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My name’s Sarah (she\/her\/hers), and I am an asexual lesbian who loves science fiction and fantasy, especially queer science fiction and fantasy.<\/p>\n

I created this website as a resource for anyone looking to find queer science fiction and fantasy books. It largely grew out of a text list<\/a> I’ve kept for the last several years.<\/p>\n

The contact email for this site is queersffbooks@theillustratedpage.net, but the fastest way to get in touch with me is through Twitter (@coolcurrybooks<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Is this for side characters or just protagonists?<\/h4>\n

Protagonists only! I’m tired of queer recommendation lists being dominated by books with cis, straight, allo leads who happen to have a queer best friend.<\/p>\n

Also, while I’m not going to promise that this list will be 100% human characters, I’m going to avoid listing robots or aliens as representation when it falls into potentially harmful stereotypes (robots aren’t ace or nonbinary representation).<\/p>\n

Where do the content warnings come from?<\/h4>\n

I source the content warnings from Goodreads reviews, which means they might not be 100% accurate or complete. You can always comment if you know of content warnings that need to be added!<\/p>\n

Does this book have good representation?<\/h4>\n

That’s probably the #1 thing that people want to know, but it’s tricky to answer because representation can be so subjective. I don’t want to be providing any sort of “verdict” on whether or not a book’s representation is good, so that’s why I’m linking to reviews.<\/p>\n

How do you choose the reviews you link to?<\/h4>\n

The vast majority of reviews I link to are by queer reviewers. In the few cases of reviews not by queer people, it’s because the book had intersecting identities and I couldn’t find a reviewer who matched all of the protagonist’s identities. For instance, if a protagonist is both queer and disabled, I want to make sure to provide reviews by disabled reviewers, and I may not be able to find queer disabled reviewers.<\/p>\n

For books with trans protagonists, I draw off of this list of reviews of trans books by trans reviewers<\/a>. Otherwise, reviewers may be queer reviewers I already followed, queer reviewers I found while creating this database, or queer authors.<\/p>\n

If you have a review you would like to be included, please comment on the post!<\/p>\n

How do you choose the books in the database?<\/h4>\n

First and foremost, this needs to be a book with a queer PROTAGONIST, where queer characters and their stories are central. Obviously, it’s also got to be a science fiction or fantasy book.<\/p>\n

At the moment, it’s almost all books I’ve read and can thus markdown whether or not the queer characters survive and other such information. There are a few books in here that I haven’t read, and I do plan to keep adding more.<\/p>\n

Can I comment on the specific entries?<\/h4>\n

Please comment on the entries! Especially if you know of more content warnings or helpful reviews, but even just if you have thoughts about a book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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