14 Best lgbt books like The Vela (The Vela #1) by Yoon Ha Lee

Cover of The Vela (The Vela #1) by Yoon Ha Lee

The Vela (The Vela #1)

By: Yoon Ha Lee

3.80

Format: 385 pages, ebook

In the fading light of a dying star, a soldier for hire searches for a missing refugee ship and unc…

If you liked the lgbt plot in The Vela (The Vela #1) by Yoon Ha Lee , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of After the Coup (Old Man's War, #4.5) by John Scalzi

1. After the Coup (Old Man's War, #4.5)

By: John Scalzi

2.33

Format: None pages, ebook

In a universe of harsh interstellar conflict, the practice of interspecies diplomacy--when possible… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's After the Coup (Old Man's War, #4.5) book and Yoon Ha Lee's The Vela (The Vela #1)

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • space

2. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)

By: None

4.50

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space--and one adventurous young explorer who d… read more

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3. A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)

By: None

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Lovelace was once merely a ship's artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in an new body, follow… read more

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4. The Cloud Roads (Books of the Raksura, #1)

By: Martha Wells

3.97

Format: 278 pages, Paperback

Moon has spent his life hiding what he is — a shape-shifter able to transform himself into a winged… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's The Cloud Roads (Books of the Raksura, #1) book and Yoon Ha Lee's The Vela (The Vela #1)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
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5. Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)

By: None , Becky Chambers

4.12

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are fr… read more

Similar categories in None's Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3) book and Yoon Ha Lee's The Vela (The Vela #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • queer
"We're our own warning."

-None, Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)

"I am seventy-nine years old. If I want dessert twice ... I get dessert twice."

-None, Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)

"If you never leave, you'll always wonder.  You'll wonder what your life could've been, if you did the right thing. Well... scratch that. You'll always wonder if you did the right thing, no matter wha…"

-None, Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)

"We are the wealthiest species alive today. We want for nothing. Without us, there would be no tunnels, no ambi, no galactic map. But we achieved these things through subjugation. Violence. We destroy…"

-None, Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)

Cover of System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) by Martha Wells

6. System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

By: Martha Wells

4.22

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back. … read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) book and Yoon Ha Lee's The Vela (The Vela #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
"(I'm going to have to code a patch for threat assessment.)"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"I said, “Have you done something that you feel you should be threatened for?"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Bad things may not be more statistically possible but it sure seems like they are."

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Then he sent me a note back. So, you may not know this but I read your letter to Dr. Mensah, the one you sent when you left Port FreeCommerce. I think you're absolutely the right person to write this…"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

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7. The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)

By: Becky Chambers

4.41

Format: 336 pages, ebook

With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The only thing it has g… read more

Similar categories in Becky Chambers's The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4) book and Yoon Ha Lee's The Vela (The Vela #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • queer
"The gendered expectations of parenting were dissolving, but even though women could be found working in creches now, there was still an enormous difference between the person who produced an egg and …"

-Becky Chambers, The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)

"In traditional Aeluon culture, a mother was not a parent. Parents were men and shon. Parents went to school for it. Parents were the people who actually raised children, not those who had done the ea…"

-Becky Chambers, The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)

"Then, what is your reason?' 'I don't know!' Pei rubbed her face in frustration. 'There is no reason why I don't want to do this! I'm healthy! I'm clearly capable! Everybody I know who's ever gone to …"

-Becky Chambers, The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)

"Just because there’s no one living on a planet does not mean it’s yours for the taking. Do you not see how dangerous that mindset is? Do you not think that treating the galaxy as if it is something t…"

-Becky Chambers, The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)

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8. Translation State

By: Ann Leckie

4.09

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple … read more

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's Translation State book and Yoon Ha Lee's The Vela (The Vela #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • queer
"I am not a potato."

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

"You have only small and seemingly pointless choices available to you. But if there is anything I have been trying to teach you, it is that small actions can have larger consequences. If one has only …"

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

Cover of The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) by Nghi Vo

9. The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

By: Nghi Vo

4.17

Format: 128 pages, ebook

The Hugo Award-Winning Series returns with its newest standalone entry: a gothic mystery involving … read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) book and Yoon Ha Lee's The Vela (The Vela #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"The world starts with a story. So do dynasties and eras and wars. So does love, and so does revenge. Everything starts with a story."

-Nghi Vo, The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

Cover of Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4) by Nghi Vo

10. Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4)

By: Nghi Vo

4.24

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

The Hugo and Crawford Award-Winning Series! The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singin… read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4) book and Yoon Ha Lee's The Vela (The Vela #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz

11. The Terraformers

By: Annalee Newitz

3.37

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Destry is a top network analyst with the Environmental Rescue Team, an ancient organization devoted… read more

Similar categories in Annalee Newitz's The Terraformers book and Yoon Ha Lee's The Vela (The Vela #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) by Becky  Chambers

12. A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)

By: Becky Chambers

None

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

ASIN B08H831J18 moved to the more recent edition Centuries before, robots of Panga gained self-a… read more

Similar categories in Becky Chambers's A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) book and Yoon Ha Lee's The Vela (The Vela #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky  Chambers

13. To Be Taught, If Fortunate

By: Becky Chambers

4.20

Format: 153 pages, Paperback

In her new novella, Sunday Times best-selling author Becky Chambers imagines a future in which, ins… read more

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  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • queer
"Hope isn't about predicting the future; it's about how you approach it."

-Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate

"Even if nothing ever does go wrong, I have to prepare as though it might."

-Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate

"We were alive on that world. We were kings without enemies, children removed from time."

-Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate

"When the world you know is out of reach, nothing is more welcome than a measurable reminder that it still exists."

-Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate

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14. Some Desperate Glory

By: Emily Tesh

4.06

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

While we live, the enemy shall fear us. All her life Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge … read more

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  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • queer
"While Earth's children live, the enemy shall fear us."

-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

"While we live, the enemy shall fear us. We are what's left. We are what must survive."

-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

Cover of A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2) by Becky  Chambers

15. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2)

By: Becky Chambers

4.41

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robo… read more

Similar categories in Becky Chambers's A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2) book and Yoon Ha Lee's The Vela (The Vela #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"It's one thing to be told about the world that was. It's another to see a piece of it."

-Becky Chambers, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2)

Cover of Descendant Machine (Continuance #2) by Gareth L.   Powell

16. Descendant Machine (Continuance #2)

By: Gareth L. Powell

4.11

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

From the award-winning author comes a gripping, fast-paced and fascinating science fiction adventur… read more

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  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • space
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17. Under Fortunate Stars

By: Ren Hutchings

3.93

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Fleeing the final days of the generations-long war with the alien Felen, smuggler Jereth Keeven's f… read more

Similar categories in Ren Hutchings's Under Fortunate Stars book and Yoon Ha Lee's The Vela (The Vela #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • queer
Cover of Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1) by L.M. Sagas

18. Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1)

By: L.M. Sagas

3.92

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

L. M. Sagas' debut, Cascade Failure, is a highly commercial, sci-fi adventure blending J. S. Dewes'… read more

Similar categories in L.M. Sagas's Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1) book and Yoon Ha Lee's The Vela (The Vela #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • queer
Cover of Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers by Bryan Thomas Schmidt

19. Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers

By: Bryan Thomas Schmidt

4.13

Format: 632 pages, Kindle Edition

The second volume of short science fiction anthology. 26 stories from series such as Confederation… read more

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  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
Cover of The Vela (The Vela #1) by Yoon Ha Lee

20. The Vela (The Vela #1)

By: Yoon Ha Lee

3.80

Format: 385 pages, ebook

In the fading light of a dying star, a soldier for hire searches for a missing refugee ship and unc… read more

Similar categories in Yoon Ha Lee's The Vela (The Vela #1) book and Yoon Ha Lee's The Vela (The Vela #1)

  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • queer
Cover of Where Peace Is Lost by Valerie Valdes

21. Where Peace Is Lost

By: Valerie Valdes

4.03

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

A brand-new space fantasy novel from master world-builder Valerie Valdes! A refugee with a secret, … read more

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  • audiobook
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • queer

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