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sometimes instead of a horrid little monk, divine visions of lesbians dance in my head dispensing wisdom

[acecorvid]

Do you have book recs? Especially queer book recs, both fiction and nonfiction. Thank you!

Why yes I do friend! A whole list under the cut because I added descriptions and it’s rather long, but also if you’d rather: here is my queer book list on goodreads (some of the books I haven’t read yet but the ones I have read have longer reviews from me).

Fiction: 

All For the Game (aka The Foxhole Court three book series) by Nora Sakavic - fake sport, total drama university, demisexual character, gay characters, slow burn, lots of violence unfortunately, dysfunctional found family

The Raven Cycle (four book series) by Maggie Stiefvater - a magical game of hide and seek with an ancient buried king, gay and bi characters, found family filled with more love than you thought possible

Dress Codes for Small Towns by Court Stevens - queer characters, found family of somewhat delinquent friends (but they’re good Christian delinquents), finding yourself and exploring your sexuality under the watchful eye of religious people

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (I recommend the audiobook) - beauty queens crash and trapped on a desert island what could go wrong, gay and trans characters, a lot actually goes wrong but a lot goes right

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz - I’ve reread this book so many times I’ve lost count. Slow burn. Boys falling in love. Boys who will do anything for each other. Written in the most loving way I’ve ever seen.

Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero - teen detective club all grown up and still traumatized by the eldritch horrors they saw in their youth, Scooby type gang and the gals are queer

 The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee - this book has so much I don’t even know how to describe it, but it’s delightful and all the characters are so good, slow burn, too many wonderful tropes to count, at one point there’s a pirate ship

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera - ahaha this one hurts. The world building is phenomenal though and so are the boys and their love. 

It’s Not Like It’s a Secret by Misa Suguira - delightful wlw story of a queer girl, her family, and how she grows up with secrets

George by Alex Gino - a kid’s book about a trans kid, very sweet and informative, audiobook read by Jamie Clayton

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli - one of the best coming of age/coming out stories Ive read, inspired the movie Love Simon

More Than This by Patrick Ness - existential crisis of a book, queer main, all around beautiful story

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo - trans main, acceptance, growing, and dating

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan - two characters of the same name, several gay characters, a delightful journey of finding friendship and oneself

The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz - father of main is gay, from the author of Aristotle and Dante, beautiful tale of a young boy coming of age, figuring out his identity with his past and his present and his future

Comic/Graphic Novel:

The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal: Omnibus by E.K. Weaver - this sits on my shelf and it is HUGE, read it first as a webcomic so if you can’t find it in stores it’s online, long ass road trip that melts my heart every time

Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson (and more) - the best camp experience you will ever have

Take Me with You by Andrea Gibson - beautifully queer poetry

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson - everyone is queer, magical and misunderstood, bad guys need assistants too, sometimes the good people aren’t the best people

Non-Fiction: 

Revolutionary by Alex Myers - a historical retelling of Deborah Samson/Robert Shurtliff from a trans perspective

Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock - autobiographical, trans, sex work, sex positivity

Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded by Hannah Hart - autobiographical, positivity in the face of anything, family with mental illness, difficult relationship with parent

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (also graphic novel but it’s autobiographical) by Alison Bechdel - also a broadway musical, broken family, coming of age

Sex Variant Woman: The Life of Jeannette Howard Foster by Joanne E. Passet - the life story of a lesbian librarian/teacher who needs more credit, very long and detailed but worth it, has a lot to teach you about the queer history in general

Not Explicitly Queer but Can Be Read as Queer:

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng - one of the main characters is ace and I will fight for that

Romeo and/or Juliet: A Chooseable-Path Adventure by Ryan North - there’s an ace joke and plenty of queer subtext