LGBTQIA Authors 2024

In 2024, I also aimed to read more LGBTQIA authors, but one thing I struggled with here was the amount of romance books on offer. As someone who doesn’t read romance as a genre in general (though I don’t mind it as part of the story, it’s just that I tend to get bored when it’s the only thing going on), I actively sought out books that didn’t have this as a focus this year by LGBTQIA authors. I was interested in the stories beyond a romance, the families and friends, the stories that talked about being LGBTQIA in other ways as well as romance. I enjoy finding out more about the people, about how they navigate friends and interests as well as intersectional identities, because this is where I find the good stuff can be. Where I can truly get to know a character or person.

I will note that I did read other books with LGBTQIA characters this year, but this round up is about authors who are LGBTQIA, and are open about it, because I feel that this is an important aspect of some of these lists – showcasing the authors.

Any authors that I wasn’t able to identify as LGTBQIA or Indigenous this year are in my other round ups with any reviews linked there. I didn’t have time to review everything this year, but still wanted to share what I have read.

1. Lemons in the Chicken Wire by Alison Whittaker
2. Late Bloomer: How An Autism Diagnosis Changed my Life by Clem Bastow
3. The Greatest Hit by Will Kostakis
4. Stars in their Eyes by Jessica Walton and Aśka
5. Happy Millionth Birthday by R.W.R McDonald and Alexandra Colombo
6. The Sweetness Between Us by Sarah Winifred Searle
7. Meet Me at the Intersection edited by Rebecca Lim and Ambelin Kwaymullina