The Death I Gave Him
By: Em X. Liu
3.37
Format: 351 pages, Hardcover
A lyrical, queer sci-fi retelling of Shakespeare's Hamlet as a locked-room thriller Hayden Lichf…
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1. The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)
By: Malka Ann Older
3.64
Format: 169 pages, Hardcover
The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set … read more
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- mystery thriller
- lgbt
- fiction
- mystery
- adult
- science fiction
- queer
2. The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2)
By: Malka Ann Older
4.01
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Investigator Mossa and Scholar Pleiti reunite to solve a brand-new mystery in the follow-up to the … read more
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- lgbt
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- fiction
- mystery
- adult
- science fiction
- queer
3. A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)
By: Freya Marske
4.29
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
A Power Unbound is the final entry in Freya Marske’s beloved, award-winning Last Binding trilogy, t… read more
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- adult
- lgbt
- fiction
- queer
"Ross said, “Ask me if I’ve been paid for it."-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)
"Now it was Maud's turn to laugh. She gave Jack an affectionate look from her position on the floor. Intolerable. Jack was never going to rid himself of any of these people."-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)
"I would write you into immortality. I would trap you in ink and wear the pages next to my skin until they fell apart. Kiss me until I know you. Kiss me until you know me, unmake me, and love me anywa…"-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)
4. The Emperor and the Endless Palace
By: Justinian Huang
3.52
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
“What if I told you that the feeling we call love is actually the feeling of metaphysical recogniti… read more
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- adult
- lgbt
- fiction
- queer
"Despair not. History is carved by men who did not have their fathers' favor."-Justinian Huang, The Emperor and the Endless Palace
"You mean like a past life?' Calvin says. Garden snorts. 'Are you for real?' 'Excuse me, this is a "yes and" environment, G,' Calvin replies, 'and billions of people around the world believe in reinca…"-Justinian Huang, The Emperor and the Endless Palace
"[River] 'Maybe he was just trying to shake me off. I mean, why would he want to be with me?' Without warning, Calvin bonks me on the side of my head, not hard, though it startles me, and some wine sp…"-Justinian Huang, The Emperor and the Endless Palace
5. 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
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- lgbt
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- adult
- 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)
6. The Mars House
By: Natasha Pulley
4.02
Format: 469 pages, Hardcover
From the author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, a queer sci-fi novel about an Earth refugee a… read more
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- lgbt
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- queer
7. 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
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- lgbt
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- adult
- queer
8. The Saint of Bright Doors
By: Vajra Chandrasekera
3.71
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
The Saint of Bright Doors sets the high drama of divine revolutionaries and transcendent cults agai… read more
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- lgbt
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- queer
9. 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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- retellings
- lgbt
- fiction
- adult
- queer
10. The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport
By: Samit Basu
3.59
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
Shantiport was supposed to be a gateway to the stars. But the city is sinking, and its colonist rul… read more
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- science fiction
- science fiction fantasy
- adult
- fiction
"You exist, and you deserve to belong."-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport
"Usually when my life goes according to plan, it turns out the plan was made by someone else"-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport
"It's all very clear, I just chose not to get it, I just decided everyone who didn't agree with my vision was lying, or a fool."-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport
"I don't want to talk about this. It's not that I think you're wrong, but it's too big for me. I'll never be able to do anything about it."-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport
11. Some Desperate Glory
By: Emily Tesh
4.06
Format: 438 pages, Hardcover
While we live, the enemy shall fear us. All her life Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge … read more
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- lgbt
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- queer
"While Earth's children live, the enemy shall fear us."-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory
"While we live, the enemy shall fear us. We are what's left. We are what must survive."-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory
12. Rose/House
By: Arkady Martine
3.72
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Dust jacket illustration by David Curtis. Arkady Martine, the acclaimed author of the Teixcalaan… read more
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- mystery
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
13. The Deep Sky
By: Yume Kitasei
3.71
Format: 399 pages, Hardcover
Yume Kitasei's The Deep Sky is an enthralling sci fi thriller debut about a mission into deep space… read more
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- mystery thriller
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- science fiction
"...wanting to prove they were strong enough to withstand anything. Except strength could make you brittle. Big enough impact, and you splinter."-Yume Kitasei, The Deep Sky
14. He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)
By: Shelley Parker-Chan
4.25
Format: 486 pages, ebook
How much would you give to win the world? Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after … read more
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- adult
- lgbt
- fiction
- queer
"A man's greatest treasure is his sons."-Shelley Parker-Chan, He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)
"Take him out drinking with you somewhere in Qingyuan tonight. Then on the way home,"-Shelley Parker-Chan, He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)
"This was the part she loved, fiercely. The leap from which there was no turning back; the buoyant thrill of knowing that all the threads of action would come together—had to come together—into succes…"-Shelley Parker-Chan, He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)
15. The Death I Gave Him
By: Em X. Liu
3.37
Format: 351 pages, Hardcover
A lyrical, queer sci-fi retelling of Shakespeare's Hamlet as a locked-room thriller Hayden Lichf… read more
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- mystery thriller
- retellings
- lgbt
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- science fiction
- queer
16. Floating Hotel
By: Grace Curtis
3.70
Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition
This cozy debut science fiction novel tells a story of misfits, rebels, found family—and a mystery … read more
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- lgbt
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- fiction
- mystery
- adult
- science fiction
- queer
17. The Woods All Black
By: Lee Mandelo
3.81
Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition
The Woods All Black is equal parts historical horror, trans romance, and blood-soaked revenge, all … read more
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- adult
- lgbt
- fiction
- queer
"Spill enough blood on it, and the earth was bound to go strange."-Lee Mandelo, The Woods All Black
18. Escape Velocity
By: Victor Manibo
3.15
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Space Habitat Altaire is the premier luxury resort in low Earth orbit, playground of the privileged… read more
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- mystery thriller
- lgbt
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- mystery
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- adult
- science fiction
- queer
19. Bury Your Gays
By: Chuck Tingle
4.29
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
From Chuck Tingle, author of the USA Today bestselling Camp Damascus, comes a new heart-pounding st… read more
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- lgbt
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- science fiction
- queer
"The studio might be a ruthless capitalist machine," he opines, "but we're not evil."-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays
"Your stories aren't worth your life." My stories are my life, I think, but I don't say this."-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays
"I'm honestly kind of surprised. You've got a flair for drama, Misha. I thought you might get hard over some final sacrifice for love, or whatever. I mean, you're the writer, not me, but that's got Em…"-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays
"The path I've been led down is one of senseless catastrophe, a classic Hollywood tale of the man who plummets to rock bottom just moments before he would have crested the peak. [...] I'm living out t…"-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays
20. The Salvation Gambit
By: Emily Skrutskie
3.65
Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition
A hotheaded hacker must outwit the AI at the heart of a rogue warship–turned–penal colony if she an… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
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- adult
- queer
21. Three Eight One
By: Aliya Whiteley
3.57
Format: 269 pages, Hardcover
An astonishing literary crossover novel about the pressures of growing up and the nature of authors… read more
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- science fiction
- science fiction fantasy
- adult
- fiction
