20 best-selling lgbt books like The Summer of Everything by Julian Winters

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The Summer of Everything

By: Julian Winters

3.75

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Comic book geek Wesley Hudson excels at two things: slacking off at his job and pining after his be…

"Don't carry today into tomorrow."

-Julian Winters, The Summer of Everything

"If the worst thing you do in this lifetime is fall in love with your best friend, then I'd say you're doing pretty damn good."

-Julian Winters, The Summer of Everything

If you liked the lgbt plot in The Summer of Everything by Julian Winters , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of A Boy Worth Knowing by Jennifer Cosgrove

1. A Boy Worth Knowing

By: Jennifer Cosgrove

3.88

Format: 182 pages, ebook

Ghosts can’t seem to keep their opinions to themselves. Seventeen-year-old Nate Shaw should know… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Cosgrove's A Boy Worth Knowing book and Julian Winters's The Summer of Everything

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I wan't sure what he saw in me, but I was glad he saw something."

-Jennifer Cosgrove, A Boy Worth Knowing

"James, Mr. Nice Smile, had a spirit clinging to him. As if things weren't weird enough."

-Jennifer Cosgrove, A Boy Worth Knowing

"It hadn't been a week, and I couldn't remember what it was like before James. I didn't want to."

-Jennifer Cosgrove, A Boy Worth Knowing

"James's friendship meant more than any feelings I might have. That was enough. It would have to be enough."

-Jennifer Cosgrove, A Boy Worth Knowing

2. The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley

By: Shaun David Hutchinson , Christine Larsen

3.80

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Andrew Brawley was supposed to die that night. His parents did, and so did his sister, but he survi… read more

Similar categories in Shaun David Hutchinson's The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley book and Julian Winters's The Summer of Everything

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3. All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3)

By: E.L. Massey

4.36

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

When seventeen-year-old Patrick Roman is offered a scholarship to a top hockey preparatory school, … read more

Similar categories in E.L. Massey's All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3) book and Julian Winters's The Summer of Everything

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Jesus,"

-E.L. Massey, All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3)

"I hate you,"

-E.L. Massey, All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3)

"Go fuck yourself,"

-E.L. Massey, All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3)

"The feelings I have for you are not gross."

-E.L. Massey, All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3)

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4. Wren Martin Ruins It All

By: Amanda DeWitt

4.25

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Now that Wren Martin is student council president (on a technicality, but hey, it counts) he’s goin… read more

Similar categories in Amanda DeWitt's Wren Martin Ruins It All book and Julian Winters's The Summer of Everything

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I think I might have a crush. Shit ."

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

"Halloween would be . . . okay," she says, with all the deliberation of a somewhat uncertain judge delivering a verdict. "But no sexy catgirls. Or boys. No catpeople."

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

"You might have saved the Dance," I say loftily, "but I saved this school from Cats ." "Not all heroes wear capes," Ryan says, pushing open the classroom door. "You know, I kind of like Cats ." "You l…"

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

Cover of The Summer of Everything by Julian Winters

5. The Summer of Everything

By: Julian Winters

3.75

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Comic book geek Wesley Hudson excels at two things: slacking off at his job and pining after his be… read more

Similar categories in Julian Winters's The Summer of Everything book and Julian Winters's The Summer of Everything

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Don't carry today into tomorrow."

-Julian Winters, The Summer of Everything

"If the worst thing you do in this lifetime is fall in love with your best friend, then I'd say you're doing pretty damn good."

-Julian Winters, The Summer of Everything

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6. You Asked for Perfect

By: Laura Silverman

3.79

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

Senior Ariel Stone is the perfect college applicant: first chair violin, dedicated community volunt… read more

Similar categories in Laura Silverman's You Asked for Perfect book and Julian Winters's The Summer of Everything

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1) by E.L. Massey

7. Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1)

By: E.L. Massey

4.33

Format: 423 pages, ebook

Nineteen-year-old hockey phenom Alexander Price is the youngest-ever captain in the NHL. With a pol… read more

Similar categories in E.L. Massey's Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1) book and Julian Winters's The Summer of Everything

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Apparently, Alex doesn't know how to handle emotions, and he's a dumpster fire of a human being."

-E.L. Massey, Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1)

"The problem is he thinks he and Eli could be good for each other. Really good. Under different circumstances. In a different life. Or maybe, if he was just a little braver, in this one."

-E.L. Massey, Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1)

Cover of Like You've Nothing Left to Prove (Breakaway, #2) by E.L. Massey

8. Like You've Nothing Left to Prove (Breakaway, #2)

By: E.L. Massey

4.40

Format: None pages, ebook

As the headline-stealing captain of the Houston Hell Hounds, nineteen-year-old Alexander Price has … read more

Similar categories in E.L. Massey's Like You've Nothing Left to Prove (Breakaway, #2) book and Julian Winters's The Summer of Everything

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
"He doesn't have words for this kind of thing. But 'love' seems really fucking trite for all the whatever that he feels. Or maybe other people shouldn't be allowed to use the word 'love' because they …"

-E.L. Massey, Like You've Nothing Left to Prove (Breakaway, #2)

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9. Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun

By: Jonny Garza Villa

4.16

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

A poignant, funny, openhearted novel about coming out, first love, and being your one and only best… read more

Similar categories in Jonny Garza Villa's Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun book and Julian Winters's The Summer of Everything

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Intelligent people can still get into some stupid-ass foolery"

-Jonny Garza Villa, Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun

"It only takes one person to live their truth before more people start realizing they can too."

-Jonny Garza Villa, Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun

"It's not even about the more intimate moments that happened. Although I do miss those a lot too. A lot , a lot. What I crave most is being next to someone. My someone."

-Jonny Garza Villa, Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun

Cover of Blaine for the Win by Robbie Couch

10. Blaine for the Win

By: Robbie Couch

3.98

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

After being dumped so his boyfriend can pursue more “serious” guys, a teen boy decides to prove he … read more

Similar categories in Robbie Couch's Blaine for the Win book and Julian Winters's The Summer of Everything

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Lose You to Find Me by Erik J. Brown

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 Julian Winters's The Summer of Everything

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of When London Snow Falls (When Snow Falls, #2) by Hayden  Stone

12. When London Snow Falls (When Snow Falls, #2)

By: Hayden Stone

3.67

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Charlie Renfrew is too busy and too broke for a love life. There’s no room in a schedule crammed wi… read more

Similar categories in Hayden Stone's When London Snow Falls (When Snow Falls, #2) book and Julian Winters's The Summer of Everything

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Long Run by James Acker

13. The Long Run

By: James Acker

4.31

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Two track and field athletes find an unexpected but powerful love in this unapologetically blunt an… read more

Similar categories in James Acker's The Long Run book and Julian Winters's The Summer of Everything

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Canto Contigo by Jonny Garza Villa

14. Canto Contigo

By: Jonny Garza Villa

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When a Mariachi star transfers schools, he expects to be handed his new group's lead vocalist spot—… read more

Similar categories in Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo book and Julian Winters's The Summer of Everything

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Fascinators by Andrew Eliopulos

15. The Fascinators

By: Andrew Eliopulos

3.29

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A magic-infused YA novel about friendship, first love, and feeling out of place that will bewitch f… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Eliopulos's The Fascinators book and Julian Winters's The Summer of Everything

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"...meant he resented his own life too much to make safer decisions, starting with the drinks that night but only snow-balling from there. Because it never occurred to James that there were people who…"

-Andrew Eliopulos, The Fascinators

Cover of Henry Hamlet's Heart by Rhiannon Wilde

16. Henry Hamlet's Heart

By: Rhiannon Wilde

4.15

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

A sparkling queer YA romance set in Brisbane, Henry Hamlet’s Heart follows one guy and his sometime… read more

Similar categories in Rhiannon Wilde's Henry Hamlet's Heart book and Julian Winters's The Summer of Everything

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag

17. The Deep Dark

By: Molly Knox Ostertag

4.42

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

From Molly Knox Ostertag, writer-illustrator, comes a darkly beautiful story of identity, family, l… read more

Similar categories in Molly Knox Ostertag's The Deep Dark book and Julian Winters's The Summer of Everything

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of As Far As You'll Take Me by Phil Stamper

18. As Far As You'll Take Me

By: Phil Stamper

3.48

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

A story about finding the people who become your home. Marty arrives in London with nothing but … read more

Similar categories in Phil Stamper's As Far As You'll Take Me book and Julian Winters's The Summer of Everything

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"But you can have more than one family. You can choose your family."

-Phil Stamper, As Far As You'll Take Me

"Megan's in the driver's seat. Me, the passenger. Always the passenger."

-Phil Stamper, As Far As You'll Take Me

"To my family. The one I was born into, and the one I found along the way."

-Phil Stamper, As Far As You'll Take Me

"I spend so much of my time trying to make my sexuality as little of a deal as possible, while everyone else in my life seems to be making it into a huge thing."

-Phil Stamper, As Far As You'll Take Me

Cover of I Like Me Better by Robby Weber

19. I Like Me Better

By: Robby Weber

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

This is not how soccer-star Zack Martin thought his summer would go. When the captain's prank means… read more

Similar categories in Robby Weber's I Like Me Better book and Julian Winters's The Summer of Everything

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Breakup Lists by Adib Khorram

20. The Breakup Lists

By: Adib Khorram

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Love is more complicated than “boy meets boy” in bestselling author Adib Khorram’s sharply funny ne… read more

Similar categories in Adib Khorram's The Breakup Lists book and Julian Winters's The Summer of Everything

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa

21. Ander & Santi Were Here

By: Jonny Garza Villa

4.21

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Aristotle and Dante meets The Hate U Give meets The Sun Is Also A Star: A stunning YA contemporary … read more

Similar categories in Jonny Garza Villa's Ander & Santi Were Here book and Julian Winters's The Summer of Everything

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer

18 must-read fiction books like The Summer of Everything by Julian Winters

Transform Your Habits

A Boy Worth Knowing

Jennifer Cosgrove

3.88

Transform Your Habits

All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3)

E.L. Massey

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Wren Martin Ruins It All

Amanda DeWitt

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The Summer of Everything

Julian Winters

3.75

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18 Best fiction books like The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag

Transform Your Habits

The Baker and the Bard

Fern Haught

3.62

Transform Your Habits

The Worst Ronin

Maggie Tokuda-Hall

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Plain Jane and the Mermaid

Vera Brosgol

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Pillow Talk

Stephanie Cooke

3.85

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