I will be eternally grateful to anyone who can produce a list of scifi/fantasy/fiction books with queer female main characters.
Please…?
I’ll do this as soon as I’m at my computer, since doing it on my phone is impossible
Alright, I may be too little, too late, but here is my contribution at any rate. I hope some of them suit ^^
Keeper of the Dawn by Dianna Gunn
As I Descended by Robin Talley
Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith
Of Fire & Stars by Audrey Coulthurst
Romancing the Inventor by Gail Carriger
Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher
The Best of Both Worlds by Victoria Zagar
All Things Rise by Missouri Vahn
Beauty & Cruelty by Meredith Katz
A Question of Counsel by Archer Kay Leah
Breakfire’s Glass by A.M. Valenza
The Broken Forest by Megan Derr
Clariel by Garth Nix
Ash by Malinda Lo
Waiting for You by Megan Derr
Crystal Cage by Victoria Zagar
Glove of Satin, Glove of Bone by Rachel White
Hair to the Throne by Meredith Katz
Skyborn by Helena Maeve
The Galloway Road by Catherine Adams
The Scars of Jocasta Lacroix by Jack Harvey
Treason by Althea Claire Duffy
Walking on Knives by Maya Chhabra
Winterbourne’s Daughter by Stephanie Rabig
Addict by Matt Doyle
Shaper by Christine Danse
Nightshade by Brooke Radley
The Caphenon by Fletcher DeLancey
Daughter of Mystery by Heather Rose Jones
The Cybernetic Tea Shop by Meredith Katz
Ice Massacre by Tiana Warner
Okay, hopefully that’s a good start ❤
the OP of the screenshotted tweet is on tumblr, and an author too, having put out Chameleon Moon and related stories.
I’m really relieved that both RoAnna and Heather’s books are linked on this post because if their tweets were going to be circulating around Tumblr with no way to indicate that Heather’s written a three-book (so far) fantasy series about magical lesbians and bi women in early 19th century Central Europe and RoAnna writes hopeful superhero dystopians that feature the only f/f/f triad MC’s I can think of in any book, that would have been hecking unfair.
@affablyevil, I hope that helps, but if you want more books, here’s a list I made a while ago of ten SFF f/f’s where they don’t die, and I am continually reading more and recommending more. (Have you heard of Flowers of Luna? College f/f set at fashion design college on the moon.)
[image description: a tweet from RoAnna Sylver (@RoAnna Syvler) reading “This June, please rememeber that there are more LGBT books than the ones you see everywhere put out by the Big 5, ad indies are amazing/worthy.” The next reblog is a tweet from Heather Rose Jones (@heatherrosejones) reading: “Making a list of queer SFF for Pride Month? Remember to look outside the mainstream presses. Don’t shut queer publishers out of queer lit.”]
Here’s a bunch of Goodreads lists that might help!
Speculative Fiction (SFF and Horror):
- Fantasy & Sci-Fi Featuring Lesbian Characters
- Bi WOC SFF
- Lesbian and Bisexual Women (etc) Sci Fi / Lesbian Sci-Fi
- Lesbian Fantasy
- Lesbian & Bi Women Medieval Fantasy
- Lesbian and Bi Women Dystopians
- F/F Paranormal and Urban Fantasy
- Lesbian & Bi Women Fairy Books (Stories about fairies)
- Lesbian Steampunk Books
- Lesbian Horror
- Lesbian Zombie Books
- Lesbian Ghost Stories
- Lesbian Werewolf Books
- Lesbian Vampire Books
- Queer Mermaid Books
- Lesbian & Bi Women YA SFF2016 f/f SFF (sci-fi & fantasy) with HEA/HFN
And some more lists, including a whole history of LGBT SFF!
- Lesbians In Space: A Reader’s Guide to Lesbian Science Fiction
- LGBT Science Fiction and Fantasy 2000-2010 (Part 1)
- LGBT Science Fiction and Fantasy 2000-2010 (Part 2)
- LGBT Science Fiction and Fantasy Before 1970
- LGBT Science Fiction and Fantasy in the 1970s
- LGBT Science Fiction and Fantasy in the 1980s
- LGBTQ Protagonists in Fantasy and Science Fiction
Also worth checking out is Queership!
this is an excellent post
I have been searching for books not about white males for so long and this is the answer to my prayers.
Check out my queer reading list for a selection of SF&F recommendations that you can filter by the type of representation you’re looking for. Suggest a new book to go on the list and you’ll be entered into a prize draw to win a book of your choice from the list.
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