Books > Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction
Monthly median sales (top 30)
$1,112
The median book price
$13.24
Bestseller's daily sales
39
50th book's daily sales
1
Average number of pages per book
309
Monopoly/Olygopoly detected
Yes
Performance tracking
Competitiveness
Volume sales
Book price
Volatility
New releases
Self published
Matching KDP categories
fiction > science fiction > hard science fiction
71.43%
juvenile > fiction > science fiction
65.47%
fiction > science fiction > steampunk
65.47%
fiction > science fiction > military
65.47%
Keyword requirement
bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender, lgbt, science fiction, dystopian
Best selling keywords
Median title & subtitle length is 6 words:
- Little Mushroom: Revelations (Little Mushroom, 2)
- The Galaxy, and the Ground Within: A Novel
- Light from Uncommon Stars
- Scatter: Heart of Heroes Series, Book 1
- Light From Uncommon Stars
- Indie success
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20%
- Volatility
- New releases
- KDP Select
95%
15.79%
26.67%
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Front-page bestsellers:
Book title | Author | Publisher | Absolute rank | Monthly sales volume | Price | Amazon stars | Amazon reviews | |
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1 | Little Mushroom: Revelations (Little Mushroom, 2) | Shisi | Self published | N/A | $559 | $19.98 | 395 | |
2 | The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet: Wayfarers, Book 1 | Becky Chambers | HarperAudio | 3,113 | $27,507 | $25.19 | 25,535 | |
3 | The Galaxy, and the Ground Within: A Novel | Becky Chambers | HarperAudio | 15,779 | $5,554 | $22.04 | 7,189 | |
4 | Light from Uncommon Stars | Ryka Aoki | Macmillan Audio | 16,227 | $4,462 | $17.71 | 2,814 | |
5 | Scatter: Heart of Heroes Series, Book 1 | Molly J. Bragg | Self published | 18,451 | $3,368 | $15.04 | 899 | |
6 | Light From Uncommon Stars | Ryka Aoki | Tor Books; 1st edition | 20,912 | $2,350 | $11.99 | 2,814 | |
7 | A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers Book 2) | Becky Chambers | "Best Books of 2017" pick! | 28,667 | $2,518 | $14.99 | 15,624 | |
8 | For the Love of the Cosmos | Graham L. Bishop | Self published | 31,933 | $1,958 | $13.99 | 5 | |
9 | Our Wives Under the Sea: A Novel | Julia Armfield | Flatiron Books | 39,810 | $1,342 | $11.99 | 2,560 | |
10 | Little Mushroom: Judgment Day | Shisi | Self published | 43,679 | $1,679 | $19.99 | 704 | |
11 | Manhunt | Gretchen Felker-Martin | “A sensual, tender, honest, and inspirational story of imperfect but well-meaning people banding together in an attempt to not only survive but thrive.” ― | 44,261 | $1,091 | $12.99 | 997 | |
12 | The Galaxy, and the Ground Within: A Novel (Wayfarers Book 4) | Becky Chambers | (starred review) | 44,425 | $1,133 | $13.49 | 7,189 | |
13 | Light From Uncommon Stars | Ryka Aoki | Tor Books | 52,354 | $797 | $14.24 | 2,814 | |
14 | The Alien's Defiant Omega: an m/m alien romance (The Alien's Omega Book 3) | Sienna Sway | Blue Crescent Books | 52,569 | $279 | $4.99 | 478 | |
15 | The Alien's Runaway Omega (The Alien's Omega Book 2) | Sienna Sway | Blue Crescent Books | 55,148 | $279 | $4.99 | 1,005 |
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet: Wayfarers, Book 1
Becky Chambers
Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Series!The acclaimed modern science-fiction masterpiece, included on Library Journal's Best SFF of 2016, the Barnes & Nobles Sci-Fi Fantasy Blog Best Books of 2015, the Tor.com Best Books of 2015, Reader’s Choice, as well as nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Kitschie, and the Bailey's Women's Prize. Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space - and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family in the far reaches of the universe - in this lighthearted debut space opera from a rising sci-fi star. Rosemary Harper doesn’t expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers her a bed, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy, and most importantly, some distance from her past. An introspective young woman who learned early to keep to herself, she’s never met anyone remotely like the ship’s diverse crew, including Sissix, the exotic reptilian pilot, chatty engineers Kizzy and Jenks, who keep the ship running, and Ashby, their noble captain. Life aboard the Wayfarer is chaotic and crazy - exactly what Rosemary wants. It’s also about to get extremely dangerous when the crew is offered the job of a lifetime. Tunneling wormholes through space to a distant planet is definitely lucrative and will keep them comfortable for years. But risking her life wasn’t part of the plan. In the far reaches of deep space, the tiny Wayfarer crew will confront a host of unexpected mishaps and thrilling adventures that force them to depend on each other. To survive, Rosemary’s got to learn how to rely on this assortment of oddballs - an experience that teaches her about love and trust and that having a family isn’t necessarily the worst thing in the universe. Read more
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within: A Novel
Becky Chambers
Return to the sprawling, Hugo Award-winning universe of the Galactic Commons to explore another corner of the cosmos - one often mentioned, but not yet explored - in this absorbing entry in the Wayfarers series, which blends heart-warming characters and imaginative adventure. With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The only thing it has going for it is a chance proximity to more popular worlds, making it a decent stopover for ships traveling between the wormholes that keep the Galactic Commons connected. If deep space is a highway, Gora is just your average truck stop. At the Five-Hop One-Stop, long-haul spacers can stretch their legs (if they have legs, that is), and get fuel, transit permits, and assorted supplies. The Five-Hop is run by an enterprising alien and her sometimes helpful child, who work hard to provide a little piece of home to everyone passing through. When a freak technological failure halts all traffic to and from Gora, three strangers - all different species with different aims - are thrown together at the Five-Hop. Grounded, with nothing to do but wait, the trio - an exiled artist with an appointment to keep, a cargo runner at a personal crossroads, and a mysterious individual doing her best to help those on the fringes - are compelled to confront where they’ve been, where they might go, and what they are, or could be, to each other. Read more
Light from Uncommon Stars
Ryka Aoki
Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in Ryka Aoki's Light from Uncommon Stars, a defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian bargains, and queer alien courtship over fresh-made donuts.Shizuka Satomi made a deal with the devil: To escape damnation, she must entice seven other violin prodigies to trade their souls for success. She has already delivered six.When Katrina Nguyen, a young transgender runaway, catches Shizuka's ear with her wild talent, Shizuka can almost feel the curse lifting. She's found her final candidate.But in a donut shop off a bustling highway in the San Gabriel Valley, Shizuka meets Lan Tran, retired starship captain, interstellar refugee, and mother of four. Shizuka doesn't have time for crushes or coffee dates, what with her very soul on the line, but Lan's kind smile and eyes like stars might just redefine a soul's worth. And maybe something as small as a warm donut is powerful enough to break a curse as vast as the California coastline.As the lives of these three women become entangled by chance and fate, a story of magic, identity, curses, and hope begins, and a family worth crossing the universe for is found. A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books. Read more
Scatter: Heart of Heroes Series, Book 1
Molly J. Bragg
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Light From Uncommon Stars
Ryka Aoki
Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in Ryka Aoki's Light From Uncommon Stars, a defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian bargains, and queer alien courtship over fresh-made donuts.Hugo Award FinalistA National BestsellerIndie Next PickNew York Public Library Top 10 Book of 2021A Kirkus Best Book of 2021A Barnes & Noble Best Science Fiction Book of 20212022 Alex Award Winner2022 Stonewall Book Award WinnerShizuka Satomi made a deal with the devil: to escape damnation, she must entice seven other violin prodigies to trade their souls for success. She has already delivered six. When Katrina Nguyen, a young transgender runaway, catches Shizuka's ear with her wild talent, Shizuka can almost feel the curse lifting. She's found her final candidate. But in a donut shop off a bustling highway in the San Gabriel Valley, Shizuka meets Lan Tran, retired starship captain, interstellar refugee, and mother of four. Shizuka doesn't have time for crushes or coffee dates, what with her very soul on the line, but Lan's kind smile and eyes like stars might just redefine a soul's worth. And maybe something as small as a warm donut is powerful enough to break a curse as vast as the California coastline.As the lives of these three women become entangled by chance and fate, a story of magic, identity, curses, and hope begins, and a family worth crossing the universe for is found.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. Read more
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers Book 2)
Becky Chambers
National Bestseller!Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Series!A Publishers Weekly "Best Books of 2017" pick!Nominated for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel!Shortlisted for the 2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award!Winner of the Prix Julia-Verlanger!Embark on an exciting, adventurous, and dangerous journey through the galaxy with the motley crew of the spaceship Wayfarer in this fun and heart-warming space opera—the sequel to the acclaimed The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.Lovelace was once merely a ship’s artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in a new body, following a total system shut-down and reboot, she has no memory of what came before. As Lovelace learns to negotiate the universe and discover who she is, she makes friends with Pepper, an excitable engineer, who’s determined to help her learn and grow.Together, Pepper and Lovey will discover that no matter how vast space is, two people can fill it together.The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet introduced readers to the incredible world of Rosemary Harper, a young woman with a restless soul and secrets to keep. When she joined the crew of the Wayfarer, an intergalactic ship, she got more than she bargained for—and learned to live with, and love, her rag-tag collection of crewmates.A Closed and Common Orbit is the stand-alone sequel to that beloved debut novel, and is perfect for fans of Firefly, Joss Whedon, Mass Effect, and Star Wars. Read more
For the Love of the Cosmos
Graham L. Bishop
"A mindblowing dispatch from a realm of neurodiverse posthumanity..." - Jonathan Lethem, National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novelistIn Graham L. Bishop's post-apocalyptic adventure debut, Earth's last humans live beside animals in the Arkology, an artificial island managed by the tyrannical Melampus Corporation. As a puppy, Prince the poodle was proud to be the first user of Melampus's new cross-species telepathy device, the Specter.Ten years later, though, Prince is one talking animal among thousands, and his best friend, Dante, a young and idealistic trans man, grows distant in his preparations to become the new Melampus CEO. Dante's attraction to Laura, a compassionate intern from a lower social class, leaves Prince lonely and without purpose.On an almost tragic research mission, Prince meets Varuna, a mysterious dolphin whose capacity to "hack" the Specter intrigues him. Varuna offers Prince a dazzling vision: A world where animals can enjoy the same freedoms as humans. To build this world, they get Dante and Laura's help.But with new friends come new enemies: The old Melampus guard won't give up power so easily, and our heroes discover a terrible secret that calls the fate of the whole cosmos into question. Prince, meanwhile, learns that his new dolphin paramour has secrets of his own.Can our heroes save the world through cosmic love, or will past heartbreaks lead to doom? Find out...in:FOR THE LOVE OF THE COSMOS Read more
Our Wives Under the Sea: A Novel
Julia Armfield
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (NPR, The Washington Post, Lit Hub, The Telegraph, Goodreads, Tor.com, them, and more)A FINALIST for the LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD and GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD“A deeply strange and haunting novel in the best possible way…An impressive and exciting debut novel that may leave you thinking about your own relationships in a new light.” —NPR“Shocking…Achingly poetic…Sharp and beautiful as coral polyps…Armfield exercises an exquisite—even sadistic—sense of suspense." —Ron Charles, The Washington Post Leah is changed. A marine biologist, she left for a routine expedition months earlier, only this time her submarine sank to the sea floor. When she finally surfaces and returns home, her wife Miri knows that something is wrong. Barely eating and lost in her thoughts, Leah rotates between rooms in their apartment, running the taps morning and night. Whatever happened in that vessel, whatever it was they were supposed to be studying before they were stranded, Leah has carried part of it with her, onto dry land and into their home. As Miri searches for answers, desperate to understand what happened below the water, she must face the possibility that the woman she loves is slipping from her grasp.By turns elegiac and furious, wry and heartbreaking, Our Wives Under the Sea is an exploration of the unknowable depths within each of us, and the love that compels us nevertheless toward one another. Read more
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Manhunt
Gretchen Felker-Martin
"By far the best book I've read this year.” —Roxane Gay #1 Best Book of 2022 (Vulture) • A Best Horror Novel of All Time (Cosmopolitan) • One of the Best Horror Novels of 2022 (Esquire, Library Journal, Paste, and CrimeReads) • A Top 10 Horror Debuts of 2022 (Booklist) • A Goodreads Choice Award nominee for Best Horror • A Best Book of 2022 (Tor.com) • A Best SFF Book of 2022 (Gizmodo) • A Top 25 Most Influential Works of Postwar Queer Literature (The New York Times Style Magazine).Manhunt is an explosive post-apocalyptic novel that follows trans women and trans men on a grotesque journey of survival.“A modern horror masterpiece.” —Carmen Maria MachadoBeth and Fran spend their days traveling the ravaged New England coast, hunting feral men and harvesting their organs in a gruesome effort to ensure they'll never face the same fate.Robbie lives by his gun and one hard-learned motto: other people aren't safe.After a brutal accident entwines the three of them, this found family of survivors must navigate murderous TERFs, a sociopathic billionaire bunker brat, and awkward relationship dynamics—all while outrunning packs of feral men, and their own demons."A filthy, furious delight."—The New YorkerAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. Read more
National Bestseller!Return to the sprawling, Hugo Award-winning universe of the Galactic Commons to explore another corner of the cosmos—one often mentioned, but not yet explored—in this absorbing entry in the Wayfarers series, which blends heart-warming characters and imaginative adventure.With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The only thing it has going for it is a chance proximity to more popular worlds, making it a decent stopover for ships traveling between the wormholes that keep the Galactic Commons connected. If deep space is a highway, Gora is just your average truck stop.At the Five-Hop One-Stop, long-haul spacers can stretch their legs (if they have legs, that is), and get fuel, transit permits, and assorted supplies. The Five-Hop is run by an enterprising alien and her sometimes helpful child, who work hard to provide a little piece of home to everyone passing through.When a freak technological failure halts all traffic to and from Gora, three strangers—all different species with different aims—are thrown together at the Five-Hop. Grounded, with nothing to do but wait, the trio—an exiled artist with an appointment to keep, a cargo runner at a personal crossroads, and a mysterious individual doing her best to help those on the fringes—are compelled to confront where they’ve been, where they might go, and what they are, or could be, to each other. Read more
Light From Uncommon Stars
Ryka Aoki
Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in Ryka Aoki's Light From Uncommon Stars, a defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian bargains, and queer alien courtship over fresh-made donuts.Shizuka Satomi made a deal with the devil: to escape damnation, she must entice seven other violin prodigies to trade their souls for success. She has already delivered six.When Katrina Nguyen, a young transgender runaway, catches Shizuka's ear with her wild talent, Shizuka can almost feel the curse lifting. She's found her final candidate.But in a donut shop off a bustling highway in the San Gabriel Valley, Shizuka meets Lan Tran, retired starship captain, interstellar refugee, and mother of four. Shizuka doesn't have time for crushes or coffee dates, what with her very soul on the line, but Lan's kind smile and eyes like stars might just redefine a soul's worth. And maybe something as small as a warm donut is powerful enough to break a curse as vast as the California coastline.As the lives of these three women become entangled by chance and fate, a story of magic, identity, curses, and hope begins, and a family worth crossing the universe for is found. Read more
LatifOmegas are meant to be kept like precious treasures. We are not meant to be strong all on our own. Thankfully, the humans are here to change things. Learning to fight and seeing the omega Devin able to hold his own against any alpha twice his size has lit a fire inside me. I don’t need an alpha to be free.And it just so happens that the human alpha Blaine understands that.He does not want to become my lifemate, my alpha, my everything… Perhaps that is why, I am eager to cross every line with him.BlaineTo say that I’m not a fan of Mukhana would be an understatement. Every time humans get involved with the nassa, it gets messy. But to be there for my friend, I’ll do what I must.What starts as research about the omegas, has turned into an interest in one, in particular.Latif is bright-eyed, precocious, and determined to rebel with me. I know I should resist him. I know that we humans already have a bad track record of getting involved with the nassa but Latif is strong enough to know what he wants, and something about him draws out my carnal nature, and my desire to give him the world.Perhaps this is why omegas are usually kept away from alphas…The Alien's Defiant Omega is a lighthearted sci-fi m/m romance featuring a unique alien race, a universe-trotting professor-type man who has terrible self-control, and a rebellious alien omega who is determined to change the world.Note* For maximum understanding and enjoyment, the first two books in the series should be read first. Read more
EisaThe humans are coming. Hundreds of them. They’ll be here to infiltrate Mukhana with their bases, their machinery, their strange culture, and their unreasonable demands. All of that would be fine in exchange for the one thing I want most in this universe; an omega.But despite my request, the human omegas are being sent away. Only human alphas are permitted to stay. My own alpha council claims that omegas may not roam the planet unmated for their own sake. So, I have no other choice but to take matters into my own hands.When the human ship lands, I will take what I deserve.DevinAfter years in service, countless galactic wars, and one unfortunate injury, my career is on the line. Working on the new Mukhana military base is my last chance to keep my job and more than that, to keep promises made years ago.But when I’m told that I’m not allowed to stay because I’m an omega, I’m in shock. There’s no way that can be right. I’m not exactly the meek damsel type and I’m pretty sure that’s what being an omega entails. There must be a mistake.If this big, reptilianalien, can secure my job and, more importantly, my salary, then bonding with him for a little while, will be well worth it.The Alien's Runaway Omega is a lighthearted sci-fi m/m romance featuring a unique alien race, a military man who is in a bit of a bind, a desperately lonely and stubborn alien who is more than willing to bend for his omega, and an unbreakable bond.Note* Although this book has two new main characters, Saar and Alex from book one feature heavily in the plot. The storyline requires reading the first book, before this one, for maximum understanding and enjoyment.NOTE** BOOK TITLE WAS CHANGED TO BETTER FIT THE STORY. IT WAS UP FOR PREORDER AS THE ALIEN'S STOLEN OMEGA. SORRY IF THIS HAS CAUSED ANY CONFUSION. Read more
My son is missing, but I will do whatever I have to in order to get him back.Even if that means infiltrating the darkest of the black market industries on Kateria, a corrupt pleasure planet where the wealthy come to vacation.Even if that means rubbing shoulders with the very people who I believe to have sold my son into slavery.Even if that means buying a slave myself.Slave Market on the Pleasure Planet is a somewhat dark romance featuring a human billionaire who will not rest until his family is whole again, and the alien who wants nothing more than to fill his lonely human's heart. Read more
“Until the day humanity falls.”In the year 2020, Earth’s magnetic poles disappeared and humankind was nearly wiped out by cosmic radiation. Within the span of a hundred years, living creatures began to mutate and devour each other while the remaining humans, numbering in the tens of thousands, struggled bitterly in their man-made bases.In the Abyss, home to the mutated xenogenics, there lived a sentient little mushroom. Because it had been nourished by the blood and flesh of the deceased human An Ze, not only did it take on a similar-looking human form, but a similar name as well: An Zhe.An Zhe is determined to go to the human base to search for his spore, which had been harvested by humans. Once there, however, he faces the omnipresent risk of discovery and certain death as he tries to keep his non-human nature hidden from the Judges, whose responsibility is to inspect for and eliminate xenogenics like himself. And of all the Judges, Colonel Lu Feng is the most perceptive and merciless—as soon as he determines that someone is a xenogenic, he will execute that person on the spot.But An Zhe's mutation goes undetected by Lu Feng's eyes, and so a tale of humans and xenogenics unfolds…Silver Award Winner of 2021’s Xingyun Awards for Global Chinese Science Fiction for Best Original Novel Read more
It is the late twenty-first century, and Momo is the most celebrated dermal care technician in all of T City. Humanity has migrated to domes at the bottom of the sea to escape devastating climate change. The world is dominated by powerful media conglomerates and runs on exploited cyborg labor. Momo prefers to keep to herself, and anyway she’s too busy for other relationships: her clients include some of the city’s best-known media personalities. But after meeting her estranged mother, she begins to explore her true identity, a journey that leads to questioning the bounds of gender, memory, self, and reality.First published in Taiwan in 1995, The Membranes is a classic of queer speculative fiction in Chinese. Chi Ta-wei weaves dystopian tropes―heirloom animals, radiation-proof combat drones, sinister surveillance technologies―into a sensitive portrait of one young woman’s quest for self-understanding. Predicting everything from fitness tracking to social media saturation, this visionary and sublime novel stands out for its queer and trans themes. The Membranes reveals the diversity and originality of contemporary speculative fiction in Chinese, exploring gender and sexuality, technological domination, and regimes of capital, all while applying an unflinching self-reflexivity to the reader’s own role. Ari Larissa Heinrich’s translation brings Chi’s hybrid punk sensibility to all readers interested in books that test the limits of where speculative fiction can go. Read more
Brick and Brass (Hammer and Fist: Lextalion Book 2)
Jennifer Cody
Lex:Of course waking up from a coma wouldn’t come easy for me; thankfully I have friends willing to fuck me back to life. Once I’m on my feet again, playing catch up on the trafficking case makes me want to eviscerate someone. I hate that I’ve lost precious time hunting down Dominus, but I’m awake now and ready for action.With weird things happening to the portals, an Ethensian hopping realms when he shouldn’t be able to, and trying to figure out how to end the blood hex I’m under, I feel like I’m drowning in tasks and making no progress. I want to end Dominus and put Knoxville behind me; instead, I get a one-off accidental prophecy taking me straight to a battlefield I didn’t even know existed.Brick and Brass is a 65k MM Urban Fantasy. This is the second in the series and not a stand alone. Content includes: horror descriptions and gore, public sex and sex magic outside of the romantic subplot. Read more
No Shelter But the Stars
Virginia Black
Virginia Black's No Shelter But the Stars is the space opera you've been waiting for—packed with warring worlds, romantic adventure, and larger-than-life characters. Kyran Loyal is the last heir to the lost throne of a forgotten planet, the figurehead of a nomadic people fleeing the galactic tyranny of a brutal regime. Davia Sifane is the unrecognized daughter of an imperial despot. When happenstance pits them against each other in battle, neither expects the outcome: they are the only two people to survive. Marooned on a barren moon, their only hope of survival is to rely on each other, but what they learn will either kill them or change the galaxy forever. Read more