23 best-selling fiction books like The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1) by Lauren James

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The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

By: Lauren James

3.88

Format: 119 pages, Paperback

Wealthy students from across the galaxy come to learn at the prestigious academy where Hugo toils a…

If you liked the fiction plot in The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1) by Lauren James , here is a list of 23 books like this:

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1. Pressure Head (The Plumber's Mate #1)

By: J.L. Merrow

3.89

Format: 226 pages, ebook

Some secrets are better left hidden. To most of the world, Tom Paretski is just a plumber with a… read more

Similar categories in J.L. Merrow's Pressure Head (The Plumber's Mate #1) book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • fantasy
  • lgbt
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2. A Skinful of Shadows

By: Frances Hardinge

4.01

Format: 30 pages, Hardcover

This is the story of a bear-hearted girl . . . Sometimes, when a person dies, their spirit goes loo… read more

Similar categories in Frances Hardinge's A Skinful of Shadows book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult

3. Cogheart (The Cogheart Adventures, #1)

By: Peter Bunzl

4.47

Format: 907 pages, Paperback

Some secrets change the world in a heartbeat. . . . Lily's life is in mortal peril. Her father is m… read more

Similar categories in Peter Bunzl's Cogheart (The Cogheart Adventures, #1) book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

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4. Otherworldly

By: F.T. Lukens

3.99

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author of Spell Bound and So This Is Ever After. Seventeen-year-old E… read more

Similar categories in F.T. Lukens's Otherworldly book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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5. The Dos and Donuts of Love

By: Adiba Jaigirdar

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A pun-filled YA contemporary romance, The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar finds a teenage… read more

Similar categories in Adiba Jaigirdar's The Dos and Donuts of Love book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • fiction
  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"Food is a big part of my culture, especially sweet foods. When you're Bangladeshi, you're taught that any good news or celebration has to be accompanied with some sweet food. Every time you visit som…"

-Adiba Jaigirdar, The Dos and Donuts of Love

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6. The Route of Ice and Salt

By: José Luis Zárate

3.62

Format: 143 pages, ebook

A reimagining of Dracula’s voyage to England, filled with Gothic imagery and queer desire. It’s … read more

Similar categories in José Luis Zárate's The Route of Ice and Salt book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"But I must see that man for the last time, tell him that Hunger is not a sin, nor is Necessity or Appetite. What matters, I repeat, is what we are willing to do to satisfy them."

-José Luis Zárate, The Route of Ice and Salt

Cover of The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2) by Erik J. Brown

7. The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2)

By: Erik J. Brown

4.24

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

THEY FOUND EACH OTHER. NOW THEY MUST RESCUE WHAT THEY LEFT BEHIND. The highly-anticipated sequel to… read more

Similar categories in Erik J. Brown's The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2) book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • science fiction
  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"He sets the rifle down and we close the gap in between us in half a second. His arms around me, mine around him. Holding tight, as though we're trying to fuse ourselves together. It's familiar and lo…"

-Erik J. Brown, The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2)

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8. Tyger

By: S.F. Said

4.17

Format: 304 pages, None

In a strange alternate world, where the British Empire has never ended, a young boy called Adam has… read more

Similar categories in S.F. Said's Tyger book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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9. The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics

By: The Kao

4.37

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In this vibrant and affirming comics anthology, 29 trans & nonbinary comic artists share their pers… read more

Similar categories in The Kao's The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of The Bachelor's Valet (Flos Magicae #2) by Arden Powell

10. The Bachelor's Valet (Flos Magicae #2)

By: Arden Powell

3.99

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

Alphonse Hollyhock is blessed with wealth, class, and more beauty than brains. Though he hasn't got… read more

Similar categories in Arden Powell's The Bachelor's Valet (Flos Magicae #2) book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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11. Needle

By: Patrice Lawrence

3.69

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author Patrice Lawrence explores the harsh reality of the criminal justice system for… read more

Similar categories in Patrice Lawrence's Needle book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • novella
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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12. Jamie

By: L.D. Lapinski

4.46

Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition

A beautiful and uplifting story from L.D. Lapinski, author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency, abou… read more

Similar categories in L.D. Lapinski's Jamie book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • middle grade
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"Being trans is fine, it's the world that's the problem. And that's what people don't seem to get. There are loads of us as well. Whether you make room for us or not, whether you accept us or not, whe…"

-L.D. Lapinski, Jamie

Cover of A Pinch of Magic (A Pinch of Magic, #1) by Michelle Harrison

13. A Pinch of Magic (A Pinch of Magic, #1)

By: Michelle Harrison

4.07

Format: 368 pages, ebook

A spellbinding middle grade fantasy about three sisters--adventurous Betty, curious Charlie, and pr… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Harrison's A Pinch of Magic (A Pinch of Magic, #1) book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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14. Like a Curse

By: Elle McNicoll

4.21

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Stuck in Loch Ness while Edinburgh falls under the control of a terrifyingly powerful Siren, Ramya … read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Like a Curse book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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15. Like a Charm

By: Elle McNicoll

4.25

Format: 313 pages, Paperback

Edinburgh is a city filled with magical creatures. No one can see them... until Ramya Knox. As … read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Like a Charm book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Exactly. These stories about fairies and giants and vampires and trolls... they may have written them completely wrong. But you're still more likely to find a magical monster in a story than someone …"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

"Ramya, your brain...it's why you can see through Glamour. It's why you're immune to Sirens. It's...it's incredible. I wish I were like you. I've never met anyone that can do what you do. I swear. It …"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

"Books are like little pockets of time. Little artifacts from other cultures and other periods of history. You can go to a museum where they put everything behind glass and won't let you touch things.…"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

"Maybe you don't need the whole world. Maybe you don't need a fridge full of gold stars. You don't need to fit the mold. You just need one person who believes you're right, just as you are. That the g…"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

Cover of The Agency for Scandal (The Agency for Scandal, #1) by Laura  Wood

16. The Agency for Scandal (The Agency for Scandal, #1)

By: Laura Wood

4.28

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

An all-female detective agency righting wrongs at the end of the nineteenth century; infiltrating a… read more

Similar categories in Laura Wood's The Agency for Scandal (The Agency for Scandal, #1) book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • fiction
  • young adult
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17. The Quiet and the Loud

By: Helena Fox

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A heartbreaking, hopeful, and timely novel about holding too tight to family secrets, healing from … read more

Similar categories in Helena Fox's The Quiet and the Loud book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"And for a moment - here, now - we aren't the pregnant girl or the quiet girl. We aren't scared of death, or of memories oozing out of the dark. We are two girls, suspended. Timeless. Immense. Untouch…"

-Helena Fox, The Quiet and the Loud

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18. The Fascinators

By: Andrew Eliopulos

3.29

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A magic-infused YA novel about friendship, first love, and feeling out of place that will bewitch f… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Eliopulos's The Fascinators book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"...meant he resented his own life too much to make safer decisions, starting with the drinks that night but only snow-balling from there. Because it never occurred to James that there were people who…"

-Andrew Eliopulos, The Fascinators

Cover of Shadowsea (The Cogheart Adventures, #4) by Peter Bunzl

19. Shadowsea (The Cogheart Adventures, #4)

By: Peter Bunzl

4.11

Format: 377 pages, Paperback

Swept into the bright hustle and bustle of New York, Lily, Robert and Malkin discover shadowy secre… read more

Similar categories in Peter Bunzl's Shadowsea (The Cogheart Adventures, #4) book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Disabled Tyrant’s Beloved Pet Fish: Canji Baojun De Zhangxin Yu Chong (Novel) Vol. 1 by Xue Shan Fei Hu

20. The Disabled Tyrant’s Beloved Pet Fish: Canji Baojun De Zhangxin Yu Chong (Novel) Vol. 1

By: Xue Shan Fei Hu

4.46

Format: 436 pages, Paperback

After Li Yu stays up all night to read an engrossing webnovel, he finally falls asleep–only to wake… read more

Similar categories in Xue Shan Fei Hu's The Disabled Tyrant’s Beloved Pet Fish: Canji Baojun De Zhangxin Yu Chong (Novel) Vol. 1 book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1) by Lauren   James

21. The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

By: Lauren James

3.88

Format: 119 pages, Paperback

Wealthy students from across the galaxy come to learn at the prestigious academy where Hugo toils a… read more

Similar categories in Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1) book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • lgbt
  • adventure
  • novella
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • queer
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22. A Single Thread of Moonlight

By: Laura Wood

4.28

Format: 510 pages, Paperback

Iris Grey's childhood was idyllic... until her father remarried. Iris's new stepmother and two step… read more

Similar categories in Laura Wood's A Single Thread of Moonlight book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Race to the Frozen North: The Matthew Henson Story by Catherine Johnson

23. Race to the Frozen North: The Matthew Henson Story

By: Catherine Johnson

4.04

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Matthew Henson was simply an ordinary man. That was, until Commander Robert E. Peary entered his li… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Johnson's Race to the Frozen North: The Matthew Henson Story book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • adventure
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24. Rat

By: Patrice Lawrence

3.61

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Revenge is always sweet. Isn't it? When his mum is sent back to prison, Al knows exactly who's t… read more

Similar categories in Patrice Lawrence's Rat book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • middle grade
  • young adult
Cover of The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst (Kingdoms and Empires, #3) by Jaclyn Moriarty

25. The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst (Kingdoms and Empires, #3)

By: Jaclyn Moriarty

4.46

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

Long ago, the little Prince of Cloudburst was stolen from the seashore by a Water Sprite. Now, ten … read more

Similar categories in Jaclyn Moriarty's The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst (Kingdoms and Empires, #3) book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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26. Say No to the Dress

By: Keren David

3.31

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Join a bridesmaid's hilarious journey to the altar in this sharp-witted story of family, friendship… read more

Similar categories in Keren David's Say No to the Dress book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • young adult
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27. The Mystery of Me

By: Karen McCombie

3.47

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Ketty was technically dead for two minutes and thirty-nine seconds according to the doctors who sav… read more

Similar categories in Karen McCombie's The Mystery of Me book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

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28. The Climbers

By: Keith Gray

3.58

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

In this compelling story of teenage rivalry and friendship, award-winning author Keith Gray capture… read more

Similar categories in Keith Gray's The Climbers book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • young adult
  • adventure
Cover of Sleep Like Death by Kalynn  Bayron

29. Sleep Like Death

By: Kalynn Bayron

3.56

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Kalynn Bayron returns to fairytales with a l… read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's Sleep Like Death book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly) by Simon James Green

30. The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly)

By: Simon James Green

4.15

Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition

Alfie Parker has bagged the hottest date to prom … hasn’t he? Bestselling LGBTQ+ writer Simon James… read more

Similar categories in Simon James Green's The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly) book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • fiction
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
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31. The Front Room

By: Michelle Magorian

2.98

Format: 67 pages, Paperback

The holiday was supposed to give them a break, a chance to get away and heal after the loss of the … read more

Similar categories in Michelle Magorian's The Front Room book and Lauren James's The Starlight Watchmaker (The Watchmaker and the Duke, #1)

  • fiction

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Pressure Head (The Plumber's Mate #1)

J.L. Merrow

3.89

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A Skinful of Shadows

Frances Hardinge

4.01

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Otherworldly

F.T. Lukens

3.99

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José Luis Zárate

3.62

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A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel (The Doomsday Books, #2)

K.J. Charles

4.25

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The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1)

K.J. Charles

4.13

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A Thief in the Night

K.J. Charles

3.77

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K.J. Charles

4.14

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