21 Best lgbt books like Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

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Cinderella Is Dead

By: Kalynn Bayron

3.68

Format: 400 pages, ebook

It’s 200 years after Cinderella found her prince, but the fairy tale is over. Teen girls are now re…

"Do not be silent. Raise your voice. Be a light in the dark."

-Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

"Do not be silent. Raise your voice. Be a light in the dark."

-Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

"People wear masks so that they can fit in and stay safe. Can you blame them?"

-Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

"People wear masks so that they can fit in and stay safe. Can you blame them?"

-Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

If you liked the lgbt plot in Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

1. Last Night at the Telegraph Club

By: Malinda Lo

4.22

Format: 409 pages, Hardcover

A story of love and duty set in San Francisco's Chinatown during the Red Scare. “That book. It w… read more

Similar categories in Malinda Lo's Last Night at the Telegraph Club book and Kalynn Bayron's Cinderella Is Dead

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"How am I supposed to know?"

-Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club

"As if summer had bloomed inside the club and wrapped her in its lazy heat"

-Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club

"She didn't understand the shrinking feeling inside her, as if she shouldn't be caught looking at those girls."

-Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club

"A few of them were already engaged to be married. When had everything changed? She felt as if it had been very sudden"

-Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Cover of Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

2. Girls of Paper and Fire

By: Natasha Ngan

3.64

Format: None pages,

"Inspired by Asian mythology, it follows Lei, a girl who is taken from her remote village to serve … read more

Similar categories in Natasha Ngan's Girls of Paper and Fire book and Kalynn Bayron's Cinderella Is Dead

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Afterlove by Tanya Byrne

3. Afterlove

By: Tanya Byrne

3.99

Format: 389 pages, Paperback

THE LESBIAN LOVE STORY YOU'VE BEEN DYING TO READ. Ash Persaud is about to become a reaper in th… read more

Similar categories in Tanya Byrne's Afterlove book and Kalynn Bayron's Cinderella Is Dead

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Same. I'm strictly clitly." - p. 81"

-Tanya Byrne, Afterlove

"She throws her head back and laughs and it’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard."

-Tanya Byrne, Afterlove

"But that's the trouble with best friends, isn't it? They know everything and forget nothing, no matter how much you want them to."

-Tanya Byrne, Afterlove

"Everyone is friends. Everyone is in love. Nothing else matters but midnight because next year will be different. We will be different. It's our year."

-Tanya Byrne, Afterlove

Cover of Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1) by Aiden Thomas

4. 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 Kalynn Bayron's Cinderella Is Dead

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • 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 Crier's War (Crier's War, #1) by Nina Varela

5. Crier's War (Crier's War, #1)

By: Nina Varela

4.12

Format: 464 pages, ebook

Impossible love between two girls —one human, one Made. A love that could birth a revolution. … read more

Similar categories in Nina Varela's Crier's War (Crier's War, #1) book and Kalynn Bayron's Cinderella Is Dead

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Loveless by Alice Oseman

6. Loveless

By: Alice Oseman

4.20

Format: 433 pages, Paperback

It was all sinking in. I’d never had a crush on anyone. No boys, no girls, not a single person I ha… read more

Similar categories in Alice Oseman's Loveless book and Kalynn Bayron's Cinderella Is Dead

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"God, I am sad gay and alone"

-Alice Oseman, Loveless

" Some little comedy play? Apologize to Oscar Wilde right the fuck now!"

-Alice Oseman, Loveless

"I wasn’t going to die alone. I was going to try harder. I wanted forever love. I didn’t want to be loveless."

-Alice Oseman, Loveless

"Give your friendships the magic you would give a romance. Because they're just as important. Actually, for us, they're way more important."

-Alice Oseman, Loveless

Cover of Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn  Bayron

7. Cinderella Is Dead

By: Kalynn Bayron

3.68

Format: 400 pages, ebook

It’s 200 years after Cinderella found her prince, but the fairy tale is over. Teen girls are now re… read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's Cinderella Is Dead book and Kalynn Bayron's Cinderella Is Dead

  • romance
  • fairy tales
  • retellings
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Do not be silent. Raise your voice. Be a light in the dark."

-Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

"People wear masks so that they can fit in and stay safe. Can you blame them?"

-Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

"it feel like another part of me is being changed to fit someone else's vision of what is pretty."

-Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

"I'm lost in the tide of her breathing, the sweet smell of her skin, the push and pull of our bodies against each other..."

-Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

Cover of Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

8. Ace of Spades

By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

4.16

Format: 470 pages, Paperback

An incendiary and utterly compelling thriller with a shocking twist that delves deep into the heart… read more

Similar categories in Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé's Ace of Spades book and Kalynn Bayron's Cinderella Is Dead

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"Home, lately, has been the highlight of my day."

-Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Ace of Spades

"People love to reward conventionally attractive people."

-Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Ace of Spades

"But I know dreams are dangerous; they give me too much false hope."

-Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Ace of Spades

"Money can only get you so far; you need power and influence to go with it."

-Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Ace of Spades

Cover of Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar

9. Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

By: Adiba Jaigirdar

4.09

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone likes Humaira "Hani" Khan—she’s easy going and one of the most popular girls at school. Bu… read more

Similar categories in Adiba Jaigirdar's Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating book and Kalynn Bayron's Cinderella Is Dead

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"Sometimes I think that maybe I like guys more as a concept than a reality."

-Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

"Family is complicated, Hani. Everyone has a different relationship with their family."

-Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

"Right now, all men seem overwhelmingly unattractive - except the ones on the Netflix shows I watch."

-Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

"Sometimes I think that maybe I like guys more as a concept than a reality. And girls more as a reality than a concept."

-Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

Cover of The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar

10. The Henna Wars

By: Adiba Jaigirdar

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

When Dimple Met Rishi meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this rom com about two teen girls … read more

Similar categories in Adiba Jaigirdar's The Henna Wars book and Kalynn Bayron's Cinderella Is Dead

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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-Adiba Jaigirdar, The Henna Wars

"Nishat can be anything she wants to be, exept herself."

-Adiba Jaigirdar, The Henna Wars

"It’s not something that happens, Ammu. It’s something I am."

-Adiba Jaigirdar, The Henna Wars

"She’s inching forward. Is there a heterosexual explanation for why she’s inching forward?"

-Adiba Jaigirdar, The Henna Wars

Cover of Her Royal Highness (Royals, #2) by Rachel Hawkins

11. Her Royal Highness (Royals, #2)

By: Rachel Hawkins

3.74

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Millie Quint is devastated when she discovers that her sort-of-best friend/sort-of-girlfriend has b… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Hawkins's Her Royal Highness (Royals, #2) book and Kalynn Bayron's Cinderella Is Dead

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

12. Imogen, Obviously

By: Becky Albertalli

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

With humor and insight, #1 New York Times bestseller Becky Albertalli explores the nuances of sexua… read more

Similar categories in Becky Albertalli's Imogen, Obviously book and Kalynn Bayron's Cinderella Is Dead

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"Every breath she breathes feels like a love letter."

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

"1987: the world’s biggest pancake ever (well, at the time). My parents actually got to eat part of it!"

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

"So which one of us is more queer?" "Well," I pause, "I'd have to see the two of you trying to sit in chairs."

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

"Tessa’s eyes catch mine, and her lips tug up at the corners, just barely. And the noise in my brain falls away. All the times I said I’m straight. All the times everyone’s said I’m straight. There it…"

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

Cover of The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

13. The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

By: Sonora Reyes

4.27

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

A debut novel about a queer Mexican American girl navigating Catholic school, while falling in love… read more

Similar categories in Sonora Reyes's The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School book and Kalynn Bayron's Cinderella Is Dead

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"…any way you engage with your own culture is authentic, because it’s yours."

-Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

"Let's just say there's not a lot of melanin over there. I could probably pay my tuition selling sunscreen between classes."

-Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

"I know I can't take all that shame away from him. But I can start by showing him how much I'm not ashamed. Not only am I not ashamed, I'm proud. I can't make him love himself. The closest I can get i…"

-Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

Cover of She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott

14. She Gets the Girl

By: Rachael Lippincott

4.11

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

She’s All That meets What If It’s Us in this swoon-worthy hate-to-love YA romantic comedy from #1 N… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Lippincott's She Gets the Girl book and Kalynn Bayron's Cinderella Is Dead

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"Money's not as important as doing what you love."

-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl

"That's how I knew you were lying that night. I know the real you. Just like you know the real me."

-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl

"There's something reassuring in books and stories older than you are. Still talked about long after they've been written and long after their writers die. When the world around you is on fire, there'…"

-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl

"And… all at once I see the truth. She never wanted to listen to me. Never was really there for me. She just wanted to control me. This isn’t love. The fighting. The lack of trust. Feeling like I’m wa…"

-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl

Cover of Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth

15. Not My Problem

By: Ciara Smyth

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Aideen has plenty of problems she can’t fix. Her best (and only) friend is pulling away. Her mother… read more

Similar categories in Ciara Smyth's Not My Problem book and Kalynn Bayron's Cinderella Is Dead

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"I dug deep down into my empathy store and found a dried-up old raisin."

-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem

"She really did look relieved. Like the stick up her her ass had decreased in width or length."

-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem

"I'd never met someone I hated more. Would it have been wrong to burn her house down to get out?"

-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem

"It's all a load of bolloxology, but I'm not going to let that get in the way of making fun of you, am I?"

-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem

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16. Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2)

By: Nina Varela

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

For too long, Automae have lorded over the kingdom of Rabu, oppressing its human citizens. But the … read more

Similar categories in Nina Varela's Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2) book and Kalynn Bayron's Cinderella Is Dead

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"You are newbuilt,"

-Nina Varela, Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2)

"Cruelty was wasted on the kind."

-Nina Varela, Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2)

"I told you once I’m not a book to be read,"

-Nina Varela, Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2)

"Strength isn’t measured by the ability to cause harm."

-Nina Varela, Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2)

Cover of She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen

17. She Drives Me Crazy

By: Kelly Quindlen

3.96

Format: 288 pages, ebook

High school nemeses fall in love in this queer YA rom com perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Quindlen's She Drives Me Crazy book and Kalynn Bayron's Cinderella Is Dead

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"Because before you can worry about who’s in your passenger seat, you have to learn to drive yourself."

-Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy

"People break our hearts, but they create more room in them first, and that room makes it possible for us to become more ourselves."

-Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy

"She lays her hand along my jaw and kisses me like she means it, and I am breathless and weightless and dizzy at the very fact of her. Lips and tongue and teeth, her hair and her skin and her perfume,…"

-Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy

"I’ve been where you are, Scottie. That kind of crazy, flesh-eating pain that consumes every part of you. I understand wanting to get back at them. Wanting their attention, even if it’s in a negative …"

-Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy

Cover of The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth

18. The Falling in Love Montage

By: Ciara Smyth

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Saoirse doesn’t believe in love at first sight or happy endings. If they were real, her mother woul… read more

Similar categories in Ciara Smyth's The Falling in Love Montage book and Kalynn Bayron's Cinderella Is Dead

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"I love you. But I’m not in love with you."

-Ciara Smyth, The Falling in Love Montage

"When you truly love someone, it doesn't go away,"

-Ciara Smyth, The Falling in Love Montage

"YOU'RE A WANKER, NUMBER NINE!" I yelled the famous line from Imagine Me & You"

-Ciara Smyth, The Falling in Love Montage

"It’s a pet peeve of mine that straight women call their friends “girlfriends."

-Ciara Smyth, The Falling in Love Montage

Cover of I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

19. I Kissed Shara Wheeler

By: Casey McQuiston

3.88

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop and Red, White & Royal Blue comes a deb… read more

Similar categories in Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler book and Kalynn Bayron's Cinderella Is Dead

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"You were the only one it could be."

-Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler

"Get a clarifying shampoo and suck it up, Kylo Ren."

-Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler

"Why is it so bad to want to feel special, or loved, or accpeted?"

-Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler

"She’s glad it’s Shara. Nobody else would have felt important enough."

-Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler

Cover of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

20. One Last Stop

By: Casey McQuiston

3.92

Format: 418 pages, Paperback

For cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: t… read more

Similar categories in Casey McQuiston's One Last Stop book and Kalynn Bayron's Cinderella Is Dead

  • lesbian
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"Every woman a universe."

-Casey McQuiston, One Last Stop

"Hey, Coffee Girl." "Hey, Subway Girl."

-Casey McQuiston, One Last Stop

"Maybe no good timing means there's no bad timing either."

-Casey McQuiston, One Last Stop

"Comatose in California is my favorite Lana Del Rey album."

-Casey McQuiston, One Last Stop

Cover of Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1) by Tracy Deonn

21. Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)

By: Tracy Deonn

4.34

Format: 502 pages, Hardcover

After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her f… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Deonn's Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1) book and Kalynn Bayron's Cinderella Is Dead

  • romance
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Oh, sure,"

-Tracy Deonn, Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)

"It’s college,"

-Tracy Deonn, Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)

"Where do we begin?"

-Tracy Deonn, Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)

"Sometimes a crime is an act of heroism."

-Tracy Deonn, Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)

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