19 best-selling fiction books like Query by Zilla Novikov

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Query

By: Zilla Novikov

4.46

Format: 130 pages, ebook

City planner by day, tired climate activist by day off, aspiring writer Zilla Novikov’s query lette…

"I’m a writer of queer negativity. LGBTQ-."

-Zilla Novikov, Query

"I’m a writer of queer negativity. LGBTQ-."

-Zilla Novikov, Query

"I’m afraid this brassiere is booby trapped."

-Zilla Novikov, Query

"I’m afraid this brassiere is booby trapped."

-Zilla Novikov, Query

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1. Dagon

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.94

Format: 489 pages,

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2. When the Angels Left the Old Country

By: Sacha Lamb

4.27

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

A queer immigrant fairytale about individual purpose, the fluid nature of identity, and the power o… read more

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  • fiction
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3. Black River Orchard

By: Chuck Wendig

4.13

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

A small town is transformed by dark magic when a strange tree begins bearing magical apples in this… read more

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  • fiction
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4. Leech

By: Hiron Ennes

3.60

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

In an isolated chateau, as far north as north goes, the baron’s doctor has died. The doctor’s repla… read more

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  • fiction
"Wherever we are, we want to be somewhere else."

-Hiron Ennes, Leech

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5. In the Weeds: Around the World and Behind the Scenes with Anthony Bourdain

By: Tom Vitale

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

**Nominated for the 2022 BookTube Prize in Nonfiction** Anthony Bourdain's long time director and … read more

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6. Hummingbird Salamander

By: Jeff VanderMeer

3.25

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Annihilation, a brilliant speculative thriller of dark conspiracy, endangered sp… read more

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"But the trick of the world was to contain all things."

-Jeff VanderMeer, Hummingbird Salamander

"Were companies units or loose, ever-shifting alliances of individuals? Still didn't know."

-Jeff VanderMeer, Hummingbird Salamander

"I felt like a child. I was a child. I could blow things up but I couldn't put things back together."

-Jeff VanderMeer, Hummingbird Salamander

"The Christmas decorations at the entrance were garish, incomprehensible, partisan. What kind of a country did we live in?"

-Jeff VanderMeer, Hummingbird Salamander

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7. The Luminous Dead

By: Caitlin Starling

3.66

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

A thrilling, atmospheric debut with the intensive drive of The Martian and Gravity and the creeping… read more

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  • fiction
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8. Brainwyrms

By: Alison Rumfitt

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From Alison Rumfitt, the author of Tell Me I’m Worthless — “a triumph of transgressive queer horror… read more

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  • fiction
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9. Bestiary

By: K-Ming Chang

3.44

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

Three generations of Taiwanese American women are haunted by the myths of their homeland in this sp… read more

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"It was a relief to love something already dead."

-K-Ming Chang, Bestiary

"Don't tell me how it ends yet. Tell me that it doesn't."

-K-Ming Chang, Bestiary

"The fog smelled like fucking, like us, like our sweat fermented into sweet pudding"

-K-Ming Chang, Bestiary

"The only man you should marry is the moon, [...], so you can divorce it every morning."

-K-Ming Chang, Bestiary

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10. Bored Gay Werewolf

By: Tony Santorella

3.53

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Brian, an aimless slacker, works doubles at his shift job, forgets to clean his room and lays about… read more

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  • fiction
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11. Bury Your Gays

By: Chuck Tingle

4.29

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

From Chuck Tingle, author of the USA Today bestselling Camp Damascus, comes a new heart-pounding st… read more

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  • fiction
"The studio might be a ruthless capitalist machine," he opines, "but we're not evil."

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"Your stories aren't worth your life." My stories are my life, I think, but I don't say this."

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"I'm honestly kind of surprised. You've got a flair for drama, Misha. I thought you might get hard over some final sacrifice for love, or whatever. I mean, you're the writer, not me, but that's got Em…"

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"The path I've been led down is one of senseless catastrophe, a classic Hollywood tale of the man who plummets to rock bottom just moments before he would have crested the peak. [...] I'm living out t…"

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

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12. The Call-Out

By: Cat Fitzpatrick

4.16

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

A fast-paced, debut tragicomedy of manners written in verse about queer (mostly trans) women that i… read more

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  • fiction
"Then Rod comes up, his glasses glistening. He doesn't remove them. He starts to sway. Is he high? - "Hello. Are you all listening? I'm glad so many of you are here today, Because as of now you're par…"

-Cat Fitzpatrick, The Call-Out

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13. Everyone on the Moon Is Essential Personnel

By: Julian K. Jarboe

3.93

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

In this debut collection of body-horror fairy tales and mid-apocalyptic Catholic cyberpunk, memory … read more

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  • fiction
"Eventually, even Pavlov found that when he heard a bell he had the overwhelming urge to feed a dog."

-Julian K. Jarboe, Everyone on the Moon Is Essential Personnel

"God blessed me by making me transsexual for the same reason he made wheat but not bread and fruit but not wine: so that humanity might share in the act of creation."

-Julian K. Jarboe, Everyone on the Moon Is Essential Personnel

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14. BEYOND HUMAN: TALES OF THE NEW US (Lower Decks Press Anthologies Book 2)

By: Lower Decks Press

4.02

Format: 501 pages, Kindle Edition

They may soon live among cyborgs, genetically enhanced humans, interspecies hybrids, androids, art… read more

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15. Read and Then Burn This (Seasons, book fall)

By: Ryszard I. Merey

4.93

Format: 146 pages, Kindle Edition

An aspiring dancer moves to a new city to reboot after an accident, and quickly gets sucked into tw… read more

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  • fiction
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16. Love/Aggression

By: June Martin

4.75

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Best friends Lily and Zoe fight, separate, reunite, and repeat, each time deepening the belief that… read more

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  • fiction
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17. Depart, Depart!

By: Sim Kern

4.23

Format: 92 pages, Kindle Edition

When an unprecedented hurricane devastates the city of Houston, Noah Mishner finds shelter in the D… read more

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  • novella
  • fiction
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18. COLD RISING: A Cold Rush Novella

By: Rohan O'Duill

4.48

Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition

Mars is a dystopian cesspit of corporate exploitation. A child labourer must turn the heart of a ru… read more

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19. Melancholic Parables

By: Dale Stromberg

4.91

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Bellatrix Sakakino has lived many lives. She dampens electricity. She’s radioactive. She longs for … read more

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20. Airy Nothing

By: Clarissa Pattern

4.49

Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition

When you’ve always been told you’re wrong, finding a place that accepts you can be the most magica… read more

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"Who is to say what does and doesn't exist in this big beautiful world?"

-Clarissa Pattern, Airy Nothing

"If you want to be something, be it, do not fret over what others are thinking"

-Clarissa Pattern, Airy Nothing

"The trick to life is knowing when you need advice, and when to follow your heart."

-Clarissa Pattern, Airy Nothing

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21. Sushi and Sea Lions

By: Rachel Corsini

4.31

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

When a career-ending injury and a messy breakup send prima ballerina Daniela Verdi back to Queens, … read more

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  • fiction
"Who put sadness in your eyes?"

-Rachel Corsini, Sushi and Sea Lions

"Oh Jesus, I’d fucked the Lucky Charms leprechaun."

-Rachel Corsini, Sushi and Sea Lions

"I spent hours perusing the bookcases, knee-deep in second-hand novels that smelled like people I'd never met."

-Rachel Corsini, Sushi and Sea Lions

"a whiff of orange underneath a musky cinnamon, faint hints of lemon and cedar. Like the end of summer drifting into fall."

-Rachel Corsini, Sushi and Sea Lions

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22. A + E (Seasons 1, spring)

By: Ryszard I. Merey

4.69

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

Mein Gott, hilf mir diese tödliche Liebe zu überleben. My God, help me survive this deadly love.… read more

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23. Most Famous Short Film of All Time

By: Tucker Lieberman

4.12

Format: 922 pages, Kindle Edition

Ghosts and goddesses beckon Lev Ockenshaw. Oh, bother. Fortunately, he’s got a pill for that. In 20… read more

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24. Something's Not Right

By: yves.

4.69

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

A vampire is forced into a compromising situation; a father fears his child's growing plant collect… read more

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25. Query

By: Zilla Novikov

4.46

Format: 130 pages, ebook

City planner by day, tired climate activist by day off, aspiring writer Zilla Novikov’s query lette… read more

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  • novella
  • fiction
"I’m a writer of queer negativity. LGBTQ-."

-Zilla Novikov, Query

"I’m afraid this brassiere is booby trapped."

-Zilla Novikov, Query

"You don’t want me. You want someone exactly like me in every respect but who isn’t me."

-Zilla Novikov, Query

"As far as I can tell, activism is composed of meetings, spreadsheets, and arts and crafts."

-Zilla Novikov, Query

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26. Corrupted Vessels

By: Briar Ripley Page

4.31

Format: 130 pages, ebook

A tiny cult of vagrant youth, a web of sexual and romantic jealousy, angels, ghosts, insanity, and … read more

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  • fiction
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27. Maej

By: Dale Stromberg

4.50

Format: 918 pages, Kindle Edition

Hundred-day children are stolen from the Ilasghra every week. No one can stop it. Madma and Tantli… read more

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28. Instant Classic: That No One Will Read

By: Tucker Lieberman

4.64

Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition

Instant Classic offers nine sardonic tales holding a carnival mirror to writers and stories. From a… read more

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29. Cascade (The Sleep of Reason, #1)

By: Rachel A. Rosen

4.51

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

In the wake of a worsening climate crisis, magic runs rampant and demons roam across the Canadian p… read more

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  • fiction
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30. Dog Won't Hunt

By: X.M. Moon

5.00

Format: None pages, ebook

Milo Nelson has learned plenty of things from necessity: how to tie a tie, how to change a tire, ho… read more

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31. Folktales for the Diseased Individual

By: Palaces

4.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

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3.65

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4.14

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3.59

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4.13

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