27 must-read contemporary books like How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom by S.J. Goslee

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How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

By: S.J. Goslee

3.54

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

Nolan Grant is sixteen, gay, and (definitely) still a virgin. He's never had a boyfriend, or even b…

If you liked the contemporary plot in How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom by S.J. Goslee , here is a list of 27 books like this:

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1. Openly Straight (Openly Straight, #1)

By: Bill Konigsberg

3.50

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning novel about being out, being proud, and being ready for something else . . . now … read more

Similar categories in Bill Konigsberg's Openly Straight (Openly Straight, #1) book and S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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2. Honestly Ben (Openly Straight, #2)

By: Bill Konigsberg

3.94

Format: 456 pages, Hardcover

Ben Carver is back to normal. He's getting all As in his classes at the Natick School. He was just … read more

Similar categories in Bill Konigsberg's Honestly Ben (Openly Straight, #2) book and S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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3. Stars in Your Eyes

By: Kacen Callender

3.80

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The National Book Award-winning author of  Felix Ever After  delivers a beautifully tender story of… read more

Similar categories in Kacen Callender's Stars in Your Eyes book and S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Out of Character (True Colors, #2) by Annabeth Albert

4. Out of Character (True Colors, #2)

By: Annabeth Albert

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

It's friends-to-enemies-to-friends-to-lovers in this LGBTQIA+ Romance for fans of Red, White & Roya… read more

Similar categories in Annabeth Albert's Out of Character (True Colors, #2) book and S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of They Hate Each Other by Amanda Woody

5. 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 S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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6. 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 S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • 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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7. Time Out

By: Sean Hayes

3.63

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Heartstopper meets Friday Night Lights in this keenly felt coming-of-age story about a teen hometow… read more

Similar categories in Sean Hayes's Time Out book and S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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8. Alex in Wonderland

By: Simon James Green

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

In the town of Newsands, painfully shy Alex is abandoned by his two best friends for the summer. Bu… read more

Similar categories in Simon James Green's Alex in Wonderland book and S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I was all fireworks emoji, love hearts emoji, two boys holding hands emoji."

-Simon James Green, Alex in Wonderland

"You can get so wrapped up in your own story, you forget other people have theirs, and sometimes those stories aren’t nice ones."

-Simon James Green, Alex in Wonderland

"Don’t cling on to the past. Embrace change. Some things are worth saving, worth trying for, and some things aren’t. Learn to work out the difference."

-Simon James Green, Alex in Wonderland

"Being human means being flawed, imperfect, messy. But you can't beat yourself up for that. And I don't think you can beat other people up for it either."

-Simon James Green, Alex in Wonderland

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9. 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 S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • 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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10. Blaine for the Win

By: Robbie Couch

3.98

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

After being dumped so his boyfriend can pursue more “serious” guys, a teen boy decides to prove he … read more

Similar categories in Robbie Couch's Blaine for the Win book and S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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11. The [Fake] Dating Game

By: Timothy Janovsky

3.66

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Ready. Set. Faux . Holden James picked the worst time to have a meltdown. His chance to audit… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Janovsky's The [Fake] Dating Game book and S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Because, despite everything, I want to see the good in people"

-Timothy Janovsky, The [Fake] Dating Game

"Amber bulbs dangle on white strings above our heads, making everyone in the restaurant look like a cartoon character with a bright idea."

-Timothy Janovsky, The [Fake] Dating Game

"Under the roar of the crowd, Leo whispers into my ear. "You are full of surprises." "On the night we met, you said surprises aren't all they're cracked up to be." "You're the exception to the rule." …"

-Timothy Janovsky, The [Fake] Dating Game

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12. 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 S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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13. Skater Boy

By: Anthony Nerada

4.03

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

In this YA pop-punk debut about queer romance and destroying labels, a teen risks everything to wr… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Nerada's Skater Boy book and S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"If we can convince our own minds we aren't good enough, we can't really be disappointed when we don't get what we truly want."

-Anthony Nerada, Skater Boy

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14. Love, Hate & Clickbait

By: Liz Bowery

3.64

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Cutthroat political consultant Thom Morgan is thriving, working on the governor of California’s pre… read more

Similar categories in Liz Bowery's Love, Hate & Clickbait book and S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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15. 10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1)

By: Alexis Hall

3.91

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Fake amnesia. Real feelings? Real problems. Sam Becker loves―or, okay, likes―his job. Sure, man… read more

Similar categories in Alexis Hall's 10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1) book and S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I don't think he'll be able to tell. Memory is peculiar. Worst comes to absolute worst, I'll just arrange to get whacked on the head again and say that's brought everything back." "That's not a thing…"

-Alexis Hall, 10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1)

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16. 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 S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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17. This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

By: Kacen Callender

3.38

Format: 304 pages, ebook

A fresh, charming rom-com perfect for fans of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and Boy Meets Boy a… read more

Similar categories in Kacen Callender's This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story book and S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Maybe the way you love changes from person to person."

-Kacen Callender, This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

"Maybe the ending isn't even really the point. Just as long as there was a happy somewhere along the way."

-Kacen Callender, This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

"I’m sick and tired of looking around at everyone else falling in love, and telling myself that I don’t deserve it, too."

-Kacen Callender, This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

"I’m realizing it doesn’t really matter if we have a happy ending or not. We’re happy right now. That’s the important part, right?"

-Kacen Callender, This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

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18. Spell Bound

By: F.T. Lukens

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Two rival apprentice sorcerers must team up to save their teachers and protect their own magic in t… read more

Similar categories in F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound book and S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"Sometimes a family was a mischievous magical boss, her magical rival turned friend, a magical girl who used to be a babysitter and now was like an older sister, and the person you didn't understand i…"

-F.T. Lukens, Spell Bound

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19. Café Con Lychee

By: Emery Lee

3.63

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes bitter rivalries can brew something sweet Theo Mori wants to escape. Leaving Vermont f… read more

Similar categories in Emery Lee's Café Con Lychee book and S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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20. 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 S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • m m romance
  • 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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21. How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

By: S.J. Goslee

3.54

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

Nolan Grant is sixteen, gay, and (definitely) still a virgin. He's never had a boyfriend, or even b… read more

Similar categories in S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom book and S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult contemporary
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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22. The Fascinators

By: Andrew Eliopulos

3.29

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A magic-infused YA novel about friendship, first love, and feeling out of place that will bewitch f… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Eliopulos's The Fascinators book and S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"...meant he resented his own life too much to make safer decisions, starting with the drinks that night but only snow-balling from there. Because it never occurred to James that there were people who…"

-Andrew Eliopulos, The Fascinators

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23. Teach the Torches to Burn

By: Caleb Roehrig

3.97

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In Teach the Torches to Burn, a breathlessly romantic remix of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet and sev… read more

Similar categories in Caleb Roehrig's Teach the Torches to Burn book and S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"- have you never considered that perhaps you are meant to have this happiness?"

-Caleb Roehrig, Teach the Torches to Burn

"When someone has decided who you are, and they won't let you change their mind, what are you meant to do? Where is left to go?"

-Caleb Roehrig, Teach the Torches to Burn

"From Author's Note: "...quite a few queer tragedies have already been written, including ones based on 'Romeo and Juliet,' and i was hesitant to tread that particular ground. I wanted to bring someth…"

-Caleb Roehrig, Teach the Torches to Burn

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24. Never Been Kissed (Boy Meets Boy, #1)

By: Timothy Janovsky

3.67

Format: 279 pages, Paperback

Dear (never-been-quite-over-you) Crush, It's been a few years since we were together, but I can't … read more

Similar categories in Timothy Janovsky's Never Been Kissed (Boy Meets Boy, #1) book and S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"With only the stars as my witness, I kiss him again, deeper, and to my surprise, it doesn’t feel like scratching an act off a list or completing a quest: it feels like coming home."

-Timothy Janovsky, Never Been Kissed (Boy Meets Boy, #1)

"Because I know for certain the cardboard version of himself he’s been asked for years to display in the storefront of his family life has been incinerated for good. He’s flesh and blood right now, fl…"

-Timothy Janovsky, Never Been Kissed (Boy Meets Boy, #1)

"It’s nice to hear him so self-aware. To know that the seismic waves of coming out are still rippling through him too. I thought I was alone in that. Everyone makes it seem like coming out is crossing…"

-Timothy Janovsky, Never Been Kissed (Boy Meets Boy, #1)

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25. Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

By: Anna-Marie McLemore

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

New York City, 1922. Nicolás Caraveo, a 17-year-old transgender boy from Minnesota, has no interest… read more

Similar categories in Anna-Marie McLemore's Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix book and S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"We were boys who had created ourselves. We had formed our own bodies, our own lives, from the ribs of the girls we were once assumed to be."

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

"Gatsby and I may have been nothing to men like Tom Buchanan, but men like that did not know we were as divine as the heavens. We were boys who had created ourselves. We had formed our own bodies, our…"

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

"There's no use denying that I fell a little bit in love with Jay, at least as much in love as I've ever been with any body. You see, Nicky, boys are always falling in love with me, but I don't fall m…"

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

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26. Charming Young Man

By: Eliot Schrefer

3.80

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer comes an exuberant YA historical coming-of-ag… read more

Similar categories in Eliot Schrefer's Charming Young Man book and S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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27. 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 S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • 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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28. Book Boyfriend

By: Kris Ripper

3.36

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A secret crush leads to not-so-secret romance in this delightful romantic comedy from Kris Ripper … read more

Similar categories in Kris Ripper's Book Boyfriend book and S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Love Study (The Love Study #1) by Kris Ripper

29. The Love Study (The Love Study #1)

By: Kris Ripper

3.50

Format: None pages, ebook

What happens when the search for the perfect date goes perfectly wrong? Don’t miss this charming… read more

Similar categories in Kris Ripper's The Love Study (The Love Study #1) book and S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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30. A Tale of Two Princes

By: Eric Geron

3.27

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Will these long-lost twin princes be able to take on high school, coming out, and coronations toget… read more

Similar categories in Eric Geron's A Tale of Two Princes book and S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks by 'Nathan Burgoine

31. Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks

By: 'Nathan Burgoine

4.10

Format: 235 pages, Paperback

Being the kid abducted by old Ms. Easton when he was four permanently set Cole's status to freak. A… read more

Similar categories in 'Nathan Burgoine's Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks book and S.J. Goslee's How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer

30 Best fiction books like How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom by S.J. Goslee

Transform Your Habits

Openly Straight (Openly Straight, #1)

Bill Konigsberg

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Honestly Ben (Openly Straight, #2)

Bill Konigsberg

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Stars in Your Eyes

Kacen Callender

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Out of Character (True Colors, #2)

Annabeth Albert

3.87

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

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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What If It's Us (What If It's Us, #1)

Becky Albertalli

3.82

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They Hate Each Other

Amanda Woody

4.24

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