8 must-read high school books like When Everything Is Blue by Laura Lascarso

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When Everything Is Blue

By: Laura Lascarso

4.04

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

When they were kids, Chris Mitcham rescued Theo from the neighborhood bullies and taught him how to…

"Make sure you fall for what's on the inside and not on the outside, otherwise you're just buying an empty box."

-Laura Lascarso, When Everything Is Blue

"Make sure you fall for what's on the inside and not on the outside, otherwise you're just buying an empty box."

-Laura Lascarso, When Everything Is Blue

"Make sure you fall for what's on the inside and not on the outside, otherwise you're just buying an empty box."

-Laura Lascarso, When Everything Is Blue

If you liked the high school plot in When Everything Is Blue by Laura Lascarso , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Rock

By: Anyta Sunday

4.12

Format: 251 pages, ebook

Igneous.When Cooper’s parents divorce, he finds himself landed in Week About—one week with his mum … read more

Similar categories in Anyta Sunday's Rock book and Laura Lascarso's When Everything Is Blue

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • new adult
"We all want to be a ten on the Mohs scale. But we’re not."

-Anyta Sunday, Rock

"Have you ever felt so full of thoughts you think you could burst?"

-Anyta Sunday, Rock

"You’re beautiful. I love you. I support you. I’ll always be your biggest fan, and I’ll always cheer for you on the sidelines no matter what play you make."

-Anyta Sunday, Rock

Cover of A Boy Worth Knowing by Jennifer Cosgrove

2. 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 Laura Lascarso's When Everything Is Blue

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"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

3. Five Dares

By: Eli Easton

2.82

Format: 3 pages, ebook

Andy Tyler has been the class daredevil since middle school. Over the years, he's convinced his bes… read more

Similar categories in Eli Easton's Five Dares book and Laura Lascarso's When Everything Is Blue

4. Carry the Ocean (The Roosevelt, #1)

By: Heidi Cullinan

3.71

Format: 224 pages, ebook

Normal is just a setting on the dryer. High school graduate Jeremey Samson is looking forward to bu… read more

Similar categories in Heidi Cullinan's Carry the Ocean (The Roosevelt, #1) book and Laura Lascarso's When Everything Is Blue

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5. The Happy List (Better With You, #1)

By: Briar Prescott

3.99

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

ray There are some things I excel at: - Exercising rigid control over every aspect of my life - Mak… read more

Similar categories in Briar Prescott's The Happy List (Better With You, #1) book and Laura Lascarso's When Everything Is Blue

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
"Shh,"

-Briar Prescott, The Happy List (Better With You, #1)

"I had tried so hard not to rock the boat that in the process I'd forgotten that some motion was necessary in order to move at all."

-Briar Prescott, The Happy List (Better With You, #1)

"No wonder you thought I wouldn't get it. Hey, as a lighting expert, what are those things called in the ceiling of my office? I've been referring to them as little suns and asking the maintenance to …"

-Briar Prescott, The Happy List (Better With You, #1)

"I never told you the details of how Cea and I started dating...I was worried and embarrassed back then about my decided lack of interest, in, well, everybody. I went out on date, well that part doesn…"

-Briar Prescott, The Happy List (Better With You, #1)

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6. Just a Taste

By: Briar Prescott

4.21

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

Lake: So... I’m getting married. Just three minor details: my husband-to-be is technically also m… read more

Similar categories in Briar Prescott's Just a Taste book and Laura Lascarso's When Everything Is Blue

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • new adult
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7. Attractive Forces

By: Jax Calder

4.23

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Logan Everyone looks at me and thinks I rule Heath Valley High School. All they see is the capta… read more

Similar categories in Jax Calder's Attractive Forces book and Laura Lascarso's When Everything Is Blue

  • romance
  • high school
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • sports
"Even when you can only see part of the moon, the rest is still there."

-Jax Calder, Attractive Forces

"That’s because I broke up with my boyfriend yesterday. And I can’t stop wondering if I did the right thing or if I’m the biggest idiot since humanity invented the concept of stupid."

-Jax Calder, Attractive Forces

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8. Project Hero

By: Briar Prescott

4.24

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

What if you accidentally fell in love with the right guy? Andy: If my life was a movie, I would… read more

Similar categories in Briar Prescott's Project Hero book and Laura Lascarso's When Everything Is Blue

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • new adult
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9. In This Iron Ground (Natural Magic #1)

By: Marina Vivancos

4.33

Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition

Damien is nine years old when his parents die. What should have been the worst moment of his life b… read more

Similar categories in Marina Vivancos's In This Iron Ground (Natural Magic #1) book and Laura Lascarso's When Everything Is Blue

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
"There was something about children and animals liking you that felt especially honest."

-Marina Vivancos, In This Iron Ground (Natural Magic #1)

"He’d been alone. Alone, alone, alone. He’d look at the stars and think to the universe, you are infinite. And I am alone."

-Marina Vivancos, In This Iron Ground (Natural Magic #1)

"There’s an old, Native American parable. It explains how everybody has two wolves constantly fighting inside each of us. The negative wolf—the wolf that tells you that you’re bad, you can’t do it, yo…"

-Marina Vivancos, In This Iron Ground (Natural Magic #1)

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10. Two Tribes

By: Fearne Hill

4.40

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

Lambda Literary finalist 2023. Also nominated in five categories in the Goodreads M/M Romance Group… read more

Similar categories in Fearne Hill's Two Tribes book and Laura Lascarso's When Everything Is Blue

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • contemporary
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11. Every Breath After: Part 1 (Lost Boys, #3)

By: Jessie Walker

4.67

Format: 700 pages, Kindle Edition

𝑯𝑬 𝑾𝑶𝑼𝑳𝑫 𝑵𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑹 𝑩𝑬 𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑬. A promise. A wish. A twist of fate. I fell in love with 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝘆𝗮𝘁𝘁 b… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Walker's Every Breath After: Part 1 (Lost Boys, #3) book and Laura Lascarso's When Everything Is Blue

  • romance
  • high school
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • contemporary
  • new adult
Cover of When Everything Is Blue by Laura Lascarso

12. When Everything Is Blue

By: Laura Lascarso

4.04

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

When they were kids, Chris Mitcham rescued Theo from the neighborhood bullies and taught him how to… read more

Similar categories in Laura Lascarso's When Everything Is Blue book and Laura Lascarso's When Everything Is Blue

  • romance
  • high school
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • new adult
"Make sure you fall for what's on the inside and not on the outside, otherwise you're just buying an empty box."

-Laura Lascarso, When Everything Is Blue

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13. Stupid Dirty (Possum Hollow, #1)

By: Erin Russell

4.09

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

CADE I always thought of Silas Rush as my biggest rival on the track and a stuck-up loner off it… read more

Similar categories in Erin Russell's Stupid Dirty (Possum Hollow, #1) book and Laura Lascarso's When Everything Is Blue

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • sports
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14. The Blueprint (Rules of Possession, #1)

By: S.E. Harmon

3.86

Format: 270 pages, ebook

Kelly Cannon is satisfied with his life. He has friends, a wonderful family, and a great job. But h… read more

Similar categories in S.E. Harmon's The Blueprint (Rules of Possession, #1) book and Laura Lascarso's When Everything Is Blue

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • sports
"There was no way I could say anything but no. So, in keeping with my general brilliancy, I said yes."

-S.E. Harmon, The Blueprint (Rules of Possession, #1)

"There was no way I could say anything but no. So, in keeping with my general brilliance, I said yes."

-S.E. Harmon, The Blueprint (Rules of Possession, #1)

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15. The Straight Game (Easton Grammar #3)

By: Milana Spencer

3.90

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

Daniel and Tate. Just friends. 100% straight. And competitive as hell. DANIEL When I’m stuck… read more

Similar categories in Milana Spencer's The Straight Game (Easton Grammar #3) book and Laura Lascarso's When Everything Is Blue

  • romance
  • high school
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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16. A Surplus of Light

By: Chase Connor

4.31

Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition

"He's a psycho." That's what Mike is told when he asks who the kid is with the dark swoop of hair a… read more

Similar categories in Chase Connor's A Surplus of Light book and Laura Lascarso's When Everything Is Blue

  • romance
  • high school
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"I’ll be back,"

-Chase Connor, A Surplus of Light

"How long have you loved me?"

-Chase Connor, A Surplus of Light

"I don’t want you to give yourself to me, Ian."

-Chase Connor, A Surplus of Light

"Winning doesn’t matter if you’re broken afterwards,"

-Chase Connor, A Surplus of Light

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17. Boy Shattered

By: Eli Easton

4.34

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Brian You’ll make it out of here, Brian. I swear. I had everything—school quarterback, popular with… read more

Similar categories in Eli Easton's Boy Shattered book and Laura Lascarso's When Everything Is Blue

  • romance
  • high school
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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18. You're My Home

By: Katie Moore

4.15

Format: 460 pages, Kindle Edition

A love story you can live in… Zach Brady is my overprotective best friend, and I love him like … read more

Similar categories in Katie Moore's You're My Home book and Laura Lascarso's When Everything Is Blue

  • romance
  • high school
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • new adult
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19. Let There Be Light (Twin Hearts, #1)

By: A.M. Johnson

4.22

Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition

His world was water and rhythm. Hard work and drive kept Royal O'Connell one step ahead of his comp… read more

Similar categories in A.M. Johnson's Let There Be Light (Twin Hearts, #1) book and Laura Lascarso's When Everything Is Blue

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • new adult
"Love sinks its teeth into your heart, and you’ll do anything to be its victim."

-A.M. Johnson, Let There Be Light (Twin Hearts, #1)

"This need, this constant deep breath stuck in my lungs, until I saw your face, heard you play, touched you, until I could breathe, too. It’s love, it’s more, and it’s ours to share."

-A.M. Johnson, Let There Be Light (Twin Hearts, #1)

Cover of Until You (Until, #1) by Briar Prescott

20. Until You (Until, #1)

By: Briar Prescott

4.32

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

Every life has a before and an after. An invisible line that divides a life into two halves: the be… read more

Similar categories in Briar Prescott's Until You (Until, #1) book and Laura Lascarso's When Everything Is Blue

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
"He made me love him. He turned himself into my home. Now he’s gone. And I’m homeless."

-Briar Prescott, Until You (Until, #1)

"Penetrating defenses. Hardening. Testing the back door. Going as deep as you can until you’re as far inside as possible. Takes a real man to do the job properly."

-Briar Prescott, Until You (Until, #1)

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21. A Home in You (Heart & Home Duet #1)

By: Courtney W. Dixon

4.10

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

I love you. You're my home. Forever. Dillon At first, when Cade and his dad came to the far… read more

Similar categories in Courtney W. Dixon's A Home in You (Heart & Home Duet #1) book and Laura Lascarso's When Everything Is Blue

  • romance
  • high school
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • contemporary

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