Celebrate wh the bt LGBTQ books and books wh gay characters or om LGBTQ thors. Empower yourself by addg the spirg books to your readg list.
Contents:
- “IT’S GAY AND IT SLAPS”: TIKTOK’S FAVORE LGBTQ BOOKS
- 13 VERY GAY AND VERY GOOD BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ THIS PRI MONTH
“IT’S GAY AND IT SLAPS”: TIKTOK’S FAVORE LGBTQ BOOKS
After lookg through the top 50 queer BookToks, here are the most popular "'s gay and slaps" books. Pl: charts and statistics! * best gay booktok books *
There’s a sound on TikTok (d that is ed and repurposed by multiple creators) of the amazg queer BookTok creator Laynie Rose that says, “Lerally the only book review you actually need, the only requirements I have for a book is: ’s gay and slaps. ” Followg this are a bunch of LGBTQ books prented wh some variatn of the rea “It’s gay and slaps. To round out to an even 50, I also took the top 5 vios that e the “It’s gay and slaps” sound.
(Content warngs for vlent homophobia and transphobia).
Send, this tle is so ubiquo on BookTok that 3 of the mentns are rogatory; the weren’t homophobic TikToks, they jt were satirizg the ia of “LGBT” BookTok vios beg jt this tle and Song of Achill — though, as we’ll see, M/M books are not actually as overreprented on BookTok as that would suggt. A note on tegori: I did not break down specific reprentatn — such as bisexual, pansexual, lbian, gay, etc.
13 VERY GAY AND VERY GOOD BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ THIS PRI MONTH
I also wanted to mentn that some of the diversy of this longer list, both terms of genre and the percentage by thors of lor, is acunted for by a uple of TikToks the “It’s gay and slaps” sound, cludg one jt voted to M/M manga. Advertisement - Contue Readg Below16Cy of Night by John Rechy16Cy of Night by John RechyNow 12% OffCred: Grove PrsTake a trip to the unrground world of gay htlers, drag queens, and sex workers this book that sndalized the lerary world when first me out but went on to bee a mt-read.
If you're terted learng how the gay rights stggle started — and where we are now — this is the perfect place to start. Will Grayson 1 (wrten by John Green) has a "very big and very gay" bt iend, Ty Cooper, and while he's been there for Ty through every heartbreak he's endured, he's on the fence about their iendship. The Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli9Balzer & Bray/Harper Teen "Simon vs.