Ok, so I'm a fairly baby queer. Well, I'm really not, but I'm finally able to talk to people and express how not straight I am. And one of my goals is to get as many queer books as possible because I love reading, and I want representation. So what are your favourite books with some straightn't and cisn't rep?
I'll go first. So, one of my favourite queer books (and my first actually) is Reverie by Ryan La Sala. It's basically about a kid who wakes up after crashing his car into a lighthouse with no memories. Later, he finds out that he, and a select group of people at his school, can enter other people's daydreams and have to facilitate the story to its rightful conclusion. There's one main mlm romance and one main wlw romance. There are also secondary queer characters. If you do go out and read it, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Favourite Queer Books?
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The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue and it's sequel, the Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy are both very good. They're historical adventure/commedies. The protagonist of the Gentleman's Guide is bisexual and has a romantic subplot with another man, and the protagonist of the Lady's Guide is aromantic and asexual, and one of her friends likes girls (it's not really clear whether she's bi or a lesbian). I should probably mention that there's some sexual content, particularly in the first book, but they're both very funny and well-written with great representation of a lot of different people.
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I’m actually reading A Gentleman’s Guide right now! It’s really good so far.
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A Complicated Love Story Set In Space is really a good Queer book I found in my library. The author has other books with topics of LGBTQ+ and I recommend it to everyone.
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Alright! Sounds interesting.
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I love Adiba Jaigirdar's books! So far she's got two of them:
The Henna Wars, Bangladeshi Muslim lesbian girl x Brazilian bi girl, rivals-to-lovers, they start competing henna businesses for this school project, and it talks about cultural appropriation and racism in addition to queer issues
Hani & Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating, Bangladeshi lesbian girl x Bangladeshi Muslim bi girl, fake dating, they start fake dating because the one girl's friends think she's "not bi" because she's never dated a girl and the other girl needs to be ~more likable~ so she can achieve her goal of becoming Head Girl, and it talks about issues of racism, Islamophobia, and biphobia AND IT HAS THE SOFTEST SWEETEST MOM EVER like Hani's relationship with her mom is my FAVORITE THING omg <3
I also really loved Kacen Callendar's Felix Ever After, about a Black trans boy who's deadnamed in front of the whole school and thinks he knows who did it, it's got enemies-to-lovers but ALSO friends-to-lovers, *and* it deals with issues of continuing to question your identity even after you think you've figured it out, which I thought was really cool!
Ooooh and Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas, YES OMG, contemporary fantasy x romcom, a trans Latinx boy is trying to prove to his family he's a real brujo, but he accidentally summons the spirit of this queer Black Latinx boy from his class who doesn't know how he died, so they're like trying to figure it out and make sure the ghost boy's friends got away okay, but ALSO they're falling in love and it's??? magical and spooky but also super sweet and wholesome oh my god
And I'm currently reading Jonny Garza Villa's Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun, I'm only 66 pages in so far, but it's about a gay Latinx boy who accidentally comes out on Twitter while drunk & then his Twitter crush starts hardcore flirting with him but he's still dealing with coming out and they live far apart </3 -
The Osemanverse Series are a yes <3
So many queer characters that I love nd find wholesome, I really find the art style for the Graphic Novels are beautiful, same with the novels!
[spoiler=Guess who I like the most :>](Aled Last was my favorite character)[/spoiler] -
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I'm surprised that I hadn't already popped in here, but I'm even more surprised that I hadn't popped in here to recommend the Cute Mutants books by SJ Whitby! It's honestly one of the most queer book series I've ever read, and I love how it also has a lot of the "pride was a protest first" kind of energy to it. It's incredibly refreshing seeing the large cast of diverse characters that SJ's built up over the course of different spinoffs and main series books.
(Also the anthology they put together that was set in the CM universe was *chef's kiss*.)
The whole series starts when one character, Emma, kisses several classmates at a party and accidentally gives them superpowers. This includes Dylan, the protag, who gets the cool power of being able to talk to objects. I didn't realize how much this series was going to become a part of my life when I started reading it, but I'm incredibly grateful I saw @BluesClues recommend it and decided to check it out when she did. <333 -
@Magebird I will never not be so delighted by how much you love and support this series <333
Also hi I'm here to add to my recommendations: The Greenhollow Duology, particularly the first book, Silver in the Wood, by Emily Tesh.
(It can be read as a standalone if you don't want to read both books, but they're both excellent! They're also both really short, so if you're looking for shorter books, I recommend them even harder.)
The first book is about an eldritch forest god man who protects a nearby town from an ancient evil that arises each autumn in the wood, but he finds himself with an extra person to protect when a charismatic young folklorist takes over the old manor house on the grounds of the wood.
The second book is from the folklorist's perspective, and if you enjoy Howl from Howl's Moving Castle you'll almost certainly enjoy Silver's POV lol, he is dramatic and we love him. -
I'm so excited about this thread because I've been seeing so many fantasy novels with queer protagonists and it's been amazing!
I just finished reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Throughout the story, she loves men and women both, and one of the major themes is learning to accept every part of yourself. It's truly a wonderful reading experience, (absolutely heartbreaking as well. Books don't normally make me cry, but believe me when I say I sobbed. Twice) and I put off reading it for far too long.
I also read, quite recently, The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison. I'm not entirely sure whether to count this one, because the romantic tension was very subtle. It's definitely there, but if you're looking for a specifically queer story, it may not be for you. (Still, it's probably one of my favorite books this year, with absolutely fantastic world building and several compelling mysteries. The story brings you through the daily life of The Witness for the Dead (i.e, the protagonist) but it's never boring because his life is so completely fascinating. Honestly, this book was way too short. I could've done with another hundred pages)
But by far my favorite queer romances I've read is found in The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow. I immediately reached over to my bookshelf to reference it, completely forgetting I lent it out to a friend, which is a great reminder that I need to go get it back soon because it is one of my all time favorite reads. The story is about three sisters in an alternate history during the suffragette movement. There's witches, and magic, and it's both dark and hopeful. Aside from being just utterly spectacular, the romance between Bella and Cleo is just so incredible (I'm running out of words to describe how amazing this book is. Seriously. Just read it!)
And there are so many more I could mention, which is so great, but I probably don't need to tell you that. My TO BE READ pile has just tripled in size thanks to this thread, lol -
So I made this thread over a year ago, but I’ve read many queer books since then, and I just wanted to share them here.
One of my favorites was the Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. If you’re a fan of Greek mythology and you don’t mind getting your heart ripped from your chest, I can’t recommend it enough. It tells the story of Achilles and Patroclus’s childhood, as well as the Battle of Troy and it is an epic love story, just as I believe Homer intended.
Next up is a much happier one. Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas follows a Latino gay trans man lead as he struggles against his family’s very-gendered magic system. In order to prove himself as a real man, he attempts to summon the ghost of his recently murdered uncle but ends up summoning the wrong person. If you like magic and either want to celebrate or learn more about Latinx culture, this is a great story.
Last up from me is Heartstopper. This one’s really popular right now since its recent Netflix adaption but it deserves all of the hype. The story is mostly a very sappy slice of life story focusing on the queer childhood experience, but it also deals with some heavier issues such as eating disorders, mental illness, and toxic relationships. It has a lot of heart, and its evident in every page. You can actually read all of Heartstopper for free on Webtoon. Alice Oseman, the author, is currently on hiatus, but there is more to come! -
Justine Pucella Winans's Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything is a YA thriller/mystery starring a nonbinary lesbian (and they figure out they're nonbinary during the course of the book! which really got me because I think usually I see characters who already know their identity)
It's got tons of birds, anime references, secret codes, and more.
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