SPACE GAYS!!! (A Book Recommendation List)
You know I love science fiction – particularly space operas, and you also know I love queer books. So what’s even better than each of those?? WHEN THEY’RE MASHED TOGETHER!! So I made a book recommendation list with a ton of queer space books. I originally posted it on my bookstagram here, so sorry if you’re seeing it twice. But here I’ve included the Goodreads links so you can check them all out easily!
Books I’ve Read
All of these books are adult sci-fi. It seems like adult sci-fi in particular is really kicking ass with the queer books!
- A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
- Killing Gravity by Corey J. White
- A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
- Velocity Weapon by Megan E. O’Keefe
- Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters by Aimee Ogden
- Dark Run by Mike Brooks
- A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White
- Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone
- The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
- This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
- A Pale Light in the Black by K.B. Wagers
- Persephone Station by Stina Leicht
- Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell
- Seven Devils by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May
Books On My TBR
- Crownchasers by Rebecca Coffindaffer [young adult]
- The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley [adult]
- Ten Low by Stark Holborn [adult]
- Cosmoknights by Hannah Templer [young adult]
- Hunger Makes the Wolf by Alex Wells [adult]
- Seven of Infinities by Aliette de Bodard [adult]
- Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes [adult]
- Fortuna by Kristyn Merbeth [adult]
- Once & Future by A.R. Capetta and Corey McCarthy [young adult]
- On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden [adult]
- Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki [adult]
- The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson [adult]
- Nophek Gloss by Essa Hansen [adult]
- Bluebird by Ciel Pierlot [adult]
- Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott [adult]
- Local Star by Aimee Ogden [adult]
- An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon [adult]
- Space Unicorn Blues by T.J. Berry [adult]
- Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee [adult]
- Architects of Memory by Karen Osborne [adult]
- The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley [adult]
- The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis [adult]
- Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi [adult]
- Compass Rose by Anna Burke [adult]
I hope you enjoy this list, and find some great books to check out! Have you read any already? Are there any books you would add to this list? There’s so many, I know I missed a lot. It would be impossible to list them all!
I love this post!! Was thinking of reading some more sci-fi this year and having them be gay/LGBT would definitely help as sci-fi and me don’t mesh often. Haha. Thanks for the recommendations will have to go through them and get a list ready on which ones I want to read!
Ahhh yay I’m glad you like it!! There are a lot of good ones on here 🙂 and def ones for folks who aren’t as into sci-fi as me haha
SPACE IS BIG AND GAY
HELLA BIG AND HELLA GAY
thank you for this list! these books look so good 😍💓
of course!! i had fun putting it together
This looks excellent! I’ve heard great things about This is How You Lose the Time War but had no idea it was about space!
yesss!! well, it’s kind of time travel and also different planets. but definitely more about the ~vibes and the romance, just FYI haha