7 must-read historical books like The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros

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The City Beautiful

By: Aden Polydoros

4.10

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Chicago, 1893. For Alter Rosen, this is the land of opportunity, and he dreams of the day he’ll hav…

If you liked the historical plot in The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros , here is a list of 7 books like this:

1. The Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths & Magic

By: F.T. Lukens

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Desperate to pay for college, Bridger Whitt is willing to overlook the peculiarities of his new job… read more

Similar categories in F.T. Lukens's The Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths & Magic book and Aden Polydoros's The City Beautiful

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2. When the Angels Left the Old Country

By: Sacha Lamb

4.27

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

A queer immigrant fairytale about individual purpose, the fluid nature of identity, and the power o… read more

Similar categories in Sacha Lamb's When the Angels Left the Old Country book and Aden Polydoros's The City Beautiful

  • jewish
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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3. The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen

By: Isaac Blum

4.01

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

The Chosen meets Darius the Great in this irreverent and timely story of worlds colliding in friend… read more

Similar categories in Isaac Blum's The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen book and Aden Polydoros's The City Beautiful

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • jewish
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4. The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

By: Andrew Joseph White

4.52

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

Mors vincit omnia. Death conquers all. London, 1883. The Veil between the living and dead has th… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Joseph White's The Spirit Bares Its Teeth book and Aden Polydoros's The City Beautiful

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"He's...he's doing the same thing I do. His hands are fluttering. Like mine. Oh God, he's like me."

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

"I should not have to keep fixing the damage done to us. It would be so easy to not hurt us and the Speakers can't even do that. It's more work to hurt us. It's more work to be cruel - and yet they co…"

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

"I do not get to savor the masculine cut of my clothes, or the illusion of short hair, or the feeting joy of my skin feeling like mine. Instead, I have to worry if my boyhood is convincing enough to k…"

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

"My name is Daphne.' Daphne? In that moment, it's as if I've peeled the skin away from the chest of a patient, revealing a beating heart. A boy could not say that name as if terrified the syllables wi…"

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

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5. The Final Six (The Final Six, #1)

By: Alexandra Monir

3.83

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

When Leo, an Italian championship swimmer, and Naomi, a science genius from California, are two of … read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Monir's The Final Six (The Final Six, #1) book and Aden Polydoros's The City Beautiful

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Remember what you always say: no problem has ever been solved by panicking."

-Alexandra Monir, The Final Six (The Final Six, #1)

"It's like we're in Hogwarts for space, but instead of teaching us magic, they're preparing us to get kicked off the planet."

-Alexandra Monir, The Final Six (The Final Six, #1)

"A funny thing happens when you have nothing left to live for. Your existence loses all its sharp edges. There are no more steep drops, no hills to climb. Colors blur and muddle together until your su…"

-Alexandra Monir, The Final Six (The Final Six, #1)

Cover of Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson

6. Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach

By: Kelly Robson

3.60

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover a shifting history of adventure as humanity clashes over whether to repair their ruined pl… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Robson's Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach book and Aden Polydoros's The City Beautiful

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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7. The Forest Demands Its Due

By: Kosoko Jackson

3.52

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A Lesson in Vengeance meets The Taking of Jake Livingston in this page-turning YA horror/fantasy se… read more

Similar categories in Kosoko Jackson's The Forest Demands Its Due book and Aden Polydoros's The City Beautiful

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • paranormal
  • queer
Cover of Anya and the Dragon (Anya, #1) by Sofiya Pasternack

8. Anya and the Dragon (Anya, #1)

By: Sofiya Pasternack

3.88

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

Anya and the Dragon is the story of fantasy and mayhem in tenth century Eastern Europe, where heads… read more

Similar categories in Sofiya Pasternack's Anya and the Dragon (Anya, #1) book and Aden Polydoros's The City Beautiful

  • jewish
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"All magic is connected to the magic of fate,"

-Sofiya Pasternack, Anya and the Dragon (Anya, #1)

"Fate is proud. It doesn’t like being told what to do."

-Sofiya Pasternack, Anya and the Dragon (Anya, #1)

"There are a thousand endings to every story, and only by the telling does the ending become clear."

-Sofiya Pasternack, Anya and the Dragon (Anya, #1)

"The unspoken rule of magic in Zmeyreka— and maybe all of Kievan Rus’— was that if you were going to use it, make sure no one saw you."

-Sofiya Pasternack, Anya and the Dragon (Anya, #1)

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9. We Can Be Heroes

By: Kyrie McCauley

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Kyrie McCauley, author of If These Wings Could Fly, delivers a powerful contemporary YA novel about… read more

Similar categories in Kyrie McCauley's We Can Be Heroes book and Aden Polydoros's The City Beautiful

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
"In a world that tells girls we shouldn't be angry, even as our lives are ripped from our grasps. When I throw the brick, I picture myself as a small child throwing pennies in a pond making wishes. So…"

-Kyrie McCauley, We Can Be Heroes

Cover of Icarus by K. Ancrum

10. Icarus

By: K. Ancrum

4.08

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, this… read more

Similar categories in K. Ancrum's Icarus book and Aden Polydoros's The City Beautiful

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore

11. 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 Aden Polydoros's The City Beautiful

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
"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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12. Before We Disappear

By: Shaun David Hutchinson

3.88

Format: 512 pages, ebook

The Prestige meets What If It’s Us in Before We Disappear, a queer ahistorical fantasy set during t… read more

Similar categories in Shaun David Hutchinson's Before We Disappear book and Aden Polydoros's The City Beautiful

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Running from you would be like running from the air in my lungs."

-Shaun David Hutchinson, Before We Disappear

"I'll steal your heart,' he said 'You cannot steal a gift freely given."

-Shaun David Hutchinson, Before We Disappear

"He was a million mirror shards turned inward, he was a rootless tree following the sun."

-Shaun David Hutchinson, Before We Disappear

"Jack was home to me now too, and I knew with absolute conviction that I could find him anywhere."

-Shaun David Hutchinson, Before We Disappear

Cover of It's a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories by Katherine  Locke

13. It's a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories

By: Katherine Locke

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Includes a special introduction by Mayim Bialik, star of The Big Bang Theory and author of the #1 b… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Locke's It's a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories book and Aden Polydoros's The City Beautiful

  • fiction
  • jewish
  • young adult
  • lgbt
Cover of The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros

14. The City Beautiful

By: Aden Polydoros

4.10

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Chicago, 1893. For Alter Rosen, this is the land of opportunity, and he dreams of the day he’ll hav… read more

Similar categories in Aden Polydoros's The City Beautiful book and Aden Polydoros's The City Beautiful

  • jewish
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • queer
Cover of The Last Words We Said by Leah Scheier

15. The Last Words We Said

By: Leah Scheier

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Nine months ago, Danny disappeared and everything changed for his friends. Rae’s pouring herself in… read more

Similar categories in Leah Scheier's The Last Words We Said book and Aden Polydoros's The City Beautiful

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • jewish
Cover of A Warning About Swans by R.M. Romero

16. A Warning About Swans

By: R.M. Romero

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Swan Lake meets The Last Unicorn by way of the Brothers Grimm in a dreamy, original fairytale in ve… read more

Similar categories in R.M. Romero's A Warning About Swans book and Aden Polydoros's The City Beautiful

  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • lgbt
Cover of The Sins on Their Bones (The Cursed Crown #1) by Laura R. Samotin

17. 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 Aden Polydoros's The City Beautiful

  • jewish
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 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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18. From Dust, a Flame

By: Rebecca Podos

3.85

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Hannah’s whole life has been spent in motion. Her mother has kept her and her brother, Gabe, on the… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Podos's From Dust, a Flame book and Aden Polydoros's The City Beautiful

  • jewish
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of How to Bare Your Neck and Save a Wreck (Guides For Dating Vampires Book 3) by D.N. Bryn

19. How to Bare Your Neck and Save a Wreck (Guides For Dating Vampires Book 3)

By: D.N. Bryn

4.20

Format: 455 pages, Kindle Edition

“I only take what’s owed me, and you, my little swan, owe me blood.”A single kiss from a masked vam… read more

Similar categories in D.N. Bryn's How to Bare Your Neck and Save a Wreck (Guides For Dating Vampires Book 3) book and Aden Polydoros's The City Beautiful

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
Cover of Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1) by Harvey Oliver Baxter

20. Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1)

By: Harvey Oliver Baxter

3.95

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

‘A great death is in the air.’ Arlo is lost. He thought he had everything figured out. Go to uni… read more

Similar categories in Harvey Oliver Baxter's Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1) book and Aden Polydoros's The City Beautiful

  • queer
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
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 Aden Polydoros's The City Beautiful

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer

16 must-read fiction books like The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros

Transform Your Habits

When the Angels Left the Old Country

Sacha Lamb

4.27

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The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen

Isaac Blum

4.01

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The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

Andrew Joseph White

4.52

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The Final Six (The Final Six, #1)

Alexandra Monir

3.83

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The Sunshine Court (All For the Game, #4)

Nora Sakavic

4.59

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Otherworldly

F.T. Lukens

3.99

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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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