Recs if you like Ocean's Echo...

For when things seem hopeless. We can always try again and again ❤️

This list is a community project, I asked in the club and received multiple suggestions which I then added onto a list: fiction and nonfiction, fantasy, contemporary, sci-fi, the main theme is just hope. Some people said their recommendation might not fit very well but I added it anyways.

Also, in the og post, I mentioned The Good Place and if people have recommendations tending to that, so some books are related to that.

Why deal with heterosexuality when you don't have to?

Books where two (or more? if these exist I WANT THEM) characters are bound up in some way—inside each other's heads, connected by a spell, entangled by technology—the important part is the forced proximity and the element of technology or magic, or something else over the top that would not normally happen! And maybe they're in love or they fall in love as well...

100% open to recommendations, I want to know about ANY books you think might fit 🙏

welcome to my favorite genre

Human’s falling in love in space, with Aliens and other Humans

Want a book where someone thinks they’re a scourge on this planet, someone treats them well, and this is a life altering experience?

Yea me too. We don’t need to talk about it.

I have read and enjoyed all of these books.

Stories about LGBTQ+ characters that take place mostly or entirely in space. That means specifically on spaceships or space stations; alien planets don't count!

Happy Valentine's Day! Have a huge pile of romantic queer novels. (Note that some of these are more "queer books that include a romance" and others are definitely more "this is a romance novel.") (This list is presented by Duck Prints Press, the indie publisher focused on publishing queer art and stories by queer creators!)

Book couples where one is type A, neurotic, a stickler for the rules (or their own personal code), and has their shit together (or is trying REALLY hard), while the other is a gremlin, chaotic, messy, ocassionally unhinged, and makes their own rules. They seem diametrically opposed but secretly admire the other’s way of moving through the world.

Please drop more recs in the comments if you have them because I will be eating this shit up every time!!!

From found family vibes between a ragtag crew to (yes) fucking big blue alien creatures, these are the stories a book lover who grew up obsessed with Star Wars yearns for

also known as mercyfic on ao3. books I liked that had this element (even if only briefly)

Fake dating, fake engagements, fake situations, real horniness. Surely this time no one will catch feelings.

I have read and enjoyed all of these books.

Queer romance audiobooks that are a joy to listen to. (Even if some might make you cry.)