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…
Want to Read $ 11.99"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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1. The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
By: N.K. Jemisin
4.30
Format: 468 pages, Paperback
This is the way the world ends. Again. Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, a wo… read more
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- lgbt
- high fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Never forget what you are."-N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
"Nothing to do but follow your crazy, though."-N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
"Much of history is unwritten. Remember this."-N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
"Even the least of us must serve the greater good."-N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
2. To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit, #1)
By: Moniquill Blackgoose
4.17
Format: 511 pages, Paperback
A young Indigenous woman enters a colonizer-run dragon academy—and quickly finds herself at odds wi… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
3. The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
By: James Islington
4.63
Format: 639 pages, Kindle Edition
At the elite Catenan Academy, a young fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world-changing secret… read more
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- high fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Death is only meaningless if it does not change us, Vis."-James Islington, The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
"I am curious about no small number of things, but it's not fair to sate my curiosity at the expense of her pain."-James Islington, The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
"And this is the risk of our world, Diago. The flaw of our system is in its head. In us. The qualities of a king change the kingdom. And not one of us is perfect enough to have a right to lead ... I w…"-James Islington, The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
4. Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)
By: Fonda Lee
4.09
Format: 540 pages, Paperback
JADE CITY is a gripping Godfather-esque saga of intergenerational blood feuds, vicious politics, ma… read more
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- high fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Expectations are a funny thing,"-Fonda Lee, Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)
"¿Qué sentido tiene vivir para quien no puede confiar en sus hermanos?"-Fonda Lee, Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)
"True love, Hilo mused, was sensual and euphoric, but also painful and tyrannical, demanding obedience."-Fonda Lee, Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)
"And if you loved someone, truly loved them, shouldn't their happiness matter even more than your honor?"-Fonda Lee, Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)
5. 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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- audiobook
- lgbt
- high fantasy
- 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)
6. The Familiar
By: Leigh Bardugo
3.84
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House, Hell Bent, and creator of the Grishavers… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"But let it be my ambition and not my fear that seals my fate."-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar
"There was nothing more dangerous than a woman witha pen in her hand."-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar
"She was allowed to want more for herself. And even if she wasn't, she would find a way to get it."-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar
"And you're not afraid...of the devil? Of his minions? "Fear men, Luzia," he said. "Fear their ambition and the crimes they commit in its service. But don't fear magic or what you may do with it."-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar
7. A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
By: P. Djèlí Clark
4.03
Format: 438 pages, Kindle Edition
Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark returns to his popular alternate Cairo universe… read more
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- lgbt
- fiction
- historical fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
"Before God, our blood means nothing. Virtue is in deeds, not the skin."-P. Djèlí Clark, A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
"Fatma had heard enough. Should have known the kid wouldn't be an honest broker, not with all the wallahis he threw around."-P. Djèlí Clark, A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
"I don’t have sad tales to tell you. I’m not some tragic character from a story, lost between two worlds. I revel in who I am. What I am."-P. Djèlí Clark, A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
"The three of them sat there - A Ministry agent, a half-djinn, and a cat (likely), staring out past the balcony to the sleeping city they somehow had to find a way to save."-P. Djèlí Clark, A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
8. 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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- audiobook
- lgbt
- indigenous
- high fantasy
- fiction
- historical fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- 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)
9. The Spear Cuts Through Water
By: Simon Jimenez
4.19
Format: 525 pages, Hardcover
Two warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to end the tyrannical reign of a royal fa… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
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- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
"There is no correct way to shake hands with pain."-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water
"They fought because it was the easiest language they spoke."-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water
"I have lived a long time," she said. "And the longer I live, the more it surprises me, and saddens me, how wise the young must become to live in this world."-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water
"But the truth of the matter was they fought because Jun was grieving and Keema was terrified and Jun was exhilarated and Keema was joyful and Jun was exhausted and Keema was repulsed."-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water
10. The Tainted Cup
By: Robert Jackson Bennett
None
Format: 413 pages, Hardcover
In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, w… read more
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- adult
- fantasy
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11. The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1)
By: Tasha Suri
4.13
Format: 533 pages, Paperback
Author of Empire of Sand and Realm of Ash Tasha Suri's The Jasmine Throne, beginning a new trilogy … read more
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- audiobook
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- high fantasy
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- adult
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- queer
"Malini laughed—a glorious laugh like the sound of a blade unsheathed."-Tasha Suri, The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1)
"Be careful with your tears," her mother added, in a voice of cultivated restraint. "They're blood of the spirit. Weep too much, and it will wear you thin, until your soul is like a bruised flower." H…"-Tasha Suri, The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1)
12. Nettle & Bone
By: T. Kingfisher
4.13
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra—the shy, convent-… read more
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- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
- audiobook
"Our own flaws infuriate us in other people."-T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone
"Run and be free. They cannot use what they cannot find."-T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone
"Black dog, white dog, Live dog, dead dog, Yellow dog, run!"-T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone
"Dogs have human names. It's what keeps them from being wolves."-T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone
13. The Battle Drum (The Ending Fire Trilogy #2)
By: Saara El-Arifi
4.36
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
Murder. Secrets. Sacrifice: Three women seek the truth of the empire's past. And the truth they fin… read more
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- queer
14. He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)
By: Shelley Parker-Chan
4.25
Format: 486 pages, ebook
How much would you give to win the world? Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after … read more
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- historical fiction
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- queer
"A man's greatest treasure is his sons."-Shelley Parker-Chan, He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)
"Take him out drinking with you somewhere in Qingyuan tonight. Then on the way home,"-Shelley Parker-Chan, He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)
"This was the part she loved, fiercely. The leap from which there was no turning back; the buoyant thrill of knowing that all the threads of action would come together—had to come together—into succes…"-Shelley Parker-Chan, He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)
15. The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
By: Shannon Chakraborty
4.27
Format: 483 pages, Hardcover
Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass, spins a new trilogy of magic and … read more
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- historical fiction
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16. Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
By: Tamsyn Muir
4.21
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The Emperor needs necromancers. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. Gideon has a sword… read more
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- queer
"Evidence,"-Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
"Too many words,"-Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
"Harrow said, “But you're God."-Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
"Death first to vultures and scavangers."-Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
17. She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)
By: Shelley Parker-Chan
3.86
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
Two-time British Fantasy Award WinnerAstounding Award WinnerLambda Literary Award FinalistHugo Awar… read more
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"I can do this. I can learn. I can survive."-Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)
"Pure emotions are the luxury of children and animals"-Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)
"What I want has nothing to do with who wins." -Ouyang"-Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)
"With sufficient competence, there's no need of flattery"-Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)
18. When Among Crows
By: Veronica Roth
3.73
Format: 166 pages, Hardcover
When Among Crows is swift and striking, drawing from the deep well of Slavic folklore and asking if… read more
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"I don't find it painful to be ordinary."-Veronica Roth, When Among Crows
"He pinches one of the petals and breaks it away from the flower. It doesn't feel like it's as powerful as it is, but maybe that's just how powerful things are- like the zmory, like Baba Jaga herself,…"-Veronica Roth, When Among Crows
19. The Final Strife (Ending Fire, #1)
By: Saara El-Arifi
4.22
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
Red is the blood of the elite, of magic, of control. Blue is the blood of the poor, of workers, o… read more
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20. 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
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21. A Sorceress Comes to Call
By: T. Kingfisher
4.24
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Goose Girl, rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic… read more
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- fantasy
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