12 best-selling queer books like The Descent of Monsters (Tensorate, #3) by Neon Yang

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The Descent of Monsters (Tensorate, #3)

By: Neon Yang

3.85

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

JY Yang continues to redefine the limits of silkpunk fantasy with their Tensorate novellas, which t…

If you liked the queer plot in The Descent of Monsters (Tensorate, #3) by Neon Yang , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. When the Moon Was Ours

By: Anna-Marie McLemore

3.89

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

To everyone who knows them, best friends Miel and Sam are as strange as they are inseparable. Roses… read more

Similar categories in Anna-Marie McLemore's When the Moon Was Ours book and Neon Yang's The Descent of Monsters (Tensorate, #3)

  • fantasy
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
"No boy was ever so interesting to them as when he was interesting to someone else."

-Anna-Marie McLemore, When the Moon Was Ours

"She wanted you to have the life you wanted,' Aracely said. 'So figure out what kind of life you want."

-Anna-Marie McLemore, When the Moon Was Ours

"He wanted to be a girl who wanted to be a girl, or a boy who was, in a way no one could question, a boy."

-Anna-Marie McLemore, When the Moon Was Ours

"They're expected to forget everything they knew about being anything other than what they're supposed to be."

-Anna-Marie McLemore, When the Moon Was Ours

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2. Night's Master (Tales from the Flat Earth #1)

By: Tanith Lee

4.04

Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Azhrarn, Prince of Demons, delights in creating amazing rewards, dangers, and horrors for the inhab… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Azhrarn, Lord of Terrors, terrified."

-Tanith Lee, Night's Master (Tales from the Flat Earth #1)

"When the night burned its cloak in the sunrise..."

-Tanith Lee, Night's Master (Tales from the Flat Earth #1)

"Dawn rose from the desert and turned the river to wine"

-Tanith Lee, Night's Master (Tales from the Flat Earth #1)

"and their days make no story for they were good and joyful and without event"

-Tanith Lee, Night's Master (Tales from the Flat Earth #1)

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3. Scale-Bright

By: Benjanun Sriduangkaew

3.79

Format: 110 pages, Hardcover

Julienne’s aunts are the archer who shot down the suns and the woman who lives on the moon. They te… read more

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  • lgbt
  • novella
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"What is it that you long for best, that clenches teeth and claws over the ventricles of your heart?"

-Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Scale-Bright

"What do you do with humans? You eat from them just a little, if they are delicious. You delight in their flesh sometimes, if they are not tedious."

-Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Scale-Bright

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4. El informe Monteverde

By: Lola Robles

3.87

Format: 400 pages,

A principios de siglo, la Sociedad para el Estudio de las Lenguas Interestelares envio a la linguis… read more

Similar categories in Lola Robles's El informe Monteverde book and Neon Yang's The Descent of Monsters (Tensorate, #3)

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction

5. Waiting on a Bright Moon: A Tor.com Original

By: J.Y. Yang

3.84

Format: None pages,

Xin is an ansible, using her song magic to connect the originworld of the Imperial Authority and it… read more

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6. Of Sorrow and Such

By: Angela Slatter

4.45

Format: 864 pages, ebook

Mistress Gideon is a witch. The locals of Edda's Meadow, if they suspect it of her, say nary a word… read more

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7. The Terracotta Bride

By: Zen Cho

4.21

Format: 539 pages,

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8. The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

By: Nghi Vo

4.17

Format: 128 pages, ebook

The Hugo Award-Winning Series returns with its newest standalone entry: a gothic mystery involving … read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) book and Neon Yang's The Descent of Monsters (Tensorate, #3)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"The world starts with a story. So do dynasties and eras and wars. So does love, and so does revenge. Everything starts with a story."

-Nghi Vo, The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

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9. Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4)

By: Nghi Vo

4.24

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

The Hugo and Crawford Award-Winning Series! The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singin… read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4) book and Neon Yang's The Descent of Monsters (Tensorate, #3)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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10. The Water Outlaws

By: S.L. Huang

3.81

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by a classic of martial arts literature, S. L. Huang's The Water Outlaws are bandits of de… read more

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  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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11. Into the Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle, #3)

By: Nghi Vo

4.03

Format: 100 pages, Hardcover

Wandering cleric Chih of the Singing Hills travels to the riverlands to record tales of the notorio… read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's Into the Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle, #3) book and Neon Yang's The Descent of Monsters (Tensorate, #3)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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12. When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)

By: Nghi Vo

4.18

Format: 128 pages, ebook

The cleric Chih finds themself and their companions at the mercy of a band of fierce tigers who ach… read more

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  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • novella
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Oh yes. Some people are just more . . . edible than others if you are a tiger."

-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)

"She killed, for she was angry, and she did not eat what she killed, for she was heartsick."

-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)

"Your departure crashes like a thunder, and the timbers of the house shake with the force of the space you left behind."

-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)

"Now your departure crashes like a thunder, and the timbers of the house shake with the force of the space you left behind."

-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)

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13. The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday

By: Saad Z. Hossain

4.06

Format: 167 pages, Paperback

Cuando Melek Ahmar, uno de los siete Señores Djinn, despierta de su encierro milenario, apenas reco… read more

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  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"Gurung smiled. "I know just where to find many people needing decapitation. But first, a nap."

-Saad Z. Hossain, The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday

"Vomit, piss, blood, and unlikely amounts of semen pooled on almost every level surface, accompanied by lewd graffiti and knife marks gouging the walls, as well as various fist-sized holes, burns, aci…"

-Saad Z. Hossain, The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday

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14. The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

By: Nghi Vo

3.95

Format: 119 pages, Kindle Edition

A young royal from the far north is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of… read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1) book and Neon Yang's The Descent of Monsters (Tensorate, #3)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • novella
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Angry mothers raise daughters fierce enough to fight wolves."

-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

"[,,,] if you want to understand people who have gone, that's what you look at, isn't it? Their offal. Their leavings."

-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

"The abbey at Singing Hills would say that if a record cannot be perfect, it should at least be present. Better for it to exist than for it to be perfect and only in your mind."

-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

"... He was unimportant, the least of In-yo's spies and couriers, but—" Almost Brilliant fluttered her wings in the dying light. "I understand. I will remember Sukai for you, and so will my children a…"

-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

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15. The Black God's Drums

By: P. Djèlí Clark

4.01

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

Creeper, a scrappy young teen, is done living on the streets of New Orleans. Instead, she wants to … read more

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  • novella
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Descent of Monsters (Tensorate, #3) by Neon Yang

16. The Descent of Monsters (Tensorate, #3)

By: Neon Yang

3.85

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

JY Yang continues to redefine the limits of silkpunk fantasy with their Tensorate novellas, which t… read more

Similar categories in Neon Yang's The Descent of Monsters (Tensorate, #3) book and Neon Yang's The Descent of Monsters (Tensorate, #3)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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17. Noches de Navidad

By: Patricia García-Rojo

3.98

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Cuentos de Navidad repletos de encanto y brujería, narrados por la poderosa pluma de nuestras autor… read more

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18. La quinta bruja

By: Angela Slatter

3.69

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Las calles de Whitechapel destilan secretos, brujería y muerte. Kit Caswell es una joven policía… read more

Similar categories in Angela Slatter's La quinta bruja book and Neon Yang's The Descent of Monsters (Tensorate, #3)

  • fiction
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19. In the Watchful City

By: S. Qiouyi Lu

3.69

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

In the Watchful City explores borders, power, diaspora, and transformation in an Asian-inspired mos… read more

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  • lgbt
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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20. The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

By: Zen Cho

3.63

Format: 176 pages, ebook

Zen Cho returns with a found family wuxia fantasy that combines the vibrancy of old school martial … read more

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  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Nobody talks about it. It’s not that kind of war."

-Zen Cho, The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

"You cannot stay rich in times like these without eating sin."

-Zen Cho, The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

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21. Let the Mountains Be My Grave

By: Francesca Tacchi

4.08

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Let the Mountains Be My Grave unfolds at breakneck pace in 1944 Italy, where partisan Veleno thinks… read more

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  • lgbt
  • novella
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer

12 Best adult books like The Descent of Monsters (Tensorate, #3) by Neon Yang

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4.17

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4.24

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S.L. Huang

3.81

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Seanan McGuire

4.09

Transform Your Habits

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Malka Ann Older

3.64

Transform Your Habits

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T. Kingfisher

4.00

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Martha Wells

4.22

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