8 LGBTQ+ Books to Keep Pride Going for the Rest of 2025

Geek Girl Authority

11-06-2025

Pride 2025 is here, and one way people choose to celebrate is by reading LGBTQ+ books with stories that represent them, speak to them, or create a safe space for them to feel accepted. However, literature opens the floor for readers to keep Pride going all year long by releasing new stories, creating worlds full of diversity, and introducing us to characters who may experience similar situations or live life the way readers wish they could.
Here is a list of eight new LGBTQ+ books you can read from July to November to help the Pride feeling expand through the rest of the year. Tell Me What You Like: An Honest Discussion of Sex and Intimacy After Sexual Assault by Katie Simon – July 29
If you wish to continue Pride 2025 with non-fiction reading, Tell Me What You Like: An Honest Discussion of Sex and Intimacy After Sexual Assault might be the book for you. As a journalist and survivor, Katie Simon sought out others who have experienced sexual trauma to share their stories. The goal was to help sexual assault survivors cope with triggers from their trauma to embody consent and self-pleasure in a way that satisfied them and their needs. Simon gives survivors a positive approach to their stories based on empathy and community.
Tell Me What You Like: An Honest Discussion of Sex and Intimacy After Sexual Assault by Katie Simon comes out July 29.
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Have you ever wondered what would have happened if the Helen and Paris love story had been between two women? Mary E. Roach brings her version of events to life in We Are the Match . Her LGBTQ+ book finds Helen of Troy as the daughter of a powerful crime lord in a mob-filled Greece. Paris is the woman set on destroying her. However, things change when they become closer and start falling for each other. Helena is now tempted to leave behind the marriage alliance her father arranged for her in order to be with Paris.
We Are the Match by Mary E. Roach comes out July 29. The Build-A-Boyfriend Project by Mason Deaver – August 5
If you want to focus Pride 2025 on trans representation, you might want to check out The Build-A-Boyfriend Project by Mason Deaver. Eli works as Peter's assistant at a magazine where he believes he should be a writer. When his roommate pushes him to go on a disastrous date, and Peter hears Eli talk about it, the two decide to go on a series of fake dates. The purpose is to make Eli a better boyfriend and help him write an article about it. But as they go out, Eli takes this opportunity to ask Peter about growing up queer in the South. As they spend time together, feelings begin to take over.
The Build-A-Bear Boyfriend Project by Mason Deaver comes out August 5.
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To keep Pride 2025 going, you might want to dive into a story about self-exploration. Leaving the Station is exactly that. Zoe moved from Seattle to New York to go to college, and used this as her opportunity to figure out what being a lesbian meant to her. Slowly, her life falls off the rails as she tries to understand who she is and why she spent so much time dating a boy. She decides to take a cross-country train from New York to Seattle, and it is there that she meets Oakley. Okaley is the opposite of who she is, but they are just as lost.
Leaving the Station comes out August 19. The Good Vampire's Guide to Blood & Boyfriends by Jamie D'Amato – August 26
What if Twilight was about two young men falling in love and the Volturi were a clan of 'good' vampires? The Good Vampire's Guide to Blood & Boyfriends tells the story of Brennan, a 19-year-old recently turned vampire. As he tries to navigate his new reality, Cole, the cute librarian, discovers his vampire secret. Now, Brennan must figure out how to balance his life while looking into the disappearances happening around campus and the 'good' clan of vampires trying to claim him.
The Good Vampire's Guide to Blood & Boyfriends by Jamie D'Amato comes out August 26.
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The Dead of Night Halloween store is a store that appears at a different location every year, disappearing without a trace two days after Halloween. Pepper White has been working at this store for the last five years. The last Keeper of the Store tricked her, cursing her to be stuck inside the store and disappear with it. No one ever remembers the keepers, but things might change this time after Christina walks in. Pepper must find a way to share her secret with the girl she is falling for and hope that something might keep her in Christina's memory.
A Hexcellent Chance to Fall in Love by Ann Rose comes out September 9. Girl Next Door by Rachel Meredith – September 9
MC's best friend, Joe, is an editor on a gossip website. He reaches out to tell her she is one of the main characters in a new sapphic story that is the word of the town. The book is written by Nora, someone they went to high school with. To find out if the story is about her, Joe sends MC back to her hometown to dig into what motivated Nora to write that story. Back at home, MC begins to work on the story, but as she reunites with Nora, she realizes she might be in over her head.
Girl Next Door by Rachel Meredith comes out September 9.
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Owen is going to college to study hard and get a good job, but his plans get derailed when he is introduced to his roommate, the prince of hell. Prince Zarmenus is at college for the first-ever Earth/hell exchange program. He brings random boys back to their room, throws parties, and sets Owen's furniture on fire. As he continues to go wild, his behavior threatens to put an end to demon-human relations. To save himself, he asks Owen to play the role of his boyfriend, and in return, he guarantees Owen an internship that will help his future.
My Roommate From Hell by Cale Dietrich comes out November 11.
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