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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 (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)
• *This Dark Descent by Kalyn Josephson (Fantasy)
• The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee (Fantasy)
• The Skybound Series by Alex London (Fantasy)
• *At the End of Everything by Marieke Nijkamp
• Loveless by Alice Oseman
• The Grimrose Girls by Laura Pohl
• Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate (Contemp)
• Market of Monsters by Rebecca Schaeffer (Fantasy)
• 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 Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia
• Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace
• 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.H. Timms
• Create My Own Perfection by E.H. 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)
• *This Dark Descent by Kalyn Josephson (Fantasy)
• The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee (Fantasy)
• The Skybound Series by Alex London (Fantasy)
• *At the End of Everything by Marieke Nijkamp
• Loveless by Alice Oseman
• The Grimrose Girls by Laura Pohl
• Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate (Contemp)
• Market of Monsters by Rebecca Schaeffer (Fantasy)
• 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)
• This Golden Flame by Emily Victoria (Fantasy)

Adult

• The Rhythm of My Soul by Elin Annalise
• Good Angel by A. M. Bauslid
• We Go Forward by Alison Evans (Amz)
• *The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia
• Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace
• 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 (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

• The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
• 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

• In My Dreams by Elin Annalise (M/F Romance)
• My Heart to Find by Elin Annalise (M/F Romance)
• 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

• It’s Always Been You by Elin Annalise (F/F Romance)
• The Perfect Assassin by K.A. Doore (Adult Fantasy)
• The Art of Saving the World by Corinne Duyvis (YA 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 Historical)
• We Awaken by Calista Lynne (YA Fantasy)
• 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
• *Aces Wild by Amanda DeWitt
• The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath
• Six Angry Girls by Adrienne Kisner
• Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
• A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger
• *It Sounds Like This by Anna Meriano
• Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp
• This Song is (Not) For You by Laura Nowlin
• *Forward March by Skye Quinlan
• *Arden Grey by Ray Stoeve
• *Silver in the Mist by Emily Victoria
• Now Entering Addamsville by Francesca Zappia

Adult

• *The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann
• A Pale Light in the Black by K.B. Wagers (Sci-Fi)
• The Circus Infinite by Khan Wong

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
• *Harley Quinn: Reckoning by Rachael Allen
• 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
• Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan
• *Melt With You by Jennifer Dugan
• The Seafarer’s Kiss by Julia Ember
• The Impostor Queen Series by Sarah Fine
• Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett – Q
• Off the Record by Camryn Garrett
• Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins
• Let’s Call it a Doomsday by Katie Henry – Q
• The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman
• Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
• Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson
• That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston
• Tinfoil Crowns by Erin Jones
• The Gallery of Unfinished Girls by Lauren Karcz
  
• Zara Hossain is Here by Sabina Khan
• Witches of Ash and Ruin by E. Latimer
• Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee
• Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh
• The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh
• Indestructible Object by Mary McCoy – Polyam
• When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
• Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore
• People Like Us by Dana Mele
• *Summer’s Edge by Dana Mele
• It Goes Like This by Miel Moreland
• Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
• The Last 8 by Laura Pohl (also Aro)
• 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
• *She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
• Who I Was With Her by Nita Tyndall
• Small Town Hearts by Lillie Vale
• Follow Your Arrow by Jessica Verdi
• Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells

NA/Adult

• Witch Please by Ann Aguirre (Amz)
• *Boss Witch by Ann Aguirre
• *The Way Back List by Lily Anderson
• Borderline by Mishell Baker
• *Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake
• 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
• Temper by Layne Fargo (Psychological Thriller)
• They Never Learn by Layne Fargo (Thriller)
• A Dowry of Blood by Saint Gibson (Historical Fantasy)
• Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassman (F/F Romance)
• *My First Noelle by Helena Greer (F/F Romance)
• Hugs & Quiches by Candace Harper (F/F Romance)
• Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert (M/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 (Contemporary)
• 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)
• 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)
• Hairpin Curves by Elia Winters (F/F Romance)

Male

YA

• *This is Why They Hate Us by Aaron Aceves
• *If This Gets Out by Cale Dietrich and Sophie Gonzales
• 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 Naomi Kanakia – Q
  
• The Rules of Mediating Myths and Magic by F.T. Lukens (M/M Fantasy)
• Autoboyography by Christina Lauren (M/M Romance)
• 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
• Tonight We Rule the World by Zack Smedley
• 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

• Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole (M/F Romance)
• A Dowry of Blood by Saint Gibson (Historical Fantasy)
• A Harvest of Ripe Figs by Shira Glassman
• Wolfsong by TJ Klune
• You First by JC Lillis
• 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)
• Harbor by Rebekah Weatherspoon (M/F Romance)

Non-Binary

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

Demiromantic

Female

• The Grimrose Girls by Laura Pohl
• *Fire Becomes Her by Rosiee Thor (YA Fantasy, Bisexual)

Male

• Their Troublesome Crush by Xan West

Demisexual

Female

• Far From Home by Lorelie Brown (F/F Romance)
• The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow (YA Sci-Fi)
• *The Summer of Bitter & Sweet by Jen Ferguson
• *Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller by Meredith Ireland
• Technically, You Started It by Lana Wood Johnson (M/F YA Romance)
• Rising From Ash by Jax Meyer
• Daybreak Rising by Kiran Oliver (also panromantic)
• Little Thieves by Margaret Owen (YA Fantasy)
• Camp by L.C. Rosen (YA, MS)
• Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim (YA Fantasy)

Male

• Overexposed by Megan Erickson (M/M Romance)
• The State of Us by Shaun David Hutchinson (YA M/M Romance)
• How to Be a Movie Star by TJ Klune (M/M Romance) (Amz)
• 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)
• Keep Me Close by R.M. Virtues (Amz)

Pansexual

Female

YA

• Crownchasers by Rebecca Coffindaffer (Sci-Fi)
• Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan (Contemporary)
• For a Muse of Fire Series by Heidi Heilig (Fantasy)
• *This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke (Fabulism)
• Final Draft by Riley Redgate (Contemporary)
• The Mirror Season by Anna-Marie McLemore
• Miss Meteor by Anna-Marie McLemore and Tehlor Kay Mejia
• All the Things We Do in the Dark by Saundra Mitchell (Contemporary)
• Sadie by Courtney Summers (Contemporary)
• In the Ravenous Dark by AdriAnne Strickland (Fantasy)

NA/Adult

• Out on Good Behavior by Dahlia Adler (F/F Contemporary Romance)
• For the Love of April French by Penny Aimes
• Who’d Have Thought? by G. Benson
• Double Exposure by Chelsea M. Cameron
• Just One Night by Chelsea M. Cameron
• Pretend Girlfriend by Lily Craig
• Epitome Apartments  by Candas Jane Dorsey (Amz)
• The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith
• *Under Covers by Katrina Jackson (M/F Contemporary Romance)
• Get it Right by Skye Kilaen
• Wander This World by G.L. Tomas (Paranormal)
• Your Heart Will Grow by Chace Verity
• Keep Me Close by R.M. Virtues (Amz) – T
• Human Enough by E.S. Yu
• Reverb by Anna Zabo (M/F Contemporary Romance)

Male

YA

• Castle of Lies by Kiersi Burkhart (Fantasy)
• Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate (Contemporary)
• The (Un)popular Vote by Jasper Sanchez – T (Contemporary)
• Timekeeper by Tara Sim (LI) (M/M Fantasy)
• Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas (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)

Non-Binary

• It Goes Like This by Miel Moreland (Contemporary YA)

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)
• Indestructible Object by Mary McCoy (YA Contemporary)
• 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)
• Next Year, for Sure by Zoey Leigh Peterson

M/F/M

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

M/F/NB

• *Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco
• 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
• Harbor by Rebekah Weatherspoon (Amz)
• Three-Way Split by Elia Winters
• Three For All by Elia Winters
• Outside the Lines by Anna Zabo

M/M/M

• Catalysts by Kris Ripper
• The Dark Horse series by Kate Sherwood

M/F/F/M

• A Dowry of Blood by Saint Gibson (Historical Fantasy)

M/F/M/M

• Be Mine by Savannah J. Frierson

Polysexual

YA

• *Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler

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 A.R. 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)

Queerplatonic

This refers to books with queerplatonic partnerships, not specific individuals

• Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault
• Seafoam and Silence by S.L. Dove Cooper
• The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath
• If it Makes You Happy by Claire Kann