10 must-read historical books like The Boy in the Red Dress by Kristin Lambert

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The Boy in the Red Dress

By: Kristin Lambert

3.81

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue meets Miss Fisher's Murder Mystery in this rollicking romp o…

"I'd never known freedom could feel so hollow"

-Kristin Lambert, The Boy in the Red Dress

If you liked the historical plot in The Boy in the Red Dress by Kristin Lambert , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out

By: Susan Kuklin

3.80

Format: 182 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking work of LGBT literature takes an honest look at the life, love, and struggles of t… read more

Similar categories in Susan Kuklin's Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out book and Kristin Lambert's The Boy in the Red Dress

  • lgbt
  • queer
"But when you hear the same stories over and over again, from people from all over the world, you start realizing that transgender is not an anomaly. It’s a part of the spectrum of people’s realities.…"

-Susan Kuklin, Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out

"SK: What causes a person to be transgender? MS: I think the question should be flipped around: What’s the cause for assuming that one’s gender identity has to be the one that you are born with? When …"

-Susan Kuklin, Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out

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2. Hurricane Song

By: Paul Volponi

3.75

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Hurricane Katrina is raging and you are inside the Superdome! Miles has only lived in New Orleans w… read more

Similar categories in Paul Volponi's Hurricane Song book and Kristin Lambert's The Boy in the Red Dress

  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook

3. Not Without Laughter

By: Langston Hughes , Maya Angelou

4.19

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

Although best known as a poet and pioneer of the Harlem Renaissance movement, Langston Hughes prove… read more

Similar categories in Langston Hughes's Not Without Laughter book and Kristin Lambert's The Boy in the Red Dress

4. Tommy: The Gun That Changed America

By: Karen Blumenthal

3.66

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

John Taliaferro Thompson had a mission: to develop a lightweight, fast-firing weapon that would hel… read more

Similar categories in Karen Blumenthal's Tommy: The Gun That Changed America book and Kristin Lambert's The Boy in the Red Dress

5. Mask of Shadows (Untitled #1)

By: Linsey Miller

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

I Needed to Win. They Needed to Die. Sallot Leon is a thief, and a good one at that. But gender flu… read more

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6. Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

By: Lex Croucher

4.01

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Heartstopper meets A Knight’s Tale in this queer medieval rom-com YA debut about love, friendship, … read more

Similar categories in Lex Croucher's Gwen & Art Are Not in Love book and Kristin Lambert's The Boy in the Red Dress

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
"To be afraid you must have something you cannot bear to lose."

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

"You know fathers aren't always right just by virtue of being fathers."

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

"Not everybody lives for the triumphs and defeats, the epic highs and lows of the little black and white squares"

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

"The problem with compromise is that... you sit on the fence for so long that you discover you've built a kingdom on it."

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

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7. Fractured Tide

By: Leslie Lutz

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Lost meets Stranger Things in this eerie, immersive YA thriller, thrusting seventeen-year-old Sia i… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Lutz's Fractured Tide book and Kristin Lambert's The Boy in the Red Dress

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"You told me once the mind is an ocean, and most of us live on the surface. But the currents beneath, that’s what moves everything around. The currents make the boats shift position in the night, push…"

-Leslie Lutz, Fractured Tide

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8. Bump

By: Chiara Atik

3.45

Format: 66 pages, Paperback

2 men, 10 women A car mechanic on the verge of becoming a grandfather, a community of expectant … read more

Similar categories in Chiara Atik's Bump book and Kristin Lambert's The Boy in the Red Dress

  • audiobook
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9. The Absinthe Underground

By: Jamie Pacton

3.47

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Moulin Rouge meets Holly Black in a thrilling sapphic friends-to-lovers romantasy! For Sybil Cla… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Pacton's The Absinthe Underground book and Kristin Lambert's The Boy in the Red Dress

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
  • queer
Cover of The Boy in the Red Dress by Kristin Lambert

10. The Boy in the Red Dress

By: Kristin Lambert

3.81

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue meets Miss Fisher's Murder Mystery in this rollicking romp o… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Lambert's The Boy in the Red Dress book and Kristin Lambert's The Boy in the Red Dress

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • queer
"I'd never known freedom could feel so hollow"

-Kristin Lambert, The Boy in the Red Dress

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11. My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix (Remixed Classics)

By: Kalynn Bayron

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this gothic YA remix of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, a teen boy tries to discover the reason behind hi… read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix (Remixed Classics) book and Kristin Lambert's The Boy in the Red Dress

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
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12. The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin

By: Kip Wilson

3.92

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating historical novel about Hilde, an orphan who experiences Berlin on the cusp of World W… read more

Similar categories in Kip Wilson's The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin book and Kristin Lambert's The Boy in the Red Dress

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
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13. We Are Lost and Found

By: Helene Dunbar

3.74

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, heartbreaking, and uplifting story in the tradition of The Perks of Being a Wallflower … read more

Similar categories in Helene Dunbar's We Are Lost and Found book and Kristin Lambert's The Boy in the Red Dress

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
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14. The Getaway

By: Lamar Giles

3.74

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the funnest spot around . . . Jay is living his best life at Karloff Country, one of … read more

Similar categories in Lamar Giles's The Getaway book and Kristin Lambert's The Boy in the Red Dress

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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15. The Lantern's Ember

By: Colleen Houck

3.49

Format: 408 pages, ebook

Welcome to a world where nightmarish creatures reign supreme. Five hundred years ago, Jack made … read more

Similar categories in Colleen Houck's The Lantern's Ember book and Kristin Lambert's The Boy in the Red Dress

  • romance
  • young adult
"Ember,"

-Colleen Houck, The Lantern's Ember

"Yegor,"

-Colleen Houck, The Lantern's Ember

"All I ask,"

-Colleen Houck, The Lantern's Ember

"In my experience,"

-Colleen Houck, The Lantern's Ember

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16. Red Hood

By: Elana K. Arnold

3.45

Format: 368 pages, ebook

You are alone in the woods, seen only by the unblinking yellow moon. Your hands are empty. You are … read more

Similar categories in Elana K. Arnold's Red Hood book and Kristin Lambert's The Boy in the Red Dress

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner by Marissa Moss

17. The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner

By: Marissa Moss

4.13

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

The gripping story of Lise Meitner, the physicist who discovered nuclear fission As a female Jew… read more

Similar categories in Marissa Moss's The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner book and Kristin Lambert's The Boy in the Red Dress

  • historical
  • audiobook
"Life need not be easy, provided only that it is not empty." (Lise Meitner)"

-Marissa Moss, The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner

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18. Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party

By: Jetta Grace Martin

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Booklist Editors’ Choice WINNER of the Russell Freedman Award for Non-Fiction for a Better World … read more

Similar categories in Jetta Grace Martin's Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party book and Kristin Lambert's The Boy in the Red Dress

  • historical
  • audiobook
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19. The Truth About White Lies

By: Olivia A. Cole

3.34

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

For fans of I'm Not Dying with You Tonight, this gripping YA novel digs into the historical and pre… read more

Similar categories in Olivia A. Cole's The Truth About White Lies book and Kristin Lambert's The Boy in the Red Dress

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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20. This Rebel Heart

By: Katherine Locke

3.73

Format: 433 pages, Hardcover

A tale set amid the 1956 Hungarian revolution in post-WWII Communist Budapest. In the middle of … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Locke's This Rebel Heart book and Kristin Lambert's The Boy in the Red Dress

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
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21. Muted

By: Tami Charles

4.05

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A ripped-from-the-headlines novel of ambition, music, and innocence lost, perfect for fans of Eliza… read more

Similar categories in Tami Charles's Muted book and Kristin Lambert's The Boy in the Red Dress

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt

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