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…
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1. The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)
By: Malka Ann Older
3.64
Format: 169 pages, Hardcover
The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set … read more
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- lgbt
- novella
- fiction
- adult
- queer
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
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
3. 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
- novella
- science fiction 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)
4. 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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- audiobook
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- adult
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5. The Wicked Bargain
By: Gabe Cole Novoa
4.19
Format: 368 pages, None
El Diablo is in the details in this Latinx pirate fantasy starring a transmasculine nonbinary teen … read more
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- queer
- transgender
- lgbt
- fantasy
- audiobook
6. The Water Outlaws
By: S.L. Huang
3.81
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by a classic of martial arts literature, S. L. Huang's The Water Outlaws are bandits of de… read more
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- audiobook
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7. Dear Wendy
By: Ann Zhao
4.01
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Dear Wendy's Sophie and Jo, two aromantic and asexual students at Wellesley College, engage in an o… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- fiction
- queer
"Nobody talks about breaking up with your friends. It sucks. Especially when that friend ditches you to be with whoever they think is The One."-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy
"And still, it's hard to find people like me. The asexual community is small enough as it is; there are fewer aromantic people and even fewer people who are both."-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy
"And that really made me think for the first time about how this could happen with any friend who's not also aroace. Like, my person, my closest confidant, will probably always have someone else - a r…"-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy
8. Even Though I Knew the End
By: C.L. Polk
3.85
Format: 136 pages, Hardcover
A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the… read more
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- novella
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"A warm firework blossomed in my chest, the brilliant sparks flying along my nerves. I barely stopped myself from reaching across the table for her hand."-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End
"I never told her how she had saved me. I never told her how she became the dearest friend I’d ever had. I told her I loved her, but never enough. My Edith of the sparrows. My heart. My world."-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End
"Ten years. It wasn't enough time, but I would live every blessed second of it. "We're going to San Fransisco." She smiled up at me. "We'll get a house in North Beach." "Right away," I said. "I've got…"-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End
9. 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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- audiobook
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- novella
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- adult
- fantasy
- queer
10. 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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- audiobook
- transgender
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- novella
- science fiction fantasy
- magic
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
11. Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0)
By: Darcie Little Badger
4.29
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
Darcie Little Badger's Elatsoe launched her career and in the years since has become a beloved favo… read more
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- audiobook
12. If Found, Return to Hell
By: Em X. Liu
3.83
Format: 162 pages, Paperback
Being an intern at One Wizard sounds magical on the page, but in practice mostly means getting yell… read more
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- lgbt
- novella
- magic
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
13. Fireheart Tiger
By: Aliette de Bodard
3.40
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
Award-winning author Aliette de Bodard returns with a powerful romantic fantasy that reads like The… read more
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- lgbt
- novella
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- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
"Ssshhh. It's all right." And does it matter that it's not, if it gets them through the night?"-Aliette de Bodard, Fireheart Tiger
"Anyway, the fire doesn't matter. There will be other fires, my love, and we will survive them all."-Aliette de Bodard, Fireheart Tiger
"She says--because darkness needs to be faced, needs to be denied--"You would have given me so much, in exchange for me giving up everything."-Aliette de Bodard, Fireheart Tiger
"If love is what it takes to make her remember a girl in the midst of a fire, then how much can you trust her? How much can you trust that love?"-Aliette de Bodard, Fireheart Tiger
14. The Name-Bearer (Flowers of Prophecy #1)
By: Natalia Hernandez
4.02
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
For her entire life, the Name-Bearer’s sole purpose has been to receive and deliver the names of th… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- magic
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- fantasy
- queer
15. The Diablo's Curse
By: Gabe Cole Novoa
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the author of The Wicked Bargain comes a high-stakes race to defeat a curse designed to kill a… read more
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- queer
- transgender
- lgbt
- fantasy
- audiobook
16. The Follower of Flowers (Flowers of Prophecy #2)
By: Natalia Hernandez
4.43
Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition
As a child, the Name-Bearer had one duty; to receive and deliver the names of the future monarchy f… read more
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- lgbt
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- magic
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
17. 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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- novella
- science fiction fantasy
- magic
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
18. The Weavers of Alamaxa (The Alamaxa Duology, #2)
By: Hadeer Elsbai
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Following up on one of the most exciting fantasy debuts, The Daughters of Izdihar, Hadeer Elsbai co… read more
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- magic
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
19. A Fire Born of Exile
By: Aliette de Bodard
4.05
Format: 426 pages, Hardcover
The Scattered Pearls Belt is a string of habitats under tight military rule . . . where the powerfu… read more
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- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
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20. Navigational Entanglements
By: Aliette de Bodard
4.05
Format: 165 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning author Aliette de Bodard presents yet another innovative space opera that broadens th… read more
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- novella
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- adult
- fantasy
- queer
21. The Unbalancing
By: R.B. Lemberg
4.08
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
New love blossoms between an impatient starkeeper and a reclusive poet as they try together to save… read more
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