21 Best lgbt books like The Gulf by Rachel Cochran

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The Gulf

By: Rachel Cochran

3.45

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this electrifying debut literary thriller, set on the gulf coast of Texas in the 1970s at the he…

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1. The Catch (Joe Gunther #19)

By: Archer Mayor

3.50

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

Joe Gunther, a policeman for most of his adult life, gets the call that every cop hates: A fellow o… read more

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2. At Her Service (Out in Hollywood, #2)

By: Amy Spalding

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Fans of Casey McQuiston, Alexis Hall, and Meryl Wilsner will fall for this sweetly sexy, gloriously… read more

Similar categories in Amy Spalding's At Her Service (Out in Hollywood, #2) book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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3. Perfume & Pain

By: Anna Dorn

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A controversial Los Angeles author attempts to revive her career and finally find true love in this… read more

Similar categories in Anna Dorn's Perfume & Pain book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"I sit down wanting to write the great lesbian love story, but wacko bitches just keep coming out."

-Anna Dorn, Perfume & Pain

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4. Lush Lives

By: J. Vanessa Lyon

3.26

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

With beguiling wit and undeniable passion, Lush Lives is a deliciously queer and sexy novel about b… read more

Similar categories in J. Vanessa Lyon's Lush Lives book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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5. Two is a Pattern

By: Emily Waters

4.18

Format: 235 pages, Paperback

A charged lesbian romantic suspense set in the early nineties, with gripping twists, turns, and sur… read more

Similar categories in Emily Waters's Two is a Pattern book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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6. We Were the Universe

By: Kimberly King Parsons

3.68

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A young mother, in denial after the death of her sister, navigates the dizzying landscapes of desir… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly King Parsons's We Were the Universe book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • queer
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"It’s an unusual question, though not as unusual as you might think amongst women who have had children. Once you’ve been slit open by a surgeon or taken a shit in a birthing tub, a whole glittering w…"

-Kimberly King Parsons, We Were the Universe

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7. The Medicine Woman of Galveston

By: Amanda Skenandore

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Caught in the great Galveston Hurricane of 1900, a female doctor who’s joined a traveling medicine … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. The Hurricane Blonde

By: Halley Sutton

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A former child starlet is plunged back into the dangerous glitter of Hollywood after discovering a … read more

Similar categories in Halley Sutton's The Hurricane Blonde book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. Have You Seen This Girl

By: Nita Tyndall

3.64

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Fans of Courtney Summers and Tess Sharpe will devour this standalone YA thriller following a nonbin… read more

Similar categories in Nita Tyndall's Have You Seen This Girl book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
Cover of Murder Crossed Her Mind (Pentecost and Parker, #4) by Stephen Spotswood

10. Murder Crossed Her Mind (Pentecost and Parker, #4)

By: Stephen Spotswood

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The latest action-packed installment in the Nero Award-winning Pentecost & Parker Mystery series fo… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Spotswood's Murder Crossed Her Mind (Pentecost and Parker, #4) book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
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11. A Sweet Sting of Salt

By: Rose Sutherland

3.88

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Once a young woman uncovers a dark secret about her neighbor and his mysterious new wife, she’ll ha… read more

Similar categories in Rose Sutherland's A Sweet Sting of Salt book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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12. Original Sins (Riley Fisher, #2)

By: Erin Young

3.85

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In a brilliant and addictive thriller for fans of Tana French and Liz Moore, FBI rookie Riley Fishe… read more

Similar categories in Erin Young's Original Sins (Riley Fisher, #2) book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. The Titanic Survivors Book Club

By: Timothy Schaffert

3.19

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

A remarkable tale about the life-changing power of books, following the Titanic librarian whose sur… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Schaffert's The Titanic Survivors Book Club book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"I would happily spend every minute of my future hearing about every minute of his past."

-Timothy Schaffert, The Titanic Survivors Book Club

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14. Vengeance Planning for Amateurs

By: Lee Winter

4.51

Format: 328 pages, ebook

An offbeat lesbian romantic comedy starring penguins, plotting, and payback. Muffin maker Olivia… read more

Similar categories in Lee Winter's Vengeance Planning for Amateurs book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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15. Njuta: Enjoy, Delight In: The Swedish Art of Savoring the Moment

By: Niki Brantmark

3.57

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

Do you aspire to live a more peaceful, intentional life of mindfulness, positivity, and gratitude? … read more

Similar categories in Niki Brantmark's Njuta: Enjoy, Delight In: The Swedish Art of Savoring the Moment book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • audiobook
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16. The Eden Test

By: Adam Sternbergh

3.40

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From Edgar Award-finalist Adam Sternbergh, an electrifying domestic suspense novel for fans of The … read more

Similar categories in Adam Sternbergh's The Eden Test book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. Mrs. S

By: K. Patrick

3.63

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

A sublime and sensual debut novel exploring the nature of queer love and attraction, the transforma… read more

Similar categories in K. Patrick's Mrs. S book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"I live in hope it is her, I live in fear it is her, it is never her."

-K. Patrick, Mrs. S

Cover of Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens

18. Lucky Red

By: Claudia Cravens

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The heart wants what it wants. Saddle up, ride out, and claim it. A vibrant and cinematic debut… read more

Similar categories in Claudia Cravens's Lucky Red book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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19. Idlewild

By: James Frankie Thomas

4.14

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

James Frankie Thomas’s Idlewild is a darkly funny story of two adults looking back on their intense… read more

Similar categories in James Frankie Thomas's Idlewild book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"What we mean to say, but what Ms Spider is not equipped to understand, is that Iago is gay in the way that all the best fictional murderers are gay. Norman Bates, Tom Ripely, The titular Third Man, a…"

-James Frankie Thomas, Idlewild

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20. Rainbow Black

By: Maggie Thrash

3.96

Format: 404 pages, Paperback

Rainbow Black is part murder mystery, part gay international-fugitive love story—set against the ’9… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Thrash's Rainbow Black book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • lesbian
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • queer
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21. No Shelter But the Stars

By: Virginia Black

4.51

Format: 305 pages, Paperback

Virginia Black's No Shelter But The Stars is the space opera you've been waiting for―packed with wa… read more

Similar categories in Virginia Black's No Shelter But the Stars book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • lesbian
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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22. Disorderly Men

By: Edward Cahill

4.29

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Three gay men in pre-Stonewall NYC find their fates thrown together in the police raid of a Village… read more

Similar categories in Edward Cahill's Disorderly Men book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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23. The Gulf

By: Rachel Cochran

3.45

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this electrifying debut literary thriller, set on the gulf coast of Texas in the 1970s at the he… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Cochran's The Gulf book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • lesbian
  • mystery thriller
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • queer
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24. Plastic

By: Scott Guild

3.57

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"A stunningly brilliant novel. One of those books that will follow you around, into your dreams and… read more

Similar categories in Scott Guild's Plastic book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Erin slips a hand inside his hair, watching the strands of nylon sift through her fingers."

-Scott Guild, Plastic

"You know,' he told me, 'I glad I get chance live. That the main thing -- that you get chance. Love a few good people, see this gorgeous planet."

-Scott Guild, Plastic

"Men! All their life, obsessed their dick—what get it hard, what lube it like, what condom feel best sex. Even buy magnet make bigger. But read manual? No, never. That way too tough."

-Scott Guild, Plastic

Cover of The Good Ones by Polly Stewart

25. The Good Ones

By: Polly Stewart

3.19

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

An engrossing work of literary suspense that illuminates the push and pull of female friendship and… read more

Similar categories in Polly Stewart's The Good Ones book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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26. The Z Word

By: Lindsay King-Miller

3.48

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

“Sexy, scathing, delightful, and intimately devastating.”—Gretchen Felker-Martin, author of Manhunt… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay King-Miller's The Z Word book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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27. I Want You More

By: Swan Huntley

3.57

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When ghostwriter Zara falls for her celebrity chef client, Jane Bailey, she starts to see the side … read more

Similar categories in Swan Huntley's I Want You More book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • lesbian
  • mystery thriller
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
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28. The Disenchantment

By: Celia Bell

3.36

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This radiant and thrilling debut follows a passionate love affair between two noblewomen who wish t… read more

Similar categories in Celia Bell's The Disenchantment book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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29. Holy City

By: Henry Wise

3.60

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

“Holy City is an amazing piece of work. A Southern novel that examines the pathos and ethos of smal… read more

Similar categories in Henry Wise's Holy City book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Everyone I Kissed Since You Got Famous by Mae Marvel

30. Everyone I Kissed Since You Got Famous

By: Mae Marvel

3.64

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

An actress home for the holidays makes a bet with her former best friend-turned-online sensation. … read more

Similar categories in Mae Marvel's Everyone I Kissed Since You Got Famous book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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31. Mystery Lights

By: Lena Valencia

3.71

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Set against the stark background of the Southwestern desert, Lena Valencia’s Mystery Lights glows w… read more

Similar categories in Lena Valencia's Mystery Lights book and Rachel Cochran's The Gulf

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook

29 must-read fiction books like The Gulf by Rachel Cochran

Transform Your Habits

At Her Service (Out in Hollywood, #2)

Amy Spalding

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Perfume & Pain

Anna Dorn

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Lush Lives

J. Vanessa Lyon

3.26

Transform Your Habits

Two is a Pattern

Emily Waters

4.18

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21 must-read fiction books like The Good Ones by Polly Stewart

Transform Your Habits

Before She Finds Me

Heather Chavez

3.82

Transform Your Habits

The New Couple in 5B

Lisa Unger

3.63

Transform Your Habits

What the Neighbors Saw

Melissa Adelman

3.35

Transform Your Habits

Beware the Woman

Megan Abbott

3.29

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