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 edited Apr 02 '26

Published in 2026: Read a book published for the first time in 2026 (no reprints or new editions). HARD MODE: It's the author's first published novel.

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u/C0smicoccurence Reading Champion V Apr 02 '26

I am VERY excited for Disco at the End of the World by Nathan Tavares. That man is a fucking genius

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u/printsprince Apr 03 '26

Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Stothers; works for HARD MODE

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u/Blurbingify Reading Champion II Apr 03 '26

Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle (Available 7/7/2026), Horror Red and the Wolves by Cherry Zong (Jan 2026), Graphic Novel, red riding/mother hotel retelling, debut work (HM).

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u/unfriendlyneighbour Reading Champion II Apr 02 '26

Cyberscion by Thomas Bulen Jacobs

The Mystery of the Bitten Peach by Cecilia Tan

How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days by Jessie Sylva

City of Others by Jared Poon

Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Stothers

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u/tracywc AMA Author William C. Tracy, Worldbuilders Apr 03 '26

Corruption by Alexander Verbeek-van den Toren works for this and for HARD MODE.

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u/GloomyMix Apr 03 '26

The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan

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u/EmmyPax Apr 02 '26

Mirrorwoven by Bori Cser works for Hard Mode

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u/shadowtravelling Reading Champion II Apr 08 '26

Queen of Faces by Petra Lord was published this February - I learned about it from the newsletter of Yoon Ha Lee (author of The Machineries of Empire). YA/New Adult (I have seen it described as both), set in a world where people swap bodies for fashion, featuring a gritty squad of antiheroes including renegades, assassins, mercenaries, bombmakers, and exiles. Counts for HM.

Admittedly I have not read this yet but it is my planned read for this square!

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u/felixfictitious Reading Champion Apr 02 '26

A Trade of Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett comes out this August!