21 best-selling lgbt books like Drown by Daryl Leonardo

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Drown

By: Daryl Leonardo

4.35

Format: 495 pages, Kindle Edition

A story told from two Erik is a religious boy who begins to question his sexuality and beliefs aft…

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1. Attractive Forces

By: Jax Calder

4.23

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Logan Everyone looks at me and thinks I rule Heath Valley High School. All they see is the capta… read more

Similar categories in Jax Calder's Attractive Forces book and Daryl Leonardo's Drown

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Even when you can only see part of the moon, the rest is still there."

-Jax Calder, Attractive Forces

"That’s because I broke up with my boyfriend yesterday. And I can’t stop wondering if I did the right thing or if I’m the biggest idiot since humanity invented the concept of stupid."

-Jax Calder, Attractive Forces

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2. They Hate Each Other

By: Amanda Woody

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Jonah and Dylan get along like oil and water. Until a fake dating ploy gives them new perspective, … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Woody's They Hate Each Other book and Daryl Leonardo's Drown

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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3. 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 Daryl Leonardo's Drown

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
"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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4. 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 Daryl Leonardo's Drown

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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5. Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun

By: Jonny Garza Villa

4.16

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

A poignant, funny, openhearted novel about coming out, first love, and being your one and only best… read more

Similar categories in Jonny Garza Villa's Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun book and Daryl Leonardo's Drown

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Intelligent people can still get into some stupid-ass foolery"

-Jonny Garza Villa, Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun

"It only takes one person to live their truth before more people start realizing they can too."

-Jonny Garza Villa, Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun

"It's not even about the more intimate moments that happened. Although I do miss those a lot too. A lot , a lot. What I crave most is being next to someone. My someone."

-Jonny Garza Villa, Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun

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6. XOXO (Roosevelt College, #1)

By: Christina Lee

3.86

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

Lark Levitt doesn’t belong at Roosevelt College, at least in theory. Most students who attend the p… read more

Similar categories in Christina Lee's XOXO (Roosevelt College, #1) book and Daryl Leonardo's Drown

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • queer
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7. An Unexpected Kind of Love

By: Hayden Stone

3.55

Format: 329 pages, ebook

Bookstore owner Aubrey Barnes likes his quiet, orderly London life, thank you very much. His shop m… read more

Similar categories in Hayden Stone's An Unexpected Kind of Love book and Daryl Leonardo's Drown

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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8. Land On Me

By: Matthew R. Corr

4.21

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2022 BEST INDIE CHOICE AWARD FROM QUILL HAWK PUBLISHING. Landon Griffin has everyt… read more

Similar categories in Matthew R. Corr's Land On Me book and Daryl Leonardo's Drown

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I loved kissing you, "

-Matthew R. Corr, Land On Me

"Some girl is taking up the attention that I dreamed he would give me. She’s got him, and I’ve got...tears."

-Matthew R. Corr, Land On Me

"I just never pictured any of this. Since we lost my mom it’s felt like I’ve been endlessly falling with nowhere to land."

-Matthew R. Corr, Land On Me

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9. 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 Daryl Leonardo's Drown

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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10. A Mark on My Soul (Noahverse, #1)

By: Jordon Greene

4.00

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Noah Andrews hates to lie, but that′s exactly what his life is. One big lie. At least that′s how… read more

Similar categories in Jordon Greene's A Mark on My Soul (Noahverse, #1) book and Daryl Leonardo's Drown

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I hope I helped you see the world a little bit different, Park. Even just a little bit."

-Jordon Greene, A Mark on My Soul (Noahverse, #1)

"I throw my eyes back to the sky. How can it be so bright and calm? How can it be everything I can’t be? It's not fair."

-Jordon Greene, A Mark on My Soul (Noahverse, #1)

"I want to hear his laugh. I want to see him smile. I want to watch him look at the stars and to see the stars in his eyes."

-Jordon Greene, A Mark on My Soul (Noahverse, #1)

"I force myself to get up and lock my eyes on the painting, my birthday gift. It’s the essence of everything I want to remember about us. I pick it up and imagine the stars shimmering over us and the …"

-Jordon Greene, A Mark on My Soul (Noahverse, #1)

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11. 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 Daryl Leonardo's Drown

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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12. Skyler Phoenix

By: Damien Benoit-Ledoux

4.18

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

I knew it would be bad… …but I didn’t think my family would abandon me. I don't understand my… read more

Similar categories in Damien Benoit-Ledoux's Skyler Phoenix book and Daryl Leonardo's Drown

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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13. Every Word You Never Said (Noahverse, #3)

By: Jordon Greene

3.76

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

HEARTSTOPPER meets FOOTLOOSE in this cute young adult romance about first love, embracing what make… read more

Similar categories in Jordon Greene's Every Word You Never Said (Noahverse, #3) book and Daryl Leonardo's Drown

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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14. Until We Meet Again (Roosevelt College, #2)

By: Christina Lee

3.85

Format: 183 pages, Kindle Edition

Bruce “Bones” Lanning and Emil Ettinger had a decent roommate arrangement at Roosevelt College—othe… read more

Similar categories in Christina Lee's Until We Meet Again (Roosevelt College, #2) book and Daryl Leonardo's Drown

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Here Goes Nothing (There Goes Sunday School #2) by Alexander C. Eberhart

15. Here Goes Nothing (There Goes Sunday School #2)

By: Alexander C. Eberhart

4.12

Format: 223 pages, Paperback

For high school senior Mike Hernandez, everything is finally falling perfectly into place. He’s pub… read more

Similar categories in Alexander C. Eberhart's Here Goes Nothing (There Goes Sunday School #2) book and Daryl Leonardo's Drown

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
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16. I Want to Kiss You in Public (Colette International #1)

By: Zelda French

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Louis thought he had it all figured out. He couldn’t have been more wrong. If you ask Louis, he’… read more

Similar categories in Zelda French's I Want to Kiss You in Public (Colette International #1) book and Daryl Leonardo's Drown

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Drown by Daryl Leonardo

17. Drown

By: Daryl Leonardo

4.35

Format: 495 pages, Kindle Edition

A story told from two Erik is a religious boy who begins to question his sexuality and beliefs aft… read more

Similar categories in Daryl Leonardo's Drown book and Daryl Leonardo's Drown

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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18. The Other Brother

By: Jax Calder

4.27

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

What happens when you fall for the one person you can't have? Ryan has had seventeen years of be… read more

Similar categories in Jax Calder's The Other Brother book and Daryl Leonardo's Drown

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I'm fairly sure civilizations rise and fall in the time that Cody and I stay wrapped in each other's gaze."

-Jax Calder, The Other Brother

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19. Confessions of a Teenage Closet Case

By: Alex Blades

3.65

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

Elliot’s the boy at the back of the class. Smart, kind, and totally invisible—except when it comes … read more

Similar categories in Alex Blades's Confessions of a Teenage Closet Case book and Daryl Leonardo's Drown

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
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20. You're the One for Me (Colette International)

By: Zelda French

4.34

Format: 530 pages, Paperback

One of them has a plan. The other is clueless. Together they will discover what love really is abou… read more

Similar categories in Zelda French's You're the One for Me (Colette International) book and Daryl Leonardo's Drown

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
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21. Watching for Comets (Noahverse, #2)

By: Jordon Greene

3.85

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

HISTORY IS ALL YOU LEFT ME meets WHAT IF IT'S US in this adorable, heartwarming story of two boys g… read more

Similar categories in Jordon Greene's Watching for Comets (Noahverse, #2) book and Daryl Leonardo's Drown

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"It feels like forever, him and me."

-Jordon Greene, Watching for Comets (Noahverse, #2)

"Maybe the only things worth having are the things that scare you the most"

-Jordon Greene, Watching for Comets (Noahverse, #2)

"I guess sometimes forever is a lot shorter than you think it's going to be."

-Jordon Greene, Watching for Comets (Noahverse, #2)

"My eyes dart from one end of the table to the other as if somewhere among the splinters, cracks, and thorns there's an answer written in the wood."

-Jordon Greene, Watching for Comets (Noahverse, #2)

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Amanda Woody

4.24

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3.95

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4.16

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Hayden Stone

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Joanna Chambers

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Steven Salvatore

3.59

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