25 Best queer books like Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2) by Rob Osler

Cover of Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2) by Rob Osler

Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

By: Rob Osler

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the rollicking mystery, perfect for fans of Steven Rowley and Elle Cosimano, the circus becomes …

If you liked the queer plot in Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2) by Rob Osler , here is a list of 25 books like this:

Cover of Death in the Spires by K.J. Charles

1. Death in the Spires

By: K.J. Charles

4.42

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

The newspapers called us the Seven Wonders. We were a group of friends, that’s all, and then Toby d… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's Death in the Spires book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • mystery
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Board to Death (Board Game Shop, #1) by C.J.  Connor

2. Board to Death (Board Game Shop, #1)

By: C.J. Connor

3.09

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In a trendy Salt Lake City, Utah, neighborhood, Ben Rosencrantz's board game shop has become a comm… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Connor's Board to Death (Board Game Shop, #1) book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Mona of the Manor (Tales of the City, #10) by Armistead Maupin

3. Mona of the Manor (Tales of the City, #10)

By: Armistead Maupin

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The tenth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Franci… read more

Similar categories in Armistead Maupin's Mona of the Manor (Tales of the City, #10) book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition by Lucy Sante

4. I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

By: Lucy Sante

3.70

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

“Reading this book is a joy... much to say about the trans journey and will undoubtedly become a st… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Sante's I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • queer
"(Although it is extremely exciting to have tits.)"

-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

"I wanted to so badly to be a woman that I could not really understand anyone wanting anything else"

-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

"It appeared that transitioning did not involve piling on additional stuff; rather it was a process of removal, dismantling the carapace of maleness that had kept me in its grip for so long."

-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

"My secret poisoned my entire experience of life. There was never a moment when I didn't feel the acute shame of being me, even as I denied to myself that my secret had anything to do with it."

-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

Cover of Glory Be (Glory Broussard Mystery, #1) by Danielle Arceneaux

5. Glory Be (Glory Broussard Mystery, #1)

By: Danielle Arceneaux

3.81

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

The first in a crime series set in the Louisiana bayou, introducing the uncensored amateur sleuth G… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Arceneaux's Glory Be (Glory Broussard Mystery, #1) book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Wren Martin Ruins It All by Amanda DeWitt

6. Wren Martin Ruins It All

By: Amanda DeWitt

4.25

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Now that Wren Martin is student council president (on a technicality, but hey, it counts) he’s goin… read more

Similar categories in Amanda DeWitt's Wren Martin Ruins It All book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • queer
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I think I might have a crush. Shit ."

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

"Halloween would be . . . okay," she says, with all the deliberation of a somewhat uncertain judge delivering a verdict. "But no sexy catgirls. Or boys. No catpeople."

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

"You might have saved the Dance," I say loftily, "but I saved this school from Cats ." "Not all heroes wear capes," Ryan says, pushing open the classroom door. "You know, I kind of like Cats ." "You l…"

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

Cover of The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1) by John Shen Yen Nee

7. The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

By: John Shen Yen Nee

3.62

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films, this stunning, swashbuckling series opener by a po… read more

Similar categories in John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1) book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The British are oddly vulnerable to charm. I've found that in England it's often the easiest path to one's objective. And hurts none along the way."

-John Shen Yen Nee, The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

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8. Second Chances in New Port Stephen

By: T.J. Alexander

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A trans man returns to his Florida hometown for Christmas after his career goes up in flames, only … read more

Similar categories in T.J. Alexander's Second Chances in New Port Stephen book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"Eli closed his eyes with a sigh. "Look, early aughts Elijah Wood was trans masc culture. When Lord of the rings -colon- The Fellowship of the Ring came out, it was the first time a short dude with gr…"

-T.J. Alexander, Second Chances in New Port Stephen

Cover of The Bell in the Fog (Evander Mills, #2) by Lev A.C. Rosen

9. The Bell in the Fog (Evander Mills, #2)

By: Lev A.C. Rosen

4.17

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

The Bell in the Fog, a dazzling historical mystery by Lev AC Rosen, asks―once you have finally foun… read more

Similar categories in Lev A.C. Rosen's The Bell in the Fog (Evander Mills, #2) book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Blessed Water (Sister Holiday Mystery #2) by Margot Douaihy

10. Blessed Water (Sister Holiday Mystery #2)

By: Margot Douaihy

3.59

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Sister Holiday is back with a newly minted PI apprentice certificate, a twisty mystery to solve, an… read more

Similar categories in Margot Douaihy's Blessed Water (Sister Holiday Mystery #2) book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Mayor and the Mystery Man (Single Dads Club, #2) by A.J. Truman

11. The Mayor and the Mystery Man (Single Dads Club, #2)

By: A.J. Truman

4.04

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

An MM Fake Relationship, Friends to Lovers Romance To win this election, I should be trying to k… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Truman's The Mayor and the Mystery Man (Single Dads Club, #2) book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • queer
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 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 Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle

13. 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

Similar categories in Chuck Tingle's Bury Your Gays book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • 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

Cover of Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2) by Rob Osler

14. Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

By: Rob Osler

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the rollicking mystery, perfect for fans of Steven Rowley and Elle Cosimano, the circus becomes … read more

Similar categories in Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2) book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • audiobook
  • adult fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of A Deadly Walk in Devon (A Walk Through England Mystery, #1) by Nicholas  George

15. A Deadly Walk in Devon (A Walk Through England Mystery, #1)

By: Nicholas George

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For fans of M.C. Beaton, Martha Grimes, and Alexander McCall Smith, the first in a charming new mys… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas George's A Deadly Walk in Devon (A Walk Through England Mystery, #1) book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • lgbt
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • queer
Cover of The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye by Briony Cameron

16. The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye

By: Briony Cameron

3.82

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This epic, dazzling tale based on true events illuminates a woman of color’s rise to power as one o… read more

Similar categories in Briony Cameron's The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • adult
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of All the World Beside by Garrard Conley

17. All the World Beside

By: Garrard Conley

3.75

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An electrifying, deeply moving novel about the love story between two men in Puritan New England … read more

Similar categories in Garrard Conley's All the World Beside book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of A Step Past Darkness by Vera Kurian

18. A Step Past Darkness

By: Vera Kurian

3.55

Format: 440 pages, Hardcover

SIX CLASSMATES. ONE TERRIFYING NIGHT. A MURDER TWENTY YEARS IN THE MAKING… There’s something sin… read more

Similar categories in Vera Kurian's A Step Past Darkness book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Off the Air by Christina Estes

19. Off the Air

By: Christina Estes

3.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Equal parts thought-provoking and entertaining, Emmy Award winning reporter Christina Estes introdu… read more

Similar categories in Christina Estes's Off the Air book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"My serial killer radar starts screaming."

-Christina Estes, Off the Air

"His eyes conduct a polygraph of my face."

-Christina Estes, Off the Air

"Might I interest you in murder and a meal?"

-Christina Estes, Off the Air

"Attention is the drug of choice in local news."

-Christina Estes, Off the Air

Cover of How We Named the Stars by Andrés N. Ordorica

20. How We Named the Stars

By: Andrés N. Ordorica

4.04

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Set between the United States and México, Andrés N. Ordorica’s debut novel is a tender and lyrical … read more

Similar categories in Andrés N. Ordorica's How We Named the Stars book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Ill-Fated Fortune (Magical Fortune Cookie, #1) by Jennifer J. Chow

21. Ill-Fated Fortune (Magical Fortune Cookie, #1)

By: Jennifer J. Chow

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The first in the heart-warming and deliciously mysterious Magical Fortune Cookie series from Lefty … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer J. Chow's Ill-Fated Fortune (Magical Fortune Cookie, #1) book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Body in the Back Garden by Mark  Waddell

22. The Body in the Back Garden

By: Mark Waddell

3.75

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

In this queer cozy series debut, Luke Tremblay is about to discover that Crescent Cove has more tha… read more

Similar categories in Mark Waddell's The Body in the Back Garden book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge by Matthew  Hubbard

23. The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge

By: Matthew Hubbard

4.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A queer coming-of-age about three teenage boys in small town Alabama who set out to get revenge on … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Hubbard's The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"The best revenge is believing in yourself."

-Matthew Hubbard, The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge

Cover of The Stars Too Fondly by Emily  Hamilton

24. 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 Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • queer
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bump by Sidney Karger

25. The Bump

By: Sidney Karger

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Two men expecting a baby via surrogate go on the road trip of a lifetime in this hilarious and poig… read more

Similar categories in Sidney Karger's The Bump book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of You Had Me at Happy Hour by Timothy Janovsky

26. You Had Me at Happy Hour

By: Timothy Janovsky

3.77

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In this sexy, emotionally satisfying LGBTQIA+ romance, a grumpy sommelier and a flirty mixologist j… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Janovsky's You Had Me at Happy Hour book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of House of Frank by Kay  Synclaire

27. House of Frank

By: Kay Synclaire

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A warm and hopeful story of a lonely witch consumed by grief who discovers a whimsical cast of char… read more

Similar categories in Kay Synclaire's House of Frank book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • lgbt
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Strange Beasts by Susan J. Morris

28. Strange Beasts

By: Susan J. Morris

4.13

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In this fresh-yet-familiar gothic tale―part historical fantasy, part puzzle-box mystery―the worlds … read more

Similar categories in Susan J. Morris's Strange Beasts book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • mystery
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
"Because,"

-Susan J. Morris, Strange Beasts

"The thing you have to understand,"

-Susan J. Morris, Strange Beasts

"Sam chose her next words carefully—“I hear she’s very clever."

-Susan J. Morris, Strange Beasts

"Men like him are entirely too quick to call a woman mad or monstrous just because she can do something they can't."

-Susan J. Morris, Strange Beasts

Cover of Key Lime Sky by Al Hess

29. Key Lime Sky

By: Al Hess

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

An alien invasion hits the town of Muddy Gap, but a disgruntled pie aficionado is the only one who … read more

Similar categories in Al Hess's Key Lime Sky book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • adult
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Rehearsed to Death (Domestic Partners in Crime, #2) by Frank Anthony Polito

30. Rehearsed to Death (Domestic Partners in Crime, #2)

By: Frank Anthony Polito

3.42

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Hart to Hart via HGTV, this fabulous new quozy (queer cozy) mystery series by award-winning author … read more

Similar categories in Frank Anthony Polito's Rehearsed to Death (Domestic Partners in Crime, #2) book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • lgbt
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
Cover of Molten Death (An Orchid Isle Mystery Book 1) by Leslie Karst

31. Molten Death (An Orchid Isle Mystery Book 1)

By: Leslie Karst

3.62

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

A glimpse of a quickly melting corpse at the foot of a volcano has amateur sleuth and food enthusia… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Karst's Molten Death (An Orchid Isle Mystery Book 1) book and Rob Osler's Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2)

  • lgbt
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • queer

30 must-read fiction books like Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2) by Rob Osler

Transform Your Habits

Death in the Spires

K.J. Charles

4.42

Transform Your Habits

Board to Death (Board Game Shop, #1)

C.J. Connor

3.09

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Mona of the Manor (Tales of the City, #10)

Armistead Maupin

4.11

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Glory Be (Glory Broussard Mystery, #1)

Danielle Arceneaux

3.81

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21 must-read fiction books like Molten Death (An Orchid Isle Mystery Book 1) by Leslie Karst

Transform Your Habits

At Her Service (Out in Hollywood, #2)

Amy Spalding

3.86

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The Emperor and the Endless Palace

Justinian Huang

3.52

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Second Chances in New Port Stephen

T.J. Alexander

4.03

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Torn Asunder (Maine Clambake Mystery, #12)

Barbara Ross

4.47

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