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Read with PRIDE: Science fiction and fantasy featuring LGBTQIA+ characters, from Multcolib

Celebrate PRIDE with these SF and fantasy books. - Heidi S.

Multnomah County Library

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  • Robin Blyth is accidentally named the civil service liaison to a hidden magical society and is forced to contend with the beauty and danger operating beneath normal reality while uncovering what happened to his predecessor.
    BookNew York, NY : Tom Doherty Associates, 2021. — FICTION MARSKE 2021
  • Offered one last job before serving an eternity in hell, a magical detective in Chicago is given three days to track down the White City Vampire and the chance to live out the rest of her life.
    BookNew York, NY : A Tordotcom Book, published by Tom Doherty Associates, 2022. — FICTION POLK 2022
  • After being murdered, his consciousness dormant and unaware of the passing of time while confined in an elaborate water trap, Kai wakes to find a lesser mage attempting to harness Kai's magic to his own advantage.
    BookNew York : Tordotcom, Tor Publishing Group, 2023. — SF WELLS 2023
  • With the younger generation questioning the Priory’s purpose since wyrms haven’t appeared since the Nameless One, Tunuva Melim, a sister of the Priory, finds her calling when humankind needs protection after a new age of terror and…
    BookNew York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023. — SF SHANNON 2023
  • This fantasy trilogy with roots in the mythology of Africa and Arabia, tells the story of three women who band together against a cruel empire that divides people by blood.
    BookNew York : Del Rey, [2022] — SF ELARIFI 2022
  • Linus is a gray little man living a quiet and constrained life in a drab city, when he is sent to review an orphanage by the cerulean sea.
    BookLondon : Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2021. — FICTION KLUNE 2020
  • A bawdy comic book about boozy mermaids who conduct a spell so they can go on land to get more drinks. It's funny and charming with stunning illustrations.
    Graphic NovelNew York, NY : Gallery 13, 2021. — GN LEYH 2021
  • Luli Wei is determined to escape her family's laundry business and become a star, even though it means dealing with the very literal monsters of 1920s Hollywood. Includes steamy same-sex romance and wild, dangerous bacchanals.
    BookNew York, NY : Tordotcom, 2022. — FICTION VO 2022
  • This book features a queer-normative world. Touraine has far more and better reasons to hate the princess than to love her.
    BookNew York : Orbit, 2021. — FICTION CLARK 2021
  • I love the main character. He’s suffered horribly (warning, the book describes child abuse) but he’s still a good man when he has cause not to be.
    BookAshland, OR : Blackstone Publishing, 2020. — FICTION SLAYTON 2020
  • Sure, it’s aimed at teens but it's such an enjoyable coming of age story. Don't skip it just because the calendar says you’re an adult!
    Graphic NovelSaint Louis, MO : Roar, [an imprint of] the Lion Forge LLC, 2019. — ygn WALKER 2019
  • Set in a future South Africa, this author’s debut novel is a blend of magic and technology that works brilliantly!
    BookNew York, NY : Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017] — SF DRAYDEN 2017