The intention of this list is for members of the Gal’s Guide LGBTQ+Ally group to share media materials that are helpful to LGBTQ+ persons, as well as media that is helpful to allies for empathy and knowledge building.
Please Note: Like most of us, our group has a large to-be-read pile, that being said there might be A-MAZE-ING books that are not yet on this list only because no one in our group has read it yet.
Young Readers Biographies
- I am Billie Jean King by Brad Meltzer
- Pauli Murray by Rosita Stevens-Holsey & Terry Catsaus Jennings
- Megan Rapinoe (Little People, Big Dreams) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
- Lorraine Hansberry by Janet Tripp
- Josephine by Patricia Hruby Powell
- Jane Addams by Judith Bloom Fradin & Dennis Brinell Fradin
- Stateswomen to the World: A Story about Eleanor Roosevelt by Maryann N. Weidt
- Billie Jean! by Mara Rockliff
- Abby Wambach by John Bankston
Young Readers Non Fiction
- It’s Okay to Be Different by Todd Parr
- Jack (Not Jackie) by Erica Silverman & Holly Hatam
Young Readers Fiction
- Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall
- Mixed: A Colorful Story by Arree Chung
Teen Fiction
- The Moon Within by Aida Salazar
- Rebel Robin (Strangers Things Novel) by A.R. Capetta
- Avatar: The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee & Michael Dante DiMartino
- Avatar: The Shadow of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee
- House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
- Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
- Hark by John Russell Gordon
- They Both Die in the End by Adam Silvera
- Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass
- Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin
- We Are Lost and Found by Helene Dunbar
- We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
- I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
- Picture Us in the Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert
- More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
- Loveless by Alice Oseman
Graphic Novel
- Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
- I’m in Love with the Villainess by Inori
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica by Magica Quartet
- Drama by Raina Telgemeier
- Komi Can’t Communicate by Tomohito Oda
- Revolutionary Girl Utena by Chiho Saito & Be-Papas
- Sheets by Brenna Thummler
- Princess Princess Ever After by Kay O’Neill
- Lumberjanes by N.D. Stevenson & Grace Ellis & Shannon Watters
- Fence by C.S. Pacat & Rebecca Nalty
- Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way
Fiction
- Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
- Finna by Nino Cipri
- Lesser Known Monsters by Rory Michaelson
- Not Quite Out by Louise Willingham
- The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Nonfiction
- Nazimova: A Biography by Gavin Lambert
- Hiding My Candy: The Autobiography of the Grand Empress of Savannah by The Lady Chablis
- Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf
- A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
- Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady by Susan Quinn
- Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by Bell Hooks
- Twenty Year at Hull-House by Jane Addams
- Transgender History by Susan Stryker
- Barbara Jordan: American Hero by Mary Beth Rogers
- Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America by Rachel Hope Cleves
- Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
- Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxane Gay
- Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States by Samantha Allen
Movies/ Documentaries
- The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017)
- The Celluloid Closet (1955)
- Paris is Burning (1990)
- The Freedom to Marry (2016)
- Hannah Gadsby: Nanette (2017)
- Wanda Sykes: Not Normal (2019)
- Tig (2015)
- I Saw the TV Glow (2024)
- Battle of the Sexes (2017)
- PRIDE (2014)
TV Shows
- Pose (2018)
- Heartstopper (2022)
Got an LGBTQ+ title you’ve read and recommend? Let us know in the comments!
Gals Guide 
One reply on “LGBTQ+ Book Recommendations”
Lgbtq novel recommendation: Bittersweet, by Nevada Barr
LikeLike