The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
By: N.K. Jemisin
3.86
Format: 437 pages, Hardcover
Five New Yorkers must come together in order to defend their city. Every city has a soul. Some …
Want to Read $ 9.99"Dread works best in complete silence."-N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
"Dread works best in complete silence."-N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
"Dread works best in complete silence."-N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
"Dread works best in complete silence."-N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
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1. All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
By: Martha Wells
4.15
Format: 144 pages, ebook
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure." In a corporate-dominated space-farin… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
"On the entertainment feed, this is what they call an “oh shit"-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
"If the humans see me actually doing my job, it helps keep suspicions from forming about faulty governor modules."-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
"They don't give murderbots decent education modules on anything except murdering, even those are cheap versions."-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
"I liked the imaginary people on the entertainment feed way more than I liked real ones, but you can’t have one without the other."-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
2. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
By: None
4.50
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space--and one adventurous young explorer who d… read more
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3. A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)
By: None
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Lovelace was once merely a ship's artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in an new body, follow… read more
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4. System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
By: Martha Wells
4.22
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back. … read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"(I'm going to have to code a patch for threat assessment.)"-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
"I said, “Have you done something that you feel you should be threatened for?"-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
"Bad things may not be more statistically possible but it sure seems like they are."-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
"Then he sent me a note back. So, you may not know this but I read your letter to Dr. Mensah, the one you sent when you left Port FreeCommerce. I think you're absolutely the right person to write this…"-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
5. Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)
By: Travis Baldree
4.20
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we nee… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
"See you in the story past the story."-Travis Baldree, Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)
6. Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3)
By: Tamsyn Muir
4.35
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Her city is under siege. The zombies are coming back. And all Nona wants is a birthday party.… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
"Love and freedom don't coexist."-Tamsyn Muir, Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3)
"This is all there is to love? Simply by being in your life, I have added indelibly to its weight?"-Tamsyn Muir, Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3)
"Have you been eating sand again?' [Cam asked] 'I haven't eaten sand in months', Nona protested, then more truthfully: 'Weeks,' and more truthfully than that: 'one week."-Tamsyn Muir, Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3)
7. 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
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Mother bared her fangs. "Stop being overdramatic." Kai would have loved to, if dramatic things would stop happening to him."-Martha Wells, Witch King
8. This Is How You Lose the Time War
By: Amal El-Mohtar
3.88
Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition
Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before … read more
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- lgbt
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
"Atlantis sinks. Serves it right."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
"And everyone is alive, somewhere in time."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
"All the stars are eyes here, always seeking."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
"I would rather break the world than lose you."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
9. A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
By: Becky Chambers
None
Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition
ASIN B08H831J18 moved to the more recent edition Centuries before, robots of Panga gained self-a… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
10. 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
- 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)
11. 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
- 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)
12. The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
By: N.K. Jemisin
3.86
Format: 437 pages, Hardcover
Five New Yorkers must come together in order to defend their city. Every city has a soul. Some … read more
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- urban fantasy
- audiobook
- lgbt
- science fiction fantasy
- adult
- fiction
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
- queer
"Dread works best in complete silence."-N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
"The world might be awful, but we don't have to like it that way."-N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
"Home isn't where the heart is; it's wherever the wind feels right."-N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
"You're very optimistic for a possible serial killer. I like that about you."-N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
13. Chain-Gang All-Stars
By: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
4.14
Format: 367 pages, Hardcover
Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- adult
- fiction
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
- queer
"They were all humans, and yet they had completely different ideas about what humanity meant."-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Chain-Gang All-Stars
"My brother-in-law is an alien. I have a bunch of alien friends. I can't be racist," Randy Mac continued."-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Chain-Gang All-Stars
"An absurd thing for the murderous state to plead for, but, as always, the massive violence of the state was “justice,"-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Chain-Gang All-Stars
"...despite how hard it was, she wasn't afraid with love. She knew how to wield it, how to grow it, and how to receive it."-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Chain-Gang All-Stars
14. A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
By: Arkady Martine
4.12
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to disco… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
"made in blood, acclaimed in sunlight."-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
"Released, I am a spear in the hands of the sun."-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
"An end to empires. An immovable object to crash an impossible force upon, and break it."-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
"The problem with sending messages was that people responded to them, which meant one had to write more messages in reply."-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
15. Babel
By: R.F. Kuang
4.18
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a historical fantasy epic that grapples with stu… read more
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- urban fantasy
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"It is astounding, in truth, how much of academia’s perceived resource scarcity is artificially constructed."-R.F. Kuang, Babel
"Grief suffocated. Grief paralysed. Grief was a cruel, heavy boot pressed so hard against his chest that he could not breathe."-R.F. Kuang, Babel
"languages aren't just made of words. they're modes of looking at the world. They're the keys to civiliation. And that's knowledge worth killing for"-R.F. Kuang, Babel
"It revealed the sheer dependence of the British, who, astonishingly, could not manage to do basic things like bake bread or get safely from one place to another without words stolen from other countr…"-R.F. Kuang, Babel
16. Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)
By: Tamsyn Muir
4.29
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Harrow the Ninth, the sequel to Gideon the Ninth, turns a galaxy inside out as one necromancer stru… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
"Bones are mediocre."-Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)
"I remember being eighteen."-Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)
"Your only settings were power-vomit and murder"-Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)
"I am sick of roses, and I am horny for revenge."-Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)
17. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2)
By: Becky Chambers
4.41
Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition
After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robo… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
"It's one thing to be told about the world that was. It's another to see a piece of it."-Becky Chambers, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2)
18. 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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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
19. 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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- audiobook
- lgbt
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- 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)
20. Scattered Clouds: New & Selected Poems
By: Reuben Jackson
4.22
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
Scattered New & Selected Poems is a volume of lyrical, emotionally forthright meditations on love… read more
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