Best lgbt sci fi books

9 of Our Favorite LGBTQ+ Sci-Fi Books

Since its inception, the science fiction genre has always questioned the boundaries of the imagination. While the real world is plagued by prejudice, inequality, and injustice, sci-fi writers are free to imagine alternate societies that are more inclusive, diverse, and sustainable—even expanding on our understanding of gender, sexuality, and relationships. 

Traditionally members of the queer community have often identified with the figure of the “other”—be it the monsters under the bed, the mutants, or the aliens from outer space—even as the homosexual themes remained buried mostly in the subtext. However, following the New Wave of science fiction from the late s onwards, more experimental styles as good as narratives depicting explicit queer relationships became prevalent, as seen in the works of Joanna Russ, Samuel R. Delany and Ursula Le Guinn. 

Though mainstream SFF is still dominated by colorless, male voices, in the recent years, the publishing industry has become more welcoming of diverse perspectives, particularly from margina

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Do you like your space adventures with a healthy dose of queerness? We’ve got you covered!

One of my favourites from this list is The Stars Are Legion - a biopunk space opera set on a bizarre system of biomechanical worldships with a lesbian like triangle at the centre.

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The Stars Are Legion
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Hurley, Kameron
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Ancillary Justice
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Leckie, Ann
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Alien: The Cold Forge
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White, Alex
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Blackfish City
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Miller, Sam J.
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Autonomous
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Newitz, Annalee
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The Future of Another Timeline
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Newitz, Annalee
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The Light Brigade
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Hurley, Kameron
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The Left Hand of Darkness
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Le Guin, Ursula K.
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A Memory Called Empire : Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel
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Martine, Arkady
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This is How You Lose the Period War : An epic time-travelling devotion story, winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novella
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El-Mohtar, Amal, Gladstone, Max
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An Unkindness Of Ghosts
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Solomon, Rivers
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JANUARYTHE SLAIN DIVINE by David Dalglish:
&#; sapphic MC
&#; god&#;s come to fuck things up
&#; the rebellion is fracturing
&#; and this cursed mask might be the only thing that can end a god &#; but at what cost?
&#; last in THE VAGRANT GODSTHE PRINCIPLE OF MOMENTS by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson:
&#; m/m
&#; a fugitive engineer plans to rescue her sister, no matter the cost the universe
&#; a time-traveler in regency London in a fling with the crown prince
&#; their paths are intertwined by prophecy and space
&#; space opera + verb family!FAEBOUND by Saara El-Arifi:
&#; sapphic
&#; elves, fae, & humans once co-existed, but now only the elves remain
&#; except wait, we just found this long-lost city and it&#;s&#; fae??
&#; and now their politics are kinda our problem, as adequately as their relationships VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED by Frances White:
&#; queer male MC
&#; twelve heirs to a centuries&#; adj empire embark on a voyage to celebrate peace
&#; then, the murders began
&#; Death on the Nile, but with magic & chaotic queers

My Lesbian Novel by Renee Gladman (Lesbian Fiction)

The Beads by David McConnell (Queer Guy Fiction)

The Wildes by Louis Bayard (Gay Historical Fiction)

Sweet Like Honey by Aricka Alexander (F/F Romance)

Tempting Olivia by Clare Ashton (F/F Romance)

I’ll Get Back To You by Becca Grischow (F/F Romance)

Karaoke Queen by Dominic Lim (M/M Drag Romance)

The Intimate Beginnings of Taylor by Lavender Quinn (F/F Romance)

The Seemingly Impossible Love Life of Amanda Dean by Ann Rose (Bisexual Woman Romance)

Yield Under Great Persuasion by Alexandra Rowland (M/M Romantasy)

A Dim and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft (Sapphic Fantasy Romance)

Sunsets & Other Perilous Things by Dani Frank (F/F Vampire Romance)

What Is This Feeling? by Robby Weber (M/M YA Contemporary)

Spells to Disregard Us by Aislinn Brophy (Bisexual/Lesbian F/F YA Fantasy)

Night Owls by A. R. Vishny (F/F YA Paranormal Romance)

Wishbone by Justine Pucella Winans (Queer Middle Grade Horror)

Real Siblings by Seamus Kirst and Karen Bunting (Two Dads Picture Book)

A Cup of Moisture Under My Bed: A Memoir (