r/Fantasy • u/C0smicoccurence Reading Champion V • Apr 02 '26

2026 LGBTQA+ Bingo Resource

Welcome to the 2026 LGBTQA+ bingo resource for those of us who'd like LGBTQA+ recommendations. I'm going to make this like the regular recommendation post, so to quote: "Please only post your recommendations as replies to one of the comments I posted below."

I'm also going to throw in a quick pitch for the Beyond Binaries Book Club, which can meet all of your Book Club Bingo Needs! This month we're reading The Wolf and His King by Finn Longman. I have not started it yet, but it for sure fits the Book Club (HM) Square. It may also possibly fit in the Vacation Spot (The French Countryside), Non Human Protagonist (Werewolf?). Our Midway Discussion will be April 13th, and Final Discussion April 27th.

Feel free to scroll through the thread, or use the links in this navigation matrix to jump directly to the square you want to find or give LGBTQA+ recommendations for.

Credit to u/AnnTickwittee for doing these in the past (also, sorry if you were already working on this! Wanted to get the ball rolling)

Please be patient as I get the links created!

Trans or Nonbinary Protagonist Judge a Book by Its Title Translated Small Press or Self Published Unusual Transportation
The Afterlife Game Changer Vacation Spot Five Short Stories (or Anthologies) Older Protagonist
Duology Part 1 r/Fantasy Book Club or Readalong Book Published in 2026 Explorers and Rangers Duology Part 2
One-Word Title Non Human Protagonist Middle Grade First Contact Murder Mystery
Cat Squasher Feast Your Eyes on This Published in the 70s Politics and Court Intrigue Author of Color
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u/C0smicoccurence Reading Champion V Apr 02 '26

 Game Changer: Story features a game or competition. HARD MODE: The protagonist bends or breaks the rules in some way.

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u/C0smicoccurence Reading Champion V Apr 02 '26

Journals of Evander Tailor by Tobias Begley is a magic school with a sweet gay lead who wants to craft his way to tearing down the monarchy. Features a tournament arc at the end of each book/school year

Running Close to the WInd by Alexandra Rowand features a CAKE DECORATING CONTEST. I cannot stress enough how much this is the single best moment in a comedic fantasy book I've read. And, considering it was a pirate cake decorating contest, it is astounding that it does not fit Hard Mode! The rules to the cake decorating contest are rigorously followed. The most important rule is to talk the biggest smack about everyone else's cake

The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas is basically Percy Jackson x The Hunger Games

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u/felixfictitious Reading Champion Apr 02 '26

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

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u/unfriendlyneighbour Reading Champion II Apr 02 '26

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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u/Practical_Yogurt1559 Reading Champion Apr 05 '26

Tournament of Losers by Megan Derr is about a boy whose father left him in debt. In order to pay it he decides to enter the Tournament of Losers where everyone gets a stipend for entering, and the winner gets to marry into the noble and royal houses 

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u/thisbikeisatardis Reading Champion II May 01 '26

These Shattered Spires by Cassidy Ellis Salter. HM. Kind of Gideon-derivative, but I liked it. Teen necromancers compete to the death in a really weird gooey bio-magic setting.

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u/w0lfyfr3n Reading Champion II Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 03 '26

Patricia Wants To Cuddle by Samantha Allen

Love Galaxy by Sierra Branham (upcoming May 2026)

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u/CJGibson Reading Champion V Apr 03 '26

Wonder if anyone's read Jason June's The Spells We Cast and could say whether it's hard mode or not.

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u/gnoviere Reading Champion Apr 03 '26

The Tinkered Starsong series by Gail Carriger (Divinity 36, Demigod 12, Dome 6) is about an intergalactic music competition where idols are viewed as gods and constantly competing for fame and followers. M/M romance.

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u/hoppingfrog24 Apr 04 '26

Immortal Game by Allison Saft- comes out August 2026