Recs if you like Puzzleheart...

While it is highly celebrated in June, the Queer community exists all year long and this working list is created to support/encourage others to read more literature written by & represented people within said community.

"Place as character" is usually reserved for lush descriptions that bring environments to life, and less often used for environments that have a life of their own. This list includes houses, homes, castles, spaceships, anywhere people will spend time and call home. Not meant to include haunted houses, but a case could be argued for specific ones. c:

Only including the first in a series unless books feature different sentient places.

Sometimes the main character is into fiber arts, sometimes a side character is hand embroidering a jean jacket for her wife. All recs and craft types welcome.

Buildings that have strong opinions, rearrange floor plans or don't stay where you left them.

A mixture of genres and age levels, but each book has a level of feeling like an escape room

Queer middle grade books that make you wish you had these books growing up Inspired by the queer middle grade quest - check that out! Would love suggestions!

A list of stories with sentient houses and other things that go bump in the night (to varying degrees of spookiness)

A bunch of LGBT Christmas, New Years, and Other Winter Holidays Books