14 best-selling queer books like Ask Me About the Future by Rebecca Jessen

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Ask Me About the Future

By: Rebecca Jessen

4.10

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Full of zest and flair, Jessen’s poems map constellations of desire, loss and longing. Riffing on t…

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1. Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

By: Carmen Maria Machado

3.84

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders betwe… read more

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  • queer
"I'm having a crisis of function."

-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

"None of us will make it to the end."

-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

"What I say: “Why did you leave her with me?"

-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

"Everything is soft, like a fresh oil painting."

-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

Cover of Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1) by Laini Taylor

2. Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)

By: Laini Taylor

3.99

Format: 418 pages, Hardcover

Around the world, black hand prints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers w… read more

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"Alas. I am not an option."

-Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)

"My tiny scary friend is coming"

-Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)

"We dreamed together of the world remade."

-Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)

"To take from the universe, you must give."

-Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)

Cover of The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

3. The Prince and the Dressmaker

By: Jen Wang

4.35

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

Paris, at the dawn of the modern age: Prince Sebastian is looking for a bride―or rather, his par… read more

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  • queer
"I'm a prince who likes dresses."

-Jen Wang, The Prince and the Dressmaker

"This job won't love you back, you know."

-Jen Wang, The Prince and the Dressmaker

"You're a secret, which means I'm a secret!"

-Jen Wang, The Prince and the Dressmaker

"Don't work too hard. This job won't love you back, you know."

-Jen Wang, The Prince and the Dressmaker

Cover of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling, None, Albus Dumbledore, Newt Scamander

4. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

By: J.K. Rowling , None , Albus Dumbledore , Newt Scamander

3.96

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A copy of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them resides on almost every wizarding household in th… read more

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"Imperfect understanding is often more dangerous than ignorance,"

-J.K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

"Jacob Kowalski: I'm sure people like you,too. Newt Scamander: No, not really. I'm annoying."

-J.K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

"Chizpurfle infestations explain the puzzling failure of many relatively new Muggle electrical artifacts."

-J.K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

"Ministry of Magic (M.O.M) Classification. xxxxx Known wizard killer / impossible to train or domesticate / or anything Hagrid likes"

-J.K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Cover of The Lost Hero: The Graphic Novel  (The Heroes of Olympus: The Graphic Novels, #1) by Rick Riordan, Nate Powell, Robert Venditti

5. The Lost Hero: The Graphic Novel (The Heroes of Olympus: The Graphic Novels, #1)

By: Rick Riordan , Nate Powell , Robert Venditti

3.79

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Jason has a problem.He doesn't remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands wit… read more

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Cover of Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #3) by Laini Taylor

6. Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #3)

By: Laini Taylor

4.22

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Two worlds are poised on the brink of a vicious war. By way of a staggering deception, Karou has ta… read more

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Cover of The Titan's Curse: The Graphic Novel (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3) by Attila Futaki, Rick Riordan, Robert Venditti, None, None

7. The Titan's Curse: The Graphic Novel (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)

By: Attila Futaki , Rick Riordan , Robert Venditti , None , None

3.99

Format: None pages, Paperback

A new prophecy leads to a dangerous quest. When Percy receives an urgent distress call from Grover,… read more

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8. Outline

By: Rachel Cusk

4.20

Format: 488 pages, Hardcover

A woman writer goes to Athens in the height of summer to teach a writing course. Though her own cir… read more

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9. The Strange Library

By: Haruki Murakami , Ted Goossen

4.36

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

From internationally acclaimed author Haruki Murakami--a fantastical illustrated short novel about … read more

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10. Quidditch Through the Ages

By: J.K. Rowling , None

4.89

Format: 78 pages, Hardcover

Did you know that: there are 700 ways of committing a foul in Quidditch? The game first began to ev… read more

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Cover of The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1) by Kay O'Neill

11. The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1)

By: Kay O'Neill

4.35

Format: 71 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Princess Princess Ever After comes The Tea Dragon Society, a charm… read more

Similar categories in Kay O'Neill's The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1) book and Rebecca Jessen's Ask Me About the Future

  • queer
"when one feels displaced, it can take a while for the connections to grow."

-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1)

"los recuerdos no sólo viven en tu interior minette. Residen en toda la gente y objetos con los que compartes tu vida"

-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1)

"Just because something comes easily to you, does not mean it has no value. You find it effortless because you love it, and that is why it is your gift."

-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1)

"everything that happens is part of your wholeness. the sadness, the loss, the hurt, as well as the joy, the love, the friendship -- it is all part of your tapestry .... remember that you are whole."

-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1)

12. Days of Blood & Starlight (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #2)

By: Laini Taylor

4.40

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love and dared to imagine a world free of bloodshed … read more

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13. The Night is Darkening Round Me

By: Emily Brontë

3.81

Format: None pages, Paperback

'... ever-present, phantom thing; My slave, my comrade, and my king' Some of Emily Bronte's most ex… read more

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Cover of Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9) by Seanan McGuire

14. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.09

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Dinosaurs and portals, and a girl who can find both in the latest book in the Hugo and Nebula Award… read more

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  • queer
"Because all the ways we're not normal are the way our normal homes want us to be."

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"We're your penance, silly, the whole chaotic bunch of us, and as part of your penance, I say you're not done suffering us yet."

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"If you want a life without terrible surprises, you should always look at the worst possible answer until you understand it all the way down to the bottom. Once you can do that, you'll know what's com…"

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"None of us is normal, and we'll either figure out how to pretend we are, or we'll find our doors home, and then we won't have to worry about it anymore, because all the ways we are not normal are the…"

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

Cover of The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

15. The Magic Fish

By: Trung Le Nguyen

4.51

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Tiến loves his family and his friends…but Tiến has a secret he's been keeping from them, and it mig… read more

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  • queer
"To me, language is a map to help you figure out where you are. If you can't read the map, you're lost"

-Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish

"The space between two shores is the ocean and being caught in between feels like drowning. And, really, what is the point of tears among so much salt water?"

-Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish

Cover of To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky  Chambers

16. To Be Taught, If Fortunate

By: Becky Chambers

4.20

Format: 153 pages, Paperback

In her new novella, Sunday Times best-selling author Becky Chambers imagines a future in which, ins… read more

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  • queer
"Hope isn't about predicting the future; it's about how you approach it."

-Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate

"Even if nothing ever does go wrong, I have to prepare as though it might."

-Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate

"We were alive on that world. We were kings without enemies, children removed from time."

-Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate

"When the world you know is out of reach, nothing is more welcome than a measurable reminder that it still exists."

-Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate

Cover of Bridge of Souls (Cassidy Blake, #3) by Victoria Schwab

17. Bridge of Souls (Cassidy Blake, #3)

By: Victoria Schwab

4.04

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Where there are ghosts, Cassidy Blake follows ... unless it's the other way around? Cass thinks … read more

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"Stories have a way of making the world feel bigger"

-Victoria Schwab, Bridge of Souls (Cassidy Blake, #3)

Cover of Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki

18. Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

By: Mariko Tamaki

3.86

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

All Freddy Riley wants is for Laura Dean to stop breaking up with her. The day they got together… read more

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  • queer
"Have faith in yourself to know what's right for you. Whatever answer you need, it's inside you somewhere."

-Mariko Tamaki, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

"It's true that giving can be a part of love. But, contrary to popular belief, love should never take from you, Freddy."

-Mariko Tamaki, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

"Of course, I know there are LGBTQIA activists out there who fought for centuries for me to have the right to fuck up like this"

-Mariko Tamaki, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

"Polyamorous or monogamous, your love should be a thing that brings something to you. It’s true that giving can be a part of love, but contrary to popular belief, your love should never take from you."

-Mariko Tamaki, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

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19. 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

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  • queer
Cover of Path of Deceit (Star Wars: The High Republic: Phase II: Quest of the Jedi #1) by Tessa  Gratton

20. Path of Deceit (Star Wars: The High Republic: Phase II: Quest of the Jedi #1)

By: Tessa Gratton

4.09

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

Set in the world of the High Republic, 150 years before the storytelling of Phase I, an era of chan… read more

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  • queer
Cover of Bloom by Kevin Panetta

21. Bloom

By: Kevin Panetta

3.91

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Though he loved working there as a kid, Ari cannot fathom a life wasting away over rising dough and… read more

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  • queer
"Jeez! Why is my family manhandling me at this wedding?"

-Kevin Panetta, Bloom

"Maybe just...Don't try to be what you think you should be. Be what you love."

-Kevin Panetta, Bloom

"Got 'em! Comfortable shoes! Oh my God. They're like pillows. I hate high heels."

-Kevin Panetta, Bloom

"...what does he think is going to happen? An angel will just fall from the sky?"

-Kevin Panetta, Bloom

Cover of Before We Say Goodbye (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #4) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

22. Before We Say Goodbye (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #4)

By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3.96

Format: 173 pages, ebook

The fourth novel in the internationally bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, following a… read more

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"Yet, even so, Mieko and I shared our lives. But Meiko had an accident and fell into a vegetative state. Her eyes no longer saw; her ears no longer heard. My children grieved, but as much as I felt it…"

-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before We Say Goodbye (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #4)

Cover of A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2) by Becky  Chambers

23. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2)

By: Becky Chambers

4.41

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robo… read more

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  • queer
"It's one thing to be told about the world that was. It's another to see a piece of it."

-Becky Chambers, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2)

Cover of Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

24. Imogen, Obviously

By: Becky Albertalli

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

With humor and insight, #1 New York Times bestseller Becky Albertalli explores the nuances of sexua… read more

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  • queer
"Every breath she breathes feels like a love letter."

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

"1987: the world’s biggest pancake ever (well, at the time). My parents actually got to eat part of it!"

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

"So which one of us is more queer?" "Well," I pause, "I'd have to see the two of you trying to sit in chairs."

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

"Tessa’s eyes catch mine, and her lips tug up at the corners, just barely. And the noise in my brain falls away. All the times I said I’m straight. All the times everyone’s said I’m straight. There it…"

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

Cover of Tunnel of Bones (Cassidy Blake, #2) by Victoria Schwab

25. Tunnel of Bones (Cassidy Blake, #2)

By: Victoria Schwab

4.04

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Trouble is haunting Cassidy Blake . . . even more than usual. She (plus her ghost best friend, J… read more

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26. Stone Fruit

By: Lee Lai

4.06

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

Bron and Ray are a queer couple who enjoy their role as the fun weirdo aunties to Ray’s niece, six-… read more

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  • queer
Cover of People From My Neighbourhood by Hiromi Kawakami

27. People From My Neighbourhood

By: Hiromi Kawakami

3.53

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

From the author of the internationally bestselling Strange Weather in Tokyo, a collection of interl… read more

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"Even the smallest hole is enough to send a balloon spiraling to the ground. The falsification of memory is like that. All it takes is one individual who remembers the truth, said Romi, for the whole …"

-Hiromi Kawakami, People From My Neighbourhood

Cover of Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte

28. Four Dead Queens

By: Astrid Scholte

3.80

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Keralie Corrington may seem harmless, but in fact, she's one of Quadara's most s… read more

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"Dream bigger,"

-Astrid Scholte, Four Dead Queens

"Get in quick. Get out quicker."

-Astrid Scholte, Four Dead Queens

"Sometimes failure is the beginning of success"

-Astrid Scholte, Four Dead Queens

"Let love guide your, heart and everything else will fall into place."

-Astrid Scholte, Four Dead Queens

Cover of Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2) by Tracy Deonn

29. Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2)

By: Tracy Deonn

4.32

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The shadows have risen, and the line is law. All Bree wanted was to uncover the truth behind he… read more

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"No!"

-Tracy Deonn, Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2)

"Dwi yn,"

-Tracy Deonn, Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2)

"We had faith,"

-Tracy Deonn, Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2)

"Come back, Bree. Come back to us."

-Tracy Deonn, Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2)

Cover of The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5) by R.F. Kuang

30. The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

By: R.F. Kuang

4.52

Format: 15 pages, ebook

A collection of scenes from Nezha's point of view throughout the first two novels in the trilogy, a… read more

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"Who is the true god."

-R.F. Kuang, The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

"I'm sorry,' he says. 'I know it should have been me.' Vaisra doesn’t hesitate. 'It should have been you."

-R.F. Kuang, The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

"They can't say her name in his presence. He's never made this a rule. But for some reason, none of them dare."

-R.F. Kuang, The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

Cover of Ask Me About the Future by Rebecca Jessen

31. Ask Me About the Future

By: Rebecca Jessen

4.10

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Full of zest and flair, Jessen’s poems map constellations of desire, loss and longing. Riffing on t… read more

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  • poetry
  • queer

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Jen Wang

4.35

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Nimona

None

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