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Lesbian & Sapphic FictionQueer FantasyQueer Science Fiction

The Chosen and the Beautiful

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  • 2021 first published
  • 272 pages
  • 4 editions
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Nghi Vo's The Chosen and the Beautiful (2021) is a sapphic fiction and queer fantasy novel. It features Jordan Baker. Key subjects include LGBT, Retelling, Asian American women and gays.

44 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 4 editions.

It runs to roughly 272 pages — 4–5 hours of reading at an average pace.

About The Chosen and the Beautiful

*Immigrant. Socialite. Magician.* Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society—she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She's also queer, Asian, adopted, and treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, while the most important doors remain closed to her. But the world is full of wonders: infernal pacts and dazzling illusions, lost ghosts and elemental mysteries. In all paper is fire, and Jordan can burn the cut paper heart out of a man. She just has to learn how.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Characters

  • Jordan Baker

Subjects

  • LGBTQ science fiction & fantasy
  • LGBT
  • Retelling
  • Asian American women
  • Gays
  • Nineteen twenties
  • Américaines d'origine asiatique
  • Romans, nouvelles
  • Homosexuels
  • Années vingt, Vingtième siècle
  • FICTION / Fantasy / Historical
  • FICTION / Literary
  • FICTION / Asian American
  • Asian Americans
  • Gays and lesbians
  • Fantasy

Quick answers

Who wrote The Chosen and the Beautiful?

The Chosen and the Beautiful was written by Nghi Vo and first published in 2021.

What genre is The Chosen and the Beautiful?

It is usually shelved as Lesbian & Sapphic Fiction, Queer Fantasy, Queer Science Fiction and Fairy Tale Retellings.

How long is The Chosen and the Beautiful?

The median edition has 272 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Chosen and the Beautiful?

Readers who like it often enjoy Lies We Sing to the Sea, The Gilda Stories and Of Fire and Stars.

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