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*
Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour
$32.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
When Sara Foster runs away from home at sixteen, she leaves behind not only the losses that have shattered her world but the girl she once was, capable of trust and intimacy. Years later, in Los Angeles, she is a sought-after bartender, renowned as much for her brilliant cocktails as for the mystery tha ...Show more
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 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 | Series: Wonderful Parents Ser.
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
Your Driver Is Waiting by Priya Guns
$32.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
Damani is tired. Every day she cares for her mum, drives ride shares to pay the bills and is angry at a world that promised her more before spitting her out. The city is alive with protests, fighting for people like her, but Damani can barely afford - literally - to pay attention. That is until the summ ...Show more
Yr Dead by Sam Sax
$24.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
I can't make heads or tails of it, the goat on the corner of Union and Metropolitan. It is 2016 and Ezra has just lit themself on fire outside Trump Tower, New York. Their life suddenly flashes across time and geography, leaping from memories of childhood to the inherited memory and historical moveme ...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
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