6 Best science fiction fantasy books like Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth by Isabela Oliveira

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Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth

By: Isabela Oliveira

4.28

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

This collection of speculative short fiction is about all kinds of queer growth, from emerging and …

If you liked the science fiction fantasy plot in Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth by Isabela Oliveira , here is a list of 6 books like this:

1. The Telling (Hainish Cycle #8)

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.48

Format: 334 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Once a culturally rich world, the planet Aka has been utterly transformed by technology. Records of… read more

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2. Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3)

By: Seanan McGuire

3.85

Format: 174 pages, Hardcover

Beneath the Sugar Sky, the third book in McGuire's Wayward Children series, returns to Eleanor West… read more

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  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"I’m not stupid, I just don’t know stuff,"

-Seanan McGuire, Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3)

"I’m not really into cremating my cookies."

-Seanan McGuire, Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3)

"So please, can we go and tell her to stop? I need to exist. It’s important."

-Seanan McGuire, Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3)

"That's why people shouldn't get too hung up on labels. Sometimes I think that's part of what we do wrong. We try to make things make sense, even when they're never going to."

-Seanan McGuire, Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3)

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3. とんがり帽子のアトリエ 7 [Tongari Bōshi no Atelier 7]

By: Kamome Shirahama

4.54

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

第二の試験を終え、三賢者・ベルダルートから語られたキーフリーの過去。 彼が魔法を求めた理由に、自分と母の関係を重ねたココは、一人で「図書の塔」へと向かう。 果たしてそこには自分の探す答えがあ… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 6 by Kamome Shirahama

4. Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 6

By: Kamome Shirahama

4.57

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

FOLLOW THE SMOKE Coco and her peers follow Olruggio and Luluci as they deftly ferry a wounded Qi… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of とんがり帽子のアトリエ 5 [Tongari Bōshi no Atelier 5] by Kamome Shirahama

5. とんがり帽子のアトリエ 5 [Tongari Bōshi no Atelier 5]

By: Kamome Shirahama

4.55

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

魔法使いを目指すことになった「普通のひと」のココ。同じアトリエで魔法を学ぶアガットとリチェが「第2の試験」を受けているところに、禁止魔法を使う「つばあり帽」の妨害が入る。ココも巻き込まれ、師匠のキー… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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6. Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms

By: Crystal Frasier

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

A sweet, queer teen romance perfect for fans of Fence and Check, Please!Annie is a smart, antisocia… read more

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  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"Oh? You're held to a different standard because of others' preconceptions?"

-Crystal Frasier, Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms

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7. Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor (Zachary Ying, #1)

By: Xiran Jay Zhao

4.09

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Zachary Ying never had many opportunities to learn about his Chinese heritage. His single mom was b… read more

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  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"Если хочешь обрести истинную власть над своей жизнью, тебе нужно перестать так сильно беспокоиться о том, что подумают другие"

-Xiran Jay Zhao, Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor (Zachary Ying, #1)

"«Если хочешь обрести истинную власть над своей жизнью, тебе нужно перестать так сильно беспокоиться о том, что подумают другие»."

-Xiran Jay Zhao, Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor (Zachary Ying, #1)

"He died taking mercury pills that he thought would make him immortal," Tang Taizong said. "So did you!" Qin Sho Haung yelped without looking at him. "Allegedly! Sources differ!" "You know what you di…"

-Xiran Jay Zhao, Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor (Zachary Ying, #1)

"You cling so hard to morality out of a desperation for others to like you. You think they'd stop treating you like an outsider if you were a good boy who did everything they wanted. This is your grea…"

-Xiran Jay Zhao, Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor (Zachary Ying, #1)

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8. Pluralities

By: Avi Silver

4.27

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

"Wait—rewind. I was still a girl back then, before the universes converged." Guided by premoniti… read more

Similar categories in Avi Silver's Pluralities book and Isabela Oliveira's Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"I touched my chest, feeling the compression of the binder Theseus had lent me, trying to determine if it made me feel nonbinary or like a dog in a thundervest."

-Avi Silver, Pluralities

"Once more I caught a glimpse of the mark on his cheek, where his she stamp would have been if he were a woman. But men didn’t wear stamps— they were just allowed to Be."

-Avi Silver, Pluralities

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9. The Water Outlaws

By: S.L. Huang

3.81

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by a classic of martial arts literature, S. L. Huang's The Water Outlaws are bandits of de… read more

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  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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10. ダンジョン飯 2 [Dungeon Meshi 2]

By: Ryoko Kui

4.45

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

ゴーレムを、たおして耕せ! 餓死の恐れと隣り合わせで、ダンジョンを進むライオス一行。 地下3階で彼らを待っていたのは、ゾンビに幽霊、生ける絵画や、 ゴーレムといった食べられないモンスター… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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11. Homebody

By: Theo Parish

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more

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  • queer
  • lgbt
"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

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12. Into the Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle, #3)

By: Nghi Vo

4.03

Format: 100 pages, Hardcover

Wandering cleric Chih of the Singing Hills travels to the riverlands to record tales of the notorio… read more

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  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2) by Nghi Vo

13. When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)

By: Nghi Vo

4.18

Format: 128 pages, ebook

The cleric Chih finds themself and their companions at the mercy of a band of fierce tigers who ach… read more

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  • lgbt
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Oh yes. Some people are just more . . . edible than others if you are a tiger."

-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)

"She killed, for she was angry, and she did not eat what she killed, for she was heartsick."

-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)

"Your departure crashes like a thunder, and the timbers of the house shake with the force of the space you left behind."

-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)

"Now your departure crashes like a thunder, and the timbers of the house shake with the force of the space you left behind."

-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)

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14. Sordidez

By: E.G. Condé

3.98

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

Vero has always felt at odds with his community. As a trans man in near-future Puerto Rico, he stru… read more

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  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • queer
Cover of Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 3 by Ryoko Kui

15. Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 3

By: Ryoko Kui

4.45

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

New dangers and new recipes await the party in the third installment of the utterly unique and ende… read more

Similar categories in Ryoko Kui's Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 3 book and Isabela Oliveira's Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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16. Black Water Sister

By: Zen Cho

3.86

Format: 371 pages, Paperback

A reluctant medium discovers the ties that bind can unleash a dangerous power in this compelling Ma… read more

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  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Maybe that was what true love meant: a bitterness that stayed on the tongue when everything else faded."

-Zen Cho, Black Water Sister

"What a thing a bad death was. It made a mythology that caught up in its wake old trees and young women alike, the violence of it reverberating through the years."

-Zen Cho, Black Water Sister

Cover of A Coup of Tea (Tea Princess Chronicles, #1) by Casey  Blair

17. A Coup of Tea (Tea Princess Chronicles, #1)

By: Casey Blair

4.28

Format: 402 pages, ebook

When the fourth princess of Istalam is due to dedicate herself to a path serving the crown, she mak… read more

Similar categories in Casey Blair's A Coup of Tea (Tea Princess Chronicles, #1) book and Isabela Oliveira's Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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18. A Letter to the Luminous Deep

By: Sylvie Cathrall

3.69

Format: 432 pages, ebook

Dive into the curious correspondence of Sylvie Cathrall’s delightful debut novel, A Letter to the L… read more

Similar categories in Sylvie Cathrall's A Letter to the Luminous Deep book and Isabela Oliveira's Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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19. Emergent Properties

By: Aimee Ogden

3.57

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

Emergent Properties is the touching adventure of an intrepid A.I. reporter hot on the heels of brew… read more

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  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi

20. Riot Baby

By: Tochi Onyebuchi

3.72

Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition

Ella has a Thing. She sees a classmate grow up to become a caring nurse. A neighbor's son murdered … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"When you have a purpose that doesn't involve hurting someone else, it changes the way you walk."

-Tochi Onyebuchi, Riot Baby

"Look at outside. We don't have drug dealers on the corners anymore. I can't remember the last time someone was shot on this block. My church-goers can come and go in peace." "When there isn't a curfe…"

-Tochi Onyebuchi, Riot Baby

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21. とんがり帽子のアトリエ 10 [Tongari Bōshi no Atelier 10]

By: Kamome Shirahama

4.51

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

LA FESTA DELLA NOTTE D'ARGENTO È IN PIENO CORSO… Mentre maghi e apprendisti si godono l'evento, un'… read more

Similar categories in Kamome Shirahama's とんがり帽子のアトリエ 10 [Tongari Bōshi no Atelier 10] book and Isabela Oliveira's Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of とんがり帽子のアトリエ 9 [Tongari Bōshi no Atelier 9] by Kamome Shirahama

22. とんがり帽子のアトリエ 9 [Tongari Bōshi no Atelier 9]

By: Kamome Shirahama

4.53

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

渡り星が渡ったら、それは祭りの合図。 タータの手伝いで魔法使いのお祭り「銀夜祭」に参加することになったココたちは、それぞれ作った魔法器を手に、開催場所である島都エズレストへ向かう。 屋台が立… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Do you think I can become a witch just like you?"

-Kamome Shirahama, とんがり帽子のアトリエ 9 [Tongari Bōshi no Atelier 9]

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23. とんがり帽子のアトリエ 8 [Tongari Bōshi no Atelier 8]

By: Kamome Shirahama

4.49

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Luego de aprobar el examen recuperatorio en el Gran Auditorio, Coco y sus amigas regresan al atelie… read more

Similar categories in Kamome Shirahama's とんがり帽子のアトリエ 8 [Tongari Bōshi no Atelier 8] book and Isabela Oliveira's Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"There are all sorts of barriers out there that you never even notice unless they affect you personally."

-Kamome Shirahama, とんがり帽子のアトリエ 8 [Tongari Bōshi no Atelier 8]

"When I was your age, Master Beldaruit insisted on following me everywhere. It used to irk me to no end. But now that I can see the other side of that coin... Trust me when I say the adults in your li…"

-Kamome Shirahama, とんがり帽子のアトリエ 8 [Tongari Bōshi no Atelier 8]

Cover of Sisters of the Forsaken Stars (Our Lady of Endless Worlds, #2) by Lina Rather

24. Sisters of the Forsaken Stars (Our Lady of Endless Worlds, #2)

By: Lina Rather

3.81

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The sisters of the Order of Saint Rita navigate the far reaches of space and challenges of faith in… read more

Similar categories in Lina Rather's Sisters of the Forsaken Stars (Our Lady of Endless Worlds, #2) book and Isabela Oliveira's Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • queer
Cover of Ready When You Are by Gary Lonesborough

25. Ready When You Are

By: Gary Lonesborough

4.20

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable YA love story between two Aboriginal boys -- one who doesn’t want to accept he’s gay, … read more

Similar categories in Gary Lonesborough's Ready When You Are book and Isabela Oliveira's Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth

  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"Go to your elders. You should ask them about your country and your totem. Because that is your identity. A blackfella with no identity is a lost blackfella. He don't know where he belongs."

-Gary Lonesborough, Ready When You Are

Cover of How to Bite Your Neighbor and Win a Wager (Guides for Dating Vampires, #1) by D.N. Bryn

26. How to Bite Your Neighbor and Win a Wager (Guides for Dating Vampires, #1)

By: D.N. Bryn

3.72

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

"I WANT YOU TO BITE ME." Vincent Barnes has suffered four years as a vampire, and they’ve been t… read more

Similar categories in D.N. Bryn's How to Bite Your Neighbor and Win a Wager (Guides for Dating Vampires, #1) book and Isabela Oliveira's Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
"I just thought, I don't know, that you wouldn't want it from me? I'm kind of pathetic, as vampires go. I don't make for a dramatic, mysterious predator. I'm like the grimy sewer variety of a vampire …"

-D.N. Bryn, How to Bite Your Neighbor and Win a Wager (Guides for Dating Vampires, #1)

Cover of Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore

27. Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

By: Anna-Marie McLemore

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

New York City, 1922. Nicolás Caraveo, a 17-year-old transgender boy from Minnesota, has no interest… read more

Similar categories in Anna-Marie McLemore's Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix book and Isabela Oliveira's Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth

  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"We were boys who had created ourselves. We had formed our own bodies, our own lives, from the ribs of the girls we were once assumed to be."

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

"Gatsby and I may have been nothing to men like Tom Buchanan, but men like that did not know we were as divine as the heavens. We were boys who had created ourselves. We had formed our own bodies, our…"

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

"There's no use denying that I fell a little bit in love with Jay, at least as much in love as I've ever been with any body. You see, Nicky, boys are always falling in love with me, but I don't fall m…"

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

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28. I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me

By: Jamison Shea

3.72

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

There will be blood. Ace of Spades meets House of Hollow in this villain origin story. Laure … read more

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  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"Twelve years of feeding this dream, cutting down anyone else who stood in my path, only to have the one girl I spared turn around and bite me. And she had the audacity to be mediocre."

-Jamison Shea, I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me

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29. Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth

By: Isabela Oliveira

4.28

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

This collection of speculative short fiction is about all kinds of queer growth, from emerging and … read more

Similar categories in Isabela Oliveira's Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth book and Isabela Oliveira's Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth

  • adult fiction
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of How to Sell Your Blood & Fall in Love by D.N. Bryn

30. How to Sell Your Blood & Fall in Love

By: D.N. Bryn

4.10

Format: 493 pages, Kindle Edition

“You have money, I have blood. How would you like to buy it?” No romantic story has ever lived u… read more

Similar categories in D.N. Bryn's How to Sell Your Blood & Fall in Love book and Isabela Oliveira's Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
Cover of In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard

31. In the Vanishers’ Palace

By: Aliette de Bodard

3.67

Format: 145 pages, Kindle Edition

From the award-winning author of the Dominion of the Fallen series comes a dark retelling of Beauty… read more

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  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer

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