21 must-read queer books like I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks) by Auriane Desombre

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I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

By: Auriane Desombre

3.41

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A sweet and funny debut novel about falling for someone when you least expect it . . . and finding …

"Just because the straights in Hollywood don’t know how to tell my story doesn’t mean it’s not out there."

-Auriane Desombre, I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

If you liked the queer plot in I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks) by Auriane Desombre , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Her Name in the Sky

By: Kelly Quindlen

4.27

Format: 402 pages, Paperback

Hannah wants to spend her senior year of high school going to football games and Mardi Gras parties… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Quindlen's Her Name in the Sky book and Auriane Desombre's I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Hannah,"

-Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky

"Your heart will never ask your permission to love."

-Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky

"Hannah stomps, buries, suffocates, wishes for death. "Yeah," she says. "I'm good."

-Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky

"Hate like that—when it's disguised as love, or righteousness or pity—I'm not going to subject you to hate like that."

-Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky

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2. Home Field Advantage

By: Dahlia Adler

3.84

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this sweet and funny new f/f romance from the author of Cool for the Summer, a cheerleader and t… read more

Similar categories in Dahlia Adler's Home Field Advantage book and Auriane Desombre's I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I care about you, okay? I like you, even though you're pricky as hell and looking at me like you wish I would vaporize and you think ketchup is a vegetable."

-Dahlia Adler, Home Field Advantage

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3. Girls Like Girls

By: Hayley Kiyoko

3.74

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Trailblazing pop star, actor, and director, Hayley Kiyoko debuts her first novel, a coming-of-age r… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Kiyoko's Girls Like Girls book and Auriane Desombre's I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • young adult romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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4. Late to the Party

By: Kelly Quindlen

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen is nothing like Codi Teller imagined. She’s never crashed a party, never stayed out to… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Quindlen's Late to the Party book and Auriane Desombre's I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I think saying what you're afraid of makes you brave."

-Kelly Quindlen, Late to the Party

"And I think being friends with someone should be like the concept of infinity—like you truly believe that person has no limits, and you just want to keep counting upward with them to see where they g…"

-Kelly Quindlen, Late to the Party

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5. Cool for the Summer

By: Dahlia Adler

3.77

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Lara's had eyes for exactly one person throughout her three years of high school: Chase Harding. He… read more

Similar categories in Dahlia Adler's Cool for the Summer book and Auriane Desombre's I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"What am I? It's one summer. You can't change into a different person over a summer."

-Dahlia Adler, Cool for the Summer

"I think about that handshake a lot, because it reassures me that it was clearly just a friendly suggestion. I had no idea what it would spark."

-Dahlia Adler, Cool for the Summer

"I don't even realize we're falling out of our chairs until we land on the sand, our laughter floating into the summer night amid the crackling flames until our mouths find each other again and there'…"

-Dahlia Adler, Cool for the Summer

"If being bi means always knowing, well, that isn't me. The only girls on my bedroom walls are my friends, and I'm certainly not into any of them that way. That settles it. I'm straight. Just like I a…"

-Dahlia Adler, Cool for the Summer

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6. 6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]

By: Tess Sharpe

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Six moments lead us to two girls, one kiss, and three little words that were maybe always true in t… read more

Similar categories in Tess Sharpe's 6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did] book and Auriane Desombre's I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I'm sorry you had to put all your feelings to the side so you could help me." "I'm not," she says fiercely. "I can, in fact, be mad at you and help you at the same time. It's called being emotionally…"

-Tess Sharpe, 6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]

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7. 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 Auriane Desombre's I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

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

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8. 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 Auriane Desombre's I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

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

-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

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9. 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 Auriane Desombre's I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • young adult contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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10. 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 Auriane Desombre's I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

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

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11. 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 Auriane Desombre's I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

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

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12. 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 Auriane Desombre's I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • young adult contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 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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13. I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

By: Auriane Desombre

3.41

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A sweet and funny debut novel about falling for someone when you least expect it . . . and finding … read more

Similar categories in Auriane Desombre's I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks) book and Auriane Desombre's I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Just because the straights in Hollywood don’t know how to tell my story doesn’t mean it’s not out there."

-Auriane Desombre, I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

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14. 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 Auriane Desombre's I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

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

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15. Written in the Stars (Written in the Stars, #1)

By: Alexandria Bellefleur

3.86

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

With nods to Bridget Jones and Pride and Prejudice, a charming #ownvoices queer rom-com debut about… read more

Similar categories in Alexandria Bellefleur's Written in the Stars (Written in the Stars, #1) book and Auriane Desombre's I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"An acquired taste."

-Alexandria Bellefleur, Written in the Stars (Written in the Stars, #1)

"It’s the hard knock life."

-Alexandria Bellefleur, Written in the Stars (Written in the Stars, #1)

"She wanted all of Elle—the good, the bad, the messy."

-Alexandria Bellefleur, Written in the Stars (Written in the Stars, #1)

"Christ on a cracker, couldn't a girl be horny in peace?"

-Alexandria Bellefleur, Written in the Stars (Written in the Stars, #1)

Cover of Count Your Lucky Stars (Written in the Stars, #3) by Alexandria Bellefleur

16. Count Your Lucky Stars (Written in the Stars, #3)

By: Alexandria Bellefleur

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Following Written in the Stars and Hang the Moon, national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur… read more

Similar categories in Alexandria Bellefleur's Count Your Lucky Stars (Written in the Stars, #3) book and Auriane Desombre's I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Do you have somewhere you can stay?"

-Alexandria Bellefleur, Count Your Lucky Stars (Written in the Stars, #3)

"You do realize I could be anybody, right?"

-Alexandria Bellefleur, Count Your Lucky Stars (Written in the Stars, #3)

"The right person shouldnt complete you, they should love you the way you are. And it's cool if they make you want to be better, but they should never make you feel like you are too much or not enough…"

-Alexandria Bellefleur, Count Your Lucky Stars (Written in the Stars, #3)

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17. Some Girls Do

By: Jennifer Dugan

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

In this YA contemporary queer romance from the author of Hot Dog Girl, an openly gay track star fal… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Dugan's Some Girls Do book and Auriane Desombre's I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • young adult romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"You're just really full of surprises." And yeah. I kind of like the sound of that"

-Jennifer Dugan, Some Girls Do

"My whole life might be a never-ending series of question marks right now, but this I'm sure of. This I want."

-Jennifer Dugan, Some Girls Do

"Wow", she breathes when I'm finally done. And I think I want to live here, in the space of that "wow," In that one little syllable she's managed to stuff so full of adoration and joy."

-Jennifer Dugan, Some Girls Do

"[...] but activism isn't something that happens in just one way or in just one place. There will always be more battles, and beating yourself up about not being able to do it all, all at once, doesn'…"

-Jennifer Dugan, Some Girls Do

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18. Melt With You

By: Jennifer Dugan

3.48

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Hot Dog Girl comes a sweet and salty queer YA rom-com about two girls on a summe… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Dugan's Melt With You book and Auriane Desombre's I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • young adult romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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19. 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 Auriane Desombre's I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

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

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

-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

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20. The Lucky List

By: Rachael Lippincott

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Emily and her mum were always lucky. But Emily’s mum’s luck ran out three years ago when she suc… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Lippincott's The Lucky List book and Auriane Desombre's I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I need to be willing to play the game. I need to be willing to put myself out there, and be vulnerable, and take chances, even though I might lose."

-Rachael Lippincott, The Lucky List

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21. Hot Dog Girl

By: Jennifer Dugan

3.47

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Elouise (Lou) Parker is determined to have the absolute best, most impossibly epic summer of her li… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Dugan's Hot Dog Girl book and Auriane Desombre's I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • young adult contemporary
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I’m not too big for this town, Dad. I never will be."

-Jennifer Dugan, Hot Dog Girl

"I know I don’t have the face of a woman who walks into an office and demands answers - I have the faces of a girl trying to be too many things at once."

-Jennifer Dugan, Hot Dog Girl

"And I get it now, I that’s all he could ever be, that’s all anyone else could ever be: a Band-Aid, a butterfly strip, a temporary measure, because this is the after, and all of the good stuff got lef…"

-Jennifer Dugan, Hot Dog Girl

"I flick my eyes to the spot on her shoulder where her freckles match the constellations in the sky, and I smile. I get lost in her skin, sipping my drink and mapping the stars on her arm while everyo…"

-Jennifer Dugan, Hot Dog Girl

21 Top fiction books like I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks) by Auriane Desombre

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Her Name in the Sky

Kelly Quindlen

4.27

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Home Field Advantage

Dahlia Adler

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Girls Like Girls

Hayley Kiyoko

3.74

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Late to the Party

Kelly Quindlen

4.02

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Home Field Advantage

Dahlia Adler

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Hayley Kiyoko

3.74

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Late to the Party

Kelly Quindlen

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