Recs if you like Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1)...

dark academia books with queer and trans MCs

The real world horror is, of course, homophobia, but in these books we also have, you know, ghosts, monsters, eldritch beings perhaps 🤔 a slasher or two. Haunted houses. The usual suspects 😏

There are some absolutely fantastic sapphic horror lists, and some generally queer ones too, but I looked and I couldn’t find a specifically achillian one, so I figured I’d give it a go!

Fiction and non-fiction in which a main character, prominent supporting character, or narrator is canonically/confirmed to be on the asexual (ace) spectrum.

📓Canon: Confirmed by either the text or original creator. (Subtextual/implied and circumstantial characters can be found on my other ace list)

❕Disclaimer: 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.

Queer horror (& thriller & some suspense) written by self-published and indie authors, many leaning erotic and/or religious 🔞

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! ✦

Books with trans characters that are not just about being trans

This is an achillean horror books lists.. i make this because i want more gays. This list is inspired by the list made by @Thehobbit ( Yes. I definitely did not read like 99% of these books so. Y'all can like.. recs me some.. please ) + This is also a reminder i should read horror more, because why not, and they're fun and and — I hope yall have fun with this list, please educate me if i picked non achillean books as I've stated i have not read most of these, i will be updating over time.

as comprehensive a guide to ya horror as i can make it! work in progress, suggestions welcome ♡

Call me Ishmael for this is my white whale

creeping vines, twisting thorns, bleeding hearts and rotted bones...

queer fiction books with prominent autistic characters!!!! (all cannon, in text, or confirmed by author)

I'm a sucker for them

canon and coded autistic characters

Mostly gay books that are dark or bloody or both! (Not finished yet!)

An ever growing list from someone who studied vampire lit

queer? yes. fall? halloween? spooky? fantasy? mystical? all and more? yes probably?!

SFF books from small presses and self-published authors that feature important aromantic characters

A collection of supernatural books in German and English, to 1) keep track of my own stack of vampure & werewolf stories and 2) get inspiration if I feel like needing a dose of fangs and immortality in story portions.

I seriously loved The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater and even though I will list this series in here too, sometimes I want to pick something which gives me the same feelings but perhaps in its own shape, way and form.

So lots of found family, (urban) fantasy and a main focus on friendship. So yeah.