13 best-selling lesbian books like Neon Roses by Rachel Dawson

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Neon Roses

By: Rachel Dawson

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Eluned Hughes is stuck. It's 1984 in a valley in south Wales: the miners' strike is ravaging her co…

If you liked the lesbian plot in Neon Roses by Rachel Dawson , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Penance by Eliza  Clark

1. Penance

By: Eliza Clark

3.90

Format: 336 pages, ebook

Do you know what happened already? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did you li… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Clark's Penance book and Rachel Dawson's Neon Roses

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Do you know what happened to her already? Did you catch it in the papers? Are you local? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did some website the trawls local news for the worst details…"

-Eliza Clark, Penance

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2. In Memoriam

By: Alice Winn

4.53

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during a time of war. It'… read more

Similar categories in Alice Winn's In Memoriam book and Rachel Dawson's Neon Roses

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"It’s intimate."

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

"Call me Sidney,"

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

"Where’s the rest of it?"

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

"Do you believe in magic?"

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

Cover of Pity by Andrew McMillan

3. Pity

By: Andrew McMillan

3.71

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

The town was once a hub of industry. A place where men toiled underground in darkness, picking and … read more

Similar categories in Andrew McMillan's Pity book and Rachel Dawson's Neon Roses

  • contemporary
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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4. Rosewater

By: Liv Little

3.67

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Queenie and Such a Fun Age comes a deliciously gritty and strikingly bold debut novel a… read more

Similar categories in Liv Little's Rosewater book and Rachel Dawson's Neon Roses

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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5. Sunburn

By: Chloe Michelle Howarth

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Selected as an Evening Standard 'one to watch in 2023' It's the early 1990s, and in the Irish vi… read more

Similar categories in Chloe Michelle Howarth's Sunburn book and Rachel Dawson's Neon Roses

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • queer
"It's a shame that you can't even come out to me."

-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn

"People say 'lesbian' sometimes, they say 'dyke' more."

-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn

"I hope your bed is warm and you sleep well. See you tomorrow, Lucy x"

-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn

"All I'm doing is trying to love people. All I need is the right kind of love back."

-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn

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6. Wild Things

By: Laura Kay

3.64

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Two best friends. One huge crush. A year that could change everything... A warmhearted, hilariou… read more

Similar categories in Laura Kay's Wild Things book and Rachel Dawson's Neon Roses

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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7. Bellies

By: Nicola Dinan

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

I wore a dress on the night I first met Ming.It begins as your typical boy meets boy. While out wit… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Dinan's Bellies book and Rachel Dawson's Neon Roses

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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8. Greta & Valdin

By: Rebecca K. Reilly

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An irresistible and bighearted international bestseller that follows a brother and sister as they n… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca K. Reilly's Greta & Valdin book and Rachel Dawson's Neon Roses

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"I wonder what plant I would be, if I were a plant. Maybe something with big leaves that droop sulkily if not provided with the exact right amount of water and light."

-Rebecca K. Reilly, Greta & Valdin

Cover of Bored Gay Werewolf by Tony  Santorella

9. Bored Gay Werewolf

By: Tony Santorella

3.53

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Brian, an aimless slacker, works doubles at his shift job, forgets to clean his room and lays about… read more

Similar categories in Tony Santorella's Bored Gay Werewolf book and Rachel Dawson's Neon Roses

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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10. Neon Roses

By: Rachel Dawson

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Eluned Hughes is stuck. It's 1984 in a valley in south Wales: the miners' strike is ravaging her co… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Dawson's Neon Roses book and Rachel Dawson's Neon Roses

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Tell Me Everything by Laura  Kay

11. Tell Me Everything

By: Laura Kay

3.84

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Would you entrust your life choices to someone hell-bent on avoiding theirs? Natasha has everyth… read more

Similar categories in Laura Kay's Tell Me Everything book and Rachel Dawson's Neon Roses

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Mrs. S by K.    Patrick

12. Mrs. S

By: K. Patrick

3.63

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

A sublime and sensual debut novel exploring the nature of queer love and attraction, the transforma… read more

Similar categories in K. Patrick's Mrs. S book and Rachel Dawson's Neon Roses

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"I live in hope it is her, I live in fear it is her, it is never her."

-K. Patrick, Mrs. S

Cover of Experienced by Kate  Young

13. Experienced

By: Kate Young

4.03

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

“A fizzing, lip-chewing, collar-bone biting, palm-sweating roller-coaster of a rom-com that is both… read more

Similar categories in Kate Young's Experienced book and Rachel Dawson's Neon Roses

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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14. Local Fires

By: Joshua Jones

4.24

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

Local Fires sees debut writer Joshua Jones turn his acute focus to his birthplace of Llanelli, Sout… read more

Similar categories in Joshua Jones's Local Fires book and Rachel Dawson's Neon Roses

  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5) by Juno  Dawson

15. Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5)

By: Juno Dawson

3.76

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The next enchanting instalment of the sensational #1 SUNDAY TIMES bestselling HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL C… read more

Similar categories in Juno Dawson's Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5) book and Rachel Dawson's Neon Roses

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher

16. Not for the Faint of Heart

By: Lex Croucher

4.04

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Beloved author Lex Croucher's second queer historical YA romance, with all the swoons, laughs, and … read more

Similar categories in Lex Croucher's Not for the Faint of Heart book and Rachel Dawson's Neon Roses

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
Cover of Lover Birds by Leanne Egan

17. Lover Birds

By: Leanne Egan

4.22

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

With an irresistible enemies-to-lovers romance, and perfect for fans of Alice Oseman and Becky Albe… read more

Similar categories in Leanne Egan's Lover Birds book and Rachel Dawson's Neon Roses

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of All the Painted Stars by Emma Denny

18. All the Painted Stars

By: Emma Denny

4.00

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Oxfordshire 1362 When Lily Barden discovers her best friend Johanna’s hand in marriage is being … read more

Similar categories in Emma Denny's All the Painted Stars book and Rachel Dawson's Neon Roses

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Private Rites by Julia Armfield

19. Private Rites

By: Julia Armfield

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, c… read more

Similar categories in Julia Armfield's Private Rites book and Rachel Dawson's Neon Roses

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"To be misunderstood is one thing, but the curious hostility of a sibling's approach lies less in what they miss than in the strange backdated nature of the things they choose to know. A person can be…"

-Julia Armfield, Private Rites

Cover of Above Us the Sea by Ania Card

20. Above Us the Sea

By: Ania Card

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

'Maybe when we looked away from it, it could only be for a fragmented moment. Maybe our gaze always… read more

Similar categories in Ania Card's Above Us the Sea book and Rachel Dawson's Neon Roses

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Making It by Laura  Kay

21. Making It

By: Laura Kay

4.34

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From the author of Wild Things comes a heartwarming and relatable queer rom-com about an isolated y… read more

Similar categories in Laura Kay's Making It book and Rachel Dawson's Neon Roses

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer

21 Top fiction books like Neon Roses by Rachel Dawson

Transform Your Habits

Penance

Eliza Clark

3.90

Transform Your Habits

In Memoriam

Alice Winn

4.53

Transform Your Habits

Pity

Andrew McMillan

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Rosewater

Liv Little

3.67

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17 Best fiction books like Tell Me Everything by Laura Kay

Transform Your Habits

Rosewater

Liv Little

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Sunburn

Chloe Michelle Howarth

4.33

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It Started with a Kiss

Clare Lydon

3.86

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That Secret Something

Emily Wright

4.01

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