30 Best fiction books like Wench by Maxine Kaplan

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Wench

By: Maxine Kaplan

3.32

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A funny, fiercely feminist YA epic fantasy—following the adventures of a tavern wench Tanya has …

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1. The Grief Keeper

By: Alexandra Villasante

3.39

Format: 414 pages, Hardcover

Putnam has acquired Alex Villasante's The Grief Keeper, about sisters Marisol and Gabriella Morales… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Villasante's The Grief Keeper book and Maxine Kaplan's Wench

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer

2. Wintersong (Wintersong, #1)

By: S. Jae-Jones

4.00

Format: None pages,

Beware the goblin men and the wares they sell. All her life, nineteen-year-old Liesl has heard tale… read more

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3. The Faithless Hawk (The Merciful Crow, #2)

By: Margaret Owen

4.31

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Kings become outcasts and lovers become foes in the thrilling sequel to Margaret Owen's The Mercifu… read more

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  • lgbt
  • adventure
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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4. Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes & Tea Cozy Fantasies, #1)

By: Rebecca Thorne

3.82

Format: 388 pages, ebook

All Reyna and Kianthe want is to open a bookshop that serves tea. Worn wooden floors, plants on eve… read more

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  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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5. A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)

By: Freya Marske

4.29

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

A Power Unbound is the final entry in Freya Marske’s beloved, award-winning Last Binding trilogy, t… read more

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  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Ross said, “Ask me if I’ve been paid for it."

-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)

"Now it was Maud's turn to laugh. She gave Jack an affectionate look from her position on the floor. Intolerable. Jack was never going to rid himself of any of these people."

-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)

"I would write you into immortality. I would trap you in ink and wear the pages next to my skin until they fell apart. Kiss me until I know you. Kiss me until you know me, unmake me, and love me anywa…"

-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)

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6. Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)

By: Rebecca Roanhorse

4.19

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

The first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy, inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Colum… read more

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  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"What use is a power to read the heavens if it cannot be turned to your own benefit?"

-Rebecca Roanhorse, Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)

"There was magic in the world, pure and simple, things she didn't understand. Best get used to it."

-Rebecca Roanhorse, Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)

"We have become a place of long weeping A house of scattered feathers There is no home for us between earth and sky. —From Collected Lamentations from the Night of Knives"

-Rebecca Roanhorse, Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)

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7. The Merciful Crow (The Merciful Crow, #1)

By: Margaret Owen

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A future chieftain. Fie abides by one rule: look after your own. Her Crow caste of undertakers a… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Owen's The Merciful Crow (The Merciful Crow, #1) book and Maxine Kaplan's Wench

  • lgbt
  • adventure
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Pa was taking too long to cut the boys' throats."

-Margaret Owen, The Merciful Crow (The Merciful Crow, #1)

"To everyone whose mercy is demanded, and who dreams instead of teeth."

-Margaret Owen, The Merciful Crow (The Merciful Crow, #1)

"No chief I've ever met looked down the road and wanted what they saw waiting for them."

-Margaret Owen, The Merciful Crow (The Merciful Crow, #1)

"Pero con Fie, el problema no es su parte bruja. Es su temperamento el que te dejará una marca."

-Margaret Owen, The Merciful Crow (The Merciful Crow, #1)

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8. The Extraordinaries

By: T.J. Klune

4.07

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

Some people are extraordinary. Some are just extra. TJ Klune's YA debut, The Extraordinaries, is a … read more

Similar categories in T.J. Klune's The Extraordinaries book and Maxine Kaplan's Wench

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Be gay. Do crimes."

-T.J. Klune, The Extraordinaries

"We're a lighthouse, Nick. A beacon to help them find their way home."

-T.J. Klune, The Extraordinaries

"Your house isn't haunted! Your aunt is such a liar. She distracted me with cookies and lies!"

-T.J. Klune, The Extraordinaries

"Boys can be anything girls can. And girls can be anything boys can. My mom says that sometimes; boys can even be girls."

-T.J. Klune, The Extraordinaries

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9. The Liar’s Knot (Rook & Rose, #2)

By: M.A. Carrick

4.46

Format: 629 pages, Paperback

Trust is the thread that binds us . . . and the rope that hangs us. In Nadezra, peace is as ten… read more

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  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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10. Labyrinth's Heart (Rook & Rose, #3)

By: M.A. Carrick

4.28

Format: 688 pages, ebook

“Lush, engrossing and full of mystery and dark magic" ( BookPage ), Labyrinth's Heart is the thrill… read more

Similar categories in M.A. Carrick's Labyrinth's Heart (Rook & Rose, #3) book and Maxine Kaplan's Wench

  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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11. A Pirate's Life for Tea (Tomes & Tea Cozy Fantasies, #2)

By: Rebecca Thorne

4.30

Format: 444 pages, ebook

While searching for stolen dragon eggs, newly engaged couple Kianthe and Reyna find themselves smac… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Thorne's A Pirate's Life for Tea (Tomes & Tea Cozy Fantasies, #2) book and Maxine Kaplan's Wench

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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12. Year of the Reaper

By: Makiia Lucier

4.04

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

The past never forgets... Before an ambush by enemy soldiers, Lord Cassia was an engineer's appr… read more

Similar categories in Makiia Lucier's Year of the Reaper book and Maxine Kaplan's Wench

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"We are not promised a long life, Cassia. Just a life. Take what happiness you can. Hold tight to it."

-Makiia Lucier, Year of the Reaper

"Loss is a part of life, my lord Cassiapeus, and grief is constant. It is unbearable at first. Then you find you can indeed bear it. Over and over again. As many times as necessary."

-Makiia Lucier, Year of the Reaper

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13. Sweet & Bitter Magic

By: Adrienne Tooley

3.70

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this debut fantasy, a witch cursed to never love meets a girl hiding her own dangerous magic, an… read more

Similar categories in Adrienne Tooley's Sweet & Bitter Magic book and Maxine Kaplan's Wench

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"She was enchanted by the witch's lips."

-Adrienne Tooley, Sweet & Bitter Magic

"Now Tamsin was nothing but bitter and dark and cold—always so impossibly cold."

-Adrienne Tooley, Sweet & Bitter Magic

"Never learn to love someone untouchable. They'll only disappoint you in the end."

-Adrienne Tooley, Sweet & Bitter Magic

"Tamsin had quite preferred the child when he was quiet, but the mother seemed pleased."

-Adrienne Tooley, Sweet & Bitter Magic

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14. The Quarantine Princess Diaries (The Princess Diaries, #12)

By: Meg Cabot

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Mia Thermopolis knows just what to do in a crisis: Rule. During the Covid-19 pandemic, a sectio… read more

Similar categories in Meg Cabot's The Quarantine Princess Diaries (The Princess Diaries, #12) book and Maxine Kaplan's Wench

  • fiction
  • young adult
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15. Aces Wild: A Heist

By: Amanda DeWitt

3.78

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

What happens in Vegas when an all-asexual online friend group attempts to break into a high-stakes … read more

Similar categories in Amanda DeWitt's Aces Wild: A Heist book and Maxine Kaplan's Wench

  • fiction
  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"Just because you didn't experience sexual attraction didn't mean you didn't you didn't experience romantic feelings. But those romantic feelings didn't look like they did in the movies because, well,…"

-Amanda DeWitt, Aces Wild: A Heist

"It felt like a puzzle, mostly put together but with a piece missing, waiting to be filled. There were plenty of pieces to fill it- gay, straight, bisexual- but none fit quite right. Sometimes I thoug…"

-Amanda DeWitt, Aces Wild: A Heist

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16. A Song of Flight (Warrior Bards, #3)

By: Juliet Marillier

4.24

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

A young warrior who wields both the power of her music and the strength of her sword faces a grave … read more

Similar categories in Juliet Marillier's A Song of Flight (Warrior Bards, #3) book and Maxine Kaplan's Wench

  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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17. Thorn (Dauntless Path, #1)

By: Intisar Khanani

4.00

Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition

A princess with two futures. A destiny all her own. Between her cruel family and the contempt sh… read more

Similar categories in Intisar Khanani's Thorn (Dauntless Path, #1) book and Maxine Kaplan's Wench

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"It may not be pretty, but sometimes justice has to be hard to keep the rest of us straight and safe."

-Intisar Khanani, Thorn (Dauntless Path, #1)

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18. Flowerheart

By: Catherine Bakewell

3.49

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Clara’s magic has always been wild. But it’s never been dangerous. Then a simple touch causes poiso… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Bakewell's Flowerheart book and Maxine Kaplan's Wench

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"The goal was not to subdue one's anger or shame, but rather to embrace it. Control was not the objective; freedom was. (Chapter 16, page 220)"

-Catherine Bakewell, Flowerheart

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19. The Harp of Kings (Warrior Bards, #1)

By: Juliet Marillier

4.07

Format: 463 pages, Kindle Edition

A young woman is both a bard--and a warrior--in this thrilling historical fantasy from the author o… read more

Similar categories in Juliet Marillier's The Harp of Kings (Warrior Bards, #1) book and Maxine Kaplan's Wench

  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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20. A Far Wilder Magic

By: Allison Saft

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When Margaret Welty spots the legendary hala, the last living mythical creature, she knows the Half… read more

Similar categories in Allison Saft's A Far Wilder Magic book and Maxine Kaplan's Wench

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"How could Margaret ever think he'd lose himself to alchemy when he has already hopelessly lost himself to her?"

-Allison Saft, A Far Wilder Magic

"Girls like her don’t get to dream. Girls like her get to survive. Most days, that’s enough. Today, she doesn’t think it is."

-Allison Saft, A Far Wilder Magic

"How many times will she watch someone leave this place and never look back, while she is left here like a ghost to haunt it?"

-Allison Saft, A Far Wilder Magic

"If he can’t grieve his father or his impossible dreams without hurting his family or himself, what other choice does he have but to keep things light? To dazzle people so they can’t look for the crac…"

-Allison Saft, A Far Wilder Magic

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21. A Season of Monstrous Conceptions

By: Lina Rather

3.70

Format: 150 pages, Hardcover

Lina Rather's A Season of Monstrous Conceptions is an eldritch historical fantasy of midwifery, mon… read more

Similar categories in Lina Rather's A Season of Monstrous Conceptions book and Maxine Kaplan's Wench

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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22. Shield Maiden

By: Sharon Emmerichs

3.69

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Both epic and intimate, Sharon Emmerichs's extraordinary debut novel reimagines  Beowulf  from the … read more

Similar categories in Sharon Emmerichs's Shield Maiden book and Maxine Kaplan's Wench

  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1) by Tara Sim

23. Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)

By: Tara Sim

3.55

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

When Amaya rescues a mysterious stranger from drowning, she fears her rash actions have earned her … read more

Similar categories in Tara Sim's Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1) book and Maxine Kaplan's Wench

  • lgbt
  • adventure
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of A Dance with Fate (Warrior Bards, #2) by Juliet Marillier

24. A Dance with Fate (Warrior Bards, #2)

By: Juliet Marillier

4.24

Format: 507 pages, ebook

A young woman who is both a bard--and a warrior--seeks to repay her debts and settle scores in this… read more

Similar categories in Juliet Marillier's A Dance with Fate (Warrior Bards, #2) book and Maxine Kaplan's Wench

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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25. Sing Me to Sleep (Sing Me to Sleep #1)

By: Gabi Burton

3.86

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In this dark and seductive YA fantasy debut, a siren must choose between protecting her family and … read more

Similar categories in Gabi Burton's Sing Me to Sleep (Sing Me to Sleep #1) book and Maxine Kaplan's Wench

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
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26. Meet Me in Mumbai

By: Sabina Khan

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A novel in two acts—told eighteen years apart—gives voice to both mother (Ayesha) and daughter (Mir… read more

Similar categories in Sabina Khan's Meet Me in Mumbai book and Maxine Kaplan's Wench

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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27. Through the White Wood

By: Jessica Leake

3.69

Format: 412 pages, Kindle Edition

The Bear and the Nightingale meets Frostblood in this lushly romantic and intensely imaginative his… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Leake's Through the White Wood book and Maxine Kaplan's Wench

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher

28. Not for the Faint of Heart

By: Lex Croucher

4.04

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Beloved author Lex Croucher's second queer historical YA romance, with all the swoons, laughs, and … read more

Similar categories in Lex Croucher's Not for the Faint of Heart book and Maxine Kaplan's Wench

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Secrets of the Lost Ledgers (The Glass Library #5) by C.J. Archer

29. Secrets of the Lost Ledgers (The Glass Library #5)

By: C.J. Archer

4.28

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

An invisible message from a dead man resurrects a decades-old mystery.With her sharpened magical se… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Archer's Secrets of the Lost Ledgers (The Glass Library #5) book and Maxine Kaplan's Wench

  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko

30. The Maid and the Crocodile

By: Jordan Ifueko

4.51

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The smallest spark can bind two hearts . . . or start a revolution. In the magic-soaked capital … read more

Similar categories in Jordan Ifueko's The Maid and the Crocodile book and Maxine Kaplan's Wench

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Wench by Maxine Kaplan

31. Wench

By: Maxine Kaplan

3.32

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A funny, fiercely feminist YA epic fantasy—following the adventures of a tavern wench Tanya has … read more

Similar categories in Maxine Kaplan's Wench book and Maxine Kaplan's Wench

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • adventure
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer

26 Top fantasy books like Wench by Maxine Kaplan

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The Faithless Hawk (The Merciful Crow, #2)

Margaret Owen

4.31

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Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes & Tea Cozy Fantasies, #1)

Rebecca Thorne

3.82

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A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)

Freya Marske

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)

Rebecca Roanhorse

4.19

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19 Best fiction books like Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1) by Tara Sim

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What Monstrous Gods

Rosamund Hodge

3.32

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Court of Lions (Mirage, #2)

Somaiya Daud

3.92

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Amber & Dusk (Amber & Dusk, #1)

Lyra Selene

3.51

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Illusionary (Hollow Crown, #2)

Zoraida Córdova

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