If you liked the fantasy plot in The Pigeon Summer by Lee Mandelo , here is a list of 25 books like this:
1. A Dead Djinn in Cairo
By: P. Djèlí Clark
3.66
Format: 341 pages, ebook
Egypt, 1912. In an alternate Cairo infused with the otherworldly, the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantm… read more
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- short stories
- fantasy
2. Infomocracy (The Centenal Cycle, #1)
By: Malka Ann Older
3.93
Format: None pages,
It's been twenty years and two election cycles since Information, a powerful search engine monopoly… read more
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Similar categories in Lee Mandelo's The Pigeon Summer book and Lee Mandelo's The Pigeon Summer
- ghosts
- lgbt
- short stories
- fantasy
- supernatural
- paranormal
4. Autobiography of a Traitor and a Half-Savage
By: Alix E. Harrow
4.42
Format: None pages, ebook
Original Fiction, Fantasy, Historical, Novelette || Oona's blood is a river delta blending east and… read more
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5. Captive Prince (Captive Prince, #1)
By: C.S. Pacat
3.80
Format: 240 pages, ebook
From global phenomenon C. S. Pacat comes the first in her critically acclaimed trilogy—with a bonus… read more
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- fantasy
- lgbt
"A kingdom, or this?"-C.S. Pacat, Captive Prince (Captive Prince, #1)
"I speak your language better than you speak mine, sweetheart."-C.S. Pacat, Captive Prince (Captive Prince, #1)
"It was like watching a man smile as he surrendered himself to drown in deep water."-C.S. Pacat, Captive Prince (Captive Prince, #1)
"Is there anyone at this court who isn't my enemy?" "Not if I can help it," Laurent said."-C.S. Pacat, Captive Prince (Captive Prince, #1)
6. Though Smoke Shall Hide the Sun
By: Lee Mandelo
3.67
Format: 208 pages, ebook
The goverment doesn't usually hire vampires, but they're willing to make an exception for Hilde -- … read more
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7. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
By: Seanan McGuire
4.09
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Dinosaurs and portals, and a girl who can find both in the latest book in the Hugo and Nebula Award… read more
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- fantasy
- lgbt
"Because all the ways we're not normal are the way our normal homes want us to be."-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
"We're your penance, silly, the whole chaotic bunch of us, and as part of your penance, I say you're not done suffering us yet."-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
"If you want a life without terrible surprises, you should always look at the worst possible answer until you understand it all the way down to the bottom. Once you can do that, you'll know what's com…"-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
"None of us is normal, and we'll either figure out how to pretend we are, or we'll find our doors home, and then we won't have to worry about it anymore, because all the ways we are not normal are the…"-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
8. 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
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- lgbt
9. The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Tea Dragon, #3)
By: Kay O'Neill
4.50
Format: 135 pages, Hardcover
Join Greta and Minette once more for the heartwarming conclusion of the award-winning Tea Dragon se… read more
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- fantasy
- lgbt
"Everything that happens is part of your wholeness."-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Tea Dragon, #3)
"When someone is grieving, the best thing you can do is let them heal on their own, and show them that you'll be there for them."-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Tea Dragon, #3)
"You feel like you've lost your path. It's natural to be sad. It's alright to let those feelings wash over you, and give them time to soak into the earth. That's when things start to grow again."-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Tea Dragon, #3)
"Well I am, now. But I wasn't always so ready to call it my home--when one feels displaced, it can take a while for the connections to grow. Once I was ready, it felt like I was part of a new song tha…"-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Tea Dragon, #3)
10. Clockwork Boys (Clocktaur War, #1)
By: T. Kingfisher
4.16
Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition
A paladin, an assassin, a forger, and a scholar ride out of town. It’s not the start of a joke, but… read more
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- fantasy
"There are few things in life as steadying as someone you have to be brave for."-T. Kingfisher, Clockwork Boys (Clocktaur War, #1)
"Are you sure you wouldn't like some nice murderers instead?" he asked plaintively. "Quite sure, thanks"-T. Kingfisher, Clockwork Boys (Clocktaur War, #1)
"If I'd given him too much, he'd know something was afoot. Too much money is as dangerous as too little; it means you want it too bad."-T. Kingfisher, Clockwork Boys (Clocktaur War, #1)
11. 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
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- fantasy
- lgbt
"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)
12. On the Fox Roads
By: Nghi Vo
4.04
Format: 29 pages, ebook
While learning the ropes from a crafty Jazz Age bank robber, a young stowaway discovers their authe… read more
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- short stories
- fantasy
- lgbt
13. The Grief of Stones (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #2)
By: Katherine Addison
4.32
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
In The Grief of Stones, Katherine Addison returns to the world of The Goblin Emperor with a direct … read more
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- fantasy
- lgbt
14. Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)
By: Katherine Arden
4.01
Format: 218 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling adult author of The Bear and the Nightingale makes her middle grade debu… read more
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- paranormal
- fantasy
- ghosts
"You might get to know characters in books, Ollie thought, but getting to know a human was an entirely different thing."-Katherine Arden, Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)
"You don't waste October sunshine. Soon the old autumn sun would bed down in cloud blankets and there would be weeks of gray rain before it finally decided to snow."-Katherine Arden, Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)
"Other than her homework, Ollie was carrying Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini, a broken-spined paperback that she'd dug out of he dad's bookshelves. She mostly liked it. Peter Blood outsmarted everyon…"-Katherine Arden, Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)
15. Summer Sons
By: Lee Mandelo
3.80
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
Andrew and Eddie did everything together, best friends bonded more deeply than brothers, until Eddi… read more
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- fantasy
- lgbt
"It's a choice I made, getting in this thing with you, whatever it is. But don't mistake me, I'm not interested in filling in for a ghost."-Lee Mandelo, Summer Sons
"His face twisted through several contradictory emotions and he said, "For fuck's sake Andrew. Is there anything in this scenario that feels heterosexual or well-adjusted to you?"-Lee Mandelo, Summer Sons
"I’m sorry he died before you figured it out. For what it’s worth, I think you might’ve eventually, without me there to displace your bullshit onto. He was head over heels for you, and everyone knew b…"-Lee Mandelo, Summer Sons
16. Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)
By: T. Kingfisher
4.32
Format: 446 pages, ebook
Marguerite Florian is a spy with two problems. A former employer wants her dead, and one of her new… read more
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- fantasy
"They say the gods never give us more than we can handle, but let's just say that the gods had an overinflated sense of my abilities."-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)
"It's the thought that counts," said Marguerite. "Not with the explosives, it isn't," said Ashes, and on that point, Marguerite had to agree."-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)
"The whole world is made of words," said Marguerite irritably. "Treaties and contracts and secrets and laws are nothing but words, but everything runs on them. Of course they've got power."-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)
17. In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
By: Mona Chollet
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Mona Chollet's In Defense of Witches is a celebration by an acclaimed French feminist of the witch … read more
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"En somme, si on voulait être cohérent, il faudrait soit lever le pied sur l'éducation des filles, soit intégrer à leur formation un sérieux entraînement à la guérilla contre le patriarcat, tout en s'…"-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
"No obstante, algunas mujeres, vivan o no con hombres, se sientan o no llamadas por una vocación, encuentran otro modo de evitar ser engullidas por el papel de la devota sirvienta: no tener hijos; dar…"-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
"Certaines, cependant, qu'elles vivent avec les hommes ou pas, qu'elles se sentent ou non requises par une vocation, trouvent un autre moyen d'échapper à l'engloutissement dans le rôle de la servante …"-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
"Il serait temps que les femmes - souvent si peu sûres d'elles, de leurs capacités, de la pertinence de ce qu'elles ont à apporter, de leur droit à une vie pour elles-mêmes - apprennent à se défendre …"-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
18. Paradise Rot
By: Jenny Hval
3.55
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A lyrical debut novel from a musician and artist renowned for her sharp sexual and political imager… read more
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- fantasy
- lgbt
"I took a bite of a Bloody Ploughman. Even the flesh was red. 'Bloody,' Carral said. 'Nice colour,' I answered. 'It looks sinful. I bet that was the apple Eve ate, you know, in the Bible, the forbidde…"-Jenny Hval, Paradise Rot
"I'll tell you the fairy tale of the apple. Eve ate the apple, and then Adam came and did so too. Afterwards the apple was forgotten, and it was assumed that it rolled away in the grass while Adam and…"-Jenny Hval, Paradise Rot
19. The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex (The Locked Tomb, #0.5)
By: Tamsyn Muir
4.12
Format: 28 pages, ebook
Each of the Empire's houses keeps secrets, even from themselves. For the bookish academics of the S… read more
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- short stories
- fantasy
- lgbt
"I get sick thinking about some idiot trying to wheedle insight on my apparatus criticus from my ghost long after I’ve forgotten what it was"-Tamsyn Muir, The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex (The Locked Tomb, #0.5)
"I get sick thinking about some idiot trying to wheedle insight on my apparatus criticus from my ghost long after I’ve forgotten what it was."-Tamsyn Muir, The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex (The Locked Tomb, #0.5)
20. Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)
By: S.T. Gibson
3.66
Format: 301 pages, Hardcover
The Devil knows your name, David Aristarkhov. As a teen, David Aristarkhov was a psychic prodig… read more
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- paranormal
- fantasy
- lgbt
"He looked as he always did: slightly underfed, terminally scholastic, and two weeks overdue for a haircut."-S.T. Gibson, Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)
"She didn't quite share her husband's passion for antiquarian books, but she understood it. She understood that if you cracked Rhys open, he would probably have paperback pages inside him instead of o…"-S.T. Gibson, Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)
21. Swordheart
By: T. Kingfisher
4.15
Format: 426 pages, Hardcover
Halla is a housekeeper who has suddenly inherited her great-uncle's estate… and, unfortunately, his… read more
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- fantasy
"Your god. Why a rat?"-T. Kingfisher, Swordheart
"Zale steepled their fingers. “Do you want to talk about that?"-T. Kingfisher, Swordheart
"Sarkis turned around and began to beat his forehead very gently against the wall. “The great god is punishing me,"-T. Kingfisher, Swordheart
"The miller back home was like that,' she said. 'He had a little bit of power and he lorded it over everyone. Although there's less damage you can do with a mill than with a religious order."-T. Kingfisher, Swordheart
22. Even Though I Knew the End
By: C.L. Polk
3.85
Format: 136 pages, Hardcover
A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the… read more
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- fantasy
- lgbt
"A warm firework blossomed in my chest, the brilliant sparks flying along my nerves. I barely stopped myself from reaching across the table for her hand."-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End
"I never told her how she had saved me. I never told her how she became the dearest friend I’d ever had. I told her I loved her, but never enough. My Edith of the sparrows. My heart. My world."-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End
"Ten years. It wasn't enough time, but I would live every blessed second of it. "We're going to San Fransisco." She smiled up at me. "We'll get a house in North Beach." "Right away," I said. "I've got…"-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End
23. The Angel of Khan el-Khalili (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.2)
By: P. Djèlí Clark
3.94
Format: 32 pages, ebook
A girl visits a bazaar in Cairo, seeking a favor from a mysterious angelic being. This story fir… read more
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- short stories
- fantasy
24. 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
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- fantasy
- 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
25. The Atlas Complex (The Atlas, #3)
By: Olivie Blake
2.90
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Only the extraordinary are chosen. Only the cunning survive. An explosive return to the library… read more
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- fantasy
- lgbt
"Is this actually possible?"-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Complex (The Atlas, #3)
"It means the archives are “alive"-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Complex (The Atlas, #3)
"I will spend my life orbiting your,"-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Complex (The Atlas, #3)
"I'm constantly at risk for peril. Ask anyone!"-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Complex (The Atlas, #3)
26. The Black God's Drums
By: P. Djèlí Clark
4.01
Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition
Creeper, a scrappy young teen, is done living on the streets of New Orleans. Instead, she wants to … read more
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- fantasy
27. The Death I Gave Him
By: Em X. Liu
3.37
Format: 351 pages, Hardcover
A lyrical, queer sci-fi retelling of Shakespeare's Hamlet as a locked-room thriller Hayden Lichf… read more
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- lgbt
28. In the Watchful City
By: S. Qiouyi Lu
3.69
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
In the Watchful City explores borders, power, diaspora, and transformation in an Asian-inspired mos… read more
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- short stories
- fantasy
- lgbt
29. The Woods All Black
By: Lee Mandelo
3.81
Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition
The Woods All Black is equal parts historical horror, trans romance, and blood-soaked revenge, all … read more
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- fantasy
- lgbt
"Spill enough blood on it, and the earth was bound to go strange."-Lee Mandelo, The Woods All Black
30. Silver Under Nightfall (Reaper, #1)
By: Rin Chupeco
3.98
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Remy Pendergast is many things: the only son of the Duke of Valenbonne (though his father might wis… read more
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- paranormal
- fantasy
- lgbt
"Can't I just have a little bit of slaughter? I'm sure they won't notice."-Rin Chupeco, Silver Under Nightfall (Reaper, #1)
"He was too soft, like his father had said. Must have gotten it from his mother. And then he wondered if his mother had only been soft because she'd loved his father. Like kindness had ever been a sin."-Rin Chupeco, Silver Under Nightfall (Reaper, #1)
"[Xiaodan] '...Perhaps you're being unduly hard on yourself, milord.' 'Armiger,' Remy said, before he could stop himself. 'Not milord.' 'Armiger. That means "arm's bearer," doesn't it? But why choose …"-Rin Chupeco, Silver Under Nightfall (Reaper, #1)
