r/LGBTBooks

48k members
r/LGBTBooks is a subreddit with 48k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses books, romance, queer, mm, and recommendations, and they frequently recommend/review lesbian book, sapphic, and wlw book recommendations.
A subreddit for reading material featuring LGBTQ+ characters and themes.

Popular Themes in r/LGBTBooks

#1
Advice Requests
: "Can someone suggest me HAPPY queer books?"
57 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Just finished reading "The song of Achilles" and I am not okay:("
2 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Would yall read a queer retelling of the life of Jesus written by an exmormon?"
1 post
#4
Self-Promotion
: "The Freak! Submit Your 2SLGBTQI+ Story to New Digital Magazine"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/LGBTBooks

#1

Books

: "More “quality” Books with queer love?"
140 posts
#2

Romance

: "The wattpadification of MM Romance books"
109 posts
#3

Queer

: "More “quality” books with Queer love?"
108 posts
#4

Mm

: "The wattpadification of Mm romance books"
38 posts
#5

Recommendations

: "The wattpadification of MM romance books"
30 posts
#6

Lgbtq

: "I hate it when "transgender" is used as a kink tag"
29 posts
#7

Lgbt

: "Discussion post Lgbt love"
29 posts
#8

Fantasy

: "Book recc Hard Mode- ADULT Sci fi/Fantasy with trans leads."
28 posts
#9

Sapphic

: "need the cutest sweetest Sapphic romances"
28 posts
#10

Trans

: "Book recc Hard Mode- ADULT Sci fi/Fantasy with Trans leads."
22 posts

Products Discussed in r/LGBTBooks

Lesbian Book

36 reviews
#1
Ashley Herring-Blake
5.0 from 4 reviews
#2
Lee Winter
5.0 from 3 reviews
#3
Casey McQuiston
4.0 from 2 reviews

Sapphic

33 reviews
#1
Sarah Waters
4.5 from 2 reviews
#2
Johanna van Veen
4.0 from 2 reviews
#3
Gretchen Felker-Martin
5.0 from 1 review
#1
Kalynn Bayron
4.0 from 2 reviews
#2
N.K. Jemisin
4.5 from 2 reviews
#3
Olivia Waite
5.0 from 2 reviews

Flair Used in r/LGBTBooks

#1
ISO
: "Books that feel queer beyond "just" same-sex relationships"
94 posts
#2
Discussion
: "The wattpadification of MM romance books"
93 posts
#3
Promo
: "Colm Toíbín: 'Some of the best gay sex has been written by women'"
11 posts
#4
Review
: "The House in the Cerulean Sea."
2 posts

Member Growth in r/LGBTBooks

Yearly
+17k members(53.1%)

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Last updated: June 15, 2026