7 Best queer books like The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher by E.M. Anderson

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The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

By: E.M. Anderson

3.75

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

You're never too old for adventure. When you’re a geriatric armed with nothing but gumption and…

If you liked the queer plot in The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher by E.M. Anderson , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Thornhedge

By: T. Kingfisher

4.00

Format: 111 pages, Hardcover

Thornhedge is the tale of a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone … read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Thornhedge book and E.M. Anderson's The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

  • fantasy
  • adult
  • magic
  • fiction
"Thorns die from the inside out, like priests."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"She was theirs; they were hers. The love of monsters was uncomplicated."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"Two hundred years. It was immense—unthinkable—and ultimately meant nothing at all. Two years or two hundred or two thousand. The magic endures"

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"Greenteeth did not slap one another—not out of any virtue, but because a slap was such a useless thing underwater. When greenteeth brawled, it was with teeth and strangling fingers, spines and claws."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

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2. 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 E.M. Anderson's The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

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

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

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3. Starter Villain

By: John Scalzi

4.16

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularl… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's Starter Villain book and E.M. Anderson's The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"So we’re like Spotify, but for evil."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Wait, is there a plot to take over the world with a giant laser?"

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Dogs are the worst. They'll sell you out for a treat and a head pat."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"DOGS ARE THE WORST. THEY’LL SELL YOU OUT FOR A TREAT AND A HEAD PAT."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

Cover of Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4) by T. Kingfisher

4. Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

By: T. Kingfisher

4.32

Format: 446 pages, ebook

Marguerite Florian is a spy with two problems. A former employer wants her dead, and one of her new… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4) book and E.M. Anderson's The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

  • adventure
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"They say the gods never give us more than we can handle, but let's just say that the gods had an overinflated sense of my abilities."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

"It's the thought that counts," said Marguerite. "Not with the explosives, it isn't," said Ashes, and on that point, Marguerite had to agree."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

"The whole world is made of words," said Marguerite irritably. "Treaties and contracts and secrets and laws are nothing but words, but everything runs on them. Of course they've got power."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

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5. Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

By: Heather Fawcett

4.32

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wi… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2) book and E.M. Anderson's The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

  • cozy mystery
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"One of the guiding principles of dryadology,"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"I may not be a miller's daughter, but you are not so different from the Folk as you think, Your Highness." I lifted her wineglass and dashed the remainder against her face, spilling it across her mou…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"I brushed the hair from his face. It is very soft--- ludicrously so, in fact, more like rabbit down or dandelion seed than human hair--- and I found I could not stop stroking it. He murmured somethin…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"Dr. Farris Rose has served as Department Head for over a decade, taking over from Letitia Barrister, who was abducted by a bogle in the Hebrides and returned several weeks later aged to approximately…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

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6. The Tainted Cup

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

None

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, w… read more

Similar categories in Robert Jackson Bennett's The Tainted Cup book and E.M. Anderson's The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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7. Derring-Do for Beginners (The Red Company, #1)

By: Victoria Goddard

4.53

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

Friends by chance--or is it fate? Damian Raske and Jullanar Thistlethwaite are about as different a… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Goddard's Derring-Do for Beginners (The Red Company, #1) book and E.M. Anderson's The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adventure
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8. A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic (Adenashire, #1)

By: J. Penner

3.93

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

A human, a dwarf and an elf walk into a bake-off… In the heart of Adenashire, where elfish encha… read more

Similar categories in J. Penner's A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic (Adenashire, #1) book and E.M. Anderson's The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

  • cozy mystery
  • magic
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
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9. 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 E.M. Anderson's The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

  • cozy mystery
  • magic
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
"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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10. If Found, Return to Hell

By: Em X. Liu

3.83

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

Being an intern at One Wizard sounds magical on the page, but in practice mostly means getting yell… read more

Similar categories in Em X. Liu's If Found, Return to Hell book and E.M. Anderson's The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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11. 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 E.M. Anderson's The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

  • lgbt
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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12. The Monsters We Defy

By: Leslye Penelope

4.12

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman able to communicate with spirits must assemble a ragtag crew to pull off a daring heist to … read more

Similar categories in Leslye Penelope's The Monsters We Defy book and E.M. Anderson's The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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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 E.M. Anderson's The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

  • lgbt
  • adventure
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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14. The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

By: E.M. Anderson

3.75

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

You're never too old for adventure. When you’re a geriatric armed with nothing but gumption and… read more

Similar categories in E.M. Anderson's The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher book and E.M. Anderson's The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

  • dragons
  • lgbt
  • adventure
  • magic
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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 E.M. Anderson's The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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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 E.M. Anderson's The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

  • fantasy
  • adult
  • magic
  • fiction
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17. The Siren, the Song, and the Spy

By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall

4.19

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this second vibrant fantasy from Maggie Tokuda-Hall, companion to her best-selling debut, The Me… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Tokuda-Hall's The Siren, the Song, and the Spy book and E.M. Anderson's The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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18. The Spellshop

By: Sarah Beth Durst

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Spellshop is Sarah Beth Durst’s romantasy debut–a lush cottagecore tale full of stolen spellbo… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Beth Durst's The Spellshop book and E.M. Anderson's The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

  • cozy mystery
  • magic
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
"We can only control what we do and hope that other people make the right choice."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"She was lonely, and she wanted someone to love. She made me out of love, and the empire destroyed her for it."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"There was something so very beautiful about a notebook without a single note in it. It felt like touching pure potential."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"I hope you know what you're doing" Caz said as he returned. "I absolutely do not know what I'm doing. I thought that was clear?"

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

Cover of A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons (Adenashire, #2) by J. Penner

19. A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons (Adenashire, #2)

By: J. Penner

4.03

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

Spilling the tea has never been so cozy…In the quaint town of Adenashire, Doli Butterbuckle, a peop… read more

Similar categories in J. Penner's A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons (Adenashire, #2) book and E.M. Anderson's The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

  • dragons
  • cozy mystery
  • magic
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of The Good and the Green (The Wilderise Tales, #1) by Amy Yorke

20. The Good and the Green (The Wilderise Tales, #1)

By: Amy Yorke

3.78

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

Fans of Travis Baldree's Legends and Lattes will love this heartwarming tale of finding love and co… read more

Similar categories in Amy Yorke's The Good and the Green (The Wilderise Tales, #1) book and E.M. Anderson's The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

  • cozy mystery
  • magic
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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21. The Bright and the Blue (The Wilderise Tales #2)

By: Amy Yorke

3.66

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

Rinka is done with the city. She’s done with the job she’s always hated, she’s done with the never-… read more

Similar categories in Amy Yorke's The Bright and the Blue (The Wilderise Tales #2) book and E.M. Anderson's The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

  • fantasy

20 Best fiction books like The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher by E.M. Anderson

Transform Your Habits

Thornhedge

T. Kingfisher

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)

Travis Baldree

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Starter Villain

John Scalzi

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

T. Kingfisher

4.32

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16 Top fiction books like A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic (Adenashire, #1) by J. Penner

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

Forged by Magic (Falling for Fables, #1)

Jenna Wolfhart

3.88

Transform Your Habits

A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic (Adenashire, #1)

J. Penner

3.93

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