LGBTQIAP+ Lit Lovers discussion

If you have any recommendations for people or you want recommendations put them here!

Andrew Joseph White

I'm recommending both his published books- Hell Followed With Us and The Spirit Bares Its Teeth (I will say that TSBIT outdoes HFWU by a long shot, so if you only read one. . .)

Main Genre: Young Adult

Other applicable genres: LGBTQIAP+, Horror, Post-Apocalyptic (HFWU), Historical (TSBIT), Gothic (TSBIT)

Biggest content advisories: Gore, Violence, (Homo/Trans)phobia, Religious Trauma (HFWU), Medical Procedures (TSBIT), Sexual Assault/Abuse (TSBIT)

As you can guess from the secondary genres and content advisories, these are not light reads. If you are not a fan of horror or the grotesque, best ignore this recommendation. If the heavy stuff doesn't bother you, though, these books are excellent. The type of ultimately validating stories I wish had been around when I was still a teenager/part of the YA demographic.

I'm recommending "My best friend's exorcism", which is the last book I've read and the one I was truly eager to read during the spooky season

First, a book of the beginning of the XXth century then YA books, I promise.
Maurice by EM Forster was written in 1913-1914 but homosexuality was illegal in the UK so it was published only in 1971 one year after EM Forster's death and people discovered with this novel and surprise that this author was gay (I just searched in the Internet actually, lol)
William DiCanzio wrote a sequel called Alec and it's great and someone else wrote this sequel's sequel and it's called Maurice and Alec in America,

YA books
If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrich,
What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera (there's also a sequel of this book; Here's To Us and it's really good too),
In Our Universe We Are Infinite by Sarah Sprinz,
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman and every Alice Oseman's book too,
They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera,
Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda (AKA Love, Simon because the book was adapted into a movie of this name so some of the versions of this books have its title),
Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey Mc Quiston,
Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli,

AlecMaurice and Alec in America Sarah Sprinz Alice Oseman