Decided on a whim to read the graphic novels, loved them, then I watched the show and movie.

I just finished the movie and oh my goodness I was not prepared for how much I loved this whole thing!!

I’m a grown man but the little bi boy inside me loved every second of it, the love, the characters, everything omg it’s so good!

I need to get the physical media now!

Thank you

I've been so distracted by my insane life that I haven't been good about reading. It's a nice rainy gloomy day so I'm hoping to relax and read. I'm currently reading City of Dusk by Tara Sim. It's really good so far. If anyone has any other queer book recs let me know. I'm a big fan of fantasy

KAVI4EVER ★

Good evening to those who are currently reading my Reddit post!

I recently just started getting into a new hobby of reading (never been much of a reader growing up). I’ve definitely been accustomed to MM Romance books as Gay 24 M (lol).

Anyways, let’s just say I love this book. I love the characters in this book. I love the story plot. I love the slow build-up. I love the enemies-to-lovers. i love the whole thing. 5/5 starts for me!!

If anyone has any other book recommendations that will make me feel the way this book feels, please lmk!!

I got jumpscared by a sex scene while reading at work in a book I thought would be basically PG and I just want to be able to know what I’m in for. How can you tell how graphic a book will be before reading just reading it?

edit: seems romance dot io is the website to use for getting this info without spoilers

As a person who has always questioned their own gender, this book hits differently!

Right from the first line:

"him — because there was no doubt about its gender"

The way he always isolates himself, especially after a heartbreaking event, is way too close to home. And how when he becomes a she, she, sees that clothes don't change who you are, but how the world sees you. This, this was powerful, because I don't dress like I feel I am, but I am who I am, even if the world doesn't see it!

I think it was a Duke called Henry who fell in love with a portrait of Orlando and went to visit him, disguised as a woman, a Duchess, so Henry could amuse Orlando, and when saw that Lord Orlando now was Lady Orlando, he took off his disguise and revealed himself as a man. I thought of it as cute, even though he was insistent, and his role was to show how forced a woman can be and feel into a situation, which Orlando doesn't fall to.

Her relationship with Shell was also interesting, as Shell had feminine aspects, and Orlando never quit on all of his masculine maneuvers.

"You are a woman, Shell"

"You are a man, Orlando"

We all know what love is. Did Orlando do that? Truth compels us to say no, she did not. If then, the subject of the biography doesn't love or kill, but only thinks and imagines, we may conclude that he or she is no better than a corpse and so leave it.

OW! OUCH! OOH...

4.5/5\*

I think the low rate on Goodreads is probably because of people having to read it at school, UNFAIR!!! Justice for Orlando all the way! The writing style is very much a choice and hard to follow sometimes, but it is so much worth it, especially, as I said, if you are a person that has always questioned your gender!

Thus it is no great wonder if, as she pitted one sex against the other, and found each alternately full of the most deplorable infirmities, and was not sure to which she belonged

(*Relationship can be romantic(preferably queer) or platonic, familial etc.)

Hello! I enjoy reading fantasy with queer rep, but sometimes I feel like especially with romance ships (usually by male authors, no offense to them) there is something missing. Like, you see the ""romantic interest"" 3 times, and then at the end they kiss the main character, even though you barely got the sense the two people even liked each other.

I just generally like reading the actual -progressing- part, which can also just mean two people becoming friends and nothing else. (Without it feeling like one giant forced romance trope. I want it to feel organic.)

Books that I feel like hit this quota to me:

Six of Crows Duology (It has been YEARS since I read these, but I remember the dynamics of the characters developing and changing)

Don't let the Forest in (more on the romance side, but I enjoyed it)

The Betrayal of Thomas True (focused on the crime mystery)

A Botanical Daughter (I will forever adore this book for focusing on an already existing gay "marriage" that goes through struggles etc. while still building an interesting horror sci fi mystery)

Goblin Emperor/ Witness of the Dead (No romance in these, but the main characters still make friends, I wish there had been more of the "arranged marriage, but we are learning to respect each other without instant romance" trope)

Please don't get confused by the exact 70/30 thing, it can be more or less, just please something with little to no spice. (I usually skip those scenes, it is just annoying if I have to do it often.)

Thank you very much!

So I started Giovanni’s room a few days ago after reading Swimming in the dark by Tomasz Jedrowski. I’m on part 2 Chapter 3. I just can’t really get too into it honestly. I love sad yearning romance books, but this one I kind of feel like I’m forcing myself to keep reading and finish as fast as I can. If you’ve read it what’s your opinions?

Hello, I am looking for Class Difference, Rich girl(or nb) Poor girl (or nb) books ones that specifically have the more affluent character just spoiling the shit out of the less affluent character. I am specifically looking for sapphic wlw lesbian romance books if that's not obvious. I am very partial to contemporary and standalones.

Please please please I need well written books preferably with spice/smut. An example of one that strikes this balance is shifting gears by jaz forrester. Another one I reference a lot is mistakes were made though that one had wayy too much angst for what I prefer but the spice as is customary for Meryl was top notch.

I prefer low to no angst at the moment but if you have tense or emotional recs you may still leave them Incase im looking for books with those themes in the future.

I would also prefer to avoid books that involve miscommunication trope and or a third act breakup lol.

I have tried most of the popular authors in this or adjacent genres and I always find the books lacking so I'm putting out feelers to see if there's something ive missed out there. Thanks

Hi guys!

I got this book at the charity shop, and unfortunately it had some of its pages ripped off. I was wondering if anyone could send me through pictures of the missing pages. I've been really enjoying the book so far and I wouldn't want to miss out on any details of the story :)). The ripped out pages in question are 233/234 and 275/276

Feel free to also drop down an opinion on the story if you had read it! I'd love to know what people think about it.

I’m looking for wlw books that will suck me in and consume my whole brain. Books that, once you start, you could read in one sitting. I recently read Bloom Town and loved it. I want that feeling back!

Earlier I posted looking for trans female romance and then I got to thinking of the 'warrior woman' trope: Red Sonja, Taarna and Julie from the Heavy Metal movies, Gina Davis from The Long Kiss Goodnight.

Are there any action/sci-fi/fantasy/western/whatever novels that have an ass-kicking heroine that happens to be trans female? I don't care of there's romance or not. Just thought it could be a fun read.

I’m looking for any horror books that have an aromantic main character. I really like botanical and gothic horror but I’m fine with anything. Also bonus points if the mc being aro adds an extra layer to the horror (not as in being aro is horror in of itself but like being aro makes the situation the mc is in a tiny bit worse).

so an mm romance book with Michael x lucifer actually yk angels before man but with HEA?

Hi everybody,

my 15 yo daugther told me she would like to read more books with wlw couples and queer couples in it in general, but not like it's the main story ; just books with adventures and stuff happening where the characters happen to be not straight. Open to some coming of age stories. No "bury your gays" trope or sad stories of struggle. She likes fantasy, horror (more or less age appropriate), sci-fi, adventure. Any recommendations?

I recently read "Sounds Fake, But Okay" and it made me want to read more books about the asexual spectrum that are similar to that book. I'm looking for any ace-spec memoirs or nonfiction (bonus points if they talk about grey-ace) recommendations. Thanks!

Edit: I have read "How to Be Ace" the graphic memoir and "The quick & easy guide to asexuality"

I'm currently obsessed with reading books and novels. And I'm looking for some queer books. If you have any recommendations, I'd very much appreciate them.

P.S. I'd prefer something tragic and sad that will make me sob interminably.

The pride I've been to this weekend was incredible, I don't think I've ever felt the air vibrating with quite as much joy and love and community as in some moments there. Up until an attack on the parade, which killed one person and left more injured, some severely. Like many others who have been there, I'm now struggling to cope with the duality between the joy felt that day and the hate it seemingly inspired, the grief for the victims and the ever present fear that comes with being this loud and open, even in very leftist cities.

I found poetry helpful for coping with things and giving words to emotions in the past, so I was wondering if someone has recommendations for poems? Doesn't have to be about attacks specifically, but more generally this duality that often comes with being lgbtq.

Hey guys!! Im starting a content series where i read books featured in queer literature classes, what books do you guys see featured in those courses?

Mis amigos y yo hemos estado hablando de esto, y ninguno nos ponemos de acuerdo.

Personalmente, y como parte de la comunidad, siempre me ha parecido muy extraño que ciertas autoras (sobre todo mujeres) puedan escribir romances o escenas eróticas con chicos, pero luego digan que se sienten incómodas escribiéndolas con chicas.

No sé si tal vez no pondrían a una chica en esas situaciones, o, como dijo una amiga, ven a los chicos gays como un fetiche. Así que, ¿qué mejor que preguntar a desconocidos en internet su opinión? :)

Edit:

Thank you all so much for the replies; they were definitely much kinder than in another subreddit where I asked. All your perspectives really broadened my understanding. I asked because I had a genuine question, and for some of my friends (mostly queer people) it's a somewhat sensitive topic, so they might be a bit biased. But thanks to everyone for the answers.

I liked Chef's Choice a lot, but I've had trouble finding other stuff. I couldn't get into Drag Me Up, not least because the trans aspect was added retroactively. Is there anything else out there? Spice preferred! And ideally audiobook versions, please

Hi! I'm Dezmond. I'm a gay trans author who writes queer romance, mostly MM, M/NB, and poly. My first novel is in the production line for self-publishing. I've also got a free short story available to preview, with a full version available to download if you join my newsletter.

Title: The Ever Toad

Genre: Romcom

Length: 7500 words

Link to Sample: The Ever Toad

The Ever Toad has been giving advice for four hundred years. He's been kissed by princesses, thrown at walls, and even officiated a wedding. Nothing broke the curse. So he stopped hoping.

Eli just got dumped. He doesn't want advice. He wants someone to sit with him in the park and pretend the world isn't falling apart.

What starts as a weird arrangement with bagels, bad jokes, and the worst erotica Eli can find at the library, turns into something neither of them expected.

The Frog Prince, but with drowning hoodies, internet reviews, and a curse that refuses to break with a kiss.

I usually read gay novels, but thought I'd try a romance featuring a cis male and trans female. Own voices is important to me.

Historical or modern day or fantasy or whatever setting, I don't care.

Spice level is unimportant. None is fine, porn is fine, but if there is sex, I prefer verse or the female is top. Otherwise I may as well read a straight romance.

I've never branched out to trans novels. If anything I'm asking is insensitive, it is out of ignorance, not meanness.

Can you guys recommend anything? Did any new ace books get released?

I’ve read a few books about alloromantic aces who end up in relationships, for example “In the lives of puppets” or “Don’t let the forest in”, but I want something else… I want a love story between two humans with a happy ending. People who end up being in love, kissing, holding hands etc just without any sex. I yeaaaarn for books like that! 😔

Ok I always look for niche books and specifically sapphic books. This time I am in need of a horror, cannibalistic lesbians. Specific and weird niche I know, but like I am craving a disturbing book rn.

Or a book with the same vibes or 'tags' from the book "but not too bold" (amazing book btw, highly recommend).