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New LGBTQ+ Romances to Read for Pride (and All Year Long)

Posted by Sharon on May 27, 2022


If you're looking to fall head over heels for some LGBTQ+ romances, you'll find yourself quite lucky in love with recent books. In the first half of 2022 alone, we've gotÌýfake engagements for reality TV, simmering attraction between chefs, and not one but two historical happily-ever-afters from author Alexis Hall!

To help stock your Want to Read shelf ahead of June's Pride month, we've gathered up a spectrum of romances published since the beginning of 2021. You'll find blockbuster hits on this list as well as some very highly rated hidden gems. And since celebrations of love shouldn't be limited to only one month a year, we've also included a sneak peek at all the goodness still to come in 2022. Queer retelling of Much Ado About Nothing? A reimagining of Achilles, Patroclus, and Helen of Troy as a throuple? A grumpy-sunshine soccer romance? Yes, yes, yes!

Scroll over the covers below to learn more about each book, and be sure to add the ones that catch your eye to your .
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Now it's your turn! Recommend your favorite recent LGBTQ+ romances in the comments below!

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message 1: by Encarni (new)

Encarni *adds them all to her tbr*


message 2: by Hazel Bee (new)

Hazel Bee These look so good. My tbr just got longer.


message 3: by Christi (new)

Christi Diaz Tryst Six Venom was AMAZING!!


message 4: by Bo (new)

Bo I run a weekly film and book club for my mental health support group... will definitely be sharing this for our Pride LGBTQ+ themed session in June


message 5: by Anna (new)

Anna Kļaviņa Some of these books I definitely would love to read.


message 6: by Helene (new)

Helene Black I highly recommend Delilah Green Doesn’t Care


message 7: by hads (new)

hads now i have a much longer tbr


message 8: by N (new)

N i recommend malice!!


message 9: by Taylor (new)

Taylor Rae A Lady for a Duke was SO FREAKING GOOD


message 10: by Teri (new)

Teri I literally could not fall over myself fast enough to recommend The Long Game (and Heated Rivalry, the predecessor to this story). There are some great reads on this list, but TLG is a story you finish and immediately wish you could read again for the first time. Don’t let the cover dissuade you, read it!!


message 11: by Em (last edited Jun 12, 2022 06:38PM) (new)

Em "Light" by 'Nathan Burgoine. Not super recent, but it's well written, set during Pride, little known, and has a happy ending. :)

"Right Where I Left You" by Julian Winters is a sweet YA romance that came out this year.

"Gay Club!" by Simon James Green is another 2022 release. It looks like a lot of fun and I saw it highly recommended by another LGBTQ+ author in an interview. Can't wait to read it!


message 12: by Imani (new)

Imani Lectora Compulsiva wrote: "*adds them all to her tbr*"

Same!! lol


message 13: by Lyn Tucci (new)

Lyn Tucci I so recommend anything by Nicky James and Leighton Greene and if you like fantasy, read anything by Lily Mayne. All are excellent writers with books I constantly read over and over again!


message 14: by Ezri (last edited Jun 25, 2022 08:45PM) (new)

Ezri Reputation by Lex Croucher was delightfully queer.


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