27 LGBTQ Romance Novels You MUST Read This Summer
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27 LGBTQ Romance Novels You Won't Be Able To Put Down This Summer

You'll want them all on your summer reading list.

 Taylor Mead
Jun 23, 2020
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27 LGBTQ Romance Novels You Won't Be Able To Put Down This Summer

With all the social distancing you'll (hopefully) be doing this summer, it's the perfect time to crack open all of those unread books that are collecting dust on your bookshelf. Because when's a better time to read than sitting under an umbrella on the beach?

If you're looking for some new reads to add to your summer reading list, consider adding any or all of these 27 LGBTQ romance novels that you simply won't be able to put down.

SEE ALSO: 23 Romance Novels By Black Authors You'll LOVE Reading This Summer

"Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

"Call Me By Your Name" by Andre Aciman

"The Summer of Impossibilities" by Rachael Allen

"If I Was Your Girl" by Meredith Russo

"The Black Flamingo" by Dean Atta

"Let’s Talk About Love" by Claire Kann

"Red, White, And Royal Blue" by Casey McQuiston

"When Katie Met Cassidy" by Camille Perri

"Something to Talk About" by Meryl Wilsner

"Honey Girl" by Morgan Rogers

"Everything Leads to You" by Nina LaCour

"Boyfriend Material" by Alexis Hall

"The Secret of You and Me" by Melissa Lenhardt

"The Extraordinaries" by TJ Klune

"I Kissed Alice" by Anna Birch

"You Should See Me In A Crown" by Leah Johnson

"The Henna Wars" by Adiba Jaigirdar

"This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story" by Kacen Callender

"The Stars and the Blackness Between Them" by Junauda Petrus

"Girl Crushed" by Katie Heaney

"Late to the Party" by Kelly Quindlen

"Date Me, Bryson Keller" by Kevin van Whye

"The Falling in Love Montage" by Ciara Smyth

"I’ll Be the One" by Lyla Lee

"If We Were Us" by K.L. Walther

"Darius the Great Deserves Better" by Adib Khorram

Note: this is a sequel to "Darius the Great Is Not Okay"

"Once Ghosted, Twice Shy” by Alyssa Cole

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