Top 20 Queer TBR!

[@perpetualpages]

_SANTA OLIVIA_ 🌈🌈🌈 _THE AIR YOU BREATHE_ 🌈🌈🌈 (reaches a new octave) _THE HOUSE OF IMPOSSIBLE BEAUTIES_ 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈 I am oN THE FLOOOORRRRRR

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/comes back screeching/ _THE TROUBLE_ 🤯❤🤯❤🤯❤🤯❤🤯

[@ProblemsofaBookNerd]

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[@capricioushelen]

My current NaNoWriMo project is a sports romance between two lady figure skaters and honestly the fact that everyone loves Running With Lions so much is giving me hope for the future of this story! MORE QUEER SPORTS ROMANCE NEEDED. Also I can't wait for you to read Marriage of Unconvenience, it is SO CUTE and I adored it

[@ThisCubed]

Enemies to lovers? Sports romance? Have you heard of All for the Game? It features both (among a myriad of triggering things that I suggest you read before going into the series) and I definitely recommend it. The first book (there's a total of three) is called The Foxhole Court and the romance is a super slow burn but definitely worth it.

[@Catsandcamera]

My favourite series

[@LucieReads]

Picture Us In The Light was one of the best books I read all year and it's vastly underrated!!

[@AllSeeingScott]

Here's a book you can add to this list for 2019: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston. Comes out in June 2019.

[@ProblemsofaBookNerd]

Scott McCoy yes! It is definitely on my anticipated of 2019 list 😊

[@BrendaJKuhn]

I recently read Marriage of Unconvenience and really enjoyed it. I even stayed really late on a weekday to finish it. I hope you like it too!

[@stellaethoughts]

I finally watched this video and you HAVE to read Running With Lions ASAP!!! It's so good and now one of my favorite books ever!

[@sadyemaley816]

Picture us in the light is beautiful and I love it.

[@leatherandlacebooks7402]

I ended up adding a TON of books from this list! Thank you so much! In particular, I'm really excited to read Santa Olivia, This Kind of Epic Love Story, Running with Lions, Radio Silence, and Reign of the Fallen. It's going to be a fantastic set of reads! Just need to pick them up in my next Indigo order, alongside History if All You Left Me and Let's Talk About Love, which I'm both super excited for!

[@Caraphatash]

Jimmy from I Was Born for This is also gay! and he has some sort of relationship conflict in it too

[@fictionalives]

aa there are so many titles here i havent heard of before but sound amazing!! also, it is my moral duty to encourage you to read i was born for this as soon as you can omg it's SO GOOD

[@TheeKookyWildflower]

The Summer We Got Free and Here Comes the Sun are beautiful stories. I'm glad you plan to read them. I have The House of Impossible Beauties in my bookcase, but I haven't read it yet. Good luck!

[@ForTheLoveOfMusicals]

I've got more titles to add to my tbr now. Aro recs😍

[@candyhyojung1860]

out of the blue !!!!!ughhh I loved that book a lot it's so beautiful

[@candyhyojung1860]

omg and then you talked about I was Born for this addjgkhkgfk it is the bEst!! literally my favourite book ever. Jimmy is also gay btw just in case you didn't know 😊

[@reflectiverambling1148]

If you hadn't heard by now, Chelsea also has a new book that just came out on the 18th called Wicked Sweet. :)

[@ProblemsofaBookNerd]

Reflective Rambling I just added this to my TBR! It looks so great. I can’t believe how much Chelsea is out here blessing sapphics

[@arp711]

I definitely recommend Under the Udala Trees, it was really a lovely read and such an important voice. Also, thank you for including some books with ace/aro rep!

[@illogically.elyssa]

One of my favorite books I have read this year was Running With Lions and I read it twice in a row

[@chelsiesdiamondsandbooks]

Runs to go add Santa Olivia to my Goodreads TBR only to realize its already on there lol Thank you for bringing it back to my attention

[@camtheartist]

i'm so excited to have some new queer books to read, thank you for sharing :) small note; you wrote in the description that santa olivia is by jaquiline woodson but the image says it's by jacqueline carey!

[@clarajack3696]

I just finished This is Kind of an Epic Love Story, and it was awesome!

[@kiialaurila4738]

I hadn't heard of the house of impossible beauties but now I'm definitely interested!! I just recently watched Pose (which was absolutely amazing and you should watch it if you haven't) and it left me wanting something similar, and this sounds like just the thing. Thank you for this video!

[@tappkalina]

Running with Lions is pretty good :D I liked it.

[@bexwolfe2003]

Best notifications ever!!!!!! Made my day!!!

[@MinKattMossy]

I just finished reading I Was Born For This today, and it absolutely destroyed me. Alice Oseman is fantastic in every way. A book that I think deserves more hype is The Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths and Magic by F.T. Lukens. It's a cute little urban fantasy book with an adorable love interest and one of my favorite bi protagonists I've ever read. Like, I cried multiple times just from overwhelming feelings about the rep and the characters supporting each other. Would highly recommend!

[@bitski777]

I know you’ve read some Tillie Walden, but have you picked up On a Sunbeam yet? I know it was online for a bit but now it’s in book form and it’s probably one of my favorite graphic novels ever.

[@ProblemsofaBookNerd]

brand new I haven’t! I meant to add all of Tillie Walden’s books after loving Spinning, but I don’t think I ever added this one. I’ll go throw it on my tbr shelf right now!

[@purplekitten6637]

Soooo many books ! I love you :))

[@wiggleallaround]

Haha! I read Running With Lions because you mentioned it in another vid! It's real cute. I've also read Under the Udala Trees and The Summer We Got Free and both were amazing!!! You should add Red, White, and Royal Blue to your list! It comes out next summer, m/m, enemies to lovers, the fictional US first son + British prince get together, v cute!!

[@ProblemsofaBookNerd]

wiggleallaround I’m definitely sooooo excited about that book! I have it on my anticipated list for 2019, I can’t wait!

[@natassa9297]

I WANT TO READ ALL OF THEM

[@BooksWaffles]

THE AIR YOU BREATHE that's it

[@josiethereadingwitch2224]

Awesome video idea! A study in honor is my TBR as well , it sounds amazing!! Also Bloody Rose, lesbian bad ass mercenaries 😍 🌈 I highly recommend House of impossible beauties, it made me cry. A blade so black also has a wonderful lesbian romance and so does wicked like a wildfire...lesbian witches! 🌈🌈🌈😍😍 oh and Valencia by Michelle Tea, so good!! (I'll shut up now!) 😀

[@hayleymarie630]

*adds this video to a playlist to reference to later when I finally have money to purchase books again*

[@carapatel2214]

out of the blue is amazing! also I think that Tessa Gratton is an amazing writer, The queens of Innis Lear, and Strange Grace both have queer characters

[@ProblemsofaBookNerd]

Cara Patel awesome! That’s good to hear, I have both of those books on my tbr!

[@carapatel2214]

@@ProblemsofaBookNerd I can definitely see The Queens of Innis Lear being something you'll particularly like with how much inspiration it takes from Shakespeare.

[@bishfish7726]

I love Picture Us in the Light! The relationships the MC has with his family and friends are so complex and well developed and it's hopeful and heartbreaking at the same time. If you don't mind me asking, what was the book you thought was queer but wasn't? I don't wanna be fooled lol. A great under the gaydar book is If We Were Villains by M L Rio. It's a character driven thriller set at an elite Shakespeare college and, as well as the protagonist realizing he's not straight over the course of the book, there are two other main queer characters and it's really fantastic. I found the main character highly relatable as a bi person.

[@g.chatterjee2296]

Great list.

[@kit99832]

please definitely read heartstopper by alice oseman as well!! its a super cute gay comic on tapas and it’s set to have a physical copy release in february 2019! i cant recommend it enough (-:

[@ProblemsofaBookNerd]

Nikita G I will definitely be buying my own copy once it is released in physical form! The bits I have seen of it already make my heart soooo happy

[@TheSlothReader]

Out of the Blue is really endearing, in a weird E.T. kind of way

[@rajeshbookrider4122]

Oh... Yes. I love to read queer books

[@ByCourtenie]

Where do you end up purchasing these fantastic reads??? I have trouble finding lots of the lgbtq books on my tbr at B&N. 😔 maybe amazon?

[@ProblemsofaBookNerd]

courtenie I but them all over! I picked up a bunch recently from my local indie bookstore, but I do buy a lot from amazon. I would say that if it’s a budgeting thing, definitely go with amazon. But if you can, I like to buy online through indie booksellers or even through B&N online, since some other stores have the queer releases that maybe your store doesn’t!

[@heathergibson8594]

I love your shirt

[@ProblemsofaBookNerd]

Heather Gibson thank you!

[@kenziespierrot]

you should look into what if it's us, it's a really good lgbt book and it just came out

[@_reveux]

all of these sound so great what the heck (also.. running with lions.. why did you have to mention check please cause now i NEED IT)

[@ProblemsofaBookNerd]

theo I knew I would snare you this way. I KNEW.

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

☹️ I’ve only read one of these... THE SHAME

[@its_just_seb]

I'm gonna shamelessly plug the books of some dear author friends of mine: Mycroft Holmes and the Desert Wind by Janina Woods: sherlock holmes, but his brother is in the focus. He's also bisexual. And sassy as heck. Written by a bisexual woman. Second book out now! Of Gallantry and Magic by Alex Hintermann: High Fantasy with m/m romance, written by a nonbinary person!

[@tia3509]

Casually listening while cooking supper when I hear my name. Wow, that was weird. I've never seen a character with my name before. Although it's pronounced Tun-Dee not Tan-Dee 😊

[@ProblemsofaBookNerd]

Thandi so sorry about that! I had a professor in college with a strong Indian accent who always pronounced it Tan-Dee and I think I just accidentally adopted that pronunciation. I’ll keep in mind the other pronunciation going forward!

[@tia3509]

@@ProblemsofaBookNerd Don't even worry about it!! ✨

[@vredesduifje]

You're not entirely spot on about Out Of The Blue. It's main character doesn't have cistic fibrosis, but the love interest does. It's also important to note that the romance isn't between the angel and the main character, because some people go into this book thinking it is (I thought so too at first).

[@ProblemsofaBookNerd]

Lina C oops, sorry about that. I was so sure I had read a review that specified it was the MC. I’ll keep in mind it is actually the love interest! Thank you 😊

[@chelsiesdiamondsandbooks]

Oh now I want to know which book you thought was LGBT+ in case I made that same mistake

[@Oag1992]

Can someone explain sweeping narratives?

[@ProblemsofaBookNerd]

Oliver 92 I use it to refer to books that take place across a long stretch of time, usually multiple decades of a character’s life. Or, in the case of something like Homegoing by Yas Gyasi, a book that is set over multiple generations.

[@Oag1992]

Oh okay makes sense now😊

[@gurkankorkmaz663]

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[@bexwolfe2003]

What book wasn’t lgbtq? Picture us🎶?

[@ProblemsofaBookNerd]

Bex Wolfe I removed it from the list entirely. Originally it was The Poppy War, which I had been told by multiple people was queer. Actually it just features no romance and has an aromantic/asexual side character. Because there was no info in the first book about the main character’s sexuality I decided to remove it from the list!

[@bexwolfe2003]

Thank you, this was vary helpful

[@phix27]

I read Reign of the Fallen and it’s bad fam. Really bad.