YA Pride Dream Books Pt. 1

a-wlw-reads:

I saw that YA Pride asked their twitter followers to respond with their dream LGBT books here and while yes, we need absolutely need more books and more diverse books, I don’t want people to miss out on some of the great books that already exist! (Going off a mix of books I’ve read and descriptions, anything marked by a * I haven’t personally read)

Physical Disability:

Sheridan’s Fate by Gun Brooke (uses a wheelchair)*

Mean Deaf Little Queer by Terry Galloway (deaf)* 

All in the Family by Q. Kelly (deaf)*

Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi (chronic pain, prosthetic leg)

Far From You by Tess Sharpe (physically handicapped, uses crutches)*

Gay Fairy Tales:

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue

Robins in the Night by Dajo Jago

Ash by Malinda Lo

Cinder Ella by S. T. Lynn*

Marian by Ella Lyons*

Gretel: A Fairy Tale Retold by Niamh Murphy

Gay Vampires:

Mad House: Vengeful Vampires by Bria Lin

Better Off Red by Rebekah Weatherspoon*

Gay Witches:

Bluebell Hall by Kayla Bashe

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova

The Witch Sea by Sarah Diemer

Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue

Gretel: A Fairy Tale Retold by Niamh Murphy

Gay Superheros:

Dreadnought and Sovereign by April Daniels

Cinnamon Blade: Knife in Shining Armor by Shira Glassman*

Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee

Gay Superheros (in comics):

Bombshells by Marguerite Bennett

America by Gabby Rivera*

Batwoman by Greg Rucka*

Runaways by Brian K. Vaughan*

Gay Fantasy (see above but also):

Love in the Time of Global Warming and The Island of Excess Love by Francesca Lia Block

The Dark Wife by Sarah Diemer

Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis

The Second Mango by Shira Glassman

The Shattering by Karen Healey

About a Girl by Sarah McCarry

Huntress by Malinda Lo

Libyrinth by Pearl North

Time Travel:

Sappho’s Bar and Grill by Bonnie J. Morris*

A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith*

Gays in Space!:

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

Finding Hekate by Kellie Doherty

The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley*

Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi

[image description: a series of tweets that are quote replies to the “LGBTQIAP+ book of your dreams” tweet from YA Pride. Here is the full list of replies. Each tweet is requesting a specific kind of queer book that is recommended below it in text.]