23 Best young adult books like Strange Creatures by Phoebe North

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Strange Creatures

By: Phoebe North

3.93

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

From the moment that Annie was born, she and her older brother, Jamie, were inseparable. Alike in a…

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1. Release

By: Patrick Ness

4.43

Format: None pages, Paperback

Inspired by Mrs Dallowayand Judy Blume's Forever, Release is one day in the life of Adam Thorn, 17.… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Ness's Release book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • magical realism
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • queer
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2. The Door That Led to Where

By: Sally Gardner

4.81

Format: 539 pages, Hardcover

AJ Flynn has just failed all but one of his GCSEs, and his future is looking far from rosy. So when… read more

Similar categories in Sally Gardner's The Door That Led to Where book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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3. The Walls Around Us

By: Nova Ren Suma

3.61

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

On the outside, there's Violet, an eighteen-year-old dancer days away from the life of her dreams w… read more

Similar categories in Nova Ren Suma's The Walls Around Us book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • magical realism
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy

4. The Girl from Everywhere (The Girl from Everywhere, #1)

By: Heidi Heilig

3.95

Format: 145 pages, Hardcover

Nix has spent her entire life aboard her father's ship, sailing across the centuries, across the wo… read more

Similar categories in Heidi Heilig's The Girl from Everywhere (The Girl from Everywhere, #1) book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

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5. 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 Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Sofi and the Bone Song by Adrienne Tooley

6. Sofi and the Bone Song

By: Adrienne Tooley

4.05

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In this gorgeous standalone fantasy with a “sweet sapphic romance” ( Booklist ), a young musician s… read more

Similar categories in Adrienne Tooley's Sofi and the Bone Song book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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7. The Haunting of Velkwood

By: Gwendolyn Kiste

3.64

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Bram Stoker Award­–winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a chilling novel about three childhood… read more

Similar categories in Gwendolyn Kiste's The Haunting of Velkwood book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • mystery
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"Because I'd prefer to live in a world with you in it."

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"I understood something that Brett wouldn't admit - that we were talking about family. And family is the ultimate trap, it's something you carry with you for life; the people you come from and the mar…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"There were things that seemed so impossible when we were young, things I gave up on long ago even though they aren't impossible anymore. There's the world we lived in then and the world we live in no…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"It's always startling to see her... the way looks like a fever dream, like something not quite real. That valence of dark hair over her eyes, those lips always painted bright red as a pomegranate see…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

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8. Long Lost

By: Jacqueline West

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Eleven-year-old Fiona has just read a book that doesn’t exist. When Fiona’s family moves to be … read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline West's Long Lost book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • mystery
  • magical realism
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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9. Blackwater

By: Jeannette Arroyo

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Riverdale meets Stranger Things in this debut queer YA graphic novel, developed from a hit webcomic… read more

Similar categories in Jeannette Arroyo's Blackwater book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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10. People Collide

By: Isle McElroy

3.55

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of The Atmospherians —“a Fight Club for the Millennial Generation” (Mat J… read more

Similar categories in Isle McElroy's People Collide book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0) by Darcie Little Badger

11. Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0)

By: Darcie Little Badger

4.29

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

Darcie Little Badger's Elatsoe launched her career and in the years since has become a beloved favo… read more

Similar categories in Darcie Little Badger's Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0) book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • magical realism
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • queer
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12. Vamps: Fresh Blood

By: Nicole Arend

3.47

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This “fast-paced and enthralling” ( The Sun , London) debut transports you to an elite vampire acad… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Arend's Vamps: Fresh Blood book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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13. Our Hideous Progeny

By: C.E. McGill

3.96

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

It is not the monster you must fear, but the monster it makes of men. . . For readers of Circe o… read more

Similar categories in C.E. McGill's Our Hideous Progeny book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"We had built here, in this half-ruined boat house on the edge of the Moray Firth, a temple to our own strange gods- to Chemistry and Anatomy and Electricity."

-C.E. McGill, Our Hideous Progeny

"There is something romantic about feeding a predator from the palm of your hand, I think- a creature which might bite you if it chooses, but chooses not to. But how does one turn such awful beauty to…"

-C.E. McGill, Our Hideous Progeny

"I will always hold dear to my heart that fact that I was the first to see those golden eyes open, to see its reptilian pupils narrow and focus on my own- for in those eyes I saw, for the first time, …"

-C.E. McGill, Our Hideous Progeny

"I suppose that is why it often makes me sad to read about history, or even natural history, as you do; I cannot help but think of everyone whose tale cannot fit in one book, those poor creatures who …"

-C.E. McGill, Our Hideous Progeny

Cover of Strange Creatures by Phoebe North

14. Strange Creatures

By: Phoebe North

3.93

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

From the moment that Annie was born, she and her older brother, Jamie, were inseparable. Alike in a… read more

Similar categories in Phoebe North's Strange Creatures book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • lesbian
  • magical realism
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • family
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The King Is Dead by Benjamin  Dean

15. The King Is Dead

By: Benjamin Dean

3.62

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In this YA romantic thriller, James—the shy, handsome, mixed-race heir to the British throne—must c… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Dean's The King Is Dead book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • queer
Cover of The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics by The Kao

16. The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics

By: The Kao

4.37

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In this vibrant and affirming comics anthology, 29 trans & nonbinary comic artists share their pers… read more

Similar categories in The Kao's The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • queer
  • lgbt
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17. 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 Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • 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

Cover of The Gifts That Bind Us (All Our Hidden Gifts, #2) by Caroline O'Donoghue

18. The Gifts That Bind Us (All Our Hidden Gifts, #2)

By: Caroline O'Donoghue

4.15

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A spellbinding supernatural teen drama - and sequel to All Our Hidden Gifts. Maeve and her frien… read more

Similar categories in Caroline O'Donoghue's The Gifts That Bind Us (All Our Hidden Gifts, #2) book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • queer
"What follows is the strangest forty minutes I have ever spent at St. Bernadette’s, and I was once locked in a cupboard for an entire afternoon with a deck of cursed tarot cards."

-Caroline O'Donoghue, The Gifts That Bind Us (All Our Hidden Gifts, #2)

"If the girls weren't here, I'd wrap my arms around him. If the girls weren't here, I'd tell him that there's not a single horrible thing about him. That he is calmer and kinder than anyone I've ever …"

-Caroline O'Donoghue, The Gifts That Bind Us (All Our Hidden Gifts, #2)

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19. In Search Of Us

By: Ava Dellaira

4.02

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

The author of the beloved Love Letters to the Dead returns with a parallel story of a mother and da… read more

Similar categories in Ava Dellaira's In Search Of Us book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • family
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Love's worth it, for however long it lasts."

-Ava Dellaira, In Search Of Us

"Su beso no es solo un beso. Su beso es el único beso que lo haya cambiado todo jamas."

-Ava Dellaira, In Search Of Us

"Maybe it's true that there are no happy endings. But, right now, Angie is grateful to be at what feels like a beginning."

-Ava Dellaira, In Search Of Us

"But missing something is okay. It's better, anyways, than feeling stuck somewhere. I'll take longing over boredom any day."

-Ava Dellaira, In Search Of Us

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20. Not Quite a Ghost

By: Anne Ursu

4.08

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy comes an unforgettable and … read more

Similar categories in Anne Ursu's Not Quite a Ghost book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. The Space Between Us

By: Doug Johnstone

3.86

Format: 276 pages, Paperback

When several people suffer strokes after seeing dazzling lights over Edinburgh, then awake complete… read more

Similar categories in Doug Johnstone's The Space Between Us book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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22. We Can Be Heroes

By: Kyrie McCauley

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Kyrie McCauley, author of If These Wings Could Fly, delivers a powerful contemporary YA novel about… read more

Similar categories in Kyrie McCauley's We Can Be Heroes book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • magical realism
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
"In a world that tells girls we shouldn't be angry, even as our lives are ripped from our grasps. When I throw the brick, I picture myself as a small child throwing pennies in a pond making wishes. So…"

-Kyrie McCauley, We Can Be Heroes

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23. The Project

By: Courtney Summers

3.51

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The #1 Indie Next Pick and winner of the International Thriller Writers Award now in paperback with… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Summers's The Project book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"There is no flaw in you"

-Courtney Summers, The Project

"There is no flaw in you."

-Courtney Summers, The Project

"You wanted the truth. Or are you afraid of it now?"

-Courtney Summers, The Project

"You don't have to be our worst case, to be a worthy case."

-Courtney Summers, The Project

Cover of Every Gift a Curse (All Our Hidden Gifts, #3) by Caroline O'Donoghue

24. Every Gift a Curse (All Our Hidden Gifts, #3)

By: Caroline O'Donoghue

4.29

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

A spellbinding supernatural teen drama and final book in the Gifts series from a New York Times bes… read more

Similar categories in Caroline O'Donoghue's Every Gift a Curse (All Our Hidden Gifts, #3) book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

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

25. 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 Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Jinx by Melissa K. Magner

26. Jinx

By: Melissa K. Magner

4.36

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Things are quiet in the morning, especially in an unassuming town like Aledale. When sixteen-year-o… read more

Similar categories in Melissa K. Magner's Jinx book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"When the world was dark, those amber-emerald eyes filled the void, greeting Jan like an old friend - reminding her that they were part of her, and that they would be for years to come."

-Melissa K. Magner, Jinx

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27. Bruised

By: Tanya Boteju

3.65

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

To Daya Wijesinghe, a bruise is a mixture of comfort and control. Since her parents died in an acci… read more

Similar categories in Tanya Boteju's Bruised book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Beckoning Shadow (The Beckoning Shadow, #1) by Katharyn Blair

28. The Beckoning Shadow (The Beckoning Shadow, #1)

By: Katharyn Blair

3.81

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

Vesper Montgomery can summon your worst fear and turn it into a reality—but she’s learned the hard … read more

Similar categories in Katharyn Blair's The Beckoning Shadow (The Beckoning Shadow, #1) book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Doing something monstrous to protect someone you love doesn't make you a monster. It makes you human."

-Katharyn Blair, The Beckoning Shadow (The Beckoning Shadow, #1)

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29. Version Zero

By: David Yoon

3.36

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the brilliant mind of New York Times best-selling author David Yoon comes a lightning-fast and… read more

Similar categories in David Yoon's Version Zero book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Saints of Storm and Sorrow (Stormbringer Saga, #1) by Gabriella Buba

30. Saints of Storm and Sorrow (Stormbringer Saga, #1)

By: Gabriella Buba

4.01

Format: 486 pages, ebook

In this an enthralling Filipino-inspired epic fantasy, a nun concealing a goddess-given gift is unw… read more

Similar categories in Gabriella Buba's Saints of Storm and Sorrow (Stormbringer Saga, #1) book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher

31. Not for the Faint of Heart

By: Lex Croucher

4.04

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Beloved author Lex Croucher's second queer historical YA romance, with all the swoons, laughs, and … read more

Similar categories in Lex Croucher's Not for the Faint of Heart book and Phoebe North's Strange Creatures

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer

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