21 must-read lgbt books like Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please!, #1-2) by Ngozi Ukazu

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Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please!, #1-2)

By: Ngozi Ukazu

4.22

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The hilarious and heartbreaking confessions of a figure skater turned collegiate hockey player who'…

"Do you ever think about being with someone but realize it's impossible and then get really sad so you bake a pie instead."

-Ngozi Ukazu, Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please!, #1-2)

"Crushes are stressful. Dating is disappointing. Every relationship, you either break up or get married & then divorced. Pies can't hurt you."

-Ngozi Ukazu, Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please!, #1-2)

If you liked the lgbt plot in Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please!, #1-2) by Ngozi Ukazu , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. The Prince and the Dressmaker

By: Jen Wang

4.35

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

Paris, at the dawn of the modern age: Prince Sebastian is looking for a bride―or rather, his par… read more

Similar categories in Jen Wang's The Prince and the Dressmaker book and Ngozi Ukazu's Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please!, #1-2)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
"I'm a prince who likes dresses."

-Jen Wang, The Prince and the Dressmaker

"This job won't love you back, you know."

-Jen Wang, The Prince and the Dressmaker

"You're a secret, which means I'm a secret!"

-Jen Wang, The Prince and the Dressmaker

"Don't work too hard. This job won't love you back, you know."

-Jen Wang, The Prince and the Dressmaker

Cover of Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy by Faith Erin Hicks

2. Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy

By: Faith Erin Hicks

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

New York Times bestseller Faith Erin Hicks is back with Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy , a young adult… read more

Similar categories in Faith Erin Hicks's Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy book and Ngozi Ukazu's Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please!, #1-2)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • queer
Cover of Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier

3. Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms

By: Crystal Frasier

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

A sweet, queer teen romance perfect for fans of Fence and Check, Please!Annie is a smart, antisocia… read more

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  • romance
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • queer
"Oh? You're held to a different standard because of others' preconceptions?"

-Crystal Frasier, Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms

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4. Fence, Vol. 1

By: C.S. Pacat

3.92

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover edition can be found here. Combines Issues #1-4. Nicholas, the illegiti… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Pacat's Fence, Vol. 1 book and Ngozi Ukazu's Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please!, #1-2)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • queer
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5. Fence, Vol. 3

By: C.S. Pacat

4.15

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Combines Issues #9-12. Scrappy fencer Nicholas Cox comes to the end of his path to prove himself… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Pacat's Fence, Vol. 3 book and Ngozi Ukazu's Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please!, #1-2)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • queer
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6. Mooncakes

By: Suzanne Walker

3.83

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

A story of love and demons, family and witchcraft. Nova Huang knows more about magic than your a… read more

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  • romance
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz

7. The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich

By: Deya Muniz

4.40

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A funny, heartfelt YA romance about finding love—and lots of grilled cheese sandwiches—in the place… read more

Similar categories in Deya Muniz's The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich book and Ngozi Ukazu's Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please!, #1-2)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
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8. 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 Ngozi Ukazu's Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please!, #1-2)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Chef's Kiss by Jarrett Melendez

9. Chef's Kiss

By: Jarrett Melendez

3.96

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

English graduate Ben Cook is on the job hunt looking for something... anything... related to his pa… read more

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  • romance
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag

10. The Girl from the Sea

By: Molly Knox Ostertag

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Witch Boy trilogy comes a graphic novel about family, romance, and first lov… read more

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  • romance
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Sometimes plans must change, my love."

-Molly Knox Ostertag, The Girl from the Sea

"*creepy ghost whispers* morgan... THAT'S IT SHE'S DEAD"

-Molly Knox Ostertag, The Girl from the Sea

"Sometimes you have to let your life get messy. That's how you get to the good parts"

-Molly Knox Ostertag, The Girl from the Sea

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11. Bloom

By: Kevin Panetta

3.91

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Though he loved working there as a kid, Ari cannot fathom a life wasting away over rising dough and… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Panetta's Bloom book and Ngozi Ukazu's Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please!, #1-2)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Jeez! Why is my family manhandling me at this wedding?"

-Kevin Panetta, Bloom

"Maybe just...Don't try to be what you think you should be. Be what you love."

-Kevin Panetta, Bloom

"Got 'em! Comfortable shoes! Oh my God. They're like pillows. I hate high heels."

-Kevin Panetta, Bloom

"...what does he think is going to happen? An angel will just fall from the sky?"

-Kevin Panetta, Bloom

Cover of Northranger by Rey Terciero

12. Northranger

By: Rey Terciero

4.06

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In this swoony and spooky teen summer romance graphic novel set on a Texas ranch, sixteen-year-old … read more

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  • romance
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"You weren't wrong about me being a killer. But the only person I've ever tried to kill is myself."

-Rey Terciero, Northranger

Cover of Fence, Vol. 5: Rise by C.S. Pacat

13. Fence, Vol. 5: Rise

By: C.S. Pacat

4.24

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In the highly anticipated next chapter of Fence, Nicholas will stop at nothing until he becomes Sei… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Pacat's Fence, Vol. 5: Rise book and Ngozi Ukazu's Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please!, #1-2)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • queer
Cover of Fence, Vol. 4: Rivals by C.S. Pacat

14. Fence, Vol. 4: Rivals

By: C.S. Pacat

4.22

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

The team at King’s Row must face the school that defeated them in the fencing state championships l… read more

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

15. 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 Ngozi Ukazu's Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please!, #1-2)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • 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

16. 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

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  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • 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)

Cover of Fence, Vol. 6: Redemption by C.S. Pacat

17. Fence, Vol. 6: Redemption

By: C.S. Pacat

4.42

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

A mysterious new fencer arrives at Halverton in the newest chapter of the GLAAD Media Award-nominat… read more

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  • romance
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • queer
Cover of Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please!, #1-2) by Ngozi Ukazu

18. Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please!, #1-2)

By: Ngozi Ukazu

4.22

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The hilarious and heartbreaking confessions of a figure skater turned collegiate hockey player who'… read more

Similar categories in Ngozi Ukazu's Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please!, #1-2) book and Ngozi Ukazu's Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please!, #1-2)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • queer
"Do you ever think about being with someone but realize it's impossible and then get really sad so you bake a pie instead."

-Ngozi Ukazu, Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please!, #1-2)

"Crushes are stressful. Dating is disappointing. Every relationship, you either break up or get married & then divorced. Pies can't hurt you."

-Ngozi Ukazu, Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please!, #1-2)

Cover of Fence, Vol. 2 by C.S. Pacat

19. Fence, Vol. 2

By: C.S. Pacat

4.06

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Combines Issues #5-8. Nicholas Cox is determined to prove himself in the world of competitive fe… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Pacat's Fence, Vol. 2 book and Ngozi Ukazu's Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please!, #1-2)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • queer
Cover of Belle of the Ball by Mari Costa

20. Belle of the Ball

By: Mari Costa

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A young adult graphic novel about high school wallflower Belle Hawkins, who ends up in a love trian… read more

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  • romance
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Project Nought by Chelsey Furedi

21. Project Nought

By: Chelsey Furedi

4.15

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Kiss Number 8 and On a Sunbeam, this debut graphic novel is a fast-paced time travel ad… read more

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  • romance
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer

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