#also like tolstoi was very possibly bi | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

genderpunktheo · 7 years

Note

realistic fiction/young adult?

This is possibly one of the easiest types to find queer books in (still not by any means easy but certainly they’re more common than genre fiction) so I have a lot of recs and this got a bit long. Hopefully there’s some stuff for you in here!

Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley - a YA contemporary / romance between a black bisexual girl and a white pansexual girl (both on the page) who meet at a summer camp. I loved this one for how respectfully it handled both identities (the girls discuss the nuances between the two) and for the focus on issues like safe sex in f/f couples. So cute and fluffy too!

How To Make A Wish by Ashley Herring Blake - YA realistic fiction about a bisexual girl struggling with her mother’s self-destructive behaviour. This one will make you cry but it ends well. f/f romance.

The Miseducation Of Cameron Post - Realistic fiction, it is technically YA but written in a more adult style perhaps, chronicling the life of a lesbian in a very religious and often homophobic small town. This is own voices and with this story I feel that’s important as it wouldn’t necessarily be handled well by others.

Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy - YA contemporary, Ramona is already out to everyone in her town as a lesbian but begins to realise that she may be bi / pan / ply / omni or perhaps just suffering with comp het. The book also focuses on other issues like her relationship with her sister.

What We Left Behind by Robin Talley - Toni and Gretchen were the dream couple at school but can they keep going now they’re at different unis? Toni especially worries as she begins to realise and explore her gender identity and figure out that she might be somewhere outside the binary.

Aristotle And Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz - I don’t know if I still need to rec this one because it’s become very popular but it’s definitely worth a read. This one is about a m/m relationship and very much tied up in the Latinx identity of the boys.

Okay it’s getting very long so I’mma just list a bunch more YA realistic books with queer main characters and what identities I know they feature!

Queens Of Geek by Jen Wilde - bisexual girl

Everything Leads To You by Nina LaCour - f/f

Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sarah Farizan - f/f

Just Juliet by Charlotte Reagan - f/f

Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown - f/f (lesbian MC I believe)

Boy Meets Boy by David Leviathan - m/m

Two Boys Kissing By David Leviathan - m/m

History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera - m/m

More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera - m/m

Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann - asexual girl

Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee - asexual girl

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo - trans girl

Phew that’s most of the ones I know of I think. You’ve got bi, pan, gay, lesbian, non binary, trans and ace characters there, all main characters and I believe most if not all of these are own voices as well. Hopefully this should keep you going!

Send me what you like to read and I’ll give you queer book recs

#queer #lgbt fiction #we need diverse books #booklr #ya books

156 notes · View notes

genderpunktheo · 7 years

Note

Books featuring heteroromantic or bi/panromantic aces, or aros who aren't ace. Most of the a-spec rep I've seen is either homoromantic or aromantic aces.

I think you’re right, a lot of what I’ve seen has been the same possibly people are afraid to depict asexual or aromantic characters with any opposite sex attraction because they fear the ace discourse will come after them??? When obviously what we need is the opposite, to help show that hell yeah all aces are included in our community.

Having said that, I have heard about a couple of books you might like:

Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann - doesn’t come out for another few months yet but it’s one I’m very excited for, its a really cute / swoon worthy romance with an asexual girl who falls for a boy.

Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee - tells the story of Tash, a YouTuber with web series that becomes popular. The book is primarily about that but also about her realising that she is asexual, and coming out to her friends. She has romantic feelings for a male vlogger I believe.

Send me what you like to read and I’ll give you queer book recs

#asexual

8 notes · View notes