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

The Emperor of Gladness

by Ocean Vuong

A suicidal teen becomes caregiver to the old woman with dementia who saved his life.

3.85

81k+

🫂 Found Family 👵 Intergenerational Bond 🌍 Immigrant Experience 🧠 Dementia Story 🍂 Bittersweet

Immersive

The Emperor of Gladness

A suicidal teen becomes caregiver to the old woman with dementia who saved his life.

by Ocean Vuong 2025 402 pages

3.85

81k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 👵 Intergenerational Bond 🌍 Immigrant Experience 🧠 Dementia Story 🍂 Bittersweet

The New Topping Book

by Dossie Easton • 1996

Real dominance runs on empathy. The top who can't ask for care is the dangerous one.

4.01

2k+

🔄 Power Exchange 🤝 Consent Culture 🌑 Shadow Work 👑 Empathic Authority 🫀 Somatic Signals

Immersive

The New Topping Book

Real dominance runs on empathy. The top who can't ask for care is the dangerous one.

by Dossie Easton 1996 221 pages

4.01

2k+ ratings

🔄 Power Exchange 🤝 Consent Culture 🌑 Shadow Work 👑 Empathic Authority 🫀 Somatic Signals

Martyr!

by Kaveh Akbar • 2024

Haunted by his mother's death, a queer Iranian actor plays dying patients while seeking a sign.

4.14

100k+

📚 Immigrant Fiction 🤝 Found Family 🤫 Family Secrets 💭 Existential Crisis 💪 Addiction Recovery

Martyr!

Haunted by his mother's death, a queer Iranian actor plays dying patients while seeking a sign.

by Kaveh Akbar 2024 332 pages

4.14

100k+ ratings

📚 Immigrant Fiction 🤝 Found Family 🤫 Family Secrets 💭 Existential Crisis 💪 Addiction Recovery

Five Broken Blades

by Mai Corland • 2024

Five outcasts are hired to kill an immortal king, but his crown must be stolen first.

3.82

47k+

🏃‍♂️ Heist Quest 👑 Political Intrigue 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 🤝 Reluctant Allies

Five Broken Blades

Five outcasts are hired to kill an immortal king, but his crown must be stolen first.

by Mai Corland 2024 474 pages

3.82

47k+ ratings

🏃‍♂️ Heist Quest 👑 Political Intrigue 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 🤝 Reluctant Allies

Polysecure

by Jessica Fern • 2020

Nonmonogamy exposes attachment wounds. A framework for feeling secure with multiple partners.

4.35

16k+

🧠 Attachment Theory 🔗 Nonmonogamy 🔒 Secure Attachment 💔 Attachment Trauma 🤗 Self-Compassion

Polysecure

Nonmonogamy exposes attachment wounds. A framework for feeling secure with multiple partners.

by Jessica Fern 2020 268 pages

4.35

16k+ ratings

🧠 Attachment Theory 🔗 Nonmonogamy 🔒 Secure Attachment 💔 Attachment Trauma 🤗 Self-Compassion

Heaven Official's Blessing

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù • 2020

A twice-banished god tracks a ghost groom with help from a mysterious, alluring Ghost King.

4.58

47k+

⚔️ Xianxia 🏳️‍🌈 Danmei ❤️‍🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Dark Humor

Heaven Official's Blessing

A twice-banished god tracks a ghost groom with help from a mysterious, alluring Ghost King.

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 2020 372 pages

4.58

47k+ ratings

⚔️ Xianxia 🏳️‍🌈 Danmei ❤️‍🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Dark Humor

The Husky and His White Cat Shizun

by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou • 2022

His master slept five years; Mo Ran's atonement forged a love neither can deny.

4.58

7k+

📖 Danmei ⚔️ Xianxia 💕 Master-Disciple 🔁 Reincarnation 🕯️ Slow Burn

The Husky and His White Cat Shizun

His master slept five years; Mo Ran's atonement forged a love neither can deny.

by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou 2022 444 pages

4.58

7k+ ratings

📖 Danmei ⚔️ Xianxia 💕 Master-Disciple 🔁 Reincarnation 🕯️ Slow Burn

The Foxhole Court

by Nora Sakavic

A young fugitive joins a college sports team knowing the crime family hunting him is watching.

4.01

100k+

🏑 College Sports Story 🫂 Found Family 🏃 On The Run 🖤 Morally Grey Protector 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

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The Foxhole Court

A young fugitive joins a college sports team knowing the crime family hunting him is watching.

by Nora Sakavic 2013 237 pages

4.01

100k+ ratings

🏑 College Sports Story 🫂 Found Family 🏃 On The Run 🖤 Morally Grey Protector 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

A Little Life

by Hanya Yanagihara

Four friends, thirty years, and a secret past that no amount of devotion can undo.

4.27

900k+

🫂 Found Family 💔 Childhood Abuse 🩹 Self-Harm 🤕 Chronic Pain 💕 Friends To Lovers

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A Little Life

Four friends, thirty years, and a secret past that no amount of devotion can undo.

by Hanya Yanagihara 2015 720 pages

4.27

900k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 💔 Childhood Abuse 🩹 Self-Harm 🤕 Chronic Pain 💕 Friends To Lovers

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

by Stephen Chbosky • 1999

Through letters to a stranger, a freshman navigates friendship, first love, and buried trauma.

4.24

2M+

✉️ Epistolary Novel 👤 Outsider Narrator 🫂 Found Family 💔 Repressed Trauma 📚 Teacher Mentorship

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Through letters to a stranger, a freshman navigates friendship, first love, and buried trauma.

by Stephen Chbosky 1999 213 pages

4.24

2M+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Novel 👤 Outsider Narrator 🫂 Found Family 💔 Repressed Trauma 📚 Teacher Mentorship

The Priory of the Orange Tree

by Samantha Shannon • 2019

A queen's bloodline binds an ancient dragon, and her secret protector is falling for her.

4.17

200k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 🐉 Dragon Riders 👑 Court Intrigue ✨ Hidden Magic 📖 Reimagined Legend

The Priory of the Orange Tree

A queen's bloodline binds an ancient dragon, and her secret protector is falling for her.

by Samantha Shannon 2019 848 pages

4.17

200k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 🐉 Dragon Riders 👑 Court Intrigue ✨ Hidden Magic 📖 Reimagined Legend

Pucking Around

by Emily Rath • 2023

A one-night stand with a stranger becomes a polyamorous hockey romance when she joins the team.

3.73

200k+

👥 Why Choose Romance 🏒 Hockey Romance 💖 Bisexual Awakening 💼 Workplace Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

Pucking Around

A one-night stand with a stranger becomes a polyamorous hockey romance when she joins the team.

by Emily Rath 2023 594 pages

3.73

200k+ ratings

👥 Why Choose Romance 🏒 Hockey Romance 💖 Bisexual Awakening 💼 Workplace Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

All Fours

by Miranda July • 2024

A midlife woman leaves her marriage for a motel room and a dangerously young lover.

3.39

200k+

🌅 Midlife Awakening 💍 Open Marriage ⚡ Age Gap Romance 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Darkly Comic

All Fours

A midlife woman leaves her marriage for a motel room and a dangerously young lover.

by Miranda July 2024 336 pages

3.39

200k+ ratings

🌅 Midlife Awakening 💍 Open Marriage ⚡ Age Gap Romance 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Darkly Comic

Chokehold

by Leigh Rivers

Stepbrothers Cole and Blaise hate each other until a masked chase gives their obsession a body.

3.90

22k+

🔪 Stepbrother Romance 🎭 Anonymous Encounters 🖤 Dark Enemies To Lovers 💉 Trauma Bonding 🔥 Possessive Love

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Chokehold

Stepbrothers Cole and Blaise hate each other until a masked chase gives their obsession a body.

by Leigh Rivers 2024 412 pages

3.90

22k+ ratings

🔪 Stepbrother Romance 🎭 Anonymous Encounters 🖤 Dark Enemies To Lovers 💉 Trauma Bonding 🔥 Possessive Love

The Song of Achilles

by Madeline Miller

An exile loves the warrior destined to die at Troy, their bond defying gods and fate.

4.30

2M+

🏛️ Mythological Retelling ⚔️ Trojan War 💛 Friends To Lovers 💔 Doomed Love 🩹 Healer And Warrior

Immersive

The Song of Achilles

An exile loves the warrior destined to die at Troy, their bond defying gods and fate.

by Madeline Miller 2011 408 pages

4.30

2M+ ratings

🏛️ Mythological Retelling ⚔️ Trojan War 💛 Friends To Lovers 💔 Doomed Love 🩹 Healer And Warrior

Call Me By Your Name

by André Aciman • 2007

For one summer in Italy, a teenager's obsession with the visiting scholar undoes and remakes him.

4.10

600k+

📖 Literary Romance 🌈 Queer Coming-Of-Age ☀️ Summer Romance ⏳ Age Gap 🔥 Slow Burn

Call Me By Your Name

For one summer in Italy, a teenager's obsession with the visiting scholar undoes and remakes him.

by André Aciman 2007 248 pages

4.10

600k+ ratings

📖 Literary Romance 🌈 Queer Coming-Of-Age ☀️ Summer Romance ⏳ Age Gap 🔥 Slow Burn

The First to Die at the End

by Adam Silvera • 2022

Death becomes predictable. A teen with a bad heart meets a doomed model offering his own.

4.00

100k+

⏳ Ticking Clock Romance 💞 Strangers To Lovers 🌈 Queer First Love 🕰️ Death Prediction 🗽 New York City

The First to Die at the End

Death becomes predictable. A teen with a bad heart meets a doomed model offering his own.

by Adam Silvera 2022 550 pages

4.00

100k+ ratings

⏳ Ticking Clock Romance 💞 Strangers To Lovers 🌈 Queer First Love 🕰️ Death Prediction 🗽 New York City

When Haru Was Here

by Dustin Thao • 2024

After losing his sister, Eric meets Haru in Tokyo, a boy who understands him, then vanishes.

3.78

11k+

👻 Ghostly Romance ✨ Magical Realism 🌈 Queer Grief 🤫 Unspoken Feelings 💌 Letters From The Dead

When Haru Was Here

After losing his sister, Eric meets Haru in Tokyo, a boy who understands him, then vanishes.

by Dustin Thao 2024 304 pages

3.78

11k+ ratings

👻 Ghostly Romance ✨ Magical Realism 🌈 Queer Grief 🤫 Unspoken Feelings 💌 Letters From The Dead

They Both Die at the End

by Adam Silvera • 2017

A final day's notice connects two teenage strangers. They spend their last hours falling in love.

3.75

800k+

🕰️ One Day Romance 💞 Strangers To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 💔 Bittersweet Ending 🥀 Ya Tearjerker

Immersive

They Both Die at the End

A final day's notice connects two teenage strangers. They spend their last hours falling in love.

by Adam Silvera 2017 389 pages

3.75

800k+ ratings

🕰️ One Day Romance 💞 Strangers To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 💔 Bittersweet Ending 🥀 Ya Tearjerker

Loathing You

by Amina Khan

A scholarship student must tutor her rich nemesis, and their hatred hides a ruinous attraction.

3.97

5k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💕 Sapphic Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏫 Prep School 💰 Class Divide

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Loathing You

A scholarship student must tutor her rich nemesis, and their hatred hides a ruinous attraction.

by Amina Khan 2023 483 pages

3.97

5k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💕 Sapphic Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏫 Prep School 💰 Class Divide

Sunburn

by Chloe Michelle Howarth

Her first love is another girl. 1990s Ireland demands she hide behind the boy next door.

4.28

61k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🤫 Secret Relationship 💕 Best Friends To Lovers 📜 Compulsory Heterosexuality ✝️ Catholic Guilt

Immersive

Sunburn

Her first love is another girl. 1990s Ireland demands she hide behind the boy next door.

by Chloe Michelle Howarth 2023 288 pages

4.28

61k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🤫 Secret Relationship 💕 Best Friends To Lovers 📜 Compulsory Heterosexuality ✝️ Catholic Guilt

Heaven Official's Blessing

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù • 2017

A fallen god confronts his ancient enemy, and the ghost king who loves him wagers everything.

4.66

28k+

🏯 Xianxia Romance 📚 Danmei 💀 Centuries-Long Devotion 🤝 Found Family 🩹 Hurt And Comfort

Heaven Official's Blessing

A fallen god confronts his ancient enemy, and the ghost king who loves him wagers everything.

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 2017 466 pages

4.66

28k+ ratings

🏯 Xianxia Romance 📚 Danmei 💀 Centuries-Long Devotion 🤝 Found Family 🩹 Hurt And Comfort

The Velvet Rage

by Alan Downs • 2005

Success and beauty won't fix it: the shame gay men carry from childhood, and the skills that heal.

4.06

12k+

🏳️‍🌈 Gay Self-Help 🪞 Internalized Homophobia ❤️‍🩹 Shame And Healing 🚪 Coming Out 🏆 Validation Seeking

The Velvet Rage

Success and beauty won't fix it: the shame gay men carry from childhood, and the skills that heal.

by Alan Downs 2005 252 pages

4.06

12k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Gay Self-Help 🪞 Internalized Homophobia ❤️‍🩹 Shame And Healing 🚪 Coming Out 🏆 Validation Seeking

Beautiful Ugly

by Alice Feeney • 2025

A novelist retreats to a Scottish island after his wife vanishes. The quiet has teeth.

3.61

400k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Feminist Revenge ✍️ Writer Protagonist 📖 Book Within A Book

Beautiful Ugly

A novelist retreats to a Scottish island after his wife vanishes. The quiet has teeth.

by Alice Feeney 2025 306 pages

3.61

400k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Feminist Revenge ✍️ Writer Protagonist 📖 Book Within A Book

This Is How You Lose the Time War

by Amal El-Mohtar • 2019

Two women agents trade letters across time, taunts growing into a love that threatens their war.

3.83

300k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💌 Epistolary Romance ⏳ Time-Travel Romance 💜 Sapphic Romance 💔 Forbidden Love

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Two women agents trade letters across time, taunts growing into a love that threatens their war.

by Amal El-Mohtar 2019 209 pages

3.83

300k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💌 Epistolary Romance ⏳ Time-Travel Romance 💜 Sapphic Romance 💔 Forbidden Love

Don't Let the Forest In

by C.G. Drews

When his best friend's drawings begin hunting the woods, the forest demands a heart.

4.05

59k+

🌑 Monsters As Grief 🖤 Asexual Love Story 🏫 Boarding School Horror 🏰 Gothic Fantasy 📖 Literary Horror

Immersive

Don't Let the Forest In

When his best friend's drawings begin hunting the woods, the forest demands a heart.

by C.G. Drews 2024 336 pages

4.05

59k+ ratings

🌑 Monsters As Grief 🖤 Asexual Love Story 🏫 Boarding School Horror 🏰 Gothic Fantasy 📖 Literary Horror

All the Young Dudes

by MsKingBean89

A werewolf orphan hides at Hogwarts until a reckless pureblood heir makes hiding impossible.

4.76

40k+

🏰 Magical Boarding School 💕 Friends To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🤫 Secret Relationship 🐺 Werewolf Transformation

Immersive

All the Young Dudes

A werewolf orphan hides at Hogwarts until a reckless pureblood heir makes hiding impossible.

by MsKingBean89 2018 1799 pages

4.76

40k+ ratings

🏰 Magical Boarding School 💕 Friends To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🤫 Secret Relationship 🐺 Werewolf Transformation

Tryst Six Venom

by Penelope Douglas

A debutante and swamp outcast share venom that is really desire. One kiss could destroy them.

3.82

48k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Bully Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 💰 Class Divide 🌈 Coming Out

Immersive

Tryst Six Venom

A debutante and swamp outcast share venom that is really desire. One kiss could destroy them.

by Penelope Douglas 2021 589 pages

3.82

48k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Bully Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 💰 Class Divide 🌈 Coming Out

The Lamb

by Lucy Rose

Her cannibal mother found love. Now Margot is the dinner they plan to share.

3.75

50k+

🍖 Cannibal Horror 🖤 Toxic Mother Daughter 💋 Sapphic Horror 🌾 Rural Gothic 🦴 Body Horror

Immersive

The Lamb

Her cannibal mother found love. Now Margot is the dinner they plan to share.

by Lucy Rose 2025 336 pages

3.75

50k+ ratings

🍖 Cannibal Horror 🖤 Toxic Mother Daughter 💋 Sapphic Horror 🌾 Rural Gothic 🦴 Body Horror

The Safekeep

by Yael van der Wouden

She guards her mother's house like a fortress. Her brother's girlfriend slips through every wall.

4.06

100k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🇳🇱 Postwar Netherlands

Immersive

The Safekeep

She guards her mother's house like a fortress. Her brother's girlfriend slips through every wall.

by Yael van der Wouden 2024 272 pages

4.06

100k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🇳🇱 Postwar Netherlands

Ensnared

by Rebecca Quinn

She fled marauders and found five ex-soldiers whose sanctuary demands she belong to them all.

4.15

23k+

🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Romance 🔒 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Kink As Healing

Immersive

Ensnared

She fled marauders and found five ex-soldiers whose sanctuary demands she belong to them all.

by Rebecca Quinn 2023 434 pages

4.15

23k+ ratings

🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Romance 🔒 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Kink As Healing

For the Fans

by Nyla K.

Broke stepbrothers film an OnlyFans scene to pay rent. Their bodies confess what hatred silenced.

4.29

83k+

💘 Enemies To Lovers 🫣 Stepbrother Romance 🏈 College Football 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Athlete ✨ Gay Awakening

Immersive

For the Fans

Broke stepbrothers film an OnlyFans scene to pay rent. Their bodies confess what hatred silenced.

by Nyla K. 2023 546 pages

4.29

83k+ ratings

💘 Enemies To Lovers 🫣 Stepbrother Romance 🏈 College Football 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Athlete ✨ Gay Awakening

Finding Delaware

by Bree Wiley

A dirt-bike crash, a sudden wedding, and two enemies forced under one roof for a year.

4.19

12k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 👬 Stepbrothers 👥 Forced Proximity 🔄 Second Chance 🏳️‍🌈 Internalized Homophobia

Immersive

Finding Delaware

A dirt-bike crash, a sudden wedding, and two enemies forced under one roof for a year.

by Bree Wiley 2024 502 pages

4.19

12k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 👬 Stepbrothers 👥 Forced Proximity 🔄 Second Chance 🏳️‍🌈 Internalized Homophobia

Solitaire

by Alice Oseman

A cynical teen joins a too-cheerful boy to track the pranks tearing her school apart.

3.92

100k+

🔍 Online Mystery ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔙 Reunited Friends 👁️ Outsider Narrator 🖤 Sardonic Narrator

Immersive

Solitaire

A cynical teen joins a too-cheerful boy to track the pranks tearing her school apart.

by Alice Oseman 2014 392 pages

3.92

100k+ ratings

🔍 Online Mystery ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔙 Reunited Friends 👁️ Outsider Narrator 🖤 Sardonic Narrator

We Love You, Bunny

by Mona Awad

Four MFA students conjure a man from a rabbit. He steals their axe and disappears.

3.43

18k+

🎓 Dark Academia 🐝 Hive Mind ⚡ Playing God 💕 Queer Love Story 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Immersive

We Love You, Bunny

Four MFA students conjure a man from a rabbit. He steals their axe and disappears.

by Mona Awad 2025 496 pages

3.43

18k+ ratings

🎓 Dark Academia 🐝 Hive Mind ⚡ Playing God 💕 Queer Love Story 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Nick and Charlie

by Alice Oseman

Nick leaves for university; Charlie stays. The distance won't break them. The silence will.

4.13

100k+

🛤️ Long-Distance Relationship 💬 Miscommunication 💑 Established Couple 💔 Fear Of Abandonment ☀️ Summer Before College

Immersive

Nick and Charlie

Nick leaves for university; Charlie stays. The distance won't break them. The silence will.

by Alice Oseman 2015 120 pages

4.13

100k+ ratings

🛤️ Long-Distance Relationship 💬 Miscommunication 💑 Established Couple 💔 Fear Of Abandonment ☀️ Summer Before College

Kin

by Tayari Jones

One cradle, two motherless Black girls. Jim Crow Louisiana permits only one to rise.

4.24

51k+

🎭 Respectability Politics 💔 Motherless Daughters 🌈 Queer Awakening 🏠 Found Family 👯 Lifelong Friendship

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Kin

One cradle, two motherless Black girls. Jim Crow Louisiana permits only one to rise.

by Tayari Jones 2026 368 pages

4.24

51k+ ratings

🎭 Respectability Politics 💔 Motherless Daughters 🌈 Queer Awakening 🏠 Found Family 👯 Lifelong Friendship

The Starving Saints

by Caitlin Starling

A starving castle. Four saints with impossible bounty. The feast consumes its faithful from within.

3.58

22k+

🏰 Medieval Horror 🦴 Body Horror ⛪ Religious Horror 🖤 Queer Horror 🏚️ Besieged Castle

Immersive

The Starving Saints

A starving castle. Four saints with impossible bounty. The feast consumes its faithful from within.

by Caitlin Starling 2025 352 pages

3.58

22k+ ratings

🏰 Medieval Horror 🦴 Body Horror ⛪ Religious Horror 🖤 Queer Horror 🏚️ Besieged Castle

Prince's Gambit

by C.S. Pacat

A slave's secret: he killed his prince's brother. War pushes them together, hatred becomes desire.

4.37

92k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👑 Political Fantasy 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity ⛓️ Captor Captive

Immersive

Prince's Gambit

A slave's secret: he killed his prince's brother. War pushes them together, hatred becomes desire.

by C.S. Pacat 2013 404 pages

4.37

92k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👑 Political Fantasy 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity ⛓️ Captor Captive

Hazelthorn

by C.G. Drews

Locked away for seven years, he escapes to find his guardian dead, dark vines threading his throat.

4.21

20k+

🌿 Botanical Horror 🩸 Body Horror 💔 Enemies To Lovers 👹 Monster Boyfriend 💉 Medical Abuse

Immersive

Hazelthorn

Locked away for seven years, he escapes to find his guardian dead, dark vines threading his throat.

by C.G. Drews 2025 358 pages

4.21

20k+ ratings

🌿 Botanical Horror 🩸 Body Horror 💔 Enemies To Lovers 👹 Monster Boyfriend 💉 Medical Abuse

Hench

by Natalie Zina Walschots

After a hero shatters her leg, a temp worker weaponizes the hidden cost of saving the world.

4.00

27k+

🦹 Villain Protagonist 🦸 Superhero Satire 🌑 Villain Origin Story 🕸️ Corrupting Mentorship 📋 Office Satire

Immersive

Hench

After a hero shatters her leg, a temp worker weaponizes the hidden cost of saving the world.

by Natalie Zina Walschots 2020 403 pages

4.00

27k+ ratings

🦹 Villain Protagonist 🦸 Superhero Satire 🌑 Villain Origin Story 🕸️ Corrupting Mentorship 📋 Office Satire

Girls Like Girls

by Hayley Kiyoko

A grieving teen lands in small-town Oregon. The girl she falls for kisses her, then runs.

3.75

17k+

🏘️ Small Town Summer 🚪 Closeted Love Interest 🌈 Coming Out Story 💔 Father-Daughter Repair 🎢 Push And Pull Romance

Immersive

Girls Like Girls

A grieving teen lands in small-town Oregon. The girl she falls for kisses her, then runs.

by Hayley Kiyoko 2023 320 pages

3.75

17k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Summer 🚪 Closeted Love Interest 🌈 Coming Out Story 💔 Father-Daughter Repair 🎢 Push And Pull Romance

Joyless

by Nyla K.

A one-night stand he fled walks into his lawless island prison as the newest guard.

3.99

7k+

🖤 Dark Romance 💕 MMF Throuple 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🏝️ Island Prison ⛓️ Power Exchange

Immersive

Joyless

A one-night stand he fled walks into his lawless island prison as the newest guard.

by Nyla K. 2021 577 pages

3.99

7k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 💕 MMF Throuple 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🏝️ Island Prison ⛓️ Power Exchange

Sunbringer

by Hannah Kaner

To stop a fire god's return, a godkiller must defend the tyrant she swore to kill.

3.87

22k+

🗡️ Gods As Weapons ⛓️ God-Human Bond 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Costly Rebellion 🌑 Grim Fantasy

Immersive

Sunbringer

To stop a fire god's return, a godkiller must defend the tyrant she swore to kill.

by Hannah Kaner 2024 370 pages

3.87

22k+ ratings

🗡️ Gods As Weapons ⛓️ God-Human Bond 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Costly Rebellion 🌑 Grim Fantasy

Honey Cut

by Sierra Simone

An assassin's arranged marriage becomes a trap when she falls for her husband's bodyguard.

4.06

12k+

🫂 Mmf Polyamory ⛪ Vatican Conspiracy 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🗡️ Assassin Heroine

Immersive

Honey Cut

An assassin's arranged marriage becomes a trap when she falls for her husband's bodyguard.

by Sierra Simone 2024 434 pages

4.06

12k+ ratings

🫂 Mmf Polyamory ⛪ Vatican Conspiracy 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🗡️ Assassin Heroine

The Spear Cuts Through Water

by Simon Jimenez

Two outcasts carry a dying moon goddess across an empire, hunted by her monstrous sons.

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