Shannon & Shannon's Under the Radar 2020-2023 LGBTQIA+ romance recommends

Updated February 15, 2023
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The romance recipe
Barrett, Ruby
Ebook
A LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST  "The feelings in this one are dialed up so high you almost can't look at them directly: It would be like staring into the sun... Like Rosie Danan or Kate Clayborn, Barrett has a way of making palpable the full journey of a...
D'Vaughn and Kris plan a wedding
Higgins, Chencia C.
Ebook
A New York Times best romance pick A Today Show best romance pick from New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory D'Vaughn and Kris have six weeks to plan their dream wedding. Their whole relationship is fake. ...
Something Wild & Wonderful
Kelly, Anita
Paper Book
From the author of Love & Other Disasters comes a sparkling sullen-meets-sunshine romance featuring two men's sweeping journey across the Western wilderness.  Alexei Lebedev's journey on the Pacific Crest Trail begins with a single snake. And it is...
The extraordinaries
Klune, TJ
Paper Book
An Indie Bestseller! An Indie Next Pick! A Gold Nautilus Book Award Winner! Some people are extraordinary. Some are just extra. New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune's YA debut, The Extraordinaries, is a queer coming-of-age story about...
Flash fire
Klune, TJ
Paper Book
First editions of the Flash Fire hardcover come with a reversible jacket! Flash Fire is the explosive sequel to The Extraordinaries by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author TJ Klune! Through bravery, charm, and...
Heat wave
Klune, TJ
Paper Book
The explosive finale to the Extraordinaries trilogy by New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune! School's out for the summer and a raging, malevolent heat has blanketed Nova City. Dark, twisted, probably evil shadows have drenched the doorsteps of her good people's homes....
A marvellous light
Marske, Freya
Paper Book
An International Bestseller! Winner of the 2022 Romantic Novel Award in Fantasy! Locus Award Finalist! An Indie Next pick and LibraryReads pick--with four starred reviews! A Best of 2021 Pick for NPR | Amazon | Kobo | Barnes & Noble |...
A Restless Truth
Marske, Freya
Paper Book
"A breathtaking romp of a plot, prose as sparkling and luxuriant as a diamond sautoir, and at the heart of it all a sense of wondrous possibility."--The New York Times Now an International Bestseller, a New York Times Editors' Choice Pick​, an Indie Next...
Winter's orbit
Maxwell, Everina
Paper Book
A Sunday Times Bestseller! A 2022 Alex Award Winner! "Sparks fly" (NPR) in Everina Maxwell's gut-wrenching and romantic space opera debut. Prince Kiem, a famously disappointing minor royal and the Emperor's least favorite grandchild, has...
Ocean's Echo
Maxwell, Everina.
Paper Book
Ocean's Echo is a stand-alone space adventure about a bond that will change the fate of worlds, set in the same universe as Everina Maxwell's hit debut, Winter's Orbit. "I inhaled this one like I needed it to live." --New York Times Book Review ...
For Her Consideration
Spalding, Amy
Paper Book
"Pure romance magic." --Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of Love & Other Words "I loved how joyful, how thoughtful, and how real For Her Consideration was." --New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory Perfect...
A Fractured Infinity
Tavares, Nathan
Paper Book
A thrilling race across the multiverse to save the infinite Earths - and the love of your life - from total destruction for fans of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, The Time Traveler's Wife and Everything, Everywhere, All at Once. Film-maker Hayes...
Sorry, bro
Voskuni, Taleen
Paper Book
From new best friend to girl of her dreams . . .When Nar's boyfriend gets down on one knee and proposes to her in front of a room full of drunk strangers in a San Francisco bar, she realises it's time to find someone who shares her idea of romance.Enter her mother who wants Nar to settle down with a...

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