17 Top queer books like Medusa of the Roses by Navid Sinaki

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Medusa of the Roses

By: Navid Sinaki

3.58

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Sex, vengeance, and betrayal in modern day Tehran—Navid Sinaki’s bold and cinematic debut is a quee…

If you liked the queer plot in Medusa of the Roses by Navid Sinaki , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. Pink Slime

By: Fernanda Trías

3.68

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A taut, harrowing novel about a woman and the people who depend on her as the world around them tee… read more

Similar categories in Fernanda Trías's Pink Slime book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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2. Napalm al cor

By: Pol Guasch

3.69

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

«De vegades penso que estic anotant el futur. Em dic que, davant de la incomprensió, en quedin les … read more

Similar categories in Pol Guasch's Napalm al cor book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"El sol gratina el terra". "Un vespre cítric"."

-Pol Guasch, Napalm al cor

"Des d'aleshores viure es va convertir en sobreviure, que és la pitjor forma d'estar viu."

-Pol Guasch, Napalm al cor

"Em dic que, davant de la incomprensió, en quedin les paraules. Algú, potser, les podrà entendre."

-Pol Guasch, Napalm al cor

"Quan la tristesa es cansa i desapareix, la tristesa és, aleshores, el temps. I el pare duia el temps a dins."

-Pol Guasch, Napalm al cor

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3. Anyone's Ghost

By: August Thompson

4.11

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary debut novel in which the transforming love and friendship between two young men du… read more

Similar categories in August Thompson's Anyone's Ghost book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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4. Thirst

By: Marina Yuszczuk

3.58

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Across two different time periods, two women confront fear, loneliness, mortality, and a haunting y… read more

Similar categories in Marina Yuszczuk's Thirst book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • adult
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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5. Cinema Love

By: Jiaming Tang

3.86

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A staggering, tender epic about gay men in rural China and the women who marry them. For over th… read more

Similar categories in Jiaming Tang's Cinema Love book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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6. How It Works Out

By: Myriam Lacroix

3.79

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“What an audacious, breathtaking, and inspiring debut. The power of this formally innovative and de… read more

Similar categories in Myriam Lacroix's How It Works Out book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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7. Little Rot

By: Akwaeke Emezi

3.67

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new novel from the bestselling, award-winning Akwaeke Emezi, about five friends trying … read more

Similar categories in Akwaeke Emezi's Little Rot book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • queer
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8. You Had Me at Happy Hour

By: Timothy Janovsky

3.77

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In this sexy, emotionally satisfying LGBTQIA+ romance, a grumpy sommelier and a flirty mixologist j… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Janovsky's You Had Me at Happy Hour book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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9. Hombrecito

By: Santiago Jose Sanchez

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A novel by a brilliant new voice, Hombrecito is a queer coming-of-age story about a young immigrant… read more

Similar categories in Santiago Jose Sanchez's Hombrecito book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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10. The Coin

By: Yasmin Zaher

3.55

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A bold and unabashed novel about a young Palestinian woman's unraveling, far from home, as she gets… read more

Similar categories in Yasmin Zaher's The Coin book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"And the poet, he asked, who was it again? Aisha didn't know him, neither did Matthew. But, of course, Gregory did. He asked if he was the 9/11 denier. No, definitely not a denier, but very vocal when…"

-Yasmin Zaher, The Coin

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11. Colored Television

By: Danzy Senna

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A dark comedy about second acts, creative appropriation, and the racial identity–industrial complex… read more

Similar categories in Danzy Senna's Colored Television book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. This Fatal Kiss

By: Alicia Jasinska

4.03

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Spirit away with a whimsical fantasy filled with dark magic and flirty, polyamorous romance. Cur… read more

Similar categories in Alicia Jasinska's This Fatal Kiss book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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13. Toward Eternity

By: Anton Hur

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

What does it mean to be human in a world where technology is quickly catching up to biology? In … read more

Similar categories in Anton Hur's Toward Eternity book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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14. 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 Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • adult
  • lgbt
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15. Blue Light Hours

By: Bruna Dantas Lobato

4.08

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

One of Electric Literature’s “75 Books by Women of Color to Read in 2024” From the National Book… read more

Similar categories in Bruna Dantas Lobato's Blue Light Hours book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. Motheater

By: Linda H. Codega

3.92

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In this nuanced queer fantasy set amid the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia, the last witch of the… read more

Similar categories in Linda H. Codega's Motheater book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • queer
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17. One Hundred Shadows

By: Hwang Jungeun

3.58

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER! Han Kang’s Human Acts meets Yōko Ogawa’s The Memory Police in this und… read more

Similar categories in Hwang Jungeun's One Hundred Shadows book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Are we ghosts? we wondered. Who could tell, this late at night. We might be ghosts seeking others of our kind, walking under a pale moon."

-Hwang Jungeun, One Hundred Shadows

"More than anything else, Nana's not sure if she wants to open up Sora and Aeja and Nana herself to Moseh ssi, not so much the actual Sora, Aeja, and Nana, but as they exist for her, inside her. Betwe…"

-Hwang Jungeun, One Hundred Shadows

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18. She Who Knows (She Who Knows #1)

By: Nnedi Okorafor

4.13

Format: 161 pages, Hardcover

Part science fiction, part fantasy, and entirely infused with West African culture and spirituality… read more

Similar categories in Nnedi Okorafor's She Who Knows (She Who Knows #1) book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • adult
  • fiction
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19. Our Evenings

By: Alan Hollinghurst

4.28

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally acclaimed winner of the Booker Prize, a piercing novel that envisions mode… read more

Similar categories in Alan Hollinghurst's Our Evenings book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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20. Medusa

By: Nataly Gruender

4.09

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An intimate look into the life of a legendary mythical villain who has so often been stripped of he… read more

Similar categories in Nataly Gruender's Medusa book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Enyo spoke to her sisters: "They're getting worse." "Demi-Gods?" Sthennos asked. "Men."

-Nataly Gruender, Medusa

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21. Houris

By: Kamel Daoud

4.03

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

"Je suis la véritable trace, le plus solide des indices attestant de tout ce que nous avons vécu en… read more

Similar categories in Kamel Daoud's Houris book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • fiction
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22. Medusa of the Roses

By: Navid Sinaki

3.58

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Sex, vengeance, and betrayal in modern day Tehran—Navid Sinaki’s bold and cinematic debut is a quee… read more

Similar categories in Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • iran
  • queer
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23. Swallow the Ghost

By: Eugenie Montague

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Told in three interlocking sections, Swallow the Ghost interrogates our public identities and priva… read more

Similar categories in Eugenie Montague's Swallow the Ghost book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
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24. Forest of Noise: Poems

By: Mosab Abu Toha

4.73

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

A candid, horrific, and deeply touching new collection of poems about life in Gaza by an award-winn… read more

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25. Model Home

By: Rivers Solomon

4.06

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel. The… read more

Similar categories in Rivers Solomon's Model Home book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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26. The Italy Letters

By: Vi Khi Nao

3.41

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A surreal, dream-like account of an achingly sensual love affair from a queer Vietnamese American n… read more

Similar categories in Vi Khi Nao's The Italy Letters book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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27. Gliff

By: Ali Smith

4.36

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From a literary master, a moving and genre-bending story about our era-spanning search for meaning … read more

Similar categories in Ali Smith's Gliff book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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28. Pythian pratar

By: Liv Strömquist

4.52

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Liv Strömquists tionde seriealbum är en självhjälpsbok mot självhjälp. Vi lever i en kultur som … read more

Similar categories in Liv Strömquist's Pythian pratar book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

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29. Minuit passé

By: Gaëlle Geniller

4.38

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

Guerlain revient en compagnie de son jeune fils vivre dans le manoir où lui-même a vécu avec ses tr… read more

Similar categories in Gaëlle Geniller's Minuit passé book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

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30. La Source des secrets (Brume, #3)

By: Jérôme Pélissier

4.71

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

C’est presque sûr que c’est pas la fin ! Après avoir terrassé le dragon, Brume est toujours à la… read more

Similar categories in Jérôme Pélissier's La Source des secrets (Brume, #3) book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

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31. How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom

By: Johanna Hedva

4.31

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited essay collection from one of the most influential voices in disability activism th… read more

Similar categories in Johanna Hedva's How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom book and Navid Sinaki's Medusa of the Roses

  • lgbt
  • queer

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