26 must-read queer books like Chrysalis and Requiem by Quinton Li

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Chrysalis and Requiem

By: Quinton Li

2.77

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

At Adraredon Academy, fervent passion, contemporary companionship, and forbidden desires intertwine…

If you liked the queer plot in Chrysalis and Requiem by Quinton Li , here is a list of 26 books like this:

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1. 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 Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • 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

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2. The Wicked Bargain

By: Gabe Cole Novoa

4.19

Format: 368 pages, None

El Diablo is in the details in this Latinx pirate fantasy starring a transmasculine nonbinary teen … read more

Similar categories in Gabe Cole Novoa's The Wicked Bargain book and Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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3. 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 Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
"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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4. The Poisons We Drink

By: Bethany Baptiste

3.75

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

In a country divided between humans and witchers, Venus Stoneheart hustles as a brewer making illeg… read more

Similar categories in Bethany Baptiste's The Poisons We Drink book and Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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5. 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 Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"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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6. 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 Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • romance
  • queer
  • young adult
  • 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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7. Heart, Haunt, Havoc (The Gideon Testaments, #1)

By: Freydís Moon

3.74

Format: 156 pages, Kindle Edition

Laced with romance, gothic imagery, Catholic mysticism, diaspora, and horror… When lonely transg… read more

Similar categories in Freydís Moon's Heart, Haunt, Havoc (The Gideon Testaments, #1) book and Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • romance
  • queer
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
"Abandonment. Unfinished business. There was always something or someone that caused a house to want, to ache, to make itself known. There was always a reason for anger and lust and becoming lonesome"

-Freydís Moon, Heart, Haunt, Havoc (The Gideon Testaments, #1)

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8. Covenant, Vol. 1 (Covenant, #1)

By: LySandra Vuong

4.11

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Discover Lysandra Vuong's hit supernatural action Webtoon Covenant in print for the first time ever… read more

Similar categories in LySandra Vuong's Covenant, Vol. 1 (Covenant, #1) book and Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
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9. An Education in Malice

By: S.T. Gibson

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Sumptuous and addictive, An Education in Malice is a dark academia tale of blood, secrets and insat… read more

Similar categories in S.T. Gibson's An Education in Malice book and Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Right and Wrong don't exist. They're fairy tales made up by priests and parents"

-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice

"I wasn't in the habit of confessing my sapphic proclivities as a sin, since I didn't consider them to be one, but my idolatry of Carmilla definitely counted as something worth confessing."

-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice

"She kissed me with a martyr’s agonized desperation, like I was the only sword she ever wanted to fall on. I kissed her right back like the cutting edge of a blade, trying to inflict as much damage as…"

-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice

"I was, I knew full well, a creature composed of strange desires. They'd always been with me, these hungers. As a child I played villain in every game of 'capture the princess,' tying my pretty playma…"

-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice

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10. PRINCE OF LUST

By: Lucien Burr

3.63

Format: None pages, None

Alessandro senses his devotion to the monastery slipping away, haunted by regret over the years he … read more

Similar categories in Lucien Burr's PRINCE OF LUST book and Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • romance
  • queer
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
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11. To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1)

By: Molly X. Chang

3.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

She has power over death. He has power over her. When two enemies strike a dangerous bargain, will … read more

Similar categories in Molly X. Chang's To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1) book and Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"白发送黑发, 不孝之道. Letting the white hair bury the black hair was unfilial to the highest degree."

-Molly X. Chang, To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1)

"聪明一世,糊涂一时. Intelligent and cautious for a lifetime, it takes a second of stupidity to unravel it all."

-Molly X. Chang, To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1)

"You shouldn’t ask the girl blessed by Death whom she’ll die for. You should ask her whom she’ll kill for."

-Molly X. Chang, To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1)

"To love was a privilege not afforded to those of us born in these trying times when survival was never guaranteed. We were products of our surroundings, of our upbringings."

-Molly X. Chang, To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1)

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12. My Throat an Open Grave

By: Tori Bovalino

3.84

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

Labyrinth meets folk horror in this darkly romantic tale of a girl who wishes her baby brother away… read more

Similar categories in Tori Bovalino's My Throat an Open Grave book and Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • romance
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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13. The Marble Queen

By: Anna Kopp

3.62

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The Marble Queen is a YA Fantasy graphic novel that’s the political drama of Nimona meets the heart… read more

Similar categories in Anna Kopp's The Marble Queen book and Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"I’m not the strong, brave queen Iliad deserves."

-Anna Kopp, The Marble Queen

"It seems so natural. Like she’s done it a hundred times. Does she prefer dancing with women? I thought this marriage was only an arrangement. And if I’m right and it is, then why do I feel so strange?"

-Anna Kopp, The Marble Queen

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14. Just Happy to Be Here

By: Naomi Kanakia

3.73

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this YA standalone perfect for fans of Tobly McSmith and Meredith Russo, the first out trans gir… read more

Similar categories in Naomi Kanakia's Just Happy to Be Here book and Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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15. The Absinthe Underground

By: Jamie Pacton

3.47

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Moulin Rouge meets Holly Black in a thrilling sapphic friends-to-lovers romantasy! For Sybil Cla… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Pacton's The Absinthe Underground book and Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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16. Gorgeous Gruesome Faces (Gorgeous Gruesome Faces, #1)

By: Linda Cheng

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Yellowjackets meets She Is a Haunting in this debut speculative thriller that follows a disgraced t… read more

Similar categories in Linda Cheng's Gorgeous Gruesome Faces (Gorgeous Gruesome Faces, #1) book and Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
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17. I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me

By: Jamison Shea

3.72

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

There will be blood. Ace of Spades meets House of Hollow in this villain origin story. Laure … read more

Similar categories in Jamison Shea's I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me book and Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Twelve years of feeding this dream, cutting down anyone else who stood in my path, only to have the one girl I spared turn around and bite me. And she had the audacity to be mediocre."

-Jamison Shea, I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me

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18. Ghost Town

By: R.E. Ward

3.58

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Paranormal investigator Blair Wyndon is hell-bent on proving that ghosts are real. She posts the ev… read more

Similar categories in R.E. Ward's Ghost Town book and Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • lesbian
  • thriller
  • queer
  • lgbt
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19. 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 Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • lgbt
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • young adult
  • thriller
  • disability
  • 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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20. Eye of the Ouroboros

By: Megan Bontrager

3.89

Format: None pages, ebook

When guilt-stricken park ranger Theodora Buchanan gets too close to the truth of her sister Flora’s… read more

Similar categories in Megan Bontrager's Eye of the Ouroboros book and Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • lesbian
  • queer
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
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21. Of Jade and Dragons (Fall of the Dragon, #1)

By: Amber Chen

3.73

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Eighteen-year-old Aihui Ying dreams of becoming a world-class engineer like her father, but after h… read more

Similar categories in Amber Chen's Of Jade and Dragons (Fall of the Dragon, #1) book and Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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22. The Prince's Dearest Guards (The Prince's Dearest Guards, #1)

By: Beau Van Dalen

3.43

Format: 101 pages, Kindle Edition

Prince Hal wants a boyfriend. Sadly, he’s much too shy to find any suitable partners. That is… un… read more

Similar categories in Beau Van Dalen's The Prince's Dearest Guards (The Prince's Dearest Guards, #1) book and Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • romance
  • queer
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
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23. A Bone in His Teeth

By: Kellen Graves

4.56

Format: 414 pages, ebook

When a fall from the mast leaves Alba Marsh unable to sail, he finally has the chance to run away f… read more

Similar categories in Kellen Graves's A Bone in His Teeth book and Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • romance
  • queer
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
"When frustrated tears finally broke over his lashes, he attempted to squeeze them away, but Eridanys noticed. He sighed, using his thumbs to wipe them from Alba’s cheeks before they could drip all th…"

-Kellen Graves, A Bone in His Teeth

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24. Death's Country

By: R.M. Romero

3.84

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Hadestown meets “Orpheus and Eurydice” when two Miami teens travel to the underworld to retrieve th… read more

Similar categories in R.M. Romero's Death's Country book and Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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25. The Bride of Death

By: F.M. Aden

3.58

Format: 378 pages, Paperback

In the vein of Naomi Novik’s Uprooted and Katherine Arden’s The Bear and the Nightingale— this unf… read more

Similar categories in F.M. Aden's The Bride of Death book and Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • romance
  • fantasy
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26. 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 Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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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 Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • queer
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28. The Girl with No Reflection

By: Keshe Chow

3.44

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

A young woman chosen as the crown prince’s bride must travel to the royal palace to meet her new hu… read more

Similar categories in Keshe Chow's The Girl with No Reflection book and Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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29. Old Wounds

By: Logan-Ashley Kisner

4.22

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Erin and Max are two trans kids who are just trying to get to California. Max is desperate to final… read more

Similar categories in Logan-Ashley Kisner's Old Wounds book and Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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30. Chrysalis and Requiem

By: Quinton Li

2.77

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

At Adraredon Academy, fervent passion, contemporary companionship, and forbidden desires intertwine… read more

Similar categories in Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem book and Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • young adult
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • disability
  • queer
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31. Wolf, Willow, Witch (The Gideon Testaments, #2)

By: Freydís Moon

3.98

Format: 172 pages, Kindle Edition

A vicious romance imbued with magic, thievery, and necromancy… When Tehlor Nilsen stumbles upon … read more

Similar categories in Freydís Moon's Wolf, Willow, Witch (The Gideon Testaments, #2) book and Quinton Li's Chrysalis and Requiem

  • romance
  • queer
  • fantasy
  • lgbt

25 Best fantasy books like Chrysalis and Requiem by Quinton Li

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Hell Followed With Us

Andrew Joseph White

4.13

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The Wicked Bargain

Gabe Cole Novoa

4.19

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The Poisons We Drink

Bethany Baptiste

3.75

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The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

Andrew Joseph White

4.52

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How to Train Your Human Omega (Coveted Bonds #1)

Arden Fox

3.99

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Angels Before Man

Rafael Nicolás

4.14

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PRINCE OF LUST

Lucien Burr

3.63

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Rafael Nicolás

4.59

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