Every June, readers come together to celebrate the authors transforming literature with LGBTQ+ storytelling.
Some of this year’s biggest releases feature LGBTQ+ stories – Taylor Jenkins Reid’s “Atmosphere” astronaut love story, Ocean Vuong’s “The Emperor of Gladness” and “Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil,” the new genre-defying paranormal from “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue” author V.E. Schwab. Romance author Jasmine Guillory penned "Flirting Lessons," her first sapphic romance. “Detransition, Baby” author Torrey Peters published an enrapturing new short story collection.
Whether you're looking for swoony summer romances, a poignant social commentary or thrilling whodunits, this list of LGBTQ+ books published in 2025 is a good starting point for every reader. For staff favorites, check out the LGBTQ+ books that make our queer staffers feel represented.
Small-town waitress Ramona has big Hollywood dreams but is stuck in New Hampshire taking care of her younger sister after her father’s car accident. A big-budget movie crew in town offers a glimmer of hope, but then Ramona runs into her first kiss, wild-child Hollywood nepo baby Dylan.
Inspired by real events, this historical fiction novel follows a trans man whose work improving queer rights in Germany halts when Hitler rises to power. Fleeing from the Nazis, he and his girlfriend escape to a nearby farm and live in isolation, disguised. A decade later, when a young trans man in Holocaust prison clothes collapses on their property, the couple vows to protect him and flee together.
