15 must-read audiobook books like Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli

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Kate in Waiting

By: Becky Albertalli

3.81

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

Contrary to popular belief, best friends Kate Garfield and Anderson Walker are not codependent. Car…

"It's weird how much you have to hold back when you're secretly in love with someone. But then again, the whole point of love is getting close enough that you no longer have to hold back all the...gross parts. I'm pretty sure at some point love makes room for the gross parts."

-Becky Albertalli, Kate in Waiting

"It's weird how much you have to hold back when you're secretly in love with someone. But then again, the whole point of love is getting close enough that you no longer have to hold back all the...gross parts. I'm pretty sure at some point love makes room for the gross parts."

-Becky Albertalli, Kate in Waiting

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1. I Was Born for This (I Was Born for This, #1)

By: Alice Oseman

4.03

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

For Angel Rahimi, life is only about one thing: The Ark – a pop-rock trio of teenage boys who are c… read more

Similar categories in Alice Oseman's I Was Born for This (I Was Born for This, #1) book and Becky Albertalli's Kate in Waiting

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I am not afraid, said Noah I was born for this"."

-Alice Oseman, I Was Born for This (I Was Born for This, #1)

"We both say, 'Aaaaaay,' at the same time, and I think that means we're friends."

-Alice Oseman, I Was Born for This (I Was Born for This, #1)

"If we can talk about anxiety, we can talk about poo. They’re basically the same thing."

-Alice Oseman, I Was Born for This (I Was Born for This, #1)

"And the three of us laugh. And I imagine this must be what it's like to have real friends."

-Alice Oseman, I Was Born for This (I Was Born for This, #1)

2. Heretics Anonymous

By: Katie Henry

4.12

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

The Breakfast Clubmeets Saved!in this hilarious and heartfelt YA debut by author Katie Henry about … read more

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3. Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5)

By: Alice Oseman

4.49

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about l… read more

Similar categories in Alice Oseman's Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5) book and Becky Albertalli's Kate in Waiting

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Una parte de la intimidad consiste en confiar en alguien lo suficiente como para renunciar a una parte de ese control. Y eso, a veces, es muy difícil. Pero es importante que recuerdes que, si Nick y …"

-Alice Oseman, Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5)

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4. You Know I'm No Good

By: Jessie Ann Foley

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Printz Honor winner and William C. Morris Award finalist Jessie Ann Foley comes the story of o… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Ann Foley's You Know I'm No Good book and Becky Albertalli's Kate in Waiting

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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5. Cool for the Summer

By: Dahlia Adler

3.77

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Lara's had eyes for exactly one person throughout her three years of high school: Chase Harding. He… read more

Similar categories in Dahlia Adler's Cool for the Summer book and Becky Albertalli's Kate in Waiting

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"What am I? It's one summer. You can't change into a different person over a summer."

-Dahlia Adler, Cool for the Summer

"I think about that handshake a lot, because it reassures me that it was clearly just a friendly suggestion. I had no idea what it would spark."

-Dahlia Adler, Cool for the Summer

"I don't even realize we're falling out of our chairs until we land on the sand, our laughter floating into the summer night amid the crackling flames until our mouths find each other again and there'…"

-Dahlia Adler, Cool for the Summer

"If being bi means always knowing, well, that isn't me. The only girls on my bedroom walls are my friends, and I'm certainly not into any of them that way. That settles it. I'm straight. Just like I a…"

-Dahlia Adler, Cool for the Summer

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6. Never Ever Getting Back Together

By: Sophie Gonzales

3.67

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When their now famous ex-boyfriend asks them to participate in a teen reality show, two eighteen ye… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Gonzales's Never Ever Getting Back Together book and Becky Albertalli's Kate in Waiting

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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7. Kate in Waiting

By: Becky Albertalli

3.81

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

Contrary to popular belief, best friends Kate Garfield and Anderson Walker are not codependent. Car… read more

Similar categories in Becky Albertalli's Kate in Waiting book and Becky Albertalli's Kate in Waiting

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"It's weird how much you have to hold back when you're secretly in love with someone. But then again, the whole point of love is getting close enough that you no longer have to hold back all the...gro…"

-Becky Albertalli, Kate in Waiting

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8. 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 Becky Albertalli's Kate in Waiting

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
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9. Love in English

By: Maria E. Andreu

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old Ana has just moved to New Jersey from Argentina for her Junior year of high school… read more

Similar categories in Maria E. Andreu's Love in English book and Becky Albertalli's Kate in Waiting

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"My family is not running a marathon. We're running a relay. My parents have gotten me this far. Everything I do is to get us further. I carry their hopes along with my own."

-Maria E. Andreu, Love in English

"I lack precisely the thing to explain what I lack. The words. For every word I get out, there's a whole iceberg of thoughts and hopes and feelings that stay unspoken. But how do I speak them?"

-Maria E. Andreu, Love in English

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10. I Kissed Shara Wheeler

By: Casey McQuiston

3.88

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop and Red, White & Royal Blue comes a deb… read more

Similar categories in Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler book and Becky Albertalli's Kate in Waiting

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"You were the only one it could be."

-Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler

"Get a clarifying shampoo and suck it up, Kylo Ren."

-Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler

"Why is it so bad to want to feel special, or loved, or accpeted?"

-Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler

"What do you say when The Girl tells you that you're The Girl to her?"

-Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler

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11. The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist

By: Sophie Gonzales

3.51

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A fanfic writer brings her favorite TV character to life in this friends-to-enemies-to-lovers novel… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Gonzales's The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist book and Becky Albertalli's Kate in Waiting

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
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12. Going Bicoastal

By: Dahlia Adler

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A queer Sliding Doors YA rom-com in which a girl must choose between summer in NYC with her dad (an… read more

Similar categories in Dahlia Adler's Going Bicoastal book and Becky Albertalli's Kate in Waiting

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Mallaroy (Mallaroy, #1) by A.M. Juna

13. Mallaroy (Mallaroy, #1)

By: A.M. Juna

4.22

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Kojarzycie ten moment, kiedy wasza bliźniaczka okazuje się zmiennokształtna, po czym znika, więc mu… read more

Similar categories in A.M. Juna's Mallaroy (Mallaroy, #1) book and Becky Albertalli's Kate in Waiting

  • young adult
Cover of The Assignment by Liza M. Wiemer

14. The Assignment

By: Liza M. Wiemer

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of the classic The Wave and inspired by a real-life incident, this riveting novel explo… read more

Similar categories in Liza M. Wiemer's The Assignment book and Becky Albertalli's Kate in Waiting

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"HumanKIND Welcome Here!"

-Liza M. Wiemer, The Assignment

"This much I've learned, and I want to shout it to the world instead of in my head: THERE ARE NO DIFFERENT RACES OF HUMAN BEINGS! The idea of inferior or superior races is a human construct. It's made…"

-Liza M. Wiemer, The Assignment

"For students, speaking out against any injustice, especially when adults are involved, can be a formidable task. But it's crucial, life-changing, and perhaps even life saving. Here is what I hope you…"

-Liza M. Wiemer, The Assignment

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15. Mallaroy. Tom II (Mallaroy, #2)

By: A.M. Juna

4.44

Format: 462 pages, Paperback

Nikt nie dostaje życia na własność. Bliźniaczki Lanford wiedzą to aż za dobrze, wciągnięte w sieć i… read more

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16. 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

Similar categories in Adib Khorram's The Breakup Lists book and Becky Albertalli's Kate in Waiting

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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17. The Pairing

By: Casey McQuiston

3.90

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

In #1 New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuiston's latest romantic comedy, two bisexual exes… read more

Similar categories in Casey McQuiston's The Pairing book and Becky Albertalli's Kate in Waiting

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Some people dye their hair when they go through a breakup. I got a bus."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

"This is what I get for assuming all women in safari hats can be trusted."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

"He was the first great thing I ever let myself want. This time, I’m keeping him."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

"A love that’s ended is the only kind I can have, because I can’t possibly lose it."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

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18. Za pět minut zvoní

By: Michaela Merglová

3.75

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Sbírka young adult příběhů ze školních lavic. Několik známých českých autorů a autorek, jakými jsou… read more

Similar categories in Michaela Merglová's Za pět minut zvoní book and Becky Albertalli's Kate in Waiting

  • contemporary
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19. We Are Not Broken

By: George M. Johnson

4.35

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New memoir from George M. Johnson that celebrates Black boyhood and brotherhood in all its glory!Th… read more

Similar categories in George M. Johnson's We Are Not Broken book and Becky Albertalli's Kate in Waiting

  • contemporary
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • queer
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20. Cracking the Bell

By: Geoff Herbach

3.79

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

Friday Night Lights meets Concussion in this powerful and important novel by Geoff Herbach, author … read more

Similar categories in Geoff Herbach's Cracking the Bell book and Becky Albertalli's Kate in Waiting

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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21. But Make It Classy!

By: Teresa Reichl

4.24

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Schon gewusst, dass Goethes »Die Leiden des jungen Werther« stark vom Werk einer Autorin inspiriert… read more

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4.01

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