pre-2000s queer sci-fi
older science fiction with lgbtq+ characters and/or authors and books that question gender and sexuality






We're gay and in space β¨
Queer sci-fi π« (Not always in space, I think I've covered most sci-fi subgenres)






experimental lit
books with an experimental structure or narrative choices, metafiction, oulipo, postmodernism, etc.






Weird & existential dystopian feminist books π
All the recs I got on my post, Asking for weird dystopian feminist books that make you question everything and that have the same vibe as "Tender is the flesh" :)) Thank u all!!






Book Riot's Top 100 SF/F Novels by Female Authors






New Wave Science Fiction
Classics and must-reads of Science Fiction from the 1960s and 70s designated as part of the New Wave of that era.






Feminist Futures: 20th Century Feminist SF Novels
Sci-fi books from the 20th century that remagine gender or critique patriarchal ideas.
Sticking to novels written by non-male writers.
Since these are 20th century texts, they may present dated views.
Want a 20th century queer sci fi list? Check out the one made by @crowsolan






Gender Plagues
Oh no! All the men turned into zombies! Or all the women fell into an eternal slumber! Or other similar sex & gender-based afflictions!
These stories range from feminist to sexist and from trans-inclusive to TERFy; reader beware. Inclusion on the list is not an endorsement.






Women Writing Speculative Fiction (1950-1959)(WIP






Anglophone Science Fiction by Decade: The 1970s
Science fiction books in english published between 1970 and 1979.






Best of SF Masterworks
Published between 2022 and 2023 in the recognizable yellow jackets with an illustrated cover. Except for Dune and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy which are published as red hardcovers.





