19 Best fiction books like Cold Girls by Maxine Rae

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Cold Girls

By: Maxine Rae

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Eighteen-year-old Rory Quinn-Morelli doesn’t want to die; she wants refuge from reality for even a …

"My whole body is made up of apologies, though. Apologies for getting in the way, for taking too long, for not responding."

-Maxine Rae, Cold Girls

"My whole body is made up of apologies, though. Apologies for getting in the way, for taking too long, for not responding."

-Maxine Rae, Cold Girls

If you liked the fiction plot in Cold Girls by Maxine Rae , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. How to Find a Missing Girl

By: Victoria Wlosok

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

For fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and Veronica Mars, this whip-smart thriller follows a sap… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Wlosok's How to Find a Missing Girl book and Maxine Rae's Cold Girls

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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2. Dear Wendy

By: Ann Zhao

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Dear Wendy's Sophie and Jo, two aromantic and asexual students at Wellesley College, engage in an o… read more

Similar categories in Ann Zhao's Dear Wendy book and Maxine Rae's Cold Girls

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Nobody talks about breaking up with your friends. It sucks. Especially when that friend ditches you to be with whoever they think is The One."

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

"And still, it's hard to find people like me. The asexual community is small enough as it is; there are fewer aromantic people and even fewer people who are both."

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

"And that really made me think for the first time about how this could happen with any friend who's not also aroace. Like, my person, my closest confidant, will probably always have someone else - a r…"

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

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3. Her Spell That Binds Me

By: Luna Oblonsky

4.32

Format: 499 pages, Paperback

A spellbinding rivalry unraveled by fate...A sapphic romance born from the ashes of prejudice…A Reg… read more

Similar categories in Luna Oblonsky's Her Spell That Binds Me book and Maxine Rae's Cold Girls

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • queer
"How pitiful,"

-Luna Oblonsky, Her Spell That Binds Me

"My speckled beauty,"

-Luna Oblonsky, Her Spell That Binds Me

"I have caught a nymph,"

-Luna Oblonsky, Her Spell That Binds Me

"Whatever is to thank for our affinity, I will never let you go. Not now,"

-Luna Oblonsky, Her Spell That Binds Me

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4. 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 Maxine Rae's Cold Girls

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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5. Wren Martin Ruins It All

By: Amanda DeWitt

4.25

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Now that Wren Martin is student council president (on a technicality, but hey, it counts) he’s goin… read more

Similar categories in Amanda DeWitt's Wren Martin Ruins It All book and Maxine Rae's Cold Girls

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I think I might have a crush. Shit ."

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

"Halloween would be . . . okay," she says, with all the deliberation of a somewhat uncertain judge delivering a verdict. "But no sexy catgirls. Or boys. No catpeople."

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

"You might have saved the Dance," I say loftily, "but I saved this school from Cats ." "Not all heroes wear capes," Ryan says, pushing open the classroom door. "You know, I kind of like Cats ." "You l…"

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

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6. Here Lies Olive

By: Kate Anderson

3.89

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Growing up in the dark tourism capital of the United States, sixteen-year-old Olive should be comfo… read more

Similar categories in Kate Anderson's Here Lies Olive book and Maxine Rae's Cold Girls

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
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7. 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

Similar categories in Brianna R. Shrum's Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl book and Maxine Rae's Cold Girls

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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8. Paper Planes

By: Jennie Wood

3.66

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

After a life altering incident, Dylan and Leighton are sent to a summer camp for troubled youth. Ca… read more

Similar categories in Jennie Wood's Paper Planes book and Maxine Rae's Cold Girls

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Third Daughter (Betrayal Prophecies, #1) by Adrienne Tooley

9. The Third Daughter (Betrayal Prophecies, #1)

By: Adrienne Tooley

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping YA fantasy about legacy, betrayal, sisterhood, and politicizing emotion in the quest for… read more

Similar categories in Adrienne Tooley's The Third Daughter (Betrayal Prophecies, #1) book and Maxine Rae's Cold Girls

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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10. Forget Me Not

By: Alyson Derrick

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A romantic ode to the strength of love and the power of choosing each other, against odds and obsta… read more

Similar categories in Alyson Derrick's Forget Me Not book and Maxine Rae's Cold Girls

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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11. We Got the Beat

By: Jenna Miller

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Jordan Elliot is a fat, nerdy lesbian, and the first junior to be named editor-in-chief of the scho… read more

Similar categories in Jenna Miller's We Got the Beat book and Maxine Rae's Cold Girls

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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12. If Tomorrow Doesn't Come

By: Jen St. Jude

4.19

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

We Are Okay meets They Both Die at the End in this YA debut about queer first love and mental healt… read more

Similar categories in Jen St. Jude's If Tomorrow Doesn't Come book and Maxine Rae's Cold Girls

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"There's nothing to know." Except I'm in love with you, I can never tell you that, and I know you'll be happier without me."

-Jen St. Jude, If Tomorrow Doesn't Come

"We were never just friends, were we?’ I tried to remember. Had there ever been a time when my heart didn’t race around her? When my hands weren’t drawn to her hands? When fighting with her didn’t fee…"

-Jen St. Jude, If Tomorrow Doesn't Come

"If I was drowning on land, in oxygen, maybe the floor of the river was the only place I’d be able to breathe. [...] I thought, again, I’m so tired. I’m such a disappointment. I don’t want to do this …"

-Jen St. Jude, If Tomorrow Doesn't Come

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13. Godly Heathens (The Ouroboros, #1)

By: H.E. Edgmon

3.85

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Infatuation. Reincarnation. Damnation. Gem Echols is a nonbinary Seminole teen living in the tin… read more

Similar categories in H.E. Edgmon's Godly Heathens (The Ouroboros, #1) book and Maxine Rae's Cold Girls

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"We are not just gods walking around steering human bodies. We are also humans housing the souls of gods. Okay? And if it really matters that the Mountain is never a colonizer'--I brush my thumb again…"

-H.E. Edgmon, Godly Heathens (The Ouroboros, #1)

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14. Thirsty

By: Jas Hammonds

4.16

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

It’s the summer before college and eighteen-year-old Blake Brenner and her girlfriend, Ella, have o… read more

Similar categories in Jas Hammonds's Thirsty book and Maxine Rae's Cold Girls

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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15. Cold Girls

By: Maxine Rae

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Eighteen-year-old Rory Quinn-Morelli doesn’t want to die; she wants refuge from reality for even a … read more

Similar categories in Maxine Rae's Cold Girls book and Maxine Rae's Cold Girls

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"My whole body is made up of apologies, though. Apologies for getting in the way, for taking too long, for not responding."

-Maxine Rae, Cold Girls

Cover of Playing for Keeps by Jennifer Dugan

16. 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 Maxine Rae's Cold Girls

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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17. 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 Maxine Rae's Cold Girls

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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18. Everyone's Thinking It

By: Aleema Omotoni

3.82

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Mean Girls meets Dear White People in this big-hearted, sharp-witted UK boarding school story about… read more

Similar categories in Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It book and Maxine Rae's Cold Girls

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay by Dale Walls

19. The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay

By: Dale Walls

3.73

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Queer Love. Something Dawn wants, desperately, but does not have. But maybe, if she can capture it,… read more

Similar categories in Dale Walls's The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay book and Maxine Rae's Cold Girls

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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20. This Is Me Trying

By: Racquel Marie

4.20

Format: None pages, None

Perfect for fans of Nina LaCour, This is Me Trying is a profound and tender YA contemporary novel e… read more

Similar categories in Racquel Marie's This Is Me Trying book and Maxine Rae's Cold Girls

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Love and Other Wicked Things by Philline Harms

21. Love and Other Wicked Things

By: Philline Harms

4.06

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

Sometimes love is the strongest magic of all Nineteen-year-old Rhia Greenbrook has lived in the… read more

Similar categories in Philline Harms's Love and Other Wicked Things book and Maxine Rae's Cold Girls

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"We might forget their voices or the exact shade of their eyes, but never the important things. Never the love."

-Philline Harms, Love and Other Wicked Things

"We might forget their voices or the exact shade of their eyes, but never the important things. Never the love."

-Philline Harms, Love and Other Wicked Things

"Valerie’s lips attempted to quirk into a smile. “What, did you forget to cast a circle? Are you haunted now as well?"

-Philline Harms, Love and Other Wicked Things

"Magic is like a flame—it isn’t dangerous in itself unless you put it near something flammable. Your emotions are an oil spill, Rhiannon."

-Philline Harms, Love and Other Wicked Things

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Victoria Wlosok

3.65

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Ann Zhao

4.01

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Wren Martin Ruins It All

Amanda DeWitt

4.25

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Brianna R. Shrum

4.03

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Sonora Reyes

4.24

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Ann Zhao

4.01

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Amanda DeWitt

4.25

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Ray Stoeve

3.42

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