tag:dreamwidth.org,2022-06-20:4008458 hocus hocus 2024-04-17T04:52:20Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2022-06-20:4008458:2467 2023-12-09T06:28:37Z 2024-04-17T04:52:20Z tired public 0 not sure if i want to call this a reclist exactly, as i haven't read some of these books in 20+ years, so maybe ref-list is more accurate, as in: a list to reference if you'd like to see which books have queer protagonists (that dreamwidth user hexmix has knowledge of, anyway).<br /><br />anyway, been wanting to do something like this for a long, long while, as there are many of these books that i never see included in similar lists, likely bc they are SO OLD. my criteria for the books included here are very simple: 1) at least one of the principle (as in, point of view) characters is queer. that's it. most of them i have read, but there are some included in a mini-list at the bottom which i have not but which ARE on my to-read list, so sharing them as well.<br /><br />the list is divided by genre, and organized alphabetically by author, though i list book titles first. as a little treat/mini-game for myself i'm including with each the thing that sticks with me the most/i remember the most clearly from each book. <br /><br /><b><u>IMPORTANT NOTE</u>:</b> i have not included content warnings for any of these bc i sadly cannot remember many of them in enough detail to provide comprehensive warnings. however, there are several which contain non-con and other dark themes. please look into any of the books listed beforehand if you're worried about specific content.<br /><br />will be adding on to this periodically!<br /><br />that being said, <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://hexmix.dreamwidth.org/2467.html#cutid1">list below the cut</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><b><u>TO-READ</u></b><br /><br /><i>Light from Uncommon Stars</i> by Ryka Aoki<br /><i>The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet</i> by Becky Chambers<br /><i>Thornfruit</i> by Felicia Davin<br /><i>A Strong and Sudden Thaw</i> by R.W. Day<br /><i>The Traitor Baru Cormorant</i> by Seth Dickinson<br /><i>This is How You Lose the Time War</i> by Amal El-Mohtar<br /><strike><i>A Book of Tongues</i> by Gemma Files</strike><br /><i>Knives in Your Eyes</i> by M. Loyd Gohty/Roofiction<br /><i>What Moves the Dead</i> by T. Kingfisher<br /><i>In the Lives of Puppets</i> by TJ Klune<br /><i>Creatures of Will and Temper</i> by Molly Tanzer<br /><i>Unnatural Magic</i> by C.M. Waggoner<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=hexmix&ditemid=2467" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments