Great, enjoyable, and/or interesting fiction books featuring queer characters of all kinds!
With a couple nonfiction books thrown in as well, for flavor.
There are a few in here for which people might, hypothetically, argue over whether they're queer enough for the queer list, but which I've included anyway because vibes/because I personally interpret them as queer. For example: older books that were originally intended or most commonly regarded as feminist but not queer, but which many queer people may relate to or find meaning in regardless (e.g. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, or The Song of Mavin Manyshaped by Sheri S. Tepper).
created by Phantom
last updated December, 2025

Starship Repo is the iffy-est inclusion in this list so far, in my opinion, but I'm including it anyway because it has a trans crustacean alien in it that I really liked/found memorable. And it's overall a fun book, and it got review-bombed by maga types when it came out.

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