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Monday, June 12, 2023

Happy Pride Month! Let’s Read!

It’s Pride Month! Of course I think you should celebrate by reading queer books!

Here are some recommendations across several genres, and I went ahead and noted when a book had explicit sexual content (if that’s something you’d prefer to avoid). There are multiple cozy mysteries, lots of fantasies, and even some low- or no-spice romances, so you should be able to find a book that might appeal!

Several authors are quite prolific, so I’ve (mostly) listed the books / series I thought might be good starting points, but if you click through to an author page, there are plenty of other books (as well as my reviews) available to peruse.

Additionally, I’ve been working on updating my book pages, and now have a section for queer books! There you can peruse all the authors I’ve read and reviewed, and find lists of their books and series.

I’m still trying to rebuild my book database, but since I’ve forgotten most of what I knew about building databases, that is a bit of a slog. In the meantime, I do have a spreadsheet you can view! One tab is for mental health, neurodiversity, and ace rep. The other tab I started after listening to a Book Riot: When in Romance episode on heroines in STEM (I’m added to the list they shared).

Mystery

Lindenshaw Mysteries by Charlie Cochrane
The Best Corpse for the Job (2014), Jury of One (2016), Two Feet Under (2018), Old Sins (2019), A Carriage of Misjustice (2020), Lock, Stock and Peril (2022)
MM | Mystery, Cozy, Amateur Sleuth + Cop | Queer author

Grasmere Cottage Mystery series by Dahlia Donovan
Dead in the Garden (2018), Dead in the Pond (2018), Dead in the Shop (2018)
MM | Mystery, Cozy, Amateur Sleuth | Queer author

Secrets and Scrabble series by Josh Lanyon
Murder at Pirate’s Cove (2020), Secret at Skull House (2020), Mystery at the Masquerade (2021), Scandal at the Salty Dog (2021), Lament at Loon Landing (2023), Body at Buccaneer’s Bay (2021)
MM | Mystery, Cozy, Amateur Sleuth + Cop

Mystery on the Menu: A Three-Course Collection of Cozy Mysteries (2023) Nicole Kimberling
MM | Mystery, Amateur Sleuth+ Cop | Explicit sexual content | Queer author

Snow & Winter series by C.S. Poe
The Mystery of Nevermore (2016), The Mystery of the Curiosities (2017), The Mystery of the Moving Image (2018), The Mystery of the Bones (2019), Interlude: Snow & Winter Collection Volume One (2021), The Mystery of the Spirits (2021)
MM | Mystery, Amateur Sleuth + Cop | Explicit sexual content

Come Unto These Yellow Sands (2011) Josh Lanyon
MM | Mystery | Explicit sexual content

Murder Most Actual (2021) Alexis Hall
FF | Mystery | Queer author

Historical Mystery

Dead Dead Girls (2021) Nekesa Afia (Harlem Renaissance Mystery)
FF | Mystery, Historical (post WWI)

Pentecost and Parker by Stephen Spotswood
Fortune Favors the Dead (2020), Murder Under Her Skin (2021)
Bisexual heroine | Mystery, PI, Historical (post WWII)

Page & Sommers series Hither, Page (2019), The Missing Page (2022) Cat Sebastian
MM | Mystery, Historical (post WWII), Romance, Amateur Sleuth + Spy | Explicit sexual content

The Will Darling Adventures by K.J. Charles
Slippery Creatures (2020), The Sugared Game (2020), Subtle Blood (2021)
MM | Mystery, Historical (post WWI), Amateur Sleuth + Spy | Explicit sexual content

The Lords of Bucknall Club by J.A. Rock and Lisa Henry
A Case for Christmas (2021), A Sanctuary for Soulden (2021)
MM | Mystery, Alternate History (Napoleonic Era), Romance | Explicit sexual content

The House in the Cerulean Sea