Swoony Queer Romances to Read This Pride Month

The First Son of the United States and a literal British prince — enemies forced together who fall ridiculously, achingly in love 👑 It's witty, swoony and surprisingly emotional, and those email exchanges had me grinning like an absolute fool. The kind of book you finish at 2am and immediately want to start again. If you read only one this Pride, make it this — it's pure serotonin.

A gloriously British fake-dating rom-com that is FUNNIER than it has any right to be 😂 Two complete opposites pretend to date to fix their public images, and of course catch very real feelings. The banter is razor-sharp, the awkward dinner parties are iconic, and it sneaks up on you with genuine tenderness. I laughed out loud on the train and did not care who saw.

I need you to know this book RUINED me — and I would let it again 😭 The tender, devastating retelling of Achilles and Patroclus, written so beautifully that every sentence feels like a bruise. You know exactly how it ends and it still completely destroys you. Heartbreaking, luminous and utterly unforgettable — keep an entire box of tissues nearby. A modern classic for a reason.

A cynical girl falls for a dazzling stranger on the subway… who turns out to be displaced in time from the 1970s 🚇 It's a sapphic romance, a found-family hug and a love letter to New York all at once. Equal parts hopeful, funny and swoony, with a heroine slowly learning to let people in. I closed it feeling warm for days afterwards.

The softest, most wholesome thing you will ever read — pure serotonin in graphic-novel form 💜 Charlie and Nick's friendship-to-first-love is so gentle and tender it practically heals you. Perfect if you want something hopeful you can finish in one cosy sitting. I dare you not to smile the entire way through — the little moments, the leaves, my whole heart!

A grumpy, commitment-phobic photographer dragged back to her hometown for her sister's wedding — straight into the path of the sunshine-y woman she absolutely should not fall for ☀️ It's sharp, steamy and surprisingly emotional under all the banter. The grumpy/sunshine sapphic dynamic is *chef's kiss*. I devoured it in a weekend and immediately bought the rest of the series.

A tender, funny and hugely important coming-of-age story about a girl discovering she's aromantic and asexual 💜 It's about realising that friendship can be the great love story of your life — and honestly it made me cry the happiest tears. Warm, validating and so needed, especially for ace and aro readers who rarely get to see themselves on the page. A genuine hug of a book.