Novels

Aliette is the author of:

  • Navigational Entanglements, a xianxia-inspired romantic space opera where four mismatched juniors must catch a deadly space creature (Insecure assassin/capable loner, enemies to lovers, made for one another if only they could catch a break from all the disasters around them).
  • The Xuya Universe Romances, sapphic romantic space operas set in the Hugo-award nominated, Vietnamese-inspired universe where ships are people. Includes A Fire Born of Exile (Drama llama/wallflower. Revenge, dark secret, total inability of one protagonist to consider her own safety or happiness) and The Red Scholar’s Wake (Sapphic space pirates! Sentient spaceship/nerdy engineer! There is only one ship–literally!)
  • The Universe of Xuya. Same universe as above but the books are more space opera. Includes the standalone books In the Shadow of the Ship, Seven of Infinities, The Tea Master and the Detective (Nebula Award winner, Hugo Award finalist), and On a Red Station, Drifting (Hugo and Nebula Award finalist)
  • The Dragons and Blades series, m/m romantic fantasies of tea, manners and murders set in an alternate 19th-Century Vietnamese court (murderous husband/diplomatic husband, solving crimes without stabbing anyone, healthy relationship in spite of SO MANY obstacles)
  • Fireheart Tiger, a sapphic romantic fantasy set in a universe inspired by precolonial Vietnam
  • In the Vanishers’ Palace, a dark retelling of Beauty and the Beast where they’re both women and the Beast is a dragon, set in a universe inspired by Vietnamese fairytales
  • The Dominion of the Fallen series, dark Gothic fantasies set in a ruined turn-of-the-century Paris devastated by a magical war
  • The Obsidian and Blood trilogy of books, Aztec noir fantasy featuring priest-investigator Acatl