15 best-selling queer books like Skin Thief: Stories by Suzan Palumbo

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Skin Thief: Stories

By: Suzan Palumbo

4.62

Format: None pages, None

A Book Riot's 2023 best book of the year and Nominated for the Aurora and Locus awards. Skin Thief:…

If you liked the queer plot in Skin Thief: Stories by Suzan Palumbo , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of The Archive Undying (The Downworld Sequence, #1) by Emma Mieko Candon

1. The Archive Undying (The Downworld Sequence, #1)

By: Emma Mieko Candon

3.31

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

War machines and AI gods run amok in The Archive Undying, national bestseller Emma Mieko Candon's b… read more

Similar categories in Emma Mieko Candon's The Archive Undying (The Downworld Sequence, #1) book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

2. The Reformatory

By: Tananarive Due

4.47

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

A gripping, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr. as he’s sen… read more

Similar categories in Tananarive Due's The Reformatory book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

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

3. 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 Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • 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)

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4. The Haunting of Velkwood

By: Gwendolyn Kiste

3.64

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Bram Stoker Award­–winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a chilling novel about three childhood… read more

Similar categories in Gwendolyn Kiste's The Haunting of Velkwood book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • horror
  • adult
  • queer
  • lgbt
"Because I'd prefer to live in a world with you in it."

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"I understood something that Brett wouldn't admit - that we were talking about family. And family is the ultimate trap, it's something you carry with you for life; the people you come from and the mar…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"There were things that seemed so impossible when we were young, things I gave up on long ago even though they aren't impossible anymore. There's the world we lived in then and the world we live in no…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"It's always startling to see her... the way looks like a fever dream, like something not quite real. That valence of dark hair over her eyes, those lips always painted bright red as a pomegranate see…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

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5. The Salt Grows Heavy

By: Cassandra Khaw

3.59

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

From USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewi… read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Khaw's The Salt Grows Heavy book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • lgbt
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"And you shall know her by the trail of dead"

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"There is nothing wrong with being a monster."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"A thousand mythologies contributed to my conception."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"The truth liberates; it cannot cripple or maul, cannot injure, not unless one declares themselves its apostate."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

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6. The Saint of Bright Doors

By: Vajra Chandrasekera

3.71

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

The Saint of Bright Doors sets the high drama of divine revolutionaries and transcendent cults agai… read more

Similar categories in Vajra Chandrasekera's The Saint of Bright Doors book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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7. Your Shadow Half Remains

By: Sunny Moraine

3.38

Format: 163 pages, Paperback

One look can kill. Riley has not seen a single human face in longer than she can reckon. No fac… read more

Similar categories in Sunny Moraine's Your Shadow Half Remains book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • horror
  • adult
  • queer
  • lgbt
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8. Womb City

By: Tlotlo Tsamaase

3.19

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

WOMB CITY imagines a dark and deadly future Botswana, rich with culture and true folklore, which be… read more

Similar categories in Tlotlo Tsamaase's Womb City book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • horror
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9. Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

By: Wole Talabi

3.72

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The debut fantasy novel from an award-winning Nigerian author presents a mythic tale of disgruntled… read more

Similar categories in Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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10. The Water Outlaws

By: S.L. Huang

3.81

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by a classic of martial arts literature, S. L. Huang's The Water Outlaws are bandits of de… read more

Similar categories in S.L. Huang's The Water Outlaws book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • queer
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
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11. Chrysalis

By: Anuja Varghese

3.96

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Canadian Governor General's Literary for Fiction Genre-blending stories of transfo… read more

Similar categories in Anuja Varghese's Chrysalis book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • lgbt
  • short stories
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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12. Song of the Huntress

By: Lucy Holland

3.76

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

The acclaimed author of Sistersong transforms the story of Herla and the Wild Hunt into a rich, fem… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Holland's Song of the Huntress book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
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13. Grey Dog

By: Elliott Gish

3.96

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A subversive literary horror novel that disrupts the tropes of women’s historical fiction with delu… read more

Similar categories in Elliott Gish's Grey Dog book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • horror
  • adult
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar

14. The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain

By: Sofia Samatar

3.94

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Celebrated author Sofia Samatar presents a mystical, revolutionary space adventure for the exhauste… read more

Similar categories in Sofia Samatar's The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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15. Fathomfolk (Drowned World, #1)

By: Eliza Chan

3.16

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

From one of fantasy’s most exciting new voices Eliza Chan comes a modern, myth-inflected story of r… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Chan's Fathomfolk (Drowned World, #1) book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • adult
  • fantasy
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16. The Butcher of the Forest

By: Premee Mohamed

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A world-weary woman races against the clock to rescue the children of a wrathful tyrant from a dang… read more

Similar categories in Premee Mohamed's The Butcher of the Forest book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • horror
Cover of The Pomegranate Gate (The Mirror Realm Cycle, #1) by Ariel Kaplan

17. 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 Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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18. Linghun

By: Ai Jiang

3.96

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

WELCOME HOME. Follow Wenqi, Liam, and Mrs. in this modern gothic ghost story by Chinese-Canadian… read more

Similar categories in Ai Jiang's Linghun book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • short stories
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • horror
"In HOME, Liam was a dream. Here, he's a flawed but beautiful reality. Whispers of our future together lull us both into a dreamless sleep. It's the first time we find such emptiness comforting."

-Ai Jiang, Linghun

"Feelings, emotions, experiences, are all part of humanity's shared language, and in Linghun, that shared language is grief. Grief is a language that tears us apart, but it is also what brings us toge…"

-Ai Jiang, Linghun

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19. The Woods All Black

By: Lee Mandelo

3.81

Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition

The Woods All Black is equal parts historical horror, trans romance, and blood-soaked revenge, all … read more

Similar categories in Lee Mandelo's The Woods All Black book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • lgbt
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Spill enough blood on it, and the earth was bound to go strange."

-Lee Mandelo, The Woods All Black

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20. No One Will Come Back For Us and Other Stories

By: Premee Mohamed

4.00

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

A collection of short fiction by award-winning author Premee Mohamed. read more

Similar categories in Premee Mohamed's No One Will Come Back For Us and Other Stories book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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21. Green Fuse Burning

By: Tiffany Morris

3.88

Format: 107 pages, ebook

The debut novella from the Elgin Award winning author of Elegies of Rotting Stars. After the death … read more

Similar categories in Tiffany Morris's Green Fuse Burning book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • lgbt
  • short stories
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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22. The Thick and the Lean

By: Chana Porter

3.68

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In Lambda Award finalist Chana Porter’s highly anticipated new novel, an aspiring chef, a cyberthie… read more

Similar categories in Chana Porter's The Thick and the Lean book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • lgbt
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

23. Lost Ark Dreaming

By: Suyi Davies Okungbowa

3.69

Format: 179 pages, Hardcover

The brutally engineered class divisions of Snowpiercer meets Rivers Solomon’s The Deep in this high… read more

Similar categories in Suyi Davies Okungbowa's Lost Ark Dreaming book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil by Ananda Lima

24. Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil

By: Ananda Lima

3.52

Format: 181 pages, Hardcover

At a Halloween party in 1999, a writer slept with the devil. She sees him again and again throughou… read more

Similar categories in Ananda Lima's Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa

25. The Splinter in the Sky

By: Kemi Ashing-Giwa

3.47

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER A “breathtaking space opera” ( Publishers Weekly , starred review) about a … read more

Similar categories in Kemi Ashing-Giwa's The Splinter in the Sky book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Foul Days (The Witch's Compendium of Monsters, #1) by Genoveva Dimova

26. Foul Days (The Witch's Compendium of Monsters, #1)

By: Genoveva Dimova

3.97

Format: 359 pages, Paperback

The Witcher meets Naomi Novik in this fast-paced fantasy rooted in Slavic folklore, from an assured… read more

Similar categories in Genoveva Dimova's Foul Days (The Witch's Compendium of Monsters, #1) book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Every self-respecting witch had a few battle scars."

-Genoveva Dimova, Foul Days (The Witch's Compendium of Monsters, #1)

"He had the spine of a snake and the moral compass of a vulture."

-Genoveva Dimova, Foul Days (The Witch's Compendium of Monsters, #1)

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27. Blood at the Root

By: LaDarrion Williams

4.05

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A teenager on the run from his past finds the family he never knew existed and the community he nev… read more

Similar categories in LaDarrion Williams's Blood at the Root book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
Cover of I Am AI: A Novelette by Ai Jiang

28. I Am AI: A Novelette

By: Ai Jiang

4.11

Format: 63 pages, Paperback

If you have the opportunity to give up humanity for efficiency, mechanical invincibility, and to su… read more

Similar categories in Ai Jiang's I Am AI: A Novelette book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • horror
Cover of Skin Thief: Stories by Suzan Palumbo

29. Skin Thief: Stories

By: Suzan Palumbo

4.62

Format: None pages, None

A Book Riot's 2023 best book of the year and Nominated for the Aurora and Locus awards. Skin Thief:… read more

Similar categories in Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • collections
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Conjure Island by Eden Royce

30. Conjure Island

By: Eden Royce

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Root Magic comes the story of a girl forced to spend the summer wi… read more

Similar categories in Eden Royce's Conjure Island book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
Cover of Flower and Thorn by Rati Mehrotra

31. Flower and Thorn

By: Rati Mehrotra

3.88

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A young flower hunter gets embroiled in the succession politics of the Sultanate when she must retr… read more

Similar categories in Rati Mehrotra's Flower and Thorn book and Suzan Palumbo's Skin Thief: Stories

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Fardan bent to peer at her face. “What are you thinking?"

-Rati Mehrotra, Flower and Thorn

"His gaze narrowed. “Why do you think the Portuguese are here, so far from their own country?"

-Rati Mehrotra, Flower and Thorn

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Malka Ann Older

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Chuck Tingle

3.94

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Lee Mandelo

3.52

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