be gay, do crime, go back in time
queer historical fiction! comment recs or books that should be added<3
created by startripper
last updated January, 2026
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You could add Youâre the problem, itâs you (itâs the sequel to Donât want you like a best friend, but itâs mlm instead of wlw)
I love that Lee Mandelo is already on this list!!
A couple to add: Pentecost and Parker series by Stephen Spotswood - book 1 is Fortune Favors the Dead After Hours at Dooryard Books by Cat Sebastian Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazeman Cantoras by Caro De Robertis Copper Script by KJ Charles When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr Brooms by Jasmine Walls My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson A Market of Dreams and Destiny by Trip Galey Smoke gets in your eyes by AnaĂŻs Flogny Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms by S.O. Callahan, Sarah Wallace Teach the Torches to Burn: A Romeo & Juliet Remix by Caleb Roehrig and Witchmark by C.L. Polk
thanks for the suggestions!! :)
i can also recommend the mercies by kiran millwood hargrave, when we lost our heads by heather o'neill and the safekeep by yael van der wouden. all three are incredible sapphic historical fiction!
they all look so interesting ty for the suggestions!
of course! when we lost our heads was one of my favourite reads this year :)
The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas could potentially fit here! not super historical but it has time travel and is queer!
i actually think i might make a separate list for time traveling queers so thx for the suggestion!
Also, Gwen and Art Are Not In Love by Lex Croucher!
already on there :D
Fyi, Hell Followed With us by AJ White is apocalyptic, so quite the opposite of historical haha
oops iâve never read it but the other book by the author was so i thought it was đ tysmm
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters! absolute must
