Queer & retellings romance books

Here are 19 romance books which feature the themes/tropes of queer and retellings. If there’s too many (or too few!) books for your taste here, take a look at my romance book database where you can search by your dream trope combinations.

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1
A Mirror Mended Alix E. Harrow
208 pages Book 2 of Fractured Fables Series Published by Tor
Retellings Fairy tales LGBT Queer
2
A River of Golden Bones A.K. Mulford
416 pages Book 1 of Golden Court Series Published by HarperVoyager
Retellings LGBT Queer
3
A Sweet Sting of Salt Rose Sutherland
384 pages Standalone Published by Orbit
Retellings Lesbian LGBT Queer
4
A Treachery of Swans A.B. Poranek
370 pages Standalone Published by Bloomsbury
Retellings Lesbian LGBT Queer
5
Angels Before Man Rafael Nicolás
416 pages Standalone Self-published
Retellings Mythology Gay LGBT
6
Cinderella Is Dead Kalynn Bayron
384 pages Standalone Published by Bloomsbury
Retellings Fairy tales Lesbian LGBT
7
Girl, Serpent, Thorn Melissa Bashardoust
336 pages Standalone Published by Flatiron Books
Retellings Lesbian LGBT Queer
8
Icarus K. Ancrum
416 pages Standalone Published by HarperTeen
Retellings Mythology LGBT Queer
9
In the Lives of Puppets T.J. Klune
400 pages Standalone Published by Tor
Retellings LGBT Queer
10
Little Thieves Margaret Owen
496 pages Book 1 of Little Thieves Series Published by Henry Holt
Retellings Magic LGBT Queer
11
Lord of Eternal Night Ben Alderson
420 pages Standalone Self-published
Enemies to lovers Retellings Vampires Gay
12
Lucy Undying Kiersten White
384 pages Standalone Published by Delacorte Press
Retellings Vampires Lesbian LGBT
13
Malice Heather Walter
416 pages Book 1 of Malice Duology Published by Del Rey
Retellings Magic Lesbian LGBT
14
Misrule Heather Walter
400 pages Book 2 of Malice Series Published by Del Rey
Retellings Lesbian LGBT Queer
15
Most Ardently Gabe Cole Novoa
384 pages Standalone Published by Feiwel & Friends
Retellings LGBT Queer Transgender
16
Not for the Faint of Heart Lex Croucher
320 pages Standalone Published by Henry Holt
Retellings Lesbian LGBT Queer
17
Painted Devils Margaret Owen
416 pages Book 2 of Little Thieves Series Published by Henry Holt
Retellings LGBT Queer
18
Queen Takes Rose Katee Robert
420 pages Book 2 of Wicked Villains Series Published by Sourcebooks Casablanca
Dark Retellings Lesbian LGBT
19
The Bone Spindle Leslie Vedder
432 pages Book 1 of Bone Spindle Series Published by Razorbill
Retellings Magic Lesbian LGBT