Category Archives: Fave Five

Fave Five: Lesbian Sports Romances

Match Point by R.L. Burgess (tennis)

Roller Girl by Vanessa North (roller derby)

Interference by Zoe Reed (hockey)

Crash Into You by Diana Morland (roller derby)

Break Point (Historical) and Lucky Loser (Contemporary) by Yolanda Wallace (tennis)

Bonus: Tumbling by Caela Carter has a lesbian POV (YA, Olympic gymnastics), although there is no romance, and the You Know Who Girls series by Annameekee Hesik (basketball) has f/f romance and a lesbian protag but is not a Romance by definition

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Fave Five: M/M and M/NB Romance with Trans MCs

Coffee Boy and Peter Darling by Austin Chant (m/m)

A Boy Called Cin and Defying Convention by Cecil Wilde (m/nb)

The Burnt Toast B&B by Heidi Belleau and Rachel Haimowitz (m/m)

A Matter of Disagreement (m/m) and Documenting Light (m/nb) by E.E. Ottoman

What it Looks Like by Matthew J. Metzger (m/m)

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Fave Five: Queer Romances for Music Lovers

A&B by JC Lillis (YA, f/f, B)

Grrrls on the Side by Carrie Pack (YA, f/f)

Stygian by Santino Hassell (m/m)

One Kiss with a Rock Star by Amber Lin and Shari Slade (m/f, B)

True Brit by Con Riley (m/m)

Bonus: For shorter reads, check out novellas Full Exposure by Amy Jo Cousins (m/m), Fearless by Shira Glassman (f/f), and Lioness in Blue by Shira Glassman (m/f, B)

Double Bonus: Not a Romance, but Another Word For Happy by Agay Llanera has a gay main character who’s a piano prodigy

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Fave Five: Bi YAs with Multiple Love Interests

Ask Me How I Got Here by Christine Hepperman

Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis

About A Girl by Sarah McCarry

Adaptation and Inheritance by Malinda Lo

Top Ten by Katie Cotugno

Bonus, coming in 2018: Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake

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Fave Five: Same-Sex Ace-Spectrum Romances

We Awaken by Calista Lynne (f/f YA Fantasy)

All the Wrong Places by Ann Gallagher (m/m Contemporary)

Thaw by Elyse Springer (f/f Contemporary)

How to Be a Normal Person by TJ Klune (m/m Contemporary)

Overexposed by Megan Erickson (m/m NA Contemporary, Demisexual)

Bonus: Nab novellas with To Terminator, With Love by Wes Kennedy (m/m, Sci-Fi) and Making Love by Aidan Wayne (f/f, Paranormal Rom Com, Demisexual)

Double Bonus: Coming in May, Heels Over Head by Elyse Springer (m/m Contemporary) has a demisexual secondary character who’ll be the MC of the second book in the series

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Fave Five: LGBTQ YAs Featuring First-Generation Americans

Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard (Portuguese)

A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith (Japanese)

Forgive Me If I’ve Told You This Before by Karelia Stetz-Waters (Estonian)

 One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva (Armenian)

Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan (Persian)

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Fave Five: YAs in Which the Bi MC is Already Out

(For the purposes of this list, these are books set in worlds where Coming Out is a Thing.)

Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde

How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake

A&B by J.C. Lillis

Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee

Keeping Her Secret by Sarah Nicolas

Bonus: Coming in fall 2017, Top Ten by Katie Cotugno and They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

Bonus #2: Over You by Amy Reed‘s main character is out, but not in her new setting. Ditto the main character in Christina Lauren’s upcoming Autoboyography.

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Fave Five: Interracial Contemporary LGBTQA Romances

These are Adult Contemporary Romances; for NA, check here!

Sutphin Boulevard by Santino Hassell (m/m)

A Gentleman in the Street by Alisha Rai (m/f, B)

Finding Your Feet by Cass Lennox (m/f, A, T)

Such a Pretty Face by Gabrielle Goldsby (f/f)

The Queer and the Restless by Kris Ripper (m/f, T)

Bonus: On the more erotic front, there’s The Fling by Rebekah Weatherspoon (f/f), whose Sated and So Sweet also fit the list as m/f bisexual interracial romances!

Double Bonus: For Historical, check out Wanted, a Gentleman by KJ Charles (m/m)

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Fave Five: American Politics-Themed LGBTQ Novels

Willful Machines by Tim Floreen (gay YA Sci-Fi)

Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin (genderfluid contemp YA)

Coffee Boy by Austin Chant (m/m trans Romance)

Kneel, Mr. President by Lauren Gallagher (m/m/f Romance)

Dust by Ann McMan (f/f Mystery)

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