Queer

Queer literature illuminates the vibrant spectrum of LGBTQ+ experiences, identities, and perspectives through personal stories, cultural analysis, and practical guidance. These powerful works explore everything from coming out and building community to navigating relationships and challenging societal norms, offering both intimate insights and essential resources for understanding queer life.

Queer Book Summaries

Dragonfall

by L.R. Lam • 2023

A thief and the last dragon share a stolen bond only a doomed heist can sever.

3.36

10k+

🏴‍☠️ Heist Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🐉 Dragon Shifter Romance 🗡️ Criminal Underworld 💫 Fated Mates

Dragonfall

A thief and the last dragon share a stolen bond only a doomed heist can sever.

by L.R. Lam 2023 336 pages

3.36

10k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Heist Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🐉 Dragon Shifter Romance 🗡️ Criminal Underworld 💫 Fated Mates

The Pairing

by Casey McQuiston • 2024

Two exes on the same European culinary tour compete to hook up with the most strangers.

3.66

48k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🚌 Forced Proximity 🌈 Queer Romance 💛 Nonbinary Protagonist 🔥 Sex Positive Romance

The Pairing

Two exes on the same European culinary tour compete to hook up with the most strangers.

by Casey McQuiston 2024 407 pages

3.66

48k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🚌 Forced Proximity 🌈 Queer Romance 💛 Nonbinary Protagonist 🔥 Sex Positive Romance

Wish You Weren't Here

by Erin Baldwin • 2024

Summer camp is Juliette's escape from Priya's shadow. This year, Priya moves into her cabin.

3.91

4k+

⚔️ Rivals To Lovers 🏕️ Summer Camp Romance 🛖 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 💬 Witty Banter

Wish You Weren't Here

Summer camp is Juliette's escape from Priya's shadow. This year, Priya moves into her cabin.

by Erin Baldwin 2024 304 pages

3.91

4k+ ratings

⚔️ Rivals To Lovers 🏕️ Summer Camp Romance 🛖 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 💬 Witty Banter

The Stonewall Riots

by Gayle E. Pitman • 2019

A 1969 police raid ignited a rebellion that launched the modern fight for LGBT equality.

4.04

1k+

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq History ✊ Civil Rights History 🌃 Underground Subcultures 👮 Police Brutality 📢 Community Activism

The Stonewall Riots

A 1969 police raid ignited a rebellion that launched the modern fight for LGBT equality.

by Gayle E. Pitman 2019 224 pages

4.04

1k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq History ✊ Civil Rights History 🌃 Underground Subcultures 👮 Police Brutality 📢 Community Activism

Another Word for Love

by Carvell Wallace • 2024

Childhood taught him survival meant armoring up; recovery taught him presence takes more courage.

4.25

1k+

🖋️ Literary Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔗 Generational Trauma 🟤 Racial Identity 🖤 Black Men

Another Word for Love

Childhood taught him survival meant armoring up; recovery taught him presence takes more courage.

by Carvell Wallace 2024 272 pages

4.25

1k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔗 Generational Trauma 🟤 Racial Identity 🖤 Black Men

The T in LGBT

by Jamie Raines • 2023

A trans man's guide to transition: identity, coming out, hormones, and finding joy.

4.53

1k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Identity 🔄 Gender Transition 📖 Trans Memoir 💔 Gender Dysphoria 🚪 Coming Out

The T in LGBT

A trans man's guide to transition: identity, coming out, hormones, and finding joy.

by Jamie Raines 2023 256 pages

4.53

1k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Identity 🔄 Gender Transition 📖 Trans Memoir 💔 Gender Dysphoria 🚪 Coming Out

The Library at Hellebore

by Cassandra Khaw • 2025

A magic school devours its students. Locked in the library, survivors learn only one leaves alive.

3.07

7k+

📚 Dark Academia 🩸 Body Horror 🫂 Found Family 💔 Sapphic Longing 🕯️ Gothic Dread

The Library at Hellebore

A magic school devours its students. Locked in the library, survivors learn only one leaves alive.

by Cassandra Khaw 2025 278 pages

3.07

7k+ ratings

📚 Dark Academia 🩸 Body Horror 🫂 Found Family 💔 Sapphic Longing 🕯️ Gothic Dread

Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh

by Rachael Lippincott • 2023

A magical coin flings an artist into 1812, where a repressed heiress becomes her forbidden muse.

3.94

11k+

✨ Time Travel Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 🎩 Regency Era 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 💔 Forbidden Love

Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh

A magical coin flings an artist into 1812, where a repressed heiress becomes her forbidden muse.

by Rachael Lippincott 2023 336 pages

3.94

11k+ ratings

✨ Time Travel Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 🎩 Regency Era 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 💔 Forbidden Love

Roman

by Grae Bryan • 2022

A haunted vampire finds his fated mate in an exhausted nurse, but his maker is closing in.

3.86

9k+

🖤 Fated Mates 🧛 Vampire Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort ⏳ Age Gap Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Roman

A haunted vampire finds his fated mate in an exhausted nurse, but his maker is closing in.

by Grae Bryan 2022 273 pages

3.86

9k+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates 🧛 Vampire Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort ⏳ Age Gap Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Lover Boy

by Brianna Flores • 2024

Estranged stepbrothers become college roommates and find their hatred has always burned like need.

3.83

2k+

👥 Stepbrother Romance ⛓️ Power Play 💔 Trauma Bonding 🩹 Scarred Hero 🏫 College Campus

Lover Boy

Estranged stepbrothers become college roommates and find their hatred has always burned like need.

by Brianna Flores 2024 292 pages

3.83

2k+ ratings

👥 Stepbrother Romance ⛓️ Power Play 💔 Trauma Bonding 🩹 Scarred Hero 🏫 College Campus

Sweet Obsession

by Katee Robert • 2025

The son of a traitor seduces his captor while a sorceress's fleet blockades Olympus.

3.58

13k+

🔗 Captor Captive Romance 🏛️ Mythological Retelling 💔 Hurt Comfort ⚡ Power Exchange 👑 Palace Intrigue

Sweet Obsession

The son of a traitor seduces his captor while a sorceress's fleet blockades Olympus.

by Katee Robert 2025 336 pages

3.58

13k+ ratings

🔗 Captor Captive Romance 🏛️ Mythological Retelling 💔 Hurt Comfort ⚡ Power Exchange 👑 Palace Intrigue

Letters from the Dead

by Isabella Valeri • 2025

An heiress must hide her family's murderous past or lose the woman she loves.

3.26

325

🏰 Gothic Family Saga 💔 Forbidden Sapphic Love 👑 Dysfunctional Dynasty 🏫 Boarding School 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Letters from the Dead

An heiress must hide her family's murderous past or lose the woman she loves.

by Isabella Valeri 2025 480 pages

3.26

325 ratings

🏰 Gothic Family Saga 💔 Forbidden Sapphic Love 👑 Dysfunctional Dynasty 🏫 Boarding School 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Shameless Puckboy

by Eden Finley • 2022

After a scandal, a PR manager must tame the shameless hockey star he's falling for.

4.02

17k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🚪 Forced Proximity 😤 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Reformed Playboy 🌧️ Grumpy Sunshine

Shameless Puckboy

After a scandal, a PR manager must tame the shameless hockey star he's falling for.

by Eden Finley 2022 301 pages

4.02

17k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🚪 Forced Proximity 😤 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Reformed Playboy 🌧️ Grumpy Sunshine

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

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

by Park Seolyeon 2022 160 pages

3.54

12k+ ratings

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

Malice

by Heather Walter • 2021

Briar needs her curses but despises her blood. The princess doomed at twenty-one just needs her.

3.91

33k+

🖤 Villain Origin Story 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Retelling 💕 Forbidden Romance 🦇 Monstrous Protagonist 🏰 Fairy Tale Court

Malice

Briar needs her curses but despises her blood. The princess doomed at twenty-one just needs her.

by Heather Walter 2021 470 pages

3.91

33k+ ratings

🖤 Villain Origin Story 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Retelling 💕 Forbidden Romance 🦇 Monstrous Protagonist 🏰 Fairy Tale Court

When the Tides Held the Moon

by Venessa Vida Kelley • 2025

A Brooklyn blacksmith falls for the captive merman he's hired to keep in a tank.

4.14

14k+

🎪 Carnival Sideshow 🧜‍♂️ Merman Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

When the Tides Held the Moon

A Brooklyn blacksmith falls for the captive merman he's hired to keep in a tank.

by Venessa Vida Kelley 2025 464 pages

4.14

14k+ ratings

🎪 Carnival Sideshow 🧜‍♂️ Merman Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

How to Find a Missing Girl

by Victoria Wlosok • 2023

A missing sister. A vanished ex. A podcast of secrets someone is killing to keep quiet.

3.59

5k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🎙️ True Crime Podcast 🔍 Missing Sister 📚 High School Secrets

How to Find a Missing Girl

A missing sister. A vanished ex. A podcast of secrets someone is killing to keep quiet.

by Victoria Wlosok 2023 320 pages

3.59

5k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🎙️ True Crime Podcast 🔍 Missing Sister 📚 High School Secrets

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel

by Alexander Chee • 2018

A novelist's confession: memoir cannot hold the truth of what happened to him. Only fiction can.

4.38

12k+

✍️ Writing Craft 📖 Autofiction 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Experience 🌗 Mixed-Race Identity 🩹 Trauma Healing

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel

A novelist's confession: memoir cannot hold the truth of what happened to him. Only fiction can.

by Alexander Chee 2018 280 pages

4.38

12k+ ratings

✍️ Writing Craft 📖 Autofiction 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Experience 🌗 Mixed-Race Identity 🩹 Trauma Healing

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

10k+

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

The Doors of Eden

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

by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2020 609 pages

3.87

10k+ ratings

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

Awakening Together

by Larry Yang • 2017

True mindfulness faces outward: why awakening is collective work, and sitting alone is never enough.

4.35

164

🪷 Engaged Buddhism 🌍 Collective Liberation 🏳️ Inclusive Buddhism ✊ Mindful Activism 🧘 Mindful Leadership

Awakening Together

True mindfulness faces outward: why awakening is collective work, and sitting alone is never enough.

by Larry Yang 2017 321 pages

4.35

164 ratings

🪷 Engaged Buddhism 🌍 Collective Liberation 🏳️ Inclusive Buddhism ✊ Mindful Activism 🧘 Mindful Leadership

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

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

by Becky Chambers 2019 153 pages

4.19

58k+ ratings

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

Good Girl

by Aria Aber • 2025

Grieving her mother, an Afghan-German woman spirals through Berlin clubs and a toxic affair.

3.63

11k+

💔 Toxic Older Lover 🕯️ Motherless Daughter 🌍 Immigrant Daughter 🌈 Queer Awakening 🌀 Self-Destructive Spiral

Good Girl

Grieving her mother, an Afghan-German woman spirals through Berlin clubs and a toxic affair.

by Aria Aber 2025 368 pages

3.63

11k+ ratings

💔 Toxic Older Lover 🕯️ Motherless Daughter 🌍 Immigrant Daughter 🌈 Queer Awakening 🌀 Self-Destructive Spiral

Her Name in the Sky

by Kelly Quindlen • 2014

She's in love with her best friend, and their Catholic school says that love is a sin.

4.26

16k+

🌈 Sapphic Coming Of Age ⛪ Catholic School Setting 💕 Best Friends To Lovers 🙏 Religious Guilt 🤐 Closeted Romance

Her Name in the Sky

She's in love with her best friend, and their Catholic school says that love is a sin.

by Kelly Quindlen 2014 402 pages

4.26

16k+ ratings

🌈 Sapphic Coming Of Age ⛪ Catholic School Setting 💕 Best Friends To Lovers 🙏 Religious Guilt 🤐 Closeted Romance

Forgotten Vows

by Lily Mayne • 2022

To survive, he forgot the fae assassin who loved him. The assassin never forgot.

4.36

7k+

🏰 Fae Court Politics 💭 Forgotten Lover 🗡️ Assassin Love Interest 🌿 Chosen Family 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

Forgotten Vows

To survive, he forgot the fae assassin who loved him. The assassin never forgot.

by Lily Mayne 2022 422 pages

4.36

7k+ ratings

🏰 Fae Court Politics 💭 Forgotten Lover 🗡️ Assassin Love Interest 🌿 Chosen Family 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

Another Day

by David Levithan • 2015

She fell for her boyfriend on the one day someone else was living his life.

3.58

26k+

🫂 Impossible Romance 💔 Bittersweet Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🌱 Choosing Yourself 🍂 Letting Go Of Love

Another Day

She fell for her boyfriend on the one day someone else was living his life.

by David Levithan 2015 327 pages

3.58

26k+ ratings

🫂 Impossible Romance 💔 Bittersweet Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🌱 Choosing Yourself 🍂 Letting Go Of Love

Hot Dog Girl

by Jennifer Dugan • 2019

To win a diving pirate, a hot dog mascot starts fake-dating her best friend.

3.47

9k+

🎭 Fake Dating 💕 Best Friends To Lovers ☀️ Summer Romance 🎢 Amusement Park 💗 Messy Queer Love

Hot Dog Girl

To win a diving pirate, a hot dog mascot starts fake-dating her best friend.

by Jennifer Dugan 2019 320 pages

3.47

9k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 💕 Best Friends To Lovers ☀️ Summer Romance 🎢 Amusement Park 💗 Messy Queer Love

Still Life

by Sarah Winman • 2021

A Londoner inherits a flat in Florence and gathers the lonely souls who become his family.

4.15

97k+

🤲 Found Family 🍷 Postwar Italy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Community 💕 Queer Love Story 🕰️ Intergenerational Bonds

Still Life

A Londoner inherits a flat in Florence and gathers the lonely souls who become his family.

by Sarah Winman 2021 464 pages

4.15

97k+ ratings

🤲 Found Family 🍷 Postwar Italy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Community 💕 Queer Love Story 🕰️ Intergenerational Bonds

Sleep Like Death

by Kalynn Bayron • 2024

Her mother's cursed bargain is coming due, and the huntress princess is the payment.

3.44

4k+

🍎 Snow White Retelling 🌙 Dark Fairy Tale ⚔️ Cursed Bargains 🦊 Animal Companion 🏰 Hidden Princess

Sleep Like Death

Her mother's cursed bargain is coming due, and the huntress princess is the payment.

by Kalynn Bayron 2024 352 pages

3.44

4k+ ratings

🍎 Snow White Retelling 🌙 Dark Fairy Tale ⚔️ Cursed Bargains 🦊 Animal Companion 🏰 Hidden Princess

Colonize This!

by Bushra Rehman • 2002

Mainstream feminism left out women of color. This generation explains how, and what comes next.

4.20

3k+

🔀 Intersectional Feminism ✊🏽 Women Of Color Feminism 📚 Feminist Anthologies 🪪 Racial Identity 🧭 Cultural Navigation

Colonize This!

Mainstream feminism left out women of color. This generation explains how, and what comes next.

by Bushra Rehman 2002 432 pages

4.20

3k+ ratings

🔀 Intersectional Feminism ✊🏽 Women Of Color Feminism 📚 Feminist Anthologies 🪪 Racial Identity 🧭 Cultural Navigation

Stubborn Puckboy

by Eden Finley • 2025

An openly gay coach reunites with the closeted NHL star he nearly kissed seventeen years ago.

4.18

9k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 💔 Second Chance Love 🚪 Closeted Athlete 🤫 Secret Relationship 💘 Mutual Pining

Stubborn Puckboy

An openly gay coach reunites with the closeted NHL star he nearly kissed seventeen years ago.

by Eden Finley 2025 298 pages

4.18

9k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 💔 Second Chance Love 🚪 Closeted Athlete 🤫 Secret Relationship 💘 Mutual Pining

Friday I'm in Love

by Camryn Garrett • 2023

A coming-out party was the plan; falling for a taken Irish girl was the complication.

3.81

2k+

🎀 Sapphic Ya 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Story 🇮🇪 New Girl Crush 💬 Mixed Signals ⛪ Faith Vs Identity

Friday I'm in Love

A coming-out party was the plan; falling for a taken Irish girl was the complication.

by Camryn Garrett 2023 288 pages

3.81

2k+ ratings

🎀 Sapphic Ya 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Story 🇮🇪 New Girl Crush 💬 Mixed Signals ⛪ Faith Vs Identity

Critical Role

by Madeleine Roux • 2022

A gutter tiefling steals a journal leading to a sentient city hungry for a new vessel.

4.01

3k+

🦹 Villain Origin Story 💜 Found Family 🌀 Descent Into Madness 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Antihero 🏙️ Sentient City

Critical Role

A gutter tiefling steals a journal leading to a sentient city hungry for a new vessel.

by Madeleine Roux 2022 320 pages

4.01

3k+ ratings

🦹 Villain Origin Story 💜 Found Family 🌀 Descent Into Madness 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Antihero 🏙️ Sentient City

6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]

by Tess Sharpe • 2023

Six near-kisses and one liver transplant later, Penny and Tate are out of room to run.

4.15

12k+

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 Mutual Pining 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🌧️ Grief And Healing

6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]

Six near-kisses and one liver transplant later, Penny and Tate are out of room to run.

by Tess Sharpe 2023 384 pages

4.15

12k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 Mutual Pining 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🌧️ Grief And Healing

Bully Beatdown

by Ki Brightly • 2021

A volatile CEO's apology to his terrified IT employee sparks a bond that digs into old wounds.

3.71

500+

💀 Dark Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort ⛓️ Power Exchange 🌱 Trauma Recovery 💼 Boss/Employee

Bully Beatdown

A volatile CEO's apology to his terrified IT employee sparks a bond that digs into old wounds.

by Ki Brightly 2021 321 pages

3.71

500+ ratings

💀 Dark Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort ⛓️ Power Exchange 🌱 Trauma Recovery 💼 Boss/Employee

El vampiro de la colonia Roma

by Luis Zapata • 1979

A Mexico City hustler records his life of sex, drugs, and survival in one unflinching confession.

3.90

3k+

🎭 Picaresque 💋 Sex Work 📝 Confessional Novel 🖤 Mentor To Lover 😏 Dark Humor

El vampiro de la colonia Roma

A Mexico City hustler records his life of sex, drugs, and survival in one unflinching confession.

by Luis Zapata 1979 224 pages

3.90

3k+ ratings

🎭 Picaresque 💋 Sex Work 📝 Confessional Novel 🖤 Mentor To Lover 😏 Dark Humor

The Care We Dream Of

by Zena Sharman • 2021

Health care was never built for queer and trans people. Here is what comes after.

4.37

211

🩺 Health Justice ⚖️ Transformative Justice 🤝 Mutual Aid ♿ Disability Justice ✊ Body Liberation

The Care We Dream Of

Health care was never built for queer and trans people. Here is what comes after.

by Zena Sharman 2021 272 pages

4.37

211 ratings

🩺 Health Justice ⚖️ Transformative Justice 🤝 Mutual Aid ♿ Disability Justice ✊ Body Liberation

In the Form of a Question

by Amy Schneider • 2023

A lifetime of hiding, then a 40-game Jeopardy! streak where she had nothing left to hide.

3.51

3k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Journeys 📺 Game Show Memoirs 🧠 Curiosity And Learning 🚪 Coming Out Stories 🔗 Polyamory Exploration

In the Form of a Question

A lifetime of hiding, then a 40-game Jeopardy! streak where she had nothing left to hide.

by Amy Schneider 2023 272 pages

3.51

3k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Journeys 📺 Game Show Memoirs 🧠 Curiosity And Learning 🚪 Coming Out Stories 🔗 Polyamory Exploration

Heaven Official's Blessing

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù • 2022

A luckless god ascends to mockery, unaware the ghost king sheltering him has waited eight centuries.

4.75

26k+

🏯 Xianxia Fantasy 🌸 Danmei ⚡ Fallen God 🖤 Immortal Lovers 🔴 Red String Of Fate

Heaven Official's Blessing

A luckless god ascends to mockery, unaware the ghost king sheltering him has waited eight centuries.

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 2022 419 pages

4.75

26k+ ratings

🏯 Xianxia Fantasy 🌸 Danmei ⚡ Fallen God 🖤 Immortal Lovers 🔴 Red String Of Fate

Darkdawn

by Jay Kristoff • 2019

Her father killed her family. Now he would be a god. An assassin's last war begins.

4.30

58k+

🗡️ Assassin Fantasy 🌑 Dark Epic Fantasy 💕 Sapphic Romance 👥 Found Family ⚔️ Revenge Quest

Darkdawn

Her father killed her family. Now he would be a god. An assassin's last war begins.

by Jay Kristoff 2019 491 pages

4.30

58k+ ratings

🗡️ Assassin Fantasy 🌑 Dark Epic Fantasy 💕 Sapphic Romance 👥 Found Family ⚔️ Revenge Quest

Colin

by Grae Bryan • 2024

A lonely artist offers his blood to twin vampires, trading solitude for a chance to belong.

4.25

3k+

🧛 Vampire Romance 💕 Polyamorous Romance 🏠 Found Family 💜 Asexual Romance ❤️‍🔥 Possessive Hero

Colin

A lonely artist offers his blood to twin vampires, trading solitude for a chance to belong.

by Grae Bryan 2024 231 pages

4.25

3k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Romance 💕 Polyamorous Romance 🏠 Found Family 💜 Asexual Romance ❤️‍🔥 Possessive Hero

What the Woods Took

by Courtney Gould • 2024

Five teens in wilderness therapy find the forest full of monsters wearing familiar faces.

3.85

6k+

🏕️ Wilderness Horror 👤 DoppelgäNger Horror 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 🔒 Forced Proximity

What the Woods Took

Five teens in wilderness therapy find the forest full of monsters wearing familiar faces.

by Courtney Gould 2024 336 pages

3.85

6k+ ratings

🏕️ Wilderness Horror 👤 DoppelgäNger Horror 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 🔒 Forced Proximity

All-Night Pharmacy

by Ruth Madievsky • 2023

When her wild sister vanishes, a young woman claws toward sobriety and a long-buried self.

3.50

7k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Literary Fiction 💊 Addiction And Recovery 👯 Toxic Sisterhood 🔍 Missing Sister 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

All-Night Pharmacy

When her wild sister vanishes, a young woman claws toward sobriety and a long-buried self.

by Ruth Madievsky 2023 304 pages

3.50

7k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Literary Fiction 💊 Addiction And Recovery 👯 Toxic Sisterhood 🔍 Missing Sister 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Mask Off

by J.J. Bola • 2019

The biggest killer of men under 45 is not a disease. It is a script.

3.94

3k+

🧨 Toxic Masculinity 🏛️ Patriarchy Critique 💔 Male Vulnerability 🧠 Men's Mental Health ⚠️ Rape Culture

Mask Off

The biggest killer of men under 45 is not a disease. It is a script.

by J.J. Bola 2019 128 pages

3.94

3k+ ratings

🧨 Toxic Masculinity 🏛️ Patriarchy Critique 💔 Male Vulnerability 🧠 Men's Mental Health ⚠️ Rape Culture

Mongrel

by Hanako Footman • 2024

Mei grew up the wrong kind of English girl. Her Japanese mother never died.

4.26

14k+

👥 Multigenerational Saga 🌏 Diaspora Fiction 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 👭 Sisters Reunited 🌈 Queer Awakening

Mongrel

Mei grew up the wrong kind of English girl. Her Japanese mother never died.

by Hanako Footman 2024 352 pages

4.26

14k+ ratings

👥 Multigenerational Saga 🌏 Diaspora Fiction 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 👭 Sisters Reunited 🌈 Queer Awakening

Into the Drowning Deep

by Mira Grant • 2017

A scientist hunts mermaids in the deepest trench on Earth. They killed her sister first.

3.93

47k+

🦑 Deep Sea Horror 🧜‍♀️ Predatory Mermaids 💀 Doomed Expedition 🤟 Sign Language 🕳️ Claustrophobic Horror

Into the Drowning Deep

A scientist hunts mermaids in the deepest trench on Earth. They killed her sister first.

by Mira Grant 2017 448 pages

3.93

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A human woman, three demon kings, and the war that wants her dead.

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Their War

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3.67

20k+ ratings

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Say a Little Prayer

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Banished to church camp, a bisexual teen turns the seven deadly sins into a weeklong rebellion.

3.96

5k+

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Say a Little Prayer

Banished to church camp, a bisexual teen turns the seven deadly sins into a weeklong rebellion.

by Jenna Voris 2025 302 pages

3.96

5k+ ratings

✝️ Religious Rebellion 💕 Best Friends To Lovers 💔 Queer Religious Trauma 🌈 Coming Out Journey 🤝 Enemies To Allies

The Summer War

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A girl's heartbroken curse awakens her magic, and an immortal prince demands her as his bride.

3.96

14k+

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The Summer War

A girl's heartbroken curse awakens her magic, and an immortal prince demands her as his bride.

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3.96

14k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale Fantasy 👥 Sibling Bonds 💔 Accidental Curse 💍 Arranged Marriage ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

Emberclaw

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A thief and dragon prince, bonded and betrayed, must reclaim their bond to save both worlds.

3.94

2k+

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Emberclaw

A thief and dragon prince, bonded and betrayed, must reclaim their bond to save both worlds.

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3.94

2k+ ratings

📚 Dark Academia Fantasy 🐉 Dragon Human Bond 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏚️ Disgraced Family Legacy

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A drifter cooks at a Montana ranch, where a guarded cowboy makes him want to stay.

4.18

5k+

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Sweet Like Whiskey

A drifter cooks at a Montana ranch, where a guarded cowboy makes him want to stay.

by Emmy Sanders 2024 308 pages

4.18

5k+ ratings

🤠 Cowboy Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn 🫂 Found Family 🩹 Chronic Pain

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