6 Top queer books like Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1) by Margot Douaihy

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Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

By: Margot Douaihy

3.20

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Sister Holiday, a chain-smoking, heavily tattooed, queer nun, puts her amateur sleuthing skills to …

"There is a sublime wholeness in holding one another, fitting into other bodies. We eat the body of Christ. We drink the blood. So many years later, Nina’s taste still laced my mouth—champagne, sweat, graphite licked off a tongue."

-Margot Douaihy, Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

"I loved the chase. Even Riveaux’s insane driving. Not just the velocity but the violence of it all. I liked speeding through red lights. Headfirst to the edge. Scraping enough skin to burn not bleed. Sleuthing was impossible sometimes, a doomed quest. It was godly, really. A gorgeous curse. Like a plague of locusts. Like kissing a married woman."

-Margot Douaihy, Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

If you liked the queer plot in Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1) by Margot Douaihy , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. All the Sinners Bleed

By: S.A. Cosby

4.24

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A Black sheriff. A serial killer. A small town ready to combust. Titus Crown is the first Black … read more

Similar categories in S.A. Cosby's All the Sinners Bleed book and Margot Douaihy's Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"In the former capital of the confederacy, equalities surest foothold was found on the autopsy table."

-S.A. Cosby, All the Sinners Bleed

"It occurred to him that no place was more confused about it's past or more terrified of the future than the South."

-S.A. Cosby, All the Sinners Bleed

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2. Silver Nitrate

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

3.61

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic come… read more

Similar categories in Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Silver Nitrate book and Margot Douaihy's Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

By: Tana French

4.12

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is… read more

Similar categories in Tana French's The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) book and Margot Douaihy's Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"She'll bake bread and make jam, because she likes those made her way, but she says she cooked a good meal from scratch every night of her marriage, and now if she wants to live mainly off toasted san…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

"Trey has a bone-deep mistrust of marriage or anything resembling it. She knows that Lena sometimes stays the night at Cal's place, but Lena also has a place of her own, which she can go back to whene…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

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4. Hijab Butch Blues

By: Lamya H.

4.48

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more

Similar categories in Lamya H.'s Hijab Butch Blues book and Margot Douaihy's Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • queer
"Sort of?"

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"Queer indispensability?"

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

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5. Glory Be (Glory Broussard Mystery, #1)

By: Danielle Arceneaux

3.81

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

The first in a crime series set in the Louisiana bayou, introducing the uncensored amateur sleuth G… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Arceneaux's Glory Be (Glory Broussard Mystery, #1) book and Margot Douaihy's Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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6. Your Driver Is Waiting

By: Priya Guns

3.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this electrifyingly fierce and funny social satire-- a gender-flipped reboot of the iconic 1970'… read more

Similar categories in Priya Guns's Your Driver Is Waiting book and Margot Douaihy's Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"I was a woman who wasn’t going to take it anymore because I swear, I have taken so much already."

-Priya Guns, Your Driver Is Waiting

"Jolene smiled and in her smile was tomorrow, three months from now, and an infinity swimming in a lake by a summer house."

-Priya Guns, Your Driver Is Waiting

"This part of the city used to be cool because it wasn't but then it was forced to be a different of cool. A pricey. I think they call that gentrification."

-Priya Guns, Your Driver Is Waiting

"I took the pack of cigarettes from my back pocket and lit one, watching Shereef's two other mechanics with their clients, hoping I wouldn't set off an explosion with my lighter."

-Priya Guns, Your Driver Is Waiting

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7. Big Swiss

By: Jen Beagin

3.68

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Greta lives with her friend Sabine in an ancient Dutch farmhouse in Hudson, New York. The house is … read more

Similar categories in Jen Beagin's Big Swiss book and Margot Douaihy's Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"¿Habla más de un idioma?"

-Jen Beagin, Big Swiss

"You bullied other bullies,"

-Jen Beagin, Big Swiss

"she’d always been less of a shit-talker and more of a shit-thinker"

-Jen Beagin, Big Swiss

"At least I know where the hell I am and what’s happening. Which way is north?"

-Jen Beagin, Big Swiss

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8. I Have Some Questions for You

By: Rebecca Makkai

3.61

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past—the family trag… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Makkai's I Have Some Questions for You book and Margot Douaihy's Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. Murder Crossed Her Mind (Pentecost and Parker, #4)

By: Stephen Spotswood

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The latest action-packed installment in the Nero Award-winning Pentecost & Parker Mystery series fo… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Spotswood's Murder Crossed Her Mind (Pentecost and Parker, #4) book and Margot Douaihy's Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
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10. Dykette

By: Jenny Fran Davis

2.96

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An addictive, absurd, and darkly hilarious debut novel about a young woman who embarks on a ten-day… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Fran Davis's Dykette book and Margot Douaihy's Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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11. The Golden Spoon

By: Jessa Maxwell

3.49

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Every summer for the past ten years, six awe-struck bakers have descended on the grounds of Grafton… read more

Similar categories in Jessa Maxwell's The Golden Spoon book and Margot Douaihy's Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Sometimes we must do what we can to keep our mistakes a secret, don't we?"

-Jessa Maxwell, The Golden Spoon

"It's an optimistic scene of pastel colors and light woods. One that lends itself well to the show's folksy niceness."

-Jessa Maxwell, The Golden Spoon

"Recipes are like architecture; a combination of tested methods with personal elements is what makes a bake memorable."

-Jessa Maxwell, The Golden Spoon

"They are all unique and lovingly constructed. There's one for a chocolate ganache tart striped with hazelnut and praline, a honey cake with orange marmalade filling, coconut cream-filled doughnuts wi…"

-Jessa Maxwell, The Golden Spoon

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12. The Centre

By: Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi

3.41

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A darkly comic, boundary-pushing debut following an adrift Pakistani translator in London who atten… read more

Similar categories in Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi's The Centre book and Margot Douaihy's Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

By: Margot Douaihy

3.20

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Sister Holiday, a chain-smoking, heavily tattooed, queer nun, puts her amateur sleuthing skills to … read more

Similar categories in Margot Douaihy's Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1) book and Margot Douaihy's Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

  • lesbian
  • mystery thriller
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • queer
"There is a sublime wholeness in holding one another, fitting into other bodies. We eat the body of Christ. We drink the blood. So many years later, Nina’s taste still laced my mouth—champagne, sweat,…"

-Margot Douaihy, Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

"I loved the chase. Even Riveaux’s insane driving. Not just the velocity but the violence of it all. I liked speeding through red lights. Headfirst to the edge. Scraping enough skin to burn not bleed.…"

-Margot Douaihy, Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

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14. Sześć snów Laury Szuster

By: Jacek Kalinowski

4.06

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Ciemny pokój, łańcuch przypięty do kostki i obietnica. „Zabiję cię kolejny raz. W przeszłości już m… read more

Similar categories in Jacek Kalinowski's Sześć snów Laury Szuster book and Margot Douaihy's Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

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15. Das Verrückte Orakel (Die magische Bibliothek der Buks #1)

By: Nina George

4.52

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Ein phantastisches Plädoyer fürs Lesen und für die Fantasie!Die Buks, das sind Buchschutzgeister, d… read more

Similar categories in Nina George's Das Verrückte Orakel (Die magische Bibliothek der Buks #1) book and Margot Douaihy's Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

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16. Sobald wir angekommen sind (German Edition)

By: Micha Lewinsky

4.07

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

Ben Oppenheim balanciert zwischen Ex-Frau, zwei Kindern und seiner Liebe zu Julia. Er hat Rückensch… read more

Similar categories in Micha Lewinsky's Sobald wir angekommen sind (German Edition) book and Margot Douaihy's Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

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17. Pi mal Daumen

By: Alina Bronsky

3.99

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Bestseller-Autorin Alina Bronsky legt eine Komödie über zwei Menschen vor, die aus unterschiedliche… read more

Similar categories in Alina Bronsky's Pi mal Daumen book and Margot Douaihy's Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

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18. El hambre del pelícano

By: Blanca Cabañas

3.59

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Una joven muerta en los acantilados de Sancti Petri… Un matrimonio herido por la desconfianza… Y el… read more

Similar categories in Blanca Cabañas's El hambre del pelícano book and Margot Douaihy's Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

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19. El linaje de las estrellas

By: Daniel Fopiani

3.84

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

Un perturbador viaje que comienza en un mar de sangre y termina en el abismo del cielo nocturno … read more

Similar categories in Daniel Fopiani's El linaje de las estrellas book and Margot Douaihy's Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

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20. El hombre sin rostro

By: Claudio Cerdán

3.67

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Lo mejor de la novela negra y el terror unidos en el nuevo libro de uno de los maestros del género … read more

Similar categories in Claudio Cerdán's El hombre sin rostro book and Margot Douaihy's Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

  • thriller
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21. Die Gräfin: Roman (German Edition)

By: Irma Nelles

3.90

Format: 154 pages, Kindle Edition

Die Begegnung mit einem feindlichen Piloten, der 1944 vor der Hallig Südfall abstürzt, löst in der … read more

Similar categories in Irma Nelles's Die Gräfin: Roman (German Edition) book and Margot Douaihy's Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

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