19 Best queer books like Swordcrossed by Freya Marske

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Swordcrossed

By: Freya Marske

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

“Clever, sparkling, and perfectly indulgent, Swordcrossed feels like stepping into a party already …

If you liked the queer plot in Swordcrossed by Freya Marske , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. You Should Be So Lucky

By: Cat Sebastian

4.39

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An emotional, slow-burn, grumpy/sunshine, queer mid-century romance about grief and found family, b… read more

Similar categories in Cat Sebastian's You Should Be So Lucky book and Freya Marske's Swordcrossed

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"Sometimes you want to look at a guy and say: Well, he’s fucked, but he’s trying."

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

"But he also wants that feeling he had earlier, that feeling of being seen for who he is, and of being liked anyway."

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

"This urge to be kind to a relative stranger is unfamiliar and disconcerting, as if he's discovered in himself a hunger for raw meat or an enthusiasm for vaudeville."

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

"The actual problem is incredibly boring, and Mark hates admitting it even to himself. Unless a couple has the good fortune to get hit by the same freight train, their story ends in exactly one way. H…"

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

Cover of Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1) by S.T. Gibson

2. Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

By: S.T. Gibson

3.66

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

The Devil knows your name, David Aristarkhov. As a teen, David Aristarkhov was a psychic prodig… read more

Similar categories in S.T. Gibson's Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1) book and Freya Marske's Swordcrossed

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"He looked as he always did: slightly underfed, terminally scholastic, and two weeks overdue for a haircut."

-S.T. Gibson, Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

"She didn't quite share her husband's passion for antiquarian books, but she understood it. She understood that if you cracked Rhys open, he would probably have paperback pages inside him instead of o…"

-S.T. Gibson, Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

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3. Running Close to the Wind

By: Alexandra Rowland

4.07

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Avra Helvaçi, former field agent of the Araşti Ministry of Intelligence, has accidentally stolen th… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Rowland's Running Close to the Wind book and Freya Marske's Swordcrossed

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fantasy romance
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Sorcery and Small Magics (The Wildersongs Trilogy, #1) by Maiga Doocy

4. Sorcery and Small Magics (The Wildersongs Trilogy, #1)

By: Maiga Doocy

4.41

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Desperate to undo the curse binding them to each other, an impulsive sorcerer and his curmudgeonly … read more

Similar categories in Maiga Doocy's Sorcery and Small Magics (The Wildersongs Trilogy, #1) book and Freya Marske's Swordcrossed

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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5. The Sky on Fire

By: Jenn Lyons

3.75

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

Enter a world ruled by dragons… Anahrod lives only for survival, preferring to thrive in the ju… read more

Similar categories in Jenn Lyons's The Sky on Fire book and Freya Marske's Swordcrossed

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fantasy romance
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1) by Sarah Rees Brennan

6. Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

By: Sarah Rees Brennan

3.96

Format: 435 pages, Paperback

A TALE FOR EVERYONE WHO’S EVER FALLEN FOR THE VILLAIN… When her whole life collapsed, Rae still… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Rees Brennan's Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1) book and Freya Marske's Swordcrossed

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Is my mother right?"

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

"I love you as a knife loves a throat,"

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

"An anti-hero was just a villain with good PR"

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

"Key shrugged. “If you ask me, she’s too good for him."

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

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7. Swordcrossed

By: Freya Marske

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

“Clever, sparkling, and perfectly indulgent, Swordcrossed feels like stepping into a party already … read more

Similar categories in Freya Marske's Swordcrossed book and Freya Marske's Swordcrossed

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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8. The Prospects

By: K.T. Hoffman

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The pressure cooker of minor league baseball leads to major chemistry in this exhilarating, sexy, a… read more

Similar categories in K.T. Hoffman's The Prospects book and Freya Marske's Swordcrossed

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"Glasses on or off?" Luis asks. "Off." Gene is nearsighted anyway, and he doesn't plan to let Luis get far enough away that he would need them."

-K.T. Hoffman, The Prospects

Cover of Mistress of Lies (The Age of Blood, #1) by K.M.  Enright

9. Mistress of Lies (The Age of Blood, #1)

By: K.M. Enright

3.66

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

FATE IS A CRUEL MISTRESS The daughter of a powerful but disgraced Blood Worker, Shan LeClaire ha… read more

Similar categories in K.M. Enright's Mistress of Lies (The Age of Blood, #1) book and Freya Marske's Swordcrossed

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Don't Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews

10. Don't Let the Forest In

By: C.G. Drews

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, Andrew had cut out his heart and given it to this boy, and he was very sure Thoma… read more

Similar categories in C.G. Drews's Don't Let the Forest In book and Freya Marske's Swordcrossed

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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11. Compound Fracture

By: Andrew Joseph White

4.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling and award-winning author Andrew Joseph White returns with a queer Appalachian thriller,… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Joseph White's Compound Fracture book and Freya Marske's Swordcrossed

  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"There's a whole spectrum of reactions to coming out. Getting kicked out is one extreme–being accepted wholeheartedly is the other. But in the middle, there's this. The awkwardness, the refusals to ac…"

-Andrew Joseph White, Compound Fracture

Cover of The Sins on Their Bones (The Cursed Crown #1) by Laura R. Samotin

12. The Sins on Their Bones (The Cursed Crown #1)

By: Laura R. Samotin

3.87

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Dimitri Alexeyev used to be the Tzar of Novo-Svitsevo. Now, he is merely a broken man, languishing … read more

Similar categories in Laura R. Samotin's The Sins on Their Bones (The Cursed Crown #1) book and Freya Marske's Swordcrossed

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"It's not shameful to seek help for a wound," Mischa continued. "Whether a wound to your body, or one to your mind."

-Laura R. Samotin, The Sins on Their Bones (The Cursed Crown #1)

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13. The Pairing

By: Casey McQuiston

3.90

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

In #1 New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuiston's latest romantic comedy, two bisexual exes… read more

Similar categories in Casey McQuiston's The Pairing book and Freya Marske's Swordcrossed

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"Some people dye their hair when they go through a breakup. I got a bus."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

"This is what I get for assuming all women in safari hats can be trusted."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

"He was the first great thing I ever let myself want. This time, I’m keeping him."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

"A love that’s ended is the only kind I can have, because I can’t possibly lose it."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

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14. Graveyard Shift

By: M.L. Rio

3.49

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Author of sales sensation If We Were Villains returns with a story about a ragtag group of night sh… read more

Similar categories in M.L. Rio's Graveyard Shift book and Freya Marske's Swordcrossed

  • adult
  • fiction
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15. Until We Shatter

By: Kate Dylan

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

An action-packed, epic heist fantasy from the author of Mindwalker, perfect for fans of Six of Crow… read more

Similar categories in Kate Dylan's Until We Shatter book and Freya Marske's Swordcrossed

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Duke at Hazard (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #2) by K.J. Charles

16. The Duke at Hazard (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #2)

By: K.J. Charles

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Don't miss the second thrilling Regency romance in the Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune series by KJ … read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's The Duke at Hazard (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #2) book and Freya Marske's Swordcrossed

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft

17. A Dark and Drowning Tide

By: Allison Saft

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A sharp-tongued folklorist must pair up with her academic rival to solve their mentor's murder in t… read more

Similar categories in Allison Saft's A Dark and Drowning Tide book and Freya Marske's Swordcrossed

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher

18. Not for the Faint of Heart

By: Lex Croucher

4.04

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Beloved author Lex Croucher's second queer historical YA romance, with all the swoons, laughs, and … read more

Similar categories in Lex Croucher's Not for the Faint of Heart book and Freya Marske's Swordcrossed

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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19. Legend of the White Snake

By: Sher Lee

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A snake spirit transforms into a boy and must hide his true identity after falling for a headstrong… read more

Similar categories in Sher Lee's Legend of the White Snake book and Freya Marske's Swordcrossed

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Phoenix Keeper by S.A.  MacLean

20. The Phoenix Keeper

By: S.A. MacLean

4.01

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Set in a magical zoo teeming with mythical beasts from dragons and unicorns to kelpies and krakens,… read more

Similar categories in S.A. MacLean's The Phoenix Keeper book and Freya Marske's Swordcrossed

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Strange Beasts by Susan J. Morris

21. 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 Freya Marske's Swordcrossed

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • 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

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You Should Be So Lucky

Cat Sebastian

4.39

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Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

S.T. Gibson

3.66

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Running Close to the Wind

Alexandra Rowland

4.07

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Maiga Doocy

4.41

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S.T. Gibson

3.66

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We Shall Be Monsters (We Shall be Monsters, #1)

Tara Sim

4.07

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Emily Varga

4.05

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Freya Marske

4.22

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