8 Top mystery books like Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass

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Surrender Your Sons

By: Adam Sass

4.01

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

Connor Major’s summer break is turning into a nightmare. His SAT scores bombed, the old man he …

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1. Camp Damascus

By: Chuck Tingle

3.94

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

A searing and earnest horror debut about the demons the queer community faces in America, the price… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Tingle's Camp Damascus book and Adam Sass's Surrender Your Sons

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • queer
"Then again, does it really matter if you're just evil, as opposed to over-the-top cartoonishly evil?"

-Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus

"That acknowledgement could arrive after several decades, or it could happen tonight, but the time will come. Eventually, I'll have to fully contend with this simple fact: the love I was promised was …"

-Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus

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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 Adam Sass's Surrender Your Sons

  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"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. Howl

By: Shaun David Hutchinson

3.87

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From critically acclaimed Shaun David Hutchinson comes a gritty and raw portrayal of the oftentimes… read more

Similar categories in Shaun David Hutchinson's Howl book and Adam Sass's Surrender Your Sons

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • queer
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4. If I See You Again Tomorrow

By: Robbie Couch

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller! From the author of The Sky Blues and Blaine for the Win comes a spe… read more

Similar categories in Robbie Couch's If I See You Again Tomorrow book and Adam Sass's Surrender Your Sons

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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5. The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

By: Andrew Joseph White

4.52

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

Mors vincit omnia. Death conquers all. London, 1883. The Veil between the living and dead has th… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Joseph White's The Spirit Bares Its Teeth book and Adam Sass's Surrender Your Sons

  • fiction
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
"He's...he's doing the same thing I do. His hands are fluttering. Like mine. Oh God, he's like me."

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

"I should not have to keep fixing the damage done to us. It would be so easy to not hurt us and the Speakers can't even do that. It's more work to hurt us. It's more work to be cruel - and yet they co…"

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

"I do not get to savor the masculine cut of my clothes, or the illusion of short hair, or the feeting joy of my skin feeling like mine. Instead, I have to worry if my boyhood is convincing enough to k…"

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

"My name is Daphne.' Daphne? In that moment, it's as if I've peeled the skin away from the chest of a patient, revealing a beating heart. A boy could not say that name as if terrified the syllables wi…"

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

Cover of Lose You to Find Me by Erik J. Brown

6. 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 Adam Sass's Surrender Your Sons

  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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7. 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 Adam Sass's Surrender Your Sons

  • audiobook
  • 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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8. 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 Adam Sass's Surrender Your Sons

  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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9. Canto Contigo

By: Jonny Garza Villa

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When a Mariachi star transfers schools, he expects to be handed his new group's lead vocalist spot—… read more

Similar categories in Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo book and Adam Sass's Surrender Your Sons

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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10. Surrender Your Sons

By: Adam Sass

4.01

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

Connor Major’s summer break is turning into a nightmare. His SAT scores bombed, the old man he … read more

Similar categories in Adam Sass's Surrender Your Sons book and Adam Sass's Surrender Your Sons

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
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11. Icarus

By: K. Ancrum

4.08

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, this… read more

Similar categories in K. Ancrum's Icarus book and Adam Sass's Surrender Your Sons

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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12. Beholder

By: Ryan La Sala

3.92

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

"Beholder is a resplendent monster of power, secrets, wealth, and murderous interior design." - An… read more

Similar categories in Ryan La Sala's Beholder book and Adam Sass's Surrender Your Sons

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
"People look into mirrors with such unguarded curiosity, never thinking that someone else is looking back."

-Ryan La Sala, Beholder

"We mustn’t light our way with the flame of fear. It’ll make the shadows of even small things into impossible monsters."

-Ryan La Sala, Beholder

"This book isn’t dedicated to you, Susan, but I know you’ll read it one day. So I just wanted to let you know you still owe me the rest of my security deposit. Hope those books of yours are going well!"

-Ryan La Sala, Beholder

"Our world is an artful illusion—of light, color, and sound. It feels spontaneous when you’re in it, but it isn’t. Beneath it all, or above it all, there’s something both significant and unknowable. A…"

-Ryan La Sala, Beholder

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13. 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 Adam Sass's Surrender Your Sons

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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14. Teenage Dirtbags

By: James Acker

4.07

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Long Run comes another unflinchingly raw and boldly hilarious novel about an… read more

Similar categories in James Acker's Teenage Dirtbags book and Adam Sass's Surrender Your Sons

  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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15. Providence

By: Craig Willse

3.27

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An introverted English professor falls for an enigmatic sophomore and is lured into a web of chaos … read more

Similar categories in Craig Willse's Providence book and Adam Sass's Surrender Your Sons

  • mystery thriller
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
"He reminded me of a scene from a movie, any movie: men standing in doorways, filling the space with their silence."

-Craig Willse, Providence

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16. The Pledge

By: Cale Dietrich

3.48

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Scream meets Clown in a Cornfield in this young adult horror novel by bestselling Cale Dietrich fea… read more

Similar categories in Cale Dietrich's The Pledge book and Adam Sass's Surrender Your Sons

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
Cover of Blood Justice (Blood Debts, #2) by Terry J. Benton-Walker

17. Blood Justice (Blood Debts, #2)

By: Terry J. Benton-Walker

4.33

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Cristina and Clement Trudeau have conjured the impossible: justice. They took back their family’… read more

Similar categories in Terry J. Benton-Walker's Blood Justice (Blood Debts, #2) book and Adam Sass's Surrender Your Sons

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • queer
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18. A Light Amongst Shadows (Dark is the Night, #1)

By: Kelley York

4.09

Format: 342 pages, Paperback

James Spencer is hardly the typical “troubled youth” who ends up at Whisperwood School for Boys. In… read more

Similar categories in Kelley York's A Light Amongst Shadows (Dark is the Night, #1) book and Adam Sass's Surrender Your Sons

  • mystery
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"I’ve got your back,"

-Kelley York, A Light Amongst Shadows (Dark is the Night, #1)

"Me, run out of love poetry? Perish the thought."

-Kelley York, A Light Amongst Shadows (Dark is the Night, #1)

"Such a beautiful piece of art begs to be properly ravished."

-Kelley York, A Light Amongst Shadows (Dark is the Night, #1)

"This could be ours, dear William. We could make it work. Would a poem further convince you?"

-Kelley York, A Light Amongst Shadows (Dark is the Night, #1)

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19. The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge

By: Matthew Hubbard

4.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A queer coming-of-age about three teenage boys in small town Alabama who set out to get revenge on … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Hubbard's The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge book and Adam Sass's Surrender Your Sons

  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"The best revenge is believing in yourself."

-Matthew Hubbard, The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge

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20. Another First Chance

By: Robbie Couch

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

They Both Die at the End meets You’ve Reached Sam, in this heart-stopping speculative young adult n… read more

Similar categories in Robbie Couch's Another First Chance book and Adam Sass's Surrender Your Sons

  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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21. Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts)

By: Lev A.C. Rosen

3.85

Format: 352 pages, None

My first time getting it in the butt was kind of weird. I think it's going to be weird for everyone… read more

Similar categories in Lev A.C. Rosen's Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts) book and Adam Sass's Surrender Your Sons

  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • queer
"I would not look good as a splatter on the floor. It's not my ideal body type"

-Lev A.C. Rosen, Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts)

"It's not about making myself less amazing so I blend in - it's about making sure everyone around me in their own shade of glitter."

-Lev A.C. Rosen, Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts)

"Relationships should always be handled carefully. Sex is one thing – throw your bodies together, wake up the next day – but if you want to really know someone, it’s best to remember that while you lo…"

-Lev A.C. Rosen, Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts)

"So maybe you're asexual. But that is not all bad! I know it feels bad. You're pretty much in you're own version of the closet trying to figure it out. I've been there. I thought my liking boys was a …"

-Lev A.C. Rosen, Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts)

18 must-read fiction books like Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass

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Camp Damascus

Chuck Tingle

3.94

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If I See You Again Tomorrow

Robbie Couch

4.13

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The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

Andrew Joseph White

4.52

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Lose You to Find Me

Erik J. Brown

3.81

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19 must-read fiction books like Blood Justice (Blood Debts, #2) by Terry J. Benton-Walker

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Tender Beasts

Liselle Sambury

3.90

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The Poisons We Drink

Bethany Baptiste

3.75

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Canto Contigo

Jonny Garza Villa

4.27

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When I Think of You

Myah Ariel

3.88

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