14 must-read queer books like The House of the Red Balconies by A.J. Demas

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The House of the Red Balconies

By: A.J. Demas

4.29

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

Hylas has come to Tykanos to build an aqueduct. He has not come to enjoy the island’s main attracti…

If you liked the queer plot in The House of the Red Balconies by A.J. Demas , here is a list of 14 books like this:

1. Jackdaw

By: K.J. Charles

4.01

Format: 217 pages, ebook

If you stop running, you fall. Jonah Pastern is a magician, a liar, a windwalker, a professional th… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's Jackdaw book and A.J. Demas's The House of the Red Balconies

2. Champion of the Scarlet Wolf, Book One (Champion of the Scarlet Wolf, #1)

By: Ginn Hale

3.51

Format: None pages, ebook

Five years after abandoning the Sagrada Acedemy (), Elezar Grunito has become infamous in the sanc… read more

Similar categories in Ginn Hale's Champion of the Scarlet Wolf, Book One (Champion of the Scarlet Wolf, #1) book and A.J. Demas's The House of the Red Balconies

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3. You Should Be So Lucky

By: Cat Sebastian

4.39

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An emotional, slow-burn, grumpy/sunshine, queer mid-century romance about grief and found family, b… read more

Similar categories in Cat Sebastian's You Should Be So Lucky book and A.J. Demas's The House of the Red Balconies

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"Sometimes you want to look at a guy and say: Well, he’s fucked, but he’s trying."

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

"But he also wants that feeling he had earlier, that feeling of being seen for who he is, and of being liked anyway."

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

"This urge to be kind to a relative stranger is unfamiliar and disconcerting, as if he's discovered in himself a hunger for raw meat or an enthusiasm for vaudeville."

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

"The actual problem is incredibly boring, and Mark hates admitting it even to himself. Unless a couple has the good fortune to get hit by the same freight train, their story ends in exactly one way. H…"

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

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4. Death in the Spires

By: K.J. Charles

4.42

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

The newspapers called us the Seven Wonders. We were a group of friends, that’s all, and then Toby d… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's Death in the Spires book and A.J. Demas's The House of the Red Balconies

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
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5. Wanted, A Gentleman

By: K.J. Charles

4.07

Format: 128 pages, ebook

Theodore Swann is a jobbing writer, proprietor of the Matrimonial Advertiser lonely hearts gazette,… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's Wanted, A Gentleman book and A.J. Demas's The House of the Red Balconies

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
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6. Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys, #2)

By: K.J. Charles

4.17

Format: 248 pages, ebook

Once upon a time a boy from a noble family fell in love with a girl from the gutter. It went as bad… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys, #2) book and A.J. Demas's The House of the Red Balconies

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
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7. The Henchmen of Zenda

By: K.J. Charles

3.88

Format: 232 pages, ebook

Swordfights, lust, betrayal, murder: just another day for a henchman. Jasper Detchard is a disgr… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's The Henchmen of Zenda book and A.J. Demas's The House of the Red Balconies

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"He was watching me under those drooping lids, with need and satisfaction too, much as if he imagined he had the whip hand of me now. That was his youth showing, the peculiar conviction that a hard pr…"

-K.J. Charles, The Henchmen of Zenda

"I have no quarrel with democrats in principle, except that they are as much frauds and liars as the rest. It is often said that mankind will not be free till the last king is strangled with the guts …"

-K.J. Charles, The Henchmen of Zenda

"Goodnight, sweet schoolmaster. It's been a pleasure." On which he walked out, arse-naked, carrying his clothes under his arm and his boots by the heels so as not to mar their leather with thumbprints…"

-K.J. Charles, The Henchmen of Zenda

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8. Secret at Skull House (Secrets and Scrabble #2)

By: Josh Lanyon

4.05

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

Ellery Page is back--and in hot water again! Unlike everyone else in Pirate's Cove, Ellery Page, … read more

Similar categories in Josh Lanyon's Secret at Skull House (Secrets and Scrabble #2) book and A.J. Demas's The House of the Red Balconies

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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9. 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 A.J. Demas's The House of the Red Balconies

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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10. Seducing the Sorcerer

By: Lee Welch

4.07

Format: 261 pages, ebook

Homeless and jobless, Fenn Todd has nearly run out of hope. All he has left is his longing for hors… read more

Similar categories in Lee Welch's Seducing the Sorcerer book and A.J. Demas's The House of the Red Balconies

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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11. A Delicate Deception (Regency Imposters, #3)

By: Cat Sebastian

3.84

Format: 288 pages, ebook

When Amelia Allenby escaped a stifling London ballroom for the quiet solitude of the Derbyshire cou… read more

Similar categories in Cat Sebastian's A Delicate Deception (Regency Imposters, #3) book and A.J. Demas's The House of the Red Balconies

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Rat-Catcher's Daughter (Lilywhite Boys, #0.5) by K.J. Charles

12. The Rat-Catcher's Daughter (Lilywhite Boys, #0.5)

By: K.J. Charles

4.15

Format: 61 pages, ebook

Music-hall singer Miss Christiana is in serious debt, and serious trouble. She owes more than she c… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's The Rat-Catcher's Daughter (Lilywhite Boys, #0.5) book and A.J. Demas's The House of the Red Balconies

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
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13. The Shabti

By: Megaera C. Lorenz

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Can you flimflam a ghost? It’s 1934. Former medium Dashiel Quicke travels the country debunking spi… read more

Similar categories in Megaera C. Lorenz's The Shabti book and A.J. Demas's The House of the Red Balconies

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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14. Swordcrossed

By: Freya Marske

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

“Clever, sparkling, and perfectly indulgent, Swordcrossed feels like stepping into a party already … read more

Similar categories in Freya Marske's Swordcrossed book and A.J. Demas's The House of the Red Balconies

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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15. Fox of Fox Hall

By: R. Cooper

4.46

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

Throughout the kingdom of Kaska and into the countries beyond, they gossip about the scandalous Fox… read more

Similar categories in R. Cooper's Fox of Fox Hall book and A.J. Demas's The House of the Red Balconies

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fantasy
Cover of The House of the Red Balconies by A.J. Demas

16. The House of the Red Balconies

By: A.J. Demas

4.29

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

Hylas has come to Tykanos to build an aqueduct. He has not come to enjoy the island’s main attracti… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Demas's The House of the Red Balconies book and A.J. Demas's The House of the Red Balconies

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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17. The Duke at Hazard (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #2)

By: K.J. Charles

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Don't miss the second thrilling Regency romance in the Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune series by KJ … read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's The Duke at Hazard (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #2) book and A.J. Demas's The House of the Red Balconies

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Blind Tiger (The Pride, #1) by Jordan L. Hawk

18. Blind Tiger (The Pride, #1)

By: Jordan L. Hawk

4.05

Format: 220 pages, ebook

1924, Chicago. Prohibition is in full swing and gang bosses rule the city with might—and magic. … read more

Similar categories in Jordan L. Hawk's Blind Tiger (The Pride, #1) book and A.J. Demas's The House of the Red Balconies

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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19. Lion's Tail (The Pride, #2)

By: Jordan L. Hawk

4.06

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Control the booze. Control the magic. Control Chicago. Sam Cunningham just wants a quiet life wi… read more

Similar categories in Jordan L. Hawk's Lion's Tail (The Pride, #2) book and A.J. Demas's The House of the Red Balconies

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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20. Yield Under Great Persuasion

By: Alexandra Rowland

4.47

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Tam Becket has hated Lord Lyford since they were boys. The fact that he’s also been sleeping with t… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Rowland's Yield Under Great Persuasion book and A.J. Demas's The House of the Red Balconies

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer

21. Midnight Flit (The Carstairs Affairs, #2)

By: Elin Gregory

4.24

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

Miles Siward and Briers Allerdale return for another thrilling Jazz Age adventure . “Silk stockin… read more

Similar categories in Elin Gregory's Midnight Flit (The Carstairs Affairs, #2) book and A.J. Demas's The House of the Red Balconies

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction

15 Top fiction books like The House of the Red Balconies by A.J. Demas

Transform Your Habits

You Should Be So Lucky

Cat Sebastian

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Death in the Spires

K.J. Charles

4.42

Transform Your Habits

Wanted, A Gentleman

K.J. Charles

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys, #2)

K.J. Charles

4.17

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16 Best fiction books like The Shabti by Megaera C. Lorenz

Transform Your Habits

You Should Be So Lucky

Cat Sebastian

4.39

Transform Your Habits

The Mars House

Natasha Pulley

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Death in the Spires

K.J. Charles

4.42

Transform Your Habits

The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #1)

K.J. Charles

4.17

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