Recs if you like When the Tides Held the Moon...

Books that are part of 3 or more quests ✨for easier planning! Initially thought of making this on my shelf, hope the members of pb find this helpful!! (The list is incomplete, I'm working on checking & adding new quest books🙌🏻 thanks for the love ❤️🥹)

Pirates, sailors, mermaids, sirens, selkies, tentancle monsters - if they live on/in the ocean and are queer, they've earned a spot on this list! Across genres and age groups - includes erotica. 🔞🔞🔞

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! ✦

Book that have an element you’ll miss out on if you read as an audiobook, whether it’s fun formatting or illustrations

are all of those historical fiction? probably not. are all of those queer? well of course.

Historical fiction books with queer characters

Looking for monster & alien romance / erotica with BIPOC baddies getting their backs blown out? Look no further! 😏

These reads feature Black, Indigenous, Southwest Asian & North African (SWANA aka Middle Eastern), Asian, & Latine main characters. Relationship pairings include MM, sapphic, poly, queer, MF, & more.

This list is primarily standalones, with a few series starters plus some “standalone-y” books from interconnected series. Open to recs! 🥵🌶️🔥

queer historical fiction! comment recs or books that should be added<3

Please let me know if there are any I should add.

Some books I either love or am super excited to read that are queer, BIPOC, and have some kind of speculative element (fantasy, sci fi, paranormal, etc)

no matter where you live, we all see the same moon, even if it’s day, the moon is still there saying 🌝 so here is a list of a bunch of books with the word “moon” in the title

taking suggestions!

books that blend the magic of fantasy with real world history. only criteria is that books are set within actual historical time periods and not inspired-by settings.

Speculative fiction (fantasy, horror, sci-fi, etc.) about, or prominently featuring, ace characters. This includes demisexual characters and ace-spec characters as well! 🖤🤍💜 corrections & recommendations welcome <3

Note: used to be titled “For My Fellow Garlic Bread Lovers” but I worried it would cause confusion or not enough clarity on what the list was about (still keeping the bread emoji tho)

in honor of disability pride month, here is a series on the colours of the flag! our fifth colour on this flag is red, which represents any and all physical disabilities. examples of physical disabilities include cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, celiac disease, dwarfism, diabetes, wheelchair users, polio, asthma, muscular dystrophy, cancer, scoliosis, ALS, arthritis and many more. books within this list will be both fiction and non-fiction. as always, feel free to comment any you recommend!

Books that use the language itself as a narrative and literary device, switching from English to Spanish and back again in a variety of ways, from light sprinklings for flavor and atmosphere to requiring the reader to be functionally bilingual to fully understand. Suggestions always welcome!

Featuring wildly talented authors who couldn’t stop at writing the book and had to paint the cover too. Honestly unfair, but extremely good for our bookshelves.

Bitches be hoarding talent.

Perfect for fantasy lovers with not enough hours in the day!

Feel free to mention any I missed in the comments 😊

books that are part of 3 or more quests, for those readers with a completionist streak within and a personal plague of Too Many Books, Too Little Time.

Just a few Queer Mermaid, Siren, Sea Creatures books for your consideration! This is in no way an exhaustive list, just a few books I’ve read or are on my TBR.

A masterlist of standalone adult fantasy novels (no novellas).

Always looking for recs!

Do you love collecting tiny shiny objects (badges)? These books will count towards THREE quests, helping you collect all the shiny objects!