13 best-selling fantasy books like Malice (Malice Duology, #1) by Heather Walter

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Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

By: Heather Walter

3.95

Format: 470 pages, Hardcover

A princess isn’t supposed to fall for an evil sorceress. But in this darkly magical retelling of “S…

"There's nothing for me here. I'm tired of being a villain." "Magic is everywhere...even humans carry a spark of it in their fragile, fickle souls. All you need to do is reach out and find it."

-Heather Walter, Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

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1. Of Fire and Stars (Of Fire and Stars, #1)

By: Audrey Coulthurst

3.76

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

Betrothed since childhood to the prince of Mynaria, Princess Dennaleia has always known what her fu… read more

Similar categories in Audrey Coulthurst's Of Fire and Stars (Of Fire and Stars, #1) book and Heather Walter's Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"And if time was kind, I’d find something to live for besides the memory of her."

-Audrey Coulthurst, Of Fire and Stars (Of Fire and Stars, #1)

"Rock was slow to change, but it would in time. Even the most difficult things become easier to bear."

-Audrey Coulthurst, Of Fire and Stars (Of Fire and Stars, #1)

"Worse, I knew that given the chance to do everything over again, I would willingly make the same mistakes twenty times over."

-Audrey Coulthurst, Of Fire and Stars (Of Fire and Stars, #1)

"For the love of the Six, don't call me that. Just Mare. Yes, like a horse. Stupid, I know, but I can't stand Amaranthine. What a ridiculously overlong and pretentious collections of syllables."

-Audrey Coulthurst, Of Fire and Stars (Of Fire and Stars, #1)

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2. Girls of Paper and Fire

By: Natasha Ngan

3.64

Format: None pages,

"Inspired by Asian mythology, it follows Lei, a girl who is taken from her remote village to serve … read more

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  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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3. Don't Want You Like a Best Friend (Mischief & Matchmaking, #1)

By: Emma R. Alban

3.82

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A swoon-worthy debut queer Victorian romance in which two debutantes distract themselves from havin… read more

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  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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4. Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3)

By: Ashley Herring Blake

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone around Iris Kelly is in love. Her best friends are all coupled up, her siblings have partn… read more

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  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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5. Hearing Red

By: Nicole Maser

4.56

Format: 532 pages, Kindle Edition

New Recommended for ages 18+ In a world overrun by an unprecedented outbreak, two young women f… read more

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  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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6. Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2)

By: Ashley Herring Blake

4.05

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

An interior designer learns to rebuild her love life from the ground up with zero blueprints in thi… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Herring Blake's Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2) book and Heather Walter's Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"Sexuality is complicated. It’s not static. People change and sexuality can change too."

-Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2)

"Astrid Parker was loved, no matter what her mother thought of her. No matter what choices she made. And that love gave her the courage to choose herself."

-Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2)

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7. Delilah Green Doesn't Care (Bright Falls, #1)

By: Ashley Herring Blake

4.08

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

A clever and steamy queer romantic comedy about taking chances and accepting love—with all its comp… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Herring Blake's Delilah Green Doesn't Care (Bright Falls, #1) book and Heather Walter's Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"And Delilah had gotten through life by putting herself first, only concentrating herself with what she knew was true, because she’d learned a long time ago that she couldn’t control anyone but hersel…"

-Ashley Herring Blake, Delilah Green Doesn't Care (Bright Falls, #1)

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8. Crier's War (Crier's War, #1)

By: Nina Varela

4.12

Format: 464 pages, ebook

Impossible love between two girls —one human, one Made. A love that could birth a revolution. … read more

Similar categories in Nina Varela's Crier's War (Crier's War, #1) book and Heather Walter's Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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9. Mistakes Were Made

By: Meryl Wilsner

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From the critically acclaimed author of Something To Talk About comes a sharp and sexy rom-com abou… read more

Similar categories in Meryl Wilsner's Mistakes Were Made book and Heather Walter's Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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10. Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

By: Heather Walter

3.95

Format: 470 pages, Hardcover

A princess isn’t supposed to fall for an evil sorceress. But in this darkly magical retelling of “S… read more

Similar categories in Heather Walter's Malice (Malice Duology, #1) book and Heather Walter's Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"There's nothing for me here. I'm tired of being a villain." "Magic is everywhere...even humans carry a spark of it in their fragile, fickle souls. All you need to do is reach out and find it."

-Heather Walter, Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

Cover of The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1) by Tasha Suri

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

Similar categories in Tasha Suri's The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1) book and Heather Walter's Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • 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)

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12. The Fiancée Farce

By: Alexandria Bellefleur

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Lambda Literary award winner and national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur returns with a s… read more

Similar categories in Alexandria Bellefleur's The Fiancée Farce book and Heather Walter's Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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13. She Gets the Girl

By: Rachael Lippincott

4.11

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

She’s All That meets What If It’s Us in this swoon-worthy hate-to-love YA romantic comedy from #1 N… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Lippincott's She Gets the Girl book and Heather Walter's Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"Money's not as important as doing what you love."

-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl

"That's how I knew you were lying that night. I know the real you. Just like you know the real me."

-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl

"There's something reassuring in books and stories older than you are. Still talked about long after they've been written and long after their writers die. When the world around you is on fire, there'…"

-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl

"And… all at once I see the truth. She never wanted to listen to me. Never was really there for me. She just wanted to control me. This isn’t love. The fighting. The lack of trust. Feeling like I’m wa…"

-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl

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14. Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2)

By: Nina Varela

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

For too long, Automae have lorded over the kingdom of Rabu, oppressing its human citizens. But the … read more

Similar categories in Nina Varela's Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2) book and Heather Walter's Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"You are newbuilt,"

-Nina Varela, Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2)

"Cruelty was wasted on the kind."

-Nina Varela, Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2)

"I told you once I’m not a book to be read,"

-Nina Varela, Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2)

"Strength isn’t measured by the ability to cause harm."

-Nina Varela, Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2)

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15. The Dark Tide

By: Alicia Jasinska

3.44

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A gripping, dark enemies-to-lovers LGBTQ+ YA fantasy about two girls who must choose between saving… read more

Similar categories in Alicia Jasinska's The Dark Tide book and Heather Walter's Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Betrayal cut so much deeper when you loved the hand that held the knife."

-Alicia Jasinska, The Dark Tide

"Do you have to stare at me like that?" "Like what?" Like you're planning to eat me."

-Alicia Jasinska, The Dark Tide

"The Witch Queen comes on wings of night. The Witch Queen has your heart's delight. Hold him, hold him, hold on tight. Hide him, hide him, out of sight."

-Alicia Jasinska, The Dark Tide

"People claimed witches were nightmares, dreams, but Eva felt they were closer to plants; wild magic grew inside of each of them, waiting to be harvested in the strands of their hair, their salt tears…"

-Alicia Jasinska, The Dark Tide

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16. 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 Heather Walter's Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • 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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17. A Game of Hearts and Heists (Girl Games #1)

By: Ruby Roe

3.97

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

Two enemies, one goal: steal each other's hearts. Scarlett Grey, disgraced assassin, is determin… read more

Similar categories in Ruby Roe's A Game of Hearts and Heists (Girl Games #1) book and Heather Walter's Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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18. Written in the Stars (Written in the Stars, #1)

By: Alexandria Bellefleur

3.86

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

With nods to Bridget Jones and Pride and Prejudice, a charming #ownvoices queer rom-com debut about… read more

Similar categories in Alexandria Bellefleur's Written in the Stars (Written in the Stars, #1) book and Heather Walter's Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"An acquired taste."

-Alexandria Bellefleur, Written in the Stars (Written in the Stars, #1)

"It’s the hard knock life."

-Alexandria Bellefleur, Written in the Stars (Written in the Stars, #1)

"She wanted all of Elle—the good, the bad, the messy."

-Alexandria Bellefleur, Written in the Stars (Written in the Stars, #1)

"Christ on a cracker, couldn't a girl be horny in peace?"

-Alexandria Bellefleur, Written in the Stars (Written in the Stars, #1)

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19. Bitterthorn

By: Kat Dunn

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Blumwald is a town overshadowed by an ancient curse: in a sinister castle in the depths of the wild… read more

Similar categories in Kat Dunn's Bitterthorn book and Heather Walter's Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"She was lost to me in a hundred little griefs I found anew each year"

-Kat Dunn, Bitterthorn

"Loneliness can be something other people do to us, and something we do to ourselves."

-Kat Dunn, Bitterthorn

"The hurtful truth of death was that it was as mundane as a meal uneaten, a cup knocked over."

-Kat Dunn, Bitterthorn

"My mother was tidied away into her grave and my stepmother unpacked her things into her place. I found myself far from home without having travelled a metre."

-Kat Dunn, Bitterthorn

Cover of House of Crimson Hearts (Kingdom of Immortal Lovers #1) by Ruby Roe

20. House of Crimson Hearts (Kingdom of Immortal Lovers #1)

By: Ruby Roe

4.22

Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition

Once upon a time, a vampire corrupted a hunter. Octavia Beaumont, one of the original three vamp… read more

Similar categories in Ruby Roe's House of Crimson Hearts (Kingdom of Immortal Lovers #1) book and Heather Walter's Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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21. Contract Bound (Blood Bound Book 1)

By: Elle Mae

3.97

Format: 482 pages, Kindle Edition

Silvia If there is one thing you needed to know about me it is this: I hate vampires. They… read more

Similar categories in Elle Mae's Contract Bound (Blood Bound Book 1) book and Heather Walter's Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer

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