Picked by Moonlighters fans

Here are 2 books that Moonlighters fans have personally recommended once you finish the Moonlighters series. Book DNA is a community of authors and super-readers sharing their favorite books with the world.

Book cover of Role Playing

Chelsea Zhao

From Chelsea's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Unknown Author Why Chelsea loves this book

This had so many things that I loved!
- Older characters (48 and 50)
- Geeky Gamers
- Bi/Demisexual rep
- friends to lovers
- hilarious mix-up (she thought he was 20, he thought she was 80)
- teens who felt like teens

Keep in mind that we do have some harder topics: biphobia, homophobia, mentioned death of a parent, talk of end-of-life care

I seriously loved these characters and their relationship so much. I loved how snarky and funny that they could be. And I loved the demisexual representation!

By Cathy Yardley ,

Why should I read it?

5 authors picked Role Playing as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

From Cathy Yardley, author of Love, Comment, Subscribe, comes an emotional rom-com about two middle-aged gamers who grow their online connection into an IRL love story.

Maggie is an unapologetically grumpy forty-eight-year-old hermit. But when her college-aged son makes her a deal―he’ll be more social if she does the same―she can’t refuse. She joins a new online gaming guild led by a friendly healer named Otter. So that nobody gets the wrong idea, she calls herself Bogwitch.

Otter is Aiden, a fifty-year-old optimist using the guild as an emotional outlet from his family drama caring for his aging mother while…


Book cover of Coming Clean

Katta Kis Author Of Love in the Liner Notes

From Katta's 3 favorite reads in 2023.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author Reader Cat lover Music fan Witch Research nerd

Katta's 3 favorite reads in 2023

Katta Kis Why Katta loves this book

I loved this book from the first chapter! It was fun yet angsty and sexy yet sweet.

I adored the goth heroine (who felt like a real goth, not a cartoon goth), the discussion of the parasocial aspects of fame, the burdens of representation, and sustainable fashion. As someone who grew up in Los Angeles, Coming Clean felt very grounded in the city beyond just the Instagramable parts.

This was a fun, fast read with substance. I’ve been working my way through Trihn’s backlist ever since and it hasn’t disappointed!