Best gay fantasy novels

Gay Fantasy Romance Novels

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Hey friend! If you’ve found yourself here, it’s because you’re looking for gay fantasy romance novels! I’m a HUGE book nerd (and lover of romance novels), so I’ve put together this guide based on my own adventures in reading.

I had been looking for gay intimacy novels for YEARS, and thought that I had to just put up with side stories featuring gay characters. As a queer person, representation is so important, and for years I struggled to find ANY LGBT characters in fantasy romance novels.

representation is so important, and for years I struggled to find ANY LGBT characters in fantasy relationship novels.

And then, I set up gay romance novels on Amazon, thanks to Kindle Unlimited. The indie publishing industry has done WONDERS for representation, and there are a TON of gay fantasy romance novels just waiting to be read!

This post is all about gay fantasy relationship novels.

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9 Favorite Queer Fantasy Books

For you today, Gentle Reader, I have some super fun queer fantasy book recommendations. A favorite genre of mine!

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I like my books cheerful, charming, and happy with a strong passion thread. So that’s what I’ve chosen for you today (mostly). However, there is a whole glorious mess of fabulous queer fantasy out there that deals in darker themes and has more violent tenancies.

If that’s your jam then happy chasing, meanwhile can I interest you in the sunny side?

Fantasy Books with Homosexual Romance in ‘em

1. The Lightning-Struck Heart by T.J. Klune

This book has so many things I adore in a fantasy. Extremely snarky gay boy main character. Lots of awesome magic. Horny hornless unicorns with a thing for scarves and dragon BDSM. Okay maybe I didn’t understand I wanted that last one, but I do now!

Honestly, this book is hilarious. No really, I was reading it and actually crying with laughter, it’s that amusing. This is basically my nerdy-heart’s optimal beach read.

Are you looking for Pratchett only gay and a touch crude? Well, here you go.

2. Sword Masters by Selina Rosen

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Looking for an escape into fantastical adventures with vibrant queer representation? The queer fantasy space has been blowing up lately and we’ve been loving these stories!

Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon The Ninth (and the fantastic follow-up Harrow The Ninth) has given us the lesbian necromancer science-fantasy epic we didn’t know we needed.

A recent stand-out of mine is The Deep, which features a society of merfolk descended from the children of those who drowned during the atlantic crossing; a bittersweet story of intergenerational trauma and gender non-conforming joy.

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Gideon the Ninth
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Muir, Tamsyn
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The Deep
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Solomon, Rivers, Diggs, Daveed, Hutson, William, Snipes, Jonathan
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The Fifth Season : The Broken Planet, Book 1, WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD
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Jemisin, N. K.
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The Obelisk Gate : The Broken Land, Book 2, WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD 2017
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Jemisin, N. K.
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The Stone Sky : The Broken Soil, Book 3, WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD 2018
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Jemisin, N. K.
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The Tiger's Daughter
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Rivera, K Arsenault
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The Black Tides of Heaven
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Yang, Neon

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