23 Top fantasy books like Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas by Sam Maggs

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Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

By: Sam Maggs

3.70

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A swashbuckling adventure inspired by the historical exploits of real-life female pirates   Anne Bo…

If you liked the fantasy plot in Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas by Sam Maggs , here is a list of 23 books like this:

1. Princess Princess Ever After

By: Kay O'Neill

3.65

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

When the heroic princess Amira rescues the kind-hearted princess Sadie from her tower prison, neith… read more

Similar categories in Kay O'Neill's Princess Princess Ever After book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fantasy
  • queer
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2. The Moth Keeper

By: Kay O'Neill

4.08

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

Being a Moth Keeper is a huge responsibility and a great honor, but what happens when the new Moth … read more

Similar categories in Kay O'Neill's The Moth Keeper book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fantasy
  • queer
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3. 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 Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier

4. Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms

By: Crystal Frasier

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

A sweet, queer teen romance perfect for fans of Fence and Check, Please!Annie is a smart, antisocia… read more

Similar categories in Crystal Frasier's Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • queer
"Oh? You're held to a different standard because of others' preconceptions?"

-Crystal Frasier, Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms

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5. Snapdragon

By: Kat Leyh

4.48

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Kat Leyh’s Snapdragon is a magical realist graphic novel about a young girl who befriends her town’… read more

Similar categories in Kat Leyh's Snapdragon book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fantasy
  • queer
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6. Squad

By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall

3.79

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

Pretty Little Liars meets Teen Wolf in this fast-paced, sharply funny, and patriarchy-smashing grap… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Tokuda-Hall's Squad book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"F*ck ever needing a tampon and having no one answer when you ask for help."

-Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Squad

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7. If You'll Have Me

By: Eunnie

4.44

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“Super sweet and totally heartwarming!”—Alice Oseman, bestselling author of Heartstopper and Lovele… read more

Similar categories in Eunnie's If You'll Have Me book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • queer
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8. Doughnuts and Doom

By: Balazs Lorinczi

3.69

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Being a teenage witch—or rock star—is tougher than it looks! But maybe enemies can become friends…o… read more

Similar categories in Balazs Lorinczi's Doughnuts and Doom book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fantasy
  • queer
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9. Girl Haven

By: Lilah Sturges

3.90

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

When seventh-grader Ash, his crush Eleanor, and their friends are transported to a girls-only imagi… read more

Similar categories in Lilah Sturges's Girl Haven book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fantasy
  • queer
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10. Bingo Love

By: Tee Franklin

3.93

Format: 92 pages, ebook

Bingo Love is a story of a same-sex romance that spans over 60 years. A chance meeting at church bi… read more

Similar categories in Tee Franklin's Bingo Love book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
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11. The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich

By: Deya Muniz

4.40

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A funny, heartfelt YA romance about finding love—and lots of grilled cheese sandwiches—in the place… read more

Similar categories in Deya Muniz's The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fantasy
  • queer
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12. Cosmoknights, Vol. 1 (Cosmoknights, #1)

By: Hannah Templer

4.44

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

For this ragtag band of space gays, liberation means beating the patriarchy at its own game. Pan's… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Templer's Cosmoknights, Vol. 1 (Cosmoknights, #1) book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Galaxy: The Prettiest Star by Jadzia Axelrod

13. Galaxy: The Prettiest Star

By: Jadzia Axelrod

4.10

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

It takes strength to live as your true self, and one alien princess disguised as a human boy is abo… read more

Similar categories in Jadzia Axelrod's Galaxy: The Prettiest Star book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Hills of Estrella Roja by Ashley Robin Franklin

14. The Hills of Estrella Roja

By: Ashley Robin Franklin

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

In this delightfully creepy and unapologetically queer horror romp of a graphic novel, sometimes dr… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Robin Franklin's The Hills of Estrella Roja book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fantasy
  • queer
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15. Squire

By: Nadia Shammas

4.06

Format: 305 pages, Paperback

Aiza has always dreamt of becoming a Knight. It's the highest military honor in the once-great Bayt… read more

Similar categories in Nadia Shammas's Squire book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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16. Paper Planes

By: Jennie Wood

3.66

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

After a life altering incident, Dylan and Leighton are sent to a summer camp for troubled youth. Ca… read more

Similar categories in Jennie Wood's Paper Planes book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • queer
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17. Across a Field of Starlight

By: Blue Delliquanti

3.72

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An epic sci-fi graphic novel romance between two non-binary characters as they find one another thr… read more

Similar categories in Blue Delliquanti's Across a Field of Starlight book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • queer
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18. Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales

By: Melanie Gillman

4.04

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time . . . happily ever after turned out differently than expected. In this new, femini… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Gillman's Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fantasy
  • queer
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19. Thirsty Mermaids

By: Kat Leyh

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Fresh out of shipwreck wine, three tipsy mermaids—Pearl, Tooth, and Eez—hit on the idea of magicall… read more

Similar categories in Kat Leyh's Thirsty Mermaids book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fantasy
  • queer
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20. Beetle & the Hollowbones

By: Aliza Layne

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An enchanting, riotous, and playfully illustrated debut graphic novel following a young goblin tryi… read more

Similar categories in Aliza Layne's Beetle & the Hollowbones book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fantasy
  • queer
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21. Pixels of You: A Graphic Novel

By: Ananth Hirsh

3.37

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A human and human-presenting AI slowly become friends—and maybe more—in this moving YA graphic nove… read more

Similar categories in Ananth Hirsh's Pixels of You: A Graphic Novel book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • queer
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22. Primer

By: Jennifer Muro

4.03

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Thirteen-year-old Ashley Rayburn is an upbeat girl with a decidedly downbeat past. With a father in… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Muro's Primer book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fantasy
Cover of Roll Call (Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Club, #1) by Molly Knox Ostertag

23. Roll Call (Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Club, #1)

By: Molly Knox Ostertag

4.36

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Molly Knox Ostertag and critically acclaimed illustrator Xan… read more

Similar categories in Molly Knox Ostertag's Roll Call (Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Club, #1) book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fantasy
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24. Slip

By: Marika McCoola

3.54

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

From Eisner-Award nominated writer Marika McCoola and debut artist Aatmaja Pandya, an emotional com… read more

Similar categories in Marika McCoola's Slip book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • queer
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25. Treasure in the Lake

By: Jason Pamment

3.81

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Grand adventures stories often begin where you least expect them… Iris knows this because she’s re… read more

Similar categories in Jason Pamment's Treasure in the Lake book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
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26. The Deep & Dark Blue

By: Niki Smith

4.22

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

After a terrible political coup usurps their noble house, Hawke and Grayson flee to stay alive and … read more

Similar categories in Niki Smith's The Deep & Dark Blue book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Cosmoknights, Vol. 2 (Cosmoknights, #2) by Hannah Templer

27. Cosmoknights, Vol. 2 (Cosmoknights, #2)

By: Hannah Templer

4.57

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Escape was just the beginning. The sensational "gays in space" webcomic/graphic novel returns, with… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Templer's Cosmoknights, Vol. 2 (Cosmoknights, #2) book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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28. Love at 350°

By: Lisa Peers

3.77

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

Food is their love language, but can they follow a recipe for romance? When an unexpected and forb… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Peers's Love at 350° book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of The Pirate and the Porcelain Girl by Emily Riesbeck

29. The Pirate and the Porcelain Girl

By: Emily Riesbeck

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Our Flag Means Death gets a magical, sapphic twist in this swashbuckling young adult graphic novel … read more

Similar categories in Emily Riesbeck's The Pirate and the Porcelain Girl book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • pirates
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Real Hero Shit by Kendra Wells

30. Real Hero Shit

By: Kendra Wells

4.08

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

The layabout Prince Eugene has decided on a whim that he will be a HERO . . . much to the dismay of… read more

Similar categories in Kendra Wells's Real Hero Shit book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas by Sam Maggs

31. Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

By: Sam Maggs

3.70

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A swashbuckling adventure inspired by the historical exploits of real-life female pirates   Anne Bo… read more

Similar categories in Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas book and Sam Maggs's Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • pirates
  • young adult
  • comics
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer

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Kay O'Neill

3.65

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Kay O'Neill

4.08

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3.62

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Kat Leyh

4.48

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Ghost Roast

Shawnelle Gibbs

4.13

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Kay O'Neill

4.08

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4.07

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