19 Best contemporary books like Love & Other Natural Disasters by Misa Sugiura

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Love & Other Natural Disasters

By: Misa Sugiura

3.38

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

When Nozomi Nagai pictured the ideal summer romance, a fake one wasn’t what she had in mind. Tha…

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1. Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit

By: Jaye Robin Brown

3.71

Format: 498 pages, Kindle Edition

Joanna Gordon has been out and proud for years, but when her popular radio evangelist father remarr… read more

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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 Misa Sugiura's Love & Other Natural Disasters

  • 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. The Dos and Donuts of Love

By: Adiba Jaigirdar

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A pun-filled YA contemporary romance, The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar finds a teenage… read more

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  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Food is a big part of my culture, especially sweet foods. When you're Bangladeshi, you're taught that any good news or celebration has to be accompanied with some sweet food. Every time you visit som…"

-Adiba Jaigirdar, The Dos and Donuts of Love

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4. Late to the Party

By: Kelly Quindlen

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen is nothing like Codi Teller imagined. She’s never crashed a party, never stayed out to… read more

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  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I think saying what you're afraid of makes you brave."

-Kelly Quindlen, Late to the Party

"And I think being friends with someone should be like the concept of infinity—like you truly believe that person has no limits, and you just want to keep counting upward with them to see where they g…"

-Kelly Quindlen, Late to the Party

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5. Love at First Set

By: Jennifer Dugan

3.45

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Sometimes true love takes a little heavy lifting The gym is Lizzie's life--it's her passion, he… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Dugan's Love at First Set book and Misa Sugiura's Love & Other Natural Disasters

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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6. Cool for the Summer

By: Dahlia Adler

3.77

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Lara's had eyes for exactly one person throughout her three years of high school: Chase Harding. He… read more

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  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"What am I? It's one summer. You can't change into a different person over a summer."

-Dahlia Adler, Cool for the Summer

"I think about that handshake a lot, because it reassures me that it was clearly just a friendly suggestion. I had no idea what it would spark."

-Dahlia Adler, Cool for the Summer

"I don't even realize we're falling out of our chairs until we land on the sand, our laughter floating into the summer night amid the crackling flames until our mouths find each other again and there'…"

-Dahlia Adler, Cool for the Summer

"If being bi means always knowing, well, that isn't me. The only girls on my bedroom walls are my friends, and I'm certainly not into any of them that way. That settles it. I'm straight. Just like I a…"

-Dahlia Adler, Cool for the Summer

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7. 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

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  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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8. How to Excavate a Heart

By: Jake Maia Arlow

3.81

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

It all starts when Shani runs into May. Like, literally. With her mom’s Subaru. Attempted vehicu… read more

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  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I didn't use the word lesbian to describe myself until this year, though, which is when I chopped off all my hair and flirted with veganism"

-Jake Maia Arlow, How to Excavate a Heart

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9. 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

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  • 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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10. 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

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  • 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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11. Not My Problem

By: Ciara Smyth

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Aideen has plenty of problems she can’t fix. Her best (and only) friend is pulling away. Her mother… read more

Similar categories in Ciara Smyth's Not My Problem book and Misa Sugiura's Love & Other Natural Disasters

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I dug deep down into my empathy store and found a dried-up old raisin."

-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem

"She really did look relieved. Like the stick up her her ass had decreased in width or length."

-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem

"I'd never met someone I hated more. Would it have been wrong to burn her house down to get out?"

-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem

"It's all a load of bolloxology, but I'm not going to let that get in the way of making fun of you, am I?"

-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem

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12. I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

By: Auriane Desombre

3.41

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A sweet and funny debut novel about falling for someone when you least expect it . . . and finding … read more

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  • romance
  • lesbian
  • young adult contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Just because the straights in Hollywood don’t know how to tell my story doesn’t mean it’s not out there."

-Auriane Desombre, I Think I Love You (Underlined Paperbacks)

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13. Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl

By: Brianna R. Shrum

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Margo Zimmerman is gay, but she didn’t know until now. An overachiever at heart, Margo is determine… read more

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  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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14. Melt With You

By: Jennifer Dugan

3.48

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Hot Dog Girl comes a sweet and salty queer YA rom-com about two girls on a summe… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Dugan's Melt With You book and Misa Sugiura's Love & Other Natural Disasters

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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15. The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre

By: Robin Talley

3.73

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Nina LaCour, this romantic comedy from New York Times best… read more

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  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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16. Love & Other Natural Disasters

By: Misa Sugiura

3.38

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

When Nozomi Nagai pictured the ideal summer romance, a fake one wasn’t what she had in mind. Tha… read more

Similar categories in Misa Sugiura's Love & Other Natural Disasters book and Misa Sugiura's Love & Other Natural Disasters

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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17. The Key to You and Me

By: Jaye Robin Brown

3.37

Format: 368 pages, ebook

KEY TO YOU AND ME, THE read more

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  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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18. Hot Dog Girl

By: Jennifer Dugan

3.47

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Elouise (Lou) Parker is determined to have the absolute best, most impossibly epic summer of her li… read more

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  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I’m not too big for this town, Dad. I never will be."

-Jennifer Dugan, Hot Dog Girl

"I know I don’t have the face of a woman who walks into an office and demands answers - I have the faces of a girl trying to be too many things at once."

-Jennifer Dugan, Hot Dog Girl

"And I get it now, I that’s all he could ever be, that’s all anyone else could ever be: a Band-Aid, a butterfly strip, a temporary measure, because this is the after, and all of the good stuff got lef…"

-Jennifer Dugan, Hot Dog Girl

"I flick my eyes to the spot on her shoulder where her freckles match the constellations in the sky, and I smile. I get lost in her skin, sipping my drink and mapping the stars on her arm while everyo…"

-Jennifer Dugan, Hot Dog Girl

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19. Playing for Keeps

By: Jennifer Dugan

3.52

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Some Girls Do comes another heartfelt YA sapphic romance—starring a baseball pit… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Dugan's Playing for Keeps book and Misa Sugiura's Love & Other Natural Disasters

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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20. The Girl Next Door

By: Cecilia Vinesse

3.83

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Film club nerd Cleo Ferrara’s senior year was like a storyboard waiting to be filmed. She knew the … read more

Similar categories in Cecilia Vinesse's The Girl Next Door book and Misa Sugiura's Love & Other Natural Disasters

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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21. I Kissed Alice

By: Anna Birch

3.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda and Fangirl, I Kissed Alice is a romantic comedy abou… read more

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  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
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  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer

20 Top fiction books like Love & Other Natural Disasters by Misa Sugiura

Transform Your Habits

Home Field Advantage

Dahlia Adler

3.84

Transform Your Habits

The Dos and Donuts of Love

Adiba Jaigirdar

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Late to the Party

Kelly Quindlen

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Love at First Set

Jennifer Dugan

3.45

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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

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The Dos and Donuts of Love

Adiba Jaigirdar

3.88

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