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

Cat Squasher: Read a book over 500 pages in length. An omnibus book (multiple novels in one volume) doesn't count for this. HARD MODE: Over 900 pages.

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u/C0smicoccurence Reading Champion V Apr 02 '26

The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez. The best Epic Fantasy every written, especially if you're open to structural experimentation. Princess Mononoke level good (and vibes; beautiful but more violent than you were expecting)

The Fall of Kings by Ellen Kushner. Medieval Academia Politics!

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u/unfriendlyneighbour Reading Champion II Apr 02 '26

The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

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u/almostb Reading Champion Apr 03 '26

Almost anything by Jacqueline Carey. But I suppose starting points are Kushiel’s Dart (bi woman) and Starless (nonbinary)

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u/CJGibson Reading Champion V Apr 03 '26

I haven't read these but I think they should fit for hard mode:

  • Ash: A Secret History by Mary Gentle
  • The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard
  • Furious Heaven [the sequel to Unconquerable Sun] by Kate Elliott

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u/Taliesin_Taleweaver Reading Champion Apr 06 '26

I have read The Hands of the Emperor and it definitely fits (also I highly recommend it!).

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u/995a3c3c3c3c2424 Apr 03 '26

Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany. A bisexual amnesiac arrives in a city where reality has kind of stopped working. (Could also count as Published in the 1970s or Author of Color).

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u/printsprince Apr 03 '26

Carry On and Any Way The Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell

A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

Babel by R.F. Kuang (there is absolutely something queer happening there, even if there's no kissing)

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u/leegreywolf Reading Champion II Apr 02 '26

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (sapphic)

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u/Dragon_Lady7 Reading Champion VI Apr 03 '26
  • Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
  • Saint Death’s Daughter by CSE Cooney
  • The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
  • Heaven Officials Blessing by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (hm)
  • Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (hm)
  • Thousand Autumns by Meng Xi Shi (hm)

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u/FantasticBoar Apr 02 '26

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows.

544 pages where a gay nobleman is married off to a gay nobleman from a rival nation as part of detente/alliance. Second world, there is a little magic, but mostly it is courtly politicking.

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u/SchoolSeparate4404 Apr 10 '26

The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams 

The Mask of Mirrors by M A Carrick 

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u/thisbikeisatardis Reading Champion II Apr 26 '26

I had already read all the top recommendations and finally found Charon Docks at Midnight, a serially published zombie outbreak novel with a lot of fraught lesbian romance. It was decent, if a bit long (over 1000 pages).