Lgbt historical romance novels
Queer historical fiction where nothing terrible happens
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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 greater understand what being gay/lesbian/queer/loving people of your have 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 adorable good, d) the historical context matte
American
Colonial ()
F/F
Revolutionary Period ()
F/F
M/M
Antebellum Period ()
F/F
M/M
M/F
Civil War and Reconstruction ()
F/F
- Grey Dawn by Nyri A. Bakkalian (/) &#; T
M/F/M
Industrialization ()
F/F
Progressive Era ()
F/F
M/M
Prohibition Era ()
F/F
M/M
M/M/F
The Cold War Era ()
F/F
M/M
M/F/F
Asian
European Colonial ()
F/F
- The Wicked and the Willing by Lianyu Tan (, Singapore)
British
Middle Ages ()
F/F
- All the Painted Stars by Emma Denny ()
M/M
Georgian ()
F/F
M/M
Regency ()
F/F
M/M
M/F
F/NB
M/X
X/X
F/F/M
M/M/F
- Regency Menage by Nicola Davidson (Amz)
Victorian ()
F/F
M/M
M/F
Edwardian ()
F/F
M/M
WWI-WWII ()
F/F
M/M
M/NB
Post-WWII ()
M/M
Caribbean
Early 20th Century
F/F
French
Bourbon Restoration ()
F/X
- The Anonymous Letters of C de Forestier by Felicia Davin
X/X
- The Scandalous Letters of V and J by Felicia Davin
M/F/X
- The Mischievous Letters of the Marquise de Q by Felicia Davin
The Ancient World
M/M
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There&#;s been a boom of LGBTQ romance in recent years, as well there should be, and queer historical romance is no exception. Jane Austen was among my first favorite authors, so you realize I enjoy a good period romance, and it&#;s incredible to see the growing diversity in the historical romance genre. Though, as well all know, that could always use some more work. (Insert most recent migraine-inducing romance book industry drama here.) But these books are the perfect escape from all that, full of diverse charact