Top Ten Tuesday | LGBT+ books for Mardi Gras!

Posted on February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 by Jess @ Jessticulates Posted in Top Ten TuesdayTagged alice oseman, contemporary, fantasy, foundryside, g. l. carriger, girls of paper and fire, graphic novel, heartstopper, high fantasy, historical fiction, historical romance, hollowpox, jessica townsend, lgbt+, lgbt+ history month, middle grade, natasha ngan, olivia waite, pulp, robert jackson bennett, robin talley, romance, sarah waters, sci-fi, science fiction, take a hint dani brown, talia hibbert, taylor jenkins reid, the 5th gender, the care and feeding of waspish widows, the paying guests, the seven husbands of evelyn hugo, Top Ten Tuesday, ya

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week you compile a list of ten books which coincide with that week’s theme. You can find everything you need to know about joining in here!

This week’s theme is ‘Purple, Yellow, and/or Green Book Covers (in honour of Mardis Gras, which is today!)’ and, as February is LGBT+ History Month here in the UK, I’ve decided to feature a bunch of queer fiction!

The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters: I’ve read five of Waters’ six novels and this one isn’t one of my favourites, but I still managed to push my way through this chonk because Waters’ writing is so enjoyable. I also loved this novel for exploring the 1920s outside of the flappers and gangs, and instead looking at how much Britain suffered during the interwar years.

Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend: I love this series – it’s completely earned its hype! – and I was so pleased by the inclusion of a queer romance in this instalment.

Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert: I don’t read an awful lot of contemporary romance but I loved this one, and Dani is a bisexual queen.

Heartstopper: Volume 4 by Alice Oseman: This contemporary YA romance graphic novel series is so sweet. I’m looking forward to reading this next volume!

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid: This is another novel that’s well worth the hype; Evelyn is such a fantastic character.

Pulp by Robin Talley: I really enjoyed Talley’s debut, Lies We Tell Ourselves, but haven’t enjoyed any of her other work as much since. I haven’t read Pulp yet, but I’ve heard good things!

The 5th Gender by G. L. Carriger: This sci-fi novel is so sweet it’s likely to cause cavities, but if you’d like to read a queer sci-fi romance with a dash of murder then this is a book you should try.

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett: I love Italian-inspired fantasy so I was bound to love this high fantasy novel, but I was even more pleasantly surprised to find that the heroine, Sancia, is queer.

The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite: I really enjoyed The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics and I keep meaning to read this next instalment’s in Waite’s f/f historical romance series.

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan: I read this YA fantasy novel in January and, while I didn’t love it as much as I hoped I would, I’m glad I finally crossed it off my TBR!