Tag Archives: Reimaginings

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

For even more, check out Part I and Part II.

The Song of Us by Kate Fussner (MG)

Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood (YA)

Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane

HERC by Phoenicia Rogerson

Crown of Starlight by Cait Corrain

Bonus: Lion’s Legacy by L.C. Rosen is inspired by Greek history, and The Palace of Eros by Carolina de Robertis isn’t available for preorder yet, but keep it on your radar!

Fave Five: Shakesqueer, Part II

For part I, click here.

Teach the Torches to Burn by Caleb Roehrig (historical m/m YA Romeo & Juliet)

Twelfth Grade Night by Molly Horton Booth (text), Stephanie Kate Strohm (text), and Jamie Green (art) (contemporary YA fantasy graphic novel Twelfth Night)

Ben and Beatriz by Katalina Gamarra (pan m/f contemp rom Much Ado About Nothing)

The Death I Gave Him by Em X. Liu (sci-fi thriller Hamlet)

Two Wrongs Make a Right by Chloe Liese (pan m/f contemp rom Much Ado About Nothing)

Bonus: The followup to Twelfth Grade NightKing Cheer (contemporary YA graphic novel King Lear), releases in October.

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 Hades/Persephone Reimaginings

Captive in the Underworld by Lianyu Tan (Amz)

King of Immortal Tithe by Ben Alderson (Amz)

The God in the Field by VVBG (Tapas)

The Dark Wife by Sarah Diemer (Amz)

Drag Me Up by R.M. Virtues (Amz)

Bonus: Check out Tara Sim‘s story “Death and the Maiden” in the YA anthology Color Outside the Lines, ed. by Sangu Mandanna (Amz)