We recently asked members of our BuzzFeed Community to share their favorite queer books written by LGBTQ authors, and they really came through. Here are just a few of their great selections:
1. This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender (formerly Kheryn Callender)
2. Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde
3. An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
4. Birthday by Meredith Russo
5. The Not Your Sidekick series by C.B. Lee
6. Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
7. Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
8. The Dangerous Art of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis
9. I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
10. My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Nagata Kabi
11. History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera
12. Going Off Script by Jen Wilde
13. We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia
14. The Brilliant Death by Amy Rose Capetta
15. Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
16. Dating Sarah Cooper by Siera Maley
17. Perspective by Cameron R Spence
18. Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg
19. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
20. Something Like Summer by Jay Bell
Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.