16 must-read queer books like Ocean's Godori by Elaine U. Cho

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Ocean's Godori

By: Elaine U. Cho

3.67

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

Ocean Yoon has never felt like much of a Korean, even if she is descended from a long line of haeny…

"She asks, "Do you ever want to go back to Mars?" "It's a weird little place," he replies. "Stuck in its ways. I feel more like a Martian when I'm not there, if that makes sense."

-Elaine U. Cho, Ocean's Godori

If you liked the queer plot in Ocean's Godori by Elaine U. Cho , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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

1. 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 Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang

2. 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

Similar categories in Justinian Huang's The Emperor and the Endless Palace book and Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • 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

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

3. 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 Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • 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)

Cover of Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes

4. Ghost Station

By: S.A. Barnes

3.57

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space horror novel from S.… read more

Similar categories in S.A. Barnes's Ghost Station book and Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3) by Rebecca Roanhorse

5. Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3)

By: Rebecca Roanhorse

4.31

Format: 597 pages, Hardcover

The interwoven destinies of the people of Meridian will finally be determined in this stunning conc… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Roanhorse's Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3) book and Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1) by L.M. Sagas

6. Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1)

By: L.M. Sagas

3.92

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

L. M. Sagas' debut, Cascade Failure, is a highly commercial, sci-fi adventure blending J. S. Dewes'… read more

Similar categories in L.M. Sagas's Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1) book and Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • queer
Cover of Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

7. Someone You Can Build a Nest In

By: John Wiswell

4.07

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Discover this creepy, charming monster-slaying fantasy romance—from the perspective of the monster—… read more

Similar categories in John Wiswell's Someone You Can Build a Nest In book and Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"No young woman of means has gone through her entire life without at least once surveying her opportunities and wishing for a dragon instead."

-John Wiswell, Someone You Can Build a Nest In

"Homily professed her love by digging a second crossbow bolt of Shersheshin's body. It was so much clearer a declaration of affection than any of those speeches spun by poets or playwrights. And stuff…"

-John Wiswell, Someone You Can Build a Nest In

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8. 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 Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Ocean's Godori by Elaine U. Cho

9. Ocean's Godori

By: Elaine U. Cho

3.67

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

Ocean Yoon has never felt like much of a Korean, even if she is descended from a long line of haeny… read more

Similar categories in Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori book and Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
  • queer
"She asks, "Do you ever want to go back to Mars?" "It's a weird little place," he replies. "Stuck in its ways. I feel more like a Martian when I'm not there, if that makes sense."

-Elaine U. Cho, Ocean's Godori

Cover of A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon

10. A Magical Girl Retires

By: Park Seolyeon

3.63

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A millennial turned magical girl must combat climate change and credit card debt in this delightful… read more

Similar categories in Park Seolyeon's A Magical Girl Retires book and Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"The person I loved and respected the most in the world called me a genius; therefore, I was a genius."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

"If I could become a magical girl at twenty-nine, then surely it was never too late to become a watchmaker."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

"Grandfather, I just love watches. When I look at them, I just... It's like they're a whole universe. The universe itself. Even the smallest watch."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

"She had a point. I mean, when did my own girlhood begin and end, exactly? I couldn't quite circle a lasso around it, but I knew, at least, when it had ended. Three years ago, when Grandfather died."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

Cover of The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei

11. The Stardust Grail

By: Yume Kitasei

3.78

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Save one world. Doom her own. From the acclaimed author of The Deep Sky comes a thrilling anti-c… read more

Similar categories in Yume Kitasei's The Stardust Grail book and Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori

  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Escape Velocity by Victor Manibo

12. 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

Similar categories in Victor Manibo's Escape Velocity book and Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • queer
Cover of Moonbound by Robin Sloan

13. Moonbound

By: Robin Sloan

4.09

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Robin Sloan expands the Penumbraverse to new reaches of time and space in a rollicking far-future a… read more

Similar categories in Robin Sloan's Moonbound book and Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

14. Lost Ark Dreaming

By: Suyi Davies Okungbowa

3.69

Format: 179 pages, Hardcover

The brutally engineered class divisions of Snowpiercer meets Rivers Solomon’s The Deep in this high… read more

Similar categories in Suyi Davies Okungbowa's Lost Ark Dreaming book and Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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 Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

16. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

By: P. Djèlí Clark

4.05

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats. Nor do they have tails. But they are most assuredly… read more

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's The Dead Cat Tail Assassins book and Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Stars Too Fondly by Emily  Hamilton

17. The Stars Too Fondly

By: Emily Hamilton

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In her breathtaking debut—part space odyssey, part sapphic rom-com—Emily Hamilton tells a tale of g… read more

Similar categories in Emily Hamilton's The Stars Too Fondly book and Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Moonstorm (Moonstorm Trilogy, #1) by Yoon Ha Lee

18. Moonstorm (Moonstorm Trilogy, #1)

By: Yoon Ha Lee

3.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In a society where conformity is valued above all else, a teen girl training to become an Imperial … read more

Similar categories in Yoon Ha Lee's Moonstorm (Moonstorm Trilogy, #1) book and Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera

19. Rakesfall

By: Vajra Chandrasekera

3.39

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Rakesfall is a groundbreaking, standalone science fiction epic about two souls bound together from … read more

Similar categories in Vajra Chandrasekera's Rakesfall book and Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"She asks the moon, who loves her, but the moon does not know."

-Vajra Chandrasekera, Rakesfall

Cover of Toward Eternity by Anton Hur

20. Toward Eternity

By: Anton Hur

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

What does it mean to be human in a world where technology is quickly catching up to biology? In … read more

Similar categories in Anton Hur's Toward Eternity book and Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The West Passage by Jared Pechaček

21. The West Passage

By: Jared Pechaček

3.96

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

A palace the size of a city, ruled by giant Ladies of unknowable, eldritch origin. A land left to s… read more

Similar categories in Jared Pechaček's The West Passage book and Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer

21 Top fiction books like Ocean's Godori by Elaine U. Cho

Transform Your Habits

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

Malka Ann Older

4.01

Transform Your Habits

The Emperor and the Endless Palace

Justinian Huang

3.52

Transform Your Habits

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

Nghi Vo

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Ghost Station

S.A. Barnes

3.57

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21 Best fiction books like Escape Velocity by Victor Manibo

Transform Your Habits

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

Malka Ann Older

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction

Ann Leckie

4.05

Transform Your Habits

The Last Murder at the End of the World

Stuart Turton

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Service Model

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

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