Has the extraordinary voyage of the Artemis II left you moonstruck with a longing for the stars? Well, fret not, intrepid starfarer, if joining a space mission isn’t on your calendar anytime soon. Because from moon cities to interstellar voyages beyond our galaxy, romance and adventure awaits you in these 10 Queer SciFi stories!
1) The Stars Too Fondly
by Emily Hamilton
Queer Genre: Sapphic Romance
Genres: New Adult Romance, Science Fantasy, Space Opera, RomCom, Forbidden Romance, Forced-proximity Romance, Space Caper, Humorous SciFi
2) Unexploded Remnants
by Elaine Gallagher
Queer Genre: Transfeminine SciFi
Genres: SciFi Adventure, SciFi Mystery, Space Opera, Classics Retelling, Amateur Detectives & Sleuths
A SciFi retelling of Alice in Wonderland
3) If All the Stars Go Dark
by S.G. Prince
Queer Genre: Achillean Romance
Genres: Young Adult Romance, Coming-of-Age Romance, Coming-of-Age SciFi, SciFi Adventure, Action Adventure, Space Opera, SciFi Romance, Enemies-to-lovers Romance, Forced-proximity Romance, Military Romance, Dystopian Romance, Space Fleet
4) The Celestial Seas
by T. A. Chan
Queer Genre: Bisexual Romance, Bisexual SciFi
Genres: Young Adult Romance, SciFi Romance, Dystopian SciFi, Dystopian Romance, SciFi Adventure, Action Adventure, Space Opera, Classics Retelling, Gender-swapped Retelling, Disability Representation
A SciFi retelling of Moby Dick
5) Some Desperate Glory
by Emily Tesh
Queer Genre: Asexual SciFi, Queer SciFi
Genres: SciFi Adventure, Space Opera, Coming-of-Age SciFi, Action Adventure, Suspense & Thrillers, Space Fleet
Awards: Hugo Award Winner for Best Novel 2024, Arthur C. Clarke Award Finalist, Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction Finalist, Editors’ pick Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, Indie Next Pick, LibraryReads Pick, Goodreads Choice Finalist, New York Times + USA Today + Amazon + Barnes & Noble + Powell’s + Audible Bestseller, Best of Pick by The Guardian + GoodReads + Publishers Weekly + Gizmodo + Book Riot + LitHub + Discover Sci-Fi + Locus + NPR + Library Journal
6) Kestrel
Starhawk Book 1
by Adrienne Lothy
Queer Genre: Achillean Romance
Genres: SciFi Romance, Dystopian SciFi, Dystopian Romance, Space Opera, Enemies-to-lovers Romance, Espionage Romance
7) The Lightyears Between Us
by Shannon K. English
Queer Genre: Sapphic Romance
Genres: Young Adult Romance, Coming-of-Age Romance, Coming-of-Age SciFi, Dystopian Romance, Dystopian SciFi, Space Opera, SciFi Romance, Enemies-to-lovers Romance, Forced-proximity Romance, Space Survival
8) Countess
by Suzan Palumbo
Queer Genre: Queer SciFi
Genres: Dystopian SciFi, Hard SciFi, SciFi Adventure, Space Opera, Classics Retelling, Gender-swapped Retelling, Space Fleet, Colonization SciFi, Caribbean SciFi
A SciFi retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo
9) The Darkness Outside Us
The Darkness Outside Us Book 1
by Eliot Schrefer
Queer Genre: Achillean Romance
Genres: Young Adult Romance, SciFi Romance, SciFi Mystery, Dystopian SciFi, Dystopian Romance, Suspense & Thrillers, Enemies-to-lovers Romance, Forbidden Romance, Forced-proximity Romance
Awards: Stonewall Book Award Winner 2022, Booklist Editor’s Choice 2022, BCCB Blue Ribbon Book 2022, YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults 2022, Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Book 2022, Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best Books + Best of #BookTok
10) Kitra
The Kitra Saga Book 1
by Gideon Marcus
Queer Genre: Bisexual SciFi, Bisexual Romance
Genres: New Adult SciFi, Dystopian SciFi, Space Opera, Space Survival, Forced-proximity Romance
Awards: Hugo Award Finalist
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