– and the new arrival who brings a revolution – a petty bureaucrat all too aware of her outsider status – a world under the “benevolent” control of an AI MACHINE’S LAST TESTAMENT by Benjanun Sriduangkaew: – sequel to FOUNDRYSIDE, heist book to end all heists books – language as magic with literal grammars and codices – pining for the secret heir to brutal galactic empire? what could go wrong? – space opera with there’s only one bed trope – Interconnected shorts about a salty pirate and her crew of misfit animals THE VOYAGES OF CINRAK THE DAPPER by AJ Fitzwater: ![]() – uh it’s the sequel to THE CITY BORN GREAT which was a mindfuck of good so idk do you even need to know anything else? – elegant and delicate, + politics and war – are six kids the end of the world as we know it? or are we? – who is then hired by one of the monsters he’s hunting – music teacher who is secretly a monster hunter – sequel to THE WATCHMAKER OF FILIGREE STREET – historical fantasy with ghoooooooooooooooooooooosts THE LOST FUTURE OF PEPPERHARROW by Natasha Pulley: – great entry to Wagers’ inclusive and explosive sci-fi – established married f/f couple (bi and lesbian) and an ace MC – story about exploitation and choice, debtors and creditors, that is uncomfortably plausibleĪ PALE LIGHT IN THE BLACK by K.B. ![]() – historical horror/fantasy with magic based on singing – IKEA + interdimensional portals + chasing after a missing customer + the aftermath of a recent break-up = ugh, I’m not paid enough for this shitĬARVED FROM STONE AND DREAM by T. – space opera, where the destination has been Earth all along ![]() – ancient secrets! aging starships! odd-couple comedy! – complex world(s)building around the effect of time dilation – orc assassin priestess + awful wizard dad + FUCKING TAL + necromantic cults = epic fantasy quest across worlds – f/f main, + m/m side and other queer characters – what happens after the lies & suffering that built a society are exposed? – What’s a desperate shipper to do when she finds a gravity bomb that can vaporize entire cities? – underground city on an alien world wrought with inequality and turmoil – two very different brothers + plague + one throne = fast-paced political sci-fi – *slams fists down* QUEER LIBRARIAN SPIES – alt-future America full of “full of bandits, fascists, and queer librarian spies on horseback trying to do the right thing.” – huge, lyrical fantasy epic about exclusion and loneliness and fighting through the darkness together – all about grief, alienation, and the ache of moving on ❤ĬITY OF A THOUSAND FEELINGS by Anya Johanna DeNiro: – third book in the Worldbreaker saga, a bloodsoaked multiple universe epic fantasy – normalized bisexuality, multiple genders, polyamory – “punk YouTuber on a mission to bring down witches” UM – historical fantasy inspired by Henry IV with royalty making bad decisions and being gay about it ![]() – mad scientist’s apprentice Jack is in need of saving, and who’s to help her but a school of children searching for their doors? I’ll make note of additions in a change-log at the end of this post. The reported representation on this list comes from reviews, readers, and the authors themselves. “Queer” here is used as the inclusive umbrella term for anyone on the LGBTQIA/QUILTBAG spectrum. When possible, I included the specific queer rep, along with any side characters. The list is sorted by publication date, since about half of these books aren’t out yet. So I’m doing my bit to make it easier to find that rep, and harder to pretend it doesn’t exist. If you haven’t been around for my rants yet, this list and the ones before – and the ones that will come after – is my answer to every, “Where is all the queer/LGBTQIA/QUILTBAG fantasy and science-fiction in adult books?” or, worse, “Only YA has queer representation.” YA does in fact have a plethora of representation these days, but dismissing the diversity of rep that adult brings to the table is erasure and actively harmful. Plus, it’s just easier to make updates in this format, versus the semi-permanent state of Twitter lists. I’d intended to wait until the end of the year to give this list a permanent home – as I had with the 2019 list – but then the Pandemic happened and so many books got pushed out to late summer or even next year that I decided not to wait. (*Since novellas are making a big comeback these days, and a lot of the novellas we’ve seen have been decidedly queer, I’m including them along with full-length novels.) Welcome to my ongoing and – hopefully – regularly updated list of queer adult science-fiction and fantasy books* published in 2020!
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