17 must-read queer books like Tarnished are the stars by Rosiee Thor

Cover of Tarnished are the stars by Rosiee Thor

Tarnished are the stars

By: Rosiee Thor

3.71

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A secret beats inside Anna Thatcher's chest: An illegal clockwork heart. Anna works cog by cog -- d…

"We do not have to use the same words or share the same definitions to be similar, to understand one another."

-Rosiee Thor, Tarnished are the stars

"We do not have to use the same words or share the same definitions to be similar, to understand one another."

-Rosiee Thor, Tarnished are the stars

If you liked the queer plot in Tarnished are the stars by Rosiee Thor , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of Dare Mighty Things (Dare Mighty Things, #1) by Heather Kaczynski

1. Dare Mighty Things (Dare Mighty Things, #1)

By: Heather Kaczynski

3.85

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

The Selection meets The 5th Wave in this heart-racing debut duology about a girl competing for a sp… read more

Similar categories in Heather Kaczynski's Dare Mighty Things (Dare Mighty Things, #1) book and Rosiee Thor's Tarnished are the stars

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Abyss Surrounds Us (The Abyss Surrounds Us, #1) by Emily Skrutskie

2. The Abyss Surrounds Us (The Abyss Surrounds Us, #1)

By: Emily Skrutskie

4.19

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

Cas has fought pirates her entire life. But can she survive living among them? For Cassandra Leung,… read more

Similar categories in Emily Skrutskie's The Abyss Surrounds Us (The Abyss Surrounds Us, #1) book and Rosiee Thor's Tarnished are the stars

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston

3. Heart of Iron

By: Ashley Poston

3.74

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Ana is a scoundrel by nurture and an outlaw by nature. Found as a child drifting… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Poston's Heart of Iron book and Rosiee Thor's Tarnished are the stars

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Edge of the Abyss (The Abyss Surrounds Us, #2) by Emily Skrutskie

4. The Edge of the Abyss (The Abyss Surrounds Us, #2)

By: Emily Skrutskie

3.74

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Three weeks have passed since Cassandra Leung pledged her allegiance to the ruthless pirate-queen S… read more

Similar categories in Emily Skrutskie's The Edge of the Abyss (The Abyss Surrounds Us, #2) book and Rosiee Thor's Tarnished are the stars

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer

5. Mask of Shadows (Untitled #1)

By: Linsey Miller

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

I Needed to Win. They Needed to Die. Sallot Leon is a thief, and a good one at that. But gender flu… read more

Similar categories in Linsey Miller's Mask of Shadows (Untitled #1) book and Rosiee Thor's Tarnished are the stars

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6. Dear Wendy

By: Ann Zhao

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Dear Wendy's Sophie and Jo, two aromantic and asexual students at Wellesley College, engage in an o… read more

Similar categories in Ann Zhao's Dear Wendy book and Rosiee Thor's Tarnished are the stars

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"Nobody talks about breaking up with your friends. It sucks. Especially when that friend ditches you to be with whoever they think is The One."

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

"And still, it's hard to find people like me. The asexual community is small enough as it is; there are fewer aromantic people and even fewer people who are both."

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

"And that really made me think for the first time about how this could happen with any friend who's not also aroace. Like, my person, my closest confidant, will probably always have someone else - a r…"

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

Cover of The Severed Thread (The Bone Spindle, #2) by Leslie Vedder

7. The Severed Thread (The Bone Spindle, #2)

By: Leslie Vedder

4.01

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Which threads of fate will hold—and which will break? Clever, bookish Fi and her brash, ax-wiel… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Vedder's The Severed Thread (The Bone Spindle, #2) book and Rosiee Thor's Tarnished are the stars

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Venom & Vow by Anna-Marie McLemore

8. Venom & Vow

By: Anna-Marie McLemore

3.73

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Keep your enemy closer. Cade McKenna is a transgender prince who’s doubling for his brother. Va… read more

Similar categories in Anna-Marie McLemore's Venom & Vow book and Rosiee Thor's Tarnished are the stars

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Is Love the Answer? by Uta Isaki

9. Is Love the Answer?

By: Uta Isaki

4.25

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

A poignant coming-of-age story about a young woman coming into her own as she discovers her identit… read more

Similar categories in Uta Isaki's Is Love the Answer? book and Rosiee Thor's Tarnished are the stars

  • fiction
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
"Like that club from earlier. Some people appreciate that vibe and some don't. If they force people to join when they don't want to, that's harassment. It's the same with romance."

-Uta Isaki, Is Love the Answer?

"Romance is supposed to be great, and not being able to like anyone isn't normal, because any regular person would definitely-" "But you feel like you don't get it. Then why should you have to do it? …"

-Uta Isaki, Is Love the Answer?

Cover of Being Ace: An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection by Madeline Dyer

10. Being Ace: An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection

By: Madeline Dyer

3.98

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Discover the infinite realms of asexual love across sci-fi, fantasy, and contemporary storiesFrom a… read more

Similar categories in Madeline Dyer's Being Ace: An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection book and Rosiee Thor's Tarnished are the stars

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow

11. The Sound of Stars

By: Alechia Dow

3.73

Format: 400 pages, None

Don’t miss this spectacular debut novel… Can a girl who risks her life for books and an alien who l… read more

Similar categories in Alechia Dow's The Sound of Stars book and Rosiee Thor's Tarnished are the stars

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"A book can change someone’s world."

-Alechia Dow, The Sound of Stars

"But freedom might be better than survival."

-Alechia Dow, The Sound of Stars

"Fear makes folks restless enough to risk their lives."

-Alechia Dow, The Sound of Stars

"Until I became a librarian, I didn't know I was a rebel."

-Alechia Dow, The Sound of Stars

Cover of Wren Martin Ruins It All by Amanda DeWitt

12. 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 Rosiee Thor's Tarnished are the stars

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"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 Aces Wild: A Heist by Amanda DeWitt

13. Aces Wild: A Heist

By: Amanda DeWitt

3.78

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

What happens in Vegas when an all-asexual online friend group attempts to break into a high-stakes … read more

Similar categories in Amanda DeWitt's Aces Wild: A Heist book and Rosiee Thor's Tarnished are the stars

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"Just because you didn't experience sexual attraction didn't mean you didn't you didn't experience romantic feelings. But those romantic feelings didn't look like they did in the movies because, well,…"

-Amanda DeWitt, Aces Wild: A Heist

"It felt like a puzzle, mostly put together but with a piece missing, waiting to be filled. There were plenty of pieces to fill it- gay, straight, bisexual- but none fit quite right. Sometimes I thoug…"

-Amanda DeWitt, Aces Wild: A Heist

Cover of Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland

14. Rust in the Root

By: Justina Ireland

4.09

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The author of the visionary New York Times bestseller Dread Nation returns with another spellbindin… read more

Similar categories in Justina Ireland's Rust in the Root book and Rosiee Thor's Tarnished are the stars

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Beyond the Black Door by A.M.  Strickland

15. Beyond the Black Door

By: A.M. Strickland

3.72

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Kamai was warned never to open the black door, but she didn't listen ... Everyone has a soul. So… read more

Similar categories in A.M. Strickland's Beyond the Black Door book and Rosiee Thor's Tarnished are the stars

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"I am merely one night of night unending."

-A.M. Strickland, Beyond the Black Door

"Desire wasn’t something I could study and learn to feel."

-A.M. Strickland, Beyond the Black Door

"It was amazing how quickly hatred shied away in the face of death."

-A.M. Strickland, Beyond the Black Door

"He wants everyone to forget you exist, as least until he presents you at court."

-A.M. Strickland, Beyond the Black Door

Cover of Tarnished are the stars by Rosiee Thor

16. Tarnished are the stars

By: Rosiee Thor

3.71

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A secret beats inside Anna Thatcher's chest: An illegal clockwork heart. Anna works cog by cog -- d… read more

Similar categories in Rosiee Thor's Tarnished are the stars book and Rosiee Thor's Tarnished are the stars

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • steampunk
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"We do not have to use the same words or share the same definitions to be similar, to understand one another."

-Rosiee Thor, Tarnished are the stars

Cover of Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans

17. Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything

By: Justine Pucella Winans

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Murder most fowl? In this sardonic and campy YA thriller, an anxious, introverted nonbinary teen bi… read more

Similar categories in Justine Pucella Winans's Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything book and Rosiee Thor's Tarnished are the stars

  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of This Golden Flame by Emily   Victoria

18. This Golden Flame

By: Emily Victoria

3.43

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Orphaned and forced to serve her country’s ruling group of scribes, Karis wants nothing more than t… read more

Similar categories in Emily Victoria's This Golden Flame book and Rosiee Thor's Tarnished are the stars

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of One Giant Leap (Dare Mighty Things, #2) by Heather Kaczynski

19. One Giant Leap (Dare Mighty Things, #2)

By: Heather Kaczynski

3.57

Format: 384 pages, ebook

When Cassandra Gupta was chosen to be the youngest member of a top-secret mission to the far reache… read more

Similar categories in Heather Kaczynski's One Giant Leap (Dare Mighty Things, #2) book and Rosiee Thor's Tarnished are the stars

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Blazewrath Games (Blazewrath Games, #1) by Amparo Ortiz

20. Blazewrath Games (Blazewrath Games, #1)

By: Amparo Ortiz

3.76

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A fantasy, set in an alternate contemporary world, in which dragons and their riders compete in an … read more

Similar categories in Amparo Ortiz's Blazewrath Games (Blazewrath Games, #1) book and Rosiee Thor's Tarnished are the stars

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"...the thing about people is they tend to love us their way, not the way we'd want them to love us. We can tell them loads of times. We can draw them a bloody map. Sometimes their way is the only way…"

-Amparo Ortiz, Blazewrath Games (Blazewrath Games, #1)

Cover of Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2) by Aiden Thomas

21. Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2)

By: Aiden Thomas

4.42

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Teo never thought he could be a Hero. Now, he doesn’t have a choice. The sun is gone, the Obsid… read more

Similar categories in Aiden Thomas's Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2) book and Rosiee Thor's Tarnished are the stars

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer

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Heather Kaczynski

3.85

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Ashley Poston

3.74

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Dear Wendy

Ann Zhao

4.01

Transform Your Habits

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Anna-Marie McLemore

3.73

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Jade Fire Gold

June C.L. Tan

3.70

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Wrath & Mercy (The Bright & the Pale Duology, #2)

Jessica Rubinkowski

3.40

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Deborah Falaye

3.88

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