11 Top queer books like The Cobbler's Boy by Elizabeth Bear

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The Cobbler's Boy

By: Elizabeth Bear

3.88

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

Brilliant, bookish Christopher Marlowe is fifteen years old and desperate to qualify for a scholars…

If you liked the queer plot in The Cobbler's Boy by Elizabeth Bear , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Spiderlight

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.12

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

The Church of Armes of the Light has battled the forces of Darkness for as long as anyone can remem… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Spiderlight book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Like a bloody cave,"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Spiderlight

"What was building a web but a gustatory expression of hope?"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Spiderlight

"Were all beings just a thin skin of volition floating on a sea of drives and directives they could not control?"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Spiderlight

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2. The Waking Fire (The Draconis Memoria, #1)

By: Anthony Ryan

4.05

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling Raven’s Shadow Trilogy was a perfect read for “fans of broadscale ep… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Ryan's The Waking Fire (The Draconis Memoria, #1) book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Curiosity is also my worst vice, and once stirred one not to be denied."

-Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire (The Draconis Memoria, #1)

"I did wonder if I'd have cause to rue my action. Now I believe it can safely be filed under Necessary Regrets."

-Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire (The Draconis Memoria, #1)

"I've survived revolution, war, and over a decade on this continent," the Burgrave reflected. "But by all the ghosts of the hundred emperors, I think fatherhood will finally do me in."

-Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire (The Draconis Memoria, #1)

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3. The Goblin Emperor

By: Katherine Addison

3.84

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A vividly imagined fantasy of court intrigue and dark magics in a steampunk-inflected world, by a b… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Addison's The Goblin Emperor book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Cast in Deception (Chronicles of Elantra, #13) by Michelle Sagara

4. Cast in Deception (Chronicles of Elantra, #13)

By: Michelle Sagara

3.63

Format: None pages, Paperback

WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE, WHO NEEDS ENEMIES? Private Kaylin Neya thought her home couldn't possibly … read more

Similar categories in Michelle Sagara's Cast in Deception (Chronicles of Elantra, #13) book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction

5. The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #2)

By: Martha Wells

4.06

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

Nicholas Valiarde is a passionate, embittered nobleman with an enigmatic past. Consumed by thoughts… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #2) book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

6. The Hallowed Hunt (World of the Five Gods, #3)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.11

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The half-mad Prince Boleso has been slain by a noblewoman he had intended to defile -- and Lord Ing… read more

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7. Dragon Blood (Hurog, #2)

By: Patricia Briggs

4.00

Format: 302 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Irresistible fantasy from the #1 New York Timesbestselling author. As the rebellion grows against H… read more

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8. The Price of Valour (The Shadow Campaigns, #3)

By: Django Wexler

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the latest Shadow Campaigns novel, Django Wexler continues his "epic fantasy of military might a… read more

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9. All the Hidden Paths (The Tithenai Chronicles, #2)

By: Foz Meadows

4.20

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The follow-up to Foz Meadows's A Strange and Stubborn Endurance , a sultry political & romantic fan… read more

Similar categories in Foz Meadows's All the Hidden Paths (The Tithenai Chronicles, #2) book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • queer
"[Markel signing] '...If I'd just been a little sharper--' 'You're plenty sharp, Markel,' I said, smiling at him. 'Like an oddly maternal knife."

-Foz Meadows, All the Hidden Paths (The Tithenai Chronicles, #2)

"I can feel the pair of you mother-henning me from here,' Vel called from the bathroom door. 'It smacks of conspiracy.' 'You'll be cared about and you'll like it!' Cae called back."

-Foz Meadows, All the Hidden Paths (The Tithenai Chronicles, #2)

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10. 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 Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • 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

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11. Demon Daughter (Penric and Desdemona, #12)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.53

Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition

A six-year-old shiplost girl draws the kin Jurald family of Vilnoc into complex dilemmas, and sorce… read more

Similar categories in Lois McMaster Bujold's Demon Daughter (Penric and Desdemona, #12) book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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12. The Grief of Stones (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #2)

By: Katherine Addison

4.32

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

In The Grief of Stones, Katherine Addison returns to the world of The Goblin Emperor with a direct … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Addison's The Grief of Stones (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #2) book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • queer
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13. A Theory of Haunting

By: Sarah Monette

3.95

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

Kyle Murchison Booth, archivist at the Parrington Museum, has heard of Thirdhop Scarp. Everyone has… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Monette's A Theory of Haunting book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • novella
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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14. The Warden (The Warden, #1)

By: Daniel M. Ford

3.83

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

A Most Anticipated Book of the Year for GoodReads and FanfiAddict A Best Science Fiction & Fantasy… read more

Similar categories in Daniel M. Ford's The Warden (The Warden, #1) book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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15. Servant Mage

By: Kate Elliott

3.58

Format: 164 pages, Hardcover

Fellian is a Lamplighter, able to provide illumination through magic. A group of rebel Monarchists … read more

Similar categories in Kate Elliott's Servant Mage book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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16. At the Feet of the Sun (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #2)

By: Victoria Goddard

4.57

Format: 1330 pages, Kindle Edition

Cliopher Mdang has been appointed Viceroy of Zunidh by his beloved Radiancy, the Last Emperor, who … read more

Similar categories in Victoria Goddard's At the Feet of the Sun (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #2) book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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17. The Witness for the Dead (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #1)

By: Katherine Addison

4.11

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Katherine Addison returns to the glittering world she created for her beloved novel, 'The Goblin Em… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Addison's The Witness for the Dead (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #1) book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • queer
"I’ll have to tell my mother that being gaudy has its uses"

-Katherine Addison, The Witness for the Dead (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #1)

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18. The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club, #3)

By: Theodora Goss

4.04

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Mary Jekyll and the Athena Club race to save Alice—and foil a plot to unseat the Queen, in the elec… read more

Similar categories in Theodora Goss's The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club, #3) book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
"Mary, it is sometimes permissible to lie to others, but it is never wise to lie to oneself."

-Theodora Goss, The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club, #3)

"However you feel about maids' uniforms, we don't have time to overthrow the social order today."

-Theodora Goss, The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club, #3)

" MARY: Are our readers going to know what the Athena Club is? CATHERINE: They will if they read the first two books! Which they should, and I hope if they are reading this volume and have not read th…"

-Theodora Goss, The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club, #3)

"There is modesty, and there is propriety. The former is a natural instinct, given to us when Adam and Eve left the garden and realized their nakedness. The latter is merely a social construct. Althou…"

-Theodora Goss, The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club, #3)

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19. Disturbing the Dead (A Rip Through Time, #3)

By: Kelley Armstrong

4.28

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

Disturbing the Dead is the latest in a unique series with one foot in the 1890s and the other in th… read more

Similar categories in Kelley Armstrong's Disturbing the Dead (A Rip Through Time, #3) book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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20. The Bone Harp

By: Victoria Goddard

4.49

Format: 280 pages, ebook

Thrice-cursed bard and warrior-elf Tamsin wakes up in Elfland after what might or might not have be… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Goddard's The Bone Harp book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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21. The Game of Courts (Lays of the Hearth-Fire #0.6)

By: Victoria Goddard

4.34

Format: 79 pages, Kindle Edition

The Cavalier Conju enazo Argellian an Vilius—Conju to his friends, or he would be if any of them ha… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Goddard's The Game of Courts (Lays of the Hearth-Fire #0.6) book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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22. The Angel of the Crows

By: Katherine Addison

3.80

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

This is not the story you think it is. These are not the characters you think they are. This is not… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Addison's The Angel of the Crows book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
"Is your oath still binding?"

-Katherine Addison, The Angel of the Crows

"I can see why James likes you."

-Katherine Addison, The Angel of the Crows

"You cannot have him. He is mine."

-Katherine Addison, The Angel of the Crows

"He is mine and you cannot have him."

-Katherine Addison, The Angel of the Crows

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23. The Hands of the Emperor (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1)

By: Victoria Goddard

4.45

Format: 969 pages, Kindle Edition

An impulsive word can start a war. A timely word can stop one. A simple act of friendship can cha… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Goddard's The Hands of the Emperor (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1) book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"He was not an artist of anything but the hidden intricacies underlying government bureaucracy, and no one else actually cared whether those were beautiful or not."

-Victoria Goddard, The Hands of the Emperor (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1)

"I am suggesting that as a leader it is your responsibility to shape the culture of your communities, to encourage them to beauty and resilience and prosperity, to make them thrive."

-Victoria Goddard, The Hands of the Emperor (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1)

"I am not, and have never been, willing to compromise my principles. When I look back on what I have done with my life I rest content knowing that when I have made mistakes, I made them from my princi…"

-Victoria Goddard, The Hands of the Emperor (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1)

"It is a small thing, yes, but on small things hinge the turning of the world. Very rarely does the opportunity come to stand up against torture and evildoing - or for justice and equality - in the gr…"

-Victoria Goddard, The Hands of the Emperor (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1)

Cover of Lora Selezh (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #0.5) by Katherine Addison

24. Lora Selezh (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #0.5)

By: Katherine Addison

3.94

Format: 13 pages, ebook

A short story set in the world of The Goblin Emperor. Pre-order bonus for The Witness for the Dead.… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Addison's Lora Selezh (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #0.5) book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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25. Petty Treasons (Lays of the Hearth-Fire #0.5)

By: Victoria Goddard

4.28

Format: 110 pages, Kindle Edition

Artorin Damara, last Emperor of Astandalas, is in need of a new secretary. It has been three yea… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Goddard's Petty Treasons (Lays of the Hearth-Fire #0.5) book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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26. The Return of Fitzroy Angursell (The Red Company Reformed, #1)

By: Victoria Goddard

4.40

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Artorin Damara is the Last Emperor of Astandalas and present Lord Magus of Zunidh. He is respected … read more

Similar categories in Victoria Goddard's The Return of Fitzroy Angursell (The Red Company Reformed, #1) book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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27. Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

By: Victoria Goddard

4.50

Format: 100 pages, ebook

“Someone always leaves.” That’s what Tovo has been saying to anyone who asks him why his great-n… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5) book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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28. Those Who Hold the Fire (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #0.4)

By: Victoria Goddard

4.32

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The tanà holds the fire of the community. Thirteen-year-old Kip's always felt a bit of an outsider,… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Goddard's Those Who Hold the Fire (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #0.4) book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • novella
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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29. The Cobbler's Boy

By: Elizabeth Bear

3.88

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

Brilliant, bookish Christopher Marlowe is fifteen years old and desperate to qualify for a scholars… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • queer
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30. Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.62

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

When Rozakajin, road-weary bandit and army deserter, spots a hapless blond young man in a country i… read more

Similar categories in Lois McMaster Bujold's Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13) book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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31. The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

New York City, New York. Meet Augustus Berrycloth-Young - fop, flaneur, and Englishman abroad - … read more

Similar categories in Ben Aaronovitch's The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2) book and Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy

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Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.12

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Anthony Ryan

4.05

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Katherine Addison

3.84

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Michelle Sagara

3.63

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Kim Harrison

3.92

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Deanna Raybourn

4.19

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Ashley Weaver

4.26

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