Black Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Speculative Fiction
Representations of the Black experience through fantasy, science fiction, and speculative fiction. Recommendations welcome!
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ace, ace, baby
Books about asexuality, be they non-fiction or novels. Everyone should read at least one asexual book from time to time.
Rep is usually the main character but sometimes side characters. π³οΈβπ β οΈ
Yes, demi folks are included on this list!
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Finally some good fucking worldbuilding
SFF with worldbuilding that informs the plot, prose, characters, and underlying narrative in deeply meaningful, intentional, and complex ways, so much so that changing the world means changing the shape of the story itself. Or: worldbuilding that goes beyond simple set dressing and becomes a vehicle for the story and narrative. Always open to recs and suggestions! β€οΈ
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an ongoing sapphic masterlist of books (1600+)
in progress
Basically, a huge list of every book I ever heard features sapphic characters.
I have not read all of these, so I cannot be sure of the amount of the time on page of the sapphic characters or of the quality of the books.
Some of these I do not plan to read at all, since they are not my style. If you feel like a book doesn't belong here, let me know.
For my favs / read, check out my other lists & shelves.
Open to suggestions for more titles.
Don't shoot the messenger.
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Asexual Rep in Speculative Fiction
Speculative fiction (fantasy, horror, sci-fi, etc.) about, or prominently featuring, ace characters. This includes demisexual characters and ace-spec characters as well! π€π€π corrections & recommendations welcome <3
Note: used to be titled βFor My Fellow Garlic Bread Loversβ but I worried it would cause confusion or not enough clarity on what the list was about (still keeping the bread emoji tho)
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Two and Through
Duologies. Duologies! A list full of duologies. This has a collection of titles I'm interested in and some recommended to me. To save you the trouble, I made sure to put both books in a duology in this list. Enjoy! π
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Zombie Apocs - No Cis-Male Authors Allowed β
If you ask someone what apocalyptic fiction they've read involving zombies, there's a fair chance most or even all of that list will have been written by cis men, because they're the books that get the most publication & promotion in the genre
My hope is that this list will help someone find a new favourite author! β‘
Sister list to The End & After - No Cis-Male Authors
First of a series only
Suggestions so welcome, particularly for trans, enby & other authors of marginalised genders
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Creepy Queers
Creepy books made better because there are queer characters
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Asexual Representation
Fiction and non-fiction in which a main character, prominent supporting character, or narrator is canonically/confirmed to be on the asexual (ace) spectrum.
πCanon: Confirmed by either the text or original creator. (Subtextual/implied and circumstantial characters can be found on my other ace list)
βDisclaimer: I have not read all these books. Please feel free to correct me in the comments if I have made a mistake in my research. Or if you have any new titles to recommend.
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BIPOC fantasy!!
We have a lot of requests in our library for these, so I figured I would provide the page bound community with our list!
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Bloody West: A Collection of Westerns Horrors
Everything under the high sun, from monsters and mayhem to hauntings and sorrow set across the hot, dry plains of the West. This collection spans from pure horror to the horror-adjacent found in both new printings and older classics.
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bi rep
books with bisexual characters (even if they end up with the opposite sex THEY'RE STILL BI)
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okay first things first Iβll eat ya brains
forever chasing the high of the first three seasons of The Walking Dead π books featuring zombies & the zombie apocalypse.
psa: I do not agree with Nicki minajβs political views
as always, taking suggestions!
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black authors/characters
books by black authors and/or with black characters
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Queer Bipoc SFF
This is a collection of queer books written by bipoc authors that fall into the genre of fantasy and/or sci-fi (supernatural horror is also included)
(If a book is part of a series I only put the first book because otherwise it gets messy very quickly)
Recommendations are always welcome!!!
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Zombies, But Make it Queer
Queer and trans stories in, or after, the zombie apocalypse!
First of a series only
Sister list to: Apocalyptic, but Make it Queer
As always, suggestions incredibly welcome!
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Note: Not specifically a list of good LGBTQ+ representation (though many of them absolutely are, and many are written by queer and/or trans authors!). But I have not read all of them (yet), so this list doesn't inherently imply my recommendation, as such.
ααα’ βΏ
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i'll do anything for big beautiful brown eyes
a list for love interests who aren't π΅ππ΅
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PDX Queer Book Club
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Two's Company
We love a good duology! Mostly fantasy, with a few sci-fi ones thrown in!
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Sorry I Bit You - Zombie Genre
Zombie reading list packed with outbreaks, survival, and the occasional accidental bite. Even the apocalypse has its awkward moments.
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