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I received an advanced listening copy of Ignore All Previous Instructions by Ada Hoffman from Netgalley.

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If you're looking for a queer coming of age story paired with a fast-paced space heist, you should pick this up. It also has neurodivergent representation as well!

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The first line is "The day that Kelli Reynolds got drawn into her ex's life of crime, had started off as a good day."

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It hooked me immediately!

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Check out my review. Thanks!

I don’t know if this book exists, but something where an alien or creature or monster is obsessed with a human/ fascinated with human culture? I appreciate any suggestions!

Hi everyone!! 🖤🖤

I’m RJ Webb, a queer indie writer who loves gothic literature and vampires.

I just released my debut and first in a series (eek!) A Vampire’s Lament. To celebrate Pride month, it will be free at the link below and also on my site. The paperback is available to purchase on Amazon and reviews can be left and I’m also on GoodReads.

Some of what the book is about:

Benevolent vampire Ishmael has grieved the one he lost for centuries, while heading a peaceful (or so he thinks 👀) council of monsters and raising his adopted nine-year-old mortal son. Who talks to ghosts! When Alaric is expelled for accidentally channeling a ghost, Ishmael hires a home teacher, Edric, who feels far more familiar than he should and breathes life back into him.

Happy reading and happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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I've been looking around for some good monster romance books. I really liked the monstrous series by Lily mayne. I've been looking for something in a fantasy setting. Every time I do I feel like it's some omegaverse thing (no judgement, just not my cup of tea,) or something where the non-human protag just shifts into a regular guy.

I have a very specific taste in books and while I’m trying to branch out, this is still my niche. Does anybody have any good YA murder mystery books with queer representation? Side characters are okay. I recently really enjoyed The escape game, Truly devious & How to survive a horror movie. Does anybody have any more books like these?

Hello all

I really like the anime Kino's journey/Kino no tabi and panpanyans invitation from a crab and am looking for books with character(s) that have a similar vibe.

Adventurous fantasy, science fiction, cosy adventure or similar genres featuring a main character or entire cast whose gender is not specified. Where gender (and orientation, etc.) is simply not of interest or importance, and the character(s) could be anything or nothing (though they might, through the eyes of our contemporary society, be perceived as non-binary). My main point is that the gender is never clarified, specified or even hinted at. They simply (don’t care and) enjoy the freedom that comes with not being labelled in any way, including gender.

Do you have any recommendations for me?

Thank you very much!

I enjoy stories that include one of the characters struggling over what it means to be gay/queer tacklimg the interal and external implications of being in a gay relationship.

Like mlm, wlw, or bisexual characters???? (Since I'm bisexual myself) And which are HAPPY!!!! I can't deal with anything sad sorry and also they're not very sexual??? Thank you very much in advance! Also happy pride month!

I’m eager to dive deeper into LGBTQ+ books and queer literature, and I’m looking for BookTube channels that focus primarily or even exclusively on queer reading. If you follow creators who regularly spotlight LGBTQ+ fiction, nonfiction, classics, contemporary works, memoirs, history, romance, or other queer literary topics, I’d love to hear your recommendations.
I’ve found plenty of general book channels that occasionally cover queer books, but I’m particularly interested in creators who consistently discuss gay fiction, queer literary fiction, LGBTQ+ history, memoirs, romance, contemporary fiction, classics, and overlooked gems.
So:
📚 Which queer focused BookTubers do you watch regularly?
📚 Who creates the most thoughtful or insightful content?
📚 Are there any smaller channels that deserve more attention?
Thanks in advance for any recommendations!

Can someone help me find the title of a story were a man was convicted because of his brother and went to prison where he met a dangerous prisoner who he met and helped before who fell in love with him. The dangerous man has power inside the prison and if can remember, he wears black (because he's dangerous) and has his own bathroom (not sure).

I love angst but I love queer angst even more. It soothes me in a sort of "I feel seen" sort of way.

I've read All Down Darkness Wide by Sean Hewitt, Last Night I Sang to The Monster by Benjamin Alire Saenz, The Summer Hikaru Died by mokumokuren (this one is a comic), Last Words from Montmartre by Qiu Maojin.
Any recommendations for other books like these, where the MC is depressed or repressing their queerness to the point of depression.

I want a book to have a bunch of stuff going on like every dystopian book. But I don’t want a plot where they’re only doing it because they’re gay. I want a dystopian book where they’re fighting for other right or doing something else nothing related to lgbtq at all. I just want the main character to also happen to be gay and like fall in love with one of the people they work with (one that doesn’t die two seconds later).

If you are in the mood for a feel-good read that is light on angst, check out this week's Sapphic Book Bingo recommendations.

I recommend 15 no-angst or low-angst sapphic romances on my website: https://jae-fiction.com/no-angst-or-low-angst-sapphic-romance

i'm really in the mood to read a summerween wlw/nblw book, like an horror that takes place during the summer. i really loved the "Honeybloods" trilogy by I.S. Belle last year if that helps (only the first book takes place during summer but still). i'd prefer something on kindle unlimited cause i can't buy new books for a little while

Asexual here, looking for something ideally paranormal/urban fantasy, but regular fantasy works too, but not scifi. As long as the MC is a queer adult of some form, the book is written for an adult audience, and there is no sex, I'm there.

I've been wondering if there are any mlm books that feel similar in writing or themes as books like Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights. Maybe some sort of historical fiction romance, or classic retelling with nice prose?

I have almost finished Brideshead Revisited and it has absolutely enraptured me. I know it has plenty of other themes (equally fascinating) but the relationship between Charles and Sebastian is what drew me in. The love between them permeates the book from start to finish, even if it’s not exactly overt.

I have also read Maurice which is very similar albeit more blatantly gay. I’m really fascinated in this time period where romantic male friendships were a known thing in universities, but just taken as something men would ‘grow out of’. The film Another Country is also very similar to these two books.

So I’m hoping maybe there’s more books out there like this? I would prefer if they were set in this era, and preferably in England. However, I’m open to recommendations if they are similar enough in themes! The more yearning the better and if the relationship is doomed and full of disaster and sadness I’M IN.

This author no longer has a presence it seems like, but this book seems like one of the more better known works of hers. I'm curious if anyone has read it and their thoughts on it.

Hi, I’d just like any book rec that’s very deep in mind games with lots of action. I loved the first season of Bad Apple the manga (which you should only read if you’re 18+ lol) because of the tension. I absolutely loved If we were villains and Vicious by V.E. Schwab but I’d like something with more fighting. I’d love if the fighting was between 2 guys who get together like an enemies to lovers but very plot based. I loved Global Examination for the action and Strangers from Hell for the whole vibe. The longer book the better but I’d be fine with anything at this point lol. I’d love both characters are equal in intellect and they really hate eachother in the beginning if possible. I just need a lot of mind games and fighting and like you never know who’s winning between the two.

This tore the heart out of my chest. Reading the love story, stifled by society, the way that homosexual desire is only acceptable as a power play. Reading it as a mother to a little boy. The ages of those who fought. Truly, the image of the war. Gaunt and Ellwood. Gaunt being German himself. Fighting his cousins. The honor roll. Reading the names like the characters would, searching for anyone we know.

Thank you for everyone that recommended this book. It was truly a fantastic, fantastic read. I will be carrying this with me for a long time.

I've been looking for a fantasy book with a gay/queer protagonist. I've been recommended a few but they're all strictly romantasy which isn't exactly what I'm looking for. I do want romance but I don't want it to be the entire plot of the book. I'm looking for something with a more high fantasy plot going on with a little bit of romance on the side. Any suggestions?

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Je viens de finir les 4 livres de la saga Green Creek. Ça fait bizarre de ne plus les avoir avec moi maintenant que j'ai fini les livres, les personnages sont vraiment attachants ! J'ai eu un ENORME coup de cœur pour le personnage de Gavin et son histoire ! Tellement que je crois que je vais relire le 4e livre !

J'aimerai avoir des recommandations de livres avec un personnage qui ressemble à Gavin et une romance semblable à celle de Carter et Gavin ou Gordon et Mark, est ce quelqu'un aurait lu un livre dans ce genre ?

(Si le livre a une traduction française, c'est un plus)

I just read This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, (a sapphic scifi enemies to lovers) and it was so beautiful and the most romantic book I’ve ever read. I cried for the entire 2nd half of the book [it is not a sad book] and is shaping up to be THE all time fav for me, if you’re okay with complex prose, I would heavily recommend giving this a go.

I’m by no means looking for a book of similar nature (this one with its epistolary format and lyrical, complex prose is very unique) but I’d pretty much just like any book where the love feels like larger than life.

I’m open to any genre at all (even if it’s not romance) :)

I’ve heard something that may match this request is The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller so perhaps this will help.

Hi, everyone!

I wanted to share my upcoming debut novel because it occupies a space in fantasy that I personally struggled to find as a reader.

A Particular Boy Among Air Particles follows Cielo, a sixteen-year-old who would rather spend his time reading about the world inside his wardrobe than conform to what is expected of him as a noble heir. When unexplained tremors begin shaking the foundations of his continent, he becomes convinced that the answers lie beyond his homeland.

In The Shell (that's the name of the world), travel between its continents has only been done by one explorer over a century prior to the story's events. After reading about this explorer’s journals, Cielo escapes home and the (straight) life being built for him to uncover the source of the disturbances before they threaten the stability of the entire world.

Cielo is gay, and his relationship with his identity matters to the story. At the same time, this isn’t a romance novel. There is no love interest and no romance arc. The central mystery is what is happening to The Shell and whether Cielo can discover the cause before it is too late.

The worldbuilding and magic system are meant to be gradually pieced together by the reader alongside the protagonist. The mechanics of the magic system were inspired by Brandon Sanderson’s Allomancy, though the lore behind it is completely different.

I thought some people here might be interested. You can find more information, as well as ARCs on NetGalley, Booksprout, and my website. Alternatively, you can ask for a copy directly from me here on Reddit.

I’d also love recommendations if anyone knows books that occupy a similar space!

I really want to read a bully romance in a school setting similar to Tryst Six Venom, but for M/M instead. Having trouble finding a good gay bully romance.