Romantic/Sexual Orientation

In the US and want to get right to shopping, help support the site, and help indie bookstores? Please check out the LGBTQReads Bookshop!

As the majority of queer lit is about alloromantic, allosexual gay or lesbian characters, those are not listed here; just look at any of the other pages to find them.

Where romantic and sexual orientations differ, it has been noted. Demi classifications are listed on their own for ease of discovery. In cases where a label is not used on the page, especially in SFF, I’ve followed the label used by the author to describe the character.

LI/MS = character with this orientation does not have a POV but is a love interest/major secondary
Q = Emphasis in the book is on questioning that label and never has the MC rejecting it

Aromantic/Arospec

Allosexual (unspecified)

Asexual

YA

Adult

Bisexual

Heterosexual

Homosexual

  • The Language of Roses by Heather Rose Jones

Pansexual

Polyamorous

Questioning

Unknown

Various

  • *Being Aro ed. by Madeline Dyer and Rosiee Thor

Asexual

Aromantic/Arospec

YA

Adult

Biromantic

(Demi-)Gray

Panromantic

Heteroromantic

Homoromantic

Questioning/Unspecified/Unknown

MG

YA

Adult

Various

Bisexual

Female

MG

YA

NA/Adult

  • Chef’s Kiss by TJ Alexander
  • The Way Back List by Lily Anderson
  • Love Bi the Way by Bhaavna Arora
  • Borderline by Mishell Baker
  • Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake (F/F Romance)
  • Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake (F/F Romance)
  • Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date by Ashley Herring Blake (F/F Romance)
  • Double Exposure by Chelsea M. Cameron – T (F/F Romance)
  • The Vanished Queen by Lisbeth Campbell (Fantasy)
  • Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun
  • Love at First Set by Jennifer Dugan (F/F Romance)
  • The Ride of Her Life by Jennifer Dugan (F/F Romance)
  • *Anderson in Bloom by Jennifer Dugan (F/F Romance)
  • But How Are You, Really? by Ella Dawson
  • Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings (F/F Romance)
  • Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi
  • Love at First Fright by Nadia El-Fassi (Bi4Bi M/F Romance)
  • You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
  • Temper by Layne Fargo (Psychological Thriller)
  • They Never Learn by Layne Fargo (Thriller)
  • The Lovers by Rebekah Faubion (F/F Romance)
  • Kiss Me, Maybe by Gabriella Gamez (F/F Romance)
  • A Dowry of Blood by Saint Gibson (Historical Fantasy)
  • Girlcrush by Florence Givens
  • Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassman (F/F Romance)
  • You, Again by Kate Goldbeck (M/F Romance)
  • Season of Love by Helena Greer (F/F Romance)
  • Hugs & Quiches by Candace Harper (F/F Romance)
  • Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper
  • Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert (M/F Romance)
  • How to Get a Life in Ten Dates by Jenny L. Howe
  • Private Eye and His Only Valentine by Katrina Jackson (M/F Contemp Romance)
  • Sparks Fly by Zakiya N. Jamal (Bi4Bi M/F Romance)
  • For One Night Only by Jessica James
  • The Lights of Prague by Nicole Jarvis (M/F Fantasy)
  • Vow of Celibacy by Erin Judge (Contemp NA)
  • Thank You for Sharing by Rachel Runya Katz (M/F Romance)
  • Check Your Work by Skye Kilaen (M/F Romance)
  • *A Curse Carved in Ink by Tzeyi Koay (Romantasy)
  • No Rings Attached by Rachel Lacey (F/F Romance)
  • Shoot Your Shot by Lexi LaFleur Brown (M/F Romance)
  • The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka (Mystery)
  • One Kiss With a Rock Star by Amber Lin and Shari Slade (bi4bi M/F Romance)
  • When Tara Met Farah by Tara Pammi (F/F Romance)
  • Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies by Misha Popp (Speculative Cozy Mystery)
  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Histfic)
  • Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney (Contemporary)
  • Real Easy by Marie Rutkoski (Thriller)
  • Fake It by Lily Seabrooke (F/F Romance) – T
  • One Step at a Time by Lily Seabrooke (F/F Romance)
  • No Body No Crime by Tess Sharpe
  • The Longing and the Lack by Cal Spivey (Fantasy)
  • The Traitor’s Tunnel by Cal Spivey (Fantasy)
  • Road Out of Winter by Alison Stine (Dystopian)
  • *See You at the Summit by Jordyn Taylor (M/F Romance)
  • Never Been Shipped by Alicia Thompson (M/F Romance)
  • Drag Me Up by R.M. Virtues – T
  • Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni (F/F Romance)
  • Lavash at First Sight by Taleen Voskuni (F/F Romance)
  • *Our Ex’s Wedding by Taleen Voskuni (M/F Romance)
  • So Sweet by Rebekah Weatherspoon (M/F Romance)
  • Xeni by Rebekah Weatherspoon (M/F Romance)
  • Harbor by Rebekah Weatherspoon (M/F Romance)
  • Better Off Red by Rebekah Weatherspoon (F/F PNR)
  • Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner (F/F Romance)
  • Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner
  • Hairpin Curves by Elia Winters (F/F Romance)

Male

YA

NA

  • Off Campus by AJ Cousins (M/M Romance)
  • Futbolista by Jonny Garza Villa (M/M Romance)
  • Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (M/M Romance)
  • Hold Me by Courtney Milan (M/F Romance)
  • Not Quite Out by Louise Wallingham

Adult

Non-Binary

Demiromantic

Female

Male

Demisexual

Female

Male

Nonbinary

  • The Heartbreak Bakery by AR Capetta (LI)
  • The Unbalancing by R.B. Lemberg (Fantasy)

Pansexual

Female

YA

NA/Adult

Male

YA

Adult

Non-Binary

Polyamorous

F/F/F

F/F/M

F/F/NB

F/M/F

F/M/X

M/F/M

M/F/NB

M/M/NB

M/M/F

M/M/M

M/F/F/M

M/F/M/M

Polysexual

YA

Queer

These are books in which either:

  1. the MC specifically self-labels as queer or
  2. the character is explicitly attracted to people of multiple genders but does not use a label (including “straight”)

Female

Male

Queerplatonic

This refers to books with queerplatonic partnerships in the main cast (though not always involving POV characters)

Queering up your shelf, one rec at a time!