LGBTQ friendly science fiction and fantasy from Multcolib My Librarian ErikaLike this list

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• Siren Queen

  Vo, Nghi,

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  Luli Wei dreams of stardom, but in her world, the golden age of Hollywood is full of monsters. Literally. Darkly glittering and magical.

• Spear

  Griffith, Nicola,

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  A genderswapped version of the Percival story with ancient Irish magic woven in. Vivid, romantic, full of passion, bravery, and beauty.

• The Jasmine Throne

  Suri, Tasha,

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  A captive princess and a servant in possession of forbidden magic become unlikely allies--and eventually, much more than allies--on a dark journey to save their empire.

• Light From Uncommon Stars

  Aoki, Ryka,

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  A defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian bargains, and queer alien courtship over fresh-made donuts.

• Legends & Lattes

  a Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes

  Baldree, Travis, 1977-

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  For those who want something a bit more cozy... an orc retires from adventure and starts a coffee shop.

• Gideon the Ninth

  Muir, Tamsyn,

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  Like the newly risen dead, this book will reach out and grab you with its desiccated skeletal fist. Darkly funny and full of snappy, internet-inflected banter, lesbian necromancers, and lots of bones.

• This Is How You Lose the Time War

  El-Mohtar, Amal,

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  A battle is fought across space and time by foes who find themselves drawn closer even as they plot more and more devious traps for each other. A poetic, emotional, and unique novella.

• The Priory of the Orange Tree

  Shannon, Samantha, 1991-

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  Three very different women - an unwed queen under threat of assassination, a lady-in-waiting who is part of a secret society of mages, and a dragon rider in a land across the sea - find their stories intertwining as ancient chaos rises.

• A Marvellous Light

  Marske, Freya,

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  Red White & Royal Blue meets Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell in this debut novel, featuring an Edwardian England full of magic, contracts, and conspiracies.

• The Deep Sky

  Kitasei, Yume,

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  An interstellar voyage is crewed entirely by people able to give birth partway through, which means only women and nonbinary and trans people need apply. An action-packed SF mystery/thriller.

• The Unbroken

  Clark, C. L. (Cherae L.),

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  Magnificent historical/military North-African inspired fantasy that explores colonialism through the eyes of Touraine, a military conscript stolen as a child, and Luca, princess and heir to the empire.

• All Systems Red

  the Murderbot Diaries

  Wells, Martha,

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  Features one of the most memorable characters in recent SF - a snarky, sardonic self-described Murderbot who really just wants to watch vids in peace. If only those pesky humans would stop getting into dangerous situations that require saving.

• Ink Blood Sister Scribe

  a Novel

  Törzs, Emma, 1987-

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  Two estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their family's library of magical books must work together to unravel a deadly secret at the heart of their collection.

• The City in the Middle of the Night

  Anders, Charlie Jane,

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  Touching, entertaining, and a little bit weird. While the setting (on a tidally locked planet) is fascinating, this is really more about the characters, their relationships, and their psychological journeys. Charlie Jane, you had me at “cat butter”!

• The Black Tides of Heaven

  Yang, Neon,

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  Fantasy with touches of steampunk, drawn from Asian history and myth. Plus, there’s dinosaurs!

• Black Sun

  Roanhorse, Rebecca,

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  An epic fantasy spun from the precolonial history of the Americas as well as contemporary fantasy trends. At times dark, but also romantic, full of warring factions, magical creatures, and fascinating societies.

• Winter's Orbit

  Maxwell, Everina,

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  A romantic space opera full of courtly intrigue, featuring a prince and a count who have to make their arranged marriage work for the sake of empire.

• Witchmark

  Polk, C. L. (Chelsea L.),

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  When a fatally poisoned patient exposes Miles' healing gift and his witchmark, he must put his anonymity and freedom at risk to investigate his patient's murder. To find the truth he'll need to rely on the family he despises, and on the kindness of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Road to Ruin

  the First Magebike Couier Novel

  Lee, Hana, 1996-

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  An electrifying, gritty fantasy that takes a royal messenger on a high-speed chase across a climate-ravaged wasteland, featuring motorcycles, monsters, and magic.

• A Memory Called Empire

  Martine, Arkady,

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  Courtly intrigue, diplomatic shenanigans, murder, and poetry... all in a queer-normative universe.