20 best-selling lesbian books like The Lucky List by Rachael Lippincott

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The Lucky List

By: Rachael Lippincott

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Emily and her mum were always lucky. But Emily’s mum’s luck ran out three years ago when she suc…

"I need to be willing to play the game. I need to be willing to put myself out there, and be vulnerable, and take chances, even though I might lose."

-Rachael Lippincott, The Lucky List

"I need to be willing to play the game. I need to be willing to put myself out there, and be vulnerable, and take chances, even though I might lose."

-Rachael Lippincott, The Lucky List

If you liked the lesbian plot in The Lucky List by Rachael Lippincott , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Girls Like Girls

By: Hayley Kiyoko

3.74

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Trailblazing pop star, actor, and director, Hayley Kiyoko debuts her first novel, a coming-of-age r… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Kiyoko's Girls Like Girls book and Rachael Lippincott's The Lucky List

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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2. Late to the Party

By: Kelly Quindlen

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen is nothing like Codi Teller imagined. She’s never crashed a party, never stayed out to… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Quindlen's Late to the Party book and Rachael Lippincott's The Lucky List

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I think saying what you're afraid of makes you brave."

-Kelly Quindlen, Late to the Party

"And I think being friends with someone should be like the concept of infinity—like you truly believe that person has no limits, and you just want to keep counting upward with them to see where they g…"

-Kelly Quindlen, Late to the Party

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3. Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3)

By: Ashley Herring Blake

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone around Iris Kelly is in love. Her best friends are all coupled up, her siblings have partn… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Herring Blake's Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3) book and Rachael Lippincott's The Lucky List

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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4. Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2)

By: Ashley Herring Blake

4.05

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

An interior designer learns to rebuild her love life from the ground up with zero blueprints in thi… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Herring Blake's Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2) book and Rachael Lippincott's The Lucky List

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Sexuality is complicated. It’s not static. People change and sexuality can change too."

-Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2)

"Astrid Parker was loved, no matter what her mother thought of her. No matter what choices she made. And that love gave her the courage to choose herself."

-Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2)

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5. Cleat Cute

By: Meryl Wilsner

3.77

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

A sapphic rivals to lovers rom com for fans of Ted Lasso and A League of Their Own, where two socce… read more

Similar categories in Meryl Wilsner's Cleat Cute book and Rachael Lippincott's The Lucky List

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Lesbian is important to me," Phoebe says. "The world likes to act like it's a porn category, not an identity. It took me a while to realize it wasn't. I want other girls like me to know it's a beauti…"

-Meryl Wilsner, Cleat Cute

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6. Delilah Green Doesn't Care (Bright Falls, #1)

By: Ashley Herring Blake

4.08

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

A clever and steamy queer romantic comedy about taking chances and accepting love—with all its comp… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Herring Blake's Delilah Green Doesn't Care (Bright Falls, #1) book and Rachael Lippincott's The Lucky List

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"And Delilah had gotten through life by putting herself first, only concentrating herself with what she knew was true, because she’d learned a long time ago that she couldn’t control anyone but hersel…"

-Ashley Herring Blake, Delilah Green Doesn't Care (Bright Falls, #1)

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7. 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 Rachael Lippincott's The Lucky List

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • 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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8. 6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]

By: Tess Sharpe

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Six moments lead us to two girls, one kiss, and three little words that were maybe always true in t… read more

Similar categories in Tess Sharpe's 6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did] book and Rachael Lippincott's The Lucky List

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I'm sorry you had to put all your feelings to the side so you could help me." "I'm not," she says fiercely. "I can, in fact, be mad at you and help you at the same time. It's called being emotionally…"

-Tess Sharpe, 6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]

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9. Imogen, Obviously

By: Becky Albertalli

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

With humor and insight, #1 New York Times bestseller Becky Albertalli explores the nuances of sexua… read more

Similar categories in Becky Albertalli's Imogen, Obviously book and Rachael Lippincott's The Lucky List

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Every breath she breathes feels like a love letter."

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

"1987: the world’s biggest pancake ever (well, at the time). My parents actually got to eat part of it!"

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

"So which one of us is more queer?" "Well," I pause, "I'd have to see the two of you trying to sit in chairs."

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

"Tessa’s eyes catch mine, and her lips tug up at the corners, just barely. And the noise in my brain falls away. All the times I said I’m straight. All the times everyone’s said I’m straight. There it…"

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

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10. Not My Problem

By: Ciara Smyth

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Aideen has plenty of problems she can’t fix. Her best (and only) friend is pulling away. Her mother… read more

Similar categories in Ciara Smyth's Not My Problem book and Rachael Lippincott's The Lucky List

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I dug deep down into my empathy store and found a dried-up old raisin."

-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem

"She really did look relieved. Like the stick up her her ass had decreased in width or length."

-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem

"I'd never met someone I hated more. Would it have been wrong to burn her house down to get out?"

-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem

"It's all a load of bolloxology, but I'm not going to let that get in the way of making fun of you, am I?"

-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem

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11. All This Time

By: Mikki Daughtry

3.90

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Kyle and Kimberly have been the perfect couple all through high school, but when Kimberly breaks up… read more

Similar categories in Mikki Daughtry's All This Time book and Rachael Lippincott's The Lucky List

  • romance
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Always forward. Never back."

-Mikki Daughtry, All This Time

"Everything is the same. It's me that's different."

-Mikki Daughtry, All This Time

"You don't need to be like her. You're already everything."

-Mikki Daughtry, All This Time

"That's the first thing you said to me, remember? Once upon a time."

-Mikki Daughtry, All This Time

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12. She Drives Me Crazy

By: Kelly Quindlen

3.96

Format: 288 pages, ebook

High school nemeses fall in love in this queer YA rom com perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Quindlen's She Drives Me Crazy book and Rachael Lippincott's The Lucky List

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Because before you can worry about who’s in your passenger seat, you have to learn to drive yourself."

-Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy

"People break our hearts, but they create more room in them first, and that room makes it possible for us to become more ourselves."

-Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy

"She lays her hand along my jaw and kisses me like she means it, and I am breathless and weightless and dizzy at the very fact of her. Lips and tongue and teeth, her hair and her skin and her perfume,…"

-Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy

"I’ve been where you are, Scottie. That kind of crazy, flesh-eating pain that consumes every part of you. I understand wanting to get back at them. Wanting their attention, even if it’s in a negative …"

-Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy

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13. Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl

By: Brianna R. Shrum

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Margo Zimmerman is gay, but she didn’t know until now. An overachiever at heart, Margo is determine… read more

Similar categories in Brianna R. Shrum's Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl book and Rachael Lippincott's The Lucky List

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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14. Forget Me Not

By: Alyson Derrick

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A romantic ode to the strength of love and the power of choosing each other, against odds and obsta… read more

Similar categories in Alyson Derrick's Forget Me Not book and Rachael Lippincott's The Lucky List

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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15. Some Girls Do

By: Jennifer Dugan

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

In this YA contemporary queer romance from the author of Hot Dog Girl, an openly gay track star fal… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Dugan's Some Girls Do book and Rachael Lippincott's The Lucky List

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"You're just really full of surprises." And yeah. I kind of like the sound of that"

-Jennifer Dugan, Some Girls Do

"My whole life might be a never-ending series of question marks right now, but this I'm sure of. This I want."

-Jennifer Dugan, Some Girls Do

"Wow", she breathes when I'm finally done. And I think I want to live here, in the space of that "wow," In that one little syllable she's managed to stuff so full of adoration and joy."

-Jennifer Dugan, Some Girls Do

"[...] but activism isn't something that happens in just one way or in just one place. There will always be more battles, and beating yourself up about not being able to do it all, all at once, doesn'…"

-Jennifer Dugan, Some Girls Do

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16. Melt With You

By: Jennifer Dugan

3.48

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Hot Dog Girl comes a sweet and salty queer YA rom-com about two girls on a summe… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Dugan's Melt With You book and Rachael Lippincott's The Lucky List

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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17. The Falling in Love Montage

By: Ciara Smyth

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Saoirse doesn’t believe in love at first sight or happy endings. If they were real, her mother woul… read more

Similar categories in Ciara Smyth's The Falling in Love Montage book and Rachael Lippincott's The Lucky List

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I love you. But I’m not in love with you."

-Ciara Smyth, The Falling in Love Montage

"When you truly love someone, it doesn't go away,"

-Ciara Smyth, The Falling in Love Montage

"It’s a pet peeve of mine that straight women call their friends “girlfriends."

-Ciara Smyth, The Falling in Love Montage

"YOU'RE A WANKER, NUMBER NINE!" I yelled the famous line from Imagine Me & You"

-Ciara Smyth, The Falling in Love Montage

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18. The Lucky List

By: Rachael Lippincott

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Emily and her mum were always lucky. But Emily’s mum’s luck ran out three years ago when she suc… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Lippincott's The Lucky List book and Rachael Lippincott's The Lucky List

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I need to be willing to play the game. I need to be willing to put myself out there, and be vulnerable, and take chances, even though I might lose."

-Rachael Lippincott, The Lucky List

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19. 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 Rachael Lippincott's The Lucky List

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • 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

"She’s glad it’s Shara. Nobody else would have felt important enough."

-Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler

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20. Playing for Keeps

By: Jennifer Dugan

3.52

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Some Girls Do comes another heartfelt YA sapphic romance—starring a baseball pit… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Dugan's Playing for Keeps book and Rachael Lippincott's The Lucky List

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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21. Wish You Weren't Here

By: Erin Baldwin

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Juliette doesn’t hate Priya Pendley. At least, not in the way teen movies say she should hate th… read more

Similar categories in Erin Baldwin's Wish You Weren't Here book and Rachael Lippincott's The Lucky List

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

21 must-read fiction books like The Lucky List by Rachael Lippincott

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Girls Like Girls

Hayley Kiyoko

3.74

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Kelly Quindlen

4.02

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Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3)

Ashley Herring Blake

4.14

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Ashley Herring Blake

4.05

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Home Field Advantage

Dahlia Adler

3.84

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Hayley Kiyoko

3.74

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Kelly Quindlen

4.02

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Meryl Wilsner

3.77

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