Ya fantasy books with lgbt characters

Once & Future by A.R. Capetta and Cory McCarthy

In this queer-affirming galactic future, the 42nd reincarnation of King Arthur is a pansexual brown girl named Ari. After the capitalistic Mercer Company imprisons Ari’s adopted mothers, she vows to find a way to help them escape. When she unknowingly draws Excalibur from a tree on Old Ground, she reawakens Merlin, who is now a teenager, and ignites the cycle of Arthurian legend. She needs to gather her knights together to defeat the Mercer Company. This YA space opera is a blast to read, as is book 2, Sword in the Stars.

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Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

Jam is a Black trans lady who lives in the utopian city of Lucille, where the angels vanquished all the monsters long ago, or so Jam and her best friend Redemption are taught in school. Then one day, a creature climbs out of a painting and tells Jam there’s a monster in her midst. She names him Pet, and the two must find the monster before it’s too late. This engaging and heart-wrenching read shows how sometimes the monste

Must Read Queer Fantasy Books

Looking for the best queer fantasy books to add to your reading list? Check out these gay fantasy books with amazing LGTBQ+ representation.

Must Study Queer Fantasy Books

In the world of fantasy, for some reason, it seems like there are mainly straight romantic relationships. That really isn’t the case at the moment though, and fantasy has really started to become a much more diverse genre. There are some fantastic gay fantasy books with excellent LGTBQ+ representation within them. If you are looking for them, then you can find them right here in a nice petite list for you.

Now, these are not romance books. Nor are they even really “fantasy romance”. Most of these books I am going to recommend to you have queer romance as a subplot. I personally don’t tend to read books that have romance as the main plot, so make sure you keep that in mind when you are going through this list.

These books are first and foremost, fantasy books (with a little sci-fi thrown in for fun). If you are looking for books that are more romanc

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YA Fantasy Week and this queer YA fantasy list is sponsored by Flatiron Books.Welcome to Finale, the final book in Stephanie Garber’s #1 New York Times bestselling Caraval series! It’s been two months since the Fates were freed from a deck of cards, two months since Legend claimed the throne for his own, and two months since Tella discovered the noun she fell in love with doesn’t really exist. Tella must decide if she’s going to trust Legend. After uncovering a secret, Scarlett will need to do the impossible. And Legend has a choice to build that will forever change him. Caraval is over, but perhaps the greatest game of all has begun.

I love LGBTQ+ fantasy novels because they provide readers the chance to dream a world where homophobia doesn’t exist. This isn’t to tell that conflict and heartbreak are also eradicated, but seeing a queer character get to experience life without the burden of coming out or navigating real-world societal expectations can be incredibly empowering, and a source of hope. These 15 queer YA fantasy booksare must-reads for anyone looking for fa