24 best-selling fiction books like Tonight We Rule the World by Zack Smedley

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Tonight We Rule the World

By: Zack Smedley

4.21

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of Deposing Nathan comes an explosive examination of identity,…

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1. Rock

By: Anyta Sunday

4.12

Format: 251 pages, ebook

Igneous.When Cooper’s parents divorce, he finds himself landed in Week About—one week with his mum … read more

Similar categories in Anyta Sunday's Rock book and Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
"We all want to be a ten on the Mohs scale. But we’re not."

-Anyta Sunday, Rock

"Have you ever felt so full of thoughts you think you could burst?"

-Anyta Sunday, Rock

"You’re beautiful. I love you. I support you. I’ll always be your biggest fan, and I’ll always cheer for you on the sidelines no matter what play you make."

-Anyta Sunday, Rock

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2. We Now Return to Regular Life

By: Martin Wilson

3.84

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

A ripped-from-the-headlines novel that explores the power of being an ally—and a friend—when a kidn… read more

Similar categories in Martin Wilson's We Now Return to Regular Life book and Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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3. True Letters from a Fictional Life

By: Kenneth Logan

4.43

Format: None pages, Hardcover

If you asked anyone in his small Vermont town, they'd tell you the facts: James Liddell, star athle… read more

Similar categories in Kenneth Logan's True Letters from a Fictional Life book and Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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4. Break

By: Hannah Moskowitz

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

Jonah is on a mission to break every bone in his body. Everyone knows that broken bones grow back s… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Moskowitz's Break book and Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. Last Night I Sang to the Monster

By: Benjamin Alire Sáenz

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Zach is eighteen. He is bright and articulate. He's also an alcoholic and in rehab instead of high … read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Alire Sáenz's Last Night I Sang to the Monster book and Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary

6. The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley

By: Shaun David Hutchinson , Christine Larsen

3.80

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Andrew Brawley was supposed to die that night. His parents did, and so did his sister, but he survi… read more

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7. Split

By: Swati Avasthi

3.92

Format: 256 pages,

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8. Only This Beautiful Moment

By: Abdi Nazemian

4.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the Stonewall Honor–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a sweeping story of three genera… read more

Similar categories in Abdi Nazemian's Only This Beautiful Moment book and Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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9. 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 Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • contemporary
  • queer
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10. Wren Martin Ruins It All

By: Amanda DeWitt

4.25

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Now that Wren Martin is student council president (on a technicality, but hey, it counts) he’s goin… read more

Similar categories in Amanda DeWitt's Wren Martin Ruins It All book and Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I think I might have a crush. Shit ."

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

"Halloween would be . . . okay," she says, with all the deliberation of a somewhat uncertain judge delivering a verdict. "But no sexy catgirls. Or boys. No catpeople."

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

"You might have saved the Dance," I say loftily, "but I saved this school from Cats ." "Not all heroes wear capes," Ryan says, pushing open the classroom door. "You know, I kind of like Cats ." "You l…"

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

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11. The Silence that Binds Us

By: Joanna Ho

4.33

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Maybelline Chen isn't the Chinese Taiwanese American daughter her mother expects her to be. May pre… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Ho's The Silence that Binds Us book and Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1)

By: E.L. Massey

4.33

Format: 423 pages, ebook

Nineteen-year-old hockey phenom Alexander Price is the youngest-ever captain in the NHL. With a pol… read more

Similar categories in E.L. Massey's Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1) book and Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • contemporary
  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"Apparently, Alex doesn't know how to handle emotions, and he's a dumpster fire of a human being."

-E.L. Massey, Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1)

"The problem is he thinks he and Eli could be good for each other. Really good. Under different circumstances. In a different life. Or maybe, if he was just a little braver, in this one."

-E.L. Massey, Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1)

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13. Lock & West

By: Alexander C. Eberhart

3.95

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

Note To Self: Just Don’t Be Weird Lock is awkward. He can’t make eye contact, counts when he’s ner… read more

Similar categories in Alexander C. Eberhart's Lock & West book and Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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14. 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 Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • young adult contemporary
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • 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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15. 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 Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • 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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16. Theoretically Straight

By: Alexander C. Eberhart

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Theo Briggs is a rule follower. A decent student in his junior year, an appeasing son, and a lifelo… read more

Similar categories in Alexander C. Eberhart's Theoretically Straight book and Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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17. 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 Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • 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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18. Dark Room Etiquette

By: Robin Roe

4.31

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old Sayers Wayte has everything—until he's kidnapped by a man who tells him his whole … read more

Similar categories in Robin Roe's Dark Room Etiquette book and Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. We Can Be Heroes

By: Kyrie McCauley

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Kyrie McCauley, author of If These Wings Could Fly, delivers a powerful contemporary YA novel about… read more

Similar categories in Kyrie McCauley's We Can Be Heroes book and Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"In a world that tells girls we shouldn't be angry, even as our lives are ripped from our grasps. When I throw the brick, I picture myself as a small child throwing pennies in a pond making wishes. So…"

-Kyrie McCauley, We Can Be Heroes

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20. A Surplus of Light

By: Chase Connor

4.31

Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition

"He's a psycho." That's what Mike is told when he asks who the kid is with the dark swoop of hair a… read more

Similar categories in Chase Connor's A Surplus of Light book and Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I’ll be back,"

-Chase Connor, A Surplus of Light

"How long have you loved me?"

-Chase Connor, A Surplus of Light

"I don’t want you to give yourself to me, Ian."

-Chase Connor, A Surplus of Light

"Winning doesn’t matter if you’re broken afterwards,"

-Chase Connor, A Surplus of Light

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21. Tonight We Rule the World

By: Zack Smedley

4.21

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of Deposing Nathan comes an explosive examination of identity,… read more

Similar categories in Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World book and Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • young adult contemporary
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
  • queer
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22. 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 Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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23. 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 Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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24. Crossing the Touchline (Auckland Med. #2)

By: Jay Hogan

4.15

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

What if you’ve worked your whole life for a dream, to play rugby for the most successful sports tea… read more

Similar categories in Jay Hogan's Crossing the Touchline (Auckland Med. #2) book and Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • contemporary
  • lgbt
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25. After the Ink Dries

By: Cassie Gustafson

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

What does it mean when you thought you knew someone? What does it mean when that person is your new… read more

Similar categories in Cassie Gustafson's After the Ink Dries book and Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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26. 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 Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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27. Snow Boys

By: Simon Doyle

4.35

Format: 410 pages, Kindle Edition

Dean O’Donnell is a wallflower with a secret and a voice that could steal the show. Preferring to b… read more

Similar categories in Simon Doyle's Snow Boys book and Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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28. Right Where I Left You

By: Julian Winters

3.89

Format: 396 pages, Hardcover

Kacen Callender meets Becky Albertalli in a deliciously geeky best friends-to lovers romance from a… read more

Similar categories in Julian Winters's Right Where I Left You book and Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • young adult contemporary
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Some tears aren't for wounds. Some are for healing."

-Julian Winters, Right Where I Left You

"The thing about coming out is you're so focused on making sure who you are doesn't hurt or change your relationship with your loved ones that you never really think about yourself."

-Julian Winters, Right Where I Left You

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29. 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 Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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30. No Perfect Places

By: Steven Salvatore

3.93

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From lauded author Steven Salvatore comes a YA about twins whose incarcerated father dies and leave… read more

Similar categories in Steven Salvatore's No Perfect Places book and Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • young adult contemporary
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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31. The Alchemy of Moonlight

By: David Ferraro

3.51

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When Emile’s aunt declares he must marry or be disowned for being gay—he runs away to hide as a ser… read more

Similar categories in David Ferraro's The Alchemy of Moonlight book and Zack Smedley's Tonight We Rule the World

  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt

28 Top contemporary books like Tonight We Rule the World by Zack Smedley

Transform Your Habits

Rock

Anyta Sunday

4.12

Transform Your Habits

We Now Return to Regular Life

Martin Wilson

3.84

Transform Your Habits

True Letters from a Fictional Life

Kenneth Logan

4.43

Transform Your Habits

Break

Hannah Moskowitz

4.26

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If I See You Again Tomorrow

Robbie Couch

4.13

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They Hate Each Other

Amanda Woody

4.24

Transform Your Habits

A Little Bit Country

Brian D. Kennedy

3.87

Transform Your Habits

This Is Why They Hate Us

Aaron H. Aceves

4.06

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