Recs if you like Into the Riverlands...
Queer BIPOC Speculative Fiction Novellas
Quick reads featuring LGBTQIA+ characters and themes written by BIPOC authors
Sapphic Fantasy (YA Included)
A collection of sapphic fantasy books that I have seen recommended across tiktok
Short books that are still a satisfying meal
Novellas, shorter books, and stories that are a decent bite of literature and a full meal despite being compact. Like a burrito on a commute to work. AKA my full novella master list.
BIPoC trans stories
Stories across genres and age groups that prominently feature trans & non-binary characters of color.
Recommendations welcome!
✦ I have not read all of these books - if you notice anything that seems to be mis-labeled/mis-placed on this list, please let me know! ✦
romance for AuDHD baddies
IN PROGRESS
romance that resonates with me as a non-binary queer person who is AuDHD
created after many struggles finding romance novels that i found palatable. books are not necessarily queer nor feature explicitly AuDHD characters, they just have storylines & romances that tickle my brain
The Singing Hills Cycle (the adventures of Chic)
Inspired by my recent love of The empress of salt and fortune I wanted an easy way to find the whole series in publication order.
The books are standalone stories connected by Cleric Chic and can be read in any order.
Queer SFF
Sci-fi and fantasy books prominently featuring queer characters or set in a queer-normative world
2022 Queer Adult Sci-Fi & Fantasy
All the queer SFF that was trad published in 2022, according to the list made by K.A. Doore [ https://kadoore.com/2022/05/23/2022-queer-adult-science-fiction-fantasy-books/ ]
Alphabet Soup
books with gay people and gay people adjacent
the singing hills cycle - Nghi Vo
Order of release:
- the empress of salt and fortune (2020)
- when the tiger came down the mountain (2020)
- into the riverlands (2022)
- mammoths at the gates (2023)
- the bridges of high hill (2024)
- a mouthful of dust (2025)
- a long and speaking silence (2026)
- the judgement of needles (2027)
You don't have to necessarily read in order since they are all each individual stories collected by cleric Chih. It does add to the wider story if you do.
Fantasy That Changed My Brain Chemistry
Not the same as perfect writing, just writing that made a person out of me.
every month is pride month (october)
🚧under construction🚧 queer books published in october! inspired by the hrcyed 3.0 birth month prompt
I got some of the books from the following lists, if one of them is yours, thank you for making them :) ‘Queer BIPOC Speculative Fiction Novellas’ by polterbooks ‘Queer Indian Stories’ by iamsalonip
I also got some from the comments of this post: ‘your favourite sapphic/lesbian romance?’
Golgari Swarm Book Recs 🖤🌿
Book recs for the green/black players in your life 🖤🌿
Let me tell you a story
Books with a frame narrative. (Disclaimer. I haven’t read all of these. Books were added based on comments received on my post in the Empress of Salt and Fortune forum.)
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