27 best-selling lgbt books like The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor

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The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

By: Maya MacGregor

4.19

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this queer contemporary YA mystery, a nonbinary teen with autism realizes they must not only sol…

If you liked the lgbt plot in The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor , here is a list of 27 books like this:

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1. The Luis Ortega Survival Club

By: Sonora Reyes

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School comes a story in the vein of… read more

Similar categories in Sonora Reyes's The Luis Ortega Survival Club book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • lgbt
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White

2. Hell Followed With Us

By: Andrew Joseph White

4.13

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Prepare to die. His kingdom is near. Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cu… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Joseph White's Hell Followed With Us book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"Do you believe in God? I do, please stop, there's so much blood"

-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

"I think it hits us all at the same time that maybe we'll live long enough to grow up."

-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

"Bein transgender is who you are, and the pain is what the outside does to you. The pain is what happens when you and the world go at each other's throats."

-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

"I'm done begging for a scrap of respect-I am done with those who enact suffering, and I am done with the sons of bitches who stand back and let it happen."

-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

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3. Nocne godziny

By: Marta Bijan

3.61

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

To miał być najpiękniejszy horror na świecie... Salla, Lamia i Kail są rodzeństwem i zupełnie na… read more

Similar categories in Marta Bijan's Nocne godziny book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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4. Dear Wendy

By: Ann Zhao

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Dear Wendy's Sophie and Jo, two aromantic and asexual students at Wellesley College, engage in an o… read more

Similar categories in Ann Zhao's Dear Wendy book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Nobody talks about breaking up with your friends. It sucks. Especially when that friend ditches you to be with whoever they think is The One."

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

"And still, it's hard to find people like me. The asexual community is small enough as it is; there are fewer aromantic people and even fewer people who are both."

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

"And that really made me think for the first time about how this could happen with any friend who's not also aroace. Like, my person, my closest confidant, will probably always have someone else - a r…"

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

Cover of If I See You Again Tomorrow by Robbie Couch

5. 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

Similar categories in Robbie Couch's If I See You Again Tomorrow book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Wren Martin Ruins It All by Amanda DeWitt

6. Wren Martin Ruins It All

By: Amanda DeWitt

4.25

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Now that Wren Martin is student council president (on a technicality, but hey, it counts) he’s goin… read more

Similar categories in Amanda DeWitt's Wren Martin Ruins It All book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I think I might have a crush. Shit ."

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

"Halloween would be . . . okay," she says, with all the deliberation of a somewhat uncertain judge delivering a verdict. "But no sexy catgirls. Or boys. No catpeople."

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

"You might have saved the Dance," I say loftily, "but I saved this school from Cats ." "Not all heroes wear capes," Ryan says, pushing open the classroom door. "You know, I kind of like Cats ." "You l…"

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

Cover of Muchomory w cukrze by Marta Bijan

7. Muchomory w cukrze

By: Marta Bijan

3.77

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Fio, Wenus, Hanna, Kostek i Robin nie mogą doczekać się pierwszych wspólnych wakacji w Domku z Drew… read more

Similar categories in Marta Bijan's Muchomory w cukrze book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1) by Aiden Thomas

8. The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

By: Aiden Thomas

4.33

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where teen semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the h… read more

Similar categories in Aiden Thomas's The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1) book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"No hetero, but damn, Teo, your wings" Niya circled Teo back on the boat. "Does this make me a furry?"

-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

"No hetero, but damn, Teo, your wings!" Niya circled Teo back onto the boat. "Does this make me a furry?"

-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

"Why was it that just because his body was different from everyone else’s, they thought they could ask whatever inappropriate questions they wanted."

-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

"Why was it that just because his body was different from everyone else's, they thought they could ask whatever inappropriate questions they wanted?"

-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

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9. Aces Wild: A Heist

By: Amanda DeWitt

3.78

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

What happens in Vegas when an all-asexual online friend group attempts to break into a high-stakes … read more

Similar categories in Amanda DeWitt's Aces Wild: A Heist book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
"Just because you didn't experience sexual attraction didn't mean you didn't you didn't experience romantic feelings. But those romantic feelings didn't look like they did in the movies because, well,…"

-Amanda DeWitt, Aces Wild: A Heist

"It felt like a puzzle, mostly put together but with a piece missing, waiting to be filled. There were plenty of pieces to fill it- gay, straight, bisexual- but none fit quite right. Sometimes I thoug…"

-Amanda DeWitt, Aces Wild: A Heist

Cover of The Ghosts We Keep by Mason Deaver

10. The Ghosts We Keep

By: Mason Deaver

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli, this book will rip your heart out before sho… read more

Similar categories in Mason Deaver's The Ghosts We Keep book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Fingers finding lost bodies- floating along the surface, despaired drowned, dead. Keeping secrets lost on pale blue lips- For this is the place the dead things go- This is the home of the ghosts we k…"

-Mason Deaver, The Ghosts We Keep

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11. 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 Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • fiction
  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"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

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12. The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

By: Maya MacGregor

4.19

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this queer contemporary YA mystery, a nonbinary teen with autism realizes they must not only sol… read more

Similar categories in Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • disability
  • queer
Cover of Domestic Fluff by Weronika Łodyga

13. Domestic Fluff

By: Weronika Łodyga

3.19

Format: 155 pages, Paperback

Powrót bohaterów bestsellera Hurt/Comfort! Tym razem w odsłonie graficznej. Magda, najlepsza prz… read more

Similar categories in Weronika Łodyga's Domestic Fluff book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt
Cover of Bliźniaczy płomień by Maksymilian Kuznowicz

14. Bliźniaczy płomień

By: Maksymilian Kuznowicz

3.47

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Zamknij oczy. Wyłącz myślenie. Posłuchaj serca. Życie Daikiego wywraca się do góry nogami po tym… read more

Similar categories in Maksymilian Kuznowicz's Bliźniaczy płomień book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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15. Zanim wybuchnie słońce

By: Józefina Płotka

3.84

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Jak potoczy się twoje życie, gdy dopuścisz do głosu serce? Leon, zbuntowany nastolatek, który ma… read more

Similar categories in Józefina Płotka's Zanim wybuchnie słońce book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • contemporary
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
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16. Sixteen Souls

By: Rosie Talbot

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Sixteen-year-old Charlie Frith has problems. His crush is dating someone else, his sisters have gli… read more

Similar categories in Rosie Talbot's Sixteen Souls book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • mystery
  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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17. Nigdy nie będziesz szło samo

By: Anouk Herman

3.77

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Katuchna Zygler, dziewczyna w spektrum autyzmu, mieszka na osiedlu familoków. Czuje się samotna, a … read more

Similar categories in Anouk Herman's Nigdy nie będziesz szło samo book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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18. Ophelia After All

By: Racquel Marie

4.06

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A teen girl navigates friendship drama, the end of high school, and discovering her queerness in Op… read more

Similar categories in Racquel Marie's Ophelia After All book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"HAMLET MAY HAVE BEEN A TRAGEDY. BUT OPHELIA DESERVED A COMEDY"

-Racquel Marie, Ophelia After All

"It's been hard and messy and scary. I want you guys to care about it and what it changes for me, but without it changing us."

-Racquel Marie, Ophelia After All

"But I don’t think the truest love is deemed so because it’s the most painful. Waiting for someone to love you back seems beautiful in a miserable way when you’re young. No offense."

-Racquel Marie, Ophelia After All

"I may doubt the truths of the world, but never again will I doubt whether or not the person that I am, or may be, is loved or worthy of love. I know myself, and I don't. Both can be true."

-Racquel Marie, Ophelia After All

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19. Can't Take That Away

By: Steven Salvatore

4.07

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

A debut novel about a genderqueer teen who finds the courage to stand up and speak out for equality… read more

Similar categories in Steven Salvatore's Can't Take That Away book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Respect my existence or expect my resistance."

-Steven Salvatore, Can't Take That Away

"If I'm not wearing makeup or something androgynous, they see me as a boy. If I do dress more feminine or androgynous, they see a boy but a boy wearing eyeshadow or nail polish. It's easier for people…"

-Steven Salvatore, Can't Take That Away

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20. Practice Girl

By: Estelle Laure

3.66

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Jo never heard of the label "practice girl"...until she was called one. And those two devastating w… read more

Similar categories in Estelle Laure's Practice Girl book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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21. Always the Almost

By: Edward Underhill

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A trans pianist makes a New Year's resolution on a frozen Wisconsin night to win regionals and win … read more

Similar categories in Edward Underhill's Always the Almost book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Ostatnie światła gasną (Zakon Ostatnich Świateł, #1) by Hania Czaban

22. Ostatnie światła gasną (Zakon Ostatnich Świateł, #1)

By: Hania Czaban

3.81

Format: 442 pages, Hardcover

Lustro pęka, a w jego kawałkach ujrzysz mroczną historię. Opowieść dziewczynie i chłopaku, których … read more

Similar categories in Hania Czaban's Ostatnie światła gasną (Zakon Ostatnich Świateł, #1) book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • young adult
Cover of The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers by Adam  Sass

23. The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers

By: Adam Sass

3.47

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A charming YA rom-com perfect for fans of Red, White, and Royal Blue and What If It’s Us. Micah… read more

Similar categories in Adam Sass's The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Wow,"

-Adam Sass, The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers

"A weary world deserves a little dreaming."

-Adam Sass, The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers

"I don’t need ninety-nine boys. I just need one."

-Adam Sass, The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers

"Why is it so much easier to execute someone else’s vision than to realize your own?"

-Adam Sass, The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers

Cover of Noce za nocami (Noce za nocami, #1) by Małgorzata  Wilk

24. Noce za nocami (Noce za nocami, #1)

By: Małgorzata Wilk

4.25

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

Każdy wampir zasługuje na swoje wiecznie i szczęśliwie. Fryderyk, a właściwie hrabia Fiodor Iwan… read more

Similar categories in Małgorzata Wilk's Noce za nocami (Noce za nocami, #1) book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • fiction
  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt
Cover of Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore

25. Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

By: Anna-Marie McLemore

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

New York City, 1922. Nicolás Caraveo, a 17-year-old transgender boy from Minnesota, has no interest… read more

Similar categories in Anna-Marie McLemore's Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"We were boys who had created ourselves. We had formed our own bodies, our own lives, from the ribs of the girls we were once assumed to be."

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

"Gatsby and I may have been nothing to men like Tom Buchanan, but men like that did not know we were as divine as the heavens. We were boys who had created ourselves. We had formed our own bodies, our…"

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

"There's no use denying that I fell a little bit in love with Jay, at least as much in love as I've ever been with any body. You see, Nicky, boys are always falling in love with me, but I don't fall m…"

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

Cover of Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution by Kacen Callender

26. Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution

By: Kacen Callender

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From National Book Award–winner Kacen Callender, a contemporary YA that follows Lark's journey to s… read more

Similar categories in Kacen Callender's Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
  • queer
"The goal of accountability is to end harm through learning and growth. What's the goal of shaming? Shaming is more about the person who shames, and making themselves feel like they're better than ano…"

-Kacen Callender, Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution

"I realized—what makes a story good—I think it's a trick question, because every single reader will always want something different, right? So to one reader, a book is good, and to another reader, the…"

-Kacen Callender, Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution

"Maybe not. But does that make your voice less important? Does that mean stories or speaking your truth don't have a role in activism, too? I don't know about that. Our society wouldn't be the same wi…"

-Kacen Callender, Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution

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27. Lakelore

By: Anna-Marie McLemore

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this young adult novel by award-winning author Anna-Marie McLemore, two non-binary teens are pul… read more

Similar categories in Anna-Marie McLemore's Lakelore book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"There's a certain way that falling for someone can only ever feel when you've fallen at least a little for yourself first."

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Lakelore

"The worst mistake I've ever made is bad all on its own, but I never think of it on its own. Some mistakes come in sets, and my worst mistake had a part one that came seven years earlier."

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Lakelore

Cover of Równonoc (Miasto gasnących świateł, #3) by Aleksandra Świderska

28. Równonoc (Miasto gasnących świateł, #3)

By: Aleksandra Świderska

4.09

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Jachty, szybkie samochody, piękne kobiety i ładni chłopcy. Ekskluzywne hotele, pościgi oraz strzela… read more

Similar categories in Aleksandra Świderska's Równonoc (Miasto gasnących świateł, #3) book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • lgbt
Cover of Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding by Maia Kobabe

29. Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding

By: Maia Kobabe

4.47

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

A graphic guide to chest binding with real-life stories and research-backed advice from bestselling… read more

Similar categories in Maia Kobabe's Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans

30. Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything

By: Justine Pucella Winans

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Murder most fowl? In this sardonic and campy YA thriller, an anxious, introverted nonbinary teen bi… read more

Similar categories in Justine Pucella Winans's Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
Cover of Tears in the Water by Margherita Scialla

31. Tears in the Water

By: Margherita Scialla

4.06

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

A character-driven, slice-of-life contemporary story of love and self-discovery. At White Ravens… read more

Similar categories in Margherita Scialla's Tears in the Water book and Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I trust you to handle my heart with care"

-Margherita Scialla, Tears in the Water

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3.61

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