15 must-read queer books like The Ivory Tomb (Rooks and Ruin, #3) by Melissa Caruso

Cover of The Ivory Tomb (Rooks and Ruin, #3) by Melissa Caruso

The Ivory Tomb (Rooks and Ruin, #3)

By: Melissa Caruso

4.34

Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition

The Ivory Tomb concludes the wildly original epic fantasy series bursting with intrigue and ambitio…

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Cover of The Book That Broke the World (The Library Trilogy, #2) by Mark  Lawrence

1. The Book That Broke the World (The Library Trilogy, #2)

By: Mark Lawrence

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The second volume in the bestselling, ground-breaking Library Trilogy, following The Book That Woul… read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Furious Heaven (The Sun Chronicles, #2) by Kate Elliott

2. Furious Heaven (The Sun Chronicles, #2)

By: Kate Elliott

4.25

Format: 1081 pages, Kindle Edition

Non-stop action, space battles and intrigue abound in the second in a galactic-scale, gender-swappe… read more

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  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Witch King by Martha Wells

3. Witch King

By: Martha Wells

3.71

Format: 415 pages, Hardcover

"I didn't know you were a... demon." "You idiot. I'm the demon." Kai's having a long day in Marth… read more

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  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Mother bared her fangs. "Stop being overdramatic." Kai would have loved to, if dramatic things would stop happening to him."

-Martha Wells, Witch King

Cover of The Ivory Tomb (Rooks and Ruin, #3) by Melissa Caruso

4. The Ivory Tomb (Rooks and Ruin, #3)

By: Melissa Caruso

4.34

Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition

The Ivory Tomb concludes the wildly original epic fantasy series bursting with intrigue and ambitio… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • demons
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4) by T. Kingfisher

5. 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
  • adult
  • magic
  • fiction
"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)

Cover of The Trials of Empire (Empire of the Wolf, #3) by Richard  Swan

6. The Trials of Empire (Empire of the Wolf, #3)

By: Richard Swan

4.11

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The third novel in an epic fantasy trilogy, which follows the tale of Sir Konrad Vonvalt, an Empero… read more

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  • fantasy
  • adult
  • magic
  • fiction
Cover of The Tyranny of Faith (Empire of the Wolf, #2) by Richard  Swan

7. The Tyranny of Faith (Empire of the Wolf, #2)

By: Richard Swan

4.30

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

From a major new debut author in epic fantasy comes the second book in a trilogy where action, intr… read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

8. Some Desperate Glory

By: Emily Tesh

4.06

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

While we live, the enemy shall fear us. All her life Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge … read more

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  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"While Earth's children live, the enemy shall fear us."

-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

"While we live, the enemy shall fear us. We are what's left. We are what must survive."

-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

Cover of The Malevolent Seven (The Malevolent Seven, #1) by Sebastien de Castell

9. The Malevolent Seven (The Malevolent Seven, #1)

By: Sebastien de Castell

4.02

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

'Seven powerful mages want to make the world a better place. We're going to kill them first.' Pi… read more

Similar categories in Sebastien de Castell's The Malevolent Seven (The Malevolent Seven, #1) book and Melissa Caruso's The Ivory Tomb (Rooks and Ruin, #3)

  • fantasy
  • adult
  • magic
  • fiction
"Teenagers, they never appreciate the fundamental unfairness of existence."

-Sebastien de Castell, The Malevolent Seven (The Malevolent Seven, #1)

"If you haven’t any faith in my integrity, maybe you could at least give me credit for being cheap."

-Sebastien de Castell, The Malevolent Seven (The Malevolent Seven, #1)

"Behold your valiant hero: a self-important, sermonising poser who’d never stoop to getting down in the mud where the real fight’s about to start because he might have to get his hands dirty and that …"

-Sebastien de Castell, The Malevolent Seven (The Malevolent Seven, #1)

Cover of Blade of Dream (Kithamar, #2) by Daniel Abraham

10. Blade of Dream (Kithamar, #2)

By: Daniel Abraham

4.29

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Kithamar is a center of trade and wealth, an ancient city with a long, bloody history where countle… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Abraham's Blade of Dream (Kithamar, #2) book and Melissa Caruso's The Ivory Tomb (Rooks and Ruin, #3)

  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
Cover of Traitor of Redwinter (The Redwinter Chronicles, #2) by Ed McDonald

11. Traitor of Redwinter (The Redwinter Chronicles, #2)

By: Ed McDonald

4.25

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Traitor of Redwinter is the second in Ed McDonald’s Redwinter Chronicles, full of shady politics, m… read more

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  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Liar’s Knot (Rook & Rose, #2) by M.A. Carrick

12. 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
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose, #1) by M.A. Carrick

13. The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose, #1)

By: M.A. Carrick

4.04

Format: 630 pages, Paperback

Fortune favors the bold. Magic favors the liars. Ren is a con artist who has come to the sparkli… read more

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  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Trust is the thread that binds us... and the rope that hangs us."

-M.A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose, #1)

Cover of Scarlet (Scarlet Revolution, #1) by Genevieve Cogman

14. Scarlet (Scarlet Revolution, #1)

By: Genevieve Cogman

3.67

Format: 339 pages, Paperback

Revolution is a bloodthirsty business . . . especially when vampires are involved. It is 1793 an… read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Free speech may be part of the ideal of any revolution, but soon enough it becomes free speech only where the government approves of it."

-Genevieve Cogman, Scarlet (Scarlet Revolution, #1)

Cover of Play of Shadows (Court of Shadows, #1) by Sebastien de Castell

15. Play of Shadows (Court of Shadows, #1)

By: Sebastien de Castell

4.30

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Swordplay, magic, intrigue and friendships stronger than iron: the first volume in the new swashbuc… read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Labyrinth's Heart (Rook & Rose, #3) by M.A. Carrick

16. 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

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  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Dead Country (The Craft Wars, #1) by Max Gladstone

17. Dead Country (The Craft Wars, #1)

By: Max Gladstone

4.17

Format: 239 pages, Paperback

Since her village chased her out with pitchforks, Tara Abernathy has resurrected gods, pulled down … read more

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  • magic
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Emperor of Ruin (Burningblade & Silvereye, #3) by Django Wexler

18. Emperor of Ruin (Burningblade & Silvereye, #3)

By: Django Wexler

4.15

Format: 527 pages, Kindle Edition

In the final book of Django Wexler's brilliantly imagined epic fantasy trilogy about two siblings d… read more

Similar categories in Django Wexler's Emperor of Ruin (Burningblade & Silvereye, #3) book and Melissa Caruso's The Ivory Tomb (Rooks and Ruin, #3)

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Gods of the Wyrdwood (Forsaken, #1) by R.J.  Barker

19. Gods of the Wyrdwood (Forsaken, #1)

By: R.J. Barker

4.10

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

In a world locked in eternal winter and haunted by prophecy, a young boy trains for years to become… read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Keeper's Six by Kate Elliott

20. The Keeper's Six

By: Kate Elliott

3.63

Format: 197 pages, Hardcover

Kate Elliott's action-packed The Keeper's Six features a world-hopping, bad-ass, spell-slinging mot… read more

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  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of King of Assassins (The Wounded Kingdom, #3) by R.J.  Barker

21. King of Assassins (The Wounded Kingdom, #3)

By: R.J. Barker

4.36

Format: 547 pages, Kindle Edition

THE KING IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE KING . . . Many years of peace have passed in Maniyadoc, years o… read more

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  • fantasy
  • adult
  • magic
  • fiction
Cover of Notorious Sorcerer (The Burnished City #1) by Davinia Evans

22. Notorious Sorcerer (The Burnished City #1)

By: Davinia Evans

3.84

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Since the city of Bezim was shaken half into the sea by a magical earthquake, the Inquisitors have … read more

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  • adult fiction
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Siyon grinned, or at least he bared his teeth. “Sure. I’m the best practitioner you’ve never heard of. I make angels dance and harpies weep. I make the others look staid, boring, uninspired."

-Davinia Evans, Notorious Sorcerer (The Burnished City #1)

Cover of The Faithless (Magic of the Lost, #2) by C.L. Clark

23. The Faithless (Magic of the Lost, #2)

By: C.L. Clark

4.30

Format: 512 pages, None

In the second installment of C.L. Clark's Magic of the Lost trilogy, soldier Touraine and princess … read more

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  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Sapphire Altar (The Vagrant Gods, #2) by David Dalglish

24. The Sapphire Altar (The Vagrant Gods, #2)

By: David Dalglish

4.21

Format: 499 pages, Paperback

In this epic fantasy from a bestselling author, a usurped prince must master the magic of shadows i… read more

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  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Bone Shard War (The Drowning Empire, #3) by Andrea Stewart

25. The Bone Shard War (The Drowning Empire, #3)

By: Andrea Stewart

3.94

Format: 611 pages, Hardcover

The Bone Shard War is the epic finale to the unmissable, action-packed and magic-laced Drowning Emp… read more

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  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Empire of Exiles (Books of the Usurper, #1) by Erin M. Evans

26. Empire of Exiles (Books of the Usurper, #1)

By: Erin M. Evans

3.99

Format: 378 pages, Paperback

Magic, mystery, and revolution collide in this fantasy epic where an unlikely team of mages, scribe… read more

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  • fantasy
  • adult
  • magic
  • fiction
Cover of Relics of Ruin (Books of the Usurper, #2) by Erin M. Evans

27. Relics of Ruin (Books of the Usurper, #2)

By: Erin M. Evans

4.38

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

From a rising star in epic fantasy comes the captivating second novel in a trilogy featuring an unl… read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Midnight Kingdom (The Dark Gods, #2) by Tara Sim

28. The Midnight Kingdom (The Dark Gods, #2)

By: Tara Sim

4.00

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

A cataclysmic battle to save the city of Nexus has left the four noble heirs scattered across the f… read more

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  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Three Axes to Fall (The Grave of Empires, #3) by Sam Sykes

29. Three Axes to Fall (The Grave of Empires, #3)

By: Sam Sykes

4.14

Format: 738 pages, Kindle Edition

A deal struck in a dark place set an outlaw mage on the path to revenge. And now that it’s led to p… read more

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  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"You can't avoid conflict. You can only face it when it comes."

-Sam Sykes, Three Axes to Fall (The Grave of Empires, #3)

Cover of Black Tide Son (The Winter Sea, #2) by H.M. Long

30. Black Tide Son (The Winter Sea, #2)

By: H.M. Long

4.15

Format: 437 pages, Paperback

Swashbuckling adventure on the high-seas, full of magic, betrayal, redemption and fearsome women, i… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Pillar of Ash (The Four Pillars, #4) by H.M. Long

31. Pillar of Ash (The Four Pillars, #4)

By: H.M. Long

4.25

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

Yske, a healer and daughter of the warrior priestess Hessa, holds the balance of power in a world--… read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"We serve the ones we love, the best we can."

-H.M. Long, Pillar of Ash (The Four Pillars, #4)

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