Historical Fiction - Queer Edition
Historical fiction books with queer characters
created by kathytrithardt
last updated May, 2026
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What am I missing, queer history fiction friends?
When I’m done being sickly I’ll send you soooooooo many!!!
I look forward to it, and sorry you are sick! Get some rest and lots of fluids.
This is your reminder nudge :P
Omg thank you for this! Life swallowed me up! Lemme look around! WAIT THID IS A LIST AHH hold on I’m so sorry about that
I am so ready when you are :D
The mobile app has crashed out a few times while I wrote this out riiiip
- author Jess Everlee’s entire Lucky Lovers of London collection
- author Lex Croucher’s Trouble, Reputation, and Infamous
- The Shocking Experiments of Mary Bennet
- The Unruly Heart of Miss Darcy
- Mr. Collins in Love
- The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet
- My Dear Henry
- The Dreadfuls
- The Resurrectionist
- Lady Like
- A Lady for all Seasons
- Ladies in Hating
- Hungerstone
- Confounding Oaths
- Spitting Gold
- A Long Time Dead
- Patience & Esther
- Crossing Swords (Kaleidoscope Press)
- Brooms
- Stage Dreams
- Plain Bad Heroines
- Time After Time
I also believe most of the Remix Classics collections are queer - I’ve read My Dear Henry and Most Ardently and need to finally read This Wretched Beauty
I also know Sarah Waters is like classic lesbian historical fiction too
I can look over my TBRs but those are insanely huge haha but I know I constantly read queer historical
Yay! I think I got them all (and I think I got the right versions of the titles) ☺️ thank you!!
This Time after Time friend - https://pagebound.co/books/0e380969-c41f-4efc-b4b1-30e78ec4267c
So sorry I should have added the author! Also all of Jess Everlee’s books here on PB are queer historical :3
Thank yooooou!
Of course!! Thank you for your time and also reminding me 🥹💛
Oh and this is the active “The Dreadfuls” https://pagebound.co/books/0e5b160d-35fe-4bd6-8bb7-4e791e41d7f0
The other one was a placeholder and then was never touched or updated by users (it just came out March 31st 2026)
i def recommend the safekeep :) i recently read it and loved it!!
Added! It is on my (very unwieldy) TBR, so good to know you loved it.
aw thank you! yeah it def exceeded my expectations :)
What a great list! 🤗 I have some suggestions: All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes, The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo, Wildthorn by Jane Eagland, A Shore Thing and A Rare Find, both by Johanna Lowell, could fit here. If you are open to also adding graphic novels, I'd also like to suggest The Ghostkeeper by Johanna Taylor and I Shall Never Fall In Love by Hari Conner.
Thank you for all of these! They've all been added, and I'm always open to graphic novels ☺️
Aww amazing, thank you so much!! 🤗
“Don’t Want You like a Best Friend” and “You’re the Problem, It’s You” by Emma R. Alban could fit nicely in your list! I think the author is publishing another book in 2026 too! This is an awesome list, thanks for making it!
Added all of them, including "Like in Love with You" - thanks for the recs!
May I offer the following: Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa Blood on Her Tongue by Johanna van Veen One for All by Lillie Lainoff
You most certainly may! I've added all of them! Thanks kindly for the suggestions. ☺️
Some recommendations of mine would be:
Between Two Fires Hungerstone Clear by Carys Davies Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead Horseman by Christina Henry The Silence Factory by Bridget Collins
Oh Nicked by M.T. Anderson and The Color Purple!
Another one I thought of to add is Where There’s Room for Us by Hayley Kiyoko!
Added - thanks so much!
