20 must-read queer books like Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1) by Claudie Arseneault

Cover of Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1) by Claudie Arseneault

Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1)

By: Claudie Arseneault

4.06

Format: 104 pages, ebook

Innkeep, hunter, blacksmith, nurse—Horace has apprenticed for every clan in the domed city of Trena…

If you liked the queer plot in Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1) by Claudie Arseneault , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of Otherworldly by F.T. Lukens

1. 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 Claudie Arseneault's Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1)

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of The Baker and the Bard by Fern Haught

2. The Baker and the Bard

By: Fern Haught

3.62

Format: 147 pages, Paperback

Author-artist Fern Haught weaves an enchanting, gentle fantasy tale of friendship, determination, a… read more

Similar categories in Fern Haught's The Baker and the Bard book and Claudie Arseneault's Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1)

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1) by S.T. Gibson

3. Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

By: S.T. Gibson

3.66

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

The Devil knows your name, David Aristarkhov. As a teen, David Aristarkhov was a psychic prodig… read more

Similar categories in S.T. Gibson's Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1) book and Claudie Arseneault's Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1)

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"He looked as he always did: slightly underfed, terminally scholastic, and two weeks overdue for a haircut."

-S.T. Gibson, Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

"She didn't quite share her husband's passion for antiquarian books, but she understood it. She understood that if you cracked Rhys open, he would probably have paperback pages inside him instead of o…"

-S.T. Gibson, Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

Cover of Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao

4. Dear Wendy

By: Ann Zhao

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Dear Wendy's Sophie and Jo, two aromantic and asexual students at Wellesley College, engage in an o… read more

Similar categories in Ann Zhao's Dear Wendy book and Claudie Arseneault's Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1)

  • asexual
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"Nobody talks about breaking up with your friends. It sucks. Especially when that friend ditches you to be with whoever they think is The One."

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

"And still, it's hard to find people like me. The asexual community is small enough as it is; there are fewer aromantic people and even fewer people who are both."

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

"And that really made me think for the first time about how this could happen with any friend who's not also aroace. Like, my person, my closest confidant, will probably always have someone else - a r…"

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

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5. 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

Similar categories in Theo Parish's Homebody book and Claudie Arseneault's Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1)

  • 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

Cover of Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0) by Darcie Little Badger

6. Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0)

By: Darcie Little Badger

4.29

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

Darcie Little Badger's Elatsoe launched her career and in the years since has become a beloved favo… read more

Similar categories in Darcie Little Badger's Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0) book and Claudie Arseneault's Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1)

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of ダンジョン飯 6 [Dungeon Meshi 6] (Delicious in Dungeon, #6) by Ryoko Kui

7. ダンジョン飯 6 [Dungeon Meshi 6] (Delicious in Dungeon, #6)

By: Ryoko Kui

4.50

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

狂乱の魔術師を退けたライオス達の前に、 かつての仲間・シュローが現れる。 凄腕剣士の合流で、ファリンの救出も楽勝…!と思いきや!? 一緒に食事をすれば仲直り? 雪と氷の地下6階層で問われる、… read more

Similar categories in Ryoko Kui's ダンジョン飯 6 [Dungeon Meshi 6] (Delicious in Dungeon, #6) book and Claudie Arseneault's Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

8. Someone You Can Build a Nest In

By: John Wiswell

4.07

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Discover this creepy, charming monster-slaying fantasy romance—from the perspective of the monster—… read more

Similar categories in John Wiswell's Someone You Can Build a Nest In book and Claudie Arseneault's Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1)

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"No young woman of means has gone through her entire life without at least once surveying her opportunities and wishing for a dragon instead."

-John Wiswell, Someone You Can Build a Nest In

"Homily professed her love by digging a second crossbow bolt of Shersheshin's body. It was so much clearer a declaration of affection than any of those speeches spun by poets or playwrights. And stuff…"

-John Wiswell, Someone You Can Build a Nest In

Cover of I Want to be a Wall, Vol. 1 by Honami Shirono

9. I Want to be a Wall, Vol. 1

By: Honami Shirono

4.19

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Any love story aficionado will say that the key to a successful couple is intense desire for one an… read more

Similar categories in Honami Shirono's I Want to be a Wall, Vol. 1 book and Claudie Arseneault's Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1)

  • adult
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown

10. Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture

By: Sherronda J. Brown

4.53

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

For readers of Ace and Belly of the Beast: A Black queer feminist exploration of asexuality—and an … read more

Similar categories in Sherronda J. Brown's Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture book and Claudie Arseneault's Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1)

  • asexual
  • adult
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Brooms by Jasmine Walls

11. Brooms

By: Jasmine Walls

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

YALSA TOP 10 GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS BEST OF THE Booklist · Kirkus · Polygon · Chicago Publ… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Walls's Brooms book and Claudie Arseneault's Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1)

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland

12. Running Close to the Wind

By: Alexandra Rowland

4.07

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Avra Helvaçi, former field agent of the Araşti Ministry of Intelligence, has accidentally stolen th… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Rowland's Running Close to the Wind book and Claudie Arseneault's Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1)

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Icarus by K. Ancrum

13. 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 Claudie Arseneault's Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1)

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of The Prospects by K.T. Hoffman

14. The Prospects

By: K.T. Hoffman

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The pressure cooker of minor league baseball leads to major chemistry in this exhilarating, sexy, a… read more

Similar categories in K.T. Hoffman's The Prospects book and Claudie Arseneault's Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1)

  • adult
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"Glasses on or off?" Luis asks. "Off." Gene is nearsighted anyway, and he doesn't plan to let Luis get far enough away that he would need them."

-K.T. Hoffman, The Prospects

Cover of Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms by Sarah Wallace

15. Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms

By: Sarah Wallace

4.14

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Roger not only had to prove himself to the Council, he also had to prove himself to Wyndham Wrenwhi… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Wallace's Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms book and Claudie Arseneault's Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1)

  • queer
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
Cover of Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1) by Claudie Arseneault

16. Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1)

By: Claudie Arseneault

4.06

Format: 104 pages, ebook

Innkeep, hunter, blacksmith, nurse—Horace has apprenticed for every clan in the domed city of Trena… read more

Similar categories in Claudie Arseneault's Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1) book and Claudie Arseneault's Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1)

  • asexual
  • lgbt
  • novella
  • fiction
  • genderfluid
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The T in LGBT: everything you need to know about being trans by Jamie  Raines

17. The T in LGBT: everything you need to know about being trans

By: Jamie Raines

4.59

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Hey, I'm Jamie, a 29-year-old trans guy from the UK. I've been transitioning for 12 years now after… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Raines's The T in LGBT: everything you need to know about being trans book and Claudie Arseneault's Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1)

  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Exes & Foes by Amanda Woody

18. Exes & Foes

By: Amanda Woody

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

When two ex-best friends decide to hold a competition for the new girl's heart, they don't expect t… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Woody's Exes & Foes book and Claudie Arseneault's Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1)

  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of The Phoenix Keeper by S.A.  MacLean

19. The Phoenix Keeper

By: S.A. MacLean

4.01

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Set in a magical zoo teeming with mythical beasts from dragons and unicorns to kelpies and krakens,… read more

Similar categories in S.A. MacLean's The Phoenix Keeper book and Claudie Arseneault's Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1)

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2) by Aiden Thomas

20. 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 Claudie Arseneault's Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1)

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Yield Under Great Persuasion by Alexandra Rowland

21. Yield Under Great Persuasion

By: Alexandra Rowland

4.47

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Tam Becket has hated Lord Lyford since they were boys. The fact that he’s also been sleeping with t… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Rowland's Yield Under Great Persuasion book and Claudie Arseneault's Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1)

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer

17 Best fiction books like Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1) by Claudie Arseneault

Transform Your Habits

Otherworldly

F.T. Lukens

3.99

Transform Your Habits

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Fern Haught

3.62

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Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

S.T. Gibson

3.66

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Ann Zhao

4.01

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Kamome Shirahama

4.44

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Kamome Shirahama

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Kamome Shirahama

4.48

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Kamome Shirahama

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