Happy Pride Month from WLPL! Check out the titles we have read (or watched) and loved, and don’t forget to share your favourites!

Note: romantic pairings are indicated with M/M for male/male, F/F for female/female and so on. Rep is indicated when the gender or sexual orientation are specified in the book or by reviewers. When known, details about other representation such as disability or ethnicity are provided. All the titles listed have been read and loved by library staff.

Adult Books

A Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose Sutherland (F/F)

The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun (M/M)

Rep: Indian American gay main character with depression, gay main character with generalized anxiety disorder, OCD & a panic disorder.

House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune (M/M)

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennet (F/F)

Rep: Lesbian main characters.

A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers

Rep: Agender main characters.

Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner (F/F)

Rep: Bisexual Jewish main character with asthma, Chinese-American lesbian main character.

You’re That Bitch by
Bretman Rock

Rep: Gay Filipino-American author.

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Rep: Gay author.

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree (F/F)

Teen Books

Sword in the Stars by Amy Rose Capetta (F/F)

Rep: Pansexual and gay main characters.

The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Rep: Latinx main character, gay father.

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (M/M/F)

Rep: Chinese-coded cast, bisexual main characters, polyamory.

All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson (M/NB)

Rep: Queer, non-binary African-American author.

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell (M/M)

Rep: Bisexual main character, gay main character.

Check Please by Ngozi Ukazu (M/M)

Rep: Gay main character.

When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb

Rep: Jewish cast, agender main character, lesbian main character.

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo (F/F)

Rep: Lesbian Chinese-American main character.

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman (M/M, F/F, M/F)

Rep: Bisexual main character, gay main character, lesbian main characters, trans main character.

Queer Ducks by Eliot Schrefer

Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker (F/NB)

Rep: Chinese-American main characters, deaf main character, queer, non-binary main characters.

The Bone Spindle by Leslie Vedder (F/F) (M/F)

Rep: Lesbian main character.

Kids’ Books

Grandad’s Camper by Harry Woodgate

Grandad’s Pride by Harry Woodgate

Worm Loves Worm by J.J. Austrian

Pride Puppy by Robin Stevenson

It Feels Good to Be Yourself by Theresa Thorn

Prince & Knight by Daniel Haack (M/M)

Movies & TV

The Runaways (F/F)

Rep: Lesbian main characters.

Everything Everywhere All At Once (F/F)

Rep: Lesbian main character.

The Birdcage (M/M)

Rep: Gay main characters.

Rent (M/M, F/F)

Rep: Gay main characters, lesbian main character, bisexual main character.

Schitt’s Creek (M/M)

Rep: Gay main character.

Modern Family (M/M)

Rep: Gay main characters.