Recs if you like The Cosmic Color...
Trans Horror Authors
Horror books by trans, Two Spirit, nonbinary, et al authors (may or may not include trans* characters).
Queer BIPOC Speculative Fiction Novellas
Quick reads featuring LGBTQIA+ characters and themes written by BIPOC authors
Transfemme stories
Stories featuring transfemme characters (trans women & non-binary characters) as main characters or love interests. Not exclusively, but largely indie. Stretches genres and age groups, including graphic novels & short stories (but not including non-fiction) 🔞
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! ✦
women and enbies getting together
Stories with romantic and/or sexual plots between women and non-binary characters (including dynamics with more than 2 characters), across genres and age groups. 🔞
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! ✦
2025 Queer Adult Sci-Fi & Fantasy
All the queer SFF that was trad published in 2025, according to the list made by K.A. Doore [ https://kadoore.com/2025/11/26/2025-queer-adult-science-fiction-fantasy-books/ ]
Non-Binary Science Fiction
a book collection dedicated to the future, a future in which the bounds of what we know to be possible bloom into flowers. gender norms and science rules don't know what's coming!
(reccs very welcome!!)
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! ✦
Queer Indie Novellas
Novellas & novelettes (roughly 10-40k words or 40-200 pages) across genres by indie/self-pub authors featuring queer characters Many stories lean horror and/or erotic 🔞
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! ✦
Indie trans stories
Novels, novellas, and short stories (and the occasional comic) featuring trans characters (including non-binary and all terms under the umbrella), written by indie authors. All genres, but many lean erotic and/or horror 🔞
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! ✦
Neon Hemlock books
Books published by the queer, indie, speculative fiction press Neon Hemlock
Adult non-binary stories
Adult novels, novellas, short stories, and graphic novels prominently featuring non-binary characters across genres. Many stories lean horror and/or erotic 🔞🔞🔞
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! ✦
Trans Reading Group Booklist
A list compiling all books read by the Trans Reading Group. The list will be added to every year! One book, Sasha by Roberta Angela Dee, is missing from Goodreads and therefore also this list.
Indie published sci-fi & dystopia by Black authors
Sci-fi, space exploration, dystopia, and Afrofuturism
every month is pride month (january)
🚧under construction🚧 queer books published in january! 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 ‘Queerly Beloved’ by CandidCapybara
I also got some from the comments of this post: ‘your favourite sapphic/lesbian romance?’
