14 must-read fiction books like The Melting Queen (Nunatak First Fiction, 48) by Bruce Cinnamon

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The Melting Queen (Nunatak First Fiction, 48)

By: Bruce Cinnamon

3.81

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the Sixth Annual Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize--Literary Fiction Category! Sho…

If you liked the fiction plot in The Melting Queen (Nunatak First Fiction, 48) by Bruce Cinnamon , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward

By: Mark Lukach

4.29

Format: 256 pages, ebook

A heart-wrenching, yet hopeful, memoir of a young marriage that is redefined by mental illness and … read more

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2. The Christmas Clock

By: Kat Martin

4.26

Format: 224 pages,

Sylvia Winters just found a job and an apartment in her hometown of Dreyerville, Michigan, but she … read more

Similar categories in Kat Martin's The Christmas Clock book and Bruce Cinnamon's The Melting Queen (Nunatak First Fiction, 48)

  • fiction
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3. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

By: Jeanette Winterson

3.80

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

Witty, acute, fierce, and celebratory, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is a tough-minded sea… read more

Similar categories in Jeanette Winterson's Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? book and Bruce Cinnamon's The Melting Queen (Nunatak First Fiction, 48)

  • lgbt
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4. The City & the City

By: China Miéville

3.90

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to … read more

Similar categories in China Miéville's The City & the City book and Bruce Cinnamon's The Melting Queen (Nunatak First Fiction, 48)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"shit, shit, shit."

-China Miéville, The City & the City

"Same weather over here as back home," I said."

-China Miéville, The City & the City

"Is it more childish and foolish to insist that there is a conspiracy or that there is not?"

-China Miéville, The City & the City

"What had touched me sent me not into mindless silence but into a dream arena, where I was quarry."

-China Miéville, The City & the City

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5. 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 Bruce Cinnamon's The Melting Queen (Nunatak First Fiction, 48)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"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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6. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Andrea Lankford

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Lankford's Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail book and Bruce Cinnamon's The Melting Queen (Nunatak First Fiction, 48)

"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"

-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

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7. Winter’s Orbit

By: Everina Maxwell

3.99

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Ancillary Justice meets Red, White & Royal Blue in Everina Maxwell's exciting debut. While the I… read more

Similar categories in Everina Maxwell's Winter’s Orbit book and Bruce Cinnamon's The Melting Queen (Nunatak First Fiction, 48)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"Jainan,"

-Everina Maxwell, Winter’s Orbit

"Some things feel the same no matter how much time passes."

-Everina Maxwell, Winter’s Orbit

"Bears often hoard rose petals to strew on hiking couples. Little-known romantic fact."

-Everina Maxwell, Winter’s Orbit

"His eyes reflected the light from the hall; behind him, beyond the void, the stars burned in the enduring points; far beyond them, a telescope could have seen the maelstrom of the link, and a million…"

-Everina Maxwell, Winter’s Orbit

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8. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

By: Kate Beaton

4.41

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated cartoonist Kate Beaton vividly presents the untold story of Canada. Before there was … read more

Similar categories in Kate Beaton's Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands book and Bruce Cinnamon's The Melting Queen (Nunatak First Fiction, 48)

  • canada
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9. Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1)

By: Waubgeshig Rice

3.85

Format: 213 pages, Paperback

A daring post-apocalyptic thriller from a powerful rising literary voice. With winter looming, … read more

Similar categories in Waubgeshig Rice's Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1) book and Bruce Cinnamon's The Melting Queen (Nunatak First Fiction, 48)

  • fiction
  • canada
"Yes, apocalypse. We've had that over and over. But we always survived. We're still here. And we'll still be here, even if the power and the radios don't come back on and we never see any white people…"

-Waubgeshig Rice, Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1)

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10. Hotline

By: Dimitri Nasrallah

4.15

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

A vivid love letter to the 1980s and one woman’s struggle to overcome the challenges of immigration… read more

Similar categories in Dimitri Nasrallah's Hotline book and Bruce Cinnamon's The Melting Queen (Nunatak First Fiction, 48)

  • fiction
  • canada
"Here i am on my own, because of him, maybe free from a life that was turning into a prison, but cast away like a bad-luck omen too. Now I must give myself to others to survive. The world has judged t…"

-Dimitri Nasrallah, Hotline

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11. The Secret Keeper

By: Genevieve Graham

4.36

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

From USA TODAY and internationally bestselling author Genevieve Graham comes a gripping World War I… read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Graham's The Secret Keeper book and Bruce Cinnamon's The Melting Queen (Nunatak First Fiction, 48)

  • fiction
  • canada
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12. VenCo

By: Cherie Dimaline

3.79

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Lucky St. James, a Métis millennial living with her cantankerous but loving grandmother Stella, is … read more

Similar categories in Cherie Dimaline's VenCo book and Bruce Cinnamon's The Melting Queen (Nunatak First Fiction, 48)

  • fiction
  • magical realism
  • fantasy
  • canada
"It felt like the drunken part of falling in love, the erratic and uncompromising compulsion that made you do dumb shit and your best shit at the same time. She had to stop herself from running. She h…"

-Cherie Dimaline, VenCo

"Throughout history, witches have been the stand-ins for all people who have felt 'outside' or 'different.' I say, fuck it -- go outside, be different, be so different they have to loosen their grip o…"

-Cherie Dimaline, VenCo

"She wondered if every place in New Orleans had a secret garden, if every place was so witchy and beautiful. And for the first time, she was filled with an enormous pride for who she was-- what she wa…"

-Cherie Dimaline, VenCo

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13. Bad Cree

By: Jessica Johns

3.92

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping debut tinged with supernatural horror, a young Cree woman's dreams lead her on a p… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Johns's Bad Cree book and Bruce Cinnamon's The Melting Queen (Nunatak First Fiction, 48)

  • fiction
  • magical realism
  • fantasy
  • canada
"On cloudless days I swear the prairies are closer to the sun than anywhere else in the world. Not because of the heat. It's the size of the floating orb when nothing else is around it. Beating like a…"

-Jessica Johns, Bad Cree

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14. Lakewood

By: Megan Giddings

3.49

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A startling debut about class and race, Lakewood evokes a terrifying world of medical experimentati… read more

Similar categories in Megan Giddings's Lakewood book and Bruce Cinnamon's The Melting Queen (Nunatak First Fiction, 48)

  • fiction
"People feel more loyalty to how they think things should be than to other people, including their family."

-Megan Giddings, Lakewood

"She suddenly understood the thought experiments better based on this feeling, the uncanniness of someone you love being able to abruptly articulate a single feeling. Friendship, family, and romance b…"

-Megan Giddings, Lakewood

"I meant to ask him, What did you do to me? But it came out as Why would you do this to someone? My mouth said it multiple times. I didn't mean the drug, I meant the experiments. But Smith took it to …"

-Megan Giddings, Lakewood

"People want to believe these research studies are about something simple that they can relate to like winning a contest. They don’t want to think about why a government would want to experiment on it…"

-Megan Giddings, Lakewood

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15. Do You Mind If I Cancel?: Things That Still Annoy Me

By: Gary Janetti

3.50

Format: 159 pages, Hardcover

Gary Janetti, the writer and producer for some of the most popular television comedies of all time,… read more

Similar categories in Gary Janetti's Do You Mind If I Cancel?: Things That Still Annoy Me book and Bruce Cinnamon's The Melting Queen (Nunatak First Fiction, 48)

  • lgbt
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16. The Library of Borrowed Hearts

By: Lucy Gilmore

3.87

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A.J. Fikry meets The Bookish Life of Nina Hill in this charming, hilarious, and moving novel about … read more

Similar categories in Lucy Gilmore's The Library of Borrowed Hearts book and Bruce Cinnamon's The Melting Queen (Nunatak First Fiction, 48)

  • fiction
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17. The Lesson

By: Cadwell Turnbull

3.58

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

THE LESSON explores the nature of belief, the impact of colonialism, and asks how far are we willin… read more

Similar categories in Cadwell Turnbull's The Lesson book and Bruce Cinnamon's The Melting Queen (Nunatak First Fiction, 48)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"He had mistaken his place in this story. The realization filled him with both terror and a little relief, the relief faint but present. He hoped the feeling would someday give him a measure of peace."

-Cadwell Turnbull, The Lesson

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18. Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood

By: Cheryl Diamond

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The incredible true story of a family built on lies.  What if the people you love most are not who … read more

Similar categories in Cheryl Diamond's Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood book and Bruce Cinnamon's The Melting Queen (Nunatak First Fiction, 48)

"I've noticed people often complain about the monotony of life. How sometimes very day is just like the last and they all blend together. Do they know how lucky they are? But maybe that's the problem …"

-Cheryl Diamond, Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood

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19. Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters

By: Laura Vanderkam

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“An indispensable manual... Tranquility by Tuesday offers plenty of inspiration for a more serene l… read more

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20. Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction

By: Joshua Whitehead

4.18

Format: 120 pages, ebook

Love After the End is a new young adult anthology edited by Joshua Whitehead (Lambda Literary Award… read more

Similar categories in Joshua Whitehead's Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction book and Bruce Cinnamon's The Melting Queen (Nunatak First Fiction, 48)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"Humans aren’t animals. You’re meant for more than survival."

-Joshua Whitehead, Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction

"centuries ago, people were more likely to prepare for the end of the world than attempt to save it"

-Joshua Whitehead, Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction

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21. The Melting Queen (Nunatak First Fiction, 48)

By: Bruce Cinnamon

3.81

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the Sixth Annual Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize--Literary Fiction Category! Sho… read more

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  • magical realism
  • canada
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy

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