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Go-to Reads with LGBTQUIA+ MCs


Some (not-so) oldies but goodies reads: 

  • Speculative, SciFi, Supernatural
Black Water Sister by Zen Cho 

We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2021 edited by L.D. Lewis 

Winter's Orbit & Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell 

Lead Me Astray by Sondi Warner 

  • Contemporary Romance
How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole 

Learned Reactions by Jayce Ellis 

Work for It by Talia Hibbert 

Finding Joy by Adriana Herrera 

Chef's Kiss by T.J. Alexander  

Conscious Bias by Alexi Venice 

Hold Me by Courtney Milan 

  • Historical Romance 
Dead Dead Girls & Harlem Sunset by Nekesa Afia 

Hither, Page & The Missing Page by Cat Sebastian 

The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite 

  • Non-Fiction
Outside the XY: Queer Black and Brown Masculinity by Bklyn Boihood and Morgan Mann Willis 

A Quick and Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni 


Need more reading options? 
Visit your nearest bookstore or library and browse their #Pride displays. (That suggestion is offered with prayers and hopes that the ones closest to you are welcoming and inclusive.) 

But just in case they're not, here's the link to an article about the Seattle Public Library, the Brooklyn Public Library and Books Unbanned https://www.openculture.com/2023/05/the-seattle-public-library-gives-students-free-access-to-books-getting-banned-across-the-united-states.html


Happy reading! 



 



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