Romantic/Sexual Orientation

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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

  • The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun (M/M Romance)
  • The Bloody and the Damned by Rebecca Coffindaffer (YA Fantasy)
  • Entities to Lovers by Mallory Marlowe (M/F Romance)
  • Criminal Intentions by Cole McCade (M/M Romance)
  • Hello World by Tiffany Rose and Alexandra Tauber (Adult SFF)
  • Being Human by E.S. Yu (PNR)

Panromantic

Heteroromantic

Homoromantic

Questioning/Unspecified/Unknown

MG

YA

Adult

Various

Bisexual

Female

MG

YA

NA/Adult

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)

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