the story at work. It’s in German but still a beautiful story.
4. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
We already talked about all the cuteness that is Simon and Blue, right?
5. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
Another great Simon character! But I always loved Baz more. He showed up and the story instantly became even better!
6. Naomi & Ely’s No Kiss List by David Levithan & Rachel Cohn
I might be impartial about this one, because the movie has erased my memory of the book … which was confusing because of the use of many emojis as far as I can remember.
7. Any Shadowhunter book by Cassandra Clare
The Bane Chronicles are probably the most obvious example, but you can really pick up almost any book from the Shadowhunter series and find a member of the LGBT+ community there.
8. Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate
I think this was the first book with a pansexual main character … he was one of seven, but still! That was definitely interesting.
9. This Song Is (Not) For You by Laura Nowlin
This book featured an asexual character in a relationship, so that was definitely something new to read about as well and I really enjoyed it.
10. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
There was definitely a lot of sexual exploration featured here, even if it wasn’t the main theme of the book.
Which topic did you choose for your freebie? Any LGBT+ book recommendations? (And don’t say You Know Me Well, because that’s already on my physical TBR!)
I haven’t read a single book from your list! But to my defense, Carry On is on my Kindle and The Perks of Being A Wallflower is on my wishlist! ๐
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That’s a good start ๐
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I have so many of these on my TBR list! Can’t wait to get to them ๐ great list ๐
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YAY! Read all the books hahaha
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Yes to both the Simon’s!! I’m reading Carry On at the moment, and they haven’t even got together yet, but the sexual chemistry is ridiculous. I love Alec in particular too ๐
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Glad you agree! And I hope you continue to enjoy Carry On. It’s awesome.
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We all loved Baz. I’m pretty sure every person who has read Carry On adores him.
Oh, and I loved Perks of Being a Wallflower. It was The Gospel Book during my highschool, specifically because it had adult themes that any fourteen year old would grab on. We used to share it around during breaks and read it aloud. Sometimes, we snuck it in between classes. Everyone took turns bringing it at home and we tried our best to keep the book hidden from any adult lol
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Well yeah! Baz was just amazing!
Wow, I had no idea the Perks had such an importance to some people out there. I don’t think my parents would have minded if I read the book hahaha
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Our school was pretty conservative and we simply guessed we’d get a good scolding when some teacher found out about the book. Hahaha We were such losers back then
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I always had great teachers who loved thinking out of the box ๐
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Love your list!
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Thank you!
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Right now I’m reading Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets to the Universe (whoo is there any way to abbreviate that?) ADDSU? Anyway, the two main characters are guys and the book is about their relationship and how its growing into more (love). It’s really good so far.
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I heard great things about ADDSU (totally running with that abbreviation!). I hope you’ll continue to enjoy it!
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What a great list, and so many books I want to read! Everything Leads to You sounds so good, and that cover is so beautiful, I’m definitely reading it soon. Simon and The Perks were so, so good! โค
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Thank you โค Everything Leads to You is the perfect fluffy contemporary ๐ you should definitely check it out at some point. I even got the hardcover because I thought it was so pretty.
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It IS so pretty, ahah, it’s such a shallow reason to get books, but well…sometimes it happens ahah ๐
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Happens like ALL THE TIME with me hahaha
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I looooovvvvveeee Everything Leads to You ๐ one of my favorite books of all time
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Right? It’s so awesome.
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Great list! I will be buying Carry On this weekend and plan to read Simon Vs. sometime this summer.
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YAS! Go read them ๐
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Great list!
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Wow, This Song Is (Not) For You sounds so good! I also want to finish Carry On, but the info-dumps made me DNF it! :’) For Naomi & Eli’s No Kiss List, I loved the movie (ok that was my first knowledge of the glory that is Matthew Daddario as well as LOTS OF OTHER SUPER HOT PEOPLE OK) and I think i read Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist! SIMON AND BLUE ARE THE CUTEST
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Matthew Daddario is not even human! HE IS TOO GORGEOUS! I am not ashamed to admit that I have had several Matt-a-thons, where I watched all his movies in a row.
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(Any of my fanfictions.)
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Perks is the only one I’ve read from the list and I loved it. So many of these books are on my tbr pile and I can’t wait to read them. Carry On and Simon vs are the two priorities but I like the sound of Everything Leads to You so I’ll have to add that to the mix.
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Yes, your priorities are definitely the right ones ๐
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Dang! I haven’t read any of these. ๐ฆ But I can add my favorites: Wes & Jamie from Him. Great topic!
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I know about that one because of Cristina! I definitely mean to check it out someday.
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Happy to see Simon vs. and Seven Ways We Lie here! I actually didn’t consider SWWL to be LGBT+, but I guess it is because it has LGBT+ characters, oops.
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It probably doesn’t have as much of an LGBT+ focus as other books, but a pansexual character is definitely worth mentioning in my book hahaha
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