18 must-read contemporary books like Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes

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Spin Me Right Round

By: David Valdes

3.55

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From lauded writer David Valdes, a sharp and funny YA novel that's Back to the Future with a twist,…

If you liked the contemporary plot in Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. The Pleasure Master

By: Nina Bangs

3.88

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

A wild and passionate love affair brings our hero and heroine together. Neither can resist the attr… read more

Similar categories in Nina Bangs's The Pleasure Master book and David Valdes's Spin Me Right Round

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • time travel
"Colin: "1 dinna understand why we canna just go to bed and have sex." He looked truly puzzled."

-Nina Bangs, The Pleasure Master

"She felt the glide of his hair as he lowered his head to study the zipper on her skirt. Her imagination supplied other places his hair could touch, and she drew in her breath. He carefully pulled dow…"

-Nina Bangs, The Pleasure Master

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2. Black Projects, White Knights: The Company Dossiers (The Company, #4.5)

By: Kage Baker

3.30

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

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Similar categories in Kage Baker's Black Projects, White Knights: The Company Dossiers (The Company, #4.5) book and David Valdes's Spin Me Right Round

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • time travel
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3. 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 David Valdes's Spin Me Right Round

  • romance
  • 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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4. 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 David Valdes's Spin Me Right Round

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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5. 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 David Valdes's Spin Me Right Round

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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6. 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 David Valdes's Spin Me Right Round

  • romance
  • 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 David Valdes's Spin Me Right Round

  • romance
  • 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. Kiss & Tell

By: Adib Khorram

3.64

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Kiss & Tell is a total rush! Perfectly sweet and swoon worthy. I loved every page! - Julie Murphy, … read more

Similar categories in Adib Khorram's Kiss & Tell book and David Valdes's Spin Me Right Round

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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9. 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 David Valdes's Spin Me Right Round

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • 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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10. 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 David Valdes's Spin Me Right Round

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • 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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11. Emmett

By: Lev A.C. Rosen

3.62

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A modern-day gay YA Emma, with the spikey social critique of Austen plus the lush over-the-top roma… read more

Similar categories in Lev A.C. Rosen's Emmett book and David Valdes's Spin Me Right Round

  • romance
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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12. Small Town Pride

By: Phil Stamper

4.15

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed author Phil Stamper (The Gravity of Us and As Far as You'll Take Me) comes a poignan… read more

Similar categories in Phil Stamper's Small Town Pride book and David Valdes's Spin Me Right Round

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"If people can wear their hate so proudly on their sleeve, why can't I wear acceptance in the same way?" (pg.137)"

-Phil Stamper, Small Town Pride

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13. 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 David Valdes's Spin Me Right Round

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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14. Spin Me Right Round

By: David Valdes

3.55

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From lauded writer David Valdes, a sharp and funny YA novel that's Back to the Future with a twist,… read more

Similar categories in David Valdes's Spin Me Right Round book and David Valdes's Spin Me Right Round

  • romance
  • retellings
  • time travel
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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15. Can't Take That Away

By: Steven Salvatore

4.07

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

A debut novel about a genderqueer teen who finds the courage to stand up and speak out for equality… read more

Similar categories in Steven Salvatore's Can't Take That Away book and David Valdes's Spin Me Right Round

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Respect my existence or expect my resistance."

-Steven Salvatore, Can't Take That Away

"If I'm not wearing makeup or something androgynous, they see me as a boy. If I do dress more feminine or androgynous, they see a boy but a boy wearing eyeshadow or nail polish. It's easier for people…"

-Steven Salvatore, Can't Take That Away

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16. 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 David Valdes's Spin Me Right Round

  • romance
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Golden Boys (Golden Boys, #1) by Phil Stamper

17. Golden Boys (Golden Boys, #1)

By: Phil Stamper

3.76

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

National bestselling author Phil Stamper crafts the perfect summer friendship story, starring four … read more

Similar categories in Phil Stamper's Golden Boys (Golden Boys, #1) book and David Valdes's Spin Me Right Round

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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18. Caught in a Bad Fauxmance

By: Elle Gonzalez Rose

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A fresh, fun contemporary rom-com from debut author Elle Gonzalez Rose, about an aspiring artist wh… read more

Similar categories in Elle Gonzalez Rose's Caught in a Bad Fauxmance book and David Valdes's Spin Me Right Round

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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19. The Breakup Lists

By: Adib Khorram

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Love is more complicated than “boy meets boy” in bestselling author Adib Khorram’s sharply funny ne… read more

Similar categories in Adib Khorram's The Breakup Lists book and David Valdes's Spin Me Right Round

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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20. The Loophole

By: Naz Kutub

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Your wish is granted! This YA debut is equal parts broken-hearted love story, epic myth retelling, … read more

Similar categories in Naz Kutub's The Loophole book and David Valdes's Spin Me Right Round

  • romance
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • queer
"No use beating around the bush when the bush is just a bare stump at this point."

-Naz Kutub, The Loophole

"I’d like to think if you can’t really afford to have one family, why be so horny as to have another?"

-Naz Kutub, The Loophole

Cover of ONE MORE LIFE TO LIVE: EDWARD AND THE BRICKLAYER: INSPIRATIONAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE by Steven Decker

21. ONE MORE LIFE TO LIVE: EDWARD AND THE BRICKLAYER: INSPIRATIONAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE

By: Steven Decker

4.37

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

BOOK INSPIRATIONAL HISTORICAL ROMANCEImagine being given a chance at a second life but with a catc… read more

Similar categories in Steven Decker's ONE MORE LIFE TO LIVE: EDWARD AND THE BRICKLAYER: INSPIRATIONAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE book and David Valdes's Spin Me Right Round

  • contemporary
  • time travel
"I wouldn’t wish my life on anyone!"

-Steven Decker, ONE MORE LIFE TO LIVE: EDWARD AND THE BRICKLAYER: INSPIRATIONAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE

"His life had been spent pursuing excellence and amassing a great fortune, but now that it was ending, there was no one he was inclined to share it with."

-Steven Decker, ONE MORE LIFE TO LIVE: EDWARD AND THE BRICKLAYER: INSPIRATIONAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE

"From here, we can see the line of time stretching in opposite directions for eternity. You see, Edward, there is no beginning and no end of time. The past, present, and future are all happening at on…"

-Steven Decker, ONE MORE LIFE TO LIVE: EDWARD AND THE BRICKLAYER: INSPIRATIONAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE

"The man had character. He possessed a moral compass to do the right thing, to fight for those who could not defend themselves, and to challenge authority that shielded itself behind the power of God …"

-Steven Decker, ONE MORE LIFE TO LIVE: EDWARD AND THE BRICKLAYER: INSPIRATIONAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE

20 must-read fiction books like Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes

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The Pleasure Master

Nina Bangs

3.88

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Black Projects, White Knights: The Company Dossiers (The Company, #4.5)

Kage Baker

3.30

Transform Your Habits

A Little Bit Country

Brian D. Kennedy

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Time Out

Sean Hayes

3.63

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20 must-read contemporary books like ONE MORE LIFE TO LIVE: EDWARD AND THE BRICKLAYER: INSPIRATIONAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE by Steven Decker

Transform Your Habits

His Forefathers and Mick

Michael G. Kramer

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Constant Companion: Your Practical Path to Real Interaction with God

Ami Loper

4.41

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The Eagle's Covenant

Michael Parker

4.08

Transform Your Habits

The Empress: (The Emperor, The Son and The Thief, #4)

Robert Reid

4.39

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