The Escapist

amerikate:

Lesbian/Bi:

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (1982)
• Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson (1985)
• Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown (1973)
• Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters (1998)
• Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden (1982)

Gay/Bi:

• Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin (1956)
• The Charioteer by Mary Renault (1953)
• A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood (1964)
• Maurice by E. M. Forster (1971)

Intersex:

• Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (2002)

Gay/Bi:

• More Than This by Patrick Ness (2013)
• Hero by Perry Moore (2007)
• Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith (2014)

Lesbian/Bi:

• Ash by Malinda Lo (2009)
• Huntress by Malinda Lo (2011)
• Adaptation (Adaptation #1) by Malinda Lo (2012)
• The Dark Wife by Sarah Diemer (2011)
• Hild by Nicola Griffith (2013)

Trans, Intersex, and Multiple Categories:

• Pantomime (Micah Grey #1) by Laura Lam (2013)
• Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block (2013)

Lesbian/Bi:

• Ask the Passengers by A. S. King (2012)
• The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth (2012)
• Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour (2014)
• The House You Pass on the Way by Jacqueline Woodson (1997)
• Kissing Kate by Lauren Myracle (2007)
• The Necessary Hunger by Nina Revoyr (1997)
• Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robbin Talley (2014)
• Starting From Here by Lisa Jenn Bigelow (2012)

Gay/Bi:

• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (2012)
• Chulito by Charles Rice-González (2010)
• Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan (2013)
• Blue Boy by Rakesh Satyal (2009)
• The God Box by Alex Sanchez (2007)

Trans (includes overlapping categories):

• Luna by Julie Anne Peters (2006)
• I am J by Cris Beam (2011)
• Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher (2009)
• Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark (2013)
• Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger (2007)

Gay/Bi:

• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (2011)
• As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann (2001)

Lesbian/Bi:

• Affinity by Sarah Waters (1999)
• Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (2002)
• The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters (2014)
• Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg (1987)

Non-Fiction (Autobiographical):

• Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (2002)
• Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson (2011)

(Since queer representation remains relatively scarce in this genre, note that while many of these books DO discuss queer themes at length — and that all contain at least one queer character — a few do not revolve around said character(s) and/or are not centered around queer themes.)

Middle Grade:

• Better Nate Than Ever series by Tim Federle (2013-)
• So Hard to Say by Alex Sanchez (2006)
• See You at Harry’s by Jo Knowles (2012)
• The House of Hades (The Heroes of Olympus #4) by Rick Riordan (2013)
• Marco Impossible by Hannah Moskowitz (2013)

Children’s:

• And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell, and Henry Cole (2005)
• King & King by Linda de Haan, Stern Nijland (2003)

(All contain at least one queer character, but do not necessarily revolve around them.)

Marvel:

• Young Avengers (v2) (Official: v1 / v2) by Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung, Kieron Gillen, and Jamie Mckelvie
• Runaways (Official) by Brian K. Vaughan, Adrian Alphona, and more
  
• Avengers Academy (Official) by Christos Gage, Mike McKone, and various artists
• X-Factor: Time and a Half (from X-Factor v3) (Official) by Peter David and Valentine de Landro

DC:

• The Movement (Official) by Gail Simone and Freddie E. Williams II
• Batwoman: Elegy (Official) by Greg Rucka and J.H. Williams III

Image:

• Rat Queens (Official) by Kurtis J. Wiebe and Roc Upchurch
• Shutter (Official) by Joe Keatinge and Leila del Duca

• Skim by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki (2008)
• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (2006)
• Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel (2012)
• Drama by Raina Telgemeier (2012)
• Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me by Ellen Forney (2012)
• Le bleu est une couleur chaude by Julie Maroh (2010)
• Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir by Nicole J. Georges (2013)
• Wandering Son (Wandering Son #1) by Shimura Takako, translated by Matt Thorn (2003, translation: 2011)

• On tumblr: bisexual-books, queerbookclub, queerbookrecs, and diversityinya (run by YA authors Cindy Pon and Malinda Lo)
  
• Outside of tumblr, Lee Wind’s blog — I’m Here. I’m Queer. What the hell do I read? — contains a myriad of queer booklists.
• In addition, goodreads.com has shelves for just about everything; one look at its Queer, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender ones can uncover some of the many books I couldn’t fit on this one post!

Enjoy!