Recs if you like Vesuvius...

Fantasy books with queer rep

books where most of the spice is stored in the pain of watching this people hopelessly yearn for eachother

original fantasies INSPIRED by mythology and folklore (Greek, Arthurian, Norse, Buddhist, Slavic, Jewish, Irish, and more!)

queer historical romance with a heavy helping of regency romance especially since it seems to be the most populated 🫖👑🏳️‍🌈

Because we’re queer and we’ve always been here 🥹

This shall become the place where I geather all the books with nonbinary representattion / written by nonbinary authors (not sure yet if both). I have not read most of them but rather have them from lists, feel free to suggest more, or report falsly added books

Historical Fiction that takes place in Ancient Rome or has protagonists who are Roman, this list is curated to female led stories

Queer retellings of myths (or historical events? It's kinda just vibes tbh)

Books that are retellings of Greek mythology or with aspects of it.

Queer stories with an historical or historical-inspired setting

Mythology retellings (Greek/Roman), and book set in Ancient Greece or Rome.

Fiction books set in Italy

Open to recs!

New releases from June 2025! Indie & trad books both included