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Can I have a list of all those queer historical romance books plzzzz
You certainly can. Please find, by popular request and in no particular order, a list of all LGBT+ historical romances I have read of late. This is by no means a complete list, as (bar one) it’s just stuff I’ve actually read. It’s also only books which are strictly romances (so no Sarah Waters, for example). I’ve bolded my favourites.
M/M (by far the most popular in the queer romance genre, but F/F finally seems to be picking up!!):
An Unusual Courtship - Katherine Marlowe (Regency)
Briarley - Aster Glenn Grey (Beauty and the Beast retelling, WWII)
A Scot’s Surrender - Lily Maxton (Regency)
Invitation to the Dance - Tamara Allen (late 1800s)
The Only Gold - Tamara Allen (late 1800s)
Whistling in the Dark - Tamara Allen (early 1900s)
A Gathering Storm - Joanna Chambers (late 1800s, I think)
Mr Winterbourne’s Christmas - Joanna Chambers (Regency… ish)
Hither, Page - Cat Sebastian (WWII)
Spirits series 1, 2 and 3 - Jordan L Hawk (Victorian, paranormal)
Enlightenment series 1, 2, 3, 4 - Joanna Chambers (Regency)
The Pursuit Of… - Courtney Milan (US Civil War)
A Minor Inconvenience - Sarah Granger (Napoleanic Wars)
Contraband Hearts - Alex Beecroft (pfffft… 1800s some time)
Something Human - AJ Demas (sort of alternate Rome)
The Medium - Bonnie Dee (Victorian, I believe)
A Land So Wild - Elyssa Warkentin (late 1800s)
Think of England - KJ Charles (Edwardian)
Sins of the Cities series 1, 2 - KJ Charles (Victorian)
Honestly, anything by KJ Charles, and blessedly she has been very productive
The Turner Series 1, 2, 3 - Cat Sebastian (… Regency? I’m sure it’s Regency)
Seducing the Sedgwicks 1, 2 - Cat Sebastian (Regency)
Again, literally anything by Cat Sebastian
F/F (this is a way less popular genre, unfortunately; I am scouring the Internet for more):
A Lady’s Desire - Lily Maxton (Regency)
That Could Be Enough - Alyssa Cole (post US Civil War)
Mrs Martin’s Incomparable Adventure - Courtney Milan (… 1800s)
Proper English - KJ Charles (Edwardian)
Escape to Pirate Island - Niamh Murphy (Age of Sail)
The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics - Olivia Waite (1800s some time! This one ISN’T OUT YET and I’m dying for it)
The incredibly few books which aren’t just entirely cis:
The Craft of Love - E.E Ottoman (post US Civil War, trans male protag)
Documenting Light - E.E Ottoman (contemporary but with a historical plotline, trans male and non-binary amab protags)
Peter Darling - Austin Chant (Peter Pan retelling, trans male protag)
Unmasked by the Marquess - Cat Sebastian (Regency, non-binary afab protag)
An Unsuitable Heir - KJ Charles (non-binary amab protag)
Various others:
A Duke in Disguise - Cat Sebastian (Regency, couple is M/F but the female protag is very openly bisexual and also wants to kill the rich)
Behind These Doors - Jude Lucens (Edwardian - polyamory, M/F/M)
guys I think this is actually blatant homophobia
EXCUSE ME?
Share Your Pride day 7: Favorite LGBTQIA+ book
This one is a tie for me, I have a few favorites as of now so I’ll just list them here,
Red, White, and Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
Aristotle and Dante (both books) - Benjamin Alire Sáenz
What we read in 2022!
In order: 1. This is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone 2. The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula Le Guin 3. Gideon The Ninth - Tamsyn Muir 4. Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie 5. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers 6. Haunted Bauhaus: Occult Spirituality, Gender Fluidity, Queer Identities - Elizabeth Otto 7. The Argonauts - Maggie Nelson 8. She Who Became the Sun - Shelley Parker-Chan 9. Buffalo is the New Buffalo - Chelsea Vowel
There really is a softness in queer love that old poetry refuses to let go of and I think that is beautiful.
Reading The Binding without any prior knowledge of the book was really me going: is this gay?? seems kinda gay?? this is definitely gay right?? oh fuck yeah that’s gay.
and i loved every second of it