The Chosen and the Beautiful
By: Nghi Vo
3.55
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
Immigrant. Socialite. Magician. Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s Ame…
Want to Read $ 12.99"It was after midnight with that tired charm that all parties on the downturn acquire."-Nghi Vo, The Chosen and the Beautiful
"He wanted something agreeable, something sweeter around the edges, but I was never very good at sweet."-Nghi Vo, The Chosen and the Beautiful
"He called me careless because he didn't have the words to sort out how jealous he was of my money and my freedom and how very few people in the world could act as I did."-Nghi Vo, The Chosen and the Beautiful
"You weren't meant to look at people the way that Lieutenant Gatsby looked at Daisy Fay. You couldn't peel your skin back and show them how your heart had gone up in flames, how nothing that had come before mattered and nothing that came afterward mattered as long as you had what you wanted. In that one still moment, it was as if Daisy had, all unknowing, taken Jay Gatsby's heart for her own, and he would spend the rest of his life trying to get it back."-Nghi Vo, The Chosen and the Beautiful
If you liked the queer plot in The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo , here is a list of 19 books like this:
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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- lesbian
- lgbt
- fiction
- adult
- queer
2. 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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- lesbian
- lgbt
- 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)
3. A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)
By: Freya Marske
4.29
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
A Power Unbound is the final entry in Freya Marske’s beloved, award-winning Last Binding trilogy, t… read more
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- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
"Ross said, “Ask me if I’ve been paid for it."-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)
"Now it was Maud's turn to laugh. She gave Jack an affectionate look from her position on the floor. Intolerable. Jack was never going to rid himself of any of these people."-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)
"I would write you into immortality. I would trap you in ink and wear the pages next to my skin until they fell apart. Kiss me until I know you. Kiss me until you know me, unmake me, and love me anywa…"-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)
4. 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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- lesbian
- lgbt
- 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
5. 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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- lgbt
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
6. The Salt Grows Heavy
By: Cassandra Khaw
3.59
Format: 106 pages, Hardcover
From USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewi… read more
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- retellings
- lgbt
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
"And you shall know her by the trail of dead"-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy
"There is nothing wrong with being a monster."-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy
"A thousand mythologies contributed to my conception."-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy
"The truth liberates; it cannot cripple or maul, cannot injure, not unless one declares themselves its apostate."-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy
7. Light from Uncommon Stars
By: Ryka Aoki
4.06
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
A defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian … read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
"Lindsey Stirling?"-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars
"I shall make you feel all the joy, the terror in loving who you are."-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars
"A sandwich that is more than a sandwich. Coffee that is more than coffee."-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars
"When you rush, all you are doing is practicing your mistakes at a faster pace."-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars
8. 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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- lesbian
- retellings
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
9. 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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- lesbian
- lgbt
- 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)
10. 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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- lesbian
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- queer
"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
11. 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
12. The Chosen and the Beautiful
By: Nghi Vo
3.55
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
Immigrant. Socialite. Magician. Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s Ame… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Nghi Vo's The Chosen and the Beautiful book and Nghi Vo's The Chosen and the Beautiful
- lesbian
- retellings
- magical realism
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
"It was after midnight with that tired charm that all parties on the downturn acquire."-Nghi Vo, The Chosen and the Beautiful
"He wanted something agreeable, something sweeter around the edges, but I was never very good at sweet."-Nghi Vo, The Chosen and the Beautiful
"He called me careless because he didn't have the words to sort out how jealous he was of my money and my freedom and how very few people in the world could act as I did."-Nghi Vo, The Chosen and the Beautiful
"You weren't meant to look at people the way that Lieutenant Gatsby looked at Daisy Fay. You couldn't peel your skin back and show them how your heart had gone up in flames, how nothing that had come …"-Nghi Vo, The Chosen and the Beautiful
13. 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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- lesbian
- lgbt
- 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)
14. Black Water Sister
By: Zen Cho
3.86
Format: 371 pages, Paperback
A reluctant medium discovers the ties that bind can unleash a dangerous power in this compelling Ma… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
"Maybe that was what true love meant: a bitterness that stayed on the tongue when everything else faded."-Zen Cho, Black Water Sister
"What a thing a bad death was. It made a mythology that caught up in its wake old trees and young women alike, the violence of it reverberating through the years."-Zen Cho, Black Water Sister
15. 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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- lgbt
- 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)
16. 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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- lesbian
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- 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)
17. 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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- lesbian
- lgbt
- 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)
18. 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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- lesbian
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
"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)
19. The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost, #1)
By: C.L. Clark
3.82
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Alternate Cover edition for ISBN 9780316542753 Touraine is a soldier. Stolen as a child and rai… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
"What is war if not a complicated web of mathematics and charm? Luca thought."-C.L. Clark, The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost, #1)
"Who needs a god of oceans when I could drown inside your eyes? Who needs a god of grain when I could feast between your thighs?"-C.L. Clark, The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost, #1)
"As it whistles through the mountains, as it tickles blades of grass, as it pulls me from my bed, again, the wind, it cries your name."-C.L. Clark, The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost, #1)
"Then, still holding the cup, Touraine giggled. This broad-shouldered, muscle-bound ex-soldier, who spent most of her time either glowering or bowing at people, had smirked at her future queen, and no…"-C.L. Clark, The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost, #1)
20. Les Fauteurs d'ordre
By: Jean-Philippe Jaworski
3.79
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
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- fantasy
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