10 must-read lesbian books like Countess by Suzan Palumbo

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Countess

By: Suzan Palumbo

3.65

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella, inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, in which a…

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Cover of Everything Belongs to the Future by Laurie Penny

1. Everything Belongs to the Future

By: Laurie Penny

3.54

Format: 128 pages, ebook

Time is a weapon wielded by the rich, who have excess of it, against the rest, who must trade every… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Penny's Everything Belongs to the Future book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • science fiction
  • novella
  • fiction
Cover of The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) by Malka Ann Older

2. The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)

By: Malka Ann Older

3.64

Format: 169 pages, Hardcover

The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set … read more

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

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

3. 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 Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • 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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4. Servant Mage

By: Kate Elliott

3.58

Format: 164 pages, Hardcover

Fellian is a Lamplighter, able to provide illumination through magic. A group of rebel Monarchists … read more

Similar categories in Kate Elliott's Servant Mage book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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5. Rose/House

By: Arkady Martine

3.72

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Dust jacket illustration by David Curtis. Arkady Martine, the acclaimed author of the Teixcalaan… read more

Similar categories in Arkady Martine's Rose/House book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • science fiction
  • novella
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei

6. The Stardust Grail

By: Yume Kitasei

3.78

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Save one world. Doom her own. From the acclaimed author of The Deep Sky comes a thrilling anti-c… read more

Similar categories in Yume Kitasei's The Stardust Grail book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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7. Bury Your Gays

By: Chuck Tingle

4.29

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

From Chuck Tingle, author of the USA Today bestselling Camp Damascus, comes a new heart-pounding st… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Tingle's Bury Your Gays book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"The studio might be a ruthless capitalist machine," he opines, "but we're not evil."

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"Your stories aren't worth your life." My stories are my life, I think, but I don't say this."

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"I'm honestly kind of surprised. You've got a flair for drama, Misha. I thought you might get hard over some final sacrifice for love, or whatever. I mean, you're the writer, not me, but that's got Em…"

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"The path I've been led down is one of senseless catastrophe, a classic Hollywood tale of the man who plummets to rock bottom just moments before he would have crested the peak. [...] I'm living out t…"

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

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8. The Fireborne Blade (The Fireborne Blade, #1)

By: Charlotte Bond

3.78

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

Kill the dragon. Find the blade. Reclaim her honor. It’s that, or end up like countless knights … read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Bond's The Fireborne Blade (The Fireborne Blade, #1) book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • novella
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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9. The Splinter in the Sky

By: Kemi Ashing-Giwa

3.47

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER A “breathtaking space opera” ( Publishers Weekly , starred review) about a … read more

Similar categories in Kemi Ashing-Giwa's The Splinter in the Sky book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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10. Swordcrossed

By: Freya Marske

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

“Clever, sparkling, and perfectly indulgent, Swordcrossed feels like stepping into a party already … read more

Similar categories in Freya Marske's Swordcrossed book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Road to Ruin (Magebike Courier, #1) by Hana  Lee

11. Road to Ruin (Magebike Courier, #1)

By: Hana Lee

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

An electrifying, gritty fantasy from debut author Hana Lee that takes a royal messenger on a high-s… read more

Similar categories in Hana Lee's Road to Ruin (Magebike Courier, #1) book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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12. 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 Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • novella
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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13. Navigational Entanglements

By: Aliette de Bodard

4.05

Format: 165 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Aliette de Bodard presents yet another innovative space opera that broadens th… read more

Similar categories in Aliette de Bodard's Navigational Entanglements book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • novella
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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14. The Dragonfly Gambit

By: A.D. Sui

4.52

Format: None pages, Paperback

After a career-ending injury, a military pilot plans her revenge against an empire that made her a … read more

Similar categories in A.D. Sui's The Dragonfly Gambit book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • science fiction
  • novella
  • space opera
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15. Metal from Heaven

By: August Clarke

4.14

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

For fans of  The Princess Bride and Gideon the Ninth: a bloody  lesbian revenge tale and political … read more

Similar categories in August Clarke's Metal from Heaven book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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16. Midnight Rooms

By: Donyae Coles

3.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Set in a foreboding Gothic mansion and infused with the heightened paranoia and creeping horror of … read more

Similar categories in Donyae Coles's Midnight Rooms book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Full Speed to a Crash Landing (Chaotic Orbits, #1) by Beth Revis

17. Full Speed to a Crash Landing (Chaotic Orbits, #1)

By: Beth Revis

4.03

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A high octane sexy space heist from New York Times-bestselling author Beth Revis, the first in a no… read more

Similar categories in Beth Revis's Full Speed to a Crash Landing (Chaotic Orbits, #1) book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • novella
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Ending Fire (The Ending Fire Trilogy, #3) by Saara El-Arifi

18. The Ending Fire (The Ending Fire Trilogy, #3)

By: Saara El-Arifi

4.35

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Rebellions are like fires—something needs to burn to make a flame. Return to the Wardens’ Empire in… read more

Similar categories in Saara El-Arifi's The Ending Fire (The Ending Fire Trilogy, #3) book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Haunt Sweet Home by Sarah Pinsker

19. Haunt Sweet Home

By: Sarah Pinsker

3.47

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

On the set of a kitschy reality TV show, staged scares transform into unnerving reality in this spo… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Pinsker's Haunt Sweet Home book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • novella
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram

20. Coup de Grâce

By: Sofia Ajram

3.94

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

A mindbending and visceral experimental horror about a young man trapped in an infinite Montreal su… read more

Similar categories in Sofia Ajram's Coup de Grâce book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley August

21. The Last Gifts of the Universe

By: Riley August

4.00

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A dying universe. A search for answers. An adventure at the end of a trillion lifetimes. When th… read more

Similar categories in Riley August's The Last Gifts of the Universe book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Asunder by Kerstin  Hall

22. Asunder

By: Kerstin Hall

4.40

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

We choose our own gods here. Karys Eska is a deathspeaker, locked into an irrevocable compact wi… read more

Similar categories in Kerstin Hall's Asunder book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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23. The City in Glass

By: Nghi Vo

4.08

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this new standalone, Hugo Award-winning author Nghi Vo introduces a beguiling fantasy city in th… read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's The City in Glass book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • novella
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Countess by Suzan Palumbo

24. Countess

By: Suzan Palumbo

3.65

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella, inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, in which a… read more

Similar categories in Suzan Palumbo's Countess book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • lesbian
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • novella
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of This World Is Not Yours by Kemi Ashing-Giwa

25. This World Is Not Yours

By: Kemi Ashing-Giwa

3.28

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

This World is Not Yours by USA Today bestseller Kemi Ashing-Giwa is the perfect blend of S.A. Barne… read more

Similar categories in Kemi Ashing-Giwa's This World Is Not Yours book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of On Vicious Worlds (The Kindom Trilogy, #2) by Bethany Jacobs

26. On Vicious Worlds (The Kindom Trilogy, #2)

By: Bethany Jacobs

4.46

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

One of the most exciting new voices in space opera returns with the thrilling sequel to These Burni… read more

Similar categories in Bethany Jacobs's On Vicious Worlds (The Kindom Trilogy, #2) book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Time's Agent by Brenda Peynado

27. Time's Agent

By: Brenda Peynado

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Pocket World―a geographically small, hidden offshoot of our own reality, sped up or slowed down by … read more

Similar categories in Brenda Peynado's Time's Agent book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • novella
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Nightward (The Waters of Lethe, #1) by R.S.A. Garcia

28. The Nightward (The Waters of Lethe, #1)

By: R.S.A. Garcia

3.86

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Nebula and MIFRE award-winning author R.S.A. Garcia’s scifantasy debut novel—the first in a duology… read more

Similar categories in R.S.A. Garcia's The Nightward (The Waters of Lethe, #1) book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Sapling Cage (Daughters of the Empty Throne, #1) by Margaret Killjoy

29. The Sapling Cage (Daughters of the Empty Throne, #1)

By: Margaret Killjoy

4.15

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

In the gripping first novel in the Daughters of the Empty Throne trilogy, author Margaret Killjoy s… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Killjoy's The Sapling Cage (Daughters of the Empty Throne, #1) book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of How to Steal a Galaxy (Chaotic Orbits, #2) by Beth Revis

30. How to Steal a Galaxy (Chaotic Orbits, #2)

By: Beth Revis

4.11

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A high octane sexy space heist from New York Times bestselling author Beth Revis, the second in a n… read more

Similar categories in Beth Revis's How to Steal a Galaxy (Chaotic Orbits, #2) book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • novella
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Wooing the Witch Queen (Queens of Villainy, #1) by Stephanie Burgis

31. Wooing the Witch Queen (Queens of Villainy, #1)

By: Stephanie Burgis

4.05

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

In a Gaslamp-lit world where hags and ogres lurk in thick pine forests, three magical queens form a… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Burgis's Wooing the Witch Queen (Queens of Villainy, #1) book and Suzan Palumbo's Countess

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"If all that mattered were my feelings, i would be on my knees before you right now, worshiping you in every way you could imagine. I would devote the rest of my life to proving exactly how desperate …"

-Stephanie Burgis, Wooing the Witch Queen (Queens of Villainy, #1)

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