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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 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
Q = Emphasis in the book is on questioning that label and never has the MC rejecting it

Ambisexual

• *The Adventures of Isabel by Candas Jane Dorsey

Aromantic/Arospec

Allosexual (orientation not specified)

• Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault
• The Trouble by Daria Defore
• Holding Onto Day by E.M. Timms

Asexual

YA

• Immoral Code by Lillian Clark (Contemp)
• The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee (Fantasy)
• The Skybound Series by Alex London (Fantasy)
• Loveless by Alice Oseman
• *Doomed by Laura Pohl
• Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate (Contemp)
• Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie (Sci-Fi)
• Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria (Fantasy)
• Switchback by Danika Stone (Contemp)
• Tarnished Are the Stars by Rosiee Thor (Fantasy)

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
• Holding Onto Day by E.M. Timms

Bisexual

• The Last 8 by Laura Pohl

Pansexual

• Liar’s Guide to the Night Sky by Brianna Shrum (LI)
• Syncopation by Anna Zabo

Polyamorous

• The Lifeline Signal by RoAnna Sylver

Asexual

Aromantic/Arospec

YA

• Immoral Code by Lillian Clark (Contemp)
• The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee (Fantasy)
• The Skybound Series by Alex London (Fantasy series)
• Loveless by Alice Oseman (Contemp)
• Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate (Contemp)
• Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie (Sci-fi)
• Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria (Fantasy)
• Switchback by Danika Stone (Contemp)
• Tarnished Are the Stars by Rosiee Thor (Fantasy)

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
• Vengeful by V.E. Schwab (Fantasy)

(Demi-)Biromantic

• “Whatever She Wants” by Kess Costales in Keep Faith
• Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann (Contemp M/F YA Romance)
• Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan Maguire (Adult Fantasy)
• Belle Revolte by Linsey Miller (YA Fantasy)
• Thaw by Elyse Springer (Adult F/F Romance)
• Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland (YA Fantasy)

(Demi-)Gray

• 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

• Learning Curves by Ceillie Simkiss (Contemp F/F NA Romance)
• The Traitor’s Tunnel by Cal Spivey (NA Fantasy)

Heteroromantic

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

Homoromantic

• The Perfect Assassin by K.A. Doore (Fantasy)
• Keeper of the Dawn by Dianna Gunn (Adult Fantasy)
• Perfect Rhythm by Jae (Contemp Adult Romance)
• 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

MG

• Hazel’s Theory of Evolution by Lisa Jenn Bigelow (MG)
• Rick by Alex Gino (MG)

YA

• Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman
• *The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath
• Six Angry Girls by Adrienne Kisner
• Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
• Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp
• This Song is (Not) For You by Laura Nowlin
• Tarnished Are the Stars by Rosiee Thor (Fantasy)
• *This Flame of Gold by Emily Victoria (Fantasy)
• Now Entering Addamsville by Francesca Zappia

Adult

• *A Pale Light in the Black by K.B. Wagers (Sci-Fi)

Bisexual

Female

MG

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

YA

• *Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler – Q
• 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
• Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst
• Top Ten by Katie Cotugno
• Belly Up by Eva Darrows – Q
• Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan
• Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan
• The Seafarer’s Kiss by Julia Ember
• The Impostor Queen Series by Sarah Fine
• Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins
• Let’s Call it a Doomsday by Katie Henry – Q
• The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman
• That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston
• Tinfoil Crowns by Erin Jones
• The Gallery of Unfinished Girls by Lauren Karcz
• Witches of Ash and Ruin by E. Latimer
• 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
• Down Comes the Night by Alison Saft
• You’re Next by Kylie Schachte
• You Don’t Live Here by Robyn Schneider
• Kissing Ezra Holtz (and Other Things I Did for Science) by Brianna Shrum
• Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley
• *Who I Was With Her by Nita Tyndall
• Small Town Hearts by Lillie Vale
• Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells

NA/Adult

• *The Way Back List by Lily Anderson
• Double Exposure by Chelsea M. Cameron – T (F/F Romance)
• The Vanished Queen by Lisbeth Campbell (Fantasy)
• Temper by Layne Fargo (Psychological Thriller)
• They Never Learn by Layne Fargo (Thriller)
• Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassman (F/F Romance)
• Hugs & Quiches by Candace Harper (F/F Romance)
• Private Eye and His Only Valentine by Katrina Jackson (M/F Contemp Romance)
• The Lights of Prague by Nicole Jarvis (M/F Fantasy)
• Vow of Celibacy by Erin Judge (Contemp NA)
• The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka
• One Night With a Rock Star by Amber Lin and Shari Slade (M/F Contemp Romance)
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
• The Longing and the Lack by Cal Spivey (Fantasy)
• The Traitor’s Tunnel by Cal Spivey (Fantasy)
• So Sweet by Rebekah Weatherspoon (M/F Romance)
• Xeni by Rebekah Weatherspoon (M/F Romance)
• Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner (F/F Romance)

Male

YA

• *This is Why They Hate Us by Aaron Aceves
• Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan (M/F Romance)
• The Disasters by MK England
• Whatever. by SJ Goslee (M/M Romance)
• Technically, You Started It by Lana Wood Johnson (M/F Romance)
• We Regret to Inform You by Ariel Kaplan (LI)
• We Are Totally Normal by Rahul Kanakia – Q
  
• The Rules of Mediating Myths and Magic by F.T. Lukens (M/M Fantasy)
• Autoboyography by Christina Lauren (M/M Romance)
• *This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke (Fabulism)
• Home and Away by Candice Montgomery (LI)
• The Art of Wishing Series by Lindsay Ribar (LI) (M/F Paranormal)
• 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 – Q
• Our Year of Maybe by Rachel Lynn Solomon
• Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria (M/M Fantasy)
• This Time Will Be Different by Misa Sugiura (LI)
• Coda by Emma Trevayne
• Running With Lions by Julian Winters (M/M Romance)

NA

• Off Campus by AJ Cousins (M/M Romance)
• Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (M/M Romance)
• Hold Me by Courtney Milan (M/F Romance)

Adult

• Shadows You Left by Taylor Brooke and Jude Sierra
• A Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole (M/F Romance)
• A Harvest of Ripe Figs by Shira Glassman
• Wolfsong by TJ Klune
• Steel Crow Saga by Paul Krueger (Fantasy)
• One Night With a Rock Star by Amber Lin and Shari Slade (M/F Romance)
• Fly With Me by Hudson Lin
• Criminal Intentions by Cole McCade
  
• Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian (M/NB Romance)
• Jilted by Lilah Suzanne
• Sated by Rebekah Weatherspoon (M/F Romance)
• Xeni by Rebekah Weatherspoon (M/F Romance)

Non-Binary

• I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver (M/NB Romance)

Demiromantic

Female

• *Fire Becomes Her by Rosiee Thor (YA Fantasy, Bisexual)

Male

• Shadows You Left by Taylor Brooke and Jude Sierra (M/M Romance)
• Their Troublesome Crush by Xan West

Demisexual

Female

• Curved Horizon by Taylor Brooke
• Far From Home by Lorelie Brown (F/F Romance)
• Technically, You Started It by Lana Wood Johnson (M/F YA Romance)
• Daybreak Rising by Kiran Oliver (also panromantic)
• Camp by L.C. Rosen (YA, MS)

Male

• Overexposed by Megan Erickson (M/M Romance)
• The State of Us by Shaun David Hutchinson (YA M/M Romance)
• The Spy With the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke (YA Historical Fantasy)
• 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

YA

• *Crownchasers by Rebecca Coffindaffer
• For a Muse of Fire Series by Heidi Heilig (Fantasy)
• *This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke (Fabulism)
• Final Draft by Riley Redgate (Contemporary)
• All the Things We Do in the Dark by Saundra Mitchell (Contemporary)

NA/Adult

• Out on Good Behavior by Dahlia Adler (F/F Contemporary Romance)
• Who’d Have Thought? by G. Benson
• Double Exposure by Chelsea M. Cameron
• Pretend Girlfriend by Lily Craig
• The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith
• *Under Covers by Katrina Jackson (M/F Contemporary Romance)
• Wander This World by G.L. Tomas (Paranormal)
• Your Heart Will Grow by Chace Verity
• Human Enough by E.S. Yu
• Reverb by Anna Zabo (M/F Contemporary Romance)

Male

YA

• Castle of Lies by Kiersi Burkhart (YA)
• Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate (YA Contemporary)
• Timekeeper by Tara Sim (LI) (YA M/M Fantasy)
• Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas (YA Contemporary)

Adult

• *Under Covers by Katrina Jackson (M/F Contemporary Romance)
• Dark Soul by Aleksandr Voinov
• Being Human by E.S. Yu (PNR)
• Syncopation by Anna Zabo – Aro (M/M Contemporary Romance)
• Counterpoint by Anna Zabo (M/M Contemporary Romance)

Polyamorous

F/F/F

• Chameleon Moon by RoAnna Sylver

F/F/M

• She Whom I Loved by Tess Bowery (Historical)
• Isha by Ash Dylan
• Revelry by Nicole Field
• Pink Slip by Katrina Jackson (Amz)
• That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston – I (YA)
• Midnight at the Orpheus by Alyssa Linn Palmer
• Writing Her In by Holley Trent
• Bound to the Monarchs by Brooke Winters (Fantasy)

F/F/NB

• Dithered Hearts by Chace Verity (Fantasy)

F/M/F

• Adaptation and Inheritance by Malinda Lo (YA Sci-Fi)
• 3 by Hannah Moskowitz (YA Contemporary)

M/F/M

• This Song is (Not) For You by Laura Nowlin  – A (YA)
• *Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (YA)

M/F/NB

• Sing for the Coming of the Longest Night by Katherine Fabian and Iona Datt Sharma
• Strange Grace by Tessa Gratton (YA Fantasy)
• *This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke (YA Fabulism)
• Survival Rout by Ana Mardoll

M/M/NB

• The Horse Mistress by R.A. Steffan

M/M/F

• Heart and Hand by Rebel Carter
• Ariana by Ash Dylan
• Kneel, Mr. President by Lauren Gallagher
• From Scratch and Her Christmas Cookie by Katrina Jackson
• Behind These Doors by Jude Lucens (Historical)
• Beyond Jealousy by Kit Rocha
• Three-Way Split by Elia Winters
• Three For All by Elia Winters
• Outside the Lines by Anna Zabo

M/M/M

• The Dark Horse series by Kate Sherwood

M/F/M/M

• Be Mine by Savannah J. Frierson

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

• The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta (YA Fantasy)
• I Hate Everyone But You by Gaby Dunn and Alison Raskin (YA Contemporary)
• Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey (Adult Fantasy)
• You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson (YA Contemporary)
• Where the Heart Is by Jo Knowles (MG Contemporary)
• Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller (YA Fantasy)
• Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy (YA Contemporary)
• The Truth Is by NoNieqa Ramos (YA Contemporary)

Male

• This is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender (YA Contemporary)
• Reverb by Anna Zabo (LI) – T (M/F Contemporary Romance)