I’m looking for a queer romance book that follows the “hurt/comfort” or “angst” tropes, must be adults, and must have a happy-ish ending by toadsnhats Related: Looking for recommendations Haunted House/ Haunted building? Something spooky but not gory Haven’t read in a while trying to start again Any good prison romance books? Help!
EurydiceFansie on June 8, 2025 8:55 pm The Pairing by Casey McQuiston Ander and Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune
paracosim on June 8, 2025 9:09 pm Do you mind some fantasy? There’s a really excellent fantasy duology (or maybe trilogy? the second book came out a few days ago) called The Sins on Their Bones by Laura R. Samotin that is very queer and *very* angsty
DocWatson42 on June 8, 2025 9:59 pm For romance books, you can also try r/RomanceBooks ([Rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/RomanceBooks/wiki/rules/)), as well as [Help a Bitch Out](https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/help-a-bitch-out-the-unsolved-cases/), the [Romance Novel Book Sleuth](https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/62507-romance-novel-book-sleuth) group on Goodreads, and [romance.io](https://www.romance.io) “(the filters are your friend!)” (per r/RomanceBooks). r/LGBTBooks r/lgbtbookclub (“For a collection of stories and links to more LGBT reads”) r/QueerSFF r/lesbianromance r/wlwbooks r/MM_RomanceBooks (“Male/Male”) r/sapphicbooks (low traffic) r/LesbianBookClub [r/booksuggestions LGBTQ+ (flair search)](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/search?q=LGBTQ+)
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The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
Ander and Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa
Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune
Do you mind some fantasy? There’s a really excellent fantasy duology (or maybe trilogy? the second book came out a few days ago) called The Sins on Their Bones by Laura R. Samotin that is very queer and *very* angsty
For romance books, you can also try r/RomanceBooks ([Rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/RomanceBooks/wiki/rules/)), as well as [Help a Bitch Out](https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/help-a-bitch-out-the-unsolved-cases/), the [Romance Novel Book Sleuth](https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/62507-romance-novel-book-sleuth) group on Goodreads, and [romance.io](https://www.romance.io) “(the filters are your friend!)” (per r/RomanceBooks).
r/LGBTBooks
r/lgbtbookclub (“For a collection of stories and links to more LGBT reads”)
r/QueerSFF
r/lesbianromance
r/wlwbooks
r/MM_RomanceBooks (“Male/Male”)
r/sapphicbooks (low traffic)
r/LesbianBookClub
[r/booksuggestions LGBTQ+ (flair search)](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/search?q=LGBTQ+)