Bisexual Books By Bisexual Authors | Recommendations

[@Sanchara]

As a bi writer, I feel the "most people are kinda bisexual" thing so much. It makes me feel better to know that there's an audience for that.

[@sofdemi8042]

Plug your writing!

[@DangerousClone-ms1ml]

Saaaammeeee

[@moonlightequilibrium]

it's me, I'm that audience 🖐🏻

[@AngDevigne]

OMG Yesss! If you have a link for your writing... Would be awesome. In the past 4 ish years, bi-poly me and my bi-mono ex partner wrote a whole series of books, and she would constantly get onto me for everyone being bi 🤣 She was like "Someone has to be straight or gay, someone has to be monogamous" And I tried so, so hard, but couldn't do it lol Story of my life lol

[@craftyelfgirl]

Timestamps for the books mentioned: Fiction 0:36 -- Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner (also "The Fall of the Kings" and "The Privilege of the Sword" were mentioned) 4:39 -- The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison (first book in a trilogy) 6:19 -- The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi 7:32 -- The Lord of the Rings---jk but also not jk 9:12 -- Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis (On the Edge of Gone was also mentioned) 11:32 -- Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney (not sure if the author is bisexual) Non-Fiction 7:39 -- Girl Sex 101 by Allison Moon and KD Diamond 10:31 -- Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming 13:08 -- Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, and Visions edited by Naomi Tucker (includes bisexual history) -- This book is out of print but available on archive. 16:42 -- Anything That Moves magazine -- archived online 17:57 -- Hugged by Verity Ritchie Thank you for this video, it was perfect timing for me. I know I'll come back and re-watch this video to see what to read next.

[@verilybitchie]

Oh this is great, thank you!

[@craftyelfgirl]

@@verilybitchie It's no problem at all. 😊

[@blackpantsog]

You even sorted it by fiction/non-fiction!!! Mad respect!

[@sarahjohnson1044]

I discovered your channel recently and absolutely love your videos - especially these ones about bisexuality. Thanks for making them

[@verilybitchie]

Thank you Sarah, glad to have you watching! :D

[@relentless41]

@@verilybitchie I love this video you named some interesting books . Have ever read " invisible life" and "any way the wind blows " which are both written by e.lynn Harris with bisexual men taking center stage ? And if so what are your thoughts on these two books that focus on male bisexuality? I read them both in my teens and I loved them.

[@ellethedreamer]

Thank you! I recently got real comfortable with the bi label after struggling through internalised homophobia and mogai for a while and I’ve been wanting to read more bisexual works and find out more about bisexual culture and history. You might straight up be my favourite KZbinr

[@verilybitchie]

That is so nice, thank you Elle!

[@physicalmediamp4]

i was a part of the anything that moves bisexual archive group! i was quite minimally involved but a bunch of my friends and mutuals worked their assess off to get it together and i feel so honored and seen by the fact that you mentioned it. i'm very proud of how quickly and enthusiastically it was pulled off and it's so wonderful to hear that it's impacting other bisexuals in a positive way.

[@dazeslays]

thank you (and your friends and mutuals) SO MUCH!!! i am obsessed with media archiving and having such an important part of bisexual history archived and available for this generation of queer people to see is so incredibly important

[@verilybitchie]

Please reply here with your recommendations for bi books bi by bi by authors! Thank you! x

[@kaylamoran3528]

Not a bi author (that I know of) but the Trials of Apollo series by Rick Riordan is super bi and I love it

[@kaylamoran3528]

Oh, me again. R.F. Kuang has come out bi as well, so the Poppy War series is by a bi author. It's very brutal but very good

[@Angria_Ra]

Kushiel's Legacy (the first trilogy's the best one) by bi author Jacqueline Carey. The genre is historical fantasy and takes place in (an arguably low) fantasy France specifically (though the characters do travel). There's political intrigue, wars and magic. The sex positive religion practiced in the setting plays a huge role and the main character is a religious adept herself (which in the story is like being a holy sex worker basically). Almost everyone's bisexual including the protagonist of course (who also skews towards non-monogamy)

[@LucentMembrane]

„The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet“ by Becky Chambers, her whole Wayfarers series really, it's full of bisexual, gay and lesbian characters, also poly characters. The author is either a lesbian or might be bi, it's not mentioned anywhere, but according to Becky Chambers website she „lives with her wife“. „Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl“ by Andrea Lawlor. The author is a lesbian (I think). The book is more like a trans shape shifting gay lesbian-extravaganza, technically not really labeled as „bi“ , but the main character falls in love (and has sex) with both men and women. Nonfictional: „Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World“, an anthology edited by Robyn Ochs and Sarah E. Rowley.

[@colonelweird]

I read Fire Logic by Laurie Marks, first book in the Elemental Logic series - I don't know if the author is bi, but the world of the book feels very bi and feminist. It's a beautifully written fantasy series. In this world gender distinctions exist, but have little effect socially. One character is a very tough military leader who is pregnant in most of the book, then she has the baby, gives it to her male partner, and goes back to work. Gay, bi, and straight characters exist and are barely commented on. And it's not a utopia at all, but it's a world where extremely violent conflicts can find resolution. I'm looking forward to getting back to the rest of the series.

[@StraylightWintermute]

Also pretty sure The Buddha of Suburbia inspired the song/character Jesus of Suburbia by Green Day, written by bisexual Billie Joe Armstrong

[@Aima952]

The KZbin algorithm has been failing me for years. It knows I like Sci-fi/fantasy books, LGBT content, nerd core and nonfiction/analytical content... But some how it's taken 10 solid years for your content to hit my stream?!

[@Nicole-yx8ms]

Your existence is SUCH a gift. Thank you for being you, and for sharing with us all!!🙏💖

[@tonyagibbs1963]

Yes! More of this, please. Bringing the bi to BookTube!

[@theoffkeydiva]

Lindsay Ellis's first book, Axiom's End is SF "casually bi" book. The main character references having past girlfriends and boyfriends, but her identity is never made a central part of her identity.

[@radicalpasta7040]

Great video. I am bisexual and I have been looking for more bi books. Imma check some of these out. I am also going to try and suggest this video to some of my bi friends (when I came out to my friends, I found out that like half my friends are also LGBT. Rainbows attract, I guess)

[@verilybitchie]

Its true! When I came out to my best friend as a teenager, he came out right back at me!

[@nonofyb]

Good representation is not about showing *good* people, but about showing *real* people

[@charlotted4642]

because you asked for bisexual book recommendations here are 2 of mine :) take a hint dani brown by talia hibbert (i think talia hibbert is bisexual & the main character of the book dani is & a lot of talia hibberts books feature bi MCs) felix ever after by kacen callander (i cannot find whether kacen callander is bisexual, but felix the main character is)

[@MusicGirl6300]

i know this is an old video, but I'm commenting to tell you: you should totally voice audiobooks!! I loved listening to your reading

[@LucentMembrane]

Thank you! „The Book of the Unnamed Midwife“ and „Otherbound“ really appeal to me, I will definitely read them. Also: The Archive of „Anything That Moves“, yesss!

[@popupdrivein]

I'm literally watching this while reading an Anything That Moves shirt! 💖

[@LucentMembrane]

Update: I am reading „The Book of Flora“ by now, so you got me hooked! It's not exactly comforting bedtime reading, especially currently, but it makes up for it with some very interesting follow-up-dreams.

[@thevampirelover]

Definitely bookmarking these! I love how diverse the genres are. Thank you for making this. Also: "my bi-fi" incredible. I'm adding that to my vocab immediately.

[@maddyjoshthompson3408]

You should do audiobooks. Your voice is soo amazing and calming😊 🖤

[@rita9942]

Thank u for this love reading and seeing these bi books by bi authors warms my bi heart

[@VirMedina]

12:30 YES! I feel like "Conversations with friends" isn't talked about enough. For me personally it helped me normalise not only bisexuality but also relationship anarchy... sort of, I mean it could be better explained but that's part of the point. You get to be there exploring the limits of secks and love alongside the characters whilst they figure out their relationships... Def helped me navigate my crush to someone who's gender fluid and polyamous

[@Vitoria-tx4xh]

What you said about how gays and lesbians (but also we bisexuals) view bisexual history?? And how we think bisexual history boils down to our contribution to gays and lesbians??? and how this way of thinking is rooted in a need to have bisexuals being valued by gays and lesbians???? and how the same thing happens with the trans community and its history????? i'm screaming. I always knew some parts of the way trans people (gays, lesbians and straight) were treated by cis gays and cis lesbians is intertwined with the way we bisexuals (cis and esp. trans) were treated by gays and lesbians... but this?? *mind blowing galaxy gif* I need this book asap.

[@kurootsuki3326]

how is your channel so insanely slept on wtf

[@oopsiedaisy77]

How have I only just found you?? I love your videos about bisexuality, they have helped me work through my own feelings (I am a constant passenger of the bi-cycle). Thank you so much for all you do and the book recommendations to read while I slowly wither away in lockdown.

[@hellyjay9781]

Advice to read a book without knowing anything about it is actually really great. Love doing this. And the same can be applied to movies. No expectations, no disappointment. And you get just genuinely yours uninfluenced emotions. Just enjoy the story without thinking about what some critics said about it.

[@kat_the_mouse]

I could listen to you read foreverrrr. Your voice is so soothing!

[@LordTraco]

Well now I want to read all of these!! Very late to the party here, but if you're still looking for bi books by bi authors, I can't recommend After the Revolution by Robert Evans enough. It's mature, graphic, and wonderfully alive and showing so many facets of humanity! He even narrated it as an audiobook, which I love! Robert Evans has mentioned he's bi on his podcast before, and the character Roland in the book? Easily my favorite bi character of all time.

[@saransong5547]

Excellent. Thank you for the recommendations! Will save for the future, if I ever have money again. As a more "mature" bi, I enjoy a refreshing bi perspective! 💜

[@StudentWitch]

Thank you so much for all the Bi content!!! I'm lucky enough to have access to an academic research library, so I searched for "bisexuality" and found some interesting research titles (hopefully they're easily accessible beyond the academy's gatekeeping): The Journal of Bisexuality (in publication since 2001, I believe some articles are open access) Women and Bisexuality: A Global Perspective, edited by Serena Anderlini-d'Onofrio (2003) Bisexuality and Transgenderism: InterSEXions of the Others, edited by Jonathan Alexander and Karen Yescavage (2012; also available in the Journal of Bisexuality, Volume 3, Numbers 3/4, 2003) Bisexuality: Theories, Research, and Recommendations for the Invisible Sexuality, Joye D. Swan and Chani Habibi (2018) Bisexuality: Identities, Politics, and Theories, Surya Monro (2015) Bisexuality: The Psychology and Politics of an Invisible Minority, edited by Beth A. Firestein (1996)

[@selectedshipper8282]

Gentlemen’s guide to vice and virtue by Mackenzi Lee is another one

[@anattynook]

YAY I am super duper happy that I found your channel!!! I've been trying to find more content creators who talk about bi issues and wow I've learned so much from your videos :D thank you so muchhhhh for doing all of these amazing videoooosss

[@aVAness]

Highly recommend The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson. The main character is Black as well! ☺️

[@actual-spinster]

one of my fave bisexual books is she of the mountains!! by vivek shraya! altho i havent reread it in ages and really want to :)

[@DillyBlue]

These all sound really good and most of them were new to me. Thank you! I wish I had some great recs of my own to give but haven't had much luck finding bi books, especially ones by bi authors, but I'l try my best to think of some... Against my expectations, I did very much enjoy 'Loki: Where Mischief Lies' by Mackenzi Lee, and I'm pretty sure she identifies as bi. This one might be too specifically catered to me as someone who attended Australian high school in the late '00s while having bisexual feelings but didn't even see it as a possibility to identify as bisexual because I didn't fit the stereotypes, but I have a soft spot for 'Pink' by Lili Wilkinson. It's fairly decent YA. I've definitely read worse. Not a bi author, as far as I know, but I remembered it being a refreshing part of 'Jonathan Unleashed' by Meg Rosoff when the main character has a crush on a co-worker whose gender he's not sure of and he just decides that he doesn't care. (For an author who has recently hinted at being TERF-lite, this was quite a shock to me as several of her books have characters who basically read as trans/nonbinary.) And while I'm here, I may as well shoutout my favourite early 20th century bi character, and by a gay author: my boy Alec Scudder from 'Maurice' by E.M. Forster.

[@Fluffyzoomer]

Recs - indie authors edition: The Other Five Percent by Quinn Anderson, Making Love by Aidan Wayne, or Stuck Landing by LA Witt.

[@azulobarrio407]

Have you read anything from Amélie Nothomb? She's very chaotic but an amazing character, most of her books are autobiographical and covering her bisexuality at different periods of her life. Also, she travelled a lot and there's a bunch of weird intercultural experiences in her stories. PS: I love your videos and thank u thank u thank u for the recommendations

[@TigerPrawn_]

I’m just commenting before watching the video in case you don’t mention this author but VIVEK SHRAYA is my favourite bi author ❤️❤️ Her book She Of The Mountains is very bi. She is also trans 🏳️‍⚧️ Also James Baldwin has a lot of characters in his books (usually men) who are queer and it’s usually not specified if they are gay or bi - it’s quite fluid a lot of the time. Giovanni’s Room, Go Tell it on the Mountain and Another Country come to mind

[@mountaindew9]

just bought bisexual politics and dang is it expensive (plus I hate amazon so I had to get it from another source), but I'm excited to read it! I love your videos and I will definitely come back to check out your other recommendations (:

[@mschrisfrank2420]

I Hate Everyone But You by Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin. It’s an epistolary novel (told through letters/emails/texts). One of the main characters is bi and one of the authors is bi.

[@AlexSmith-sz5ru]

bisexuality is hardly ever talked about and i love hearing about it

[@ashe1317]

One of these days I'll finish my book and shamelessly recommend it to you 😅😅😅

[@crankycat3026]

I just had to come back here to say a big THANK YOU! After watching your video I got ahold of Conversations with Friends" by Sally Rooney, and enjoyed the heck out of it. It got me back into devouring books after years of only reading about a book a year, if that. So, thanks!

[@josephinebeh2447]

Have you ever read this one? " The Last Dancer" by Daniel Keys Moran .. some interesting sexuality themes.. quite decent Sci fi too I think...

[@michaelasimon6694]

This is the most helpful booktube video I have ever seen!

[@DJMightyChip]

Ahhh excellent! More good literature to add to my list. Such a broad range, too. Also, holy shit, I could listen to you read a phonebook.

[@sadfaery]

I have to say, my favorite bisexual book(s) are actually written by a lesbian author, Canadian author Tanya Huff. My favorite book by her is "The Fire's Stone", which is a fantasy novel, but there's a lot of bisexuality in basically everything she writes, which includes both sci-fi and fantasy.

[@jd-mp3uf]

I know I’m late but I absolutely adore your shirt; it’s like if we took our flag colours and made them goth! Also, zero dislikes as it should be

[@mavrifantasia]

I just read the "Book of the Unamed Midwife" and it was very good but I suspect not the best bookfor my anxiety while we're still in the thick of a global pandemic 🤦🏻‍♀️ I will read Swordspoint next. Swordfights and murderes sound like a much safer bet! Thanks for the recommendations, slowly going through the list!

[@MissPoplarLeaf]

Glad to hear that you recommend books where the characters aren't all "good" people! I believe that the best representation is, I guess, diverse representation? Not just in terms of surface level identity diversity, but also in the personality, motivations, social position, etc of the characters. We should be able to have minority characters who are both good and bad, characters who fight oppression, characters who oppress, characters who are loyal, characters who are treasonous, characters who are emotionally healthy, characters who are emotionally damaged. Because then we aren't perpetuating or creating single stereotypes of the group. Also it's just more interesting? I don't want to read about good people all the time. It's not that relatable :v Like can we get FLAWS up in here??

[@mikeymullins5305]

I read every issue of ATM and it changed me.

[@AdorableTheNerd]

hello!! polyam lesbian here with two bi trans partners, i have been binging all yr videos and i LOVE them, huge fan of the bisexual content especially but also yr fiction/tropes analysis! 🥰 thank u for these fantastic book reccs ive added all the ones i haven't read to my library app! also very excited to snag yr book to gift to my partners!! (after i get to read it first lol)

[@hailsateen9219]

I love that you mentioned Ellen Kushner's books❤️

[@hallorette5059]

Kushiel’s Dart is my favorite book. Pretty sure Jacqueline Carey is bi but I can’t prove it.

[@CocoRegardless]

OMG glad i found this video, my TBR is growing :D

[@purplekitten6637]

One bi fantasy book I really loved a few years ago is Wild Beauty by Anna Marie McLemore (the author is bi). It has bisexual fairies, and pretty much everyone is bi in that book.

[@chrysoulamarinou1740]

Where were you hidden and why did I find your channel now and not 5 years ago?

[@TigerPrawn_]

Check out the latest series of TWO BI GUYS where all the interviews are with bi authors!

[@benjohnson3833]

I Adore your video ❤️❤️❤️❤️ for so long I've looked for good bi representation ☺️☺️☺️

[@sonoraorchard6153]

Thank you for the recommendations! I would looovvee to hear your recommendations for nonbinary books and authors too!!!!

[@laurengray7010]

A bi book by a bi author that I'd recommend is Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston.

[@crankycat3026]

Thank you for this! I've been wanting to read more for a long time, and I need some more bisexuality in my life. I hope my local library has at least some of these. *after checking* Well, they have at least "Conversations with Friends" by Sally Rooney. Also thanks for the recommendations in the comments!

[@Anna-el8iw]

Thank you for this list! Everything on here sounds amazing. (And SOOO happy to learn about Girl Sex 101!)

[@MB-io2lk]

At 8:24 are you talking to your girlfriend? Does she help you film your vids ?Love the recomendations! I especially loved seeing one of my fav bi icons Mr. Alan Cumming on the list 😄

[@TigerPrawn_]

For anyone who doesn’t know Hanif Khureshi wrote the screenplay of My Beautiful Laundrette

[@niki3722]

Bi by Bi Booklist: Swordspoint, the privledge of the sword, the fall of the kings The book of the unnamed mindwife The Buddha of suburbia Girl sex 101, Allison moon (felt like I needed the author there;) Otherbound by Corinne duvvis (decided authors don't hurt in general) Not my fathers son by Allan cumming Conversations with friends, Sally rooney Bisexual politics theories queeries and visions by Naomi tucker (out of print but available on archive.org) Anything that moves, bisexual magazine from the 90ies, anythingthatmovesarchive.carrd.co Hugged by veritlybitchie (etsy or patron link in description)

[@Mangopfirsich]

Oh do you know "Bi: Notes for a bisexual revolution" by Shiri Eisner? It's a very political book as well and has a great analysis of biphobia!

[@aeternalslime9670]

i think that at this moment in time it's totally fair to come for young adult, because it's written for immature readers (which in-and-of-itself is fine) but our current pop-lit culture is one OBSESSED with YA literature because it's marketable. as a result the already widely accessible YA genre gets further accentuated, to the extent that for a lot of people, they arent aging and maturing out of YA. im not saying people should ever /stop/ reading YA, because it's not that theyre bad books. but because they are intended for immature readers, they're not very.... complex. so people aren't getting past a 10th grade reading comprehension level, without challenging themselves beyond the complexity of john green and sarah j maas.

[@patrik9806]

OMFSM that shirt.. where can I get it? (another one like it I mean, not that particular one)

[@verilybitchie]

Haha, gosh I don't even know where I got it, probably six odd years ago in the UK, but I have no memory of when it came to be mine!

[@hazbort]

Laura Lam is a bisexual author I highly recommend, especially her Micah Grey series. They feature intersex, gay, trans and bisexual representation and are just really good fantasy books with great characters.

[@lucrezia5414]

thank you for the book recs, I'm def going to check some of those out~

[@alannathurgood2814]

I really loved Bi Notes for a Bisexual Revolution by Shiri Eisner for a more political/academic read! Excited to check out some of your recommendations.

[@TigerPrawn_]

Yessssss, required reading!!!

[@cauldronmoon]

I love you, channel and your content. 🌈💙💜 thank you for your efforts . I appreciate your research. I am grateful for the education.

[@TheFlinchyDinosaur]

My own dad tells me to just pick a side so having bisexual content like this video or the books I. The video is very very nice

[@BVenge-pe4wi]

I would listen to you read bisexual audio books honestly.

[@linthesizer]

adding these to my reading list!

[@Faulk425]

I practically sprinted to the comments to see if sally rooney commented lol

[@beckyginger3432]

Have you seen Colette? As a film with a bisexual lead? I didn’t really vibe with it as a bisexual film

[@eleftheriak.8889]

Oh my goodness I absolutely agree with what you said about reading books without knowing anything about them . Yes. 100% yes. Everything is a spoiler

[@pink5830]

Omg yes ! The perfect book Review

[@MiriamClairify]

Really missed an opportunity for NSYNC reference with this one

[@moonbook12]

There is a readton called the Queen (n = r) lit readton

[@katieshay6680]

Loving your essays/ research/verbalizing-my-inside-voice! Do you have affiliate links so I can buy the books and support you?

[@scroptels]

You know, I've never noticed how little Bisexual representation there really is in media or a much of it it's downplayed and almost unnoticeable, but there is so much to explore with bisexuality in media.

[@jenniferjochman8289]

Thank you for this video! But also... Where did you get your shirt?

[@sleepinbelle9627]

I can't even read books really, I'm just watching this to remind myself that there are other bi folks out there making shit. Is helpful knowing there are more creators like me, especially working in genre fiction. I want more Incidental Queerness in Sci-Fi and Fantasy.

[@DesdemonaDreadless]

Will I'm sorry this isn't porn be released as a paperback again?

[@ravendangernavy3575]

9:33: it's okay lol YA really is hit or miss

[@no-cs3fx]

Just the thing I needed-my TBR list to be even longer I mean I’m not complaining (ok I am) but my bank account’s gonna suffer T~T

[@JKage22]

Me lmao (no books yet i'm afraid, but i'm working hard!)

[@kamisoares]

omg thank you? also i just wanted to say that you’re so cute and if you ever come to brazil i’d love to talk to you (not cringe at all lmao) bye 💖

[@dayalasingh5853]

2:37 elves, just lots of elves being very androgynous.

[@richardcooper9015]

As a bi sexual guy i love to read about bi sexual erotica books or gay stud erotica books

[@May-or-May-not]

"1995, were you born yet? No, you weren't!" You calling me too old to watch this? 😂

[@natchimon8299]

"1995, were you born yet? no you weren't" 😂😂

[@belladonnaoaisling]

Thank youuuuuuuuuuuh

[@birb8871]

My favourite bisexual book is “the girls I’ve been” by Tess Sharpe. It is a YA novel but I think it’s worth reading

[@beastialmoon2327]

Cause it ain't no lie This is Bi Bo By Bi

[@ShyMusicPanda]

Thumbs up for the hilarity of the first 15 seconds :D

[@ghost8974]

I WAS WAITING UNTIL YOU SAID LORD OF THE RINGS BAAHAHAH

[@wisteria6656]

Great!

[@annabethsmith-kingsley2079]

Good, very good.