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This is a list for well written fantasy books featuring lgbtqai+ characters (in other words, if the lgbtqai+ character is a minor one, it doesn't belong on this list).
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705 books · 731 voters · list created November 25th, 2012 by Siavahda (votes) .
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message 1: by Raina (new)

Raina the captive prince books are problematic on multiple levels, for romanticizing slave/master relationships, rape, and pedophilia


♥Paulina (MD7 :P  )♥Yimei♥ Raina wrote: "the captive prince books are problematic on multiple levels, for romanticizing slave/master relationships, rape, and pedophilia"

I agree.


message 4: by MaxDisaster (new)

MaxDisaster ♥Paulina (MD7 :P )♥Yimei♥ wrote: "Raina wrote: "the captive prince books are problematic on multiple levels, for romanticizing slave/master relationships, rape, and pedophilia"

I agree."


Same here


message 5: by Siavahda (new)

Siavahda Max wrote: "♥Paulina (MD7 :P )♥Yimei♥ wrote: "Raina wrote: "the captive prince books are problematic on multiple levels, for romanticizing slave/master relationships, rape, and pedophilia"

I agree."

Same here"


Agreed. I didn't add them, other people did. But the definition of 'best' is so vague Goodreads' Librarian rules don’t allow for them to be removed.

There's a lot of books I wish people wouldn't add, but I didn't realise when I set up this list how little say the creator has in what gets added to it.


message 6: by Kay (new)

Kay Jones The Captive Prince novels are alt history, they're not fantasy. They shouldn't be in this list regardless of their problematic content. If the list is for Fantasy books, can't the list creator delete books that don't fit in that category?


message 7: by Siavahda (last edited Jun 12, 2024 02:47PM) (new)

Siavahda Kay wrote: "The Captive Prince novels are alt history, they're not fantasy. They shouldn't be in this list regardless of their problematic content. If the list is for Fantasy books, can't the list creator dele..."

They're not set in real countries, which makes it fantasy-without-magic, like Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner and other books like that. Alt-history can be considered fantasy-without-magic anyway, but the Captive Prince books are definitely not alt-history. Or has the author said otherwise?

(The problematic content, I'll grant you.)

:edited to add: to be clear, I despise the series, but Goodreads are REALLY strict about when you can and can't delete books from lists, and unless the author has explicity stated they're not fantasy somewhere, I'd potentially get in a lot of trouble for removing them.


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