Best lgbt sci fi books
The Best Queer Science Fiction and Fantasy
How do you think about queer science fiction and fantasy?
There have been gay authors writing science fiction and fantasy almost since the genre started, but in recent years we’ve seen this massive flowering of queer representation in mainstream science fiction and fantasy.
We didn’t invent it in the last several years, but it has certainly been mainstreamed. For people like me, that’s amazing because science fiction and fantasy are my home genres. This is what I grew up writing, so to spot myself and my friends represented is just amazing. I feel really prosperous to be alive and reading right now.
The first queer science fiction novel that you’ve chosen to recommend is Emily Tesh’s Some Desperate Glory. Can you please launch us to this work?
Ironically, this may be the one where queerness is most central to it, and yet, of all of these books, it’s the furthest away from romance. It’s a good place to commence.
Some Desperate Glory is a science fiction guide that has been compared to Ender’s Game. It is about what happens after
Gay/LGBTQ2IA etc. Series or Endure Alone
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Firstly, apologies if this is a restate thread. I tried to filter and search for answers to what I had in mind to ask and my look for came up sparse. Admittedly, my librarian and IT skills are incredibly under developed so there may be a section of threads I missed altogether. That said
I really like reading gay sci fi and fantasy series and have read a few and now want to consume more. I have tried to navigate Goodreads but the lists are so dated and massive that finding anything appealing is difficult. Reddit is also hit or miss so here I am.
To clarify, I do not read books with lesbian or sapphic vibes. Similarly, I complete not read books with trans MCs. I elude these POV MCs not because I undervalue their importance rather I just want to imagine myself as someone else and I only wish to do that through lgbtq+ or bi usually cis male MCs.
I hold read many series about gay men written by female authors and own come to truly touch frustrated by the disconnect I feel when I read flowery language crafted to appeal to other women. To that
My Lesbian Novel by Renee Gladman (Lesbian Fiction)
The Beads by David McConnell (Queer Guy Fiction)
The Wildes by Louis Bayard (Gay Historical Fiction)
Sweet Like Honey by Aricka Alexander (F/F Romance)
Tempting Olivia by Clare Ashton (F/F Romance)
I’ll Get Endorse To You by Becca Grischow (F/F Romance)
Karaoke Queen by Dominic Lim (M/M Drag Romance)
The Intimate Beginnings of Taylor by Lavender Quinn (F/F Romance)
The Seemingly Impossible Love Experience of Amanda Dean by Ann Rose (Bisexual Woman Romance)
Yield Under Great Persuasion by Alexandra Rowland (M/M Romantasy)
A Obscure and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft (Sapphic Fantasy Romance)
Sunsets & Other Hazardous Things by Dani Frank (F/F Vampire Romance)
What Is This Feeling? by Robby Weber (M/M YA Contemporary)
Spells to Disregard Us by Aislinn Brophy (Bisexual/Lesbian F/F YA Fantasy)
Night Owls by A. R. Vishny (F/F YA Paranormal Romance)
Wishbone by Justine Pucella Winans (Queer Middle Grade Horror)
Real Siblings by Seamus Kirst and Karen Bunting (Two Dads Picture Book)
A Cup of Moisture Under My Bed: A Memoir (
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One of my favourites from this list is The Stars Are Legion - a biopunk space opera set on a bizarre system of biomechanical worldships with a lesbian adore triangle at the centre.
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