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Readers who enjoyed Heiresses of Russ 2011 by JoSelle Vanderhooft, Jewelle L. Gómez, Michelle Labbé, Tanith Lee, Rachel Swirsky, Ellen Kushner, Kleinheincz Csilla, Zen Cho, Catherine Lundoff, Nora Olsen & N.K. Jemisin also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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The Magnus Archives: Season 4 by NOT A BOOK
15 ratingsThe Magnus Archives is a horror audiobook written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J. Newall and distributed by Rusty Quill. Sims narrates the stories in-character as the main character, Jonathan Sims, the newly-appointed head archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute; an institution based in London centred on research into the paranormal... -
![The Magnus Archives: Season 5 by Johnathan Sims]()
The Magnus Archives: Season 5 by Johnathan Sims
12 ratingsThe Magnus Archives is a horror audiobook written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J. Newall and distributed by Rusty Quill. Sims narrates the stories in-character as the main character, Jonathan Sims, the newly-appointed head archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute; an institution based in London centred on research into the paranormal... -
![Breath by Audrey Faye]()
Breath by Audrey Faye
12 ratingsA note from Audrey: Some series can be read out of order - this isn’t one of them. Start with Alpha and welcome to Ghost Mountain! Shelley Martins thinks she needs sensible and practical and steady—but that isn’t what the big truck from HomeWild is about to deliver. Ghost Mountain is getting their school, the first building of their new den... -
![A Collection of Monstrous Short Stories by Lily Mayne]()
A Collection of Monstrous Short Stories by Lily Mayne
10 ratingsRevisit the Monstrous couples from the first seven novels of the series in this collection of sixteen short stories. Plus, meet a new Monstrous couple in a brand new 20k-word novella, Ruke... -
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![A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green]()
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green
28 ratingsApril May and the Carls are back in the much-anticipated sequel to Hank Green's #1 New York Times bestselling debut novel, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing.The Carls disappeared the same way they appeared, in an instant. While they were on Earth, they caused confusion and destruction without ever lifting a finger. Well, that’s not exactly true... -
![Beyond Surrender by Kit Rocha]()
Beyond Surrender by Kit Rocha
12 ratingsThe final book in the bestselling, award-winning series... She's the heart of O'Kane liquor. He's the brains of the revolution. They're facing a war that could end their world. Again. On December 13th, the Beyond series comes to its climactic conclusion with Nessa and Ryder's story--and the final battle between the sectors and Eden... -
![Games & Players by Manna Francis]()
Games & Players by Manna Francis
12 ratingsIt's all fun and games until somebody loses...Socioanalysts can read minds and motives at a glance, predict the future, manipulate the smallest actions of their unwitting puppets, and crush careers with a single word...or so the popular rumors say. Their arrival is dreaded everywhere in the European Administration, even the Investigation and Interrogation Division... -
![Beyond Forever by Kit Rocha]()
Beyond Forever by Kit Rocha
8 ratingsBefore they were the King and Queen… Six years before the Beyond series started, an ambitious bootlegger named Dallas O’Kane caught a very pretty thief named Lex with her hand in his safe. The rest is very sexy history... -
![Sledge and Claw by Jennifer Cody]()
Sledge and Claw by Jennifer Cody
8 ratingsLex: I work, I sleep, I fuck. That's what I do. My alphabet soup agency recruited me because of my unique blend of magic and innate talent, but those come with a steep price and it’s getting harder to pay with every investigation... -
![Adonis by L. Sherleen]()
Adonis by L. Sherleen
8 ratingsAccused of a hate crime and expelled from school in his final year, Connor returns home to his seaside town to let everything blow over. There, not only does he have to learn to deal with the addition of two new stepbrothers and a new stepdad, but he also has to grapple with a world set against him. It’s not all bad though. Within his dad’s underwater lab, he discovers something in the deep... -
![Every Exquisite Thing by Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson]()
Every Exquisite Thing by Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson
19 ratingsAnna Lightwood, eldest child of Gabriel and Cecily, is mad, bad and dangerously dapper. Every rake has an origin story, though: now under Brother Zachariah’s eye we see Anna’s doomed love story unfold... -
![Chosen of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano]()
Chosen of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano
9 ratingsEvelyn enjoyed living a nice, quiet life in an anarchic pirate port, far from the world she’d once conquered.Then came an attack by mercenaries that made her angry... -
![Beyond Ruin by Kit Rocha]()
Beyond Ruin by Kit Rocha
14 ratingsAdrian Maddox fled his royal life—and tragic past—in Sector One, choosing instead to join up with the O’Kanes. For years, he’s lived by one rule: love fast, love hard, and always be willing to walk away. He’s managed to guard his heart, keep it whole and untouched—until now... -
![Generation One by Pittacus Lore]()
Generation One by Pittacus Lore
18 ratingsThe first book in a pulse-pounding new series that's set in the world of the #1 New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series. The war may be over—but for the next generation, the battle has just begun!It has been over a year since the invasion of Earth was thwarted in Pittacus Lore's United as One... -
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![Freedom, Humanity, and Other Delusions by Niall Teasdale]()
Freedom, Humanity, and Other Delusions by Niall Teasdale
6 ratingsNava’s second year at the Sonkei Alliance School of Sorcery begins with a strange new student who seems to have a real invisible friend and just gets stranger. By the time she’s going off-world to rescue a friend during her summer break, events have conspired to make her question a lot of things, including her very nature. Just how alien is Death’s Handmaiden... -
![Undergrounder by J.E. Glass]()
Undergrounder by J.E. Glass
6 ratingsDrowned by men. Saved by a monster.The last place Alexandra Bailey expects her routine life of domestic journalism to lead is being sucked into icy floodwaters below New York City with a knife in her ribs. Headlines like this happen to other people, but it's real, and she knows she's dead. Which makes the circumstances of her survival as impossible as the woman who drags her from the water... -
![Born Into Flames: A Kurtherian Gambit Series by Justin Sloan, Michael Anderle]()
Born Into Flames: A Kurtherian Gambit Series by Justin Sloan, Michael Anderle
8 ratingsOut of the shadows and into the fire. When Valerie and Robin head north to take on an army of post-apocalyptic pirates, the deadly duo find themselves on a thrill-ride of air-ship battles and full-on assaults against pirate strongholds... -
![Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker]()
Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker
12 ratingsThe baker's dozen stories gathered here (including a new, previously unpublished story) turn readers into travelers to the past, the future, and explorers of the weirder points of the present... -
![Beyond Innocence by Kit Rocha]()
Beyond Innocence by Kit Rocha
14 ratingsFor years, Jared has existed on the fringes of both Eden society and Dallas O'Kane's Sector Four gang. He travels between these worlds, protected by his money and power--money he earned selling his body, and power that comes from knowing secrets. He's untouchable—until he starts a new life gathering intelligence for the O'Kanes... -
![Beyond Possession by Kit Rocha]()
Beyond Possession by Kit Rocha
14 ratingsTatiana Stone has worked hard to establish herself as one of Sector Four's most skilled crafters. All she wants is peace--but the sins of her father haunt her. He ruled the sector as a petty tyrant before the O'Kane takeover, and plenty of people harbor bitter memories of his cruelty. Especially now that Tatiana's beloved baby sister has fallen in with a man who wants to start a revolution... -
![Defekt by Nino Cipri]()
Defekt by Nino Cipri
11 ratingsDerek is LitenVärld's most loyal employee. He lives and breathes the job, from the moment he wakes up in a converted shipping container at the edge of the parking lot to the second he clocks out of work 18 hours later. But after taking his first ever sick day, his manager calls that loyalty into question... -
![Titans by Erik Schubach]()
Titans by Erik Schubach
6 ratingsASIN moved from less recent edition hereThe Valkyrie and the Asgard must contend with an adversary unlike any they have faced before. Kara comes up against an enemy she does not know how to confront. Her brute force fighting skills are useless against this new enemy, and she must match wits with the Titan leader in a battle of wills. Surprises abound and awkward alliances are formed... -
![Leviathan by Erik Schubach]()
Leviathan by Erik Schubach
6 ratingsWhen the Earth is threatened by a slowly expanding sun, mankind embarks upon a mission to send a mammoth Worldship to settle a new planet across the stars. The preternatural races step out of hiding to work with the humans to save what they can from their dying world... -
![Seventy Two Hours by Erik Schubach]()
Seventy Two Hours by Erik Schubach
6 ratingsASIN moved from less recent edition hereUpon news of the destruction of the Ragnarok civilization by the Frost Giants of Jotunheim. The Valkyrie, Kara, and the combined races must prevent the same fate from befalling Folkvangr. The invention of the Bifrost may hold the key to Valhalla's survival. Secrets are revealed and unexpected friendships are formed... -
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![Blood Binds the Pack by Alex Wells]()
Blood Binds the Pack by Alex Wells
6 ratingsJoin the fight for the people and power of Tanegawa’s world in this thrilling sequel to Hunger Makes the Wolf War is coming to Hob Ravani's world... -
![Phase Shift by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen]()
Phase Shift by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen
6 ratingsZander and Felix’s relationship has always pushed boundaries—personal and professional alike—but their love and commitment is stronger than ever. So strong that Zander’s ready to ask commitment-shy Felix the question of a lifetime when he’s interrupted... -
![A God Among Insects Volume 3 by Quil Carter]()
A God Among Insects Volume 3 by Quil Carter
6 ratingsThings have gone from bad to worse. Dr. Bastian Gibel is determined to right the wrong he’d made centuries before, and while the old man works on a way to eradicate immortals once and for all, the threat of the proxy worms grows stronger. Skyfall is in a dire place, but even with their world falling apart around them, the royal family is still fighting amongst themselves... -
![Death's Handmaiden by Niall Teasdale]()
Death's Handmaiden by Niall Teasdale
6 ratingsThe Clan Worlds Alliance is the larget political body in the known galaxy. At its centre lies Shinden, home to the Clan Assembly and the Shinden Alliance School of Sorcery, probably the best educational facility of its type anywhere. Students from all over the Clan Worlds go there to study a form of magic based squarely on scientific principles... -
![Bitter Wind by Niall Teasdale]()
Bitter Wind by Niall Teasdale
6 ratingsNava Ward, the mysterious first year student at the Shinden Alliance School of Sorcery, is about to receive an offer she would be stupid to refuse. Then she gets an offer she would really prefer to refuse but can’t. And soon she must deal with the ghost of a dead actress and the bitter schemes of a mad metaphysicist... -
![The Lie by Mary E. Twomey]()
The Lie by Mary E. Twomey
6 ratingsBaird is intent on searching out and destroying more unearthed tyranny, with or without his sister. When a visit from the elusive Everest Sinclair brings more treachery than they could have predicted, Blue knows she must protect both her Vemreaux family and her Wayward family, no matter the cost... -
![State Machine by K.B. Spangler]()
State Machine by K.B. Spangler
6 ratingsNearly a year has passed since the Office of Adaptive and Complementary Enhancement Technologies went public. Agent Rachel Peng has adapted to her new life as the cyborg liaison to the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police, but for Peng and her team, murder is usually just the beginning... -
![Folkvangr by Erik Schubach]()
Folkvangr by Erik Schubach
6 ratingsASIN B00HWMD05G moved to the most recent edition hereThe Asgard have created a new permanent colony on Earth. As Kara and the rest of the Asgard prepare to transition away from Earth... Freya, using trickery, subterfuge, and cobbled together technology, fights for the very survival of the last of the Vanger race on Folkvangr... -
![Radio by Sophia Elaine Hanson, Sophia Slade]()
Radio by Sophia Elaine Hanson, Sophia Slade
6 ratingsAfter the traumatic events at the dreaded prison Red Bay, Ronja is hanging by a thread. Whispers trail her through the Belly, carrying rumors of her borderline supernatural voice. Plagued by nightmares and haunted by the memories of those she could not save, she clings to the promise that her gift will soon become the weapon of the Anthem... -
![Anubis by Adrienne Wilder]()
Anubis by Adrienne Wilder
6 ratingsIt was supposed to be over: The Utah Facility discovered, New World Genetics dismantled, and those hunting Luca—dead.Then strangers who call themselves Varu come for Luca for help. They claim he’s a Cana and tell him he’s the only one who can bring back their wolves.Nox doesn’t want to trust them, then he learns people called Mah are responsible for the atrocities committed in the Utah Facility... -
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![Hearts and Halos by L. Eveland]()
Hearts and Halos by L. Eveland
6 ratingsForgive me, Father, for I’m about to sin… My life is a country song. I lost my abuela, my wife, my house, and my religion. After helping my two best friends find love, I’m broke, out of shape, and lonelier than ever. Until I find an injured winged monster in the church basement I’m remodeling. He’s the most beautiful creature I’ve ever seen... -
![A Game of Romance and Ruin by Ruby Roe]()
A Game of Romance and Ruin by Ruby Roe
6 ratingsIn a game of power, can love be the deadliest weapon?Stirling Grey, a legendary negotiator, is on a mission: to mend her broken heart and avenge its ruin.Morrigan Lee, a hidden princess and heir to the throne, is harbouring a dark secret.For years, Stirling and Morrigan navigated the perilous games of power and politics, shared clandestine moments, and ultimately... fell in love.. -
![We Won't Be Here Tomorrow and Other Stories by Margaret Killjoy]()
We Won't Be Here Tomorrow and Other Stories by Margaret Killjoy
6 ratingsDeath cults, queer love, and the end of everything. Spaceships, man-eating lesbian mermaids, swords, spears, demons, ghouls, thieves, hitchhikers, and life in the margins. Margaret Killjoy’s stories have appeared for years in the science fiction and fantasy magazines both major and indie. Here, we have collected the best previously published work along with brand new material... -
![Maker Space by K.B. Spangler]()
Maker Space by K.B. Spangler
8 ratingsConspiracies, political cover-ups, acts of terrorism… As one of the first cyborgs employed by the federal government, Agent Rachel Peng thought she had already lived through it all. Then, without warning, fourteen blocks of downtown Washington, D.C. are gone, blown apart by bombs unlike anything Rachel has ever seen... -
![Digital Divide by K.B. Spangler]()
Digital Divide by K.B. Spangler
10 ratingsRachel Peng misses the Army. Her old life in Criminal Investigation Command hadn’t been easy, but she had enjoyed it. Now, as the first cyborg liaison to the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police, Rachel is usually either bored senseless or is fighting off harassment from her coworkers... -
![Contract Bound: A Vampire Lesbian Romance by Elle Mae]()
Contract Bound: A Vampire Lesbian Romance by Elle Mae
10 ratingsSilviaIf there is one thing you needed to know about me it is this:I hate vampires.They are useless, soul-sucking monsters that destroy everything in their path, even my own family.I joined The Order and became a vampire hunter for revenge, but I never would have guessed that my job would entail baby-sitting the vampire heir to the most powerful clan in the world... -
![Dance with the Devil by Kit Rocha]()
Dance with the Devil by Kit Rocha
11 ratingsTobias Richter, the fearsome VP of Security of TechCorp is dead. The puppetmaster is gone, and the organization is scrambling to maintain control by ruthlessly limiting access to resources to Atlanta, hoping to quell rebellion. Our band of mercenary librarians have decided that the time for revolution has come.Maya uses her wealth of secrets to weaken the TechCorps from within... -
![The Sunken Mall by K.D. Edwards]()
The Sunken Mall by K.D. Edwards
11 ratingsThe Sunken Mall takes place after the events of The Last Sun. In an effort to more fully integrate their ward Max into the family, Rune and Brand endeavor to find Equinox gifts for the teenager. Their gift plans are shaped by Quinn, the teenager seer, who orchestrates a shopping expedition into the Worcester Galleria, a translocated mall magically-preserved as it was in the early 1980s... -
![A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy by Alex White]()
A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy by Alex White
14 ratingsThe greatest dangers hide the brightest treasures in this bold, planet-hopping science fiction adventure series. The crew of the legendary Capricious are rich enough to retire in comfort for the rest of their days, but none of it matters if the galaxy is still in danger... -
![The Edge of the Abyss by Emily Skrutskie]()
The Edge of the Abyss by Emily Skrutskie
16 ratingsThree weeks have passed since Cassandra Leung pledged her allegiance to the ruthless pirate-queen Santa Elena and set free Bao, the sea monster Reckoner she’d been forced to train. The days as a pirate trainee are long and grueling, but it’s not the physical pain that Cas dreads most. It’s being forced to work with Swift, the pirate girl who broke her heart... -
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![Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe by Neal Shusterman]()
Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe by Neal Shusterman
18 ratingsThe Arc of a Scythe series continues with stories that span the timeline. Storylines continue. Origin stories are revealed. And new Scythes emerge...There are still countless tales of the Scythedom to tell. Centuries passed between the Thunderhead cradling humanity and Scythe Goddard trying to turn it upside down... -
![Villains Don't Train Heroes! by Mia Archer]()
Villains Don't Train Heroes! by Mia Archer
5 ratingsNight Terror, the greatest villain the world has ever known, has problems. Life should be great. She saved the day again. She sort of defeated her new archnemesis again. She got the girl again. Only Night Terror is learning that if she starts doing heroic things then the world, and her girlfriend, is going to start expecting her to be heroic... -
![Gauntlet by Holly Jennings]()
Gauntlet by Holly Jennings
6 ratingsPlug back into the dangerous world of virtual gaming, in the next thrilling novel from the author of Arena. Kali Ling isn’t afraid of dying. She’s been killed hundreds of times in hundreds of different ways. And she knows there are things much more terrifying than death… There’s a new game in town... -
![Fields of Gold by Shelley Adina]()
Fields of Gold by Shelley Adina
6 ratingsBook 12 in the Magnificent Devices steampunk series!If a wedding won’t stop a war, what will?Gloria Meriwether-Astor’s belief in doing the right thing has carried her across the world and through dangers that would have felled a lesser woman. She believed that if she married the dashing Captain Fremont, she could approach the Viceroy of the Royal Kingdom of Spain and the Californias with impunity...Categorized as:
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![Shadow Unit 11 by Emma Bull, Leah Bobet]()
Shadow Unit 11 by Emma Bull, Leah Bobet
6 ratingsThe FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit hunts humanity's worst nightmares, but there are nightmares humanity doesn't dream are real. The BAU sends those cases down the hall. There, Stephen Reyes and his team pursue criminals transformed by a mysterious force: the anomaly. Welcome to Shadow Unit, a series created by award-winning authors Emma Bull and Elizabeth Bear... -
![Inescapable by Niall Teasdale]()
Inescapable by Niall Teasdale
6 ratingsStarting a new job is never easy, but taking up her new role as head of Palladium Security Solutions’ investigative department, Fox Meridian is left wondering whether she is really cut out for this one. Board meetings are boring, politics sets her teeth on edge, and there’s no sign of a need for a detective anywhere...
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