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Greta & Valdin

by Rebecca K. Reilly • 2021

Two Auckland siblings, two impossible loves, and one messy family trying to hold it together.

3.90

32k+

🏡 Multicultural Family Saga 👫 Dual Sibling Pov 🫂 Chosen Family 💞 Second Chance Romance 🤷 Quarter-Life Crisis

Greta & Valdin

Two Auckland siblings, two impossible loves, and one messy family trying to hold it together.

by Rebecca K. Reilly 2021 352 pages

3.90

32k+ ratings

🏡 Multicultural Family Saga 👫 Dual Sibling Pov 🫂 Chosen Family 💞 Second Chance Romance 🤷 Quarter-Life Crisis

At Dark, I Become Loathsome

by Eric LaRocca • 2025

After his son vanished, he started burying strangers alive. His last client knows what happened.

3.20

5k+

🪦 Grief Horror 🩸 Transgressive Horror 🦴 Queer Body Horror 🪞 Self-Loathing Narrator 🔩 Body Modification

At Dark, I Become Loathsome

After his son vanished, he started burying strangers alive. His last client knows what happened.

by Eric LaRocca 2025 178 pages

3.20

5k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Horror 🩸 Transgressive Horror 🦴 Queer Body Horror 🪞 Self-Loathing Narrator 🔩 Body Modification

Egotistical Puckboy

by Eden Finley • 2022

One reckless night with his NHL rival was a mistake, then a trade makes them teammates.

4.05

27k+

🏒 Hockey Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🚪 Closeted Hero

Egotistical Puckboy

One reckless night with his NHL rival was a mistake, then a trade makes them teammates.

by Eden Finley 2022 303 pages

4.05

27k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🚪 Closeted Hero

Bury Your Gays

by Chuck Tingle • 2024

When a screenwriter won't kill his queer leads, the studio's AI sends his own monsters after him.

4.04

31k+

🪞 Metafictional Horror 🎬 Hollywood Horror 👹 Monsters Made Real 💔 Trauma As Monster 🫂 Found Family

Bury Your Gays

When a screenwriter won't kill his queer leads, the studio's AI sends his own monsters after him.

by Chuck Tingle 2024 295 pages

4.04

31k+ ratings

🪞 Metafictional Horror 🎬 Hollywood Horror 👹 Monsters Made Real 💔 Trauma As Monster 🫂 Found Family

Like Family

by Erin O. White • 2025

Three queer families share everything: carpools, holidays, and one secret that could break them.

3.49

3k+

🫂 Chosen Family 🌈 Queer Parenthood 🤫 Secret Parentage 🔄 Midlife Transformation 💔 Sapphic Affair

Like Family

Three queer families share everything: carpools, holidays, and one secret that could break them.

by Erin O. White 2025 320 pages

3.49

3k+ ratings

🫂 Chosen Family 🌈 Queer Parenthood 🤫 Secret Parentage 🔄 Midlife Transformation 💔 Sapphic Affair

Girl Made of Stars

by Ashley Herring Blake • 2018

Mara's twin brother is accused of rape, and her family's fierce denial leaves her standing alone.

4.18

29k+

⚠️ Sexual Assault 👯 Twin Siblings 🫂 Found Family ✊ Feminist Activism 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Questioning

Girl Made of Stars

Mara's twin brother is accused of rape, and her family's fierce denial leaves her standing alone.

by Ashley Herring Blake 2018 295 pages

4.18

29k+ ratings

⚠️ Sexual Assault 👯 Twin Siblings 🫂 Found Family ✊ Feminist Activism 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Questioning

Off Sides

by Andi Jaxon • 2024

A closeted hockey captain's one-night stand returns: the football star who wants to keep seeing him.

3.98

7k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Athlete 🔥 Anonymous Hookup 💔 Hurt/Comfort 👨‍👧‍👦 Parentified Hero

Off Sides

A closeted hockey captain's one-night stand returns: the football star who wants to keep seeing him.

by Andi Jaxon 2024 336 pages

3.98

7k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Athlete 🔥 Anonymous Hookup 💔 Hurt/Comfort 👨‍👧‍👦 Parentified Hero

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

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

by John Wiswell 2024 310 pages

3.86

24k+ ratings

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

Pages for You

by Sylvia Brownrigg • 2001

A college freshman falls for her mesmerizing female TA, and the consuming affair rewrites her world.

3.91

9k+

🌈 Queer Awakening 👩‍🏫 Age Gap Relationship 💕 First Love 🔥 Sexual Awakening 🍽️ Meet Cute

Pages for You

A college freshman falls for her mesmerizing female TA, and the consuming affair rewrites her world.

by Sylvia Brownrigg 2001 274 pages

3.91

9k+ ratings

🌈 Queer Awakening 👩‍🏫 Age Gap Relationship 💕 First Love 🔥 Sexual Awakening 🍽️ Meet Cute

Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians

by Rachel Pepper • 1999

You don't get a conception manual. This one covers donors, fertility, and the invisible partner.

3.72

179

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian Parenting 📊 Fertility Tracking 🧬 Donor Conception 👥 Non-Birthing Partner 📋 Birth Planning

Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians

You don't get a conception manual. This one covers donors, fertility, and the invisible partner.

by Rachel Pepper 1999 288 pages

3.72

179 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian Parenting 📊 Fertility Tracking 🧬 Donor Conception 👥 Non-Birthing Partner 📋 Birth Planning

The Romance Recipe

by Ruby Barrett • 2022

To save her restaurant, she enters a reality cooking show with the head chef she secretly craves.

3.58

6k+

🍳 Culinary Romance 📺 Reality TV Cooking 👔 Boss And Employee 🏳️‍🌈 Late Bloomer Queer 📣 Public Coming Out

The Romance Recipe

To save her restaurant, she enters a reality cooking show with the head chef she secretly craves.

by Ruby Barrett 2022 304 pages

3.58

6k+ ratings

🍳 Culinary Romance 📺 Reality TV Cooking 👔 Boss And Employee 🏳️‍🌈 Late Bloomer Queer 📣 Public Coming Out

What's the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary

by Juno Dawson • 2021

The trans and nonbinary guidebook: pronouns, hormones, dating, and the joy of living authentically.

4.32

1k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Guidebooks ⏳ Trans History 👗 Gender Norms 🚪 Coming Out ✊ Trans Rights

What's the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary

The trans and nonbinary guidebook: pronouns, hormones, dating, and the joy of living authentically.

by Juno Dawson 2021 226 pages

4.32

1k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Guidebooks ⏳ Trans History 👗 Gender Norms 🚪 Coming Out ✊ Trans Rights

The Pride Guide

by Jo Langford • 2018

From coming out to safer sex to online safety: the honest guide every LGBTQ teen deserves.

4.06

121

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Youth 📚 Sex Education ⚧️ Gender Identity 🚪 Coming Out 😰 Minority Stress

The Pride Guide

From coming out to safer sex to online safety: the honest guide every LGBTQ teen deserves.

by Jo Langford 2018 363 pages

4.06

121 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Youth 📚 Sex Education ⚧️ Gender Identity 🚪 Coming Out 😰 Minority Stress

Under the Whispering Door

by T.J. Klune • 2021

A cold lawyer dies and falls for the kind ferryman at a tea shop between worlds.

4.11

300k+

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grief Processing 📋 Afterlife Bureaucracy 👻 Ghost Romance

Under the Whispering Door

A cold lawyer dies and falls for the kind ferryman at a tea shop between worlds.

by T.J. Klune 2021 376 pages

4.11

300k+ ratings

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grief Processing 📋 Afterlife Bureaucracy 👻 Ghost Romance

Verona Comics

by Jennifer Dugan • 2020

Two teens bond at Comic-Con, only to discover their families are bitter business rivals.

3.58

4k+

⚔️ Rival Families 🤫 Secret Relationship 💘 Forbidden Romance 👥 Dual Pov 💔 Angsty Romance

Verona Comics

Two teens bond at Comic-Con, only to discover their families are bitter business rivals.

by Jennifer Dugan 2020 352 pages

3.58

4k+ ratings

⚔️ Rival Families 🤫 Secret Relationship 💘 Forbidden Romance 👥 Dual Pov 💔 Angsty Romance

Cooking as Fast as I Can

by Cat Cora • 2015

She became Iron Chef's first woman. The real story is everything she survived to get there.

3.55

500+

🍳 Restaurant Kitchens 📺 Celebrity Chefs 💔 Childhood Trauma 👩‍🍳 Women In Food 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Memoir

Cooking as Fast as I Can

She became Iron Chef's first woman. The real story is everything she survived to get there.

by Cat Cora 2015 256 pages

3.55

500+ ratings

🍳 Restaurant Kitchens 📺 Celebrity Chefs 💔 Childhood Trauma 👩‍🍳 Women In Food 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Memoir

A Life Worth Living

by Monica McCallan • 2023

When a hurricane traps two office rivals in Bermuda, walls crumble and a cautious love begins.

4.08

3k+

🌈 Sapphic Romance 🏢 Workplace Romance 🏝️ Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers

A Life Worth Living

When a hurricane traps two office rivals in Bermuda, walls crumble and a cautious love begins.

by Monica McCallan 2023 347 pages

4.08

3k+ ratings

🌈 Sapphic Romance 🏢 Workplace Romance 🏝️ Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers

The Entanglement of Rival Wizards

by Sara Raasch • 2025

Two rival wizards are forced into one lab by the grant that could save their futures.

4.18

16k+

🏛️ Magical Academia 💥 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💕 Chosen Family 🗣️ Banter Heavy

The Entanglement of Rival Wizards

Two rival wizards are forced into one lab by the grant that could save their futures.

by Sara Raasch 2025 336 pages

4.18

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Magical Academia 💥 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💕 Chosen Family 🗣️ Banter Heavy

The New Guy

by Sarina Bowen • 2023

A widower's one-night stand is his new neighbor, and the closeted hockey star he must rehab.

4.09

17k+

🏒 Closeted Athlete 👨‍👧 Single Dad Romance 🏢 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance 🚪 Neighbors To Lovers

The New Guy

A widower's one-night stand is his new neighbor, and the closeted hockey star he must rehab.

by Sarina Bowen 2023 346 pages

4.09

17k+ ratings

🏒 Closeted Athlete 👨‍👧 Single Dad Romance 🏢 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance 🚪 Neighbors To Lovers

Normal

by Amy Bloom • 2002

Trans men, crossdressers, and intersex activists: their lives reveal normal is a myth.

3.53

500+

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Studies 📰 Narrative Journalism 💛 Intersex Rights ⚧ Beyond The Gender Binary ⚕ Medical Ethics

Normal

Trans men, crossdressers, and intersex activists: their lives reveal normal is a myth.

by Amy Bloom 2002 174 pages

3.53

500+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Studies 📰 Narrative Journalism 💛 Intersex Rights ⚧ Beyond The Gender Binary ⚕ Medical Ethics

Hot and Unbothered

by Yana Tallon-Hicks • 2022

Your sex life improves when you stop performing and start asking for what you actually want.

4.27

298

🎓 Sex Education 🗣️ Sexual Communication 🌈 Pleasure Advocacy 🔓 Sexual Shame 🧠 Cognitive Reframing

Hot and Unbothered

Your sex life improves when you stop performing and start asking for what you actually want.

by Yana Tallon-Hicks 2022 464 pages

4.27

298 ratings

🎓 Sex Education 🗣️ Sexual Communication 🌈 Pleasure Advocacy 🔓 Sexual Shame 🧠 Cognitive Reframing

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls

by T Kira Madden • 2019

A fatherless girl in Boca Raton craves a fierce love and finds it in dangerous places.

4.25

10k+

🧒 Fatherlessness 🌐 Mixed-Race Identity 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma ✍️ Confessional Memoir

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls

A fatherless girl in Boca Raton craves a fierce love and finds it in dangerous places.

by T Kira Madden 2019 336 pages

4.25

10k+ ratings

🧒 Fatherlessness 🌐 Mixed-Race Identity 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma ✍️ Confessional Memoir

Little Blue Encyclopedia

by Hazel Jane Plante • 2019

An encyclopedia of a cult TV show becomes a memorial for her magnetic trans friend Vivian.

4.22

1k+

📖 Encyclopedic Novel 📺 Fictional Tv Show 💔 Grieving For A Friend 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Womanhood 🤝 Queer Friendship

Little Blue Encyclopedia

An encyclopedia of a cult TV show becomes a memorial for her magnetic trans friend Vivian.

by Hazel Jane Plante 2019 200 pages

4.22

1k+ ratings

📖 Encyclopedic Novel 📺 Fictional Tv Show 💔 Grieving For A Friend 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Womanhood 🤝 Queer Friendship

Eat the Ones You Love

by Sarah Maria Griffin • 2025

Broke and heartbroken, Shell takes a florist job in a dying mall where something sentient hungers.

3.46

8k+

🪴 Botanical Horror 🫀 Body Horror 🖤 Queer Horror 🌿 Sentient Plant 💔 Toxic Sapphic Love

Eat the Ones You Love

Broke and heartbroken, Shell takes a florist job in a dying mall where something sentient hungers.

by Sarah Maria Griffin 2025 288 pages

3.46

8k+ ratings

🪴 Botanical Horror 🫀 Body Horror 🖤 Queer Horror 🌿 Sentient Plant 💔 Toxic Sapphic Love

Jedi

by Sam Maggs • 2023

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

3.09

4k+

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

Jedi

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

by Sam Maggs 2023 304 pages

3.09

4k+ ratings

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

All of Us Murderers

by K.J. Charles • 2025

Trapped in a Dartmoor mansion: his ex-lover, a bride contest, and no way out.

3.70

9k+

🏚️ Country House Murder 💔 Second Chance Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🔪 Servant Revenge

All of Us Murderers

Trapped in a Dartmoor mansion: his ex-lover, a bride contest, and no way out.

by K.J. Charles 2025 343 pages

3.70

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Country House Murder 💔 Second Chance Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🔪 Servant Revenge

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.

by Samantha Irby • 2017

A vet clinic receptionist on chronic illness, dead parents, and the dull love that saved her.

3.89

48k+

🤡 Self-Deprecating Humor 🩺 Chronic Illness 🧘 Body Acceptance 💸 Poverty Memoir 🕊️ Grief And Loss

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.

A vet clinic receptionist on chronic illness, dead parents, and the dull love that saved her.

by Samantha Irby 2017 275 pages

3.89

48k+ ratings

🤡 Self-Deprecating Humor 🩺 Chronic Illness 🧘 Body Acceptance 💸 Poverty Memoir 🕊️ Grief And Loss

Taming of a Rebel

by Eada Friesian • 2024

A single mom's meet-cute with a guarded guardian opens the door to love neither saw coming.

3.89

2k+

🧊 Ice Queen 👩‍👧 Single Mother 🧲 Opposites Attract 🏠 Found Family 😍 Meet Cute

Taming of a Rebel

A single mom's meet-cute with a guarded guardian opens the door to love neither saw coming.

by Eada Friesian 2024 394 pages

3.89

2k+ ratings

🧊 Ice Queen 👩‍👧 Single Mother 🧲 Opposites Attract 🏠 Found Family 😍 Meet Cute

Human, Animal

by Seth Insua • 2025

A genderqueer child's coming out fractures a dairy farming family under siege from activists.

4.07

345

📜 Generational Saga 🦋 Coming Out 🔐 Family Secrets ⚧️ Genderqueer Identity 💌 Forbidden Wartime Love

Human, Animal

A genderqueer child's coming out fractures a dairy farming family under siege from activists.

by Seth Insua 2025 324 pages

4.07

345 ratings

📜 Generational Saga 🦋 Coming Out 🔐 Family Secrets ⚧️ Genderqueer Identity 💌 Forbidden Wartime Love

A Renaissance of Our Own

by Rachel Elizabeth Cargle • 2023

A Black feminist's roadmap for redesigning your inherited belief systems, relationships, and work.

4.25

1k+

📜 Memoir Manifesto 🥷 Black Feminism ✳️ Intersectional Feminism ☕ White Feminism Critique 🛌 Rest As Resistance

A Renaissance of Our Own

A Black feminist's roadmap for redesigning your inherited belief systems, relationships, and work.

by Rachel Elizabeth Cargle 2023 256 pages

4.25

1k+ ratings

📜 Memoir Manifesto 🥷 Black Feminism ✳️ Intersectional Feminism ☕ White Feminism Critique 🛌 Rest As Resistance

Love That Story

by Jonathan Van Ness • 2022

He thought vulnerability was weakness. HIV, trans rights, and a salon chair taught him otherwise.

4.09

7k+

📖 Queer Memoir 🧘 Body Neutrality 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights 💊 Hiv Advocacy 🌿 Cannabis Reform

Love That Story

He thought vulnerability was weakness. HIV, trans rights, and a salon chair taught him otherwise.

by Jonathan Van Ness 2022 256 pages

4.09

7k+ ratings

📖 Queer Memoir 🧘 Body Neutrality 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights 💊 Hiv Advocacy 🌿 Cannabis Reform

First Comes Love

by Marion Winik • 1996

She fell for a gay man during Mardi Gras. Marriage, meth, motherhood, abuse, and AIDS came next.

4.14

441

✍️ Literary Memoir 💊 Aids Crisis 💔 Unconventional Marriage 💉 Love And Addiction 🚫 Domestic Violence

First Comes Love

She fell for a gay man during Mardi Gras. Marriage, meth, motherhood, abuse, and AIDS came next.

by Marion Winik 1996

4.14

441 ratings

✍️ Literary Memoir 💊 Aids Crisis 💔 Unconventional Marriage 💉 Love And Addiction 🚫 Domestic Violence

Death in the Cards

by Mia P. Manansala • 2025

Blamed for a classmate's disappearance, a teen tarot reader joins the family detective agency.

3.70

1k+

🕵️ Teen Detective 🃏 Tarot Readings 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🔍 Missing Person Case

Death in the Cards

Blamed for a classmate's disappearance, a teen tarot reader joins the family detective agency.

by Mia P. Manansala 2025 336 pages

3.70

1k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Detective 🃏 Tarot Readings 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🔍 Missing Person Case

Skipping Towards Gomorrah

by Dan Savage • 2002

Sampling all seven sins to find happiness, and the moral hypocrites who want them banned.

3.81

3k+

🏃‍♂️ Pursuit Of Happiness 🙈 Moral Hypocrisy 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Pride 📝 Gonzo Journalism 🌿 Drug War Critique

Skipping Towards Gomorrah

Sampling all seven sins to find happiness, and the moral hypocrites who want them banned.

by Dan Savage 2002 320 pages

3.81

3k+ ratings

🏃‍♂️ Pursuit Of Happiness 🙈 Moral Hypocrisy 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Pride 📝 Gonzo Journalism 🌿 Drug War Critique

The Battle Drum

by Saara El-Arifi • 2023

To stop deadly storms, a rebel crosses a sea where a monster feeds on sacrifice.

4.29

4k+

🏜️ African Fantasy ⚖️ Caste System 💙 Cross-Caste Romance 🩸 Blood Magic 👑 Political Intrigue

The Battle Drum

To stop deadly storms, a rebel crosses a sea where a monster feeds on sacrifice.

by Saara El-Arifi 2023 560 pages

4.29

4k+ ratings

🏜️ African Fantasy ⚖️ Caste System 💙 Cross-Caste Romance 🩸 Blood Magic 👑 Political Intrigue

Master of Mayhem

by Saxon James • 2022

When a frat prankster experiments with his best friend, their chemistry becomes the real risk.

4.11

9k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💜 Bisexual Awakening ⚡ Opposites Attract 🤫 Secret Romance 🫶 Found Family

Master of Mayhem

When a frat prankster experiments with his best friend, their chemistry becomes the real risk.

by Saxon James 2022 275 pages

4.11

9k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💜 Bisexual Awakening ⚡ Opposites Attract 🤫 Secret Romance 🫶 Found Family

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

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

by Melissa Caruso 2024 432 pages

3.79

5k+ ratings

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

Perfectly Queer

by Jillian Abby • 2023

A girl held her hand, and her perfect suburban life stopped making sense.

4.46

236

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Later In Life 🪞 Internalized Homophobia 🎭 Perfectionism 📋 Compulsory Heterosexuality

Perfectly Queer

A girl held her hand, and her perfect suburban life stopped making sense.

by Jillian Abby 2023 288 pages

4.46

236 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Later In Life 🪞 Internalized Homophobia 🎭 Perfectionism 📋 Compulsory Heterosexuality

Kill Creatures

by Rory Power • 2025

When three friends vanish, only Nan knows why. Then one returns alive, remembering nothing.

3.49

5k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Kill Creatures

When three friends vanish, only Nan knows why. Then one returns alive, remembering nothing.

by Rory Power 2025 281 pages

3.49

5k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

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

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

by Andrea Stewart 2024 520 pages

3.56

2k+ ratings

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

The Kid

by Dan Savage • 1999

Two gay men. One homeless birth mother. And the open adoption goodbye nobody warned them about.

4.05

8k+

🤝 Open Adoption 👨‍👨‍👦 Gay Fathers 📖 Adoption Memoir 🏡 Adoptive Parents 🇺🇸 Domestic Adoption

The Kid

Two gay men. One homeless birth mother. And the open adoption goodbye nobody warned them about.

by Dan Savage 1999 246 pages

4.05

8k+ ratings

🤝 Open Adoption 👨‍👨‍👦 Gay Fathers 📖 Adoption Memoir 🏡 Adoptive Parents 🇺🇸 Domestic Adoption

Moth

by Lily Mayne • 2022

A soldier and a half-monster forced to cross the wasteland discover the real danger is each other.

4.60

13k+

🖤 Monster Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🤝 Reluctant Allies 💔 Trauma Healing

Moth

A soldier and a half-monster forced to cross the wasteland discover the real danger is each other.

by Lily Mayne 2022 451 pages

4.60

13k+ ratings

🖤 Monster Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🤝 Reluctant Allies 💔 Trauma Healing

Ask Me Again

by E.J. Noyes • 2018

An Army surgeon returns from war. Her mind doesn't. Her girlfriend is caught in the crossfire.

4.46

2k+

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian Romance 🪖 Military Homecoming ❤️‍🩹 Ptsd Recovery 🫂 Hurt Comfort ✨ Hard-Won Happy Ending

Ask Me Again

An Army surgeon returns from war. Her mind doesn't. Her girlfriend is caught in the crossfire.

by E.J. Noyes 2018 288 pages

4.46

2k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian Romance 🪖 Military Homecoming ❤️‍🩹 Ptsd Recovery 🫂 Hurt Comfort ✨ Hard-Won Happy Ending

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

by Mackenzi Lee • 2017

After stealing a puzzle box, a lord flees 18th-century Europe with the friend he secretly loves.

4.02

100k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical Romance ❤️ Friends To Lovers 👥 Found Family 💰 Heist 🚫 Forbidden Love

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

After stealing a puzzle box, a lord flees 18th-century Europe with the friend he secretly loves.

by Mackenzi Lee 2017 501 pages

4.02

100k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical Romance ❤️ Friends To Lovers 👥 Found Family 💰 Heist 🚫 Forbidden Love

Fandom

by Eden Finley • 2021

To save his career, a boy bander must reunite with the bandmate he kissed and lost.

4.14

6k+

🎶 Second Chance Romance 🎸 Music Industry 🏡 Forced Proximity 😔 Mutual Pining 🫂 Found Family

Fandom

To save his career, a boy bander must reunite with the bandmate he kissed and lost.

by Eden Finley 2021 270 pages

4.14

6k+ ratings

🎶 Second Chance Romance 🎸 Music Industry 🏡 Forced Proximity 😔 Mutual Pining 🫂 Found Family

Love Points to You

by Alice Lin • 2025

An artist, a secret game, and the guarded classmate she was never supposed to fall for.

3.60

500+

🖤 Asexual Love Story 🎨 Artistic Ambition 👯 Stepsister Bonding 🏠 Blended Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Love Points to You

An artist, a secret game, and the guarded classmate she was never supposed to fall for.

by Alice Lin 2025 320 pages

3.60

500+ ratings

🖤 Asexual Love Story 🎨 Artistic Ambition 👯 Stepsister Bonding 🏠 Blended Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Salon of Exiled Artists in California

by Núria Añó • 2020

Santa Monica living room: Garbo, Mann, Einstein sheltered from war. McCarthyism ended it.

4.21

🎬 Hollywood History 🌍 European Exiles 📚 Literary Salons 🎭 Weimar Diaspora 🎥 Women In Film

The Salon of Exiled Artists in California

Santa Monica living room: Garbo, Mann, Einstein sheltered from war. McCarthyism ended it.

by Núria Añó 2020

4.21

14 ratings

🎬 Hollywood History 🌍 European Exiles 📚 Literary Salons 🎭 Weimar Diaspora 🎥 Women In Film

Half Wild

by Sally Green • 2015

Hunted through the wild, a divided witch relies on the beast that shares his skin.

3.98

25k+

🖤 Dark Fantasy 💔 Forbidden Romance 🥀 Unrequited Love 🔮 Prophecy Fulfilled 🤝 Enemies To Allies

Half Wild

Hunted through the wild, a divided witch relies on the beast that shares his skin.

by Sally Green 2015 432 pages

3.98

25k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fantasy 💔 Forbidden Romance 🥀 Unrequited Love 🔮 Prophecy Fulfilled 🤝 Enemies To Allies

He Said, She Said

by Gigi Gorgeous • 2019

YouTube star's journey from makeup thief to trans icon, sparked by four words from a stranger.

3.65

400

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Femininity 🎥 Youtube Creators 💉 Medical Transition 🚪 Coming Out 🦋 Grief And Loss

He Said, She Said

YouTube star's journey from makeup thief to trans icon, sparked by four words from a stranger.

by Gigi Gorgeous 2019 224 pages

3.65

400 ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Femininity 🎥 Youtube Creators 💉 Medical Transition 🚪 Coming Out 🦋 Grief And Loss

Face Offs & Cheap Shots

by Eden Finley • 2020

A scholarship jock and rich charmer fight for captain until a fake kiss turns real.

4.17

23k+

🏒 College Hockey Romance 💥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌈 Gay Awakening 💰 Class Divide

Face Offs & Cheap Shots

A scholarship jock and rich charmer fight for captain until a fake kiss turns real.

by Eden Finley 2020 302 pages

4.17

23k+ ratings

🏒 College Hockey Romance 💥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌈 Gay Awakening 💰 Class Divide

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