For Part II (which contains a link to Part I), click here.
Taste the Love by Karelia & Fay Stetz-Waters (f/f)
A Dash of Salt and Pepper by Kosoko Jackson (m/m)
Can’t Stand the Heat (m/m) and Avery Daniels is Off Limits (f/f) by Season Vining
Love at 350 by Lisa Peers (f/f)
The Romance Recipe by Ruby Barrett (f/f)
Bonus: These are all Adult, but for a YA graphic novel, check out Basil and Oregano by Melissa Capriglione (f/f)
Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie (Contemporary YA)
Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes (Time Travel YA)
Guava Flavored Lies by J.J. Arias (F/F Romance)
Secret Identity by Alex Segura (Historical Mystery)
More Like Enemigas by Stephanie Hope (F/F Romance)
For contemporary gay fiction set in Italy, click here.
Vesuvius by Cass Biehn (YA, 79)
Nicked by M.T. Anderson (1087)
The Ballot Boy by Larry Mellman (1368)
Maddalena and the Dark by Julia Fine (1717)
Eight Strings by Margaret DeRosia (19th c)
The Divine Gardener’s Handbook by Eli Snow
Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous by Autumn K. England
How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days by Jessie Sylva
Into the Midnight Wood by Alexandra McCollum
Bromantasy by Máire Roche
Bonus: These are all Adult, but for YA, check out The Last Best Quest Ever by F.T. LukensÂ
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
I’ll Pretend You’re Mine by Tashie Bhuiyan
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado
Yes, a 2026 edition will be coming imminently. Just catching up!
The Ink Witch by Steph Cherrywell (MG)
When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa V. Kelley
A Tale of Mirth & Magic by Kristen Vale
The Keeper of Magical Things by Julie Leong
The Hearth Witch’s Guide to Magic & Murder by Kiri Callaghan
For Part II (with a link to Part I), click here.
The Siren’s Kiss by Leslie Vedder (YA)
When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley
Year of the Mer by L.D. Lewis
Endless Blue Beneath by Shannon K English
A Bone in His Teeth by Kellen Graves
Love Galaxy by Sierra Branham
The Obake Code by Makana Yamamoto
Earthly Playing Field by Radhika Singh
What We Are Seeking by Cameron Reed
Radiant Star by Ann Leckie
Bonus: These are all Adult, but in YA, check out If All the Stars Go Dark by S.G. Prince and The Celestial Seas by T.A. Chan
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon
Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
To Our Untamed Core by Sonido Reyes
 Flyboy by Kasey LeBlanc
Bonus: These all have trans MCs, but for one with a cis MC and trans LI, check out The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried by Shaun David Hutchinson
Tragic by Dana Mele and Valentina Pinti (YA GN)
Thoughts Be Bloody by Auden Patrick
The King of Infinite Space by Lyndsay Faye
The Death I Gave Him by Em X. LiuÂ
Rottenheart by Kat Dunn
Bonus: These are all novels, but for a short story, check out “Elsinore” by Patrice Caldwell in That Way Madness Lies, ed. by Dahlia Adler