10 best-selling lesbian books like Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal by Anna Whateley

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Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

By: Anna Whateley

4.09

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

At sixteen, neurodivergent Peta Lyre is the success story of social training. That is, until she fi…

"Nothing escapes my alphabet powers. It’s exhausting."

-Anna Whateley, Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

"Nothing escapes my alphabet powers. It’s exhausting."

-Anna Whateley, Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

"Apparently, letters mean you should change. I need to learn a lot of rules instead of going to the park. I like rules. I don't like talking about rules."

-Anna Whateley, Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

"Apparently, letters mean you should change. I need to learn a lot of rules instead of going to the park. I like rules. I don't like talking about rules."

-Anna Whateley, Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

If you liked the lesbian plot in Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal by Anna Whateley , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. A Quiet Kind of Thunder

By: Sara Barnard

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

Steffi doesn't talk, but she has so much to say. Rhys can't hear, but he can listen. Their love isn… read more

Similar categories in Sara Barnard's A Quiet Kind of Thunder book and Anna Whateley's Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

  • romance
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
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2. Queens of Geek

By: Jen Wilde

3.53

Format: 39 pages, Paperback

Three friends, two love stories, one convention: this fun, feminist love letter to geek culture is … read more

Similar categories in Jen Wilde's Queens of Geek book and Anna Whateley's Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer

3. Amelia Westlake

By: Erin Gough

4.45

Format: None pages, Paperback

From Ampersand Prize-winning author Erin Gough comes this ferociously funny romp through the halls … read more

Similar categories in Erin Gough's Amelia Westlake book and Anna Whateley's Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

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4. The Luis Ortega Survival Club

By: Sonora Reyes

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School comes a story in the vein of… read more

Similar categories in Sonora Reyes's The Luis Ortega Survival Club book and Anna Whateley's Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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5. 6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]

By: Tess Sharpe

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Six moments lead us to two girls, one kiss, and three little words that were maybe always true in t… read more

Similar categories in Tess Sharpe's 6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did] book and Anna Whateley's Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I'm sorry you had to put all your feelings to the side so you could help me." "I'm not," she says fiercely. "I can, in fact, be mad at you and help you at the same time. It's called being emotionally…"

-Tess Sharpe, 6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]

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6. They Hate Each Other

By: Amanda Woody

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Jonah and Dylan get along like oil and water. Until a fake dating ploy gives them new perspective, … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Woody's They Hate Each Other book and Anna Whateley's Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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7. 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

Similar categories in Jake Maia Arlow's How to Excavate a Heart book and Anna Whateley's Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • 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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8. She Gets the Girl

By: Rachael Lippincott

4.11

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

She’s All That meets What If It’s Us in this swoon-worthy hate-to-love YA romantic comedy from #1 N… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Lippincott's She Gets the Girl book and Anna Whateley's Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Money's not as important as doing what you love."

-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl

"That's how I knew you were lying that night. I know the real you. Just like you know the real me."

-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl

"There's something reassuring in books and stories older than you are. Still talked about long after they've been written and long after their writers die. When the world around you is on fire, there'…"

-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl

"And… all at once I see the truth. She never wanted to listen to me. Never was really there for me. She just wanted to control me. This isn’t love. The fighting. The lack of trust. Feeling like I’m wa…"

-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl

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9. The Midnight Girls

By: Alicia Jasinska

3.79

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

The Wicked Deep meets House of Salt and Sorrows in this new standalone YA fantasy set in a snow-clo… read more

Similar categories in Alicia Jasinska's The Midnight Girls book and Anna Whateley's Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"You don’t notice the bars of the cage,"

-Alicia Jasinska, The Midnight Girls

"Where would you even go if you were free?"

-Alicia Jasinska, The Midnight Girls

"I’ve tasted freedom. I’ve tasted hearts and it’s changed me."

-Alicia Jasinska, The Midnight Girls

"It is not a fairy tale. And monsters like us don’t get happy endings."

-Alicia Jasinska, The Midnight Girls

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10. Ready When You Are

By: Gary Lonesborough

4.20

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable YA love story between two Aboriginal boys -- one who doesn’t want to accept he’s gay, … read more

Similar categories in Gary Lonesborough's Ready When You Are book and Anna Whateley's Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Go to your elders. You should ask them about your country and your totem. Because that is your identity. A blackfella with no identity is a lost blackfella. He don't know where he belongs."

-Gary Lonesborough, Ready When You Are

Cover of If Tomorrow Doesn't Come by Jen St. Jude

11. 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 Anna Whateley's Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

  • 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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12. Ophelia After All

By: Racquel Marie

4.06

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A teen girl navigates friendship drama, the end of high school, and discovering her queerness in Op… read more

Similar categories in Racquel Marie's Ophelia After All book and Anna Whateley's Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"HAMLET MAY HAVE BEEN A TRAGEDY. BUT OPHELIA DESERVED A COMEDY"

-Racquel Marie, Ophelia After All

"It's been hard and messy and scary. I want you guys to care about it and what it changes for me, but without it changing us."

-Racquel Marie, Ophelia After All

"But I don’t think the truest love is deemed so because it’s the most painful. Waiting for someone to love you back seems beautiful in a miserable way when you’re young. No offense."

-Racquel Marie, Ophelia After All

"I may doubt the truths of the world, but never again will I doubt whether or not the person that I am, or may be, is loved or worthy of love. I know myself, and I don't. Both can be true."

-Racquel Marie, Ophelia After All

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13. Anything But Fine

By: Tobias Madden

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Luca is ready to audition for the Australian Ballet School. All it takes to crush his dreams is one… read more

Similar categories in Tobias Madden's Anything But Fine book and Anna Whateley's Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"What is it about hot jocks being dorky that is so impossible to resist?"

-Tobias Madden, Anything But Fine

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14. Unnecessary Drama

By: Nina Kenwood

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the award-winning author of It Sounded Better in My Head comes a deliciously entertaining enem… read more

Similar categories in Nina Kenwood's Unnecessary Drama book and Anna Whateley's Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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15. Henry Hamlet's Heart

By: Rhiannon Wilde

4.15

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

A sparkling queer YA romance set in Brisbane, Henry Hamlet’s Heart follows one guy and his sometime… read more

Similar categories in Rhiannon Wilde's Henry Hamlet's Heart book and Anna Whateley's Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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16. Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

By: Anna Whateley

4.09

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

At sixteen, neurodivergent Peta Lyre is the success story of social training. That is, until she fi… read more

Similar categories in Anna Whateley's Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal book and Anna Whateley's Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
  • queer
"Nothing escapes my alphabet powers. It’s exhausting."

-Anna Whateley, Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

"Apparently, letters mean you should change. I need to learn a lot of rules instead of going to the park. I like rules. I don't like talking about rules."

-Anna Whateley, Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

"My heart beats too loudly at the change in plans. Changes happen sometimes; they aren’t always a bad thing. I grip my coffee cup and wriggle my toes. I can do this, the coffee says; of course you can…"

-Anna Whateley, Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

"Once, in the morning, I decided I would be a biologist, and spent hours in the library studying, preparing for my amazing career. I told the librarian, who still smiles at me. She must think I will g…"

-Anna Whateley, Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

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17. Love Frankie

By: Jacqueline Wilson

3.89

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

GROWING UP. FALLING IN LOVE. COMING OUT. Frankie is nearly fourteen and teenage life certainly c… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Wilson's Love Frankie book and Anna Whateley's Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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18. Social Queue

By: Kay Kerr

3.99

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

'I thought I was nobody’s teen crush, but turns out I was just missing the signs.' Zoe Kelly is … read more

Similar categories in Kay Kerr's Social Queue book and Anna Whateley's Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

  • romance
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
"It bothers me how people need the truth to be sugar-coated to be palatable. And that it's my job to remember the sugar."

-Kay Kerr, Social Queue

"I’ve been trying to motivate myself to have a shower for the last forty-five minutes, but so far all I’ve managed to do is get my underwear out of the drawer and lie back down on the bed. Having a sh…"

-Kay Kerr, Social Queue

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19. Please Don't Hug Me

By: Kay Kerr

4.00

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A funny-serious own-voices story about what happens when you stop trying to be the person other peo… read more

Similar categories in Kay Kerr's Please Don't Hug Me book and Anna Whateley's Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
Cover of Euphoria Kids by Alison   Evans

20. Euphoria Kids

By: Alison Evans

4.20

Format: 247 pages, Paperback

Ever since the witch cursed Babs, she turns invisible sometimes. She has her mum and her dog, but t… read more

Similar categories in Alison Evans's Euphoria Kids book and Anna Whateley's Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of True Love and Other Impossible Odds by Christina  Li

21. True Love and Other Impossible Odds

By: Christina Li

4.18

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Pitched as Nina LaCour meets The Half of It, the story follows a first-year college student Grace T… read more

Similar categories in Christina Li's True Love and Other Impossible Odds book and Anna Whateley's Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer

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Transform Your Habits

A Quiet Kind of Thunder

Sara Barnard

4.06

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Jen Wilde

3.53

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Sonora Reyes

4.24

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4.02

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