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  • He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan

    He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    How much would you give to win the world?Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after her victory that tore southern China from its Mongol masters. Now she burns with a new desire: to seize the throne and crown herself emperor.But Zhu isn’t the only one with imperial ambitions...
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    high fantasy  queer  fantasy  historical  f-f  length-long
  • Daughter of the Sun by Effie Calvin

    Daughter of the Sun by Effie Calvin

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 5 ratings
    Orsina of Melidrie is a paladin of the Order of the Sun, sworn to drive out corruption and chaos wherever she finds it. She has been ordered to leave her home and travel around Vesolda in search of a great evil she is supposedly destined to destroy. But after two years of fighting monsters and demons and evil gods, she does not seem to be any closer to her goal—or ever returning home...
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  • The Reverse Healer Case Files by Hiyodori

    The Reverse Healer Case Files by Hiyodori

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    "I never thought I would be the one to hurt you like this."The Reverse Healer Case Files picks up right where The Lowest Healer and the Highest Mage left off, delving ever deeper into Clematis and Wist’s tangled relationship and the complex, modern-era fantasy world that surrounds them. It’s a direct sequel with more slow-burn f/f romance. More mystery. More enemies...
    Categorized as:
    high fantasy  queer  magic  fantasy  f-f  length-medium
  • Talyn: Descent by Benjamin Medrano

    Talyn: Descent by Benjamin Medrano

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Talyn’s in over her head.Talyn is finally beginning to take control of her life in a new world. Learning that her problems aren't natural is a first step, but before she can take true measures, her life takes a turn for the worse. Cast into the depths of Castra's dungeon, she survives only on the sufferance of others...
    Categorized as:
    magic  high fantasy  queer  fantasy  f-f  demons  length-long
  • Webs & Wards by Benjamin Medrano

    Webs & Wards by Benjamin Medrano

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Joy can’t get a break. Having survived a chance encounter with a demon lordling, and made an immense sacrifice, one might expect Joy to at least have some time to rest and recover. Instead, when Joy’s friends learn what she sacrificed, they decide they’ll repay her, no matter what it takes, and they take the adventurous bee-girl on a quest to find another apis hive which can help her...
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    magic  queer  fantasy  f-f  demons  length-medium
  • Hives & Heroism by Benjamin Medrano

    Hives & Heroism by Benjamin Medrano

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Demons loom over Dorma.Despite Joy’s victory over Alethus’s servants, his plans haven’t been stopped. Even so, a glimmer of hope lies before her, and she and her friends are determined to grasp it.That doesn’t mean it will be easy, though. An army is invading Dorma, one with the same destination as Joy. Their goals are sinister, but they aren’t going to stop Joy and her friends...
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    magic  queer  fantasy  f-f  demons  length-medium
  • Talyn: Unyielding by Benjamin Medrano

    Talyn: Unyielding by Benjamin Medrano

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Success can be dangerous.After surviving the depths of Castra's dungeon, Talyn has returned to the surface and caused a seismic change in the city. Now she has to deal with the consequences. But after her last life, she will not bow to anyone...
    Categorized as:
    magic  queer  fantasy  f-f  demons  poly
  • 女将军和长公主 | Female General and Eldest Princess by 请君莫笑

    女将军和长公主 | Female General and Eldest Princess by 请君莫笑

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    为了在乱世中活下去,为了给至亲复仇,为了给全村一百一十八口枉死的人讨回公道,林挽月拿了龙凤胎弟弟林飞星的户籍去参军,励志杀尽天下匈奴人。宫廷中皇后仙逝,留下了十六岁的长公主和八岁的太子相依为命。几位年长于太子的亲王对皇位虎视眈眈,姐弟俩的地位岌岌可危。In order to survive in troubled times; in order to revenge for the dear; in order to claim justice for all 118 people, who died undeservedly, in the village...
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    queer  war  f-f  historical  fantasy  angst  length-novella
  • She Who Would be King by Kim Pritekel

    She Who Would be King by Kim Pritekel

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Cateline is the seventeen-year-old daughter of a nobleman in fourteenth-century France. It's a time when children aren't seen as those to be loved and cherished, but instead are used as pawns and bargaining chips on the chessboard of control and privilege.She is married off to a prince in the country of Sursha, a Gaelic-speaking island nation near Ireland...
  • Shell Game by Benny Lawrence

    Shell Game by Benny Lawrence

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life in a remote fishing village in the middle of a civil war is neither safe nor inspiring. So, when an opportunity comes along for village girl Lynn to be kidnapped and enslaved by Darren, a ruthless pirate queen, she takes full advantage of it. But Darren is neither as ruthless nor as piratical as she appears at first glance--and Lynn's not exactly what she seems to be, either...
  • The Warrior Moon by K. Arsenault Rivera

    The Warrior Moon by K. Arsenault Rivera

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Warrior Moon, the sequel to The Phoenix Empress and striking conclusion to K Arsenault Rivera's wildly buzzed about epic fantasy, which began with The Tiger's DaughterBarsalayaa Shefali, famed Qorin adventurer, and the spoiled divine warrior empress, O-Shizuka, have survived fights with demon armies, garnered infamy, and ruled an empire...
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    high fantasy  queer  fantasy  f-f  historical  length-epic
  • The Impossible Contract by K.A. Doore

    The Impossible Contract by K.A. Doore

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Second in K. A. Doore's high fantasy adventure series the Chronicles of Ghadid, a determined assassin travels to the heart of the Empire in pursuit of a powerful mark, for fans of Robin Hobb, Sarah J. Maas, and S. A. Chakraborty Thana has a huge reputation to live up to as daughter of the Serpent, who rules over Ghadid’s secret clan of assassins...
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    high fantasy  queer  fantasy  mystery  f-f  length-medium
  • Unbroken by Alli Temple

    Unbroken by Alli Temple

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A pirate’s home is the sea, sailing beyond the horizon with her true love.Aboard the Crimson Siren, Captain Cinder finally has the life she’s always dreamed of. Her freedom is restored, her crew is a trustworthy bunch, and the princess who holds her heart is by her side.But trouble brewing back in Redmere threatens to pull Cinder and Princess Georgina apart before their future can truly begin...
  • Shiver Her Timbers by Alex Westmore

    Shiver Her Timbers by Alex Westmore

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    It’s been six years since Quinn started dressing as a man in order to sneak aboard the most notorious pirate ship ever to set sail upon the seven seas—and those years have definitely begun to take their toll...
  • The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart

    The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    The emperor's reign has lasted for decades, his mastery of bone shard magic powering the animal-like constructs that maintain law and order. But now his rule is failing, and revolution is sweeping across the Empire's many islands.Lin is the emperor's daughter and spends her days trapped in a palace of locked doors and dark secrets...
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    high fantasy  magic  queer  fantasy  f-f  length-long
  • Between Mischief and Magic: A Love X Magic Novel by Marissa Serrao

    Between Mischief and Magic: A Love X Magic Novel by Marissa Serrao

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 5 ratings
    Between Mischief & Magic is an upcoming NA sapphic romantasy between a grumpy demon and a sunshine princess who lost her magic. This story with cozy vibes is full of banter, stays at the inn, and chaotic demon magic...
  • The Pirate's Booty by Alex Westmore

    The Pirate's Booty by Alex Westmore

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Quinn Gallagher’s childhood friend is abducted from a dock in Ireland, she’ll do whatever it takes to come to the rescue—even if that means dressing as a man and joining the crew of one of the most notorious pirate captains the world has ever seen. Quinn soon finds there is much to enjoy living as a man, in particular the company of other women...
  • Ancient Ruins by Benjamin Medrano

    Ancient Ruins by Benjamin Medrano

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Sistina awakened after millennia of dormancy, her memories in tatters and born anew. Residing in the ruins of an ancient city, she finds herself drawn into a war between two elven nations and the slaver kingdom of Kelvanis when she rescues a princess from slavery. With her domain containing hints of forgotten knowledge, Sistina becomes a dungeon, stronghold, and source of hope all at once...
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    magic  queer  f-f  fantasy  harems  orcs  length-medium
  • The Shattering of the Spirit-Sword Part I by Sam Farren

    The Shattering of the Spirit-Sword Part I by Sam Farren

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Princess Castelle is the last of her bloodline. Kept safe by the spirits bound to the forest surrounding her, Castelle devotes herself to studying all a future Queen needs to know, waiting for the day she can wield Brackish. The spirit-sword is her birthright. Only those worthy of ruling the archipelago can temper Brackish’s ancient rage without succumbing to it...
  • Sword of the Guardian by Merry Shannon

    Sword of the Guardian by Merry Shannon

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A shocking assassination creates an unconventional bond between a princess and her guardian in a kingdom filled with political intrigue, danger and unexpected romance. Princess Shasta Soltranis enjoys a pampered life of court dances, elaborate finery, and the occasional secret fencing match with her twin brother, Daric...
  • Lady Knight by L.-J. Baker

    Lady Knight by L.-J. Baker

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rhiannon, outcast and female knight, seeks a cause worthy of a chivalric hero in a medieval world of magic and misogyny. Eleanor, a wealthy widow, has given up all hero of finding passionate love and her perfect knight - until she meets Rhiannon. Aveline, a powerful priestess, needs a warrior for her secret mission of starting a holy war...
  • Uncharted by Alli Temple

    Uncharted by Alli Temple

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 6 ratings
    In a world of arrogant nobles and their punishing laws, Georgina will be hanged if anyone discovers she is a spy. But when the wicked prince proposes marriage, Georgina must accept. Refusing would expose the secrets she has delivered to a hidden resistance and forfeit her life. With her wedding day looming ever closer, salvation comes from an unlikely source...
  • Blind Beauty by Jasmine Garcia

    Blind Beauty by Jasmine Garcia

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the isolated isle of Sarpedon, cold blood under scaly flesh pumps into a creature with snakes for hair, and serpentine features. Cast from society by the wrath of a Goddess, she is shielded by the bodies of stone along the shoreline. They warn off mortals; victims of her curse that had come to harm her. Soldiers, huntsmen, adventurers.Her curse afflicted all.All but one...
  • Burning Roses by S.L. Huang

    Burning Roses by S.L. Huang

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When Rosa (aka Red Riding Hood) and Hou Yi the Archer join forces to stop the deadly sunbirds from ravaging the countryside, their quest will take the two women, now blessed and burdened with the hindsight of middle age, into a reckoning of sacrifices made and mistakes mourned, of choices and family and the quest for immortality...
    Categorized as:
    high fantasy  queer  fantasy  f-f  length-novella
  • Avatar: The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee, Michael Dante DiMartino

    Avatar: The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee, Michael Dante DiMartino

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 34 ratings
    F. C. Yee’s The Rise of Kyoshi delves into the story of Kyoshi, the Earth Kingdom–born Avatar. The longest-living Avatar in this beloved world’s history, Kyoshi established the brave and respected Kyoshi Warriors, but also founded the secretive Dai Li, which led to the corruption, decline, and fall of her own nation...
  • A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

    A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 37 ratings
    The stunning, standalone prequel to the New York Times bestselling The Priory of the Orange Tree.Tunuva Melim is a sister of the Priory. For fifty years, she has trained to slay wyrms – but none have appeared since the Nameless One, and the younger generation is starting to question the Priory's purpose...
  • Avatar: The Shadow of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee

    Avatar: The Shadow of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 30 ratings
    Kyoshi’s place as the true Avatar has finally been cemented—but at a heavy cost. With her mentors gone, Kyoshi voyages across the Four Nations, struggling to keep the peace. But while her reputation grows, a mysterious threat emerges from the Spirit World. To stop it, Kyoshi, Rangi, and their reluctant allies must join forces before the Four Nations are destroyed irreparably...
  • A Hero's Tale by Catherine M. Wilson

    A Hero's Tale by Catherine M. Wilson

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    In Book III of the trilogy, Tamras must make her own hero’s journey. She ventures into the unknown and encounters a more formidable enemy than any she has ever faced. Character is destiny, and the destiny of Tamras and all her people will depend upon choices that come less from the skills she has been taught than from the person she has become, from her own heart...
    Categorized as:
    magic  high fantasy  war  queer  fantasy  f-f  historical  young adult
  • A Journey of the Heart by Catherine M. Wilson

    A Journey of the Heart by Catherine M. Wilson

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    In Book II of the trilogy, Tamras’s apprenticeship as a warrior isn’t turning out quite the way she expected. Her unconventional choices lead to her crossing swords, almost literally, with Vintel, the war leader of Merin’s house. She finds herself embroiled in a power struggle she is doomed to lose, but the loss sends her on a journey that will change her destiny and decide the fate of her people...
  • The Forgotten Realms by Silvia Shaw

    The Forgotten Realms by Silvia Shaw

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The sweeping saga of Rand continues. Her time at Falcon’s Keep over, Savannah comes into her full power as the wielder of the sacred medallion. She seeks help in Arcadia to interpret the Prophecy Chart, the black magic spell that divides the Forgotten Realms from the rest of Rand...
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