Not Good for Maidens
By: Tori Bovalino
3.66
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Salem’s Lot meets The Darkest Part of the Forest in this horror-fantasy retelling of Christina Ross…
Want to Read $ 9.99"Lou felt like she'd fallen headfirst into the rabbit hole, if that rabbit hole was also a thrift store run by two bunnies on ecstasy."-Tori Bovalino, Not Good for Maidens
"Lou felt like she'd fallen headfirst into the rabbit hole, if that rabbit hole was also a thrift store run by two bunnies on ecstasy."-Tori Bovalino, Not Good for Maidens
"It had taken her a while to figure it out, skirting around the Queer Club at school and going to virtual talks with Neela and in-person events with May, but once she tried the ace label on, she felt it fit her like a well-worn T-shirt. She didn't need a label to explain herself, but having 'ace' felt like armor; it was easy to drop a word, to be somewhat understood."-Tori Bovalino, Not Good for Maidens
"It had taken her a while to figure it out, skirting around the Queer Club at school and going to virtual talks with Neela and in-person events with May, but once she tried the ace label on, she felt it fit her like a well-worn T-shirt. She didn't need a label to explain herself, but having 'ace' felt like armor; it was easy to drop a word, to be somewhat understood."-Tori Bovalino, Not Good for Maidens
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1. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
By: Seanan McGuire
4.09
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Dinosaurs and portals, and a girl who can find both in the latest book in the Hugo and Nebula Award… read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
"Because all the ways we're not normal are the way our normal homes want us to be."-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
"We're your penance, silly, the whole chaotic bunch of us, and as part of your penance, I say you're not done suffering us yet."-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
"If you want a life without terrible surprises, you should always look at the worst possible answer until you understand it all the way down to the bottom. Once you can do that, you'll know what's com…"-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
"None of us is normal, and we'll either figure out how to pretend we are, or we'll find our doors home, and then we won't have to worry about it anymore, because all the ways we are not normal are the…"-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
2. Thornhedge
By: T. Kingfisher
4.00
Format: 111 pages, Hardcover
Thornhedge is the tale of a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone … read more
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- retellings
- fantasy
- fiction
- horror
"Thorns die from the inside out, like priests."-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge
"She was theirs; they were hers. The love of monsters was uncomplicated."-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge
"Two hundred years. It was immense—unthinkable—and ultimately meant nothing at all. Two years or two hundred or two thousand. The magic endures"-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge
"Greenteeth did not slap one another—not out of any virtue, but because a slap was such a useless thing underwater. When greenteeth brawled, it was with teeth and strangling fingers, spines and claws."-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge
3. What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
By: T. Kingfisher
3.89
Format: 165 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones comes a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edg… read more
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- gothic
- retellings
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
"You shouldn't joke about fairies."-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
"The dead don’t walk. Except, sometimes, when they do."-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
"Most of us go to the Devil without him having to personally oversee things."-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
"I had a strong urge to step back from them, and an even stronger urge to poke them with a stick."-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
4. The Invocations
By: Krystal Sutherland
4.11
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Three girls, one supernatural killer on the loose . . . Zara Jones believes in magic because the… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
"What if Savannah had found whatever it was she sold a piece of her soul to go looking for."-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations
"Even the devil does not trust men to honor a bargain, so it does not deal with them. It offers power only to women."-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations
"What about trans women?" Zara asks, writing the question in her document. "How does that work?" "Of course I have written invocations for trans women," Emer says. "Demons do not care about bodies. Th…"-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations
"They understand what they are looking at. They understand that it could have been them. A wrong turn on the wrong night, and it could have been them. There is no sense to that. That you can be going …"-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations
5. House of Hunger
By: Alexis Henderson
3.66
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
WANTED - Bloodmaid of exceptional taste. Must have a keen proclivity for life's finer pleasures. Gi… read more
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- lesbian
- gothic
- lgbt
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
- queer
"To love is to devour"-Alexis Henderson, House of Hunger
"In the end there are only those who eat and those who bleed. - Countess Lisavet Bathory"-Alexis Henderson, House of Hunger
"I’ve staked my time on it, and when you’re as busy as I am there’s no gamble so big as that."-Alexis Henderson, House of Hunger
"I’ve built you a house out of my bones and still it’s as if you believe there are cracks in it."-Alexis Henderson, House of Hunger
6. 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
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- gothic
- lgbt
- fiction
- 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)
7. All the Dead Lie Down
By: Kyrie McCauley
3.76
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The Haunting of Bly Manor meets House of Salt and Sorrows in award-winning author Kyrie McCauley’s … read more
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- lesbian
- gothic
- lgbt
- young adult
- horror
- fantasy
- queer
8. Bloom
By: Delilah S. Dawson
3.90
Format: 203 pages, Hardcover
A sweet sapphic romance takes a deadly dark turn in this sharp-as-a-knife novella from the New York… read more
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- lesbian
- gothic
- lgbt
- fiction
- horror
- queer
9. The Restless Dark
By: Erica Waters
3.44
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Enter Cloudkiss Canyon at your own risk. The Cloudkiss Killer is dead. Now a true-crime podcast … read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- horror
- fantasy
- queer
"Dad said I should be afraid of death because I'll finally have to face judgement for my sins. But he was wrong. These bones tell me there's nothing in death to fear. It's only the living who need to …"-Erica Waters, The Restless Dark
"There is no such thing as generational curses, no evil carried in our DNA. That's just Pentecostal bullshit, a way to reject responsibility and guilt. We are the choices we make, the actions we commi…"-Erica Waters, The Restless Dark
10. An Education in Malice
By: S.T. Gibson
3.58
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Sumptuous and addictive, An Education in Malice is a dark academia tale of blood, secrets and insat… read more
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- lesbian
- gothic
- lgbt
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
- queer
"Right and Wrong don't exist. They're fairy tales made up by priests and parents"-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice
"I wasn't in the habit of confessing my sapphic proclivities as a sin, since I didn't consider them to be one, but my idolatry of Carmilla definitely counted as something worth confessing."-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice
"She kissed me with a martyr’s agonized desperation, like I was the only sword she ever wanted to fall on. I kissed her right back like the cutting edge of a blade, trying to inflict as much damage as…"-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice
"I was, I knew full well, a creature composed of strange desires. They'd always been with me, these hungers. As a child I played villain in every game of 'capture the princess,' tying my pretty playma…"-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice
11. The Whispering Dark
By: Kelly Andrew
3.59
Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition
The Raven Boys meets Ninth House in the most exciting debut of 2022 -- a dark, atmospheric fantasy … read more
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- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
"The question tore through him. Lane was his. She'd always been his. And he was hers. They were painted the same shades. Threaded with the same lines. He'd spent his whole life drawn to her, and she t…"-Kelly Andrew, The Whispering Dark
"What will he do to Lane?" The question tore through him. Lane was his. She'd always been his. And he was hers. They were painted the same shades. Threaded with the same lines. He'd spent his whole li…"-Kelly Andrew, The Whispering Dark
"They say she's a girl like a garden, it said. "All roses and lavender and spider mums. Too bright, too bright to be there. One foot among the dead, one foot among the living, like a little breathing …"-Kelly Andrew, The Whispering Dark
"Wednesday?" Colton's voice was tacky with sleep. "I want to tell you everything." "I wish vou would." "I can't," he said. "It hurts too much." "Tell me what happened to you, at least." A beat of quie…"-Kelly Andrew, The Whispering Dark
12. 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
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- fiction
- fantasy
- young adult
"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)
13. Wake the Bones
By: Elizabeth Kilcoyne
3.45
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The sleepy little farm that Laurel Early grew up on has awakened. The woods are shifting, the soil … read more
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- gothic
- young adult
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
14. Where Darkness Blooms
By: Andrea Hannah
3.48
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Andrea Hannah's Where Darkness Blooms is a supernatural thriller about an eerie town where the sunf… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
15. Off With Their Heads
By: Zoe Hana Mikuta
3.50
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
Fans of Chloe Gong and Judy I. Lin will devour this Korean-inspired Alice in Wonderland retelling a… read more
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- lesbian
- retellings
- lgbt
- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
- queer
16. Not Good for Maidens
By: Tori Bovalino
3.66
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Salem’s Lot meets The Darkest Part of the Forest in this horror-fantasy retelling of Christina Ross… read more
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- lesbian
- gothic
- retellings
- lgbt
- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
- queer
"Lou felt like she'd fallen headfirst into the rabbit hole, if that rabbit hole was also a thrift store run by two bunnies on ecstasy."-Tori Bovalino, Not Good for Maidens
"It had taken her a while to figure it out, skirting around the Queer Club at school and going to virtual talks with Neela and in-person events with May, but once she tried the ace label on, she felt …"-Tori Bovalino, Not Good for Maidens
17. Extasia
By: Claire Legrand
3.53
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Her name is unimportant. All you must know is that today she will become one of the four saints … read more
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- lesbian
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- fiction
- horror
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- queer
18. Primal Animals
By: Julia Lynn Rubin
3.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Protect the girls Arlee Gold is anxious about spending the summer at the college prep Camp Rocka… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
- queer
"He had it coming. Don’t waste your tears and cry for him. Don’t ever cry for a boy. Not even a dead one."-Julia Lynn Rubin, Primal Animals
"I had her, if only for a little while. We kissed. We laughed. I felt love radiating through her. I tear a handful of clovers from the ground and squeeze them together, the green juices staining my fi…"-Julia Lynn Rubin, Primal Animals
19. Bad Graces
By: Kyrie McCauley
3.79
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Yellowjackets meets House of Hollow in award-winning author Kyrie McCauley’s gripping and magical Y… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
20. Lady Macbeth
By: Ava Reid
3.61
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid comes a reimagining of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare… read more
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- gothic
- retellings
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
"Nakedness, even among women in private, is still uncommon, uncouth. Bodies are meant to be guarded like gold. The flash of a bare ankle is like dropping a pendant, so that everyone can see it clatter…"-Ava Reid, Lady Macbeth
21. Gentlest of Wild Things
By: Sarah Underwood
4.08
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
On the island of Zakynthos, nothing is more powerful than Desire―love itself, bottled and sold to t… read more
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- lesbian
- retellings
- lgbt
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- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
