17 best-selling queer books like The Undetectables by Courtney Smyth

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The Undetectables

By: Courtney Smyth

3.54

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Be gay, solve crime, take naps—A witty and quirky fantasy murder mystery if a folkloric world of wi…

If you liked the queer plot in The Undetectables by Courtney Smyth , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) by Malka Ann Older

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

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) book and Courtney Smyth's The Undetectables

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes & Tea Cozy Fantasies, #1) by Rebecca  Thorne

2. Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes & Tea Cozy Fantasies, #1)

By: Rebecca Thorne

3.82

Format: 388 pages, ebook

All Reyna and Kianthe want is to open a bookshop that serves tea. Worn wooden floors, plants on eve… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Thorne's Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes & Tea Cozy Fantasies, #1) book and Courtney Smyth's The Undetectables

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0) by Travis Baldree

3. Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)

By: Travis Baldree

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we nee… read more

Similar categories in Travis Baldree's Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0) book and Courtney Smyth's The Undetectables

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"See you in the story past the story."

-Travis Baldree, Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)

Cover of The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2) by Malka Ann Older

4. 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

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2) book and Courtney Smyth's The Undetectables

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • queer
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5. 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

Similar categories in Freya Marske's A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3) book and Courtney Smyth's The Undetectables

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • 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)

Cover of Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1) by S.T. Gibson

6. Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

By: S.T. Gibson

3.66

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

The Devil knows your name, David Aristarkhov. As a teen, David Aristarkhov was a psychic prodig… read more

Similar categories in S.T. Gibson's Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1) book and Courtney Smyth's The Undetectables

  • urban fantasy
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • queer
"He looked as he always did: slightly underfed, terminally scholastic, and two weeks overdue for a haircut."

-S.T. Gibson, Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

"She didn't quite share her husband's passion for antiquarian books, but she understood it. She understood that if you cracked Rhys open, he would probably have paperback pages inside him instead of o…"

-S.T. Gibson, Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

Cover of How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi, #1) by Django Wexler

7. How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi, #1)

By: Django Wexler

3.77

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Groundhog Day meets Guardians of the Galaxy in Django Wexler’s laugh-out-loud fantasy tale about a … read more

Similar categories in Django Wexler's How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi, #1) book and Courtney Smyth's The Undetectables

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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8. Dreadful

By: Caitlin Rozakis

3.72

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

A sharp-witted, high fantasy farce featuring killer moat squid, toxic masculinity, evil wizards and… read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Rozakis's Dreadful book and Courtney Smyth's The Undetectables

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Gug." Ah, monosyllables, his old friend. They would always be there, even when all other concepts of fundamental liguistics deserted him."

-Caitlin Rozakis, Dreadful

"It occured to him that a spell to make one's enemies into idiots via the power of breasts might be immensely helpful. Then again, it might not be a spell. It might have only been the breasts."

-Caitlin Rozakis, Dreadful

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9. Voyage of the Damned

By: Frances White

4.02

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The TikTok sensation from the UK has come to North America! This special first edition hardcover w… read more

Similar categories in Frances White's Voyage of the Damned book and Courtney Smyth's The Undetectables

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"As if the restrictive shell of a body is more important than the infinite possibilities of a mind."

-Frances White, Voyage of the Damned

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10. 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

Similar categories in Grace Curtis's Floating Hotel book and Courtney Smyth's The Undetectables

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Undetectables by Courtney Smyth

11. The Undetectables

By: Courtney Smyth

3.54

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Be gay, solve crime, take naps—A witty and quirky fantasy murder mystery if a folkloric world of wi… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Smyth's The Undetectables book and Courtney Smyth's The Undetectables

  • urban fantasy
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • witches
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • mystery
  • queer
Cover of The Shadow Cabinet (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #2) by Juno  Dawson

12. The Shadow Cabinet (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #2)

By: Juno Dawson

4.25

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

In the second installment of Juno Dawson's irresistable fantasy trilogy (Lana Harper), a group of c… read more

Similar categories in Juno Dawson's The Shadow Cabinet (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #2) book and Courtney Smyth's The Undetectables

  • urban fantasy
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • witches
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • queer
Cover of Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland

13. Running Close to the Wind

By: Alexandra Rowland

4.07

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Avra Helvaçi, former field agent of the Araşti Ministry of Intelligence, has accidentally stolen th… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Rowland's Running Close to the Wind book and Courtney Smyth's The Undetectables

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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14. A Market of Dreams and Destiny

By: Trip Galey

3.90

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

Nominated for the 2024 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature! Enter the bazaar of the bi… read more

Similar categories in Trip Galey's A Market of Dreams and Destiny book and Courtney Smyth's The Undetectables

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Deri was well and truly caught, a fly in the web of words and wonder spun by the actors on the stage."

-Trip Galey, A Market of Dreams and Destiny

"Woven of wise women’s insight and young men’s dreams, of societal expectations and half-moon’s beams, Maurlocke’s robe habitually changed its form to match the expectations of the merchant’s customer…"

-Trip Galey, A Market of Dreams and Destiny

"But it was humbling. Awe-inspiring, even. There was a gravity about the stone, a surreal sense of vastness. And the resonant sense of lost love, the sheer depth of it reverberated through the stone, …"

-Trip Galey, A Market of Dreams and Destiny

Cover of Road to Ruin (Magebike Courier, #1) by Hana  Lee

15. Road to Ruin (Magebike Courier, #1)

By: Hana Lee

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

An electrifying, gritty fantasy from debut author Hana Lee that takes a royal messenger on a high-s… read more

Similar categories in Hana Lee's Road to Ruin (Magebike Courier, #1) book and Courtney Smyth's The Undetectables

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

16. A Sorceress Comes to Call

By: T. Kingfisher

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Goose Girl, rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's A Sorceress Comes to Call book and Courtney Smyth's The Undetectables

  • witches
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic by g. haron davis

17. Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic

By: g. haron davis

3.96

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of All Out and Cemetery Boys, this anthology claims a seat at the table of fantasy… read more

Similar categories in g. haron davis's Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic book and Courtney Smyth's The Undetectables

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"There is no shortage of people who want to hide the truth, dear Ari, and not a single one of them is of any consequence to me. In a decade, there will be another witch or wizard or magician or mundan…"

-g. haron davis, Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic

"She smiled at him a little sadly. 'What do you want, Ronan? Do you want them to suffer? Or do you want them to change? The truth was, he hadn't thought that far ahead 'It's easy to hurt people,' she …"

-g. haron davis, Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic

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18. Til Death Do Us Bard

By: Rose Black

3.55

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

Marriage isn't always sunshine and unicorns... sometimes it's monsters and necromancy. It's been… read more

Similar categories in Rose Black's Til Death Do Us Bard book and Courtney Smyth's The Undetectables

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Twelve Bones by Rosie Talbot

19. Twelve Bones

By: Rosie Talbot

4.40

Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition

  Prepare for more spooky, swoony YA from BookTok star @Merrowchild! Charlie Frith and his new l… read more

Similar categories in Rosie Talbot's Twelve Bones book and Courtney Smyth's The Undetectables

  • urban fantasy
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • paranormal
  • queer
"They say York is the most haunted city in Europe. Don't I know it."

-Rosie Talbot, Twelve Bones

Cover of Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5) by Juno  Dawson

20. Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5)

By: Juno Dawson

3.76

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The next enchanting instalment of the sensational #1 SUNDAY TIMES bestselling HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL C… read more

Similar categories in Juno Dawson's Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5) book and Courtney Smyth's The Undetectables

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • witches
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of 極主夫道 12 [Gokushufudō 12] by Kousuke Oono

21. 極主夫道 12 [Gokushufudō 12]

By: Kousuke Oono

4.21

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

町の交通安全講習に参加した龍。 しかし、交通ルールに厳しすぎる警察官によって、講習は“命がけ”に!? 町の人々もテンション高めなアットホーム任侠コメディ第12巻! read more

Similar categories in Kousuke Oono's 極主夫道 12 [Gokushufudō 12] book and Courtney Smyth's The Undetectables

  • fiction

21 Top fiction books like The Undetectables by Courtney Smyth

Transform Your Habits

The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)

Malka Ann Older

3.64

Transform Your Habits

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes & Tea Cozy Fantasies, #1)

Rebecca Thorne

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)

Travis Baldree

4.20

Transform Your Habits

The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2)

Malka Ann Older

4.01

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21 best-selling fiction books like Voyage of the Damned by Frances White

Transform Your Habits

Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

S.T. Gibson

3.66

Transform Your Habits

A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

Hafsah Faizal

3.57

Transform Your Habits

The God and the Gumiho (Fate's Thread, #1)

Sophie Kim

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)

Hannah Kaner

3.94

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