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*
My Heavenly Favourite by Lucas Rijneveld (translated by Michele Hutchison)
$32.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
The electrifying new novel from the winner of the International Booker Prize and sensational bestseller - a daring and unflinching account of loss, loneliness and the cost of survival. I heard you laughing from time to time and you stayed lying there on the flattened hay, and after you left, your body' ...Show more
My Shadow is Purple by Scott Stuart
$24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books
From the author of the bestselling My Shadow Is PinkMy Dad has a shadow that's blue as a berry, and my Mom's is as pink as a blossoming cherry.There's only those choices, a 2 or a 1. But mine is quite different, it's both and it's none.An inspiring book about being true to yourself, by best-selling chil ...Show more
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
$54.99 AUD
Category: Comics
"Tillie Walden is the future of comics, and On a Sunbeam is her best work yet. It's a 'space' story unlike any you've ever read, with a rich, lived-in universe of complex characters." --Brian K. Vaughan, Saga and Paper Girls Two timelines. Second chances. One love. A ragtag crew travels to the deepest ...Show more
Open Throat by Henry Hoke
$39.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
A queer and dangerously hungry mountain lion narrates this fever dream of a novel, carrying us on a universal journey through a wondrous and menacing modern day L.A. I've never eaten a person but today I might . . . A lonely, lovable, queer mountain lion lives in the drought-devastated land under the H ...Show more
Otherworldly by F.T. Lukens
$22.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult
A sceptic and a supernatural creature get more than they bargain for when they make crossroads deal to save themselves. A perfect LGBT+ romantic fantasy for fans of Rainbow Rowell, Margaret Rogerson and Adam Silvera! Ellery doesn’t believe in magic. Sure, they’ve been stuck in a five-year winter, but ...Show more
Paradise - Point of Transmission by Andrew Sutherland
$29.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Paradise (point of transmission) is a poetry collection placed within a sequence of physical and psychic transitional spaces: from seronegative to seropositive; from 'adopted' Singaporean to the poet finding his place again as an adult in the Perth of his childhood; and from being secretive about his HI ...Show more
Patience and Esther - An Edwardian Romance by S. W. Searle
$34.99 AUD
Category: Comics
"This charmer serves scorching heat in a sugar coating."- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Patience is a kindhearted country girl, eking out a living in Edwardian England as tremors of social change rock the world around her. When she starts her employment in formal service on the grounds of an opulent country manor, ...Show more
Rainbow History Class: Your Guide Through Queer and Trans History by Hannah McElhinney
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sexuality and Gender
Rainbow History Class is your entry into LGBTQ+ history, sharing queer and trans stories from Ancient civilisations all the way up to the internet. So much of queer and trans history and culture has been erased, but Hannah McElhinney, writer and creator of Rainbow History Class (as seen on TikTok), is ...Show more
Teach the Torches to Burn: A Romeo & Juliet Remix by Caleb Roehrig
$32.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult | Series: Remixed Classics Ser.
Queer star-crossed love amid a centuries-old feud takes center stage in this Romeo & Juliet remix that knows sometimes, the best way is to make it gay. Verona, Italy. Seventeen-year-old aspiring artist Romeo dreams of a quiet life with someone who loves him just as he is. But as the heir to the Mon ...Show more
The Best Liars in Riverview by Lin Thompson
$16.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
A heart-warming adventure starring a non-binary six-grader and written by a debut non-binary author on the rise. In the woods of a small town, Aubrey sets off on a journey about growing up, self-discovery, and acceptance while searching for their missing best friend. Aubrey and Joel are like two tomato ...Show more
The Boy from the Mish by Gary Lonesborough
$19.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult
It's a hot summer, and life's going all right for Jackson and his family on the Mish. It's almost Christmas, school's out, and he's hanging with his mates, teasing the visiting tourists, avoiding the racist boys in town. Just like every year, Jackson's Aunty and annoying little cousins visit from the ci ...Show more
The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros
$22.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult
Would you sacrifice your soul to stop a killer? Chicago, 1893. For Alter Rosen, this is the land of opportunity. Despite the unbearable summer heat, his threadbare clothes, and his constantly empty stomach, Alter still dreams of the day he'll have enough money to bring his mother and sisters to America, ...Show more