21 Best queer books like Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1) by Harvey Oliver Baxter

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Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1)

By: Harvey Oliver Baxter

3.95

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

‘A great death is in the air.’ Arlo is lost. He thought he had everything figured out. Go to uni…

If you liked the queer plot in Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1) by Harvey Oliver Baxter , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of The Sunshine Court (All For the Game, #4) by Nora Sakavic

1. The Sunshine Court (All For the Game, #4)

By: Nora Sakavic

4.59

Format: None pages, None

My name is Jean Moreau. My place is at Evermore. I belong to the Moriyamas. It is a truth Jean h… read more

Similar categories in Nora Sakavic's The Sunshine Court (All For the Game, #4) book and Harvey Oliver Baxter's Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1)

  • adult
  • queer
  • lgbt
"What you hold onto is less important than the act of holding on itself. It’s so easy to get lost in ourselves and this world. Sometimes you need to find your way back one tiny miracle at a time."

-Nora Sakavic, The Sunshine Court (All For the Game, #4)

"Jean held onto his control with everything he had left after such a nightmarish day, but he could feel his grip slipping. Endure, he warned himself, and on its tail-end came a desperate How much must…"

-Nora Sakavic, The Sunshine Court (All For the Game, #4)

Cover of Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White

2. Hell Followed With Us

By: Andrew Joseph White

4.13

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Prepare to die. His kingdom is near. Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cu… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Joseph White's Hell Followed With Us book and Harvey Oliver Baxter's Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1)

  • horror
  • queer
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
"Do you believe in God? I do, please stop, there's so much blood"

-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

"I think it hits us all at the same time that maybe we'll live long enough to grow up."

-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

"Bein transgender is who you are, and the pain is what the outside does to you. The pain is what happens when you and the world go at each other's throats."

-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

"I'm done begging for a scrap of respect-I am done with those who enact suffering, and I am done with the sons of bitches who stand back and let it happen."

-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

Cover of Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1) by S.T. Gibson

3. Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

By: S.T. Gibson

3.66

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

The Devil knows your name, David Aristarkhov. As a teen, David Aristarkhov was a psychic prodig… read more

Similar categories in S.T. Gibson's Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1) book and Harvey Oliver Baxter's Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • gothic
  • lgbt
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • queer
"He looked as he always did: slightly underfed, terminally scholastic, and two weeks overdue for a haircut."

-S.T. Gibson, Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

"She didn't quite share her husband's passion for antiquarian books, but she understood it. She understood that if you cracked Rhys open, he would probably have paperback pages inside him instead of o…"

-S.T. Gibson, Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

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4. A Botanical Daughter

By: Noah Medlock

3.72

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Mexican Gothic meets The Lie Tree by way of Oscar Wilde and Mary Shelley in this delightfully witty… read more

Similar categories in Noah Medlock's A Botanical Daughter book and Harvey Oliver Baxter's Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1)

  • gothic
  • lgbt
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Grief can be a kind of exhaustion, after all."

-Noah Medlock, A Botanical Daughter

"Gregor now knew in his soul that greatness came at a price, and true greatness is paid for by the hour."

-Noah Medlock, A Botanical Daughter

"He had tried sculpting in other materials - in clay, marble, wood, and bronze - but corpses were the only medium that really sang under his fingers."

-Noah Medlock, A Botanical Daughter

"Simon, what do you understand to be the nature of a soul?" he said suddenly. Simon was staring darkly into the endless distance. He didn't refocus his gaze to reply. "That part of us which cannot be …"

-Noah Medlock, A Botanical Daughter

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5. Dear Wendy

By: Ann Zhao

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Dear Wendy's Sophie and Jo, two aromantic and asexual students at Wellesley College, engage in an o… read more

Similar categories in Ann Zhao's Dear Wendy book and Harvey Oliver Baxter's Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1)

  • asexual
  • queer
  • lgbt
"Nobody talks about breaking up with your friends. It sucks. Especially when that friend ditches you to be with whoever they think is The One."

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

"And still, it's hard to find people like me. The asexual community is small enough as it is; there are fewer aromantic people and even fewer people who are both."

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

"And that really made me think for the first time about how this could happen with any friend who's not also aroace. Like, my person, my closest confidant, will probably always have someone else - a r…"

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

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6. The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

By: Andrew Joseph White

4.52

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

Mors vincit omnia. Death conquers all. London, 1883. The Veil between the living and dead has th… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Joseph White's The Spirit Bares Its Teeth book and Harvey Oliver Baxter's Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1)

  • gothic
  • lgbt
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • queer
"He's...he's doing the same thing I do. His hands are fluttering. Like mine. Oh God, he's like me."

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

"I should not have to keep fixing the damage done to us. It would be so easy to not hurt us and the Speakers can't even do that. It's more work to hurt us. It's more work to be cruel - and yet they co…"

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

"I do not get to savor the masculine cut of my clothes, or the illusion of short hair, or the feeting joy of my skin feeling like mine. Instead, I have to worry if my boyhood is convincing enough to k…"

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

"My name is Daphne.' Daphne? In that moment, it's as if I've peeled the skin away from the chest of a patient, revealing a beating heart. A boy could not say that name as if terrified the syllables wi…"

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

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7. Wren Martin Ruins It All

By: Amanda DeWitt

4.25

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Now that Wren Martin is student council president (on a technicality, but hey, it counts) he’s goin… read more

Similar categories in Amanda DeWitt's Wren Martin Ruins It All book and Harvey Oliver Baxter's Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1)

  • asexual
  • queer
  • lgbt
"I think I might have a crush. Shit ."

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

"Halloween would be . . . okay," she says, with all the deliberation of a somewhat uncertain judge delivering a verdict. "But no sexy catgirls. Or boys. No catpeople."

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

"You might have saved the Dance," I say loftily, "but I saved this school from Cats ." "Not all heroes wear capes," Ryan says, pushing open the classroom door. "You know, I kind of like Cats ." "You l…"

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

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8. Most Ardently

By: Gabe Cole Novoa

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A trans boy searches for a future―and a romance―in which he can live and love openly as himself in … read more

Similar categories in Gabe Cole Novoa's Most Ardently book and Harvey Oliver Baxter's Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1)

  • queer
  • lgbt
"I love you, Oliver," Darcy said, "Most ardently."

-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

"We're permitted to bring a guest,' Darcy said. 'We could bring a guest every week if we wanted to. I'd be happy to make you mine.' Oliver arched an eyebrow. Darcy's face flushed pink. 'My... guest. T…"

-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

"Just the notion of being able to spend multiple days as himself made Oliver feel lighter. He finished his tea and stood, the heaviness of his argument with his mother melting away at the prospect of …"

-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

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9. Angels Before Man

By: Rafael Nicolás

4.14

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

A queer retelling of Satan's fall that's part cozy coming of age and part fast-paced tragedy, with … read more

Similar categories in Rafael Nicolás's Angels Before Man book and Harvey Oliver Baxter's Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1)

  • lgbt
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"I know what the Lord dressed me in and what He handed to me, and inside, I can feel the detail He put into me. And yet, still, I’m so lost. I only want to be useful to Him, but I don’t know how. I wa…"

-Rafael Nicolás, Angels Before Man

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10. Earthflown (The Anatomy of Water #1)

By: Frances Wren

4.08

Format: 455 pages, Paperback

Featuring over 60 illustrations, Earthflown is a love story that tries – and fails – to leave the w… read more

Similar categories in Frances Wren's Earthflown (The Anatomy of Water #1) book and Harvey Oliver Baxter's Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1)

  • queer
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
"How reassuring. A discount hitman."

-Frances Wren, Earthflown (The Anatomy of Water #1)

"Certainty wasn't worth the doubt. Probably."

-Frances Wren, Earthflown (The Anatomy of Water #1)

"It's a ballet. Dancing is a euphemism for everything."

-Frances Wren, Earthflown (The Anatomy of Water #1)

"You know, I'm boring when I'm tired. And I'm always tired."

-Frances Wren, Earthflown (The Anatomy of Water #1)

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11. Icarus

By: K. Ancrum

4.08

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, this… read more

Similar categories in K. Ancrum's Icarus book and Harvey Oliver Baxter's Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1)

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
Cover of Infinity Alchemist (Infinity Alchemist, #1) by Kacen Callender

12. Infinity Alchemist (Infinity Alchemist, #1)

By: Kacen Callender

3.49

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Infinity Alchemist is a spellbinding novel about a quest that leads three young alchemists toward u… read more

Similar categories in Kacen Callender's Infinity Alchemist (Infinity Alchemist, #1) book and Harvey Oliver Baxter's Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1)

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
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13. Angels & Man

By: Rafael Nicolás

4.59

Format: 450 pages, Paperback

A Queer Retelling of the Watcher's Flood The angel Azazel is miserable in Heaven. In the afterma… read more

Similar categories in Rafael Nicolás's Angels & Man book and Harvey Oliver Baxter's Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1)

  • lgbt
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Don't Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews

14. Don't Let the Forest In

By: C.G. Drews

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, Andrew had cut out his heart and given it to this boy, and he was very sure Thoma… read more

Similar categories in C.G. Drews's Don't Let the Forest In book and Harvey Oliver Baxter's Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1)

  • gothic
  • lgbt
  • fantasy
  • horror
  • paranormal
  • queer
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15. 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 Harvey Oliver Baxter's Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1)

  • horror
  • queer
  • lgbt
"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

Cover of The Sins on Their Bones (The Cursed Crown #1) by Laura R. Samotin

16. The Sins on Their Bones (The Cursed Crown #1)

By: Laura R. Samotin

3.87

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Dimitri Alexeyev used to be the Tzar of Novo-Svitsevo. Now, he is merely a broken man, languishing … read more

Similar categories in Laura R. Samotin's The Sins on Their Bones (The Cursed Crown #1) book and Harvey Oliver Baxter's Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1)

  • queer
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
"It's not shameful to seek help for a wound," Mischa continued. "Whether a wound to your body, or one to your mind."

-Laura R. Samotin, The Sins on Their Bones (The Cursed Crown #1)

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17. Cutting Your Teeth (Cursed Corpses, #1)

By: Caylan MacRae

3.78

Format: 328 pages, None

Ezra Santos is tired of running. Of burning bridge after bridge and going through new names like us… read more

Similar categories in Caylan MacRae's Cutting Your Teeth (Cursed Corpses, #1) book and Harvey Oliver Baxter's Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • lgbt
  • vampires
  • fantasy
  • horror
  • paranormal
  • queer
"Obsession is still obsession; it‘ll burn you out all the same till there‘s nothing left to take."

-Caylan MacRae, Cutting Your Teeth (Cursed Corpses, #1)

"How long you been holding that back?" Killian asks, nosing along the side of Ezra's jaw. "The minute I wanted to put my fist through your teeth at the Stag," he confesses. “Fucking knew it."

-Caylan MacRae, Cutting Your Teeth (Cursed Corpses, #1)

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18. 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 Harvey Oliver Baxter's Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1)

  • gothic
  • lgbt
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Brightness Between Us (The Darkness Outside Us, #2) by Eliot Schrefer

19. The Brightness Between Us (The Darkness Outside Us, #2)

By: Eliot Schrefer

4.61

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In this sequel to The Darkness Outside Us, a Stonewall Honor Book, New York Times bestselling autho… read more

Similar categories in Eliot Schrefer's The Brightness Between Us (The Darkness Outside Us, #2) book and Harvey Oliver Baxter's Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1)

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
Cover of Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1) by Harvey Oliver Baxter

20. Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1)

By: Harvey Oliver Baxter

3.95

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

‘A great death is in the air.’ Arlo is lost. He thought he had everything figured out. Go to uni… read more

Similar categories in Harvey Oliver Baxter's Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1) book and Harvey Oliver Baxter's Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • gothic
  • asexual
  • lgbt
  • vampires
  • fantasy
  • horror
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • queer
Cover of Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2) by Aiden Thomas

21. Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2)

By: Aiden Thomas

4.42

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Teo never thought he could be a Hero. Now, he doesn’t have a choice. The sun is gone, the Obsid… read more

Similar categories in Aiden Thomas's Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2) book and Harvey Oliver Baxter's Fallen Thorns (Fallen Thorns, #1)

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • lgbt

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Paul Michael Winters

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