20 Top queer books like The Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune

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The Extraordinaries

By: T.J. Klune

4.07

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

Some people are extraordinary. Some are just extra. TJ Klune's YA debut, The Extraordinaries, is a …

"Be gay. Do crimes."

-T.J. Klune, The Extraordinaries

"We're a lighthouse, Nick. A beacon to help them find their way home."

-T.J. Klune, The Extraordinaries

"Your house isn't haunted! Your aunt is such a liar. She distracted me with cookies and lies!"

-T.J. Klune, The Extraordinaries

"Boys can be anything girls can. And girls can be anything boys can. My mom says that sometimes; boys can even be girls."

-T.J. Klune, The Extraordinaries

If you liked the queer plot in The Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Dark Heir (Dark Rise, #2)

By: C.S. Pacat

4.56

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

In this riveting sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel Dark Rise, Will and his allies have… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Pacat's Dark Heir (Dark Rise, #2) book and T.J. Klune's The Extraordinaries

  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"It’s all very well caring about sheep when you killed six of my men,"

-C.S. Pacat, Dark Heir (Dark Rise, #2)

"Light is not something you can extinguish," she said. "Even in the darkest night, there is a star."

-C.S. Pacat, Dark Heir (Dark Rise, #2)

"So you can take a shadow,' said Will, 'you can pledge yourself to darkness, but I can't be trusted with my own power, even when I want to use it to do what's right?"

-C.S. Pacat, Dark Heir (Dark Rise, #2)

"So you can take a shadow," said Will, "you can pledge yourself to darkness, but I can't be trusted with my own power, even when I want to use it to do what's right?"

-C.S. Pacat, Dark Heir (Dark Rise, #2)

Cover of Otherworldly by F.T. Lukens

2. Otherworldly

By: F.T. Lukens

3.99

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author of Spell Bound and So This Is Ever After. Seventeen-year-old E… read more

Similar categories in F.T. Lukens's Otherworldly book and T.J. Klune's The Extraordinaries

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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3. All That’s Left in the World (All That's Left in the World, #1)

By: Erik J. Brown

4.23

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

What If It's Us meets They Both Die at the End in this postapocalyptic, queer YA adventure romance … read more

Similar categories in Erik J. Brown's All That’s Left in the World (All That's Left in the World, #1) book and T.J. Klune's The Extraordinaries

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • queer
"You couldn't catch this gay if you had tickets to Hamilton."

-Erik J. Brown, All That’s Left in the World (All That's Left in the World, #1)

"Oh my fucking God, is that adorable or are my standards apocalyptically lowered?"

-Erik J. Brown, All That’s Left in the World (All That's Left in the World, #1)

"When he kisses me, my chest feels lighter again, like he's taking on some of my sorrow but passing on some of his love."

-Erik J. Brown, All That’s Left in the World (All That's Left in the World, #1)

"We're going to be okay,' I repeated to him. If things get hard again, I'll carry him. And he'll carry me. And we'll be okay."

-Erik J. Brown, All That’s Left in the World (All That's Left in the World, #1)

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4. The Darkness Outside Us

By: Eliot Schrefer

4.32

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Two boys, alone in space. After the first settler on Titan trips her distress signal, neither re… read more

Similar categories in Eliot Schrefer's The Darkness Outside Us book and T.J. Klune's The Extraordinaries

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Wow, that was salty. I kind of like it,"

-Eliot Schrefer, The Darkness Outside Us

"Today he smells like motor oil. It's sort of exotic-erotic."

-Eliot Schrefer, The Darkness Outside Us

"Intimacy is the only shield against insanity. Intimacy, not knowledge. Intimacy, not power."

-Eliot Schrefer, The Darkness Outside Us

"I can manually debug a few hundred thousand lines. It won't be fun, but I ... who am I kidding, it will be fun."

-Eliot Schrefer, The Darkness Outside Us

Cover of The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2) by Erik J. Brown

5. The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2)

By: Erik J. Brown

4.24

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

THEY FOUND EACH OTHER. NOW THEY MUST RESCUE WHAT THEY LEFT BEHIND. The highly-anticipated sequel to… read more

Similar categories in Erik J. Brown's The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2) book and T.J. Klune's The Extraordinaries

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • science fiction
  • queer
"He sets the rifle down and we close the gap in between us in half a second. His arms around me, mine around him. Holding tight, as though we're trying to fuse ourselves together. It's familiar and lo…"

-Erik J. Brown, The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2)

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6. Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)

By: Aiden Thomas

4.27

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can’t get rid of him. When his traditional Latinx famil… read more

Similar categories in Aiden Thomas's Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1) book and T.J. Klune's The Extraordinaries

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • queer
"But now your mess is my mess, too."

-Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)

"What are you going to do, stab me ?"

-Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)

"Maritza smiled. "Let's do this, brujo."

-Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)

"Julian's chuckle was wet. "Valió ... la pena."

-Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)

Cover of The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1) by Alison Cochrun

7. The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1)

By: Alison Cochrun

4.13

Format: 354 pages, Paperback

Dev Deshpande has always believed in fairy tales. So it’s no wonder then that he’s spent his career… read more

Similar categories in Alison Cochrun's The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1) book and T.J. Klune's The Extraordinaries

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Why have I let the world convince me I’m not enough without romance?"

-Alison Cochrun, The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1)

"Because slow and careful is what Charlie needs, and because Dev is a little bit obsessed with being what Charlie needs."

-Alison Cochrun, The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1)

"I don't think happily ever after is something that happens to you, Dev. I think it's something you choose to do for yourself."

-Alison Cochrun, The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1)

"labels can be nice sometimes, They can give us a language to understand ourselves and our hearts better. And they can help us find a community and develop a sense of belonging."

-Alison Cochrun, The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1)

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8. In Deeper Waters

By: F.T. Lukens

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A young prince must rely on a mysterious stranger to save him when he is kidnapped during his comin… read more

Similar categories in F.T. Lukens's In Deeper Waters book and T.J. Klune's The Extraordinaries

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"The world isn't kind" Tal said as Garrett held him at arm's length, the flames of the torch flickering from the ground, casting both in eerie shadows. "But that doesn't mean I cant be."

-F.T. Lukens, In Deeper Waters

"Heart aching, he decided then he wouldn't allow his magic to become a weapon, even for his own family. He'd rather be locked in a tower or exiled off the known map than become the monster his heritag…"

-F.T. Lukens, In Deeper Waters

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9. The Last Sun (The Tarot Sequence, #1)

By: K.D. Edwards

4.18

Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition

Rune Saint John, last child of the fallen Sun Court, is hired to search for Lady Judgment's missing… read more

Similar categories in K.D. Edwards's The Last Sun (The Tarot Sequence, #1) book and T.J. Klune's The Extraordinaries

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Oh, I get it. You think this is one of them big, fancy rescues. Boy are you about to be embarrassed."

-K.D. Edwards, The Last Sun (The Tarot Sequence, #1)

"As I fished for my keys, Brand said, a little hesitantly, "That woman. The fake seer. She didn't bother you too much with what she said, right?" "Nah," I mumbled. He watched my face closely. "'Nah'?"…"

-K.D. Edwards, The Last Sun (The Tarot Sequence, #1)

"There are moments in your life that are so impossibly large that it’s difficult to even comprehend them. They make your very bones vibrate. Standing there, it was like my future spiraled outward. Wav…"

-K.D. Edwards, The Last Sun (The Tarot Sequence, #1)

Cover of The Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune

10. The Extraordinaries

By: T.J. Klune

4.07

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

Some people are extraordinary. Some are just extra. TJ Klune's YA debut, The Extraordinaries, is a … read more

Similar categories in T.J. Klune's The Extraordinaries book and T.J. Klune's The Extraordinaries

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Be gay. Do crimes."

-T.J. Klune, The Extraordinaries

"We're a lighthouse, Nick. A beacon to help them find their way home."

-T.J. Klune, The Extraordinaries

"Your house isn't haunted! Your aunt is such a liar. She distracted me with cookies and lies!"

-T.J. Klune, The Extraordinaries

"Boys can be anything girls can. And girls can be anything boys can. My mom says that sometimes; boys can even be girls."

-T.J. Klune, The Extraordinaries

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11. Lose You to Find Me

By: Erik J. Brown

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A romantic, heartfelt, and hilarious queer coming-of-age story from All That's Left in the World au… read more

Similar categories in Erik J. Brown's Lose You to Find Me book and T.J. Klune's The Extraordinaries

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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12. A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)

By: Freya Marske

3.96

Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition

Set in an alternative Edwardian England, this is a comedy of manners, manor houses, and hedge mazes… read more

Similar categories in Freya Marske's A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1) book and T.J. Klune's The Extraordinaries

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
" Off administering a country seat, indeed. Robin had nothing against the country, but could never shake the impression that it would rather everyone buggered off to town and let it administer itself …"

-Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)

" Off administering a country seat,> indeed. Robin had nothing at all against the country, but could never shake the impression that it would rather everyone buggered off to town an administer itself …"

-Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)

"You look like a Turner painting and I want to learn your textures with my fingertips. You are the most fascinating thing in this beautiful house. I'd like to introduce my fist to whoever taught you t…"

-Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)

" You look like a Turner painting and I want to learn your textures with my fingertips. You are the most fascinating thing in this beautiful house. I'd like to introduce my fists to whoever taught you…"

-Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)

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13. So This Is Ever After

By: F.T. Lukens

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Carry On meets Arthurian legend in this funny, subversive young adult fantasy about what happens af… read more

Similar categories in F.T. Lukens's So This Is Ever After book and T.J. Klune's The Extraordinaries

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Well, your princess isn't in another tower. She's dead."

-F.T. Lukens, So This Is Ever After

"His horrible, beautiful face and his stupid perfect magic and his snarky hilarious comments. It bothered me that he felt guilty over my predicament. It bothered me that he felt stuck here in the cast…"

-F.T. Lukens, So This Is Ever After

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14. Husband Material (London Calling, #2)

By: Alexis Hall

3.56

Format: 423 pages, Kindle Edition

Wanted: One (very real) husband Nowhere near perfect but desperately trying his best In BOYF… read more

Similar categories in Alexis Hall's Husband Material (London Calling, #2) book and T.J. Klune's The Extraordinaries

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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15. The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

By: Aiden Thomas

4.33

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where teen semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the h… read more

Similar categories in Aiden Thomas's The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1) book and T.J. Klune's The Extraordinaries

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"No hetero, but damn, Teo, your wings" Niya circled Teo back on the boat. "Does this make me a furry?"

-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

"No hetero, but damn, Teo, your wings!" Niya circled Teo back onto the boat. "Does this make me a furry?"

-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

"Why was it that just because his body was different from everyone else’s, they thought they could ask whatever inappropriate questions they wanted."

-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

"Why was it that just because his body was different from everyone else's, they thought they could ask whatever inappropriate questions they wanted?"

-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

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16. Out of the Blue

By: Jason June

3.62

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

Crest is not excited to be on their Journey: the monthlong sojourn on land all teen merfolk must un… read more

Similar categories in Jason June's Out of the Blue book and T.J. Klune's The Extraordinaries

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • queer
"The blue knows what it's doing, if you just trust where it's taking you."

-Jason June, Out of the Blue

"Maybe humans aren't as magicless as I thought. There's definitely some kind of power in movies."

-Jason June, Out of the Blue

"Under the sea, we're all mer. We're all they/them. And we don't have this strange obsession with sex organs, since we don't have any."

-Jason June, Out of the Blue

"He? Elder Crab warned us about this. About humans' obsession with gender, and how labels and rules mean so much to them when it comes to the body."

-Jason June, Out of the Blue

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17. 10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1)

By: Alexis Hall

3.91

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Fake amnesia. Real feelings? Real problems. Sam Becker loves―or, okay, likes―his job. Sure, man… read more

Similar categories in Alexis Hall's 10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1) book and T.J. Klune's The Extraordinaries

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I don't think he'll be able to tell. Memory is peculiar. Worst comes to absolute worst, I'll just arrange to get whacked on the head again and say that's brought everything back." "That's not a thing…"

-Alexis Hall, 10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1)

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18. Spell Bound

By: F.T. Lukens

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Two rival apprentice sorcerers must team up to save their teachers and protect their own magic in t… read more

Similar categories in F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound book and T.J. Klune's The Extraordinaries

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Sometimes a family was a mischievous magical boss, her magical rival turned friend, a magical girl who used to be a babysitter and now was like an older sister, and the person you didn't understand i…"

-F.T. Lukens, Spell Bound

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19. Fake Dates and Mooncakes

By: Sher Lee

3.84

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Heartstopper meets Crazy Rich Asians in this heartfelt, joyful paperback original rom-com that foll… read more

Similar categories in Sher Lee's Fake Dates and Mooncakes book and T.J. Klune's The Extraordinaries

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"We have the destiny to meet across a thousand miles."

-Sher Lee, Fake Dates and Mooncakes

"I'm not sure which knife on my place mat is for cutting the tension"

-Sher Lee, Fake Dates and Mooncakes

"Grief has a way of sneaking up on you when you're least expecting it. A song, a phrase, a scent...then you're falling into an empty space inside that you thought you'd patched. That you thought could…"

-Sher Lee, Fake Dates and Mooncakes

"I shrug. "He lives in a huge mansion and drives a Ferrari. I ride a bike with a squeaky front wheel. Our worlds are as far apart as the sun and the moon." "They align every now and then," Aunt Jade p…"

-Sher Lee, Fake Dates and Mooncakes

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20. My Fair Brady

By: Brian D. Kennedy

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

My Fair Lady meets the classic teen film She's All That in this charming and swoony new rom-com fro… read more

Similar categories in Brian D. Kennedy's My Fair Brady book and T.J. Klune's The Extraordinaries

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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21. Da quando sei qui

By: Ester Manzini

3.94

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

Stefano Colombera – camicia a quadri, barba selvaggia e modi ruvidi – ha bisogno di poco per essere… read more

Similar categories in Ester Manzini's Da quando sei qui book and T.J. Klune's The Extraordinaries

  • romance
  • lgbt

19 Top fiction books like The Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune

Transform Your Habits

Dark Heir (Dark Rise, #2)

C.S. Pacat

4.56

Transform Your Habits

Otherworldly

F.T. Lukens

3.99

Transform Your Habits

All That’s Left in the World (All That's Left in the World, #1)

Erik J. Brown

4.23

Transform Your Habits

The Darkness Outside Us

Eliot Schrefer

4.32

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16 Best fiction books like The Last Sun (The Tarot Sequence, #1) by K.D. Edwards

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Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

C.S. Pacat

4.16

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Dark Heir (Dark Rise, #2)

C.S. Pacat

4.56

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All the Hidden Paths (The Tithenai Chronicles, #2)

Foz Meadows

4.20

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Winter’s Orbit

Everina Maxwell

3.99

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