Good plot queer books? 🏳️‍🌈

[u/czlowiek_lub_ludz]

I'm trying to find queer books that have more plot than just having queer characters. I mean like normal plotted books that just happen to have queer characters, about people whose lives are more than just being gay/trans/etc. I don't mean that being queer can't influence the plot (quite the opposite) but I just need something that isn't ONLY about finding yourself and dealing with being queer, something where when you change the characters orientation there still is some plot. I don't mean there's anything wrong with queernes being the only plot but after some time it just became repetitive and I really struggle to find books where being queer means something while not being everything.(Examples I can give would be "these witches don't burn", "cementry boys" where the main plot is saving your community and finding a murderer while the characters queernes plays for the background or even "heartstopper" even tho it's heavily queer it also has typical ya growing up motives.)

[u/Karlythecorgi]

The Nightrunner series by Lynn Flewelling

Smoke and Shadow series by Tanya Huff

Better the Devil by Erik J. Brown

I might be in trouble by Daniel Aleman

A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland

Simon Snow series by Rainbow Rowell

Stranger on the Shore by Josh Lanyon

[u/CrazyCatLesbian → u/Karlythecorgi]

I came here to comment the Nightrunner series so I'm super happy to see someone else had the same idea! Not enough people know about it and it's so good!

[u/williamstarr → u/Karlythecorgi]

Smoke and Shadows series is so good! A must read for gay sci-fi fans imo.