15 must-read queer books like The Unbalancing by R.B. Lemberg

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The Unbalancing

By: R.B. Lemberg

4.08

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

New love blossoms between an impatient starkeeper and a reclusive poet as they try together to save…

If you liked the queer plot in The Unbalancing by R.B. Lemberg , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Raven Stratagem (The Machineries of Empire, #2)

By: Yoon Ha Lee

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Captain Kel Cheris is possessed by a long-dead traitor general. Together they must face the rivalri… read more

Similar categories in Yoon Ha Lee's Raven Stratagem (The Machineries of Empire, #2) book and R.B. Lemberg's The Unbalancing

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer

2. Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2016 Edition

By: Aliette de Bodard , Carrie Vaughn , Charlie Jane Anders , Daniel Polansky , Alyssa Wong , Genevieve Valentine , N.K. Jemisin , Lavie Tidhar , Ellen Datlow , Delia Sherman , Angela Slatter , Liu Cixin , Melissa Marr , Laurie Penny , Lettie Prell , Indrapramit Das , Rebecca Campbell , Nina Allan , Margaret Killjoy , Alix E. Harrow , Monica Byrne , David Nickle , Caighlan Smith , Rajnar Vajra , P. Djèlí Clark , Tara Isabella Burton , None

3.82

Format: 160 pages,

A collection of some of the best original short fiction published on Tor.com in 2016. Includes stor… read more

Similar categories in Aliette de Bodard's Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2016 Edition book and R.B. Lemberg's The Unbalancing

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3. The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)

By: Malka Ann Older

3.64

Format: 169 pages, Hardcover

The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set … read more

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) book and R.B. Lemberg's The Unbalancing

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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4. Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston

By: Esme Symes-Smith

4.43

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

In a magical medieval world filled with dragons, shape-shifters, and witches, a twelve-year-old her… read more

Similar categories in Esme Symes-Smith's Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston book and R.B. Lemberg's The Unbalancing

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Fear is not an excuse for abuse."

-Esme Symes-Smith, Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston

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5. Feed Them Silence

By: Lee Mandelo

3.52

Format: 105 pages, Hardcover

Lee Mandelo dives into the minds of wolves in Feed Them Silence, a novella of the near future.What … read more

Similar categories in Lee Mandelo's Feed Them Silence book and R.B. Lemberg's The Unbalancing

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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6. 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 R.B. Lemberg's The Unbalancing

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • 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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7. 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 R.B. Lemberg's The Unbalancing

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia

8. The Bruising of Qilwa

By: Naseem Jamnia

3.75

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In this intricate debut fantasy introducing a queernormative Persian-inspired world, a nonbinary re… read more

Similar categories in Naseem Jamnia's The Bruising of Qilwa book and R.B. Lemberg's The Unbalancing

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of At the Feet of the Sun (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #2) by Victoria   Goddard

9. 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 R.B. Lemberg's The Unbalancing

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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10. A Letter to the Luminous Deep

By: Sylvie Cathrall

3.69

Format: 432 pages, ebook

Dive into the curious correspondence of Sylvie Cathrall’s delightful debut novel, A Letter to the L… read more

Similar categories in Sylvie Cathrall's A Letter to the Luminous Deep book and R.B. Lemberg's The Unbalancing

  • romance
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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11. A Half-Built Garden

By: Ruthanna Emrys

3.63

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a warning of unknown pollutants in the… read more

Similar categories in Ruthanna Emrys's A Half-Built Garden book and R.B. Lemberg's The Unbalancing

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"They're nothing but dangerous questions."

-Ruthanna Emrys, A Half-Built Garden

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12. 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.B. Lemberg's The Unbalancing

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang

13. The Genesis of Misery

By: Neon Yang

3.44

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

An immersive, electrifying space-fantasy from Neon Yang, author of The Black Tides of Heaven, full … read more

Similar categories in Neon Yang's The Genesis of Misery book and R.B. Lemberg's The Unbalancing

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Truth of the Aleke (Forever Desert, #2) by Moses Ose Utomi

14. The Truth of the Aleke (Forever Desert, #2)

By: Moses Ose Utomi

4.17

Format: 103 pages, Hardcover

Moses Ose Utomi returns to his Forever Desert series with The Truth of the Aleke , continuing his e… read more

Similar categories in Moses Ose Utomi's The Truth of the Aleke (Forever Desert, #2) book and R.B. Lemberg's The Unbalancing

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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15. The Red Scholar's Wake

By: Aliette de Bodard

3.22

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Xích Si: bot maker, data analyst, mother, scavenger. But those days are over now-her ship has just … read more

Similar categories in Aliette de Bodard's The Red Scholar's Wake book and R.B. Lemberg's The Unbalancing

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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16. 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 R.B. Lemberg's The Unbalancing

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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17. High Times in the Low Parliament

By: Kelly Robson

3.23

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Kelly Robson is back with fairies, scribes, and many many kisses in High Times in the Low Parliamen… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Robson's High Times in the Low Parliament book and R.B. Lemberg's The Unbalancing

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope

18. Daughter of the Merciful Deep

By: Leslye Penelope

4.01

Format: 398 pages, Paperback

A woman journeys into a submerged world of gods and myth to save her home in this powerful historic… read more

Similar categories in Leslye Penelope's Daughter of the Merciful Deep book and R.B. Lemberg's The Unbalancing

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard

19. Navigational Entanglements

By: Aliette de Bodard

4.05

Format: 165 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Aliette de Bodard presents yet another innovative space opera that broadens th… read more

Similar categories in Aliette de Bodard's Navigational Entanglements book and R.B. Lemberg's The Unbalancing

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Unbalancing by R.B. Lemberg

20. The Unbalancing

By: R.B. Lemberg

4.08

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

New love blossoms between an impatient starkeeper and a reclusive poet as they try together to save… read more

Similar categories in R.B. Lemberg's The Unbalancing book and R.B. Lemberg's The Unbalancing

  • romance
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Scenic Route (The Nsibidi Scripts, #2.5) by Nnedi Okorafor

21. The Scenic Route (The Nsibidi Scripts, #2.5)

By: Nnedi Okorafor

4.00

Format: 30 pages, ebook

In this spellbinding short story, join Akata Witch’s Sunny and Sasha on an adventure through the un… read more

Similar categories in Nnedi Okorafor's The Scenic Route (The Nsibidi Scripts, #2.5) book and R.B. Lemberg's The Unbalancing

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction

20 best-selling fiction books like The Unbalancing by R.B. Lemberg

Transform Your Habits

Raven Stratagem (The Machineries of Empire, #2)

Yoon Ha Lee

4.33

Transform Your Habits

The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)

Malka Ann Older

3.64

Transform Your Habits

Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston

Esme Symes-Smith

4.43

Transform Your Habits

Feed Them Silence

Lee Mandelo

3.52

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Transform Your Habits

The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)

Malka Ann Older

3.64

Transform Your Habits

Translation State

Ann Leckie

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3)

Tamsyn Muir

4.35

Transform Your Habits

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Emma Mieko Candon

3.31

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