8 must-read queer books like Shoot the Moon by Isa Arsén

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Shoot the Moon

By: Isa Arsén

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

How far would you travel for love? Intelligent but isolated recent physics graduate Annie Fisk fee…

If you liked the queer plot in Shoot the Moon by Isa Arsén , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The Warm Hands of Ghosts

By: Katherine Arden

4.02

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despit… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Arden's The Warm Hands of Ghosts book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Winter said there's ghosts all around you. Faland snorted. When you swim in the ocean there's water all around you, but no one mentions it."

-Katherine Arden, The Warm Hands of Ghosts

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2. 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

Similar categories in Shubnum Khan's The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"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

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3. A Grandmother Begins the Story

By: Michelle Porter

3.84

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Michelle Porter makes her fiction debut with an enchanting and original story … read more

Similar categories in Michelle Porter's A Grandmother Begins the Story book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Different ways to tell a story. Some tellers make a noise to announce the coming of the story for get someone else to call everyone's attention. Some wait for people to gather around, for the quiet t…"

-Michelle Porter, A Grandmother Begins the Story

"People get themselves ready to die. They start going through their memories and bringing out their stories one by one as if there was a photo album in their head and they've got to get through it bef…"

-Michelle Porter, A Grandmother Begins the Story

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4. Real Americans

By: Rachel Khong

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny?… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Khong's Real Americans book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"She wasn't normal and so I wasn't either. I resented that part the most."

-Rachel Khong, Real Americans

"It was a habit, with my parents: omitting information, not wanting to worry them unnecessarily. Though they’d raised me so American, I could never manage the sorts of American relationships my friend…"

-Rachel Khong, Real Americans

"With each other they spoke loudly: Their voices periodically rose to excited shouts, and they laughed raucously. In English they were milder mannered, polite. My mother had always spoken English to m…"

-Rachel Khong, Real Americans

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5. Sipsworth

By: Simon Van Booy

4.26

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Over the course of a single week, a woman who is ready to die discovers an unexpected reason to liv… read more

Similar categories in Simon Van Booy's Sipsworth book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. How Can I Help You

By: Laura Sims

3.42

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A razor-sharp suspense about two local librarians whose lives become dangerously intertwined. N… read more

Similar categories in Laura Sims's How Can I Help You book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself

By: Katherine Howe

3.73

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Katherine Howe comes a daring first-hand account of one youn… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Howe's A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. Land of Milk and Honey

By: C Pam Zhang

3.54

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold returns with a rapturous and revelatory… read more

Similar categories in C Pam Zhang's Land of Milk and Honey book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • queer
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
" Real food is whatever cooks are proud to make. "

-C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey

"We all die. We have only the choice, if we are privileged, of whether death comes with a whimper or a bang; of what worlds we taste before we go."

-C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey

"My employer was attuned to patterns of human behavior in which he could not take part; because he failed to be swept up in their currents, he could, from his remove, map the tides."

-C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey

"What sustains in the end are doomed romances, and nicotine, and crappy peanut butter, damn the additives and cholesterol because life is finite and not all nourishment can be measured."

-C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey

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9. A Wild and Heavenly Place

By: Robin Oliveira

3.91

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of My Name is Mary Sutter comes a sweeping story of star… read more

Similar categories in Robin Oliveira's A Wild and Heavenly Place book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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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

Similar categories in Alison B. Hart's April May June July book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • queer
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers

By: Samuel Burr

3.86

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary, gloriously uplifting novel about the power of friendship and the puzzling ties th… read more

Similar categories in Samuel Burr's The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"As far as she was concerned, it was something people didn't do enough of: to take a few moments to yourself, when your mind was at its clearest. To reflect on the endless possibilities of the day str…"

-Samuel Burr, The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers

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12. The Wildest Sun

By: Asha Lemmie

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Following her New York Times bestselling debut Fifty Words for Rain , Asha Lemmie's next sweeping a… read more

Similar categories in Asha Lemmie's The Wildest Sun book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. King Nyx

By: Kirsten Bakis

3.49

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the contemporary cult classic, Lives of the Monster Dogs , comes a haunting myst… read more

Similar categories in Kirsten Bakis's King Nyx book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Congratulations, the Best is Over! by R. Eric Thomas

14. Congratulations, the Best is Over!

By: R. Eric Thomas

4.07

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved bestselling author of Here for It presents a collection of heartening, thoughtful, and … read more

Similar categories in R. Eric Thomas's Congratulations, the Best is Over! book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • queer
"If I'm not heading toward a place where I can feel joy, then hope in the present has nothing to hold on to."

-R. Eric Thomas, Congratulations, the Best is Over!

Cover of The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1) by Mai Mochizuki

15. The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1)

By: Mai Mochizuki

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Translated from the Japanese bestseller, this charming and magical novel, inspired by the myth of c… read more

Similar categories in Mai Mochizuki's The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1) book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • fiction
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16. Hearts Still Beating

By: Brooke Archer

4.00

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

Gripping, romantic, and impossible to put down, this dark and immersive post-apocalyptic debut YA n… read more

Similar categories in Brooke Archer's Hearts Still Beating book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • romance
  • science fiction
  • lgbt
  • queer
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17. Montauk

By: Nicola Harrison

3.67

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

Montauk, Long Island, 1938. A simple town on the brink of a glamorous future. A marriage drif… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Harrison's Montauk book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. The Parliament

By: Aimee Pokwatka

3.74

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

The Birds meets The Princess Bride in this tale of friendship, responsibility, and the primal force… read more

Similar categories in Aimee Pokwatka's The Parliament book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
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19. 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

Similar categories in Claudia Cravens's Lucky Red book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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20. The Beautiful and the Wild

By: Peggy Townsend

3.55

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

The dangers of Alaska aren't limited to storms, starvation, and grizzly bears. Sometimes the most d… read more

Similar categories in Peggy Townsend's The Beautiful and the Wild book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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21. Yours for the Taking

By: Gabrielle Korn

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The year is 2050. Ava and her girlfriend live in what's left of Brooklyn, and though they love each… read more

Similar categories in Gabrielle Korn's Yours for the Taking book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Shoot the Moon by Isa Arsén

22. Shoot the Moon

By: Isa Arsén

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

How far would you travel for love? Intelligent but isolated recent physics graduate Annie Fisk fee… read more

Similar categories in Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • time travel
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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23. The Lost Story

By: Meg Shaffer

3.91

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, this wild and wondrous novel is a fairy tale fo… read more

Similar categories in Meg Shaffer's The Lost Story book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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24. Killing Me

By: Michelle Gagnon

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Amber Jamison cannot believe she's about to become the latest victim of a serial killer-she's savvy… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Gagnon's Killing Me book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of No Better Time: A Novel of the Spirited Women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion by Sheila    Williams

25. No Better Time: A Novel of the Spirited Women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion

By: Sheila Williams

3.46

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed author of The Secret Women and Things Past Telling returns with an engrossing histori… read more

Similar categories in Sheila Williams's No Better Time: A Novel of the Spirited Women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Stars Too Fondly by Emily  Hamilton

26. 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 Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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27. The North Line

By: Matt Riordan

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In Matt Riordan’s debut novel, a college student in need of quick money finds work on an Alaskan fi… read more

Similar categories in Matt Riordan's The North Line book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of In the Hour of Crows by Dana Elmendorf

28. In the Hour of Crows

By: Dana Elmendorf

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In a small town in Appalachia, people paint their doorways blue to keep spirits away. Black ferns … read more

Similar categories in Dana Elmendorf's In the Hour of Crows book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Dazzling by Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ

29. Dazzling

By: Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ

3.68

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The Girl with the Louding Voice meets The Water Dancer in Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ’s magical, award-winn… read more

Similar categories in Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ's Dazzling book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Smothermoss by Alisa Alering

30. Smothermoss

By: Alisa Alering

3.57

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A haunting, imaginative, and twisting tale of two sisters and the menacing, unexplained forces that… read more

Similar categories in Alisa Alering's Smothermoss book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Blood Jade (Phoenix Hoard, #2) by Julia Vee

31. Blood Jade (Phoenix Hoard, #2)

By: Julia Vee

4.40

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The follow-up to Ebony Gate , the critically acclaimed debut of Vee and Bebelle's Phoenix Hoard ser… read more

Similar categories in Julia Vee's Blood Jade (Phoenix Hoard, #2) book and Isa Arsén's Shoot the Moon

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook

29 must-read fiction books like Shoot the Moon by Isa Arsén

Transform Your Habits

The Warm Hands of Ghosts

Katherine Arden

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

Shubnum Khan

3.87

Transform Your Habits

A Grandmother Begins the Story

Michelle Porter

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Real Americans

Rachel Khong

4.04

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21 Top fiction books like The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan

Transform Your Habits

The Warm Hands of Ghosts

Katherine Arden

4.02

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The Familiar

Leigh Bardugo

3.84

Transform Your Habits

The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

Shubnum Khan

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Diavola

Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.95

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