50 Books like Light from Uncommon Stars

This Is How You Lose the Time War

by Amal El-Mohtar

Two enemy time agents trade letters. Their taunts become love. Their love becomes treason.

3.83

349k+

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers ✉️ Epistolary Sci-Fi 💌 Secret Correspondence 🥀 Yearning ⏳ Multiple Timelines

This Is How You Lose the Time War Summary

This Is How You Lose the Time War 91%

Two enemy time agents trade letters. Their taunts become love. Their love becomes treason.

by Amal El-Mohtar 2019

3.83

349k+ ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers ✉️ Epistolary Sci-Fi 💌 Secret Correspondence 🥀 Yearning ⏳ Multiple Timelines

The Doors of Eden

by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2020

When her lover vanishes into another Earth, a cryptozoologist must save parallel worlds from ruin.

3.87

11k+

🌍 Parallel Worlds 🧬 Alternate Evolution 💕 Sapphic Romance 💔 Lost And Found Love 🪐 Cosmic Scale

The Doors of Eden 93%

When her lover vanishes into another Earth, a cryptozoologist must save parallel worlds from ruin.

by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2020

3.87

11k+ ratings

🌍 Parallel Worlds 🧬 Alternate Evolution 💕 Sapphic Romance 💔 Lost And Found Love 🪐 Cosmic Scale

Jedi

by Sam Maggs • 2023

Stealing a cloaking device, a Jedi crew is hunted by an Inquisitor and broken by betrayal.

3.09

5k+

🫂 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 💎 Heist Mission 💔 Trauma Recovery 🏳️ Enemy Defector

Jedi 93%

Stealing a cloaking device, a Jedi crew is hunted by an Inquisitor and broken by betrayal.

by Sam Maggs 2023

3.09

5k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 💎 Heist Mission 💔 Trauma Recovery 🏳️ Enemy Defector

Ashes of the Sun

by Django Wexler • 2020

Twelve years after the Order took her, a knight hunts a rebel. He's her brother.

3.94

6k+

⚔️ Siblings At War 💕 Sapphic Fantasy 🏛️ Corrupt Magical Order 🌍 Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy 🤝 Found Family

Ashes of the Sun 92%

Twelve years after the Order took her, a knight hunts a rebel. He's her brother.

by Django Wexler 2020

3.94

6k+ ratings

⚔️ Siblings At War 💕 Sapphic Fantasy 🏛️ Corrupt Magical Order 🌍 Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy 🤝 Found Family

A Half-Built Garden

by Ruthanna Emrys • 2022

Aliens land offering the stars, but a mother refuses to abandon the Earth she still tends.

3.60

3k+

🔆 Solarpunk 👽 First Contact 🏡 Found Family 🌱 Ecological Restoration 👩‍👧 Parenting In Crisis

A Half-Built Garden 92%

Aliens land offering the stars, but a mother refuses to abandon the Earth she still tends.

by Ruthanna Emrys 2022

3.60

3k+ ratings

🔆 Solarpunk 👽 First Contact 🏡 Found Family 🌱 Ecological Restoration 👩‍👧 Parenting In Crisis

Foundryside

by Robert Jackson Bennett • 2018

A thief steals a talking key and learns her city's magic can think for itself.

4.16

56k+

🏦 Heist Fantasy ✨ Magical Coding 🗝️ Sentient Artifact 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Thief Protagonist

Foundryside 92%

A thief steals a talking key and learns her city's magic can think for itself.

by Robert Jackson Bennett 2018

4.16

56k+ ratings

🏦 Heist Fantasy ✨ Magical Coding 🗝️ Sentient Artifact 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Thief Protagonist

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

by Becky Chambers • 2014

Running from her past, a clerk joins a wormhole ship crewed by chaotic, lovable misfits.

4.17

188k+

🛸 Found Family ☕ Cozy Sci-Fi 🚀 Ragtag Crew 🤝 Interspecies Bonds 💘 Slow Burn Romance

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Summary

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet 92%

Running from her past, a clerk joins a wormhole ship crewed by chaotic, lovable misfits.

by Becky Chambers 2014

4.17

188k+ ratings

🛸 Found Family ☕ Cozy Sci-Fi 🚀 Ragtag Crew 🤝 Interspecies Bonds 💘 Slow Burn Romance

The Mimicking of Known Successes

by Malka Ann Older • 2023

An arrogant scholar vanishes on a gas giant colony. To find him, an investigator enlists her ex.

3.59

10k+

📚 Academic Mystery 💕 Second Chance Love 🌈 Sapphic Romance 🌫️ Melancholy Sci-Fi 🪐 Orbital Habitat

The Mimicking of Known Successes Summary

The Mimicking of Known Successes 92%

An arrogant scholar vanishes on a gas giant colony. To find him, an investigator enlists her ex.

by Malka Ann Older 2023

3.59

10k+ ratings

📚 Academic Mystery 💕 Second Chance Love 🌈 Sapphic Romance 🌫️ Melancholy Sci-Fi 🪐 Orbital Habitat

To Be Taught, If Fortunate

by Becky Chambers • 2019

Four astronauts explore alien worlds in bodies engineered for each one. Then Earth stops answering.

4.19

58k+

🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Ensemble 🧬 Genetic Adaptation 🌱 Hopepunk 🧘 Quiet Contemplation

To Be Taught, If Fortunate 92%

Four astronauts explore alien worlds in bodies engineered for each one. Then Earth stops answering.

by Becky Chambers 2019

4.19

58k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Ensemble 🧬 Genetic Adaptation 🌱 Hopepunk 🧘 Quiet Contemplation

A Magical Girl Retires

by Park Seolyeon • 2022

A twenty-nine-year-old in debt is recruited by a magical girl union, her talisman a credit card.

3.54

12k+

🪄 Magical Realism 🌟 Not The Chosen One 💫 Sapphic Slow Burn ⚡ Trauma And Magic 🌧️ Melancholy Hopeful

A Magical Girl Retires 92%

A twenty-nine-year-old in debt is recruited by a magical girl union, her talisman a credit card.

by Park Seolyeon 2022

3.54

12k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Realism 🌟 Not The Chosen One 💫 Sapphic Slow Burn ⚡ Trauma And Magic 🌧️ Melancholy Hopeful

The Space Between Worlds

by Micaiah Johnson • 2020

The multiverse opens only to those already dead there. Cara qualifies on nearly every world.

3.93

46k+

🌀 Multiverse Sci-Fi 🎭 Stolen Identity 💋 Sapphic Romance 🏚️ Dystopian Class Divide 💔 Class-Crossed Lovers

The Space Between Worlds 92%

The multiverse opens only to those already dead there. Cara qualifies on nearly every world.

by Micaiah Johnson 2020

3.93

46k+ ratings

🌀 Multiverse Sci-Fi 🎭 Stolen Identity 💋 Sapphic Romance 🏚️ Dystopian Class Divide 💔 Class-Crossed Lovers

The Red Scholar's Wake

by Aliette de Bodard • 2022

A captive scavenger marries a sentient ship for safety, then hunts its murdered wife's killer.

3.19

3k+

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Space Opera 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🛸 Sentient Ship 🖤 Grieving Widow 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

The Red Scholar's Wake 92%

A captive scavenger marries a sentient ship for safety, then hunts its murdered wife's killer.

by Aliette de Bodard 2022

3.19

3k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Space Opera 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🛸 Sentient Ship 🖤 Grieving Widow 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

Gideon the Ninth

by Tamsyn Muir • 2019

A rebel swordswoman and her necromancer nemesis face a murderous trial in a haunted space palace.

4.18

188k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏚️ Gothic Mansion 🔍 Locked-Room Mystery 💀 Bone Magic 🖤 Dark Humor

Gideon the Ninth 92%

A rebel swordswoman and her necromancer nemesis face a murderous trial in a haunted space palace.

by Tamsyn Muir 2019

4.18

188k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏚️ Gothic Mansion 🔍 Locked-Room Mystery 💀 Bone Magic 🖤 Dark Humor

The Vanished Birds

by Simon Jimenez • 2020

A mute boy's secret is instant travel; his captain will cross decades to bring him home.

4.06

11k+

🫂 Found Family ⏳ Time Dilation ✨ Lyrical Prose 🍂 Bittersweet 🌌 Far Future

The Vanished Birds 92%

A mute boy's secret is instant travel; his captain will cross decades to bring him home.

by Simon Jimenez 2020

4.06

11k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family ⏳ Time Dilation ✨ Lyrical Prose 🍂 Bittersweet 🌌 Far Future

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

by Becky Chambers • 2021

A tea monk walks into the wilderness and meets a robot sent to understand human longing.

4.21

193k+

🏙️ Solarpunk Utopia 🤖 Robot Companion 💚 Unlikely Friendship 🏳️ Nonbinary Lead 🛤️ Philosophical Journey

A Psalm for the Wild-Built 91%

A tea monk walks into the wilderness and meets a robot sent to understand human longing.

by Becky Chambers 2021

4.21

193k+ ratings

🏙️ Solarpunk Utopia 🤖 Robot Companion 💚 Unlikely Friendship 🏳️ Nonbinary Lead 🛤️ Philosophical Journey

Idolfire

by Grace Curtis • 2025

A village outcast and a disgraced royal cross a dying empire to free a stolen goddess.

3.61

918

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 🗺️ Quest Fantasy 💕 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌈 Sapphic Fantasy

Idolfire 91%

A village outcast and a disgraced royal cross a dying empire to free a stolen goddess.

by Grace Curtis 2025

3.61

918 ratings

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 🗺️ Quest Fantasy 💕 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌈 Sapphic Fantasy

Love and Other Thought Experiments

by Sophie Ward • 2020

An ant. A believer. A family, a death, and the universe that remembers them.

3.59

6k+

🌌 Philosophical Fiction 🏠 Chosen Family 👶 Queer Parenthood 🧠 Consciousness Merge 💫 Speculative Grief

Love and Other Thought Experiments Summary

Love and Other Thought Experiments 91%

An ant. A believer. A family, a death, and the universe that remembers them.

by Sophie Ward 2020

3.59

6k+ ratings

🌌 Philosophical Fiction 🏠 Chosen Family 👶 Queer Parenthood 🧠 Consciousness Merge 💫 Speculative Grief

Crier's War

by Nina Varela • 2019

A human rebel must murder the artificial princess who was secretly built to love.

4.09

54k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🤖 Artificial Life ✊ Human Resistance

Crier's War 91%

A human rebel must murder the artificial princess who was secretly built to love.

by Nina Varela 2019

4.09

54k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🤖 Artificial Life ✊ Human Resistance

Cascade Failure

by L.M. Sagas • 2024

A deserter joins a ragtag crew and uncovers a terraforming weapon that silences entire planets.

3.88

4k+

🛠️ Found Family 🚀 Misfit Crew 🤖 Ai Captain 🌟 Hopepunk 📊 Corporate Conspiracy

Cascade Failure 91%

A deserter joins a ragtag crew and uncovers a terraforming weapon that silences entire planets.

by L.M. Sagas 2024

3.88

4k+ ratings

🛠️ Found Family 🚀 Misfit Crew 🤖 Ai Captain 🌟 Hopepunk 📊 Corporate Conspiracy

The Terraformers

by Annalee Newitz • 2023

On a corporate world, a ranger uncovers a hidden city fighting to reshape the planet.

3.33

7k+

🌿 Ecological Sf 🪐 Terraformed Planet 🤖 Sentient Machines 🏢 Corporate Colonialism 🤝 Cross-Species Solidarity

The Terraformers 91%

On a corporate world, a ranger uncovers a hidden city fighting to reshape the planet.

by Annalee Newitz 2023

3.33

7k+ ratings

🌿 Ecological Sf 🪐 Terraformed Planet 🤖 Sentient Machines 🏢 Corporate Colonialism 🤝 Cross-Species Solidarity

In the Lives of Puppets

by T.J. Klune • 2023

A human raised by androids sets out with three misfit robots to rescue his captured father.

3.90

102k+

📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 🫂 Found Family 💕 Android Romance 🔄 Redemption Arc 🤖 Whimsical Robots

In the Lives of Puppets 91%

A human raised by androids sets out with three misfit robots to rescue his captured father.

by T.J. Klune 2023

3.90

102k+ ratings

📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 🫂 Found Family 💕 Android Romance 🔄 Redemption Arc 🤖 Whimsical Robots

Her Majesty's Royal Coven

by Juno Dawson • 2022

One witch fights her coven to save the trans girl they believe will end the world.

3.81

36k+

🏛️ Witch Coven Politics 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🇬🇧 Modern British Fantasy 💔 Sisterhood And Betrayal

Her Majesty's Royal Coven 91%

One witch fights her coven to save the trans girl they believe will end the world.

by Juno Dawson 2022

3.81

36k+ ratings

🏛️ Witch Coven Politics 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🇬🇧 Modern British Fantasy 💔 Sisterhood And Betrayal

The Thousand Names

by Django Wexler • 2013

An exiled regiment follows an obsessive colonel into the desert on a hunt for world-altering magic.

4.04

21k+

🏴 Flintlock Fantasy 🎭 Woman Disguised As Man 🪄 Hidden Magic 🏜️ Desert Warfare ⚔️ Mutiny

The Thousand Names 91%

An exiled regiment follows an obsessive colonel into the desert on a hunt for world-altering magic.

by Django Wexler 2013

4.04

21k+ ratings

🏴 Flintlock Fantasy 🎭 Woman Disguised As Man 🪄 Hidden Magic 🏜️ Desert Warfare ⚔️ Mutiny

The Stone's Heart

by Jessica Thorne • 2019

An ancient stone grants miracles. It devours the princess who asked for them.

4.10

450

🔮 Science Fantasy 💫 Space Opera Romance 🪨 Sentient Artifact 🧠 Possession Arc 💔 Second Chance Romance

The Stone's Heart 91%

An ancient stone grants miracles. It devours the princess who asked for them.

by Jessica Thorne 2019

4.10

450 ratings

🔮 Science Fantasy 💫 Space Opera Romance 🪨 Sentient Artifact 🧠 Possession Arc 💔 Second Chance Romance

The Last Hour Between Worlds

by Melissa Caruso • 2024

Death keeps resetting a party into darker realities, and only a new mother remembers the carnage.

3.79

5k+

🖤 Rivals To Lovers 🔄 Time Loop Tension 🌑 Cosmic Horror Fantasy 🎭 Deadly Party Game 💕 Sapphic Fantasy Romance

The Last Hour Between Worlds 91%

Death keeps resetting a party into darker realities, and only a new mother remembers the carnage.

by Melissa Caruso 2024

3.79

5k+ ratings

🖤 Rivals To Lovers 🔄 Time Loop Tension 🌑 Cosmic Horror Fantasy 🎭 Deadly Party Game 💕 Sapphic Fantasy Romance

A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor

by Hank Green • 2020

A sentient book sends April's friends searching for her inside the virtual world consuming humanity.

4.23

57k+

🔮 Near-Future Sci-Fi 👽 First Contact Fiction 🛸 Alien Benefactors 🫂 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance

A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor 93%

A sentient book sends April's friends searching for her inside the virtual world consuming humanity.

by Hank Green 2020

4.23

57k+ ratings

🔮 Near-Future Sci-Fi 👽 First Contact Fiction 🛸 Alien Benefactors 🫂 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance

The Seep

by Chana Porter • 2020

When her wife chooses rebirth, Trina defies an alien paradise that has banned sorrow.

3.63

10k+

🪶 Indigenous Futurism 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Protagonist 💔 Ambiguous Loss 😢 Grief In Utopia ⚛️ Post-Scarcity Society

The Seep 92%

When her wife chooses rebirth, Trina defies an alien paradise that has banned sorrow.

by Chana Porter 2020

3.63

10k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Futurism 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Protagonist 💔 Ambiguous Loss 😢 Grief In Utopia ⚛️ Post-Scarcity Society

Chain-Gang All-Stars

by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

One kill from freedom in a televised death circuit, a fighter's final opponent is her lover.

4.11

97k+

🏚️ Prison Dystopia ⚔️ Gladiatorial Combat 🔗 Mass Incarceration 💔 Doomed Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Dystopia

Chain-Gang All-Stars 90%

One kill from freedom in a televised death circuit, a fighter's final opponent is her lover.

by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 2023

4.11

97k+ ratings

🏚️ Prison Dystopia ⚔️ Gladiatorial Combat 🔗 Mass Incarceration 💔 Doomed Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Dystopia

The Gods Below

by Andrea Stewart • 2024

Torn apart by a god's remaking, two sisters become weapons on opposite sides of a divine war.

3.56

2k+

👭 Separated Sisters ⚔️ Rebellion Against Gods 🫂 Found Family ⚡ Flawed Gods 💎 Heist Plot

The Gods Below 90%

Torn apart by a god's remaking, two sisters become weapons on opposite sides of a divine war.

by Andrea Stewart 2024

3.56

2k+ ratings

👭 Separated Sisters ⚔️ Rebellion Against Gods 🫂 Found Family ⚡ Flawed Gods 💎 Heist Plot

Seek the Traitor's Son

by Veronica Roth • 2026

A soldier and a general war over a prophecy only the exile's truth-reading son can settle.

4.08

9k+

🔮 Prophetic Triangle 🦠 Viral Powers 💔 Love After Loss 🚫 Forbidden Love 🧠 Memory Manipulation

Seek the Traitor's Son 90%

A soldier and a general war over a prophecy only the exile's truth-reading son can settle.

by Veronica Roth 2026

4.08

9k+ ratings

🔮 Prophetic Triangle 🦠 Viral Powers 💔 Love After Loss 🚫 Forbidden Love 🧠 Memory Manipulation

The Gilded Crown

by Marianne Gordon • 2023

To raise the dead, she pays in flesh. The princess she saves demands her heart.

3.69

2k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 💀 Death Magic 🩸 Cost Of Magic 💔 Sapphic Yearning 🏰 Outsider At Court

The Gilded Crown 90%

To raise the dead, she pays in flesh. The princess she saves demands her heart.

by Marianne Gordon 2023

3.69

2k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 💀 Death Magic 🩸 Cost Of Magic 💔 Sapphic Yearning 🏰 Outsider At Court

Dangerous Angels

by Francesca Lia Block • 1998

In 90s LA, three genie wishes build a girl a found family, but love battles heartbreak.

4.25

9k+

✨ Magical Realism 🏠 Found Family 🧷 Punk Fairy Tale 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🩸 AIDS Crisis

Dangerous Angels 90%

In 90s LA, three genie wishes build a girl a found family, but love battles heartbreak.

by Francesca Lia Block 1998

4.25

9k+ ratings

✨ Magical Realism 🏠 Found Family 🧷 Punk Fairy Tale 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🩸 AIDS Crisis

Siren Queen

by Nghi Vo • 2022

Hollywood is a faerie court. A Chinese-American girl trades pieces of herself to become its queen.

3.67

13k+

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🧚 Faerie Bargains 💋 Sapphic Romance 🐉 Monstrous Women ⭐ Price Of Fame

Siren Queen 90%

Hollywood is a faerie court. A Chinese-American girl trades pieces of herself to become its queen.

by Nghi Vo 2022

3.67

13k+ ratings

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🧚 Faerie Bargains 💋 Sapphic Romance 🐉 Monstrous Women ⭐ Price Of Fame

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea

by Rebecca Thorne • 2022

Two women, one bookshop, and a Queen who calls their happiness an act of treason.

3.70

34k+

🍵 Cozy Fantasy 💕 Sapphic Romance 📚 Bookshop Setting 🫂 Found Family 🏡 Domestic Fantasy

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea 90%

Two women, one bookshop, and a Queen who calls their happiness an act of treason.

by Rebecca Thorne 2022

3.70

34k+ ratings

🍵 Cozy Fantasy 💕 Sapphic Romance 📚 Bookshop Setting 🫂 Found Family 🏡 Domestic Fantasy

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

by Christopher Paolini • 2020

An alien organism bonds with a scientist, granting her the language of the species destroying Earth.

3.80

71k+

🛸 First Contact War 🧬 Alien Symbiosis 🚀 Found Family Crew 🤝 Interspecies Alliance ⚔️ Interstellar War

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars 90%

An alien organism bonds with a scientist, granting her the language of the species destroying Earth.

by Christopher Paolini 2020

3.80

71k+ ratings

🛸 First Contact War 🧬 Alien Symbiosis 🚀 Found Family Crew 🤝 Interspecies Alliance ⚔️ Interstellar War

Earth Boys Are Easy

by C. Rochelle • 2024

An alien mercenary leaves Earth for good, but the man who stole his heart stows away.

4.28

2k+

👽 Alien Romance 🦸 Superhero Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🛏️ Only One Bed 🧬 Body Sharing

Earth Boys Are Easy 90%

An alien mercenary leaves Earth for good, but the man who stole his heart stows away.

by C. Rochelle 2024

4.28

2k+ ratings

👽 Alien Romance 🦸 Superhero Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🛏️ Only One Bed 🧬 Body Sharing

A Cruel and Fated Light

by Ashley Shuttleworth • 2022

An ironborn fae and an exiled Fury fall in love while a fae court hurtles toward treachery.

4.25

2k+

🏛️ Fae Court Politics 💕 Sapphic Fantasy Romance 🫂 Found Family ⚗️ Forbidden Alchemy 🌑 Dark Faerie Fantasy

A Cruel and Fated Light 90%

An ironborn fae and an exiled Fury fall in love while a fae court hurtles toward treachery.

by Ashley Shuttleworth 2022

4.25

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Fae Court Politics 💕 Sapphic Fantasy Romance 🫂 Found Family ⚗️ Forbidden Alchemy 🌑 Dark Faerie Fantasy

Torchfire

by Moira Buffini • 2025

A hunted telepath forges a forbidden bond with a captive who could bring down the regime.

4.38

873

🧠 Telepathic Resistance 🫂 Found Family 🌱 Hopepunk ☁️ Sky Civilizations 🏰 Dystopian Fantasy

Torchfire 90%

A hunted telepath forges a forbidden bond with a captive who could bring down the regime.

by Moira Buffini 2025

4.38

873 ratings

🧠 Telepathic Resistance 🫂 Found Family 🌱 Hopepunk ☁️ Sky Civilizations 🏰 Dystopian Fantasy

Someone You Can Build a Nest In

by John Wiswell • 2024

A flesh-eating shapeshifter falls in love with the daughter of the hunters who want her dead.

3.86

24k+

👹 Monster Romance 🫀 Body Horror 💕 Sapphic Love Story 🏠 Found Family 💔 Generational Trauma

Someone You Can Build a Nest In 90%

A flesh-eating shapeshifter falls in love with the daughter of the hunters who want her dead.

by John Wiswell 2024

3.86

24k+ ratings

👹 Monster Romance 🫀 Body Horror 💕 Sapphic Love Story 🏠 Found Family 💔 Generational Trauma

The Captain

by Will Wight • 2023

A mage absorbs six dead selves, inheriting their power, their trauma, and a galaxy-spanning war.

4.27

10k+

🚀 Science Fantasy ⚔️ Progression Fantasy ❤️ Found Family 🪞 Alternate Selves 🛸 Sentient Ship

The Captain 90%

A mage absorbs six dead selves, inheriting their power, their trauma, and a galaxy-spanning war.

by Will Wight 2023

4.27

10k+ ratings

🚀 Science Fantasy ⚔️ Progression Fantasy ❤️ Found Family 🪞 Alternate Selves 🛸 Sentient Ship

Faebound

by Saara El-Arifi • 2024

Exiled elf warrior captured by fae and bound to a magical creature falls for the fae queen.

3.53

30k+

🌍 African Fantasy 🧚 Fae Romance 👩‍❤️‍👩 Sapphic Fantasy 👭 Sisterly Devotion 🏛️ Political Intrigue

Faebound 90%

Exiled elf warrior captured by fae and bound to a magical creature falls for the fae queen.

by Saara El-Arifi 2024

3.53

30k+ ratings

🌍 African Fantasy 🧚 Fae Romance 👩‍❤️‍👩 Sapphic Fantasy 👭 Sisterly Devotion 🏛️ Political Intrigue

Stag Dance

by Torrey Peters • 2025

Forcibly injected, a trans woman becomes the first carrier of a gender-collapsing plague.

3.83

13k+

🧪 Gender Contagion 🌲 Queer Frontier 🩸 Body Horror 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Sisterhood 🎭 Fetish And Fantasy

Stag Dance 90%

Forcibly injected, a trans woman becomes the first carrier of a gender-collapsing plague.

by Torrey Peters 2025

3.83

13k+ ratings

🧪 Gender Contagion 🌲 Queer Frontier 🩸 Body Horror 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Sisterhood 🎭 Fetish And Fantasy

Little Mushroom

by Yi Shi Si Zhou • 2022

A sentient mushroom disguised as human seeks his lost spore in a fortress that executes mutants.

4.59

6k+

🍄 Nonhuman Protagonist 💕 Slow-Burn Romance 🎭 Identity Concealment 🫂 Found Family 🧬 Body Horror Mutation

Little Mushroom 90%

A sentient mushroom disguised as human seeks his lost spore in a fortress that executes mutants.

by Yi Shi Si Zhou 2022

4.59

6k+ ratings

🍄 Nonhuman Protagonist 💕 Slow-Burn Romance 🎭 Identity Concealment 🫂 Found Family 🧬 Body Horror Mutation

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter

by Alexis Hall • 2019

A sorceress and her ex-soldier flatmate hunt a blackmailer through a city of shifting realities.

3.75

4k+

🕵️ Holmesian Fantasy 💜 Sapphic Mystery 🏠 Found Family 🌀 Eccentric Detective 🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter Summary

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter 90%

A sorceress and her ex-soldier flatmate hunt a blackmailer through a city of shifting realities.

by Alexis Hall 2019

3.75

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Holmesian Fantasy 💜 Sapphic Mystery 🏠 Found Family 🌀 Eccentric Detective 🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy

The Path of Ascension 8

by C. Mantis • 2025

Two cultivators infiltrate a noble estate to free a prisoner held centuries for his Talent.

4.45

4k+

📈 Progression Fantasy 🚀 Space Fantasy 🦊 Bonded Companions 🫂 Found Family 🕵️ Covert Operations

The Path of Ascension 8 90%

Two cultivators infiltrate a noble estate to free a prisoner held centuries for his Talent.

by C. Mantis 2025

4.45

4k+ ratings

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3.88

294k+

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One Last Stop 90%

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by Casey McQuiston 2021

3.88

294k+ ratings

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An injured orc warrior finds books, belonging, and a necromancer's secrets in a sleepy seaside town.

4.11

117k+

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Bookshops & Bonedust 90%

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by Travis Baldree 2023

4.11

117k+ ratings

🏪 Cozy Bookshop 🤝 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 🩹 Healing Journey 🏘️ Seaside Village

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by T.J. Klune • 2020

A lonely caseworker falls for a hidden island orphanage of magical kids and their enigmatic master.

4.36

1.0M+

🏡 Found Family ☕ Cozy Fantasy 🕰️ Slow-Burn Romance 🏠 Magical Orphanage ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

La casa en el mar más azul 90%

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by T.J. Klune 2020

4.36

1.0M+ ratings

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by Naomi Kritzer • 2019

A teen on the run discovers her closest friend is a sentient AI in hiding.

4.05

3k+

🧠 Sentient AI 🤖 Near Future 💻 Online Friendship 🏠 Found Family ⌨️ Teen Hacker

Catfishing on CatNet 90%

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by Naomi Kritzer 2019

4.05

3k+ ratings

🧠 Sentient AI 🤖 Near Future 💻 Online Friendship 🏠 Found Family ⌨️ Teen Hacker

The Ninth Rain

by Jen Williams • 2017

An ancient enemy wakes beneath a dying city. Three outcasts cross poisoned lands to stop it.

4.08

10k+

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The Ninth Rain 90%

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by Jen Williams 2017

4.08

10k+ ratings

🥀 Dying Elder Race 🖤 Found Family 🐉 Human-Dragon Bond 📚 Scholarly Adventurer 🤝 Reluctant Allies

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