About Gay Book List

Gay Book List is a community-curated catalog of LGBTQ+ books. Our goal is simple: make it easy to find queer stories — across every genre, identity, and format — and to discover your next favorite read.

Every entry includes the details that matter: authors, publishers, narrators for audiobooks, formats, and reader reviews. You can browse by genre and identity, follow our curated lists, and catch our weekly recommendations.

Built with you

The catalog grows through its community. Spotted a book we're missing, or an entry that needs fixing? Suggest a book or an edit — every submission is reviewed by our moderators before it goes live.

Supporting the site

Gay Book List is free to use and supported by affiliate links. See our affiliate disclosure for the details.

About our editorial notes

Some book pages carry an “Our take” note above the publisher's description. These are AI-assisted drafts written from a book's own metadata — its representation tags, series info, content rating — and, where they exist, published reviews from sources like Kirkus and Lambda Literary. Every note is reviewed by a human editor before it appears, and every claim has to trace back to something verifiable: we never invent plot details, awards, or reception, and a note never replaces the publisher's description — it sits alongside it, clearly labeled.

Spot something wrong in a note? Tell us and we'll fix it. Authors and publishers who'd like a note amended or removed from their book's page can reach us at contact@gaybooklist.com — we honor those requests.

Sources

Curious where the catalog's data comes from? See our data sources — and the open-source software the site is built on.