Here are 43 LGBTQ Books Out the First Week of Pride Month!

This sweet and steamy polyamorous romance is one of my favorite reads of the year so far! When Bebe walks into the cocktail lounge Mel works at, they have instant chemistry. Bebe is in an open marriage with her nonbinary wife Kade, and Mel decides that this is a great, low-stakes way to tiptoe back into the dating world after her heartbreaking divorce. They agree up front (in writing!) to keep it casual, but that quickly becomes easier said than done. I talk about this more on today’s episode of All the Books!

Ruth and Jules are sister con artists on an interstellar cruise, until Jules’s heart blows up their whole business. She falls for their mark, Esteban — and then Esteban dumps her without another word when she tells him the truth. Ruth is out for revenge, planning to make Esteban fall in love with her and then break his heart. But while on board this luxury satellite, she discovers a flaw in her plan: Sol, Esteban’s sister, is suspicious of her — and even worse, Sol looks very good in a suit.

Juliette is counting down the days until she can go to Fogridge Sleepaway Camp. This is the last year she can be a counselor there, and it’s the place she feels most at home. But on the first day, she discovers her cabinmate for the summer is her nemesis, Priya. Priya already has everything: millions of adoring fans on social media, the perfect track star boyfriend — and now she’s stealing Juliette’s camp friends and ruining her favorite place in the world. As the weeks go on, though, Juliette starts to realize she may have had Priya all wrong…

Valerie has grown up an insular, conservative Christian environment, including being homeschooled. When she finds a queer book in the library, she begins to question what she’s been taught — and then Riley shows up to Bible class. Riley and Valerie bond over being two of the only teens of color in their community, and then they start a secret romance. These two parts of Valerie’s life pull her in opposite directions, though, and she risks losing everything if they’re found out.

With chronic migraines and seizures, Ian has enough difficulty getting through the day — but then a parasite starts taking over Ian’s town, turning people into oily shells of themselves. His best friend and crush, Eric, is mercy-killing the infected. When a government evacuation creates a stampede of people, Ian falls, cracks his head, and dies…and then awakens, with the infection slowly taking over his mind and body. Perhaps worse than his death is the realization that Eric left him to die. As Ian and his friends try to find Eric while Ian is still himself, Eric is also searching for Ian — and he plans on mercy-killing him.

This is one of the biggest queer book releases of the month!: The Deep Dark is the newest YA graphic novel from the author of The Witch Boy and The Girl from the Sea. It follows Mags, a teenager with a lot of secrets. Like that she can’t stop kissing a girl who has a boyfriend. Or that there’s something happening to her that leaves her bleeding and drained every night, something that’s hurt people before. When Nessa, a trans girl she was friends with in childhood, returns to her life, it becomes harder and harder to keep those secrets to herself.