Recs if you like Two Rogues Make a Right...
ace, ace, baby
Books about asexuality, be they non-fiction or novels. Everyone should read at least one asexual book from time to time.
Rep is usually the main character but sometimes side characters. 🏳️🌈 ♠️
Yes, demi folks are included on this list!
Queer and Disabled
Intersectionality, baby! Disability includes many conditions, including - but not limited to - physical disabilities, chronic illnesses, psychiatric disabilities, sensory disabilities, and neurodivergence.
not quite vestal virgins, virgin men in romance
Unsullied. Undefiled. Uninitiated. Untouched. Chaste. Pure. While the tired trope of virginal and inexperienced women abounds, particularly in historical romance but even in contemporary works, virginal men are much less common. With stories that can be refreshing and joyful, or not (lol), this list brings together heroes who’ve done little more than kiss. (Some of them haven’t even done that.) All romance sub-genres are included, except YA.
putting the bi in romant(b)ic
a mix of romance and romance-adjacent books starring bisexual main characters.
Self-Care for Sad Gays
M/M hurt/comfort books - ones I’ve read plus ones recommended to me in the r/MM_RomanceBooks subreddit. Most of these have pretty intense hurt because that’s my jam
Forced proximity, but make it queer
queer romances with any and all forced proximity elements
Demisexual Book Club 🤓
Demisexual and Demiromantic rep in romance stories. Lots of queer stories because, let's be real, the community does a better job of creating stories that represent different types of characters and giving them their HEA. Plus, I think demisexual is part of the asexual bucket and thus part of the LGBTQ+ conglomerate.
Long live the "I need to know you as a person before I can feel sexual attraction to you" without purity, religious ethics, or pearl clutching being the backbone of that situation.
Queer historical romance
A list of faves
Disability Rep Stars
Books with disability rep or written by disabled authors. I love the growing appreciation for rep in books and these are the ones I've found so far. Some I've read some are on my tbr so if you have any recs to add, feel free, and if any are abelist or harmful in any way please let me know!
Rogues, Rakes and Wallflowers: Queer Edition
You know how there are certain words that show up in historical romance titles time and time again? I'm thinking of words like rake, rogue, bluestocking, wallflower, scoundrel, scandal, lady, gentleman, etc. Here is a list of historical romance titles with those types of words in the title, except they're all queer.
Regency Romance
Book Attic
Historians Will Say They Were Roommates
A collection of queer historical romances.
