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~ = Books also have at least one allocishet POV

Middle Grade

Fantasy/Paranormal/Speculative

Female Protagonists

• *Where the Lost Ones Go by Akemi Dawn Bowman
• *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
• *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
• 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

Cis Male Protagonists

• *Gallowgate by K.R. Alexander
• *Alex Wise vs. the End of the World by Terry J. Benton-Walker
• The Lock-Eater by Zack Loran Clark
• Battle Dragons by Alex London
• Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms by Jamar J. Perry
• The Insiders by Mark Oshiro
• *Untitled Nico/Will Book by Mark Oshiro and Rick Riordan
• *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

• Moonflower by Kacen Callender
• *Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth LaPensée and K.C. Oster
• Tiger Honor by Yoon Ha Lee
• *Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston by Esme Symes-Smith
• *Sparrow Shines Bright by Ash Van Otterloo
• *The Other Woods by Justine Pucella Winans

Science Fiction

Cis Male Protagonists

• Felix Yz by Lisa Bunker

Young/New Adult

Fantasy

Female Protagonists

• 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
• *How to Succeed in Witchcraft 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
• 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
• The Dark Wife by Sarah Diemer – L
• Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis – B
• Unicorn Tracks by Julia Ember – L
• 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
• Noble Falling and Noble Persuasion by Sara Gaines – L
• *The Wildest Things and Where Darkness Blooms by Andrea Hannah
• The Shattering by Karen Healey
• For a Muse of Fire by Heidi Heilig – P
• The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman
• *The Drowning Summer by Christine Lynn Herman
• Between the Blade and the Heart by Amanda Hocking – B
• Dread Nation by Justina Ireland – B (+)
• *The Witchery by S. Isabel
• The Dark Tide by Alicia Jasinska
• The Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska
• 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
• 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
  
• *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 Poison Within by Rachel Marie Pearcy
• That Dark Infinity by Kate Pentecost – B
• The Wise and the Wicked by Rebecca Podos
• 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
• *Daughter of the Bone Forest 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
• 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
• Crier’s War by Nina Varela
• The Bone Spindle by Leslie Vedder
• This Golden Flame by Emily Victoria – A
• Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters – B
• 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
• *These Precious Stones by Michael Barakiva
• In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan – B
• The Rules of Ever After by Killian Brewer
• Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks by ‘Nathan Burgoine
• 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 (Amz)
• Before We Disappear by Shaun David Hutchinson
• 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
• Simon Snow by Rainbow Rowell
• I’m a Gay Wizard by V.S. Santoni
• Infinity Son by Adam Silvera
• Adam Binder by David R. Slayton
• 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

• *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
• *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
• The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Sci-Fi

Female Protagonists

• Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders
• 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
• 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
• Dare Mighty Things by Heather Kaczynski
• Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee – B
• Not Your Backup by C.B. Lee – A+
• Adaptation and Inheritance 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
• 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)
• 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
  

Non-Binary Protagonists

• Lizard Radio by Pat Schmatz (Dystopian)

Paranormal

Male Protagonists

• Alex McKenna & the Geranium Deaths by Vicki-Ann Bush – T
• 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 Reign by Patrice Caldwell
• The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl
• Ex-Wives of Dracula by Georgette Kaplan
• 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
• Better Off Red by Rebekah Weatherspoon (NA)

Non-Binary Protagonists

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

Horror

Male Protagonists

• The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass – G
• *Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White – T

Female Protagonists

• *Camp Mirror Lake by Kalynn Bayron
• Not Good For Maidens by Tori Bovalino – B
• My Dearest Darkest by Kayla Cottingham
• A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee – L
• Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand
• Extasia by Claire Legrand
• Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall
• Wilder Girls by Rory Power – B
• *The World Ends Here by Rory Power
• Bleeding Earth by Kaitlin Ward – L
• The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters

Non-Binary Protagonists

• *The Honeys by Ryan La Sala – GF

Adult

Fantasy/Magical Realism/Spec Fic

Queer Cis Female Protagonists

• Harrietta Lee by Stephanie Ahn
• 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
• The Unbroken by C.L. Clark
• *Warmongers 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
• In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard
• Dominion of the Fallen by Aliette de Bodard
• Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard
• The Masquerade by Seth Dickinson
• *The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi
• The Alamaxa Duology by Hadeer Elsbai (Amz)
• The Knight Legends series by Bridget Essex
• The Breath of the Sun by Isaac R. Felman
• 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
• Hild by Nicola Griffith
• Spear by Nicola Griffith
• Hell’s Library by A.J. Hackwith
• *Hollow Road Home by A.J. Hackwith
• 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)
• 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
• Poison Kiss by Ana Mardoll – Polyam
• Elemental Logic series by Laurie J. Marks
• *A Restless Truth by Freya Marske
• The One Who Eats Monsters by Casey Matthews
• Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire – A (Amz)
• 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 Borden Dispatches by Cherie Priest
• Stormsong by C.L. Polk
• In a Garden Burning Gold by Rory Power – B
• Their Bright Ascendency series by K. Arsenault Rivera
• Between Earth and Sky by Rebecca Roanhorse
• *High Times in Low Parliament by Kelly Robson
• Some by Virtue Fall by Alexandra Rowland
• Winged Histories by Sofia Samatar
• Resistance by B.R. Sanders
• The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
• City of Dusk by Tara Sim
• Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
• *The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach (Māori)
• The Jasmine Throne 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 Thousand Names by Django Wexler
• When Women Were Warriors series by Catherine M. Wilson

Queer Cis Male Protagonists

• The Magpie Lord by KJ Charles (Victorian Gothic Romance)
• 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
• The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht
• Kirith Kirin by Jim Grimsley
• The God Eaters by Jesse Hajicek
• Lord of the White Hell by Ginn Hale
• Prosperity by Alexis Hall (Amz)
• Smoke and Shadows by Tanya Huff
• The Fire’s Stone by Tanya Huff
• Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
• Tales From Verania by T.J. Klune
• The House in the Cerulean 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
• 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
  
• 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
• 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

• Peter Darling by Austin Chant (M/M Romance) (Amz)
• Caroline’s Heart by Austin Chant (M/F Romance) (Amz)
• 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 (Amz)
• Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee
• *The Unbalancing by R.B. Lemberg
• Lost Boi by Sassafras Lowrey
• The Story of Silence by Alex Myers
• 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
• 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
• Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott
• Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone
• Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
• The Carls by Hank Green – B
• Ammonite by Nicola Griffith
• The Outside by Ada Hoffman
• The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley
• The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
• 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
• 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
• Teixcalaan by Arkady Martine
• Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller
• The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz – T
• Planetfall by Emma Newman – B
• 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
• Hello World: .EXE Chronicles by Tiffany Rose and Alexandra Tauber – A (Amz)
• 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
• Rise of the Gorgon by Tanai Walker
• The Salvagers by Alex White
• The Stone Gods by Jeannette Winterson
• *New World by Lily X

Queer Male Protagonists

• Safe in Your Fire 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 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
• *TBA by Nathan Tavares
• Dark Edge of Honor by Aleksandr Voinov (Romance)
• Extraterrestrial by Perie Wolford (Romance)

Intersex Protagonists

• An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

Non-Binary Protagonists

• 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 (Non-Romance)

• “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 Burgione
• 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
• Shatterproof by Xen Sanders (Amz)
• Stake Sauce by RoAnna Sylver (Amz)

F/F

• Second Nature by Jae
• Her Wolf in the Wild by Rien Gray
• Bearly a Lady by Cassandra Khaw
• The Garoul series by Gill McKnight
• Wild by Meghan O’Brien
• The Better to Kiss You With by Michelle Osgood
• The Coyote’s Comfort by Holley Trent
• Rise of the Gorgon by Tanai Walker
• Better off Red by Rebekah Weatherspoon
• Every Dark Desire by Fiona Zedde

F/NB

• Huntsmen by Michelle Osgood

Horror

Female Protagonists

• Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
• Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
• The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

Male Protagonists

• The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht

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

• 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
• Meet Me in the Future by Kameron Hurley
• No Man of Woman Born by Ana Mardoll – T, NB, GF, Aro
• 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
• 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
• Sword Stone Table ed. by Swapna Krishna and Jenn Northington
• Vampires Never Get Old ed. by Natalie C. Parker (YA)
• Toil & Trouble ed. by Tess Sharpe and Jessica Spotswood (YA)