21 Top lgbt books like I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

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I Kissed Shara Wheeler

By: Casey McQuiston

3.88

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop and Red, White & Royal Blue comes a deb…

"You were the only one it could be."

-Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler

"You were the only one it could be."

-Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler

"Get a clarifying shampoo and suck it up, Kylo Ren."

-Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler

"Get a clarifying shampoo and suck it up, Kylo Ren."

-Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler

If you liked the lgbt plot in I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Last Night at the Telegraph Club

By: Malinda Lo

4.22

Format: 409 pages, Hardcover

A story of love and duty set in San Francisco's Chinatown during the Red Scare. “That book. It w… read more

Similar categories in Malinda Lo's Last Night at the Telegraph Club book and Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"How am I supposed to know?"

-Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club

"As if summer had bloomed inside the club and wrapped her in its lazy heat"

-Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club

"She didn't understand the shrinking feeling inside her, as if she shouldn't be caught looking at those girls."

-Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club

"A few of them were already engaged to be married. When had everything changed? She felt as if it had been very sudden"

-Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club

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2. Home Field Advantage

By: Dahlia Adler

3.84

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this sweet and funny new f/f romance from the author of Cool for the Summer, a cheerleader and t… read more

Similar categories in Dahlia Adler's Home Field Advantage book and Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I care about you, okay? I like you, even though you're pricky as hell and looking at me like you wish I would vaporize and you think ketchup is a vegetable."

-Dahlia Adler, Home Field Advantage

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3. Don't Want You Like a Best Friend (Mischief & Matchmaking, #1)

By: Emma R. Alban

3.82

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A swoon-worthy debut queer Victorian romance in which two debutantes distract themselves from havin… read more

Similar categories in Emma R. Alban's Don't Want You Like a Best Friend (Mischief & Matchmaking, #1) book and Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3) by Ashley Herring Blake

4. Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3)

By: Ashley Herring Blake

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone around Iris Kelly is in love. Her best friends are all coupled up, her siblings have partn… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Herring Blake's Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3) book and Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2) by Ashley Herring Blake

5. Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2)

By: Ashley Herring Blake

4.05

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

An interior designer learns to rebuild her love life from the ground up with zero blueprints in thi… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Herring Blake's Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2) book and Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Sexuality is complicated. It’s not static. People change and sexuality can change too."

-Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2)

"Astrid Parker was loved, no matter what her mother thought of her. No matter what choices she made. And that love gave her the courage to choose herself."

-Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2)

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6. Cleat Cute

By: Meryl Wilsner

3.77

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

A sapphic rivals to lovers rom com for fans of Ted Lasso and A League of Their Own, where two socce… read more

Similar categories in Meryl Wilsner's Cleat Cute book and Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Lesbian is important to me," Phoebe says. "The world likes to act like it's a porn category, not an identity. It took me a while to realize it wasn't. I want other girls like me to know it's a beauti…"

-Meryl Wilsner, Cleat Cute

Cover of Delilah Green Doesn't Care (Bright Falls, #1) by Ashley Herring Blake

7. Delilah Green Doesn't Care (Bright Falls, #1)

By: Ashley Herring Blake

4.08

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

A clever and steamy queer romantic comedy about taking chances and accepting love—with all its comp… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Herring Blake's Delilah Green Doesn't Care (Bright Falls, #1) book and Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"And Delilah had gotten through life by putting herself first, only concentrating herself with what she knew was true, because she’d learned a long time ago that she couldn’t control anyone but hersel…"

-Ashley Herring Blake, Delilah Green Doesn't Care (Bright Falls, #1)

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8. Mistakes Were Made

By: Meryl Wilsner

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From the critically acclaimed author of Something To Talk About comes a sharp and sexy rom-com abou… read more

Similar categories in Meryl Wilsner's Mistakes Were Made book and Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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9. 6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]

By: Tess Sharpe

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Six moments lead us to two girls, one kiss, and three little words that were maybe always true in t… read more

Similar categories in Tess Sharpe's 6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did] book and Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I'm sorry you had to put all your feelings to the side so you could help me." "I'm not," she says fiercely. "I can, in fact, be mad at you and help you at the same time. It's called being emotionally…"

-Tess Sharpe, 6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]

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10. Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh

By: Rachael Lippincott

3.98

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

What if you found a once-in-a-lifetime love…just not in your lifetime? Audrey Cameron has lost h… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Lippincott's Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh book and Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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11. Never Ever Getting Back Together

By: Sophie Gonzales

3.67

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When their now famous ex-boyfriend asks them to participate in a teen reality show, two eighteen ye… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Gonzales's Never Ever Getting Back Together book and Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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12. The Fiancée Farce

By: Alexandria Bellefleur

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Lambda Literary award winner and national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur returns with a s… read more

Similar categories in Alexandria Bellefleur's The Fiancée Farce book and Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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13. Imogen, Obviously

By: Becky Albertalli

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

With humor and insight, #1 New York Times bestseller Becky Albertalli explores the nuances of sexua… read more

Similar categories in Becky Albertalli's Imogen, Obviously book and Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Every breath she breathes feels like a love letter."

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

"1987: the world’s biggest pancake ever (well, at the time). My parents actually got to eat part of it!"

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

"So which one of us is more queer?" "Well," I pause, "I'd have to see the two of you trying to sit in chairs."

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

"Tessa’s eyes catch mine, and her lips tug up at the corners, just barely. And the noise in my brain falls away. All the times I said I’m straight. All the times everyone’s said I’m straight. There it…"

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

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14. The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

By: Sonora Reyes

4.27

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

A debut novel about a queer Mexican American girl navigating Catholic school, while falling in love… read more

Similar categories in Sonora Reyes's The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School book and Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"…any way you engage with your own culture is authentic, because it’s yours."

-Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

"Let's just say there's not a lot of melanin over there. I could probably pay my tuition selling sunscreen between classes."

-Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

"I know I can't take all that shame away from him. But I can start by showing him how much I'm not ashamed. Not only am I not ashamed, I'm proud. I can't make him love himself. The closest I can get i…"

-Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

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15. She Gets the Girl

By: Rachael Lippincott

4.11

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

She’s All That meets What If It’s Us in this swoon-worthy hate-to-love YA romantic comedy from #1 N… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Lippincott's She Gets the Girl book and Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Money's not as important as doing what you love."

-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl

"That's how I knew you were lying that night. I know the real you. Just like you know the real me."

-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl

"There's something reassuring in books and stories older than you are. Still talked about long after they've been written and long after their writers die. When the world around you is on fire, there'…"

-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl

"And… all at once I see the truth. She never wanted to listen to me. Never was really there for me. She just wanted to control me. This isn’t love. The fighting. The lack of trust. Feeling like I’m wa…"

-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl

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16. She Drives Me Crazy

By: Kelly Quindlen

3.96

Format: 288 pages, ebook

High school nemeses fall in love in this queer YA rom com perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Quindlen's She Drives Me Crazy book and Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Because before you can worry about who’s in your passenger seat, you have to learn to drive yourself."

-Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy

"People break our hearts, but they create more room in them first, and that room makes it possible for us to become more ourselves."

-Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy

"She lays her hand along my jaw and kisses me like she means it, and I am breathless and weightless and dizzy at the very fact of her. Lips and tongue and teeth, her hair and her skin and her perfume,…"

-Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy

"I’ve been where you are, Scottie. That kind of crazy, flesh-eating pain that consumes every part of you. I understand wanting to get back at them. Wanting their attention, even if it’s in a negative …"

-Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy

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17. Written in the Stars (Written in the Stars, #1)

By: Alexandria Bellefleur

3.86

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

With nods to Bridget Jones and Pride and Prejudice, a charming #ownvoices queer rom-com debut about… read more

Similar categories in Alexandria Bellefleur's Written in the Stars (Written in the Stars, #1) book and Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"An acquired taste."

-Alexandria Bellefleur, Written in the Stars (Written in the Stars, #1)

"It’s the hard knock life."

-Alexandria Bellefleur, Written in the Stars (Written in the Stars, #1)

"She wanted all of Elle—the good, the bad, the messy."

-Alexandria Bellefleur, Written in the Stars (Written in the Stars, #1)

"Christ on a cracker, couldn't a girl be horny in peace?"

-Alexandria Bellefleur, Written in the Stars (Written in the Stars, #1)

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18. Kiss Her Once for Me

By: Alison Cochrun

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The author of The Charm Offensive returns with a festive romantic comedy about a woman who fakes an… read more

Similar categories in Alison Cochrun's Kiss Her Once for Me book and Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I have Andrew, who walked back into my life and then kindly refused to walk back out again."

-Alison Cochrun, Kiss Her Once for Me

"You're not my beard. Everyone knows my sexuality is like a Rorschach test." "What does that even mean?" "What you see when you look at me says a lot more about you than it does about me."

-Alison Cochrun, Kiss Her Once for Me

"We are two queer women, and we're going to use this drive back to the cabin to do what queer women do." Blood pressure: rising. "And, uh, what's that?" "We're going to talk about our feelings" Well. …"

-Alison Cochrun, Kiss Her Once for Me

"I'm demi," I say. Then stupidly, I clarify "-sexual. Not demiromantic or a demigirl or a demigod like Hercules." [...] "I didn't think you were coming out to me as the mythological hero Hercules." "S…"

-Alison Cochrun, Kiss Her Once for Me

Cover of Count Your Lucky Stars (Written in the Stars, #3) by Alexandria Bellefleur

19. Count Your Lucky Stars (Written in the Stars, #3)

By: Alexandria Bellefleur

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Following Written in the Stars and Hang the Moon, national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur… read more

Similar categories in Alexandria Bellefleur's Count Your Lucky Stars (Written in the Stars, #3) book and Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Do you have somewhere you can stay?"

-Alexandria Bellefleur, Count Your Lucky Stars (Written in the Stars, #3)

"You do realize I could be anybody, right?"

-Alexandria Bellefleur, Count Your Lucky Stars (Written in the Stars, #3)

"The right person shouldnt complete you, they should love you the way you are. And it's cool if they make you want to be better, but they should never make you feel like you are too much or not enough…"

-Alexandria Bellefleur, Count Your Lucky Stars (Written in the Stars, #3)

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20. Some Girls Do

By: Jennifer Dugan

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

In this YA contemporary queer romance from the author of Hot Dog Girl, an openly gay track star fal… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Dugan's Some Girls Do book and Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"You're just really full of surprises." And yeah. I kind of like the sound of that"

-Jennifer Dugan, Some Girls Do

"My whole life might be a never-ending series of question marks right now, but this I'm sure of. This I want."

-Jennifer Dugan, Some Girls Do

"Wow", she breathes when I'm finally done. And I think I want to live here, in the space of that "wow," In that one little syllable she's managed to stuff so full of adoration and joy."

-Jennifer Dugan, Some Girls Do

"[...] but activism isn't something that happens in just one way or in just one place. There will always be more battles, and beating yourself up about not being able to do it all, all at once, doesn'…"

-Jennifer Dugan, Some Girls Do

Cover of I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

21. I Kissed Shara Wheeler

By: Casey McQuiston

3.88

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop and Red, White & Royal Blue comes a deb… read more

Similar categories in Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler book and Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • queer
"You were the only one it could be."

-Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler

"Get a clarifying shampoo and suck it up, Kylo Ren."

-Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler

"Why is it so bad to want to feel special, or loved, or accpeted?"

-Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler

"She’s glad it’s Shara. Nobody else would have felt important enough."

-Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler

21 Best fiction books like I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

Transform Your Habits

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Malinda Lo

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Home Field Advantage

Dahlia Adler

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Don't Want You Like a Best Friend (Mischief & Matchmaking, #1)

Emma R. Alban

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3)

Ashley Herring Blake

4.14

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21 Top fiction books like The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

Transform Your Habits

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Malinda Lo

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Home Field Advantage

Dahlia Adler

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Girls Like Girls

Hayley Kiyoko

3.74

Transform Your Habits

The Dos and Donuts of Love

Adiba Jaigirdar

3.88

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