Book Rec List if you love Carry On
Thanks for 500+ followers on this little side blog!! As a thank you, here is a book rec list for Carry On lovers! Most of the books have queer male protagonists and possess noted other similarities to Carry On. (It goes without saying you should also read everything else Rainbow Rowell has written). Happy reading!
In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
Why you will love it:
✓ Sarcastic bisexual mess of a protagonist
✓ Takes place in a magical training camp (mermaids! trolls! elves! harpies!)
✓ Enemies to lovers
✓ Boyfriend with wings!
✓ Subverts gender norms within fantasy genre
The Magicians Trilogy by Lev Grossman
✓ Takes place at magical grad school
✓ Sarcastic bisexual mess of a protagonist
✓ Read the books first but the TV adaptation is pretty great too!
Openly Straight and Honestly Ben by Bill Konigsberg
✓ Raf is a sarcastic gay mess, Ben is a sweet confused bisexual mess
✓ Takes place at (non-magical) boarding school
✓ Friends to lovers to enemies to friends to lovers
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzie Lee
✓ Sarcastic bisexual mess of a protagonist (from the 18th century)
✓ Friends to lovers (with angst for days)
✓ Fun/romantic/exciting/hilarious/touching and amazingly clever writing
✓ Tight breeches/bandits/pirates/drunken shenanigans
The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
✓ Sarcastic bisexual mess of a protagonist
✓ Subverts tropes of “the chosen one” stories
✓ Deals with protagonist’s anxiety disorder in a moving and beautiful way
Thirsty by MT Anderson
Every Day by David Levithan
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Wonders of the Invisible World by Christopher Barzak
The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black
The Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray
Timekeeper by Tara Sim
A Darker Shade of Magic Trilogy by VE Schwab
The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich
Whatever...by SJ Goslee
The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
A Charm of Magpies series and Jackdaw by KJ Charles
✓ Enemies to lovers
✓ Takes place in Victorian-esque England...but with magic!
✓ Mystery plot and sexual tension for days
An Unnatural Vice (Sins of the City) by KJ Charles
✓ Enemies to lovers
✓ Takes place in Victorian-esque England...but with (fake) magic!
The Ruin of a Rake (#3 in The Turner Series) by Cat Sebastian
✓ Enemies to lovers
✓ Sarcastic bisexual mess of a protagonist
✓ Courtenay is a dead ringer for Baz
Mature Content (Cyberlove series) by Santino Hassell and Megan Erickson
✓ Enemies to lovers like whoah
Winning Bracket by Annabeth Albert
✓ (Non-magic) college setting
✓ Frenemies to lovers
✓ Sweet and not too smutty
Love Lessons by Heidi Cullinan
✓ (Non-magic) college setting
✓ Roommates to lovers
---EDIT: due to information about Santino Hassell’s catfishing I’m taking these off the list!!!