Queer Romance Recs Based On Your Zodiac
By Leah Thakur
Edited by Emilee Saigh
If you’re like me (bisexual, always reading, and obsessed with horoscopes), then I bet you’ve already thought extensively about your favorite books and their place in the cosmos. If you’re not like me, well here’s a list of queer romances I think you should read based on your star sign. Take a moment to learn about yourself and get a book while you’re at it!
Aries: The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
(March 21–April 19)
Aries, you are bold, ambitious, confident, enthusiastic and love a dare, but you are also easily bored and impulsive (lovingly). Delve into the world of Theo and Kit, two exes who end up on the same wine and food tour throughout Europe. Their story is delicious and messy, impulsive and adventurous, but so worth it in the end.
Second Chance - Mutual Pining - Forced Proximity
Taurus: Summer Breakdown by J.S. Jasper
(April 20–May 20)
Taurus, you are steady, patient, reliable, and a homebody. You love to relax and hate big changes, but you’re all or nothing, no in-between. Take a trip for the summer with Jasmine and Frankie, two queer women on separate journeys; Frankie looking for a little freedom and Jasmine looking for a fresh start. Along the way the two not only find each other but love as well.
Sports Romance - One Night Stand - Single Mom
Gemini: D’Vaughn & Kris Plan A Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins
(May 21–June 20)
Gemini, you are spontaneous, playful, charismatic, and erratic (lovingly). Arguments are a form of flirting for you and you are so busy, your sign had to clone itself! Take a trip on set for the reality show Instant I Do, where D’Vaughn and Kris will fake their relationship and convince their families they’re not only in love, but they want to plan a wedding and get married in just six weeks!
Fake Relationship - Reality TV - Forced Proximity
Cancer: Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun
(June 21–July 22)
Cancer, you are nurturing, imaginative, protective, sensitive, highly intuitive, and you’ll forgive but you’ll never forget. This recommendation hurts but it’s oh-so-good. Pack your bags and get on the road with Rosemary and Logan, childhood friends-to-enemies-to-coworkers-to-lovers who decide to try and put their differences aside to take their favorite English teacher on a cross-country road trip in the final months of his life. On this trip, they learn so much more than they could have ever planned for.
Childhood Friends to Rivals to Lovers - Road Trip - Only One Van
Leo: Truly, Madly, Deeply by Alexandria Bellefleur
(July 23–August 22)
Leo, you are passionate, loyal, dramatic (lovingly), fiery, and creative. Meet Truly, a bestselling romance novelist, and Colin, a divorce attorney; both passionate about their different feelings about love. That is, until Truly’s world comes crashing down around her and Colin realizes Truly is everything he never believed possible.
Antagonists to Lovers - Opposites Attract - Black Catish/Golden Retrieverish
Virgo: Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake
(August 23–September 22)
Virgo, you are diligent, judgmental (lovingly), a perfectionist, and you have an innate need to feel useful. Turns out, you’re exactly like Astrid Parker, the uptight, perfectionist interior designer. She starts getting her hands, and her heart, dirty on the set of a home renovation TV show where she meets Jordan Everwood, opposite of everything she is and absolutely perfect for her.
Small Town - Workplace Rivals - Queer Awakening
Libra: Kiss Me, Maybe by Gabriella Gamez
(September 23–October 22)
Libra, you are fair, cooperative, and sociable. You avoid conflict and you hate being alone. Angela Gutierrez has never been kissed, but she has gone viral online for her thirst traps after coming out as an asexual lesbian a little later in life. She decides to get out of her house and the library to search for someone to earn her first kiss, but the winner might be closer to home than she expected.
Friends to Lovers - Scavenger Hunt - Hurt/Comforty
Scorpio: And They Were Roommates by Page Powars
(October 23–November 21)
Scorpio, you are intense, insightful, loyal, magnetic, and you understand people deeply. However, at any given moment we could ask: are you being serious or joking? And we’ll never know. Eerily similar is Jasper, who doesn’t recognize his ex, Charlie, after his transition even though they end up roommates at their all-boys boarding school. Charlie works hard to keep his identity secret while not only living with Jasper, but working with him to write love letters for their classmates. Readers are left wondering if his identity and their love might be too much to hide.
Fake Dating - Second Chance - Rivals to Lovers
Sagittarius: Something Wild and Wonderful by Anita Kelly
(November 22–December 21)
Sagittarius, you are adventurous, friendly, honest, optimistic, free-spirited, the friendliest person at the party, and you’re always trying to improve yourself. I recommend 10 boxes of tissues at your side while you meet Alexei, who has recently come out to his family, has been disowned, and decides to find himself while hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. Along his journey of self-discovery, Alexei meets Ben and the two swiftly fall in love in the most beautiful and intense story of trust and learning to let go.
Forced Proximity - Hurt/Comfort - Opposites Attract
Capricorn: You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian
(December 22–January 19)
Capricorn, you are patient, dedicated, grounded, determined, and the responsible friend. Set in the 1960s, this story follows struggling baseball player Eddie O’Leary and sports journalist Mark Bailey as the two navigate not only being gay at this time, but being in the spotlight, finding themselves and their drive, and unexpectedly falling in love.
Sports Romance - Grumpy/Sunshine - Slow Burn
Aquarius: Triple Sec by TJ Alexander
(January 20–February 18)
Aquarius, you are innovative, progressive, revolutionary, independent, intellectual, and always positive. Well, so is Mel, an incredibly creative NYC bartender who meets Bebe one night at work. Their attraction is immediate and when Bebe invites Mel to her place for brunch, Mel gets to meet Bebe’s wife, Kade, and finds out the pair are actually polyamorous. Mel proceeds to begin relationships with Bebe and Kade separately and together, and as they fall in love, they also support her as she enters a cocktail competition to make her NYC bar dreams come true.
Black Cat/Golden Retriever/Orange Cat - Competition - Snowed In
Pisces: Back To Me by Katie Duggan
(February 19–March 20)
Pisces, you are intuitive, sensitive, empathetic, and romantic. While you struggle with boundaries, when you do set them, you are firm. Meet Jo Quinn. Her engagement was just called off, her first love, Hunter, has now moved home and is looking to room with her, and Hunter is planning her ex-fiance’s wedding. Jo and Hunter start a journey to explore the love that so deeply connected them as teenagers while navigating the messiest wedding experience.
Second Chance - Roommates - Fake Dating
Your next book rec is written in the stars
Learn more about your star sign, queer romances written just for you, and yourself as you peruse this list. And, while you’re at it, take a gander at our Bookshop.org page to order your cosmos-recommended book.