11 Best queer books like What We Were by Jen Samson

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What We Were

By: Jen Samson

4.24

Format: 537 pages, Kindle Edition

It began with one meaningless kiss. It ended in a plea bargain. Fast forward five years. Ethan …

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Cover of Just a Taste by Briar Prescott

1. Just a Taste

By: Briar Prescott

4.21

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

Lake: So... I’m getting married. Just three minor details: my husband-to-be is technically also m… read more

Similar categories in Briar Prescott's Just a Taste book and Jen Samson's What We Were

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
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2. Red Flags & Tuesdays (Weekday Weirdos)

By: Nordika Night

4.35

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

Waking up to his one-night stand trying to flee the scene, Reid sits back to enjoy the show. This b… read more

Similar categories in Nordika Night's Red Flags & Tuesdays (Weekday Weirdos) book and Jen Samson's What We Were

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • boys love
  • contemporary
"It won't last...we're already over."

-Nordika Night, Red Flags & Tuesdays (Weekday Weirdos)

Cover of And Then You (Until #2) by Briar Prescott

3. And Then You (Until #2)

By: Briar Prescott

4.47

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

Here’s the thing: I am not—I repeat not—boyfriend material. I’m a good time for one night, and that… read more

Similar categories in Briar Prescott's And Then You (Until #2) book and Jen Samson's What We Were

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Step Bet (Peach State Stepbros, #1) by Riley Hart

4. The Step Bet (Peach State Stepbros, #1)

By: Riley Hart

3.98

Format: 388 pages, Kindle Edition

TROY Sometimes I want to punch that smirk off Atlas McCallister’s pretty face. He’s cocky. A … read more

Similar categories in Riley Hart's The Step Bet (Peach State Stepbros, #1) book and Jen Samson's What We Were

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • queer
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5. Never Leave, Never Lie

By: Thea Verdone

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

The lies that brought them together will tear them apart. Alek and Ian’s relationship is built … read more

Similar categories in Thea Verdone's Never Leave, Never Lie book and Jen Samson's What We Were

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • queer
"You expect me to tell the truth, but you’re lying to yourself,"

-Thea Verdone, Never Leave, Never Lie

"Loving you is the only thing I don't regret," Alek tried very hard to say in English."

-Thea Verdone, Never Leave, Never Lie

"Without music, there's nothing to keep the fear and the shame and the sadness away and all I feel is everything and I don't want to feel anything anymore."

-Thea Verdone, Never Leave, Never Lie

"Ian discussed each house he had worked on like it was a person with its own secret history, like the simple act of rehabilitating an abandoned house was akin to traveling back in time."

-Thea Verdone, Never Leave, Never Lie

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6. Pretty Boy (The Boys of Apartment 13, #1)

By: Brianna Flores

4.09

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

Pretty boy Liam Walker is unlucky in love… Liam My newest obsession is nothing like any of my… read more

Similar categories in Brianna Flores's Pretty Boy (The Boys of Apartment 13, #1) book and Jen Samson's What We Were

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of On Guard (New York Gods, #1) by Andi Jaxon

7. On Guard (New York Gods, #1)

By: Andi Jaxon

3.88

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Selling my virginity wasn’t how I saw my first week of college going. But after my parents cut m… read more

Similar categories in Andi Jaxon's On Guard (New York Gods, #1) book and Jen Samson's What We Were

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Fishermen (Infidelity #2) by C.P.  Harris

8. The Fishermen (Infidelity #2)

By: C.P. Harris

4.32

Format: 483 pages, Kindle Edition

At the age of twenty-five, Leland Meadows has his whole life mapped out in front of him, with four … read more

Similar categories in C.P. Harris's The Fishermen (Infidelity #2) book and Jen Samson's What We Were

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
Cover of Every Breath After: Part 1 (Lost Boys, #3) by Jessie  Walker

9. Every Breath After: Part 1 (Lost Boys, #3)

By: Jessie Walker

4.67

Format: 700 pages, Kindle Edition

𝑯𝑬 𝑾𝑶𝑼𝑳𝑫 𝑵𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑹 𝑩𝑬 𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑬. A promise. A wish. A twist of fate. I fell in love with 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝘆𝗮𝘁𝘁 b… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Walker's Every Breath After: Part 1 (Lost Boys, #3) book and Jen Samson's What We Were

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
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10. Want You Still

By: C.E. Ricci

4.07

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

The heart always wants what it can't have... Duty, honor, and sacrifice. Dedicating my life to t… read more

Similar categories in C.E. Ricci's Want You Still book and Jen Samson's What We Were

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • queer
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11. The Caretaker (Infidelity #3)

By: C.P. Harris

4.50

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

The only thing Noon Waters is sure of is his undying love for his wife. But when a devastating acci… read more

Similar categories in C.P. Harris's The Caretaker (Infidelity #3) book and Jen Samson's What We Were

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
Cover of Man On (Forbidden Goals, #2) by Rebecca Rathe

12. Man On (Forbidden Goals, #2)

By: Rebecca Rathe

4.16

Format: 482 pages, Kindle Edition

Stepbrothers. Rivals. They could have been friends- like real brothers, even. Instead, circumsta… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Rathe's Man On (Forbidden Goals, #2) book and Jen Samson's What We Were

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
Cover of The Good Liar (Infidelity #1) by C.P.  Harris

13. The Good Liar (Infidelity #1)

By: C.P. Harris

4.06

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

Six years ago, Jasper Des Moines traded in the only life he knew. In order to keep a promise and a … read more

Similar categories in C.P. Harris's The Good Liar (Infidelity #1) book and Jen Samson's What We Were

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
Cover of Hateful Love (King of Aces #1) by T. Ashleigh

14. Hateful Love (King of Aces #1)

By: T. Ashleigh

4.06

Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition

Silas: I'm tired of feeling trapped in my life. It’s just a never-ending cycle of trying to survi… read more

Similar categories in T. Ashleigh's Hateful Love (King of Aces #1) book and Jen Samson's What We Were

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • boys love
  • contemporary
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15. Tell Me a Lie

By: Brianna Flores

3.95

Format: 225 pages, Paperback

Lucas I take one look at Sage's pretty face and know that I could never deny him. When he's promis… read more

Similar categories in Brianna Flores's Tell Me a Lie book and Jen Samson's What We Were

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • religion
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Stupid Dirty (Possum Hollow, #1) by Erin  Russell

16. Stupid Dirty (Possum Hollow, #1)

By: Erin Russell

4.09

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

CADE I always thought of Silas Rush as my biggest rival on the track and a stuck-up loner off it… read more

Similar categories in Erin Russell's Stupid Dirty (Possum Hollow, #1) book and Jen Samson's What We Were

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Deliverance of Marek Sommers by Ashlyn Drewek

17. The Deliverance of Marek Sommers

By: Ashlyn Drewek

4.23

Format: 520 pages, Kindle Edition

Marek Sommers is everything Misha Chernyshevsky shouldn’t want—young, angry at the world, and, wors… read more

Similar categories in Ashlyn Drewek's The Deliverance of Marek Sommers book and Jen Samson's What We Were

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
Cover of What We Were by Jen Samson

18. What We Were

By: Jen Samson

4.24

Format: 537 pages, Kindle Edition

It began with one meaningless kiss. It ended in a plea bargain. Fast forward five years. Ethan … read more

Similar categories in Jen Samson's What We Were book and Jen Samson's What We Were

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • religion
  • boys love
  • contemporary
  • queer
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19. Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

By: Scarlett Drake

4.63

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Caspien Deveraux was poison. It took me years to realise that he hadn’t been born like that. He… read more

Similar categories in Scarlett Drake's Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining book and Jen Samson's What We Were

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Caspien was an altarpiece, Deveraux his reredos, and I came to him in blind idolatry."

-Scarlett Drake, Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

"These walls and the two men inside had swallowed me whole once before, so when I emerged from the belly of the beast, I staggered into the world blinking and raw. This time, though, I have come armed…"

-Scarlett Drake, Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

Cover of The Way We Hate by Myka Loren

20. The Way We Hate

By: Myka Loren

4.02

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

"Why can't I stop? Why don't I ever stop? BrodyAvoiding Thanksgiving was not an option this year… read more

Similar categories in Myka Loren's The Way We Hate book and Jen Samson's What We Were

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • boys love
  • contemporary
Cover of Romeo Falling by Jesse H. Reign

21. Romeo Falling

By: Jesse H. Reign

4.50

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

What happens when he’s your Romeo…but you’re no Juliet?Romeo and I were friends long before we were… read more

Similar categories in Jesse H. Reign's Romeo Falling book and Jen Samson's What We Were

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • queer

21 must-read contemporary books like What We Were by Jen Samson

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Just a Taste

Briar Prescott

4.21

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Red Flags & Tuesdays (Weekday Weirdos)

Nordika Night

4.35

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And Then You (Until #2)

Briar Prescott

4.47

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The Step Bet (Peach State Stepbros, #1)

Riley Hart

3.98

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20 Top contemporary books like Stupid Dirty (Possum Hollow, #1) by Erin Russell

Transform Your Habits

Just a Taste

Briar Prescott

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Red Flags & Tuesdays (Weekday Weirdos)

Nordika Night

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Bromantic Puckboy (Puckboys, #6)

Eden Finley

4.22

Transform Your Habits

The Step Bet (Peach State Stepbros, #1)

Riley Hart

3.98

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