10 Top romance books like A Warning About Swans by R.M. Romero

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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…

If you liked the romance plot in A Warning About Swans by R.M. Romero , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Spin

By: Rebecca Caprara

4.25

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

The Song of Achilles and Circe get a sapphic, young adult twist in this gorgeously lush, feminist r… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Caprara's Spin book and R.M. Romero's A Warning About Swans

  • poetry
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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2. 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 R.M. Romero's A Warning About Swans

  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"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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3. Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued

By: Peter Sís

4.48

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

In 1938, twenty-nine-year-old Nicholas Winton saved the lives of almost 700 children trapped in Naz… read more

Similar categories in Peter Sís's Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued book and R.M. Romero's A Warning About Swans

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4. Most Ardently

By: Gabe Cole Novoa

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A trans boy searches for a future―and a romance―in which he can live and love openly as himself in … read more

Similar categories in Gabe Cole Novoa's Most Ardently book and R.M. Romero's A Warning About Swans

  • romance
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"I love you, Oliver," Darcy said, "Most ardently."

-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

"We're permitted to bring a guest,' Darcy said. 'We could bring a guest every week if we wanted to. I'd be happy to make you mine.' Oliver arched an eyebrow. Darcy's face flushed pink. 'My... guest. T…"

-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

"Just the notion of being able to spend multiple days as himself made Oliver feel lighter. He finished his tea and stood, the heaviness of his argument with his mother melting away at the prospect of …"

-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

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5. The Pomegranate Gate (The Mirror Realm Cycle, #1)

By: Ariel Kaplan

3.99

Format: 545 pages, Hardcover

Ariel Kaplan’s The Pomegranate Gate is the lyrical first installment of the Mirror Realm Cycle, a v… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Kaplan's The Pomegranate Gate (The Mirror Realm Cycle, #1) book and R.M. Romero's A Warning About Swans

  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
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6. The Navigating Fox

By: Christopher Rowe

3.74

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

Quintus Shu'al is the world's only navigating fox. He's also in disgrace after leading an expeditio… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Rowe's The Navigating Fox book and R.M. Romero's A Warning About Swans

  • fantasy
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7. Her Radiant Curse

By: Elizabeth Lim

4.17

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author of SIX CRIMSON CRANES comes a tale of two sisters—one as… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Lim's Her Radiant Curse book and R.M. Romero's A Warning About Swans

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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8. 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 R.M. Romero's A Warning About Swans

  • audiobook
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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9. The Absinthe Underground

By: Jamie Pacton

3.47

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Moulin Rouge meets Holly Black in a thrilling sapphic friends-to-lovers romantasy! For Sybil Cla… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Pacton's The Absinthe Underground book and R.M. Romero's A Warning About Swans

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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10. All That Consumes Us

By: Erica Waters

3.75

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Ninth House meets The Dead and the Dark in this gothic dark academia novel that delves into the hum… read more

Similar categories in Erica Waters's All That Consumes Us book and R.M. Romero's A Warning About Swans

  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"We are like a mockery to the dead-so young and so alive, our blood beating hot and excited in our veins. If the roles were reversed and it were me who lay beneath the earth, beneath this thoughtless …"

-Erica Waters, All That Consumes Us

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11. The Deep Dark

By: Molly Knox Ostertag

4.42

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

From Molly Knox Ostertag, writer-illustrator, comes a darkly beautiful story of identity, family, l… read more

Similar categories in Molly Knox Ostertag's The Deep Dark book and R.M. Romero's A Warning About Swans

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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12. 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

Similar categories in Zoe Hana Mikuta's Off With Their Heads book and R.M. Romero's A Warning About Swans

  • romance
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fantasy
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13. This Dark Descent (This Dark Descent, #1)

By: Kalyn Josephson

3.73

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Tous les dix ans, les citoyens de Veradell se rassemblent pour l'Illinir, une course de chevaux mag… read more

Similar categories in Kalyn Josephson's This Dark Descent (This Dark Descent, #1) book and R.M. Romero's A Warning About Swans

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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14. Before the Devil Knows You're Here

By: Autumn Krause

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A deliciously dark folk horror for fans of Maggie Stiefvater and Erin Craig, blending the tall tale… read more

Similar categories in Autumn Krause's Before the Devil Knows You're Here book and R.M. Romero's A Warning About Swans

  • retellings
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Curses could be broken, yes, but they left scars. Not simply the sort made from dead flesh, but the sort formed over a nerve so that an ache is always there, just beneath the skin."

-Autumn Krause, Before the Devil Knows You're Here

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15. Enter the Body

By: Joy McCullough

4.00

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“At once tender, poetic and ferocious, Enter The Body breathes new life into the Bard’s most tragic… read more

Similar categories in Joy McCullough's Enter the Body book and R.M. Romero's A Warning About Swans

  • romance
  • poetry
  • retellings
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Broken people can be loved."

-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body

"The telling of stories holds back the weight of time."

-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body

"Each considers how these acts of violence against their bodies were acceptable to the world, while their desires were not."

-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body

"Not all stories can be told. Some are so dark and twisted, their telling would undo the world. But just because she doesn't speak doesn't mean Lavinia can't share who she is, what she's been through,…"

-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body

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16. Compound Fracture

By: Andrew Joseph White

4.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling and award-winning author Andrew Joseph White returns with a queer Appalachian thriller,… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Joseph White's Compound Fracture book and R.M. Romero's A Warning About Swans

  • young adult
  • lgbt
"There's a whole spectrum of reactions to coming out. Getting kicked out is one extreme–being accepted wholeheartedly is the other. But in the middle, there's this. The awkwardness, the refusals to ac…"

-Andrew Joseph White, Compound Fracture

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17. Saint Juniper's Folly

By: Alex Crespo

3.83

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Cemetery Boys meets The Haunting of Bly Manor in this spellbinding debut! Alex Crespo’s queer haunt… read more

Similar categories in Alex Crespo's Saint Juniper's Folly book and R.M. Romero's A Warning About Swans

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • lgbt
Cover of Wrath Becomes Her by Aden Polydoros

18. Wrath Becomes Her

By: Aden Polydoros

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Vera was made for vengeance. Lithuania, 1943. A father drowns in the all-consuming grief of a da… read more

Similar categories in Aden Polydoros's Wrath Becomes Her book and R.M. Romero's A Warning About Swans

  • mythology
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
"There is a mark on your brow,' I murmured, leaning forward to rest my forehead against his. 'And it means truth."

-Aden Polydoros, Wrath Becomes Her

"The thing about losing someone, it's like...You see something, and you think 'oh, they'll love this once I tell them' or 'I can't wait to share this with them,' but you can't. Because they're dead. S…"

-Aden Polydoros, Wrath Becomes Her

Cover of A Warning About Swans by R.M. Romero

19. 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 R.M. Romero's A Warning About Swans

  • romance
  • poetry
  • retellings
  • fairy tales
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
Cover of A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft

20. A Dark and Drowning Tide

By: Allison Saft

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A sharp-tongued folklorist must pair up with her academic rival to solve their mentor's murder in t… read more

Similar categories in Allison Saft's A Dark and Drowning Tide book and R.M. Romero's A Warning About Swans

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
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21. The West Passage

By: Jared Pechaček

3.96

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

A palace the size of a city, ruled by giant Ladies of unknowable, eldritch origin. A land left to s… read more

Similar categories in Jared Pechaček's The West Passage book and R.M. Romero's A Warning About Swans

  • audiobook
  • fantasy
  • lgbt

17 Best fantasy books like A Warning About Swans by R.M. Romero

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Spin

Rebecca Caprara

4.25

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The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

Andrew Joseph White

4.52

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The Pomegranate Gate (The Mirror Realm Cycle, #1)

Ariel Kaplan

3.99

Transform Your Habits

The Navigating Fox

Christopher Rowe

3.74

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17 Top fiction books like Enter the Body by Joy McCullough

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Nigeria Jones

Ibi Zoboi

3.96

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Mascot

Charles Waters

4.02

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Spin

Rebecca Caprara

4.25

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A Long Stretch of Bad Days

Mindy McGinnis

4.02

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