14 must-read fiction books like Ziggy, Stardust and Me by James Brandon

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Ziggy, Stardust and Me

By: James Brandon

4.15

Format: 347 pages, Hardcover

The year is 1973. The Watergate hearings are in full swing. The Vietnam War is still raging. And ho…

"How was a feeling be so bad if it makes me feel so good?"

-James Brandon, Ziggy, Stardust and Me

"He looks at me. And smiles. "Just us remember?To the moon," he whispers."

-James Brandon, Ziggy, Stardust and Me

"Warm chairs. I don't know, like I'm sitting on someone's leftover germs."

-James Brandon, Ziggy, Stardust and Me

"Your imagination is your safe space, an escape pod to another dimension where you're free to be."

-James Brandon, Ziggy, Stardust and Me

If you liked the fiction plot in Ziggy, Stardust and Me by James Brandon , here is a list of 14 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 James Brandon's Ziggy, Stardust and Me

  • romance
  • 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)

Cover of Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World (Aristotle and Dante, #2) by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

2. Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World (Aristotle and Dante, #2)

By: Benjamin Alire Sáenz

4.14

Format: 516 pages, Hardcover

In Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, two boys in a border town fell in love… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Alire Sáenz's Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World (Aristotle and Dante, #2) book and James Brandon's Ziggy, Stardust and Me

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • queer
"When will we all get to be human, Dante?"

-Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World (Aristotle and Dante, #2)

"You and Dante are going to map out a new world"

-Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World (Aristotle and Dante, #2)

"You taught me how to swim in stormy waters--- Then you left me here to drown"

-Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World (Aristotle and Dante, #2)

"I wondered if I was strong enough or good enough to love a world that hated me"

-Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World (Aristotle and Dante, #2)

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3. 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 James Brandon's Ziggy, Stardust and Me

  • gay
  • 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

Cover of I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1) by Mason Deaver

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

By: Mason Deaver

4.16

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

An alternate cover edition for 9781338306125 can be found here. When Ben De Backer comes out to … read more

Similar categories in Mason Deaver's I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1) book and James Brandon's Ziggy, Stardust and Me

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Whatever happens"

-Mason Deaver, I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)

"The world’s too loud sometimes."

-Mason Deaver, I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)

"This kid, Nathan, laughs like it's his favourite thing in the world to do."

-Mason Deaver, I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)

"Bodies are fucking weird, especially when it feels like you don't belong in your own."

-Mason Deaver, I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)

Cover of The Ghosts We Keep by Mason Deaver

5. 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 James Brandon's Ziggy, Stardust and Me

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • 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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6. 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 James Brandon's Ziggy, Stardust and Me

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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7. Icebreaker

By: A.L. Graziadei

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A. L. Graziadei's Icebreaker is a YA debut about two hockey players fighting to be the best—and the… read more

Similar categories in A.L. Graziadei's Icebreaker book and James Brandon's Ziggy, Stardust and Me

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I don't wanna be just another one of your former teammates."

-A.L. Graziadei, Icebreaker

"I get through the first few weeks of college without dropping out, but that's only because I don't want to deal with Dad whining about it for the next twenty years."

-A.L. Graziadei, Icebreaker

"Gdyby @mjames17 dodał sobie te jedenaście punktów do wzrostu, może wtedy bym się przejął.' Siedzę obok niego, podjadam ze wspólnej paczki czipsy solone z octem i odpowiadam: 'Mickey James III @mjames…"

-A.L. Graziadei, Icebreaker

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8. 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 James Brandon's Ziggy, Stardust and Me

  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt
Cover of Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian

9. Like a Love Story

By: Abdi Nazemian

4.26

Format: 432 pages, None

It's 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing. Reza is an Iranian boy w… read more

Similar categories in Abdi Nazemian's Like a Love Story book and James Brandon's Ziggy, Stardust and Me

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • queer
"I just have too much to scream about to leave just yet."

-Abdi Nazemian, Like a Love Story

"In the language my mother speaks, I literally don't exist."

-Abdi Nazemian, Like a Love Story

"There should be a limit on how long any human being has to wear braces. - Reza"

-Abdi Nazemian, Like a Love Story

"I want her to hold me, ask me about him, something. Instead she says, 'I can't hear about this. Please. I can't."

-Abdi Nazemian, Like a Love Story

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10. 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 James Brandon's Ziggy, Stardust and Me

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Ziggy, Stardust and Me by James  Brandon

11. Ziggy, Stardust and Me

By: James Brandon

4.15

Format: 347 pages, Hardcover

The year is 1973. The Watergate hearings are in full swing. The Vietnam War is still raging. And ho… read more

Similar categories in James Brandon's Ziggy, Stardust and Me book and James Brandon's Ziggy, Stardust and Me

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • queer
"How was a feeling be so bad if it makes me feel so good?"

-James Brandon, Ziggy, Stardust and Me

"Warm chairs. I don't know, like I'm sitting on someone's leftover germs."

-James Brandon, Ziggy, Stardust and Me

"He looks at me. And smiles. "Just us remember?To the moon," he whispers."

-James Brandon, Ziggy, Stardust and Me

"Your imagination is your safe space, an escape pod to another dimension where you're free to be."

-James Brandon, Ziggy, Stardust and Me

Cover of Znaki zodiaku by Maciej Marcisz

12. Znaki zodiaku

By: Maciej Marcisz

3.51

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Toskania, słońce, grupa przyjaciół, piękna sceneria, dom na wzgórzu, dwa miesiące wolnego i wróżba,… read more

Similar categories in Maciej Marcisz's Znaki zodiaku book and James Brandon's Ziggy, Stardust and Me

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. Romeo i Julian

By: Agata Suchocka

3.76

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

Romek Wodecki, kapitan i gwiazda drużyny wioślarskiej, ulega poważnemu wypadkowi na rowerze. Kontuz… read more

Similar categories in Agata Suchocka's Romeo i Julian book and James Brandon's Ziggy, Stardust and Me

  • contemporary
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
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14. 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 James Brandon's Ziggy, Stardust and Me

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers by Adam  Sass

15. 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 James Brandon's Ziggy, Stardust and Me

  • romance
  • gay
  • 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

16. 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 James Brandon's Ziggy, Stardust and Me

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Wszystkie twoje ślady (Wszystkie twoje ślady, #1) by Maja Kołodziejczyk

17. Wszystkie twoje ślady (Wszystkie twoje ślady, #1)

By: Maja Kołodziejczyk

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Elektryzujący świat amerykańskich lat 80. i akademicki klimat, w których rodzą się pierwsze prawdzi… read more

Similar categories in Maja Kołodziejczyk's Wszystkie twoje ślady (Wszystkie twoje ślady, #1) book and James Brandon's Ziggy, Stardust and Me

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • queer
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18. You Got Me

By: Sandra Lupin Lupinpoesy

3.28

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

To wszystko jest udawane, Elliot. Nie zapominaj o tym. Elliot ma osiemnaście lat i grono oddanyc… read more

Similar categories in Sandra Lupin Lupinpoesy's You Got Me book and James Brandon's Ziggy, Stardust and Me

  • lgbt
Cover of Destination Unknown by Bill Konigsberg

19. Destination Unknown

By: Bill Konigsberg

4.30

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From Stonewall Award winner Bill Konigsberg, a remarkable, funny, sexy, heartbreaking story of two … read more

Similar categories in Bill Konigsberg's Destination Unknown book and James Brandon's Ziggy, Stardust and Me

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • queer
Cover of Skok do gwiazd by Bartosz Brzeziński

20. Skok do gwiazd

By: Bartosz Brzeziński

4.35

Format: 458 pages, Paperback

Kamil Wilczek ucieka. Próbuje uciec od swojej przeszłości, marzeń i samego siebie. Przez złe wspom… read more

Similar categories in Bartosz Brzeziński's Skok do gwiazd book and James Brandon's Ziggy, Stardust and Me

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
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21. Miłość z TikToka

By: Magdalena Pioruńska

3.36

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Bazyl nie jest najsympatyczniejszą osobą w szkole. Zawsze mówi to, co myśli, bywa oschły, nie zależ… read more

Similar categories in Magdalena Pioruńska's Miłość z TikToka book and James Brandon's Ziggy, Stardust and Me

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer

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Benjamin Alire Sáenz

4.14

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Mason Deaver

4.16

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Mason Deaver

4.01

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Maya MacGregor

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Alice Oseman

4.03

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4.00

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Alice Oseman

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