8 best-selling queer books like Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore

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Blanca & Roja

By: Anna-Marie McLemore

3.76

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

The del Cisne girls have never just been sisters; they're also rivals, Blanca as obedient and grace…

"The way you look at me, do you mean it?"

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Blanca & Roja

"The way you look at me, do you mean it?"

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Blanca & Roja

"The way you look at me, do you mean it?"

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Blanca & Roja

"The biggest lie of all is the story you think you already know."

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Blanca & Roja

If you liked the queer plot in Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Maid-sama! Vol. 03 (Maid-sama! #3)

By: Hiro Fujiwara

4.03

Format: 96 pages,

It's Seika High's Sports Day Festival! The Idiot Trio have just completed a fancy, custom-made maid… read more

Similar categories in Hiro Fujiwara's Maid-sama! Vol. 03 (Maid-sama! #3) book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Blanca & Roja

  • romance
  • young adult
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2. When I Was the Greatest

By: Jason Reynolds

4.20

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In Bed Stuy, New York, a small misunderstanding can escalate into having a price on your head--even… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's When I Was the Greatest book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Blanca & Roja

  • fiction
  • young adult
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3. Maid-sama! Vol. 02 (Maid-sama! #2)

By: Hiro Fujiwara

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

Misaki Ayuzawa is the President of the Student Council at Seika High School, formerly an all-boys s… read more

Similar categories in Hiro Fujiwara's Maid-sama! Vol. 02 (Maid-sama! #2) book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Blanca & Roja

  • romance
  • young adult

4. Burning Midnight

By: Will McIntosh

1.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old David Sullivan's life is about to change--all because of one tiny, priceless ite… read more

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5. The Schwa Was Here (Antsy Bonano, #1)

By: Neal Shusterman

3.80

Format: 25 pages, Paperback

The Schwa They say if you stare at him long enough, you can see what's written on the wall behind h… read more

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6. Maid-sama! Vol. 04 (Maid-sama! #4)

By: Hiro Fujiwara

4.17

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

The rogue hypnotist strikes again! Post-hypnosis, if Misaki sleeps, she will wake up hating Usui! W… read more

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7. Damsel

By: Elana K. Arnold

3.31

Format: 320 pages, ebook

The rite has existed for as long as anyone can remember: when the prince-who-will-be-king comes of … read more

Similar categories in Elana K. Arnold's Damsel book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Blanca & Roja

  • fairy tales
  • retellings
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Without you," Ama said, "I would be free."

-Elana K. Arnold, Damsel

"Secrets, like memories, do not disappear just because they are buried by snow or time or distance."

-Elana K. Arnold, Damsel

"And that is the way it has always been," the queen mother said again. "And if something is the way it has always been, who are we to wish it otherwise? Who are we to want anything at all? Who are we …"

-Elana K. Arnold, Damsel

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8. The New Recruit 2 (The New Recruit, #2)

By: Moscareto

4.16

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

I'm dating my super strict boss! After spending his 20s getting over a crush, Seunghyun vowed to… read more

Similar categories in Moscareto's The New Recruit 2 (The New Recruit, #2) book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Blanca & Roja

  • romance
  • queer
  • lgbt
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9. Victories Greater Than Death (Unstoppable #1)

By: Charlie Jane Anders

3.49

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Tina never worries about being ‘ordinary’—she doesn’t have to, since she’s known practically foreve… read more

Similar categories in Charlie Jane Anders's Victories Greater Than Death (Unstoppable #1) book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Blanca & Roja

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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10. Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love

By: Elsie Chapman

3.70

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

A stunning collection of short stories about the intersection of family, culture, and food in the l… read more

Similar categories in Elsie Chapman's Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Blanca & Roja

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
"Like candy and heartbreak, moderation was key."

-Elsie Chapman, Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love

"Oh wow. Bliss. The adobo was perfectly calibrated between my two favorite flavor juxtapositions: sweet and tangy. And the shrimp: practically dissolving in my mouth."

-Elsie Chapman, Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love

"I wonder, just for a second, how it will taste on Gael's tongue, the cinnamon and chile en polvo laced into our vanilla cake, the spice a little like what he adds to his family's tamales."

-Elsie Chapman, Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love

"The smell of khoresht e gheihmeh immediately hit my nostrils: The combination of tomato paste, dried limes, cubes of lamb, turmeric, cumin, cinnamon, and split yellow lentils all hung sweetly in the …"

-Elsie Chapman, Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love

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11. Most Ardently

By: Gabe Cole Novoa

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A trans boy searches for a future―and a romance―in which he can live and love openly as himself in … read more

Similar categories in Gabe Cole Novoa's Most Ardently book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Blanca & Roja

  • romance
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"I love you, Oliver," Darcy said, "Most ardently."

-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

"We're permitted to bring a guest,' Darcy said. 'We could bring a guest every week if we wanted to. I'd be happy to make you mine.' Oliver arched an eyebrow. Darcy's face flushed pink. 'My... guest. T…"

-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

"Just the notion of being able to spend multiple days as himself made Oliver feel lighter. He finished his tea and stood, the heaviness of his argument with his mother melting away at the prospect of …"

-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

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12. A Touch of Gold (A Touch of Gold, #1)

By: Annie Sullivan

3.57

Format: 311 pages, Hardcover

Gold is wealth Wealth is power Power is a curse After King Midas's gift—or curse—almost killed… read more

Similar categories in Annie Sullivan's A Touch of Gold (A Touch of Gold, #1) book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Blanca & Roja

  • romance
  • retellings
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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13. Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix (Remixed Classics)

By: Aminah Mae Safi

3.89

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works thr… read more

Similar categories in Aminah Mae Safi's Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix (Remixed Classics) book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Blanca & Roja

  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"A smile tugs at my lips. I know if anyone can best the queen of Jerusalem, it is I."

-Aminah Mae Safi, Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix (Remixed Classics)

"A smile tugs at my lips. I know if anyone can best the queen of Jerusalem, it is I. I know if anyone can take the things she cares for, it is I. For I am Rahma al-Hud - the Green Hood - and there's a…"

-Aminah Mae Safi, Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix (Remixed Classics)

"A smile tugs at my lips. I know if anyone can best the queen of Jerusalem, it is I. I know if anyone can take the things she cares for, it is I. For I am Rahma al-Hud -- the Green Hood -- and there's…"

-Aminah Mae Safi, Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix (Remixed Classics)

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14. Faith: Taking Flight (Faith Herbert Origin Story, #1)

By: Julie Murphy

3.56

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin', comes the first in a two-book … read more

Similar categories in Julie Murphy's Faith: Taking Flight (Faith Herbert Origin Story, #1) book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Blanca & Roja

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore

15. Blanca & Roja

By: Anna-Marie McLemore

3.76

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

The del Cisne girls have never just been sisters; they're also rivals, Blanca as obedient and grace… read more

Similar categories in Anna-Marie McLemore's Blanca & Roja book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Blanca & Roja

  • romance
  • fairy tales
  • retellings
  • magical realism
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"The way you look at me, do you mean it?"

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Blanca & Roja

"The biggest lie of all is the story you think you already know."

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Blanca & Roja

"In the dark, my sister glowed, but in the dark, I was the dark itself. Blanca, bright and fair Blanca, was the moon and all its stars. I was just her background to shimmer against."

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Blanca & Roja

"That I was a boy, but it was not as simple as me wanting to be called he. That I liked being called he and him. But that I would've liked being called she and her sometimes, too, if it didn't let eve…"

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Blanca & Roja

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16. Something More

By: Jackie Khalilieh

4.06

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A contemporary teen romance novel featuring a Palestinian-Canadian girl trying to hide her autism d… read more

Similar categories in Jackie Khalilieh's Something More book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Blanca & Roja

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"No matter how far I've come and no matter how hard I try, beneath the mask will always be a girl who's afraid of being left behind."

-Jackie Khalilieh, Something More

"Maybe if people can get past the things that make me different on the outside, then they might try to get to know the real me. And maybe I’ll let them."

-Jackie Khalilieh, Something More

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17. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

By: P. Djèlí Clark

4.05

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats. Nor do they have tails. But they are most assuredly… read more

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's The Dead Cat Tail Assassins book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Blanca & Roja

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby

18. Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All

By: Laura Ruby

3.86

Format: 384 pages, ebook

The unforgettable story of two young women—one living, one dead—dealing with loss, desire, and the … read more

Similar categories in Laura Ruby's Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Blanca & Roja

  • fiction
  • magical realism
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Girls were punished so hard for their love, so hard, hard enough to break them."

-Laura Ruby, Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All

"No one is ever ready for something like this. You don't do it because you're ready. You do it because you're weary. And I am weary. I have been weary for too long."

-Laura Ruby, Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All

"She flew higher and higher into the plush and generous darkness, the long forgiving night, until she slipped through a star, a doorway, and heaven welcomed her in."

-Laura Ruby, Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All

"Frankie didn't know that the boys opened every letter, any letter, as if it were a dispatch from another world, a kinder one, a pleasant dream they'd once had when they were young. She didn't know th…"

-Laura Ruby, Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All

Cover of Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1) by Tara Sim

19. Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)

By: Tara Sim

3.55

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

When Amaya rescues a mysterious stranger from drowning, she fears her rash actions have earned her … read more

Similar categories in Tara Sim's Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1) book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Blanca & Roja

  • romance
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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20. When All the Girls Are Sleeping

By: Emily Arsenault

3.74

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

For fans of People Like Us and The Cheerleaders comes an all new psychological suspense novel about… read more

Similar categories in Emily Arsenault's When All the Girls Are Sleeping book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Blanca & Roja

  • fiction
  • young adult
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21. Silver in the Mist

By: Emily Victoria

3.73

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

"A fast-paced fantasy for fans of complicated families, lush magic, and beautiful friendships." — L… read more

Similar categories in Emily Victoria's Silver in the Mist book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Blanca & Roja

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer

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