This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart, #1)
By: Kalynn Bayron
4.12
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Darkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron's new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a …
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1. So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)
By: Kamilah Cole
3.90
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Whip-smart and immersive, this Jamaican-inspired fantasy follows a gods-blessed heroine who’s force… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- fantasy
- mythology
- queer
"You're the Childe Empyrean. If we stack out burdens against each other's, you'll win every time." "That doesn't mean we're not both carrying them."-Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)
"In the meantime, I need you to say here and protect San Irie if anything should happen." "Um." Faron exchanged a glance with Reeve, who looked similarly mystified. "Your Majesty, I'm seventeen years …"-Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)
"Being forced to learn the language of your oppressors is an oppression of the mind. They rewrite your history when you're too young to know what you're giving away, and before you know it, it's too l…"-Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)
"Faron's heart stopped entirely as she stared at him. Like friends, romance was a sacrifice she'd made to be the Childe Empyrean. It hadn't mattered much to her until now, because Faron had figured ou…"-Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)
2. The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)
By: Namina Forna
4.00
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whet… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
- young adult fantasy
- young adult
"He's crying as he kills me"-Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)
"No matter my origins, there is worth in what I am."-Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)
"It's the ritual that gives legitimacy to the murder."-Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)
"Never forget: the same gift they praise you for now, they will kill you for later."-Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)
3. Tender Beasts
By: Liselle Sambury
3.90
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
After her private school is rocked by a gruesome murder, a teen tries to find the real killer and c… read more
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- fiction
- fantasy
- young adult
- contemporary
4. Blood Like Magic (Blood Like Magic, #1)
By: Liselle Sambury
3.97
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
An urban fantasy debut following a teen witch who is given a horrifying task: sacrificing her first… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
- young adult fantasy
- young adult
5. The Poisons We Drink
By: Bethany Baptiste
3.75
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
In a country divided between humans and witchers, Venus Stoneheart hustles as a brewer making illeg… read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- contemporary
- fantasy
- queer
6. Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
By: Lex Croucher
4.01
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Heartstopper meets A Knight’s Tale in this queer medieval rom-com YA debut about love, friendship, … read more
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- lesbian
- retellings
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
"To be afraid you must have something you cannot bear to lose."-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
"You know fathers aren't always right just by virtue of being fathers."-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
"Not everybody lives for the triumphs and defeats, the epic highs and lows of the little black and white squares"-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
"The problem with compromise is that... you sit on the fence for so long that you discover you've built a kingdom on it."-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
7. Ace of Spades
By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
4.16
Format: 470 pages, Paperback
An incendiary and utterly compelling thriller with a shocking twist that delves deep into the heart… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"Home, lately, has been the highlight of my day."-Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Ace of Spades
"People love to reward conventionally attractive people."-Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Ace of Spades
"But I know dreams are dangerous; they give me too much false hope."-Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Ace of Spades
"Money can only get you so far; you need power and influence to go with it."-Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Ace of Spades
8. This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart, #1)
By: Kalynn Bayron
4.12
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Darkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron's new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a … read more
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- lesbian
- retellings
- lgbt
- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- contemporary
- fantasy
- mythology
- queer
9. The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
By: Sonora Reyes
4.27
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
A debut novel about a queer Mexican American girl navigating Catholic school, while falling in love… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"…any way you engage with your own culture is authentic, because it’s yours."-Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
"Let's just say there's not a lot of melanin over there. I could probably pay my tuition selling sunscreen between classes."-Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
"I know I can't take all that shame away from him. But I can start by showing him how much I'm not ashamed. Not only am I not ashamed, I'm proud. I can't make him love himself. The closest I can get i…"-Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
10. Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1)
By: Terry J. Benton-Walker
3.83
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Thirty years ago, a young woman was murdered, a family was lynched, and New Orleans saw the greates… read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
"Maybe that's it," he says. "Art is the meaning of life."-Terry J. Benton-Walker, Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1)
"The meaning of life. What a fucking joke. I barely understand the shit that goes on in mine."-Terry J. Benton-Walker, Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1)
11. The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)
By: Aiden Thomas
4.33
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where teen semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the h… read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- fantasy
- mythology
- queer
"No hetero, but damn, Teo, your wings" Niya circled Teo back on the boat. "Does this make me a furry?"-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)
"No hetero, but damn, Teo, your wings!" Niya circled Teo back onto the boat. "Does this make me a furry?"-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)
"Why was it that just because his body was different from everyone else’s, they thought they could ask whatever inappropriate questions they wanted."-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)
"Why was it that just because his body was different from everyone else's, they thought they could ask whatever inappropriate questions they wanted?"-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)
12. Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2)
By: Tracy Deonn
4.32
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The shadows have risen, and the line is law. All Bree wanted was to uncover the truth behind he… read more
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- retellings
- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- contemporary
- fantasy
"No!"-Tracy Deonn, Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2)
"Dwi yn,"-Tracy Deonn, Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2)
"We had faith,"-Tracy Deonn, Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2)
"Come back, Bree. Come back to us."-Tracy Deonn, Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2)
13. Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)
By: Natasha Bowen
3.79
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
A way to survive.A way to serve.A way to save. Simi prayed to the gods, once. Now she serves the… read more
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- retellings
- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- fantasy
- mythology
"Do not be ashamed of who you are."-Natasha Bowen, Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)
"When you pull back the skin of the sea, you never know what you will find."-Natasha Bowen, Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)
"Simidele. Listen to me. I know you will make things right. What is done is done. We cannot change the past, only learn from it. What happens next is up to you."-Natasha Bowen, Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)
14. Where Sleeping Girls Lie
By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
4.05
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In Where Sleeping Girls Lie ― a YA contemporary mystery by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, the New York Time… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
15. Lore of the Wilds (Lore of the Wilds, #1)
By: Analeigh Sbrana
3.35
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
A stunning Romantasy debut about an enchanted library, two handsome Fae, and one human who brings t… read more
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- fiction
- fantasy
- young adult
16. The Eternal Ones (Deathless, #3)
By: Namina Forna
3.94
Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition
The dazzling finale to the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling Gilded Ones series. One girl … read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- fantasy
17. Soul of the Deep (Skin of the Sea, #2)
By: Natasha Bowen
3.92
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestseller Skin of the Sea, in which the world … read more
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- retellings
- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- fantasy
- mythology
18. Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
By: Tracy Deonn
4.34
Format: 502 pages, Hardcover
After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her f… read more
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- retellings
- lgbt
- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- fantasy
"Oh, sure,"-Tracy Deonn, Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
"It’s college,"-Tracy Deonn, Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
"Where do we begin?"-Tracy Deonn, Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
"Sometimes a crime is an act of heroism."-Tracy Deonn, Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
19. Blood Justice (Blood Debts, #2)
By: Terry J. Benton-Walker
4.33
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Cristina and Clement Trudeau have conjured the impossible: justice. They took back their family’… read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
20. Blood at the Root
By: LaDarrion Williams
4.05
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A teenager on the run from his past finds the family he never knew existed and the community he nev… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
- young adult fantasy
- young adult
21. Blood Like Fate (Blood Like Magic, #2)
By: Liselle Sambury
4.31
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Voya fights to save her witch community from a terrible future.Voya Thomas may have passed her Call… read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- fantasy
