The Fox's Tower and Other Tales: A Collection of Magical Short Stories
By: Yoon Ha Lee
3.92
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
“Locus Award winner Lee (Phoenix Extravagant) takes on the folktale form in a collection of 25 gorg…
Want to Read $ 7.99"You have a heart of stone," the Sea Oracle said, "but did you think that meant your nature was unyielding? If there is something the sea knows, it is that sand is nothing but stone given wisdom by the hand of water over time. And sand can be shaped. How you wish to shape the sand of your heart - that is up to you."-Yoon Ha Lee, The Fox's Tower and Other Tales: A Collection of Magical Short Stories
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1. The House of Binding Thorns (Dominion of the Fallen, #2)
By: Aliette de Bodard
3.89
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The multi-award-winning author of The House of Shattered Wings continues her Dominion of the Fallen… read more
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- lgbt
- short stories
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
2. Spirits Abroad
By: Zen Cho
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
"If you live near the jungle, you will realize that what is real and what is not real is not always… read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- science fiction
- fantasy
3. Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time: An Indigenous LGBT Sci-Fi Anthology
By: Hope Nicholson , Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Love Beyond, Body, Space, and Time" is a collection of indigenous science fiction and urban fantas… read more
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- lgbt
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- science fiction
- fantasy
- queer
4. Night Games (Fear Street, #40)
By: R.L. Stine
4.15
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
Living on the edge... Diane loves sneaking out in the middle of the night. Her friends do, too. The… read more
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5. Tales from the Perilous Realm
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Tom Shippey , Alan Lee
3.00
Format: 220 pages, Hardcover
Never before published in a single volume, Tolkien's four novellas ("Farmer Giles of Ham, Leaf by N… read more
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6. Thornhedge
By: T. Kingfisher
4.00
Format: 111 pages, Hardcover
Thornhedge is the tale of a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone … read more
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- fairy tales
- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
"Thorns die from the inside out, like priests."-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge
"She was theirs; they were hers. The love of monsters was uncomplicated."-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge
"Two hundred years. It was immense—unthinkable—and ultimately meant nothing at all. Two years or two hundred or two thousand. The magic endures"-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge
"Greenteeth did not slap one another—not out of any virtue, but because a slap was such a useless thing underwater. When greenteeth brawled, it was with teeth and strangling fingers, spines and claws."-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge
7. 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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- lgbt
- 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)
8. 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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- lgbt
- short stories
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
9. Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4)
By: Nghi Vo
4.24
Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition
The Hugo and Crawford Award-Winning Series! The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singin… read more
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- lgbt
- short stories
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
10. Untethered Sky
By: Fonda Lee
3.90
Format: 150 pages, Hardcover
From World Fantasy Award-winning author Fonda Lee comes Untethered Sky, an epic fantasy fable about… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
"People have short memories, but nature is patient and implacable."-Fonda Lee, Untethered Sky
"When you love a person, you are expected to give them their freedom, but when you love a monster, you keep it caged."-Fonda Lee, Untethered Sky
"I know this as much as God knows every creature, because I once thought there was no reason for me to be alive, no logic to survival, no meaning to be found past endurance of loss, yet there was."-Fonda Lee, Untethered Sky
11. The Fox's Tower and Other Tales: A Collection of Magical Short Stories
By: Yoon Ha Lee
3.92
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
“Locus Award winner Lee (Phoenix Extravagant) takes on the folktale form in a collection of 25 gorg… read more
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- fairy tales
- lgbt
- adult
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
- queer
"You have a heart of stone," the Sea Oracle said, "but did you think that meant your nature was unyielding? If there is something the sea knows, it is that sand is nothing but stone given wisdom by th…"-Yoon Ha Lee, The Fox's Tower and Other Tales: A Collection of Magical Short Stories
12. Into the Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle, #3)
By: Nghi Vo
4.03
Format: 100 pages, Hardcover
Wandering cleric Chih of the Singing Hills travels to the riverlands to record tales of the notorio… read more
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- lgbt
- short stories
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
13. When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
By: Nghi Vo
4.18
Format: 128 pages, ebook
The cleric Chih finds themself and their companions at the mercy of a band of fierce tigers who ach… read more
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- lgbt
- short stories
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
"Oh yes. Some people are just more . . . edible than others if you are a tiger."-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
"She killed, for she was angry, and she did not eat what she killed, for she was heartsick."-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
"Your departure crashes like a thunder, and the timbers of the house shake with the force of the space you left behind."-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
"Now your departure crashes like a thunder, and the timbers of the house shake with the force of the space you left behind."-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
14. The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport
By: Samit Basu
3.59
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
Shantiport was supposed to be a gateway to the stars. But the city is sinking, and its colonist rul… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
"You exist, and you deserve to belong."-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport
"Usually when my life goes according to plan, it turns out the plan was made by someone else"-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport
"It's all very clear, I just chose not to get it, I just decided everyone who didn't agree with my vision was lying, or a fool."-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport
"I don't want to talk about this. It's not that I think you're wrong, but it's too big for me. I'll never be able to do anything about it."-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport
15. Carmilla: The First Vampire
By: Amy Chu
3.40
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Before Dracula, before Nosferatu, there was...CARMILLA. At the height of the Lunar New Year in 1… read more
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- lgbt
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
16. The Tusks of Extinction
By: Ray Nayler
3.85
Format: 192 pages, ebook
When you bring back a long-extinct species, there’s more to success than the DNA. Moscow has res… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
"When you bring back a long-extinct species, there's more to success than the DNA."-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction
"But there were links [to memories] that were broken as well. That no longer led to other memories. Were those memories still there, disconnected but whole, like planets that had escaped the gravity o…"-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction
"He was afraid to lose this memory. He returned to it often, like a person checking their pockets to make sure their keys were still there. He had lost so many memories of her. The further away he mov…"-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction
17. The Bruising of Qilwa
By: Naseem Jamnia
3.75
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
In this intricate debut fantasy introducing a queernormative Persian-inspired world, a nonbinary re… read more
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- lgbt
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
18. Flowers for the Sea
By: Zin E. Rocklyn
3.43
Format: 108 pages, Paperback
Flowers for the Sea is a dark, dazzling debut novella that reads like Rosemary's Baby by way of Oct… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
19. The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
By: Nghi Vo
3.95
Format: 119 pages, Kindle Edition
A young royal from the far north is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of… read more
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- lgbt
- short stories
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
"Angry mothers raise daughters fierce enough to fight wolves."-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
"[,,,] if you want to understand people who have gone, that's what you look at, isn't it? Their offal. Their leavings."-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
"The abbey at Singing Hills would say that if a record cannot be perfect, it should at least be present. Better for it to exist than for it to be perfect and only in your mind."-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
"... He was unimportant, the least of In-yo's spies and couriers, but—" Almost Brilliant fluttered her wings in the dying light. "I understand. I will remember Sukai for you, and so will my children a…"-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
20. 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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- science fiction
- short stories
- fantasy
- fiction
21. The Ghosts of Rose Hill
By: R.M. Romero
3.98
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
Magic will burn you up. Sent to stay with her aunt in Prague and witness the humble life of an a… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"PS I know I can always count on your silence. It's my own I'm not used to."-R.M. Romero, The Ghosts of Rose Hill
"The kiss lasts for his lifetime and my unfolding one. It reaches lives we haven't lived yet, and all the ones we've forgotten."-R.M. Romero, The Ghosts of Rose Hill
"In a house full of children, there are always bangs, clatters, shrieks of delight and dismay. Just because the kids here are dead doesn't make them an exception."-R.M. Romero, The Ghosts of Rose Hill
"I lay a dress on the white sheets, and see the monster nod his approval. A girl who intends to run doesn't bring a wardrobe with her. (But a girl who intends to fight does.)"-R.M. Romero, The Ghosts of Rose Hill
22. Three Tasks for a Dragon
By: Eoin Colfer
4.08
Format: 113 pages, Hardcover
With wit and gorgeous art, New York Times best-selling author Eoin Colfer and multi-award-winning i… read more
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- fairy tales
- fantasy
- fiction
23. A Magical Girl Retires
By: Park Seolyeon
3.63
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A millennial turned magical girl must combat climate change and credit card debt in this delightful… read more
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- lgbt
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
"The person I loved and respected the most in the world called me a genius; therefore, I was a genius."-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires
"If I could become a magical girl at twenty-nine, then surely it was never too late to become a watchmaker."-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires
"Grandfather, I just love watches. When I look at them, I just... It's like they're a whole universe. The universe itself. Even the smallest watch."-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires
"She had a point. I mean, when did my own girlhood begin and end, exactly? I couldn't quite circle a lasso around it, but I knew, at least, when it had ended. Three years ago, when Grandfather died."-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires
24. High Times in the Low Parliament
By: Kelly Robson
3.23
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Kelly Robson is back with fairies, scribes, and many many kisses in High Times in the Low Parliamen… read more
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- lgbt
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
25. The Girl and the Ghost
By: Hanna Alkaf
4.14
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
I am a dark spirit, the ghost announced grandly. I am your inheritance, your grandmother’s legacy. … read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"You think you're better than us just because you're older than us? Because you're 'wiser' than us? All that means is that you're an insult to your old age, because nothing I've seen from you so far m…"-Hanna Alkaf, The Girl and the Ghost
26. Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil
By: Ananda Lima
3.52
Format: 181 pages, Hardcover
At a Halloween party in 1999, a writer slept with the devil. She sees him again and again throughou… read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
27. Moon Soul
By: Nathaniel Luscombe
4.42
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
"I don't think I can justify it any longer. I'm going to quit my job." August has never been goo… read more
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- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
"I wish I could live without being perceived."-Nathaniel Luscombe, Moon Soul
"I crave love, but I want an organic form, not someone else's leftovers."-Nathaniel Luscombe, Moon Soul
28. Jezebel
By: Megan Barnard
3.97
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
With a bold voice reminiscent of Madeline Miller’s Circe, a stunning reimagining of the story of a … read more
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- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
29. A Beast's Love Is Like the Moon (Love Love)
By: Guri Nojiro
3.81
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Dissatisfied with the hustle and bustle of the city, Izuki is a lonely young man who moves to the c… read more
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- queer
- fantasy
- lgbt
30. Likes
By: Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
3.63
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A New York Public Library Best Book for Adults (2020) A Buzz Book of Fall at Publishers Lunch A … read more
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- short stories
- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
31. Star Crossed, Volume 1 (1)
By: Crimson Chains
4.13
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
This is a story about a king and his knight... Polaris is king of the stars; with his celestial pai… read more
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- queer
- fantasy
- fiction
- lgbt
