21 Top queer books like The Bayou by Arden Powell

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The Bayou

By: Arden Powell

4.03

Format: 149 pages, Kindle Edition

"Eugene didn’t know if he believed in the devil beyond the wicked things people did of their own ac…

If you liked the queer plot in The Bayou by Arden Powell , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Summer Sons

By: Lee Mandelo

3.80

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

Andrew and Eddie did everything together, best friends bonded more deeply than brothers, until Eddi… read more

Similar categories in Lee Mandelo's Summer Sons book and Arden Powell's The Bayou

  • gothic
  • lgbt
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"It's a choice I made, getting in this thing with you, whatever it is. But don't mistake me, I'm not interested in filling in for a ghost."

-Lee Mandelo, Summer Sons

"His face twisted through several contradictory emotions and he said, "For fuck's sake Andrew. Is there anything in this scenario that feels heterosexual or well-adjusted to you?"

-Lee Mandelo, Summer Sons

"I’m sorry he died before you figured it out. For what it’s worth, I think you might’ve eventually, without me there to displace your bullshit onto. He was head over heels for you, and everyone knew b…"

-Lee Mandelo, Summer Sons

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2. Silver in the Wood (The Greenhollow Duology, #1)

By: Emily Tesh

4.00

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

There is a Wild Man who lives in the deep quiet of Greenhollow, and he listens to the wood. Tobias,… read more

Similar categories in Emily Tesh's Silver in the Wood (The Greenhollow Duology, #1) book and Arden Powell's The Bayou

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • novella
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"he felt himself for a moment as the stump of a rotten old tree, putting up thin green shoots at strange new angles."

-Emily Tesh, Silver in the Wood (The Greenhollow Duology, #1)

"He knew it the same way the woodsman knew it, because he knew trees: but he also knew it with the knowledge of the Wild Man of Greenhallow, who felt every slow green beat of the forest's heart."

-Emily Tesh, Silver in the Wood (The Greenhollow Duology, #1)

"He planted his feet a shoulders width apart in the ground. After a moment he closed his eyes. Here was the wood. Slow and green he felt the life of it, the life that had been his life as well these f…"

-Emily Tesh, Silver in the Wood (The Greenhollow Duology, #1)

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3. Three Kings

By: Freydís Moon

3.95

Format: 157 pages, Kindle Edition

A polyamorous modern-day fairytale filled with magical flora, cozy romance, and Icelandic folklore…… read more

Similar categories in Freydís Moon's Three Kings book and Arden Powell's The Bayou

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • queer
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4. Heart, Haunt, Havoc (The Gideon Testaments, #1)

By: Freydís Moon

3.74

Format: 156 pages, Kindle Edition

Laced with romance, gothic imagery, Catholic mysticism, diaspora, and horror… When lonely transg… read more

Similar categories in Freydís Moon's Heart, Haunt, Havoc (The Gideon Testaments, #1) book and Arden Powell's The Bayou

  • gothic
  • lgbt
  • novella
  • paranormal
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Abandonment. Unfinished business. There was always something or someone that caused a house to want, to ache, to make itself known. There was always a reason for anger and lust and becoming lonesome"

-Freydís Moon, Heart, Haunt, Havoc (The Gideon Testaments, #1)

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5. Angels Before Man

By: Rafael Nicolás

4.14

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

A queer retelling of Satan's fall that's part cozy coming of age and part fast-paced tragedy, with … read more

Similar categories in Rafael Nicolás's Angels Before Man book and Arden Powell's The Bayou

  • lgbt
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"I know what the Lord dressed me in and what He handed to me, and inside, I can feel the detail He put into me. And yet, still, I’m so lost. I only want to be useful to Him, but I don’t know how. I wa…"

-Rafael Nicolás, Angels Before Man

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6. The Woods All Black

By: Lee Mandelo

3.81

Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition

The Woods All Black is equal parts historical horror, trans romance, and blood-soaked revenge, all … read more

Similar categories in Lee Mandelo's The Woods All Black book and Arden Powell's The Bayou

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • novella
  • historical fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Spill enough blood on it, and the earth was bound to go strange."

-Lee Mandelo, The Woods All Black

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7. Drowned Country (The Greenhollow Duology, #2)

By: Emily Tesh

3.98

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

This second volume of the Greenhollow duology once again invites readers to lose themselves in the … read more

Similar categories in Emily Tesh's Drowned Country (The Greenhollow Duology, #2) book and Arden Powell's The Bayou

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • novella
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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8. The Dove in the Belly

By: Jim Grimsley

4.17

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

At the University of North Carolina, Ronny's made some friends, kept his secrets, survived dorm lif… read more

Similar categories in Jim Grimsley's The Dove in the Belly book and Arden Powell's The Bayou

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
"Ben was shaking now, sobbing. Ronny watched and let it happen. Ronny wrapped Ben in the blanket. "I came to every game," he said."

-Jim Grimsley, The Dove in the Belly

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9. PRINCE OF LUST

By: Lucien Burr

3.63

Format: None pages, None

Alessandro senses his devotion to the monastery slipping away, haunted by regret over the years he … read more

Similar categories in Lucien Burr's PRINCE OF LUST book and Arden Powell's The Bayou

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • queer
Cover of The Bayou by Arden Powell

10. The Bayou

By: Arden Powell

4.03

Format: 149 pages, Kindle Edition

"Eugene didn’t know if he believed in the devil beyond the wicked things people did of their own ac… read more

Similar categories in Arden Powell's The Bayou book and Arden Powell's The Bayou

  • gothic
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • novella
  • paranormal
  • historical fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Angels & Man by Rafael Nicolás

11. Angels & Man

By: Rafael Nicolás

4.59

Format: 450 pages, Paperback

A Queer Retelling of the Watcher's Flood The angel Azazel is miserable in Heaven. In the afterma… read more

Similar categories in Rafael Nicolás's Angels & Man book and Arden Powell's The Bayou

  • lgbt
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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12. The Monster of Elendhaven

By: Jennifer Giesbrecht

3.55

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The city of Elendhaven sulks on the edge of the ocean. Wracked by plague, abandoned by the South, s… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Giesbrecht's The Monster of Elendhaven book and Arden Powell's The Bayou

  • gothic
  • lgbt
  • novella
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Johann grinned. "Right. So what's the prognosis, sweetheart?"

-Jennifer Giesbrecht, The Monster of Elendhaven

"Monster was the best, his favorite word. The first half was a kiss, the second a hiss."

-Jennifer Giesbrecht, The Monster of Elendhaven

"Unwise to dream of death in a world where someone has the power to make those dreams come true."

-Jennifer Giesbrecht, The Monster of Elendhaven

"If Johann was going to be a Thing with a name, then from now on he would be a Thing with power, too."

-Jennifer Giesbrecht, The Monster of Elendhaven

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13. Exodus 20:3

By: Freydís Moon

3.79

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

Religious eroticism and queer emancipation meet in a claustrophobic monster-romance about divinity,… read more

Similar categories in Freydís Moon's Exodus 20:3 book and Arden Powell's The Bayou

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • queer
"It was a frightening thing, being in the middle of nowhere with someone who paid attention."

-Freydís Moon, Exodus 20:3

"Homes left and remade, countries carried from one place to another, rituals remembered in tangled languages."

-Freydís Moon, Exodus 20:3

"Turn the other cheek. Yeah I get it -" "Allow God to act on your behalf," Ariel said sternly... "Make room for divine intervention."

-Freydís Moon, Exodus 20:3

"Aren't you... aren't you, like, a pastor or something?" "No, I'm someone with an idea. That's all." "Uh-huh. And rebuilding this church is your idea? Restoring faith?" "Yes, and providing access." Di…"

-Freydís Moon, Exodus 20:3

Cover of The Reanimator's Heart (The Reanimator Mysteries #1) by Kara Jorgensen

14. The Reanimator's Heart (The Reanimator Mysteries #1)

By: Kara Jorgensen

3.97

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

A reluctant necromancer, a man killed before his time, and the crime that brings them together. … read more

Similar categories in Kara Jorgensen's The Reanimator's Heart (The Reanimator Mysteries #1) book and Arden Powell's The Bayou

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fantasy
  • historical fiction
  • paranormal
  • queer
"You're dead! I can't let you wander all over the place decomposing."

-Kara Jorgensen, The Reanimator's Heart (The Reanimator Mysteries #1)

"if you haven't noticed, I don't exactly have a lively social life. I talk to the dead more than the living"

-Kara Jorgensen, The Reanimator's Heart (The Reanimator Mysteries #1)

"Is this a normal day for you?" "Not really. Why?" "Because you said it so casually, 'Oh, he was eaten by his tiger', like it's completely normal for that to happen"

-Kara Jorgensen, The Reanimator's Heart (The Reanimator Mysteries #1)

"Felipe, we hace been put on leave. That means, we leave the case and my laboratory alone." "And to think, yesterday you were beginning your life of rule breaking and you've already reformed"

-Kara Jorgensen, The Reanimator's Heart (The Reanimator Mysteries #1)

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15. Devout: An Anthology of Angels

By: Quinton Li

4.06

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

Featuring work by Dorian Yosef Weber, Angela Sun, Ian Haramaki, Tyler Battaglia, Daniel Marie James… read more

Similar categories in Quinton Li's Devout: An Anthology of Angels book and Arden Powell's The Bayou

  • horror
  • queer
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
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16. A Bone in His Teeth

By: Kellen Graves

4.56

Format: 414 pages, ebook

When a fall from the mast leaves Alba Marsh unable to sail, he finally has the chance to run away f… read more

Similar categories in Kellen Graves's A Bone in His Teeth book and Arden Powell's The Bayou

  • lgbt
  • fantasy
  • horror
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • queer
"When frustrated tears finally broke over his lashes, he attempted to squeeze them away, but Eridanys noticed. He sighed, using his thumbs to wipe them from Alba’s cheeks before they could drip all th…"

-Kellen Graves, A Bone in His Teeth

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17. Mercy

By: Ian Haramaki

3.65

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

A PRIEST AND HIS ANGEL... Father Ilya Pavlovich Sokolovis a lonely priest and pariah of his smal… read more

Similar categories in Ian Haramaki's Mercy book and Arden Powell's The Bayou

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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18. A Flame in the Night (New Age Gothic #1)

By: Morgan Dante

3.58

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

The start of bloody decadence... The definition of marriage: Two people and their silver-haired … read more

Similar categories in Morgan Dante's A Flame in the Night (New Age Gothic #1) book and Arden Powell's The Bayou

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • horror
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Teras Trials (The Teras Threat #1) by Lucien Burr

19. The Teras Trials (The Teras Threat #1)

By: Lucien Burr

4.21

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

Teras ravage England. Only London is safe. In an England where monsters have spilled into the world… read more

Similar categories in Lucien Burr's The Teras Trials (The Teras Threat #1) book and Arden Powell's The Bayou

  • gothic
  • lgbt
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Rapture (Blood Baptism Book 1) by Saint Harlowe

20. Rapture (Blood Baptism Book 1)

By: Saint Harlowe

3.42

Format: 97 pages, Kindle Edition

A Dark MM Romance about capture and captivation.When Adrian Price is abducted, he doesn't expect th… read more

Similar categories in Saint Harlowe's Rapture (Blood Baptism Book 1) book and Arden Powell's The Bayou

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • horror
  • adult
  • queer
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21. With A Vengeance

By: Freydís Moon

3.94

Format: 250 pages, None

Kye Lovato left their hometown in search of a better future, but when their estranged mother passes… read more

Similar categories in Freydís Moon's With A Vengeance book and Arden Powell's The Bayou

  • lgbt
  • fantasy
  • horror
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • queer

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Lee Mandelo

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Rafael Nicolás

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