Gay Fiction Books of the 2020s
The 238 most-read gay fiction books first published between 2020 and 2029, led by I Fell in Love with Hope (2022), Written in the Stars (2020) and Pucking Around (2023).
This list collects 238 books from the 2020s by 174 authors, published between 2020 and 2026. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
I Fell in Love with Hope
Lancali
Written in the Stars
Alexandria Bellefleur
Pucking Around
Emily Rath
In the Lives of Puppets
T. J. Klune
A Marvellous Light
Freya Marske
In Memoriam
Alice Winn
To Paradise
Hanya Yanagihara
Can't Spell Treason Without Tea
Rebecca Thorne
Somewhere Beyond the Sea
T. J. Klune
Real Life
Brandon Taylor
These Violent Delights
Micah Nemerever
How to Bite Your Neighbor and Win a Wager
D. N. Bryn
For the Fans
Nyla K
Game Changer / Heated Rivalry / Tough Guy
Rachel Reid
Love in the Big City
Sang Young Park
That One Night
Emily Rath
Contract Bound
Elle Mae
Winter's Orbit
Everina Maxwell
Razorblade Tears
S. A. Cosby
Don't Stop Me
Eden Emory
The Sunshine Court
Nora Sakavic
Memorial
Bryan Washington
Less Is Lost
Andrew Sean Greer
Little Mushroom
Shisi, Xiao
Just by Looking at Him
Ryan O'Connell
Pucking Wild
Emily Rath
Don't Cry for Me
Daniel Black
Cleanness
Garth Greenwell
Malum Discordiae
Ashlyn Drewek
A Pirate's Life for Tea
Rebecca Thorne
Heaven Official's Blessing (Manhua)
Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
Everything the Darkness Eats
Eric LaRocca
Sixteen Souls
Rosie Talbot
Pucking Sweet
Emily Rath
The Golden Raven
Nora Sakavic
100 Boyfriends
Brontez Purnell, Purnell
Just Like That
Cole McCade
My Government Means to Kill Me
Rasheed Newson
Everything for You
Chloe Liese
One Good Turn
Sarah Wallace
Alec
William di Canzio
The Prophets
Robert Jones Jr.
Boys of Alabama
Genevieve Hudson
Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher
E. M. Anderson
Bath Haus
P. J. Vernon
Be Kind, My Neighbor
Yugo Limbo
Lore and Lust
Karla Nikole
Something Fabulous
Alexis Hall
How to Sell Your Blood and Fall in Love
D. N. Bryn
Epic
Sarina Bowen, Elle Kennedy
Trade Deadline
Avon Gale, Piper Vaughn
Up in Smoke
Annabeth Albert
We Can Never Leave This Place
Eric LaRocca
Confidence
Rafael Frumkin
Who Let the Wolves Out?
I.J Hidee
The Sapling Cage
Margaret Killjoy
I Know You Know Who I Am
Peter Kispert
The Magician
Colm Tóibín
Kidnapping of Roan Sinclair
Ashlyn Drewek
Alchemy of Moonlight
David Ferraro
Phantom and Rook
Aelina Isaacs
My Cellmate
Glasssvial
Burn Zone
Annabeth Albert
Scoring with Him
Lauren Blakely
Spells and Sensibility
K.L. Noone, K. S. Murphy
Curvy Girls Can't Date Curvy Girls
Kelsie Stelting
Don't Leave Me
Eden Emory
Tragedy of Felix and Jake
J. Daniels
Structural Damage
Sloan Spencer
Retro Sinners
Astra Zero
High Heat
Annabeth Albert
Silk Dragon Salsa
Rhys Ford
Call Me Cassandra
Marcial Gala, Anna Kushner
The Writing on the Wall
Nicole Pyland
The Misperception
Nicole Pyland
Nevermore
Elle Mae
Until I Saw You
Dianna Roman
Board to Death
C. J. Connor
Devil of the Deep
Falencia Jean-Francois
All the Water I've Seen Is Running
Elias Rodriques
The Call-Out
Cat Fitzpatrick
Sapphire Sunset
Christopher Rice
Song of Silver and Gold
Melissa Karibian
Senator's Wife
Jen Lyon
Wolfsong / Ravensong
T. J. Klune
Gay the Pray Away
Natalie Naudus
Lone Stars
Justin Deabler
I Wished
Dennis Cooper
Forever Theirs
Anna Stone
Midnight Tradition
Nicole Pyland
Empire of the Feast
Bendi Barrett
They Were Here Before Us
Eric LaRocca
Being Ace
Madeline Dyer, Linsey Miller
Touch of Heaven
Elice Nange
Deviant Knight
N. E. Henderson
Alistair in Wonderland
Ariella Zoelle