I just finished Even If We Break (Marieke Nijkamp) and I’m looking for another book with a sort of found family of outcasts vibe, preferably a thriller and/or focusing on queer characters? This might be too specific lol, but I’d appreciate if anyone has any suggestions! YA or adult are both totally fine! 🙂
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Mosquitoland by David Arnold (not a thriller, sorry!)
Mixed reviews from folks. I enjoyed it but also realize where you are in life when you read something impacts how you receive it.
The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater about a group of boarding school boys and the girl they befriend in their quest to find a lost Welsh king. At least one main character is revealed as queer later in the series.
**Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo**
A found family of criminals plot a daring heist, it’s thrilling but also filled with beautiful relationships and queer representation.
**The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater**
Four private school boys and a psychic’s daughter form a found family in this mystical and mysterious series.
**The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers**
An underrated gem that’s essentially a found family space opera, featuring romance, adventures and diverse representation.
Not queer but {{Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson}} is about found family.
*One Last Stop* by Casey McQuiston! It follows a sapphic romance that unfolds between an amateur sleuth and a ghost trapped on the NYC subway and features a heartwarming queer found family.
Django Wexler’s Wells of Sorcery Trilogy
Isle of Broken Years by Jane Fletcher
The House in the Cerulean Sea and/or Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
Still Life by Sarah Winman is a found family of eccentric expat Brits (and some Italians) in mid century Florence, Italy with lots of LGBTQ representation and a sneak cameo by E. M. Forster.
If you’re up for an oldie, {{Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin}} is very much about found family.