Queer Be Dragons discussion

at the brilliant amazing genius recommendation of zaiyah (aka my favourite ily sorry i’m a strange anxious depressed jerk 💕😭❤️), a recommendations chat! y’all can ask for recommendations for queer books or just other funky stuff if you want.

honestly idk how i didn’t think of this earlier but this is what friends are FOR :D

anyway if you recommend me books with enby rep i will love you forever <3 /hj

oh lol oops. i made one too. ill take it down

BRAIN CELL

see this is what happens when i ignore your emails sORRY-

its FINE <3333 ily

on the subject of book recs! to everyone who wants to read a series about a sports team full of queers who also happen to be involved with the mafia and all have ✨ trauma ✨ i recommend the all for the game trilogy, one of my favourites. its by nora sakavic for those of you who are interested >:DD

I SECOND THAT REC ALSO ANDREW IS MY CH I L D I LOVE HIM <3 SMOL MENTALLY ILL RAGE BEANS MUST STICK TOGETHER

catra 🤝 andrew
being tiny + trauma + rage

OH MY GOD YESSSS (also andrew loves cats. just putting that out there)

ALL FOR THE GAME O H G O D I MISS MY FOXES. NEIL AND ANDREW MY TRAUMATIZED STABBY CHILDREN I NEED YOU 😭🥺

I deserve a reread of this series I need to feel emotions again

Oh! I have a few LGBTQ+ books (I’m new to this group so srry if I put ones yall have already read) CEMETERY BOYS IS SO GOOD. SIMON VS. AND LEAH ON THE OFF BEAT AND LOVE CREEEKWOOD AMAZING. YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN A CROWN AND TELL ME HOW YOU REALLY FEEL ARE TWO GREAT LESBIAN BOOKS PLUS TMHYRF IS ENEMIES TO LOVERS. And a non lgbtq+ book I really like is All the bright places😖 it’s so sad and beautiful
Also most(if not all) are YA and have some stuff in them so I’d look up the books to get age ratings and stuff if you’re younger!

hihi omg i've got so many recs wow. if anyone hasn't read What If It's Us please go read it! it's one of my all time favorites!!

okay i might finally cave and read the all for the game trilogy. it's been in my library for agesss

YES PLEASE ITS SO GOOD YOU HAVE TOOO 🥺🥺🥺

What If It’s Us was pretty enjoyable!!! Not my favorite but I had a good time with it <3

I NEED TO REREAD AFTG IM dyING i read it like. 6 times in 2 years though. so. i should stop if i want to love it forever.

i loaned my copy of what if its us before the pandemic and i havent gotten it back and im crying because i need it for the range section of my bookshelf. DD:<

ALSO IF YOU WANT TO BE OVERWHELMED BY THE BEAUTY OF A BOOK READ ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE. I CANT. KJSDHVJSHDZLVHSZKJD

OMG I READ WHAT IF ITS US AND IT WAS SO ADORABLY CRINGY SOMETIMES

ARISTOTLE AND DANTE WAS SO SO GOOD!!! I remember reading it in high school and being so in love with it

A L SO. THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE AND THE SINGING HILLS CYCLE ARE SO GOOD FGKJKJGGKHAGKHGDJHG

YES PRIORY PRIORY PRIORY YES YES YES

YEAH SHOUTOUT TO MYA FOR CONVINCING ME TO READ IT FHJKAHKJDHKJGJHFAUGHA

YEAYEAYEAAAAA 💪💪💪😎

Some of my recs are The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar, Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju, Heartstopper by Alice Oseman, Pulp by Robin Talley, Hey Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins, and We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

HEARTSTOPPER AND HER ROYAL HIGHNESS YES !!!

honestly anything alice oseman i will be utterly in love with but i really loved loveless and radio silence (i still havent read solitaire and i was born for this which is tragic for meeee)

Y'all I read the synopsis for We Are Totally Normal and it sounded so good. Then I read the reviews and got disappointed cause everyone says it's really problematic? It sounded like a good plot and the cover is cute too. So now I don't know whether to go through with reading it or not :(

lili wrote: "Y'all I read the synopsis for We Are Totally Normal and it sounded so good. Then I read the reviews and got disappointed cause everyone says it's really problematic? It sounded like a good plot and..."

I say read it and if it's awful, finish it just for kicks or dnf it. idk it looks kind of. really very problematic

personally, i probably wouldnt read this, but also i read a bunch of books that i KNOW are going to be awful (i do not know why its so painful for my brain)

zaiyah wrote: "honestly anything alice oseman i will be utterly in love with but i really loved loveless and radio silence (i still havent read solitaire and i was born for this which is tragic for meeee)"

I WAS BORN FOR THIS IS SO GOOD I’M FHJKAHKJDGIHGAIJH 😭😭😭🥺🥺🥺

THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA

y’all i just red pet and i am reeling. it was so much better than i expected??? and seriously impactful, i’m Not over it fhkjahkjhd. also the casual lgbtq+ rep was where it’s AT

Pet looks like such a awesome read!! I'm gonna have to find it immediately :)

i finished the all for the game series this morning... i didn't expect to love it as much as i did and now i want more stories about the foxes :((

TAYAYYAA LILIIIIII our precious foxes 🥺🥺🥺 I’m so glad you liked it!!

I'm sure a lot of you have already read this one but if you didn't: I Wish You All The Best by Mason Deaver!

Adela wrote: "ooooh i have several lgbtq+ recs:
- radio silence
- heartstopper
- girls with sharp sticks
- we are okay
- HER ROYAL HIGHNESS

i probably have more but my brain doesn't function well at midnight"

I second Heartstopper!

Also, idk if it's already been said, but Felix Ever After is a good queer YA fic!

Adan wrote: "Also, idk if it's already been said, but Felix Ever After is a good queer YA fic!"

YESSSSSSSS!!! we love genderqueer rep!! especially rep that falls under the genderfluid umbrella. (which, if anyone has genderfluid recs for me, i will love you forever <333)

the main character in Mask of Shadows is genderfluid! I don't know of any others though, so I would also love the recs!

zaiyah wrote: "Adan wrote: "Also, idk if it's already been said, but Felix Ever After is a good queer YA fic!"

YESSSSSSSS!!! we love genderqueer rep!! especially rep that falls under the genderfluid umbrella. (w..."

One book that has a Genderfluid main character is Symptoms Of Being Human, written by Jeff Garvin!

zaiyah wrote: "Adan wrote: "Also, idk if it's already been said, but Felix Ever After is a good queer YA fic!"

YESSSSSSSS!!! we love genderqueer rep!! especially rep that falls under the genderfluid umbrella. (w..."

I JUST FINISHED UNDER SHIFTING STARS AND IT HAS GENDERFLUID REP!! ALSO IT’S JUST GREAT IN GENERAL 10/10 WOULD RECOMMEND

!!!!!!!!!!!! thank yall so much!!!!!!!! this is so exciting!!

UNDER SHIFTING STARS >>>>>>

I just read the most adorable LGBTQIA+ webcomic called Rock and Riot it’s set in the 1950’s there’s a lot of representation not just gay people! and it’s so cute go read it!! to find you just gotta look up the name and it should show up(((:

it sounds so good though??????????????? T-T i have so many books to read that are due too soon. but after!!!!

Yessss it’s so good!! I hope you finish your other books in time!

hi :)
i was wondering if anyone had read/heard of any queer books that aren’t “obviously queer” or “queer looking”
(specifically contemporaries but i’m up for anything)
since it’s coming up to the holidays and i don’t really live in a household where i can be bringing home/receiving lgbtq+ books as gifts (still not up for reading straight romances lol) im just asking around for any recommendations i can get
thanks comrades
much appreciated:)

hElp! i am in need of a very terrible cisallohet romance because i just finished listening to midnight sun and im workimg om a project so i cant read physical books rn. do yall have any recs???

i found one its fine :DD

sara wrote: "hi :)
i was wondering if anyone had read/heard of any queer books that aren’t “obviously queer” or “queer looking”
(specifically contemporaries but i’m up for anything)
since it’s coming up to the..."

totally valid! sorry for my late ass reply, i hope it can still be helpful to you. it really depends what level of obviousness is okay for you— whether queer things can be mentioned in the synopsis or in reviews on the back cover, etc. however, playing it as safe as i can, here are some recs:
- not my problem by ciara smyth
- we are okay by nina lacour
- wild beauty by anna-marie mclemore
- take a hint, dani brown by talia hibbert
- spinning by tillie walden
- the disasters by m.k. england
- radio silence by alice oseman
- crownchasers by rebecca coffindaffer
- summer bird blue by akemi dawn bowman
- under shifting stars by alexandra latos
- malice by heather walter
- our year of maybe by rachel lynn solomon
- clap when you land by elizabeth acevedo
- the magic fish by trung le nguyen
- i’ll give you the sun by jandy nelson
- i’ll be the one by lyla lee
- the invisible life of addie larue by v.e. schwab
- phoenix extravagant by yoon ha lee
- iron widow by xiran jay zhao
- dark & deepest red by anna-marie mclemore

that’s all i can think of off the top of my head. hopefully some of these will work out for you and i’m not too late for any relevance!

guess who finally read rock and riot 😌

YOOO!! How did you like it?? :D

i really liked it!!! i wish it had been a bit longer though cause i didnt really get the chance to form attachments to the characters