Recs if you like Monstrous Regiment ...

When the narrator(s) makes the book even better. For new listeners and audiobook elites, here is a range of different genres and narrators that excel at audio perfection.

*SFF novels which use footnotes as a secondary narrative, paratext, or metacommentary on events in the main narrative.

'It seemed to me that anything unpredictable was named dangerous by Gods and men alike. But the word UNPREDICTABLE seemed reserved for women alone. A woman they cannot control, whether Goddess or mortal, is a dangerous woman' Hekate by Nikita Gill. A list of "dangerous" women. Please recommend any dangerous women I missed!

Dimension 20 first success, Fantasy High. 3 seasons of high school high jinks that can undeniable make me laugh even on my darkest days. Peak comfort seasons and you also get the banger of two spin-off seasons with The Seven and Pirate of Leviathan.

A list created using the Reddit forum r/Fantasy 2024 fantasy (and sci-fi) standalones which was voted on by the community

Discworld is a comic fantasy book series written by the English author Sir Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat planet balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle.

Stories about unlikely people coming together and cosy connections transforming lives.

All main novels related to Discworld by Terry Pratchett

books that feature plot shenanigans related to gender and identity

Everyone has a secret. Whether it's to hide from someone, advance in life, or bury their past, these protagonists have kept their true identities a secret. And something like that never comes back to haunt them, right?

The world scares me sometimes, and I need to run away. These are the books that let me escape for a while. I can't promise they are any less scary - but at least they are different!

Great, enjoyable, and/or interesting fiction books featuring queer characters of all kinds!

With a couple nonfiction books thrown in as well, for flavor.

There are a few in here for which people might, hypothetically, argue over whether they're queer enough for the queer list, but which I've included anyway because vibes/because I personally interpret them as queer. For example: older books that were originally intended or most commonly regarded as feminist but not queer, but which many queer people may relate to or find meaning in regardless (e.g. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, or The Song of Mavin Manyshaped by Sheri S. Tepper).