Happy new year, sine! Here are some LGBT sci-fi/fantasy book rec lists I found. I know that some of these books you may have already read, but hopefully there are some you haven't read that you end up enjoying: 1, 2 (skip to "Science Fiction / Fantasy / Speculative"), 2, 3, 4.
Two other books I thought of off the top of my head that my friend who reads LGBT sci-fi and fantasy liked (I haven't read these yet though):
- The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (she RAVED about it multiple times last year, and it's on one of the lists I linked) - The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee (not exactly fantasy and it's YA, but it apparently has some fantasy elements in it so maybeee it's worth a try?)
There's also Vicious by V.E. Schwab and its sequel, Vengeful. Very light queer rep in that the protagonist has been confirmed to be ace, but it's not a big part of the story. It might be up your alley, though, because it's about superpowers! It's a lottt of fun. Vicious was one of my favorite reads of 2019 and one of the most enjoyable books I've read in a while. Also, the relationship between Victor and Eli is fascinating and very much "two sides of the same coin"-ish.
Oh, and Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu! I got a small (one-chapter? I don't recall) copy of it at a panel Wendy did at NYCC a few years ago when it was just a webcomic, and it got published last year. It's a comic about a queer Chinese American teen witch and non-binary werewolf couple. I only read the thing I got at NYCC, but it seemed cute. :)
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Date: 2020-01-19 07:42 am (UTC)Two other books I thought of off the top of my head that my friend who reads LGBT sci-fi and fantasy liked (I haven't read these yet though):
- The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (she RAVED about it multiple times last year, and it's on one of the lists I linked)
- The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee (not exactly fantasy and it's YA, but it apparently has some fantasy elements in it so maybeee it's worth a try?)
There's also Vicious by V.E. Schwab and its sequel, Vengeful. Very light queer rep in that the protagonist has been confirmed to be ace, but it's not a big part of the story. It might be up your alley, though, because it's about superpowers! It's a lottt of fun. Vicious was one of my favorite reads of 2019 and one of the most enjoyable books I've read in a while. Also, the relationship between Victor and Eli is fascinating and very much "two sides of the same coin"-ish.
Oh, and Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu! I got a small (one-chapter? I don't recall) copy of it at a panel Wendy did at NYCC a few years ago when it was just a webcomic, and it got published last year. It's a comic about a queer Chinese American teen witch and non-binary werewolf couple. I only read the thing I got at NYCC, but it seemed cute. :)