LGBTQIA+ Fiction
Rabble's LGBTQIA+ picks from across Biography, General Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Comics. You should be able to see the original category under the title. Feel free to let us know about any titles you think should be included!
*Work in progress*
You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat
$32.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
On a hot day in Bethlehem, a 12-year-old Palestinian-American girl is yelled at by a group of men outside the Church of the Nativity. She has exposed her legs in a biblical city, an act they deem forbidden, and their judgement will echo on through her adolescence. When our narrator finally admits to her ...Show more
You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
A delightful, decadent romance, and a joyful celebration of Black excellence, from an award-winning author. It's the opportunity of a lifetime: Feyi is about to be given the chance to escape the City's blistering heat for a dream island holiday: poolside cocktails, beach sunsets, and elaborate meals. An ...Show more
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult
Becky Albertalli meets Jenny Han in a smart, hilarious, black girl magic, own voices rom-com by fantastic debut talent, Leah Johnson. Liz has always believed she's too black, too poor, too awkwardto shine in her small, rich, prom-obsessed town. But Liz has an escape plan to attend an uber-elite college, ...Show more
You'll Be a Wonderful Parent: Advice and Encouragement for Rainbow Families of All Kinds by Jasper Peach
$24.99 AUD
Category: Sexuality and Gender
You'll Be a Wonderful Parent by Jasper Peach provides a practical and emotional guide for LGBTIQA+ families around the arrival of a new baby. Becoming a parent is already a challenging time, even more so if you don't see yourself reflected in mainstream parenting resources, culture or even language. But ...Show more
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
$32.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A story of queer love and working-class families, Young Mungo is the brilliant second novel from the Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain. Douglas Stuart's first novel Shuggie Bain, winner of the 2020 Booker Prize, is one of the most successful literary debuts of the century so far. Published or ...Show more
Zami: A New Spelling of my Name by Audre Lorde
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive. A little black girl opens her eyes in 1930s Harlem. Around her, a heady swirl of passers-by, car horns, kerosene lamps, the stock market falling, fried bananas, tales of her parents' native Gr ...Show more
Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker
$42.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
The critically acclaimed author of Felix Yz crafts a bold, heartfelt story about a trans girl solving a cyber mystery and coming into her own. Zenobia July is starting a new life. She used to live in Arizona with her father; now she's in Maine with her aunts. She used to spend most of her time behind a ...Show more
¡Ay, Mija! (a Graphic Novel) - My Bilingual Summer in Mexico by Christine Suggs
$29.99 AUD
Category: Junior Comics
"An absolutely heartwarming and vibrant story of belonging, family, and the meaning of home. This book is a treasure." - Julie Murphy, New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin' In this bilingual, inventive, and heartfelt debut, graphic novel talent Christine Suggs explores a trip they took to Mexico ...Show more
Emmy Star Is So Everything by Daniel Tawse
$19.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult
Rocket has just gone through the worst summer ever. Which means it's the perfect time to start over in drama school in London ... Another joyful queer romance from Daniel Tawse, author of ALL ABOUT ROMANCE.It's September, and Rocket Middleton has just gone through the worst summer ever. Cruz Jones, the ...Show more
Fin and Rye and Fireflies by Harry Cook
$17.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult
Age range 14+ A gloriously upbeat LGBTQI+ novel of love, hope and friendship -- showing that although it's not always rainbows and fireflies, life's too short to be anyone but yourself... It started with a kiss...as love stories often do. Jesse Andrews had the arms of a Greek god and he was on the tra ...Show more
Gooseberry by Robin Gow
$29.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
Robin Gow’s Gooseberry is a moving middle-grade novel about a young nonbinary person searching for family and finding it with a sweet rescue dog. There’s a lot twelve-year-old B doesn’t know—like what their new name should be after coming out as nonbinary. Or what it would feel like to finally feel at h ...Show more
Grandad's Camper by Harry Woodgate
$29.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books
Discover a wonderful grandfather-granddaughter relationship, as a little girl hatches the perfect plan to get her Grandad adventuring again. Gramps and Grandad were adventurers. They would surf, climb mountains, and tour the country in their amazing camper. Gramps just made everything extra special. But ...Show more