LGBTQ+ Science Fiction and Fantasy

The second we saw author Zen Cho describe her fantasy adventure as “A stressed zillennial lesbian fights gods, ghosts, gangsters & grandmas in 21st century Penang” on Twitter, we were in! Equal parts sass, suspense, family drama, and heart, you don’t want to miss this charmer set in modern Malaysia.

A queer swordswoman and her childhood frenemy, a necromancer, team up to save the world in this darkly snarky epic fantasy.

Considered by many to be one of the iconic books in science fiction, “The Left Hand of Darkness” by Ursula K. Le Guin explores gender, politics, and what it means to be human.

Alexis Hall’s gorgeous prose makes paranormal investigator Kate Kane’s adventures delightfully fun.

One reviewer called “Kushiel’s Dart” “a mix of ‘Game of Thrones’ with a dash of BDSM,” and that is as accurate as anything we could come up with. Jacqueline Carey’s world-building is exquisite, and her heroine Phédre is remarkable.

A historical fiction/fantasy set in three different times, “The Salt Roads” depicts the brutal realities of slavery, prostitution, and racism, bound together by one goddess’s consciousness.

Set in a fantasy world reminiscent of Edwardian England, an ex-soldier and current doctor tries to discover the cause of a mysterious illness among his patients.

Earth is at war, and elite pilots are needed to fight the enemy. But the fighter pilots have a high mortality rate, and so one of Earth’s best fighters, an American, refuses to go because he doesn’t want to run the risk that his partner and their son will have to live without him. But when they are killed, he insists he take the most dangerous task, meeting a fellow pilot — who’s Russian — and bonding with him both on and off the battlefield.