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 some fantasy cases, where a label would not realistically be used, 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

Aromantic/Arospec

Allosexual (orientation not specified)

• Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault
• The Trouble by Daria Defore

Asexual

YA

• Immoral Code by Lillian Clark
• The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
• Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate
• Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie
• Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria (arospec)
• Switchback by Danika Stone

Adult

• Good Angel by A. M. Bauslid
• We Go Forward by Alison Evans (Amz)
• The Faerie Godmother’s Apprentice Wore Green by Nicky Kyle
• “Backgame” by Lev Mirov, in Myriad Lands Volume II
• Seafoam and Silence by Lynn O’Connacht
• A Promise Broken by Lynn E. O’Connacht

Bisexual

• The Last 8 by Laura Pohl

Pansexual

• Syncopation by Anna Zabo

Polyamorous

• The Lifeline Signal by RoAnna Sylver

Asexual

Aromantic/Arospec

YA

• Immoral Code by Lillian Clark
• The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
• Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate
• Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie
• Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria
• Switchback by Danika Stone

Adult

• Good Angel by A. M. Bauslid
• We Go Forward by Alison Evans (Amz)
• The Faerie Godmother’s Apprentice Wore Green by Nicky Kyle
• “Backgame” by Lev Mirov, in Myriad Lands Volume II
• Seafoam and Silence by Lynn O’Connacht
• A Promise Broken by Lynn E. O’Connacht

(Demi-)Biromantic

• Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann (YA)
• Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan Maguire (Adult)
• *Belle Revolte by Linsey Miller (YA)
• Thaw by Elyse Springer (Adult)
• *Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland (YA)

(Demi-)Gray

• Criminal Intentions by Cole McCade (Adult)

Panromantic

• Learning Curves by Ceillie Simkiss (NA)
• The Traitor’s Tunnel by Cal Spivey (NA)

Heteroromantic

• That’s Not What Happened by Kody Keplinger (YA)
• “They Don’t Kiss at the End” by Nilah Magruder in All Out (YA)
• Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee (YA)

Homoromantic

• Keeper of the Dawn by Dianna Gunn (Adult)
• Perfect Rhythm by Jae (Adult)
• The Cybernetic Tea Shop by Meredith Katz (Adult)
• “Walking After Midnight” by Kody Keplinger in All Out (YA)
• We Awaken by Calista Lynne (YA)
• Thaw by Elyse Springer (Adult)

Questioning/Undefined/Unknown

• *Hazel’s Theory of Evolution by Lisa Jenn Bigelow (MG)
• Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman (YA)
• *Rick by Alex Gino (MG)
• Technically, You Started It by Lana Wood Johnson (YA)
• Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp (YA)
• This Song is (Not) For You by Laura Nowlin (YA)
• Vengeful by V.E. Schwab (Adult)
• *This Flame of Gold by Emily Victoria
• *Now Entering Addamsville by Francesca Zappia (YA)

Bisexual

Female

MG

• Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow
• Star-Crossed by Barbara Dee

YA

• Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
• How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake
• Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake
• Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta
• Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert
• Of Fire and Stars and Of Ice and Shadows by Audrey Coulthurst
• Top Ten by Katie Cotugno
• Belly Up by Eva Darrows
• The Seafarer’s Kiss by Julia Ember
• Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins
• The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman
• Technically, You Started It by Lana Wood Johnson
• That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston
• Tinfoil Crowns by Erin Jones
• The Gallery of Unfinished Girls by Lauren Karcz
• Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee
• When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
• Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore
• People Like Us by Dana Mele
• Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
• The Last 8 by Laura Pohl
• Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig
• “The Glittering Death” by Caleb Roehrig in His Hideous Heart
• Kissing Ezra Holtz (and Other Things I Did for Science) by Brianna Shrum
• Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley
• Small Town Hearts by Lillie Vale

NA/Adult

• Double Exposure by Chelsea M. Cameron – T
• Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassman
• Vow of Celibacy by Erin Judge
• The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka
• One Night With a Rock Star by Amber Lin and Shari Slade
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
• The Longing and the Lack by Cal Spivey
• The Traitor’s Tunnel by Cal Spivey
• So Sweet by Rebekah Weatherspoon

Male

YA

• *The Ninth Life by Taylor Barton
• Whatever. by SJ Goslee
• Social Intercourse by Greg Howard
• We Regret to Inform You by Ariel Kaplan (LI)
• *We Are Totally Normal by Rahul Kanakia
• The Rules of Mediating Myths and Magic by F.T. Lukens
• Autoboyography by Christina Lauren
• Home and Away by Candice Montgomery (LI)
• The Art of Wishing by Lindsay Ribar (LI)
• The Art of French Kissing by Brianna Shrum (LI)
• They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
• You Asked for Perfect by Laura Silverman
• Deposing Nathan by Zack Smedley
• Our Year of Maybe by Rachel Lynn Solomon
• Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria
• This Time Will Be Different by Misa Sugiura (LI)
• Coda by Emma Trevayne
• Running With Lions by Julian Winters

NA

• Off Campus by AJ Cousins
• Hold Me by Courtney Milan

Adult

• Shadows You Left by Taylor Brooke and Jude Sierra
• A Harvest of Ripe Figs by Shira Glassman
• Wolfsong by TJ Klune
• One Night With a Rock Star by Amber Lin and Shari Slade
• Criminal Intentions by Cole McCade
• Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
• Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian
• Sated by Rebekah Weatherspoon

Non-Binary

• I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

Demiromantic

Male

• Shadows You Left by Taylor Brooke and Jude Sierra
• Their Troublesome Crush by Xan West

Demisexual

Female

• Far From Home by Lorelie Brown
• Castle of Lies by Kiersi Burkhart
• Daybreak Rising by Kiran Oliver (also panromantic)

Male

• Overexposed by Megan Erickson
• The Spy With the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke
• Over and Over Again by Cole McCade
• Criminal Intentions by Cole McCade
• Radio Silence by Alice Oseman (MS)
• Thrown Off Track by Tamsen Parker (Amz)

Pansexual

Female

• Out on Good Behavior by Dahlia Adler (NA)
• Who’d Have Thought? by G. Benson
• Double Exposure by Chelsea M. Cameron
• For a Muse of Fire by Heidi Heilig (YA Fantasy)
• The Prom by Saundra Mitchell (YA)
• All the Things We Do in the Dark by Saundra Mitchell (YA)
• Final Draft by Riley Redgate (YA)
• Wander This World by G.L. Tomas (NA)
• Your Heart Will Grow by Chace Verity
• Reverb by Anna Zabo

Male

• Castle of Lies by Kiersi Burkhart (YA)
• Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate (YA)
• Timekeeper by Tara Sim (LI) (YA)
• Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas (YA)
• Syncopation by Anna Zabo – Aro
• Counterpoint by Anna Zabo

Polyamorous

F/F/F

• Chameleon Moon by RoAnna Sylver

F/F/M

• She Whom I Loved by Tess Bowery
• Revelry by Nicole Field
• Pink Slip by Katrina Jackson (Amz)
• That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston

F/M/F

• 3 by Hannah Moskowitz

M/F/M

• From Scratch by Katrina Jackson
• This Song is (Not) For You by Laura Nowlin  – A
  

M/F/NB

• Sing for the Coming of the Longest Night by Katherine Fabian and Iona Datt Sharma
• Strange Grace by Tessa Gratton
• Survival Rout by Ana Mardoll

M/M/NB

• The Horse Mistress by R.A. Steffan

M/M/F

• Kneel, Mr. President by Lauren Gallagher
• Outside the Lines by Anna Zabo

M/M/M

• The Dark Horse series by Kate Sherwood

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 in at least one case but does not use a label (including “straight”)

Female

• I Hate Everyone But You by Gaby Dunn and Alison Raskin (YA)
• Where the Heart Is by Jo Knowles (MG)
• Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller (YA)
• Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy (YA)
• The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta (YA)

Male

• This is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kheryn Callender (YA)
• Reverb by Anna Zabo (LI) – T