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Gay historical fiction

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  • A struggling journalist and a gentleman team up to rescue a lady from scandal. This novella is set in an English village during the Regency era.

  • Lush writing, a finely woven plot, and a medieval romance between a wounded viking and a Christian monk create this story a winner in my eyes.

  • The first in a trilogy about a charming earl and a cross-dressing Shakespearean performer, set in Elizabeth England - one of my favorite historical periods!

  • A sluggish burn romance based in Cornwall. Apparently i include a thing for eccentric scientists. I'd been waiting for this one a long time and it was well worth the wait.

  • Two men in the French Foreign Legion - one an incorrigible misfit and the other a highly respected commandant - plan a daring prison break in s Algiers.

  • A rollicking pirate adventure put in the Caribbean during the 19th century. This one appeals to my desire to get disoriented on a deserted island.

  • This whirlwind romance spans a few decades in the 20th century. Likable characters and Hollywood scandals create this a great launch to a series.

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    Titles are approximately chronological within time periods.  Note: This list includes Historical Fantasy but not Historical Romance or YA. 

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    For Historical YA, click here.

    Female Protagonists

    Antiquity

    • Alcestis by Katharine Beutner
    • The Palace of Eros by Caro de Robertis
    • Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane
    • The Aven Cycle by Cass Morris

    Medieval/Middle Ages

    Pre-Columbian

    16th Century

    17th Century

    18th Century

    19th Century

    • The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins (, Jamaica and London)
    • Patience & Sarah by Isabel Miller (, NE US)
    • Bittersweetby Nevada Barr (US)
    • Devotion by Hannah Kent (, Prussia)
    • The Companion by Kim Taylor Blakemore (, New Hampshire)
    • The Prophetsby Robert Jones, Jr. (pre-Civil War, Dense US South)
    • Spitting Gold by Carmella Lowkis (, Paris)
    • Frog Music by Emma Donoghue (, San Francisco)
    • Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens (, Midwest US)
    • The Best BadThings and Rough Trade by Katrina Carrasco (, Washington Territory)
    • Clio Rising by Paula Martinac (, NYC)
    • The Liar&#
      It&#;s Pride month, which means I get to unapologetically talk up queer booksall month (as if I don&#;t do that 12 months of the year). For me, Pride has always been about honoring the past as much as celebrating the display. So it&#;s no surprise that Pride has got me thinking about queer historical fiction. There&#;s definitely not enough queer historical fiction in the world. You might think, given the general lack of queer characters in historical fiction, that queer people sprang into existence sometime in the late s. Obviously, this is not the case. And while we desperately need more historical fiction staring queer people, there are, happily, some superb books out there that center queer stories from centuries past. Not all of these books have happy endings, although many of them do. The homosexual characters in them have packed, complicated, sometimes joyful, sometimes heartbreaking lives. In short: they are human. Yes, there is gender non-conforming suffering in many of these books, but there is also queer resilience and joy. These books are a testament to the fact that queer people have been

      Queer historical fiction where nothing terrible happens
      April 19, AM   Subscribe

      I'm looking for books set before where the A or B plot follows queer characters who live, work, fall in love etc. and where I am better fit to understand what creature queer would look enjoy in this historical context and where NOTHING SUPER TERRIBLE HAPPENS TO THE CHARACTERS.


      I just finished White Houses (Love story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok) by Amy Bloom and I really enjoyed it. I also enjoy Sarah Waters. I want to read more books with queer characters set in not-the-present-day where nothing particularly terrible happens to them because of their gender or sexual orientation, but where I am able to improved understand what being gay/lesbian/queer/loving people of your possess gender looked like in this time period.

      I don't care what the time period is or the exact shape that the not-straight-ness takes as long a) it's not now, b) nothing too terrible happens e.g. no sexual violence directed at the characters, c) the writing is cute good, d) the historical context matte