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These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever

These Violent Delights

Micah Nemerever

465 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0beforeviolets's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary thriller dark emotional tense slow-paced
The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez

The Maiden and Her Monster

Maddie Martinez

400 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

5.0beforeviolets's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Gideon the Ninth

The Locked Tomb #1

Tamsyn Muir

448 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0beforeviolets's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Great White Bard: Shakespeare, Race and the Future by Farah Karim-Cooper

The Great White Bard: Shakespeare, Race and the Future

Farah Karim-Cooper

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0beforeviolets's review
nonfiction history race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

The Starless Sea

Erin Morgenstern

574 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0beforeviolets's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

The Familiar

Leigh Bardugo

385 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0beforeviolets's review
fiction fantasy historical dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories by GennaRose Nethercott

Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories

GennaRose Nethercott

259 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0beforeviolets's review
fiction contemporary fantasy magical realism short stories dark mysterious medium-paced
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

The Spear Cuts Through Water

Simon Jimenez

522 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0beforeviolets's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ literary adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft

A Dark and Drowning Tide

Allison Saft

370 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0beforeviolets's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride

Roshani Chokshi

292 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0beforeviolets's review
fiction fantasy literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced