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Fave Five: LGBTQ Novels Inspired by Greek Mythology, Part II

For part I, click here.

Summer in the City of Roses by Michelle Ruiz Keil (YA)

Create My Own Perfection by E.H. Timms

Orpheus Girl by Brynne Rebele-Henry (YA)

This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron (YA)

Drag Me Up by R.M. Virtues

Bonus: Coming up in 2023, The Song of Us by Kate Fussner (MG) and Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood (YA)

 

Fave Five: LGBTQ Novels Inspired by Greek Myth/History

Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block (YA Apocalyptic)

The Dark Wife by Sarah Diemer (YA Fantasy)

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Fantasy)

About a Girl by Sarah McCarry (YA Speculative)

Outrun the Wind by Elizabeth Tammi (YA Fantasy)

Bonus: Rick Riordan’s The Heroes of Olympus series (MG Fantasy) features some major characters under the LGBTQ umbrella

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