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Middle Grade

Fantasy/Paranormal/Speculative

Female Protagonists

• Where the Lost Ones Go by Akemi Dawn Bowman
• The Lock-Eater by Zack Loran Clark
• Ellie Engle Saves Herself by Leah Johnson
• Beetle and the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne (Graphic Novel)
• Snapdragon by Kat Leyh (Graphic Novel)
• The Mossheart’s Promise by Rebecca Mix
• Magical Princess Harriet by Leiah Moser – T
• The Devouring Wolf by Natalie C. Parker
• The Dark & Deep Blue by Niki Smith (Graphic Novel) – T
• Cattywampus by Ash Van Otterloo – I
• A Touch of Ruckus by Ash Van Otterloo
• Every Bird a Prince by Jenn Reese – A
• Izzy at the End of the World by K.A. Reynolds – B
• Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens (Graphic Novel)
• Juniper Harvey and the Vanishing Kingdom by Nina Varela
• Lulu Sinagtala and the Tagalog Gods by Gail D. Villanueva – B
• The Ojja-Wojja by Magdalene Visaggio (text) and Jenn St-Onge (illustration) (Graphic Novel) – T

Male Protagonists

• Gallowgate by K.R. Alexander
• Alex Wise by Terry J. Benton-Walker
• Battle Dragons by Alex London
• A World Worth Saving by Kyle Lukoff – T
• The Insiders by Mark Oshiro
• The Nico di Angelo Adventures by Mark Oshiro and Rick Riordan
• Cameron Battle by Jamar J. Perry
• Ring of Solomon by Aden Polydoros
• The Trials of Apollo series by Rick Riordan
• The Anti-Book by Raphael Simon
• Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao

Non-Binary Protagonists

• Deephaven by Ethan M. Aldridge
• Moonflower by Kacen Callender
• Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth LaPensée and K.C. Oster
• Tiger Honor by Yoon Ha Lee
• Splinter & Ash by Marieke Nijkamp
• Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston by Esme Symes-Smith
• The Beautiful Something Else by Ash Van Otterloo
• The Otherwoods by Justine Pucella Winans

Science Fiction/Dystopian

• Felix Yz by Lisa Bunker
• Flicker by H.E. Edgmon
• *Realmsweep by H.E. Edgmon
• Paige Not Found by Jen Wilde

Paranormal/Supernatural

• Grounded for All Eternity and Afterlife of the Party by Darcy Marks – B (MG)

Young/New Adult

Fantasy

Female Protagonists

• Where Shadows Bloom by Catherine Bakewell (Romantasy)
• Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust – L
• Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust – B
• Missing, Presumed Dead by Emma Berquist – B
• Dauntless by Elisa A. Bonnin
• Lovely Dark and Deep by Elisa A. Bonnin
• How to Succeed in Witchcraft by Aislinn Brophy
• Spells to Forget Us by Aislinn Brophy 
• Deadly Sweet Lies (sequel) by Erica Cameron – A
• The Lost Coast by A.R. Capetta
• The Never-Tilting World by Rin Chupeco
• The Scapegracers by H.A. Clarke
• So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole – D, L
  
• Queen of Coin and Whispers by Helen Corcoran
• Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova – B
• Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst – L, B
• Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst – B
• Practical Rules for Cursed Witches by Kayla Cottingham (Cozy)
• The Dark Wife by Sarah Diemer – L
• Battalion of the Dead by Kat Dunn
• Bitterthorn by Kat Dunn
• Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis – B
• This Raging Sea by De Elizabeth – B
• The Seafarer’s Kiss and The Navigator’s Touch by Julia Ember – B
• Ruinsong by Julia Ember
• Spellhacker by M.K. England
• Euphoria Kids by Alison Evans
• The Impostor Queen series by Sarah Fine – B
• Beyond the Ruby Veil by Mara Fitzgerald – L
• When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey – Q
• The Halvarian Ruin by Sara Gaines – L
• This Dark Heart by Zeena Gosrani
• Where Darkness Blooms by Andrea Hannah
• The Shattering by Karen Healey
• For a Muse of Fire by Heidi Heilig – P
• The Devouring Gray by C.L. Herman
• The Drowning Summer by C.L. Herman
• Between the Blade and the Heart by Amanda Hocking – B
• A Dark and Starless Forest by Sarah Hollowell – B
• Dread Nation by Justina Ireland – B 
• The Witchery by S. Isabel
• The Dark Tide by Alicia Jasinska
• The Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska
• Deadly Ever After by Brittany Johnson
• The Afterward by EK Johnston
• Witches of Ash & Ruin by E. Latimer
• A Clash of Steel by C.B. Lee
• A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee
• Winterspell by Claire Legrand – B
• Furyborn by Claire Legrand – B (+)
• Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand
• Extasia by Claire Legrand
• The Drowned Woods by Emily Lloyd-Jones – B
• Ash by Malinda Lo – L
• Huntress by Malinda Lo – B
• The Spy With the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke – B
• This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke – P, Polyam
• Red Skies Falling by Alex London – AA
• We Awaken by Calista Lynne – A
• The Noble of Sperath by Siera Maley
• Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh – B
• The Nightmare-Verse by L.L. McKinney – B
• We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia – B
  
• Lucha and the Night Forest by Tehlor Kay Mejia
• Off With Their Heads by Zoe Hana Mikuta
• The Coven Tendency by Zoe Hana Mikuta
• That Devil, Ambition by Linsey Miller – A
• The Ones We Burn by Rebecca Mix
• Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
• These Feathered Flames by Alexandra Overy
• Little Thieves by Margaret Owen – D
• The Absinthe Underground by Jamie Pacton (Historical Romantasy)
• Brewed With Love by Shelly Page (Romantasy)
• The Poison Within by Rachel Marie Pearcy
• That Dark Infinity by Kate Pentecost – B
• The Wise and the Wicked by Rebecca Podos
• From Dust, a Flame by Rebecca Podos – B
• The Grimrose Girls by Laura Pohl – AA, L, BD
• The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
• Emry Merlin by Robyn Schneider – B
• The Hollow Star Saga by Ashley Shuttleworth
• Witch Hall Duology by Jasmine Skye
• Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim – D
• A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith – B
• Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria – A+
• Fire with Fire by Destiny Soria
• From Under the Mountain by C.M. Spivey
• These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling
• The Engelsfors series by Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren
• Beyond The Black Door by A.M. Strickland – A
• In the Ravenous Dark by A.M. Strickland – P
• Outrun the Wind by Elizabeth Tammi
• The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall 
• The Siren, the Song, and the Spy by Maggie Tokuda-Hall – A
• Sweet & Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley
• Sofi and the Bone Song by Adrienne Tooley
• The Third Daughter and The Second Son by Adrienne Tooley
• Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood
• Gentlest of Wild Things by Sarah Underwood
• Crier’s War by Nina Varela
• The Bone Spindle by Leslie Vedder
• This Golden Flame by Emily Victoria – A
• Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells – B
• Briar Girls by Rebecca Kim Wells
• Ship of Smoke and Steel by Django Wexler

Male Protagonists

• The Dragori by Ben Alderson
• Keepers of the Stones & Stars by Michael Barakiva
• Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker
• In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan – B
• The Rules of Ever After by Killian Brewer
• Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks by ‘Nathan Burgoine
• The Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender
• Book of Dreams by Kevin Craig
• Dagger by Steven dos Santos
• The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon – T
• The Fascinators by Andrew Eliopulos
• Seidman by James Erich
• Euphoria Kids by Alison Evans – T
• The Alchemy of Moonlight by David Ferraro
• The Secrets of Eden by Brandon Goode
• Rainbow Islands by Devin Harnois (Dystopian Adventure) – T
• Before We Disappear by Shaun David Hutchinson
• The Spells We Cast by Jason June
• The Runebinder Chronicles by Alex R. Kahler
• Reverie by Ryan La Sala
• Seven Tears at High Tide by C.B. Lee – B
• Feverwake by Victoria Lee
• The Spy With the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke – D
• This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke – B, Polyam
• Skybound by Alex London
• The Rules by F.T. Lukens – B+
• In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens
• So This is Ever After by F.T. Lukens
• Venom & Vow by Anna-Marie McLemore and Elliott McLemore  – T
• The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros
• Simon Snow by Rainbow Rowell
• I’m a Gay Wizard by V.S. Santoni
• Infinity Son by Adam Silvera
• The Timekeeper series by Tara Sim
• Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim – B
• The Shadow War by Lindsay Smith
• Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria – B+
• The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas – T

Non-Binary Protagonists

• Costumes for Time Travelers by A.R. Capetta
• *The Bloody and the Damned by Rebecca Coffindaffer
• *The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones by Lex Croucher
• Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon
• The Tiger’s Watch by Julia Ember
• Euphoria Kids by Alison Evans
• The Micah Grey Trilogy by Laura Lam – I, B, Gf
• Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens
• Otherworldly by F.T. Lukens
• Venom & Vow by Anna-Marie McLemore and Elliott McLemore – Bg
• Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller – GF
• The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa – Transmasc
• These Vengeful Gods by Gabe Cole Novoa
• The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Sci-Fi/Dystopian/(Post)-Apocalyptic

Female Protagonists

• Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders
• Hearts Still Beating by Brooke Archer (Post-Apocalyptic)
• Stars, Hide Your Fire by Jessica Mary Best
• *You Pierce My Soul by Jessica Mary Best
• Prisoners of Peace by Erin Bow – B (Dystopian)
• Once & Future by A.R. Capetta and Cory McCarthy
• Iamos Trilogy by Lyssa Chiavari – A
• Crownchasers by Rebecca Coffindaffer – P
• Dreadnought by April Daniels – T
• The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow – D
• A Song of Salvation by Alechia Dow – D
• Sound by Alexandra Duncan
• The Art of Saving the World by Corinne Duyvis – AL
• That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston – B, I, Polyam
• Queen’s Shadow by E.K. Johnston – B
• Sky on Fire by E.K. Johnston – A+
• Dare Mighty Things by Heather Kaczynski
• Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee – B
• Not Your Backup by C.B. Lee – A+
• Adaptation by Malinda Lo – B, Polyam
• Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta
• The Last 8 by Laura Pohl – Aro B
• Wilder Girls by Rory Power (Horror)
• The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie
• Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie – AA
• If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come by Jen St. Jude (Apocalyptic)
• Tarnished Are the Stars by Rosiee Thor – AA
• City of Shattered Light by Claire Winn
• Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao – Polyam

Male Protagonists

• All That’s Left in the World by Erik J. Brown (Apocalyptic)
• Once & Future by A.R. Capetta and Cory McCarthy
• Iamos Trilogy by Lyssa Chiavari – D
• Boy Robot by Simon Curtis
• The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich
• The Culling by Steven dos Santos (Dystopian)
• Dagger by Steven Dos Santos (Apocalyptic)
• The Disasters by M.K. England – B
• Willful Machines by Tim Floreen
• The United States of Asgard by Tessa Gratton – B,P,Q,GF
• A Complicated Love Story Set in Space by Shaun David Hutchinson
• Yesterday is History by Kosoko Jackson
• Survive the Dome by Kosoko Jackson (Dystopian)
• Beyond the Red by Ava Jae – B~
• Not Your Villain by CB Lee – T
• Feverwake by Victoria Lee
• Proxy by Alex London
  
• Broken Moon by F.T. Lukens
• Hero by Perry Moore
• Fragile Remedy by Maria Ingrande Mora
• Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston – B~
• The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer
• Coda by Emma Trevayne – B (Dystopian)
• TBD Gay Titanic in Space by Aiden Thomas
  
• Together in a Broken World by Paul Michael Winters (Post-Apocalyptic)

Non-Binary Protagonists

• Lizard Radio by Pat Schmatz (Dystopian)

Paranormal/Lightly Speculative

Male Protagonists

• Alex McKenna & the Geranium Deaths by Vicki-Ann Bush – T
• Till the Last Beat of My Heart by Louangie Bou-Montes
• *Cold Blows the Wind by Louangie Bou-Montes
• My Roommate From Hell by Cale Dietrich
• The Forest Demands its Due by Kosoko Jackson
• The Fell of Dark by Caleb Roehrig
• As I Descended by Robin Talley
• Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas – T

Female Protagonists

• Afterlove by Tanya Byrne
• Where Shadows Meet by Patrice Caldwell
• This Ravenous Fate by Hayley Dennings
• The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl
• Ex-Wives of Dracula by Georgette Kaplan
• No Charm Done by Tori Anne Martin
• Out of Salem by Hal Schrieve – L
• These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling – L
• The Coldest Touch by Isabel Sterling
• As I Descended by Robin Talley – L, B
• Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters – B

Non-Binary Protagonists

• The Heartbreak Bakery by AR Capetta – AG
• Out of Salem by Hal Schrieve – GQ

Horror/Speculative Thillers

Male Protagonists

• The Pledge by Cale Dietrich
• Malicia by Steven dos Santos
• The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass – G
• Old Wounds by Logan-Ashley Kisner – T
• Beholder by Ryan La Sala
• The Dead of Summer by Ryan La Sala
• The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros
• Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam Sass
• Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White – T
• The Spirit Bares its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White – T

Female Protagonists

• You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron
• Not Good For Maidens by Tori Bovalino – B
• My Dearest Darkest by Kayla Cottingham
• This Delicious Death by Kayla Cottingham
• The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan
• Dead Girls Walking by Sami Ellis
• *Funerals are For the Living by Sami Ellis
• Hollow by Taylor Grothe
• What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell
• The Afterdark by E. Latimer
• A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee – L
• The Dark We Know by Wen-yi Lee
• Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand
• Extasia by Claire Legrand
• Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall
• These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall
• The Narrow by Kate Alice Marshall
• Wilder Girls by Rory Power – B
• *There Are Ghosts Here by Adrienne Tooley
• She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
• Bleeding Earth by Kaitlin Ward – L
• The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters
• The Restless Dark by Erica Waters
• All That Consumes Us by Erica Waters

Non-Binary Protagonists

• The Honeys by Ryan La Sala – GF
• They Thought They Buried Us by NoNieqa Ramos
• They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran

Adult

Fantasy/Magical Realism/Spec Fic

Queer Female Protagonists

• Harrietta Lee by Stephanie Ahn
• Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders – T
• Borderline by Mishell Baker
• When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
• Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear
• Alcestis by Katherine Beutner
• Thorn by Anna Burke
• Nottingham by Anna Burke
• Compass Rose by Anna Burke (Spec)
• Tales of Inthya by Effie Calvin
• The Vanished Queen by Lisbeth Campbell
• Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey
• Crueler Mercies by Maren Chase
• Magic of the Lost by C.L. Clark
• *Warmongers by C.L. Clark
• Fate’s Bane by C.L. Clark
• The Mermaid’s Daughter by Ann Claycomb
• The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
• Thornfruit by Felicia Davin
• Sub Rosa by Amber Dawn
• Sodom Road Exit by Amber Dawn
• The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World by J.R. Dawson
• In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard
• Dominion of the Fallen by Aliette de Bodard
• Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard
• Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane – T
• The Masquerade by Seth Dickinson
• Stone and Steel by Eboni Dunbar
• The Ending Fire Trilogy by Saara El-Arifi
• The Alamaxa Duology by Hadeer Elsbai
• The Knight Legends series by Bridget Essex
• House of Dusk by Deva Fagan
• The Breath of the Sun by Isaac R. Fellman
• The Spanish Pearl and The Crown of Valencia by Catherine Friend
• Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
• The Ruin of Angels by Max Gladstone
• Lady Hotspur by Tessa Gratton
• The Mercy Makers by Tessa Gratton
• Hild by Nicola Griffith
• Spear by Nicola Griffith
• Hell’s Library by A.J. Hackwith
• *The Halls of the Dead by S.M. Hallow (Victorian Gothic Romance)
• Fractured Fables by Alix E. Harrow
• The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson
• The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff
• The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley
• Alpennia by Heather Rose Jones (Historical Romance)
• A Song of Silver and Gold by Melissa Karibian
• The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• The Raven and the Reindeer by T. Kingfisher
• Passing Strange by Ellen Klages
• The Sun and the Void by Gabriela Romero Lacruz
• The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood
• When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-Yi Lee
• The Keeper of Magical Things by Julie Leong
• *Year of the Mer by L.D. Lewis
• Poison Kiss by Ana Mardoll – Polyam
• Elemental Logic series by Laurie J. Marks
• Remedial Magic by Melissa Marr
• A Restless Truth by Freya Marske
• The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez
• The One Who Eats Monsters by Casey Matthews
• To Cage a God by Elizabeth May
• Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire – A (Amz)
• *The Witch and the Huntress by Luna McNamara
• An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows – B
• The Deathsniffer’s Assistant by Kate McIntyre – B
• Snake Eyes by Hillary Monahan – B
• Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
• The Chaos Constellation by Sara Omer
• The Hunter’s Gambit by Ciel Pierlot
• The Borden Dispatches by Cherie Priest
• Stormsong by C.L. Polk
• In a Garden Burning Gold by Rory Power – B
• North is the Night by Emily Rath
• Their Bright Ascendency series by K. Arsenault Rivera
• Between Earth and Sky by Rebecca Roanhorse
• Queen Takes Rose by Katee Robert
• Hunt on Dark Waters by Katee Robert
• Blood on the Tide by Katee Robert
• High Times in Low Parliament by Kelly Robson
• Consort of Fire by Kit Rocha – B, Polyam
• Girl Games by Ruby Roe
• Some by Virtue Fall by Alexandra Rowland
• Winged Histories by Sofia Samatar
• Resistance by B.R. Sanders
• Among the Burning Flowers and The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
• The Honey Witch by Sydney J. Shields
• The Dark Gods by Tara Sim
• *Dangerous and Well-Read by Rebecca Sky
• The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling (Horror)
• Silvercloak by Laura Steven
• The Drowning Empire by Andrea Stewart
• The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach (Amz)
• The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
• The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri
• Your Heart Will Grow by Chace Verity (Romance) – P
• The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
• Malice by Heather Walter
• The Crimson Crown by Heather Walter
• The Thousand Names by Django Wexler
• When Women Were Warriors series by Catherine M. Wilson

Queer Male Protagonists

• Realm of Fey by Ben Alderson
• Peregrine Seas by R.C. Ballad – T
• The Magpie Lord by KJ Charles (Victorian Gothic Romance)
• The Lavender Blade by E.L. Deards
• The Amberlough Dossier by Lara Elena Donnelly
• The Perfect Assassin by K.A. Doore – A
• The Tarot Sequence by K.D. Edwards
• Nightrunner by Lynn Flewelling
• Liesmith by Alis Franklin
• A Market of Dreams and Destiny by Trip Galey
• The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht
• Kirith Kirin by Jim Grimsley
• Reforged by Seth Haddon
• The God Eaters by Jesse Hajicek
• Lord of the White Hell by Ginn Hale
• Prosperity by Alexis Hall (Amz)
• The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang
• Smoke and Shadows by Tanya Huff
• The Fire’s Stone by Tanya Huff
• Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
• The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
• When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley
• Tales From Verania by T.J. Klune
• The House in the Cerulean Sea and Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune
• Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
• In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune
• The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner
• The World of Riverside by Ellen Kushner (and its prequel serial, Tremontaine, by var. authors)
• The Last Herald-Mage series by Mercedes Lackey
• A Chorus of Dragons by Jenn Lyons – B
• *Into the Midnight Wood by Alexandra McCollum
• The Tithenai Chronicles by Foz Meadows
• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
• The Steel Remains by Richard K. Morgan
• The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
• Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat
• The Stone Prince by Fiona Patton
• Witchmark by C.L. Polk
• The Watchmaker of Filligree Street by Natasha Pulley
  
• The Rune Tithe by Alistair Reeves
• A Choir of Lies by Alexandra Rowland
• A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland
• A Darker Shade of Magic by Victoria Schwab – G, B
• Vicious by Victoria Schwab – A
• Death By Silver by Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold
• The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
• Adam Binder by David R. Slayton
• Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh
• The Root by Na’amen Gobert Tilahun
• The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson
• A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson
• The Circus Infinite by Khan Wong – A

Transgender Protagonists (Binary)

Female

• Full Fathom Five by Max Gladstone
• Gifts of Spring by Shira Glassman (M/F Romance)
• The Way of Thorn and Thunder by Daniel Heath Justice
• Cinder Ella by S.T. Lynn (F/F Romance)

Male

• Peregrine Seas by R.C. Ballad
• Peter Darling by Austin Chant (M/M Romance)
• Caroline’s Heart by Austin Chant (M/F Romance)
• Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
• Your Heart Will Grow by Chace Verity (M/F Romance)

Multiple

• The Four Profound Weaves by R. Lemberg

Non-Binary or Gender-Unassigned Protagonists

• Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault (bigender) – Aro
• The Shadow series by Lila Bowen
• Our Bloody Pearl by D.N. Bryn
• Sing for the Coming of the Longest Night by Katherine Fabian and Iona Datt Sharma (M/F/NB Romance)
• The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia – AA
• The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar (NBTM/TM)
• Paul Takes the Form of a Normal Girl by Andrea Lawlor
• Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee
• The Unbalancing by R.B. Lemberg
• Lost Boi by Sassafras Lowrey
• The Story of Silence by Alex Myers
• A River of Golden Bones by A.K. Mulford
• She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan (Genderqueer)
• Dithered Hearts by Chace Verity (F/F/NB)
• The Tensorate series by Neon Yang w/a JY Yang

Sci-Fi

Queer Female Protagonists

• The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
• Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki – T
• Moonrising by Claire Barner
• *Love Galaxy by Sierra Branham
• *The Lily of Enarah by Arden Brax
• Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey
• The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
• Cheerleaders From Planet X by Lyssa Chiavari
• The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden – T
• This is How You Lost the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
• *Homebound by Portia Elan
• Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott
• The Broken Stars by Kristy Gardner
• Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone
• Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
• The Carls by Hank Green – B
• Ammonite by Nicola Griffith
• Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon
• The Stars Too Fondly by Emily Hamilton
• *Ascendancy by Emily Hamilton
• The Outside by Ada Hoffman
• The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley
• The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
• The Kingdom Trilogy by Bethany Jacobs
• The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
• The Cybernetic Tea Shop by Meredith Katz (Romance) – A
• Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace – AA
• Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi
• False Hearts by Laura Lam – B
• Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
• Persephone Station by Stina Leicht (Bks)
• The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis
• Depths of Blue by Lisa MacTague
• Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo
• Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon by Annie Mare
• Teixcalaan by Arkady Martine
• Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller
• The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz – T
• Planetfall by Emma Newman – B
• The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older
• Architects of Memory by Karen Osborne
• Deep Deception by Cathy Pegau (Romance)
• Bluebird by Ciel Pierlot
• A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker
• We Are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker
• The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt – D
• 2º by Bev Prescott
• The Salvation Gambit by Emily Skrutskie
• The Deep by Rivers Solomon
• And Shall Machines Surrender by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
• The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling (Horror)
• Barbary Station by R.E. Stearns
• This Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne (Horror)
• Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove (Horror)
• Rise of the Gorgon by Tanai Walker
• The Salvagers by Alex White
• The Stone Gods by Jeannette Winterson
• New World by Lily X.
• Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto
• *The Obake Code by Makana Yamamoto
• Dorothy Gentleman by Olivia Waite
• Bang Bang Bodhisattva by Aubrey Wood – T

Queer Male Protagonists

• The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon
• The Village by Darien Cox (Romance)
• The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden
• River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey (alt-history) – B
• The Graven by Essa Hansen – A
• Empire of Light by Alex Harrow
• Crosshairs by Catherine Hernandez
• The Widening Gyre by Michael R. Johnston
• The Death I Gave Him by Em X. Liu
• Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell
• Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller
• Meatworks by Jordan Castillo Price
• The Mars House by Natasha Pulley
• The Silvers by J.A. Rock
• The Bloodlight Trilogy by Emily Skrutskie
• The Sol Majestic by Ferrett Steinmetz
• Docile by K.M. Szpara
• A Fractured Infinity by Nathan Tavares
• Welcome to Forever by Nathan Tavares
• Dark Edge of Honor by Aleksandr Voinov (Romance)
• Extraterrestrial by Perie Wolford (Romance)

Transgender Protagonists (Binary)

Female

• The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz

Male

• Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman

Intersex Protagonists

• An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

Non-Binary Protagonists

• The Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley August
• Finna and Defekt by Nino Cipri
• Dalí by E.M. Hamill
• Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
• The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuin
• The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis
• The Genesis of Memory by Neon Yang

Paranormal/Supernatural (Non-Romance)

• Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman – T
• The Bones Beneath My Skin by TJ Klune (Thriller)
• “Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time” by K.M. Szpara
• Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk

Paranormal Romance

M/M

• The Triad Blood series by ‘Nathan Burgoine
• Spectred Isle by K.J. Charles (Historical)
• Coyote’s Creed by Vaughn R. Demont
• Daring Fate by Megan Erickson (Amz)
• Green Creek by T.J. Klune
• *Dearly Departed by Chip Pons
• The Fell of Dark by Caleb Roehrig (YA)
• Shatterproof by Xen Sanders (Amz)
• Stake Sauce by RoAnna Sylver (Amz)
• Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas  – GT (YA)
• Match With the Demon by Chace Verity
• Human Enough by E.S. Yu

F/F

• Pack of Her Own by Elena Abbott – T
• Mate of Her Own by Elena Abbott
• Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper
• In Charm’s Way by Lana Harper
• Rise and Divine by Lana Harper
• Second Nature by Jae
• Bearly a Lady by Cassandra Khaw
• This Spells Disaster by Tori Anne Martin
• The Garoul series by Gill McKnight
• Wild by Meghan O’Brien
• The Better to Kiss You With by Michelle Osgood
• The Wicked and the Willing by Lianyu Tan
• The Coyote’s Comfort by Holley Trent
• Second Chance with the Demon by Chace Verity
• Rise of the Gorgon by Tanai Walker
• Better off Red by Rebekah Weatherspoon
• Every Dark Desire by Fiona Zedde

M/F

• Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi
• Love at First Fright by Nadia El-Fassi

F/NB

• Back in a Spell by Lana Harper
• Huntsmen by Michelle Osgood

Horror

Female Protagonists

• *Oil On Water by Kalynn Bayron
• *The Brides by Charlotte Cross
• Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin – T
• Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin – T
• Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
• I’ll Make a Spectacle Out of You by Beatrice Iker
• The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca
• Veal by Mackenzie Nolan
• Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt – T
• Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt – T
• The Wicked and the Willing by Lianyu Tan
• My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen
• Blood on Her Tongue by Johanna van Veen (Historical)

Male Protagonists

• The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht
• *The Macabre by Kosoko Jackson
• At Dark, I Become Loathsome by Eric LaRocca
• We Are Always Tender With Our Dead by Eric LaRocca
• *Wretch by Eric LaRocca
• *You Should Have Been Home Now by Aden Polydoros
• You Weren’t Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White – T

Nonbinary Protagonists

SFF Series with Mix of Representation in Narrating Cast

• Isandor by Claudie Arseneault – A, Aro, B, D, NB, P, Polyam
• The Mangoverse by Shira Glassman – L, B, T
• The United States of Asgard series by Tessa Gratton – B,P,Q,GF (YA)
• The Sidekick Squad by CB Lee – B, T, A (YA)
• The Chronicles of Tornor series by Elizabeth A. Lynn
• The Beyond series by Kit Rocha – B, P, D
• The Chameleon Moon series by RoAnna Sylver – T, A, Polyam, NB (Amz)

All-Queer SFF Anthologies and Short Story Collections

• Night of the Living Queers ed. by Alex Brown and Shelly Page (YA)
• Homesick by Nino Cipri
• The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper by A.J. Fitzwater
• Absolute Power: Tales of Queer Villainy, ed. by Erica Friedman
• Tales From Perach by Shira Glassman – T, L, B, G
• Blood, Sweat & Queers ed. by Margaret Hall and Jamie Ryu
• Meet Me in the Future by Kameron Hurley
• Queer Little Nightmares ed. by David Ly and Daniel Zomparelli
• Amplitudes ed. by Lee Mandelo
• Cinder the Fireplace Boy and Other Gayly Grim Tales by Ana Mardoll
• Beyond: The Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comic Anthology, ed. by Sfe R. Monster
• Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time, ed. by Hope Nicholson
• We’re Here: the Best Queer Speculative Fiction of 2020 ed. by Charles Payseur and C.L. Clark
• We’re Here: the Best Queer Speculative Fiction of 2021 ed. by Charles Payseur and L.D. Lewis
• We’re Here: the Best Queer Speculative Fiction of 2022 ed. by Charles Payseur and Naomi Kanakia
• *Luminescent Machinations: Queer Tales of Monumental Invention ed. by Rhiannon Rasmussen and dave ring
• Glitter + Ashes ed. by dave ring (Amz)
• Unfettered Hexes ed. by dave ring (Amz)
• Transcendent 2: The Year’s Best Transgender Speculative Fiction 2016, ed. by Bogi Takács
• Transcendent 3: The Year’s Best Transgender Speculative Fiction 2017, ed. by Bogi Takács
• Transmogrify! ed. by g. haron-davis
• The Kissing Booth Girl and Other Stories by A.C. Wise – G, B, A

Anthologies with Queer Stories

• The Grimoire of Grave Fates ed. by Hanna Alkaf and Margaret Owen (YA)
• A Phoenix First Must Burn ed. by Patrice Caldwell (YA)
  
• Eternally Yours ed. by Patrice Caldwell (YA)
• These Bodies Ain’t Broken ed. by Madeline Dyer (YA)
• Sword Stone Table ed. by Swapna Krishna and Jenn Northington
• Vampires Never Get Old ed. by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker  (YA)
• Mermaids Never Drown ed. by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker  (YA)
• Toil & Trouble ed. by Tess Sharpe and Jessica Spotswood (YA)