Maddalena and the Dark
By: Julia Fine
3.38
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A novel set in 18th-century Venice at a prestigious music school, about two girls drawn together by…
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1. The Road to Roswell
By: Connie Willis
3.74
Format: 399 pages, Hardcover
A delightful novel about alien invasions, conspiracies, and the incredibly silly things people are … read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
2. The Familiar
By: Leigh Bardugo
3.84
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House, Hell Bent, and creator of the Grishavers… read more
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- historical
- fantasy
- fiction
- historical fiction
"But let it be my ambition and not my fear that seals my fate."-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar
"There was nothing more dangerous than a woman witha pen in her hand."-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar
"She was allowed to want more for herself. And even if she wasn't, she would find a way to get it."-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar
"And you're not afraid...of the devil? Of his minions? "Fear men, Luzia," he said. "Fear their ambition and the crimes they commit in its service. But don't fear magic or what you may do with it."-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar
3. The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
By: Shubnum Khan
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Rebecca meets The House of Spirits in this sweeping, … read more
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- gothic
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
"It walked to many places in the world and swam through many seas. It moved among men and watched how they lived and how they fought. Men were the same everywhere—power-hungry creatures always engaged…"-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
"The end always returns to the beginning; the circle always seeks to be whole, and so when the end comes for Meena Begum, she is remembering the river and the way it runs through the village like a pe…"-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
"There are things that never see light again. They scream and bang at their fate, hoping they will be discovered. A forgotten letter beneath a file, an ivory button in a couch, a handprint against a w…"-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
"She tries to lie still, but she's forgotten how. On the farm everything had been still. The silence was a complete thing. She could touch it with her fingers, taste it with her mouth, and sit in it l…"-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
4. The First Bright Thing
By: J.R. Dawson
3.60
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
If you knew how dark tomorrow would be, what would you do with today?Ringmaster — Rin, to those who… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- queer
"My love,"-J.R. Dawson, The First Bright Thing
"I love you,"-J.R. Dawson, The First Bright Thing
"Family finds us, even if we’re born in different places to different homes."-J.R. Dawson, The First Bright Thing
"What is the absence of love called? It’s not hate. It’s not even apathy. The word lives in the anticipation of waiting for someone who will never come home."-J.R. Dawson, The First Bright Thing
5. Silver Nitrate
By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
3.61
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic come… read more
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- historical
- fantasy
- fiction
- historical fiction
6. Learned by Heart
By: Emma Donoghue
3.51
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Eliza and Lister have never been this wide-awake in their lives, and the Slope, with its curtains d… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- queer
7. The Vaster Wilds
By: Lauren Groff
3.77
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A taut and electrifying novel from celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, about one spirited g… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"For what is a girl but a vessel made to hold the desires of men."-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds
"O put the memory away, girl, she told herself sternly. For the sorrow could eat you entire."-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds
"And humans were not made to be always alone; humans survive only in the company of other humans."-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds
"Against the resistance of other minds, one's thoughts are pulled out of their comfortable shapes, and true thinking begins."-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds
8. Disobedient
By: Elizabeth Fremantle
4.14
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
I'll show you what a woman can do . . . Rome 1611. A jewel-bright place of change, with sumpt… read more
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- italy
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
9. The Centre
By: Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
3.41
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A darkly comic, boundary-pushing debut following an adrift Pakistani translator in London who atten… read more
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- fiction
10. April May June July
By: Alison B. Hart
3.47
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A triumphant family story and sharply observed exploration of privilege, identity, and love in all … read more
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- lgbt
- fiction
- queer
11. Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea
By: Rita Chang-Eppig
3.49
Format: 281 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Outlawed, Piranesi, and The Night Tiger, a riveting, roaring adventure novel about a… read more
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- historical
- fantasy
- fiction
- historical fiction
12. Killingly
By: Katharine Beutner
3.39
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Based on the unsolved real-life disappearance of a Mount Holyoke student in 1897, Killingly weaves … read more
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- gothic
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
13. Lucky Red
By: Claudia Cravens
3.92
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The heart wants what it wants. Saddle up, ride out, and claim it. A vibrant and cinematic debut… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- queer
14. Maddalena and the Dark
By: Julia Fine
3.38
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A novel set in 18th-century Venice at a prestigious music school, about two girls drawn together by… read more
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- music
- gothic
- lesbian
- italy
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- queer
15. The Book of Thorns
By: Hester Fox
3.64
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
"Betrayal, loss, love, redemption, and justice collide in this masterpiece of a novel. You won’t wa… read more
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- gothic
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
16. Spitting Gold
By: Carmella Lowkis
3.52
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A deliciously haunting debut for fans of Sarah Waters and Sarah Penner set in 19th-century Paris, b… read more
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- lesbian
- gothic
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- queer
17. The Sea Elephants
By: Shastri Akella
3.78
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Shuggie Bain and A Burning, a queer coming-of-age novel set in 1990s India, about a you… read more
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- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- queer
"He sat down on the porch, chuckling, and I wanted to be that sound in his throat, to be that decibel that corresponded so precisely to his pleasure."-Shastri Akella, The Sea Elephants
"Once upon a time, the gods took away the first ancestor of the sea elephants, coveting him for his exceptional beauty— tusks blue, body ivory. The trauma of that original separation haunts every sea …"-Shastri Akella, The Sea Elephants
"Time...is a rocking horse. When Krishna was a child, he pulled its ear, released it, and walked away, laughing. It creaked, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. Noisy nonstop. We worship K…"-Shastri Akella, The Sea Elephants
18. Every Rising Sun
By: Jamila Ahmed
3.94
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
In this riveting take on One Thousand and One Nights , Shaherazade, at the center of her own story,… read more
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- historical
- fantasy
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Men and women before you have been betrayed. Men and women after you will be betrayed. But to be betrayed is not to be broken. And to be broken is not be become a killer."-Jamila Ahmed, Every Rising Sun
19. Dark Woods, Deep Water
By: Jelena Dunato
3.83
Format: 321 pages, Paperback
In the depths of a remote forest, an enchanted castle preys on unwary travellers. The servants of t… read more
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- gothic
- fantasy
- fiction
- queer
20. The Night of Baba Yaga
By: Akira Otani
3.40
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
In this no-holds-barred queer thriller, a fierce mixed-race fighter develops a powerful attachment … read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- fiction
- lgbt
21. Another Life
By: Sarena Ulibarri
4.06
Format: 162 pages, Paperback
Finding out who you were in a previous life sounds like fun until you’re forced to grapple with the… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
