Prompts

What are the must-read LGBTQ fantasy books?

Few genres have embraced sexuality like Fantasy. Whether it's friends to lovers, forbidden relationships, or happily ever after – LGBTQ+ storylines can explore cultures and societies in a way that cisgender relationships can't. What books standout to you with gay, bi, trans or queer characters?

Legends & Lattes

#1 of 1 in Legends & Lattes

2022 • 2,285 Readers • 304 pages 4.2

The Priory of the Orange Tree

#1 of 1 in The Roots of Chaos

2018 • 1,904 Readers • 849 pages 4.1

A Marvellous Light

#1 of 3 in The Last Binding

2021 • 492 Readers • 384 pages 4

Gideon the Ninth

#1 of 4 in The Locked Tomb

2019 • 1,934 Readers • 448 pages 4.1

Cemetery Boys

#1 of 1 in Cemetery Boys

28 • 600 Readers 4.1

Witchmark

#1 of 3 in The Kingston Cycle

2018 • 258 Readers • 318 pages 4

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

#1 of 4 in Wayfarers

2014 • 1,734 Readers • 423 pages 4.1

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

2020 • 2,711 Readers • 448 pages 4.1

The House in the Cerulean Sea

#1 of 2 in Cerulean Chronicles

2020 • 2,322 Readers • 400 pages 4.3

My Real Children

2014 • 77 Readers • 321 pages 4

Luck in the Shadows

#1 of 7 in Nightrunner

1996 • 203 Readers • 496 pages 3.9

Magic's Pawn

#1 of 3 in Valdemar: The Last Herald-Mage

1989 • 139 Readers • 349 pages 3.9

Peter Darling

2017 • 129 Readers • 207 pages 3.7

The Left Hand of Darkness

#4 of 18 in Hainish Cycle

1969 • 1,555 Readers • 267 pages 4.1

Malice

#1 of 2 in Malice Duology

2021 • 253 Readers • 469 pages 3.8

She Who Became the Sun

#1 of 2 in The Radiant Emperor

2021 • 1,033 Readers • 416 pages 3.8

White Trash Warlock

#1 of 2 in Adam Binder

119 Readers 4

Black Sun

#1 of 3 in Between Earth and Sky

2020 • 837 Readers • 464 pages 4.1

Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea

2019 • 44 Readers • 288 pages 4.1

Dreadnought

#1 of 5 in Nemesis

2017 • 125 Readers • 280 pages 3.9

Somewhere Beyond the Sea

#2 of 2 in Cerulean Chronicles

2024 • 433 Readers • 416 pages 4.2

They Both Die at the End

#1 of 2 in Death-Cast

2017 • 1,156 Readers 3.7

Light from Uncommon Stars

2021 • 661 Readers • 13h 13m 4.1

A Ferry of Bones & Gold

#1 of 3 in Soulbound

2018 • 42 Readers • 372 pages 3.5

This Rebel Heart

2022 • 32 Readers • 449 pages 4

Even Though I Knew the End

2022 • 223 Readers • 136 pages 3.9

The Spear Cuts Through Water

2022 • 622 Readers • 400 pages 4.3

Spectred Isle

#1 of 1 in Green Men

2017 • 31 Readers • 271 pages 4

Cover 3

#1 of 1 in Songs of Sefate

2020 • 21 Readers • 318 pages 4.4

Spear

2022 • 191 Readers • 192 pages 4.1

Two Dark Moons

#1 of 2 in Sãoni Cycle

2019 • 14 Readers • 250 pages 5

The Whitefire Crossing

#1 of 3 in Shattered Sigil

2011 • 53 Readers • 300 pages 3.6

Nevernight

#1 of 3 in The Nevernight Chronicle

2016 • 711 Readers • 448 pages 4.1

The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming

#1 of 2 in The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming

2018 • 51 Readers • 442 pages 5

Point of Hopes

#1 of 5 in Astreiant

1995 • 18 Readers • 384 pages 3.8

A Day of Fallen Night

#0 of 1 in The Roots of Chaos

2023 • 622 Readers • 881 pages 4.3

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea

#1 of 3 in Tomes & Tea

2022 • 338 Readers • 443 pages 3.9

El Beso de la Mujer Araña

1976 • 16 Readers • 290 pages 4.2

The Killing Moon

#1 of 2 in Dreamblood

2012 • 306 Readers • 418 pages 3.9

Black Water Sister

2021 • 202 Readers • 370 pages 3.8