17 must-read fiction books like The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1) by Leslie Vedder

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The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1)

By: Leslie Vedder

3.80

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Sleeping Beauty meets Indiana Jones in this thrilling fairytale retelling for fans of Sorcery of Th…

If you liked the fiction plot in The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1) by Leslie Vedder , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler

1. Home Field Advantage

By: Dahlia Adler

3.84

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this sweet and funny new f/f romance from the author of Cool for the Summer, a cheerleader and t… read more

Similar categories in Dahlia Adler's Home Field Advantage book and Leslie Vedder's The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"I care about you, okay? I like you, even though you're pricky as hell and looking at me like you wish I would vaporize and you think ketchup is a vegetable."

-Dahlia Adler, Home Field Advantage

Cover of Sofi and the Bone Song by Adrienne Tooley

2. Sofi and the Bone Song

By: Adrienne Tooley

4.05

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In this gorgeous standalone fantasy with a “sweet sapphic romance” ( Booklist ), a young musician s… read more

Similar categories in Adrienne Tooley's Sofi and the Bone Song book and Leslie Vedder's The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches by Kate Scelsa

3. Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches

By: Kate Scelsa

3.72

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A witchy, atmospheric lesbian contemporary romance set in Salem—from the acclaimed author of Fans o… read more

Similar categories in Kate Scelsa's Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches book and Leslie Vedder's The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1) by Kamilah Cole

4. So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)

By: Kamilah Cole

3.90

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Whip-smart and immersive, this Jamaican-inspired fantasy follows a gods-blessed heroine who’s force… read more

Similar categories in Kamilah Cole's So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1) book and Leslie Vedder's The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1)

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"You're the Childe Empyrean. If we stack out burdens against each other's, you'll win every time." "That doesn't mean we're not both carrying them."

-Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)

"In the meantime, I need you to say here and protect San Irie if anything should happen." "Um." Faron exchanged a glance with Reeve, who looked similarly mystified. "Your Majesty, I'm seventeen years …"

-Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)

"Being forced to learn the language of your oppressors is an oppression of the mind. They rewrite your history when you're too young to know what you're giving away, and before you know it, it's too l…"

-Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)

"Faron's heart stopped entirely as she stared at him. Like friends, romance was a sacrifice she'd made to be the Childe Empyrean. It hadn't mattered much to her until now, because Faron had figured ou…"

-Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)

Cover of Hearts That Cut (Threads That Bind, #2) by Kika Hatzopoulou

5. Hearts That Cut (Threads That Bind, #2)

By: Kika Hatzopoulou

4.02

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this heart-pounding, much-anticipated sequel to Threads That Bind , Io will face threats even mo… read more

Similar categories in Kika Hatzopoulou's Hearts That Cut (Threads That Bind, #2) book and Leslie Vedder's The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
Cover of The Witch and the Vampire by Francesca Flores

6. The Witch and the Vampire

By: Francesca Flores

3.26

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Francesca Flores's The Witch and the Vampire is a queer Rapunzel retelling where a witch and a vamp… read more

Similar categories in Francesca Flores's The Witch and the Vampire book and Leslie Vedder's The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of This Wicked Fate (This Poison Heart, #2) by Kalynn  Bayron

7. This Wicked Fate (This Poison Heart, #2)

By: Kalynn Bayron

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

How much would you risk to save the ones you love? Would you tempt even the most dangerous fate? … read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's This Wicked Fate (This Poison Heart, #2) book and Leslie Vedder's The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

8. Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

By: Lex Croucher

4.01

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Heartstopper meets A Knight’s Tale in this queer medieval rom-com YA debut about love, friendship, … read more

Similar categories in Lex Croucher's Gwen & Art Are Not in Love book and Leslie Vedder's The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"To be afraid you must have something you cannot bear to lose."

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

"You know fathers aren't always right just by virtue of being fathers."

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

"Not everybody lives for the triumphs and defeats, the epic highs and lows of the little black and white squares"

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

"The problem with compromise is that... you sit on the fence for so long that you discover you've built a kingdom on it."

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

Cover of A Dark and Hollow Star (The Hollow Star Saga, #1) by Ashley Shuttleworth

9. A Dark and Hollow Star (The Hollow Star Saga, #1)

By: Ashley Shuttleworth

3.79

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Choose your player. The “ironborn” half-fae outcast of her royal fae family. A tempestuous Fury… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Shuttleworth's A Dark and Hollow Star (The Hollow Star Saga, #1) book and Leslie Vedder's The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
" Psst."

-Ashley Shuttleworth, A Dark and Hollow Star (The Hollow Star Saga, #1)

"Hang on a little tighter than that, Spider Monkey."

-Ashley Shuttleworth, A Dark and Hollow Star (The Hollow Star Saga, #1)

"You’re… you’re something else, Arlo Jarsdel. But you’re also weird as fuck."

-Ashley Shuttleworth, A Dark and Hollow Star (The Hollow Star Saga, #1)

"She had her morals, the whole one or two of them that stubbornly clung to existence"

-Ashley Shuttleworth, A Dark and Hollow Star (The Hollow Star Saga, #1)

Cover of Misrule (Malice Duology, #2) by Heather   Walter

10. Misrule (Malice Duology, #2)

By: Heather Walter

3.77

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

Does true love break curses or begin them? The dark sorceress of “Sleeping Beauty” reclaims her sto… read more

Similar categories in Heather Walter's Misrule (Malice Duology, #2) book and Leslie Vedder's The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Tragedy teaches us things about ourselves and about others. Sometimes we do not like what we see, but we have to look anyway. We have to know."

-Heather Walter, Misrule (Malice Duology, #2)

Cover of The Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska

11. The Midnight Girls

By: Alicia Jasinska

3.79

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

The Wicked Deep meets House of Salt and Sorrows in this new standalone YA fantasy set in a snow-clo… read more

Similar categories in Alicia Jasinska's The Midnight Girls book and Leslie Vedder's The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"You don’t notice the bars of the cage,"

-Alicia Jasinska, The Midnight Girls

"Where would you even go if you were free?"

-Alicia Jasinska, The Midnight Girls

"I’ve tasted freedom. I’ve tasted hearts and it’s changed me."

-Alicia Jasinska, The Midnight Girls

"It is not a fairy tale. And monsters like us don’t get happy endings."

-Alicia Jasinska, The Midnight Girls

Cover of Sweet & Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley

12. Sweet & Bitter Magic

By: Adrienne Tooley

3.70

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this debut fantasy, a witch cursed to never love meets a girl hiding her own dangerous magic, an… read more

Similar categories in Adrienne Tooley's Sweet & Bitter Magic book and Leslie Vedder's The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"She was enchanted by the witch's lips."

-Adrienne Tooley, Sweet & Bitter Magic

"Now Tamsin was nothing but bitter and dark and cold—always so impossibly cold."

-Adrienne Tooley, Sweet & Bitter Magic

"Never learn to love someone untouchable. They'll only disappoint you in the end."

-Adrienne Tooley, Sweet & Bitter Magic

"Tamsin had quite preferred the child when he was quiet, but the mother seemed pleased."

-Adrienne Tooley, Sweet & Bitter Magic

Cover of Valiant Ladies by Melissa Grey

13. Valiant Ladies

By: Melissa Grey

3.88

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Two teen vigilantes set off on an action-packed investigation to expose corruption and deliver just… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Grey's Valiant Ladies book and Leslie Vedder's The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1) by Leslie Vedder

14. The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1)

By: Leslie Vedder

3.80

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Sleeping Beauty meets Indiana Jones in this thrilling fairytale retelling for fans of Sorcery of Th… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Vedder's The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1) book and Leslie Vedder's The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Godslayers (Gearbreakers, #2) by Zoe Hana Mikuta

15. Godslayers (Gearbreakers, #2)

By: Zoe Hana Mikuta

3.94

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Godslayers--Zoe Hana Mikuta's high-octane sequel to Gearbreakers--is perfect for fans of Pacific Ri… read more

Similar categories in Zoe Hana Mikuta's Godslayers (Gearbreakers, #2) book and Leslie Vedder's The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Me...what? Ha. I'm good. I'm all good. It's just I want to punch something, and the impulse never really passes."

-Zoe Hana Mikuta, Godslayers (Gearbreakers, #2)

Cover of City of Shattered Light (Requiem Dark, #1) by Claire Winn

16. City of Shattered Light (Requiem Dark, #1)

By: Claire Winn

3.77

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

As darkness closes in on the city of shattered light, an heiress and an outlaw must decide whether … read more

Similar categories in Claire Winn's City of Shattered Light (Requiem Dark, #1) book and Leslie Vedder's The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Playing for Keeps by Jennifer Dugan

17. Playing for Keeps

By: Jennifer Dugan

3.52

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Some Girls Do comes another heartfelt YA sapphic romance—starring a baseball pit… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Dugan's Playing for Keeps book and Leslie Vedder's The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Clarion Call by Cayla Fay

18. Clarion Call

By: Cayla Fay

3.77

Format: 288 pages, ebook

Neve faces her vengeful cousin, the leader of the legions of hell, forcing her to decide where her … read more

Similar categories in Cayla Fay's Clarion Call book and Leslie Vedder's The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1)

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Ravensong by Cayla Fay

19. Ravensong

By: Cayla Fay

3.94

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

A demi-god who refuses to cohabitate with humans accidentally falls in love with one in the first b… read more

Similar categories in Cayla Fay's Ravensong book and Leslie Vedder's The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Sleep Like Death by Kalynn  Bayron

20. Sleep Like Death

By: Kalynn Bayron

3.56

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Kalynn Bayron returns to fairytales with a l… read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's Sleep Like Death book and Leslie Vedder's The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of I Will Never Leave You by Kara A. Kennedy

21. I Will Never Leave You

By: Kara A. Kennedy

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

This emotional debut thriller follows a teen girl being haunted by the ghost of her toxic ex-girlfr… read more

Similar categories in Kara A. Kennedy's I Will Never Leave You book and Leslie Vedder's The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • queer

19 Best fantasy books like The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1) by Leslie Vedder

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Sofi and the Bone Song

Adrienne Tooley

4.05

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Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches

Kate Scelsa

3.72

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So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)

Kamilah Cole

3.90

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Kika Hatzopoulou

4.02

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Dahlia Adler

3.84

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Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3)

Ashley Herring Blake

4.14

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Love at First Set

Jennifer Dugan

3.45

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Ashley Herring Blake

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