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Best Queer Romance Books
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items I just had to make a separate list for those specifically looking for something sweet or hot, or both, in the queer romance world. I find at times it can be hard looking for specifically queer literature that doesn’t suck or have unlikable main chara...
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Sapphic Romance
Gay Romance
Sapphic Romance
Ladies, ladies…😎
This book is not your typical one about witches and knights, the author Tasha Suri creates a world where everyone’s lives are tethered to tales. In this tale, read as the Knight and Witch fight to take control of their fate and their love against a q...
The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri
The cutest, coziest wlw romantasy! If you want a sweet romance nestled in a world of magic and Mages, and a romance between two unlikely women then this is the read for you. It’s a sweet, slow romance between a farm girl who’s still just a novice mag...
The Keeper Of Magical Things Julie Leong
A super sweet sapphic romance novel that takes place in the good ole NYC, we get some amazing butch and trans representation in this book along with a building roommate romance that will leave you cheering the MCs on. I love how relatable the main ch...
Make Room for Love
I read this book during my trip in NYC this past spring, and that is the way I’d recommend anyone read this book…while you’re in the city (if possible). In this book we get carried throughout the city on the Q train and get to watch a sapphic love s...
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston - Goodreads
This series was really cool read! The sci-fi solar system of necromancers was fun to learn about and the characters were interesting and pulled me in all different directions. Did I mention it’s a lesbian sci-fi??! I’m going to have to reread this ag...
Gideon the Ninth (Locked Tomb Series #1)
I’m not going to lie, this book was a bit confusing at first. In that confusion you learn about a love that transcends time and space, found within the skirmishes of war. You’ll slip into world far away and times that sound familiar yet alien will p...
This Is How You Lose the Time War
Dracula is super popular all around the world with movies and shows about the man with the blood problem, yet Carmilla is an even greater influence on our vampire culture than society has cared to credit it for and most of us have never read it. Carm...
Carmilla
This sapphic vampire retelling based on Carmilla, this book is full of forbidden spahhic desires and the role of religion and its subjugation of its women. Weird dreams and deaths around the castle, will our MC be able to complete her role as handmai...
Unholy with Eyes like Wolves
This dark fantasy romance is teeming with vampires, weird plants, and strange fae. In this book, Clara navigates her new job for the eccentric estate owner Agatha. She gets swept off her feet doing research by finding old, romantic correspondences an...
In the Roses of Pieria
This book drags you into a medieval horror scene, where famine and war hang over every living being. People are desperate and nearly willing to do anything to ease this death cloud, until beautiful, godlike creatures descend upon their village and st...
The Starving Saints
This book is written so beautifully, the characters come to life with the author’s use of language and the tension created by our two main characters is delightfully tangible. We watch as love bleeds into hate and hate into love, lifetimes of such ba...
As Many Souls as Stars: A Novel
This dark romance is a slightly heavier read about healing trauma and reclaiming yourself while exploring the seduction of one powerful succubus. The succubus’s touch is pure pain and every kiss is a death sentence, until she encounters a human woman...
Kiss of Seduction
Gay Romance
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One of the greatest queer reads of all time. And although great, I must warn that it is also heart wrenching and devastating. In this beautifully written story of Achilles and Patroclus, go back in time and read as the two grow closer and explore the...
The Song of Achilles: A Novel
The first book in the hit series Heated Rivalry is based on, delve into the world of hockey and relationships. In this book we get introduced to Scott and Kip, each book we’ll get to follow along with different characters and their stories with hocke...
Game Changer (Game Changers series book #1) by Rachel Reid
Second book in the game changers series and this time we get to read about Ilya and Shane, finally! This book is so crazy close to the first season of the show in my opinion, a great read and continuation of the series!
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Heated Rivalry (Game Changers book #2) by Rachel Reid
Ryan and Fabian are such a cute couple, I loved reading the progression of their relationship! An even steamier read since they have history before the events of this book!
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Tough Guy ( Game Changers book #3) by Rachel Reid
The second part to Ilya and Shane’s story, a must read! This book is so cute but will definitely have your heart aching for the boys, see where their relationship takes them!
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The Long Game (Game Changers #6)
If you want another hockey Romance book, this is the one! Read how two, once best friends find a way back to each other and navigate through their past and the stuff that’s going on between them in the present, overcoming mental hoops and regret. Whe...
Him (Him Series #1)
Book two in the Him series, we follow Jamie and Wes as they move up in their careers while keeping their relationship silent. It proves harder than they originally thought, putting a strain on both of their careers and even their relationship
Us (Him Series #2)
This is such a cute and raunchy mlm camping novel! Delve into the woods with our MC who gets stumbled upon under circumstances nobody would ever imagine. They become an unlikely duo as they weather the campgrounds for the season, learning and explori...
Cubs & Campfires
One of my all time favorite Danmei, it’s super sweet and heartbreaking. Lan wangji is my all time favorite character, his relationship to the MC is so cute and I love the whole “enemies” to lovers arc they have growing up.
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 1
Book two in the MDZS series, and in this book Lan zhan and Wei Wuxian go to an old abandoned town while following the trail of a dismembered corpse. Here they uncover new enemies and a story long forgotten, uncovering the corpse’s identity and thus l...
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation Vol. 2
Book 3 in the MDZS series, once again We Wuxian’s past with the dark arts comes back to haunt him in the war between the clans. Although conflict arises, new feelings are realized between the Wei Wuxian and Lan wangji, deepening their connection and ...
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation Vol. 3
Book 4 of the MSZS series, all I’m going to say is oh. My. Gosh. Finally things get steamy between the boys and it’s a sweet prize to finally see them push the bounds of their relationship.
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation Vol. 4
Last book in the series and it’s a rewarding, lovely ending to the long journey between the two boys. Misunderstandings are cleared and the real culprit in all the havoc is finally and surprisingly revealed.
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation Vol. 5
Enter this historical fantasy about godhood and the life in between the living and dead. Our crown prince Xie Lian has ascended to godhood for the third time and this time, has debts to pay in which he does so in the mortal realm. With 800 years of l...
Heaven Officials Blessing Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
Super dark but one of the best Danmei (Chinese BL/mlm) in my opinion. This book should come with tons of trigger warning because of the assault and SA and violence in this book. Personally I like it because I enjoy reading the characters growth perso...
The Husky and His White Cat Shizun by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou