9 must-read queer books like The Factory Witches of Lowell by C.S. Malerich

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The Factory Witches of Lowell

By: C.S. Malerich

3.33

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

C. S. Malerich's The Factory Witches of Lowell is a riveting historical fantasy about witches going…

"You don't know women, do you? They'll last for weeks on spite alone."

-C.S. Malerich, The Factory Witches of Lowell

"All magic is mastery and command, isn't it? You have to have a claim to something before you can cast spells over it, even your own self."

-C.S. Malerich, The Factory Witches of Lowell

"Flog them, hang them, drown them like rats. It won’t change the facts: we are the ones who poured our sweat and souls into your looms. We have rights to expect a little loyalty."

-C.S. Malerich, The Factory Witches of Lowell

"We were crushed’ said Judith; ‘for lack of resolution more than lack of numbers. A strike is nothing if a worker may pledge herself to it today and return to the factory tomorrow. So we gather here; tonight, to unite and entwine our fate."

-C.S. Malerich, The Factory Witches of Lowell

If you liked the queer plot in The Factory Witches of Lowell by C.S. Malerich , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2) by Malka Ann Older

1. The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2)

By: Malka Ann Older

4.01

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Investigator Mossa and Scholar Pleiti reunite to solve a brand-new mystery in the follow-up to the … read more

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2) book and C.S. Malerich's The Factory Witches of Lowell

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) by Nghi Vo

2. The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

By: Nghi Vo

4.17

Format: 128 pages, ebook

The Hugo Award-Winning Series returns with its newest standalone entry: a gothic mystery involving … read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) book and C.S. Malerich's The Factory Witches of Lowell

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"The world starts with a story. So do dynasties and eras and wars. So does love, and so does revenge. Everything starts with a story."

-Nghi Vo, The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

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3. The Warden (The Warden, #1)

By: Daniel M. Ford

3.83

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

A Most Anticipated Book of the Year for GoodReads and FanfiAddict A Best Science Fiction & Fantasy… read more

Similar categories in Daniel M. Ford's The Warden (The Warden, #1) book and C.S. Malerich's The Factory Witches of Lowell

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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4. How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi, #1)

By: Django Wexler

3.77

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Groundhog Day meets Guardians of the Galaxy in Django Wexler’s laugh-out-loud fantasy tale about a … read more

Similar categories in Django Wexler's How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi, #1) book and C.S. Malerich's The Factory Witches of Lowell

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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5. Upright Women Wanted

By: Sarah Gailey

3.61

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

“That girl’s got more wrong notions than a barn owl’s got mean looks.” Esther is a stowaway. She… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Gailey's Upright Women Wanted book and C.S. Malerich's The Factory Witches of Lowell

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Just because he needed killing doesn't mean I can sleep easy."

-Sarah Gailey, Upright Women Wanted

"You really believe all that? About how there’s only one end in sight for people like you?"

-Sarah Gailey, Upright Women Wanted

"When there's people around that we don't trust, we let them think we're the kinds of people who are allowed to exist. And the only kind of Librarian that's allowed to exist is one who answers to she."

-Sarah Gailey, Upright Women Wanted

"Good," Esther said back, echoing Cye's words automatically because she didn't know what else to say, because you have a freckle on your bottom lip seemed like the wrong thing to say but it was the on…"

-Sarah Gailey, Upright Women Wanted

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6. Chicano Frankenstein

By: Daniel A. Olivas

3.61

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

A modern retelling of the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley classic that addresses issues of belonging an… read more

Similar categories in Daniel A. Olivas's Chicano Frankenstein book and C.S. Malerich's The Factory Witches of Lowell

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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7. This World is Full of Monsters

By: Jeff VanderMeer

3.38

Format: 38 pages, ebook

An alien invasion comes to one man’s doorstep in the form of a story-creature, followed by death an… read more

Similar categories in Jeff VanderMeer's This World is Full of Monsters book and C.S. Malerich's The Factory Witches of Lowell

  • novella
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I read the booklet from cover to cover like it was a wonderful meal and I was a starving man. I devoured every word."

-Jeff VanderMeer, This World is Full of Monsters

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8. Voyage of the Damned

By: Frances White

4.02

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The TikTok sensation from the UK has come to North America! This special first edition hardcover w… read more

Similar categories in Frances White's Voyage of the Damned book and C.S. Malerich's The Factory Witches of Lowell

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"As if the restrictive shell of a body is more important than the infinite possibilities of a mind."

-Frances White, Voyage of the Damned

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9. The Moonday Letters

By: Emmi Itäranta

3.81

Format: 359 pages, Paperback

A gripping sci-fi mystery wrapped in an LGBTQIA love story that bends space, time, myth and science… read more

Similar categories in Emmi Itäranta's The Moonday Letters book and C.S. Malerich's The Factory Witches of Lowell

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"You are always where I wish to be: in the shared space of our thoughts."

-Emmi Itäranta, The Moonday Letters

"Menetys ja suru ovat fyysisiä aistimuksia", sanonin. "Keho muistaa ne vuodesta toiseen."

-Emmi Itäranta, The Moonday Letters

"You said once that writing is journeying beyond infinite distances; with these words I transport you to me across time and space."

-Emmi Itäranta, The Moonday Letters

"Grief is an animal you can never quite tame: after a long silence in the shadows, it may stir again and scratch open the wounds that soul-sickness feeds on."

-Emmi Itäranta, The Moonday Letters

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10. How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World

By: Deb Chachra

3.67

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2023 BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY"Revelatory, superbly written, and pulsing with wisdo… read more

Similar categories in Deb Chachra's How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World book and C.S. Malerich's The Factory Witches of Lowell

"We’re accustomed to thinking about making the transition away from fossil fuels to renewable sources as one that we are doing under duress, making a sacrifice to stave off disaster. But that’s not wh…"

-Deb Chachra, How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World

Cover of Calamity (Uncharted Hearts, #1) by Constance Fay

11. Calamity (Uncharted Hearts, #1)

By: Constance Fay

3.79

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

Bramble's inaugural debut is equal parts steamy interstellar romance and sci-fi adventure, perfect … read more

Similar categories in Constance Fay's Calamity (Uncharted Hearts, #1) book and C.S. Malerich's The Factory Witches of Lowell

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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12. A Magical Girl Retires

By: Park Seolyeon

3.63

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A millennial turned magical girl must combat climate change and credit card debt in this delightful… read more

Similar categories in Park Seolyeon's A Magical Girl Retires book and C.S. Malerich's The Factory Witches of Lowell

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"The person I loved and respected the most in the world called me a genius; therefore, I was a genius."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

"If I could become a magical girl at twenty-nine, then surely it was never too late to become a watchmaker."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

"Grandfather, I just love watches. When I look at them, I just... It's like they're a whole universe. The universe itself. Even the smallest watch."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

"She had a point. I mean, when did my own girlhood begin and end, exactly? I couldn't quite circle a lasso around it, but I knew, at least, when it had ended. Three years ago, when Grandfather died."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

Cover of The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

13. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

By: P. Djèlí Clark

4.05

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats. Nor do they have tails. But they are most assuredly… read more

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's The Dead Cat Tail Assassins book and C.S. Malerich's The Factory Witches of Lowell

  • novella
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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14. The Fox Maidens

By: Robin Ha

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An epic new graphic novel fantasy—a queer, feminist reimagining of the Fox Maiden legend from Korea… read more

Similar categories in Robin Ha's The Fox Maidens book and C.S. Malerich's The Factory Witches of Lowell

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

15. A Sorceress Comes to Call

By: T. Kingfisher

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Goose Girl, rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's A Sorceress Comes to Call book and C.S. Malerich's The Factory Witches of Lowell

  • witches
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Murders in Great Diddling by Katarina Bivald

16. The Murders in Great Diddling

By: Katarina Bivald

3.52

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The best stories are the ones we didn't know needed to be told The small, rundown village of Gre… read more

Similar categories in Katarina Bivald's The Murders in Great Diddling book and C.S. Malerich's The Factory Witches of Lowell

  • fiction
Cover of The Tindalos Asset (Tinfoil Dossier, #3) by Caitlín R. Kiernan

17. The Tindalos Asset (Tinfoil Dossier, #3)

By: Caitlín R. Kiernan

4.01

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The Signalman returns in The Tindalos Asset. A rundown apartment in Koreatown. A Los Angeles win… read more

Similar categories in Caitlín R. Kiernan's The Tindalos Asset (Tinfoil Dossier, #3) book and C.S. Malerich's The Factory Witches of Lowell

  • novella
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society by C.M. Waggoner

18. The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society

By: C.M. Waggoner

3.70

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A librarian with a knack for solving murders realizes there is something decidedly supernatural afo… read more

Similar categories in C.M. Waggoner's The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society book and C.S. Malerich's The Factory Witches of Lowell

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of De-Witched (Toil and Trouble, #2) by Sophie H. Morgan

19. De-Witched (Toil and Trouble, #2)

By: Sophie H. Morgan

3.98

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

All's fair in love and warlocks … Six weeks ago, Leah Turner snuck into a witch high-society mas… read more

Similar categories in Sophie H. Morgan's De-Witched (Toil and Trouble, #2) book and C.S. Malerich's The Factory Witches of Lowell

  • witches
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker

20. Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng

By: Kylie Lee Baker

4.61

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"A compelling, gory, ghostly romp." —Paul Tremblay, New York Times bestselling author of Horror Mo… read more

Similar categories in Kylie Lee Baker's Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng book and C.S. Malerich's The Factory Witches of Lowell

  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Factory Witches of Lowell by C.S. Malerich

21. The Factory Witches of Lowell

By: C.S. Malerich

3.33

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

C. S. Malerich's The Factory Witches of Lowell is a riveting historical fantasy about witches going… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Malerich's The Factory Witches of Lowell book and C.S. Malerich's The Factory Witches of Lowell

  • historical fantasy
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • novella
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • witches
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"You don't know women, do you? They'll last for weeks on spite alone."

-C.S. Malerich, The Factory Witches of Lowell

"All magic is mastery and command, isn't it? You have to have a claim to something before you can cast spells over it, even your own self."

-C.S. Malerich, The Factory Witches of Lowell

"Flog them, hang them, drown them like rats. It won’t change the facts: we are the ones who poured our sweat and souls into your looms. We have rights to expect a little loyalty."

-C.S. Malerich, The Factory Witches of Lowell

"We were crushed’ said Judith; ‘for lack of resolution more than lack of numbers. A strike is nothing if a worker may pledge herself to it today and return to the factory tomorrow. So we gather here; …"

-C.S. Malerich, The Factory Witches of Lowell

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