so i'm usually a sucker for fantasy, but lately ive really been into history fiction.
ive read so many books but only recently ive had the pleasure to read the secret history, and holy f u c k that book was so amazing I read it twice.
i read if we were villains next and currently started reading the atlas six, but i just gotta say i miss the vibes of tsh and iwwv.
does anybody have good recommendations for a dark-ambiance book with slight lgbtq moments? i cannot find anything and im tired of getting dead poets society recommended to me as only other option.
thank you all sm!!
love you
by wcrsethanjcotjne
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Maybe The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo or Bright Young Women ?
I’ve read historical fiction and I’ve read books with a dark ambiance and LGBTQ moments, but sadly I haven’t read one with both! So here are some that are one or the other.
* Babel by R. F. Kuang. Historical fantasy with some vague hints of LGBTQ moments. This is probably the closest to what you are looking for.
* Leech by Hiron Ennes. Dark ambiance (this is gothic horror) and LGBTQ moments. But it’s set in a post apocalyptic future.
* The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie. Fantasy, LGBTQ moments.
* Amatka by Karin Tidbeck. A dystopian novel that reminds me a little of 1984. The central lesbian relationship is largely offscreen but it’s a main driver of the plot.
* Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield. This is set in a modern-ish time period. I’d call it magical realism. It has a very dark ambiance.
* Kindred by Octavia E. Butler. No LGBTQ moments, but this is the best historical fiction I’ve ever read.
For historical fiction with dark ambiance & lesbians you’ll want books by Sarah Waters like Fingersmith, The Paying Guests, & Tipping the Velvet