Books like 'Far Out: Recent Queer Science Fiction and Fantasy'
Readers who enjoyed Far Out: Recent Queer Science Fiction and Fantasy by Paula Guran, Rachel Swirsky, Caitlín R. Kiernan, A.C. Wise, Tristan Alice Nieto, Christopher Barzak, An Owomoyela, G.V. Anderson, Tamsyn Muir, Nino Cipri, Nisi Shawl, Lavie Tidhar, Nalo Hopkinson, Charlie Jane Anders, Seanan McGuire, Vylar Kaftan, Richard Bowes, J.Y. Yang, Amal El-Mohtar, Darcie Little Badger, Ellen Kushner, Naomi Kritzer, Catherynne M. Valente, Sam J. Miller & Shweta Narayan also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Choices - Volume 3 by MesserMoon
10 ratingsChoices has been split up into three volumes, the third of which covers 1979 onwards (chapters 42-56)... -
![The Chain Between Worlds by Johnathon Nicolaou]()
The Chain Between Worlds by Johnathon Nicolaou
6 ratingsRunner up in the 2021 TCK Publishing Reader’s Choice Awards: Fantasy GenreAt the age of five Lincoln was abandoned inexplicably at an orphanage by his father with nothing but a promise to return and an old wrist chain...Categorized as:
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![Choices - Volume 1 by MesserMoon]()
Choices - Volume 1 by MesserMoon
12 ratingsPeople make mistakes, but they also make choices. It’s important to James, that difference. He does his best not to confuse the two.Choices has been split up into three volumes, the first of which covers 5th year (chapters 1-19)... -
![Choices - Volume 2 by MesserMoon]()
Choices - Volume 2 by MesserMoon
10 ratingsChoices has been split up into three volumes, the second of which covers 6th year (chapters 20-41)... -
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![The Girl and the Goddess: Stories and Poems of Divine Wisdom by Nikita Gill]()
The Girl and the Goddess: Stories and Poems of Divine Wisdom by Nikita Gill
14 ratingsBestselling poet, writer, and Instagram sensation Nikita Gill returns with a collection of poetry and prose exploring Hindu mythology and legend.Let her be a little less human, a little more divineGive her heart armor so it doesn't break as easily as mineMeet Paro. A girl with a strong will, a full heart, and much to learn... -
![The Confusion, Part I by Neal Stephenson]()
The Confusion, Part I by Neal Stephenson
12 ratingsIn this compelling adventure, Stephenson brings to life a cast of unforgettable characters in the late 1600s on the high seas. It is a time of breathtaking genius and discovery for men and women whose exploits define an age known as Baroque...Categorized as:
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![Faded Luck by Mel Todd]()
Faded Luck by Mel Todd
6 ratingsFor Cori Munroe, carrying a surrogate baby shouldn’t be any big deal. She’s got magic on her side, right? Wrong. Pregnancy is fritzing her magic, while she has to deal with a variety of work issues, up to and very much including a huge medal ceremony involving the United States and China for saving D.C. and China’s reputation. Then the Council of Lords wants her to represent Earth’s mages... -
![The Perfect Waters: Odessa: Book Three: The Finale by LeeSha McCoy]()
The Perfect Waters: Odessa: Book Three: The Finale by LeeSha McCoy
6 ratingsThe time to enter the dark waters has come.But who will venture there, and who will make it out alive?Currently in Lýon, O’Asia and Prince Zale are oblivious to the dragonfish attack on the hounds. Until the waters arrive carrying a terrifying scream that sends Odessa and Royalty into panic... -
![The Devil that Broke Us by S.C. Wilson]()
The Devil that Broke Us by S.C. Wilson
6 ratingsJesse McGinnis has it all—the woman she loves—two beautiful children—a successful career... -
![Air Logic by Laurie J. Marks]()
Air Logic by Laurie J. Marks
7 ratingsLaurie J. Marks returns at last to Shaftal in Air Logic, the long-awaited conclusion to her acclaimed series.Karis and those who love her must figure out, in the aftermath of war and an assassination attempt, how to bring together Sainnites and Shaftalese in a country where old wounds and enmities fester and Air magic conceals the treason hidden in the heart of the G’deon’s household... -
![Imagine a Day by Sarah L. Thomson]()
Imagine a Day by Sarah L. Thomson
12 ratingsImagine a day when your swing swings you higher than the highest treetops. Imagine a day when you can ride your bike up a path of falling leaves into the very tree they are falling from. Imagine a day when you release a handful of blue balloons into a cloudy, gray sky to create a postcard-perfect day. Imagine a day when the ordinary becomes the extraordinary...a day when anything is possible...Categorized as:
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![The Magic of the Lost Temple by Sudha Murty]()
The Magic of the Lost Temple by Sudha Murty
14 ratingsCity girl Nooni is surprised at the pace of life in her grandparents' village in Karnataka. But she quickly gets used to the gentle routine there and involves herself in a flurry of activities, including papad making, organizing picnics and learning to ride a cycle, with her new-found friends. Things get exciting when Nooni stumbles upon an ancient fabled stepwell right in the middle of a forest...Categorized as:
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![Luna Rising by Robin Roseau]()
Luna Rising by Robin Roseau
5 ratingsAfter the wretched betrayal at Greenwood Academy, Mia loses her faith in others. She steals a car and runs from her new life. But Merida isn't going to give her up that easily... -
![Newford Stories: Crow Girls by Charles de Lint]()
Newford Stories: Crow Girls by Charles de Lint
6 ratings“The Crow Girls and their kind, once seen, are impossible to forget. Wild, but curiously childlike; wise and yet playful; existing outside the confines of conventional morality, and yet bringing hope and clarity to everyone whose lives they touch.” —Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat, from her introduction to this book... -
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![Our Lady of the Harbour by Charles de Lint]()
Our Lady of the Harbour by Charles de Lint
6 ratingsReprinted in The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: 5th , 1992 and in Dreams Underfoot , 1993, which was collected in The Newford Stories ,... -
![At the Lucky Hand: aka The Sixty-Nine Drawers by Goran Petrović]()
At the Lucky Hand: aka The Sixty-Nine Drawers by Goran Petrović
12 ratingsAt The Lucky Hand is an account of the different love stories that revolve around a very peculiar book: My Legacy, by Anastas Branica. At first glance, this is a book where there is no plot or characters, only descriptions...Categorized as:
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![Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel]()
Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel
6 ratings"Patel’s mesmerizing debut shines a brilliant light on the vilified queen from the Ramayana….This easily earns its place on shelves alongside Madeline Miller’s Circe." –Publishers Weekly (starred review)“I was born on the full moon under an auspicious constellation, the holiest of positions—much good it did me.”So begins Kaikeyi’s story... -
![Thru the Badger Hole by Taki Drake]()
Thru the Badger Hole by Taki Drake
6 ratingsDesolation and grief can leave you floating, unable to find a new shape to your existence. Who knew that it was possible to be shocked out of the morass of sorrow by a well-timed push?! Madrik was reeling from the loss of his family and unable to find his way into the new reality. Then something happened that sent him further than he ever thought to travel... -
![Of Wars, and Memories, and Starlight by Aliette de Bodard]()
Of Wars, and Memories, and Starlight by Aliette de Bodard
6 ratingsA major first collection from a writer fast becoming one of the stars of the genre... Aliette de Bodard, multiple award winner and author of The Tea Master and the Detective, now brings readers fourteen dazzling tales that showcase the richly textured worldbuilding and beloved characters that have brought her so much acclaim... -
![Poppy Mayberry, The Monday by Jennie K. Brown]()
Poppy Mayberry, The Monday by Jennie K. Brown
6 ratingsWhat if your teacher could read your mind just because she was born on a Thursday? Or the kid next to you in class could turn back the clock just because he was a Wednesday? In the quirky town of Nova, all of this is normal. Poppy Mayberry, an almost-11-year-old Monday, should be able to pass notes in class or brush her dog, Pickle, without lifting a finger...Categorized as:
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![Sakthi by Vignesh SV]()
Sakthi by Vignesh SV
6 ratingsWar, coupled with impending doom, lurks in the distance as the trio of Kings get ready for the battle to save the world – Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma must race against time and fulfil the prophecy that calls for the six members of the Chosen Hexad to face the ominous threat, death, and destruction promised by the Greater Evil...Categorized as:
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![Let Me Be Yours by Lily X.]()
Let Me Be Yours by Lily X.
6 ratingsA grieving King, a lost island girl, and a love that changes them forever…After losing her intended Mate, Artemis Brimwood, future King of Nestia, is bereft. Broken. Beyond consolation. There's simply no room in her heart for someone else—anyone else... -
![Czerwona baśń by Wiktoria Korzeniewska]()
Czerwona baśń by Wiktoria Korzeniewska
6 ratingsW pewnej wiosce był obyczaj. Obowiązywał w czasach, kiedy jeszcze słyszano w lesie klaskanie, w południe unikano wychodzenia w pole, a kobiety szeptały o wilku, który uśmiechał się jak człowiek. Każdego roku, pierwszego dnia lata, wieś wspólnie wybierała jedną dziewczynkę. Nie najładniejszą, nie najzdolniejszą. Wybór zawsze padał na najbrzydszą w wiosce. Taką, której nikt nie chciał...Categorized as:
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![Poor Deer by Claire Oshetsky]()
Poor Deer by Claire Oshetsky
6 ratingsA wondrous, tender novel about a young girl grappling with her role in a tragic loss—and attempting to reshape the narrative of her life—from PEN/Faulkner Award nominee Claire OshetskyMargaret Murphy is a weaver of fantastic tales, growing up in a world where the truth is too much for one little girl to endure. Her first memory is of the day her friend Agnes died.No one blames Margaret...Categorized as:
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![The Honey Month by Amal El-Mohtar, Jeremy Zerfoss]()
The Honey Month by Amal El-Mohtar, Jeremy Zerfoss
8 ratingsAmal El-Mohtar’s The Honey Month, with an introduction by Danielle Sucher, ranks among the year’s most exquisite treasures. This beautiful volume of short fictions and poems takes as its inspiration the author’s tasting of 28 different kinds of honey, one per day... -
![Homesick: Stories by Nino Cipri]()
Homesick: Stories by Nino Cipri
8 ratingsDark, irreverent, and truly innovative, the speculative stories in Homesick meditate on the theme of home and our estrangement from it, and what happens when the familiar suddenly shifts into the uncanny...Categorized as:
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![Tender by Sofia Samatar]()
Tender by Sofia Samatar
8 ratingsThe first collection of short fiction from a rising star whose stories have been anthologized in the first two volumes of the Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy series and nominated for many awards. Some of Samatar’s weird and tender fabulations spring from her life and her literary studies; some spring from the world, some from the void... -
![Imagine a Place by Sarah L. Thomson]()
Imagine a Place by Sarah L. Thomson
8 ratingsIf you can imagine a place, you can go there. Imagine a place that makes you feel as free as a bird. Imagine a place where getting there is worth whatever it takes. Imagine a place that makes you feel like it's always been your destination. Imagine a place made out of pure imagination...Categorized as:
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![Artificios by Jorge Luis Borges]()
Artificios by Jorge Luis Borges
10 ratingsBRAND NEW softcover (see our CORRECT cover image), free tracking number, clean text, solid binding, NO remainders NOT ex-library, smoke free; slight gentle shelfwear / storage-wear; WE SHIP FAST. Carefully packed and quickly sent... -
![The Kite of Stars and Other Stories by Dean Francis Alfar]()
The Kite of Stars and Other Stories by Dean Francis Alfar
10 ratingsThis book collects sixteen wondrous stories of fantasy, science fiction, horror and things in between from the imagination of award-winning fictionist Dean Francis Alfar... -
![Fruiting Bodies: Stories by Kathryn Harlan]()
Fruiting Bodies: Stories by Kathryn Harlan
12 ratingsIn stories that beckon and haunt, Fruiting Bodies ranges confidently from the fantastical to the gothic to the uncanny as it follows characters—mostly queer, mostly women—on the precipice of change. Echoes of timeless myth and folklore reverberate through urgent narratives of discovery, appetite, and coming-of-age in a time of crisis... -
![The Sisters of Reckoning by Charlotte Nicole Davis]()
The Sisters of Reckoning by Charlotte Nicole Davis
6 ratingsThe Sisters of Reckoning is the blockbuster sequel to Charlotte Nicole Davis's alternate Old West-set commercial fantasy adventure. The Good Luck Girls are free. Aster's sister and friends have new lives across the border in Ferron, while Aster remains in Arketta, helping more girls escape. But news of a new welcome house opening fills Aster with a need to do more than just help individual girls...Categorized as:
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![Portable Childhoods by Ellen Klages, Neil Gaiman]()
Portable Childhoods by Ellen Klages, Neil Gaiman
6 ratingsEmerging from a unique and powerful voice, this innovative collection offers a tantalizing glimpse of what lies hidden just beyond the ordinary, skirting the border between childhood and adulthood...Categorized as:
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![In the Eyes of Mr Fury by Philip Ridley]()
In the Eyes of Mr Fury by Philip Ridley
6 ratingsOn the day Concord Webster turned eighteen, the Devil died. The Devil’s real name was Judge Martin, but Concord’s mother called him the Devil. She said he boiled babies for dinner and made lampshades out of human skin. So why did she, who hated him so venomously, have a key to his house? The key will unlock more than just Judge’s front door... -
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![Our Lady of the Streets by Tom Pollock]()
Our Lady of the Streets by Tom Pollock
6 ratings"I couldn't have asked for a more satisfying finale" -- Tor.com In this thrilling conclusion to the Skyscraper Throne trilogy, Beth will come face-to-face with the goddess of the streets . . . Perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere...Categorized as:
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![Coyote Blues by Karen F. Williams]()
Coyote Blues by Karen F. Williams
6 ratingsRiley Dawson is a psychotherapist with a lycanthropic affliction. She’s a werecoyote, to be precise.A foundling adopted by wealthy parents, Riley led a privileged life until she fell in love with Fiona Bell, an evangelical preacher’s daughter. Raging hormones, the full moon, and the pull of Fiona Bell on her teenage heartstrings triggered her first transformation... -
![A Harvest of Ripe Figs by Shira Glassman]()
A Harvest of Ripe Figs by Shira Glassman
6 ratingsEsther of the Singing Hands is Perach's Sweetheart, a young and beautiful musician with a Girl Next Door image. When her violin is stolen after a concert in the capital city, she doesn't expect the queen herself to show up, intent upon solving the mystery. But Queen Shulamit -- lesbian, intellectual, and mother of the six-month-old crown princess -- loves to play detective... -
![Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone by Sequoia Nagamatsu]()
Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone by Sequoia Nagamatsu
6 ratings“You should be here; he’s simply magnificent.” These are the final words a biologist hears before his Margaret Mead-like wife dies at the hands of Godzilla. The words haunt him as he studies the Kaiju (Japan’s giant monsters) on an island reserve, attempting to understand the beauty his wife saw...Categorized as:
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![Большая Телега by Max Frei]()
Большая Телега by Max Frei
6 ratingsЭта книга Макса Фрая связывает географию и астрономию, земное и небесное. 22 города — 22 новеллы, один герой-путник, путешествующий по Старому Свету запутанными сюжетными линиями и небесными орбитами. Книга Макса Фрая открывает читателю совершенно иную Европу, лишенную глянцевого блеска открыток и не описанную в путеводителях, где каждый город словно зачарован волшебством автора... -
![The Journey of Joseph Winter: A Christmas Fairy Tale by John Anthony]()
The Journey of Joseph Winter: A Christmas Fairy Tale by John Anthony
6 ratingsA Christmas fairy tale for all ages! The Journey of Joseph Winter is a heartwarming holiday story in the tradition of It’s a Wonderful Life and A Miracle on 34th Street. Joseph Winter is a good and gentle man, but he carries with him the pain and regret of a childhood mistake. When a package mysteriously arrives on his doorstep, he is invited on a trek that defies logic... -
![All Our Secrets Laid Bare by Firethesound]()
All Our Secrets Laid Bare by Firethesound
6 ratingsFandom: Harry PotterRelationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley, Harry Potter/Original Male Character(s)--------------------------------------------------Over the six years Draco Malfoy has been an Auror, four of his partners have turned up dead. Harry Potter is assigned as his newest partner to investigate just what is going on... -
![Royaume de vent et de colères by Jean-Laurent Del Socorro]()
Royaume de vent et de colères by Jean-Laurent Del Socorro
6 ratings1596. Deux ans avant l'édit de Nantes qui met fin aux guerres de Religion, Marseille la catholique s'oppose à Henri IV, l'ancien protestant. Une rébellion, une indépendance que ne peut tolérer le roi... -
![Kill Your Darlings by L.E. Harper]()
Kill Your Darlings by L.E. Harper
6 ratings“INKHEART meets INCEPTION in this allegorical masterpiece.”Fantasy author Kyla knows dreams don't come true. Isolated and grappling with debilitating depression, she copes by writing about the realm of Solera. Fearless heroes, feisty shapeshifters, and mighty dragons come alive on her pages. She adores her characters, but she doesn’t believe in happy endings...Categorized as:
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![New World: Stay with Me by Lily X.]()
New World: Stay with Me by Lily X.
6 ratingsIn this first of a sexy new sci-fi romance series, a galactic farmer discovers the robot she ordered is actually a flesh-and-blood woman.Cedra: Running a farm on your own is exhausting and lonely. The Servana 200 service bot I ordered was expensive, but I need the help—and if it can also hold a conversation, it will be worth the price... -
![A Dark and Starless Forest by Sarah Hollowell]()
A Dark and Starless Forest by Sarah Hollowell
8 ratingsWhen her siblings start to go missing, a girl must confront the dark thing that lives in the forest—and the growing darkness in herself—in this debut YA contemporary fantasy for fans of Wilder Girls.Derry and her eight siblings live in an isolated house by the lake, separated from the rest of the world by an eerie and menacing forest... -
![Caroline's Heart by Austin Chant]()
Caroline's Heart by Austin Chant
8 ratingsCecily lost her soulmate years ago, leaving her with nothing but the clockwork heart that once beat in Caroline's chest. They say it's impossible to bring back the dead, yet Cecily's resurrection spell is nearly complete and grows more powerful by the day... -
![The Name-Bearer by Natalia Hernandez]()
The Name-Bearer by Natalia Hernandez
8 ratingsFor her entire life, the Name-Bearer’s sole purpose has been to receive and deliver the names of the future monarchy from the Flowers of Prophecy. But when the child is finally born and the Name-Bearer is sent to the Flowers, they refuse to name him... -
![The Assimilated Cuban's Guide to Quantum Santeria by Carlos Hernandez]()
The Assimilated Cuban's Guide to Quantum Santeria by Carlos Hernandez
10 ratingsA quirky collection of short sci-fi stories for fans of Kij Johnson and Kelly Link Assimilation is founded on surrender and being broken; this collection of short stories features people who have assimilated, but are actively trying to reclaim their lives. There is a concert pianist who defies death by uploading his soul into his piano... -
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