21 best-selling queer books like The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1) by Ashia Monet

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The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

By: Ashia Monet

4.11

Format: 428 pages, ebook

In a world where magic thrives in secret city corners, a group of magicians embark on a road trip—a…

If you liked the queer plot in The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1) by Ashia Monet , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad, #1)

By: C.B. Lee

3.87

Format: 283 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Andover… where superpowers are common, but internships are complicated. Just ask high sc… read more

Similar categories in C.B. Lee's Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad, #1) book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"She's given up trying to stand out."

-C.B. Lee, Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad, #1)

"The only time she’s come close to being “known"

-C.B. Lee, Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad, #1)

"She looks great in that skirt. Her butt is so cute."

-C.B. Lee, Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad, #1)

"Jess is too big for her skin, as if she might float away in the exhilarating possibility of the moment."

-C.B. Lee, Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad, #1)

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2. Not Your Villain (Sidekick Squad, #2)

By: C.B. Lee

3.80

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

Bells Broussard thought he had it made when his superpowers manifested early. Being a shapeshifter … read more

Similar categories in C.B. Lee's Not Your Villain (Sidekick Squad, #2) book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer

3. The Bed Moved

By: Rebecca Schiff

4.34

Format: None pages, ebook

The audacious, savagely funny debut of a writer of razor-sharp wit and surprising tenderness: a col… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Schiff's The Bed Moved book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

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4. The Deep

By: Rivers Solomon

3.78

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

The water-breathing descendants of African slave women tossed overboard have built their own underw… read more

Similar categories in Rivers Solomon's The Deep book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"What is belonging?"

-Rivers Solomon, The Deep

"Forgetting was not the same as healing."

-Rivers Solomon, The Deep

"It is easy to do that with the past, even with the blessing of the full visions of the history."

-Rivers Solomon, The Deep

"Then don't die." Yetu said... "Stay with me and we will make a new thing. What's behind us, it is done."

-Rivers Solomon, The Deep

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5. Brooklyn

By: Tracy Brown

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Tracy Brown crafts a tale about a master manipulator and serial survivor, who will scorch earth to … read more

Similar categories in Tracy Brown's Brooklyn book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. Only She Came Back

By: Margot Harrison

3.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A chilling thriller about an unlikely friendship between a true-crime fan and a former high school … read more

Similar categories in Margot Harrison's Only She Came Back book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • contemporary
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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7. Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1)

By: Terry J. Benton-Walker

3.83

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Thirty years ago, a young woman was murdered, a family was lynched, and New Orleans saw the greates… read more

Similar categories in Terry J. Benton-Walker's Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1) book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Maybe that's it," he says. "Art is the meaning of life."

-Terry J. Benton-Walker, Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1)

"The meaning of life. What a fucking joke. I barely understand the shit that goes on in mine."

-Terry J. Benton-Walker, Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1)

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8. Tidal Creatures (Alchemical Journeys, #3)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.07

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Every night, a Moon shines down on the Impossible City… New York Times bestselling author Seanan M… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Tidal Creatures (Alchemical Journeys, #3) book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
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9. St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid

By: C.L. Polk

3.86

Format: 21 pages, ebook

All magical requests comes with a price. A girl with witchcraft, no friends, and only her mother’s … read more

Similar categories in C.L. Polk's St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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10. The Undetectables

By: Courtney Smyth

3.54

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Be gay, solve crime, take naps—A witty and quirky fantasy murder mystery if a folkloric world of wi… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Smyth's The Undetectables book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
  • queer
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11. This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

By: Kacen Callender

3.38

Format: 304 pages, ebook

A fresh, charming rom-com perfect for fans of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and Boy Meets Boy a… read more

Similar categories in Kacen Callender's This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Maybe the way you love changes from person to person."

-Kacen Callender, This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

"Maybe the ending isn't even really the point. Just as long as there was a happy somewhere along the way."

-Kacen Callender, This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

"I’m sick and tired of looking around at everyone else falling in love, and telling myself that I don’t deserve it, too."

-Kacen Callender, This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

"I’m realizing it doesn’t really matter if we have a happy ending or not. We’re happy right now. That’s the important part, right?"

-Kacen Callender, This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

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12. Deeplight

By: Frances Hardinge

4.05

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The gods of The Myriad were as real as the coastlines and currents, and as merciless as the winds a… read more

Similar categories in Frances Hardinge's Deeplight book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Everyone on the Myriad was always one divine whim away from annihilation."

-Frances Hardinge, Deeplight

"Stories were ruthless creatures and sometimes fattened themselves on bloody happenings."

-Frances Hardinge, Deeplight

"You will find out who you are when your choices test you. In the end, we are what we do and what we allow to be done."

-Frances Hardinge, Deeplight

"You must not love them. It is easy to love power because power tells you it is majesty and beauty and greatness. But the gods were monsters. Do not even love their memory. The gods are dead."

-Frances Hardinge, Deeplight

Cover of Iron & Velvet (Kate Kane, Paranormal Investigator, #1) by Alexis  Hall

13. Iron & Velvet (Kate Kane, Paranormal Investigator, #1)

By: Alexis Hall

3.78

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Previously published; newly refreshed by the authorI like my women like I like my whiskey: more tha… read more

Similar categories in Alexis Hall's Iron & Velvet (Kate Kane, Paranormal Investigator, #1) book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
  • queer
"That’s the plan then, is it?"

-Alexis Hall, Iron & Velvet (Kate Kane, Paranormal Investigator, #1)

"I could stand to hear the adventures of Sister Julian, Pudding Nun."

-Alexis Hall, Iron & Velvet (Kate Kane, Paranormal Investigator, #1)

"Here lies Kate Kane, killed in a foreplay accident. Beloved daughter. Sorely missed."

-Alexis Hall, Iron & Velvet (Kate Kane, Paranormal Investigator, #1)

"I enjoy power. I enjoy control. As previously established, I’m a motherfucking vampire prince."

-Alexis Hall, Iron & Velvet (Kate Kane, Paranormal Investigator, #1)

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14. All These Sunken Souls: A Black Horror Anthology

By: Circe Moskowitz

3.83

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to the Dark. We are all familiar with tropes of the horror genre: slasher and victims, … read more

Similar categories in Circe Moskowitz's All These Sunken Souls: A Black Horror Anthology book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
  • queer
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15. Godly Heathens (The Ouroboros, #1)

By: H.E. Edgmon

3.85

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Infatuation. Reincarnation. Damnation. Gem Echols is a nonbinary Seminole teen living in the tin… read more

Similar categories in H.E. Edgmon's Godly Heathens (The Ouroboros, #1) book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"We are not just gods walking around steering human bodies. We are also humans housing the souls of gods. Okay? And if it really matters that the Mountain is never a colonizer'--I brush my thumb again…"

-H.E. Edgmon, Godly Heathens (The Ouroboros, #1)

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16. When We Were Magic

By: Sarah Gailey

3.59

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A moving, darkly funny novel about six teens whose magic goes wildly awry from Magic for Liars auth… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Gailey's When We Were Magic book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • queer
"What you said is what matters. Your impact matters more than your intentions,"

-Sarah Gailey, When We Were Magic

"I know I won’t pretend to be any less powerful than I really am. Because now I know for sure: the worst part of me isn’t the strongest part of me. And the strongest part of me is so, so much stronger…"

-Sarah Gailey, When We Were Magic

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17. Blanca & Roja

By: Anna-Marie McLemore

3.76

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

The del Cisne girls have never just been sisters; they're also rivals, Blanca as obedient and grace… read more

Similar categories in Anna-Marie McLemore's Blanca & Roja book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"The way you look at me, do you mean it?"

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Blanca & Roja

"The biggest lie of all is the story you think you already know."

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Blanca & Roja

"In the dark, my sister glowed, but in the dark, I was the dark itself. Blanca, bright and fair Blanca, was the moon and all its stars. I was just her background to shimmer against."

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Blanca & Roja

"That I was a boy, but it was not as simple as me wanting to be called he. That I liked being called he and him. But that I would've liked being called she and her sometimes, too, if it didn't let eve…"

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Blanca & Roja

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18. The Girl in Question

By: Tess Sharpe

4.35

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

High school is over, but Nora O'Malley's life isn't, which is weird now that her murderous stepdad … read more

Similar categories in Tess Sharpe's The Girl in Question book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"It's fucking with fate."

-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question

"Sometimes lying is the only way through to survival."

-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question

"It's time to stop reacting. It's time to start attacking."

-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question

"Sorry you got fired. A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. "

-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question

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19. Extasia

By: Claire Legrand

3.53

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Her name is unimportant. All you must know is that today she will become one of the four saints … read more

Similar categories in Claire Legrand's Extasia book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
  • queer
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20. Men, Women, and Chainsaws

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.94

Format: 37 pages, ebook

It's been two years since Jenna's ex-boyfriend left her alone in East Texas heartbroken. Now he's b… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's Men, Women, and Chainsaws book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • fiction
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21. The Weight of the Stars

By: K. Ancrum

3.95

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Ryann Bird dreams of traveling across the stars. But a career in space isn’t an option for a girl w… read more

Similar categories in K. Ancrum's The Weight of the Stars book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Fighting for yourself is another way of loving yourself."

-K. Ancrum, The Weight of the Stars

"She knew what she lookd like, and she looked like trouble."

-K. Ancrum, The Weight of the Stars

"Diversity is a flower that blooms with greater beauty and greater strength each time it is cross-pollinated."

-K. Ancrum, The Weight of the Stars

"All that I am is a terribly brave small thing, with a terribly brave small life, and a terribly brave love that spans eons."

-K. Ancrum, The Weight of the Stars

Cover of Blood Justice (Blood Debts, #2) by Terry J. Benton-Walker

22. Blood Justice (Blood Debts, #2)

By: Terry J. Benton-Walker

4.33

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Cristina and Clement Trudeau have conjured the impossible: justice. They took back their family’… read more

Similar categories in Terry J. Benton-Walker's Blood Justice (Blood Debts, #2) book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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23. Compound Fracture

By: Andrew Joseph White

4.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling and award-winning author Andrew Joseph White returns with a queer Appalachian thriller,… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Joseph White's Compound Fracture book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"There's a whole spectrum of reactions to coming out. Getting kicked out is one extreme–being accepted wholeheartedly is the other. But in the middle, there's this. The awkwardness, the refusals to ac…"

-Andrew Joseph White, Compound Fracture

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24. The Helm of Midnight (The Five Penalties, #1)

By: Marina J. Lostetter

3.86

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A legendary serial killer stalks the streets of a fantastical city in The Helm of Midnight, the stu… read more

Similar categories in Marina J. Lostetter's The Helm of Midnight (The Five Penalties, #1) book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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25. If You Take My Meaning

By: Charlie Jane Anders

3.66

Format: 34 pages, Kindle Edition

As an ex-smuggler and two-time reluctant revolutionary, Alyssa is used to staring into the razor-sh… read more

Similar categories in Charlie Jane Anders's If You Take My Meaning book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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26. An Academy for Liars

By: Alexis Henderson

4.01

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A student will find that the hardest lessons sometimes come outside the classroom in this stunning … read more

Similar categories in Alexis Henderson's An Academy for Liars book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • fiction
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27. A Dark and Drowning Tide

By: Allison Saft

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A sharp-tongued folklorist must pair up with her academic rival to solve their mentor's murder in t… read more

Similar categories in Allison Saft's A Dark and Drowning Tide book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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28. Lucy Undying

By: Kiersten White

3.67

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In this epic and seductive gothic fantasy, a vampire escapes the thrall of Dracula and embarks on h… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's Lucy Undying book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • paranormal
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
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29. The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

By: Ashia Monet

4.11

Format: 428 pages, ebook

In a world where magic thrives in secret city corners, a group of magicians embark on a road trip—a… read more

Similar categories in Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1) book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • queer
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30. The Marvelous

By: Claire Kann

3.42

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of Let's Talk About Love, t his YA novel follows a young woman as she host san epic… read more

Similar categories in Claire Kann's The Marvelous book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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31. A Curse of Ash and Embers (Tales of the Blackbone Witches, #1)

By: Jo Spurrier

3.83

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A dead witch. A bitter curse. A battle of magic. Some people knit socks by the fire at night. Gy… read more

Similar categories in Jo Spurrier's A Curse of Ash and Embers (Tales of the Blackbone Witches, #1) book and Ashia Monet's The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • paranormal

28 best-selling fiction books like The Black Veins (Dead Magic, #1) by Ashia Monet

Transform Your Habits

Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad, #1)

C.B. Lee

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Not Your Villain (Sidekick Squad, #2)

C.B. Lee

3.80

Transform Your Habits

The Deep

Rivers Solomon

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Brooklyn

Tracy Brown

4.07

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19 must-read fiction books like Blood Justice (Blood Debts, #2) by Terry J. Benton-Walker

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Tender Beasts

Liselle Sambury

3.90

Transform Your Habits

The Poisons We Drink

Bethany Baptiste

3.75

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Canto Contigo

Jonny Garza Villa

4.27

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When I Think of You

Myah Ariel

3.88

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