21 Best queer books like The Sky Blues by Robbie Couch

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The Sky Blues

By: Robbie Couch

4.12

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

Sky’s small town turns absolutely claustrophobic when his secret promposal plans get leaked to the …

"A part of me knows that someday soon I'll miss moments like these."

-Robbie Couch, The Sky Blues

If you liked the queer plot in The Sky Blues by Robbie Couch , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. All That’s Left in the World (All That's Left in the World, #1)

By: Erik J. Brown

4.23

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

What If It's Us meets They Both Die at the End in this postapocalyptic, queer YA adventure romance … read more

Similar categories in Erik J. Brown's All That’s Left in the World (All That's Left in the World, #1) book and Robbie Couch's The Sky Blues

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"You couldn't catch this gay if you had tickets to Hamilton."

-Erik J. Brown, All That’s Left in the World (All That's Left in the World, #1)

"Oh my fucking God, is that adorable or are my standards apocalyptically lowered?"

-Erik J. Brown, All That’s Left in the World (All That's Left in the World, #1)

"When he kisses me, my chest feels lighter again, like he's taking on some of my sorrow but passing on some of his love."

-Erik J. Brown, All That’s Left in the World (All That's Left in the World, #1)

"We're going to be okay,' I repeated to him. If things get hard again, I'll carry him. And he'll carry me. And we'll be okay."

-Erik J. Brown, All That’s Left in the World (All That's Left in the World, #1)

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2. The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2)

By: Erik J. Brown

4.24

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

THEY FOUND EACH OTHER. NOW THEY MUST RESCUE WHAT THEY LEFT BEHIND. The highly-anticipated sequel to… read more

Similar categories in Erik J. Brown's The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2) book and Robbie Couch's The Sky Blues

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
"He sets the rifle down and we close the gap in between us in half a second. His arms around me, mine around him. Holding tight, as though we're trying to fuse ourselves together. It's familiar and lo…"

-Erik J. Brown, The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2)

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3. 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

Similar categories in Amanda Woody's They Hate Each Other book and Robbie Couch's The Sky Blues

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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4. A Little Bit Country

By: Brian D. Kennedy

3.87

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Emmett Maguire wants to be country music’s biggest gay superstar – a far reach when you’re seventee… read more

Similar categories in Brian D. Kennedy's A Little Bit Country book and Robbie Couch's The Sky Blues

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"If you’re comfortable and supported in the life you were meant to be living, why go back to pretending to be someone you’re not? Lying to everyone and always having to watch your back isn’t healthy."

-Brian D. Kennedy, A Little Bit Country

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5. The Music of What Happens

By: Bill Konigsberg

3.84

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Max: Chill. Sports. Video games. Gay and not a big deal, not to him, not to his mom, not to his bud… read more

Similar categories in Bill Konigsberg's The Music of What Happens book and Robbie Couch's The Sky Blues

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"That never even occurred to me, that he had feelings."

-Bill Konigsberg, The Music of What Happens

"Just smile, Max. The paint cannot be stronger than a smile. But it is."

-Bill Konigsberg, The Music of What Happens

"It's funny because it's true, and also it's the kind of humor that makes you think."

-Bill Konigsberg, The Music of What Happens

"He stands and he lifts me up by my shoulders, and he hugs me tight. “I'm sorry, dude."

-Bill Konigsberg, The Music of What Happens

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6. Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun

By: Jonny Garza Villa

4.16

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

A poignant, funny, openhearted novel about coming out, first love, and being your one and only best… read more

Similar categories in Jonny Garza Villa's Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun book and Robbie Couch's The Sky Blues

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Intelligent people can still get into some stupid-ass foolery"

-Jonny Garza Villa, Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun

"It only takes one person to live their truth before more people start realizing they can too."

-Jonny Garza Villa, Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun

"It's not even about the more intimate moments that happened. Although I do miss those a lot too. A lot , a lot. What I crave most is being next to someone. My someone."

-Jonny Garza Villa, Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun

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7. This Is Why They Hate Us

By: Aaron H. Aceves

4.06

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

Enrique “Quique” Luna has one goal this summer—get over his crush on Saleem Kanazi by pursuing his … read more

Similar categories in Aaron H. Aceves's This Is Why They Hate Us book and Robbie Couch's The Sky Blues

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"People are exhausting. Sure, they can be fun sometimes; they can “open you up to new experiences"

-Aaron H. Aceves, This Is Why They Hate Us

"What a horrible weight it is to be silent when you want to shout, to hold back when you want to reach out, to freeze when you want to melt."

-Aaron H. Aceves, This Is Why They Hate Us

"I guess it's true that us queers are starved for stories that mirror our lives. I can't remember a time when I saw a queer person in a movie or TV show or book that I didn't have to actively seek out…"

-Aaron H. Aceves, This Is Why They Hate Us

"Why is the world like this? How is the world like this? How is it that humans have created a society that allows a child to come to the conclusion that they would be better off dead than alive becaus…"

-Aaron H. Aceves, This Is Why They Hate Us

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8. And They Lived . . .

By: Steven Salvatore

3.97

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Chase Arthur is a budding animator and hopeless romantic obsessed with Disney films and finding his… read more

Similar categories in Steven Salvatore's And They Lived . . . book and Robbie Couch's The Sky Blues

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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9. Lose You to Find Me

By: Erik J. Brown

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A romantic, heartfelt, and hilarious queer coming-of-age story from All That's Left in the World au… read more

Similar categories in Erik J. Brown's Lose You to Find Me book and Robbie Couch's The Sky Blues

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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10. Out of the Blue

By: Jason June

3.62

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

Crest is not excited to be on their Journey: the monthlong sojourn on land all teen merfolk must un… read more

Similar categories in Jason June's Out of the Blue book and Robbie Couch's The Sky Blues

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"The blue knows what it's doing, if you just trust where it's taking you."

-Jason June, Out of the Blue

"Maybe humans aren't as magicless as I thought. There's definitely some kind of power in movies."

-Jason June, Out of the Blue

"Under the sea, we're all mer. We're all they/them. And we don't have this strange obsession with sex organs, since we don't have any."

-Jason June, Out of the Blue

"He? Elder Crab warned us about this. About humans' obsession with gender, and how labels and rules mean so much to them when it comes to the body."

-Jason June, Out of the Blue

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11. The Gravity of Us

By: Phil Stamper

3.61

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

As a successful social media journalist with half a million followers, seventeen-year-old Cal is us… read more

Similar categories in Phil Stamper's The Gravity of Us book and Robbie Couch's The Sky Blues

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Fixing seems so permanent, so absolute. Like there’s no room for error. Aim to make things better."

-Phil Stamper, The Gravity of Us

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12. 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

Similar categories in James Acker's The Long Run book and Robbie Couch's The Sky Blues

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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13. If You Change Your Mind

By: Robby Weber

3.46

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

In this hilarious and heartfelt debut novel, an aspiring screenwriter learns sometimes love has its… read more

Similar categories in Robby Weber's If You Change Your Mind book and Robbie Couch's The Sky Blues

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"It's like he's got Tony Stark or S.H.E.I.L.D on the other end at that phone or something."

-Robby Weber, If You Change Your Mind

"Grants footsteps are the same as they always were, they are soft and slow but also confident, like him, he knows I'll follow."

-Robby Weber, If You Change Your Mind

"- You said I wouldn't catch fire if I touch you, I say. - And that's not true, I will. It will be a wildfire and I won't be able to put it out."

-Robby Weber, If You Change Your Mind

"- But if I am going to fail, I say. - If I am not going to end up in LA after all spending weekends with you and watching our dreams come true, I don’t want to risk falling for you again just to say …"

-Robby Weber, If You Change Your Mind

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14. The Sky Blues

By: Robbie Couch

4.12

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

Sky’s small town turns absolutely claustrophobic when his secret promposal plans get leaked to the … read more

Similar categories in Robbie Couch's The Sky Blues book and Robbie Couch's The Sky Blues

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"A part of me knows that someday soon I'll miss moments like these."

-Robbie Couch, The Sky Blues

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15. 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

Similar categories in Brian D. Kennedy's My Fair Brady book and Robbie Couch's The Sky Blues

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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16. The Temperature of Me and You

By: Brian Zepka

3.52

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old Dylan Highmark thought his winter was going to be full of boring shifts at the Dai… read more

Similar categories in Brian Zepka's The Temperature of Me and You book and Robbie Couch's The Sky Blues

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"One ingredient for love might be when the person you are with starts loving the people in your life who came before them."

-Brian Zepka, The Temperature of Me and You

"When you lose that many parts of yourself, it hurts. And when you realize those parts are irreplaceable, you become lost too."

-Brian Zepka, The Temperature of Me and You

"Jordan and I were each part of a story, a hug, a kiss, and a friendship. None of those things can exist without the other part. When you lose that many parts of yourself, it hurts. And when you reali…"

-Brian Zepka, The Temperature of Me and You

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17. Jay's Gay Agenda

By: Jason June

3.52

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

There's one thing Jay Collier knows for sure—he's a statistical anomaly as the only out gay kid in … read more

Similar categories in Jason June's Jay's Gay Agenda book and Robbie Couch's The Sky Blues

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I was the Willy Wonka of slip-ups"

-Jason June, Jay's Gay Agenda

"Why did the city's most notable attraction have to be so "bonery?"

-Jason June, Jay's Gay Agenda

"When most of the football players had left the closet, it was safe enough to pick my material."

-Jason June, Jay's Gay Agenda

"My whole body wanted him, my entire soul too, and it hit me that an item on the Gay Agenda always should have been to find Albert. To find the guy who could set my spirit and sexuality on fire all at…"

-Jason June, Jay's Gay Agenda

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18. As Far As You'll Take Me

By: Phil Stamper

3.48

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

A story about finding the people who become your home. Marty arrives in London with nothing but … read more

Similar categories in Phil Stamper's As Far As You'll Take Me book and Robbie Couch's The Sky Blues

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"But you can have more than one family. You can choose your family."

-Phil Stamper, As Far As You'll Take Me

"Megan's in the driver's seat. Me, the passenger. Always the passenger."

-Phil Stamper, As Far As You'll Take Me

"To my family. The one I was born into, and the one I found along the way."

-Phil Stamper, As Far As You'll Take Me

"I spend so much of my time trying to make my sexuality as little of a deal as possible, while everyone else in my life seems to be making it into a huge thing."

-Phil Stamper, As Far As You'll Take Me

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19. I Like Me Better

By: Robby Weber

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

This is not how soccer-star Zack Martin thought his summer would go. When the captain's prank means… read more

Similar categories in Robby Weber's I Like Me Better book and Robbie Couch's The Sky Blues

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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20. Heartbreak Boys

By: Simon James Green

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Faking the best summer ever is a lot harder than it looks... At the start of summer, Jack and Na… read more

Similar categories in Simon James Green's Heartbreak Boys book and Robbie Couch's The Sky Blues

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Whatever you are, we can remedy it"

-Simon James Green, Heartbreak Boys

"I don’t know why other people have to make things so hard."

-Simon James Green, Heartbreak Boys

"Pretty people get away with being utter shits, and no one seems to care."

-Simon James Green, Heartbreak Boys

"I don’t expect people to love me. I just wish they didn’t hate me quite so much."

-Simon James Green, Heartbreak Boys

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21. Prince of the Palisades

By: Julian Winters

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Young Royals meets Red, White, and Royal Blue in this heart-pumping romance by award-winning author… read more

Similar categories in Julian Winters's Prince of the Palisades book and Robbie Couch's The Sky Blues

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer

20 Top fiction books like The Sky Blues by Robbie Couch

Transform Your Habits

All That’s Left in the World (All That's Left in the World, #1)

Erik J. Brown

4.23

Transform Your Habits

They Hate Each Other

Amanda Woody

4.24

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A Little Bit Country

Brian D. Kennedy

3.87

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The Music of What Happens

Bill Konigsberg

3.84

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Erik J. Brown

4.23

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I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)

Mason Deaver

4.16

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Becky Albertalli

3.82

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Amanda Woody

4.24

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