Ready When You Are
By: Gary Lonesborough
4.20
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
A remarkable YA love story between two Aboriginal boys -- one who doesn’t want to accept he’s gay, …
Want to Read $ 11.99"Go to your elders. You should ask them about your country and your totem. Because that is your identity. A blackfella with no identity is a lost blackfella. He don't know where he belongs."-Gary Lonesborough, Ready When You Are
"Go to your elders. You should ask them about your country and your totem. Because that is your identity. A blackfella with no identity is a lost blackfella. He don't know where he belongs."-Gary Lonesborough, Ready When You Are
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1. Borderland
By: None
3.76
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
Borderland- a coming-of-age, YA eco-thriller about Indigenous land rights, with sci-fi elements. St… read more
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2. If I See You Again Tomorrow
By: Robbie Couch
4.13
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times bestseller! From the author of The Sky Blues and Blaine for the Win comes a spe… read more
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- romance
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- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
3. Dropbear
By: Evelyn Araluen
4.13
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
I told you this was a thirst so great it could carve rivers. This fierce debut from award-winnin… read more
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- indigenous
4. They Hate Each Other
By: Amanda Woody
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Jonah and Dylan get along like oil and water. Until a fake dating ploy gives them new perspective, … read more
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5. Girls in Boys' Cars
By: Felicity Castagna
3.42
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
A complicated friendship. A roadtrip in a stolen car. The stories that define us. And two … read more
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"I was still thinking we'd gone halfway to another world but here we were again under the same McDonald's sky."-Felicity Castagna, Girls in Boys' Cars
"Most stories don't really go ahead in straight lines. They get jumbled up and you have to untangle them again (just like life, I suppose)."-Felicity Castagna, Girls in Boys' Cars
"A woman I met told me something that made me think of you, she said when you tell a story you are trying to walk with someone else to understand who they are while listening to your own heartbeat."-Felicity Castagna, Girls in Boys' Cars
6. Skater Boy
By: Anthony Nerada
4.03
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
In this YA pop-punk debut about queer romance and destroying labels, a teen risks everything to wr… read more
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"If we can convince our own minds we aren't good enough, we can't really be disappointed when we don't get what we truly want."-Anthony Nerada, Skater Boy
7. 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
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8. Grace Notes
By: Karen Comer
4.16
Format: 327 pages, Paperback
, This song has a grace note a tiny note that's there for embellishment but can easily be ignored… read more
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- romance
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- fiction
- contemporary
"Restrictions can't stop our music, can't stop us."-Karen Comer, Grace Notes
"together we weave a set of colours so beautiful that surely every listener's heart expands"-Karen Comer, Grace Notes
"The world has stopped still, yet we can feel our frenzied, uncertain energy spinning the Earth."-Karen Comer, Grace Notes
"Surely traditions have to evolve? Surely daughters can choose their own happiness? Surely our world can handle this new virus?"-Karen Comer, Grace Notes
9. Ready When You Are
By: Gary Lonesborough
4.20
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
A remarkable YA love story between two Aboriginal boys -- one who doesn’t want to accept he’s gay, … read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Gary Lonesborough's Ready When You Are book and Gary Lonesborough's Ready When You Are
- romance
- gay
- lgbt
- coming of age
- young adult
- indigenous
- fiction
- contemporary
- australia
- queer
"Go to your elders. You should ask them about your country and your totem. Because that is your identity. A blackfella with no identity is a lost blackfella. He don't know where he belongs."-Gary Lonesborough, Ready When You Are
10. Tiger Daughter
By: Rebecca Lim
4.07
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
IBBY Honour List 2024 A Kirkus, Booklist, She Reads and Amazon Best Book of 2023 Winner, People's… read more
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- contemporary
"It's aiming for the peaks,' I tell him, 'and swimming through the troughs so that there are moments where you can just float under the sun and see how far you've come."-Rebecca Lim, Tiger Daughter
11. The Brink
By: Holden Sheppard
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A group of school-leavers: free at last, ready to party, expectations high. A remote island on t… read more
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- lgbt
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12. Sugar Town Queens
By: Malla Nunn
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From LA Times Book Prize Award Winner and Edgar Award Nominee Malla Nunn comes a stunning portrait … read more
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13. Anything But Fine
By: Tobias Madden
3.96
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Luca is ready to audition for the Australian Ballet School. All it takes to crush his dreams is one… read more
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- queer
"What is it about hot jocks being dorky that is so impossible to resist?"-Tobias Madden, Anything But Fine
14. My Fair Brady
By: Brian D. Kennedy
4.00
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
My Fair Lady meets the classic teen film She's All That in this charming and swoony new rom-com fro… read more
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- romance
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- contemporary
- queer
15. 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
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- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
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16. Invisible Boys
By: Holden Sheppard
4.41
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
In a small town, everyone thinks they know you: Charlie is a hardcore rocker, who's not as tough as… read more
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- romance
- gay
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- australia
- queer
"How bad would it actually be, to end up with a woman? I’m sure I could learn to live with it. And if you close your eyes, well, you could imagine it’s a guy."-Holden Sheppard, Invisible Boys
"When the moon rose, I’d wonder if there was a boy somewhere looking at the same moon, maybe in Europe or America or Africa. Would we meet one day and talk about how we were both looking at the moon a…"-Holden Sheppard, Invisible Boys
17. Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell
By: Tobias Madden
3.86
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
There Are No Cheat Codes for Showmance Seventeen-year-old gaymer Noah Mitchell only has one frie… read more
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"But still, despite all of this . . . I’m in love. It’s irrational. It’s irresponsible. But it’s irrevocable."-Tobias Madden, Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell
"Because my curiosity is killing me? Because I’m reckless and ridiculous? Because I’m suddenly one step closer to meeting the love of my life?"-Tobias Madden, Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell
"I place my hands in his, my stupid heart skipping a beat when our palms make contact. ‘You good?’ he asks. I bite my lip to keep from grinning like a fool. ‘Yep."-Tobias Madden, Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell
18. 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
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19. How to Repaint a Life
By: Steven Herrick
3.92
Format: 274 pages, Paperback
Isaac is running from his old life when he steps off the bus in a small town. He doesn’t plan on st… read more
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20. Wrong Answers Only
By: Tobias Madden
4.14
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Marco's always done the right thing. But now it's time for wrong answers only.Marco should be at un… read more
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21. We Could Be Something
By: Will Kostakis
3.97
Format: 401 pages, Paperback
Part Coming-Out Story. Part falling-in-love story. Part falling-apart story. Harvey's dads… read more
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- romance
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- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- australia
- queer
"Right now, I'm not sure I can get a book about a gay teenager through acquisitions. The schools market factors heavily into our thinking and they won't let it fly."-Will Kostakis, We Could Be Something
"Just because you released one novel doesn't mean you're owed a career, Sotiris. That isn't how the book world works. There are so many names I only ever see on one title."-Will Kostakis, We Could Be Something
