Hello! I’m trying to get back into reading, and I’ve been searching for fantasy/sci-fi books (preferably series, but stand alones are alright) with lesbian leads. Fantasy/sci-fi books with no romance/asexual leads are absolutely fine too! Here are the books I already own/have finished:
Gearbreakers
Crier’s War & Iron Heart
Priory of the Orange Tree
Gideon the Ninth
These Burning Stars (pre-order)
I might be getting a little greedy here lmao, but is there any other series out there I should know about? I keep hearing people talk about Six of Crows, ACOTAR, Game of Thrones, etc and I just cannot get myself interested in them no matter how hard I try, and the main reason is that I just do not care about heterosexual romances/relationships at all. I used to imagine that the main male lead as a butch lesbian but it only carried me so far lmao. Any recs are appreciated! 🙂
by SirTabe_7
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Out of the ones you already read–which was your favorite?
Jasmine Throne!
It’s not a series, but
This Is How You Lose The Time War is good sci-fi.
Ravnen and the Reindeer is a sapphic retelling of The Snow Queen
“Unconquerable Sun” by Kate Elliott is an ongoing sci-fi space opera about a genderbent lesbian Asian-descended Alexander the Great.
The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon — fantasy, no romance
The Kingston Cycle by CL Polk (trilogy)
Alternate world gaslamp fantasy with lovely couples and interesting world building. MM and FF relationships, focus on a different couple in each book.
A novella you might enjoy: Even Though I Knew the End by CL Polk — A magical noir mystery.
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine — Hugo-winning start to a science fiction series with intricate world building, political tensions, and a slow-burn romance. It starts with an ambassador completely out of her depth.
Ammonite by Nicola Griffith — an anthropologist is trying to understand the culture of an all-woman planet. This was an interesting sociological science fiction book. Content warnings for plague and violence.
The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie is the first book in a YA sci-fi series with pirates and sea monsters, it’s been a while but I remember thinking it was really good!
Malice by Heather Walter is also amazing, it’s a new adult retelling of sleeping beauty but from the perspective of Alyce (Maleficent). It’s a duology, the second book is Misrule.
A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark. Steampunk fantasy/mystery set in early 1900s Egypt.
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
The Alpha God series by Lexa Luthor. Awesome.