17 must-read lgbt books like Sasha Masha by Agnes Borinsky

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Sasha Masha

By: Agnes Borinsky

3.83

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Transgender author Agnes Borinsky deftly explores gender identity and queer romance in this heart-w…

"I feel like teenagers get a bad rap for changing things up all the time. We're fake or we're insincere or we're superficial. But if you do it to please yourself, what's insincere about that?"

-Agnes Borinsky, Sasha Masha

"I feel like teenagers get a bad rap for changing things up all the time. We're fake or we're insincere or we're superficial. But if you do it to please yourself, what's insincere about that?"

-Agnes Borinsky, Sasha Masha

"Real people are comfortable being themselves and don't have to think about what they want. They laugh out loud and they eat when they're hungry and they say what they're thinking no matter who is listening. And the paradox of it is the harder you try to be real, the deeper you know that you're not."

-Agnes Borinsky, Sasha Masha

"Real people are comfortable being themselves and don't have to think about what they want. They laugh out loud and they eat when they're hungry and they say what they're thinking no matter who is listening. And the paradox of it is the harder you try to be real, the deeper you know that you're not."

-Agnes Borinsky, Sasha Masha

If you liked the lgbt plot in Sasha Masha by Agnes Borinsky , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. Rainbow Boys (Rainbow Trilogy, #1)

By: Alex Sanchez

3.83

Format: 233 pages, Paperback

Navigating through an intolerant world and their own insecurities, three teenage boys find each oth… read more

Similar categories in Alex Sanchez's Rainbow Boys (Rainbow Trilogy, #1) book and Agnes Borinsky's Sasha Masha

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I know! It means when two boys are really happy ‘cause they love each other."

-Alex Sanchez, Rainbow Boys (Rainbow Trilogy, #1)

"Sometimes I look in the mirror and think I'm really good looking. Then other times I think my body's all wrong."

-Alex Sanchez, Rainbow Boys (Rainbow Trilogy, #1)

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2. Hurricane Child

By: Kacen Callender

3.79

Format: 214 pages, Hardcover

Caroline Murphy is a Hurricane Child. Being born during a hurricane is unlucky, and 12-year-old… read more

Similar categories in Kacen Callender's Hurricane Child book and Agnes Borinsky's Sasha Masha

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I thought the lights were the ghosts of those slaves coming for me because they were jealous that I'd been born free"

-Kacen Callender, Hurricane Child

"No one would ever say, "Come and join us, Caroline," so I would then spend the rest of the lunch period feeling sorry for myself and trying to remember that the lonely children like me are the ones w…"

-Kacen Callender, Hurricane Child

"There’s much more in this life to fear than just spirits, and if I let fear rule my every move, I will become nothing more than a little ghost child myself. I want to be brave. I want to live the lif…"

-Kacen Callender, Hurricane Child

"The idea of not being alone -- of having someone who sees me, same way I see the things that no one else can see, makes me feel like I'm real. Like I deserve to exist on this planet alongside everyon…"

-Kacen Callender, Hurricane Child

3. Princess Princess Ever After

By: Kay O'Neill

3.65

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

When the heroic princess Amira rescues the kind-hearted princess Sadie from her tower prison, neith… read more

Similar categories in Kay O'Neill's Princess Princess Ever After book and Agnes Borinsky's Sasha Masha

  • romance
  • queer
  • lgbt

4. Let's Talk About Love

By: Claire Kann

3.37

Format: 200 pages, ebook

Alice had her whole summer planned. Non-stop all-you-can-eat buffets while marathoning her favorite… read more

Similar categories in Claire Kann's Let's Talk About Love book and Agnes Borinsky's Sasha Masha

5. Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir

By: Kai Cheng Thom

1.75

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom is… read more

Similar categories in Kai Cheng Thom's Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir book and Agnes Borinsky's Sasha Masha

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6. None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary

By: Travis Alabanza

4.38

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

‘When you are someone that falls outside of categories in so many ways, a lot of things are said to… read more

Similar categories in Travis Alabanza's None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary book and Agnes Borinsky's Sasha Masha

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • transgender
  • queer
Cover of Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith

7. Stay Gold

By: Tobly McSmith

3.84

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

Debut author Tobly McSmith delivers a coming-of-age teen love story about a transgender boy who’s g… read more

Similar categories in Tobly McSmith's Stay Gold book and Agnes Borinsky's Sasha Masha

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"When you’re seen as different, it’s best to go with the flow, pick your battles, and plan the right times to push back."

-Tobly McSmith, Stay Gold

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8. 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 Agnes Borinsky's Sasha Masha

  • romance
  • 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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9. Les Filles de Salem : Comment nous avons condamné nos enfants

By: Thomas Gilbert

3.78

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

1692. Salem, en Nouvelle-Angleterre. Abigail, 17 ans, raconte l'histoire des sorcières de Salem don… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Gilbert's Les Filles de Salem : Comment nous avons condamné nos enfants book and Agnes Borinsky's Sasha Masha

  • fiction
Cover of Between Perfect and Real by Ray Stoeve

10. Between Perfect and Real

By: Ray Stoeve

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Ray Stoeve’s Between Perfect and Real is a moving YA debut about a trans boy finding his voice—and … read more

Similar categories in Ray Stoeve's Between Perfect and Real book and Agnes Borinsky's Sasha Masha

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Not that I hate my body. There are just parts of it that aren't what they should be."

-Ray Stoeve, Between Perfect and Real

"Burlesque involves stripping... It's also historically been a way of satirizing or commenting on politics, making people laugh, showing off your sexuality or your body- it's hella queer."

-Ray Stoeve, Between Perfect and Real

Cover of May the Best Man Win by Z.R. Ellor

11. May the Best Man Win

By: Z.R. Ellor

3.23

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

A trans boy enters a throw-down battle for the title of Homecoming King with the boy he dumped last… read more

Similar categories in Z.R. Ellor's May the Best Man Win book and Agnes Borinsky's Sasha Masha

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

12. The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

By: Sonora Reyes

4.27

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

A debut novel about a queer Mexican American girl navigating Catholic school, while falling in love… read more

Similar categories in Sonora Reyes's The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School book and Agnes Borinsky's Sasha Masha

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"…any way you engage with your own culture is authentic, because it’s yours."

-Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

"Let's just say there's not a lot of melanin over there. I could probably pay my tuition selling sunscreen between classes."

-Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

"I know I can't take all that shame away from him. But I can start by showing him how much I'm not ashamed. Not only am I not ashamed, I'm proud. I can't make him love himself. The closest I can get i…"

-Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

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13. Different for Boys

By: Patrick Ness

3.82

Format: 104 pages, Hardcover

Friendship, masculinity, sex—Anthony Stevenson has a lot of questions. Is it different for boys who… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Ness's Different for Boys book and Agnes Borinsky's Sasha Masha

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"We can't kiss. Because that would make us gay."

-Patrick Ness, Different for Boys

"Because nothing I did with Charlie ever once felt like that kiss with Jack."

-Patrick Ness, Different for Boys

"You know, the way teenage guys talk about sex, you'd think all of us were having it all the time, nonstop."

-Patrick Ness, Different for Boys

"Although doesn't really matter how many time you do it: you think it's going to make your life less lonely, but it never does."

-Patrick Ness, Different for Boys

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14. Man o' War

By: Cory McCarthy

4.39

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An achingly honest and frequently hilarious coming-of-age novel about an Arab American trans swimme… read more

Similar categories in Cory McCarthy's Man o' War book and Agnes Borinsky's Sasha Masha

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Not all trans people started out feeling like a different gender trapped in their skin. Some find themself a little at a time, a door inside that unlocks and reveals new doors, and new doors after th…"

-Cory McCarthy, Man o' War

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15. Both Can Be True

By: Jules Machias

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Two kids join forces to save a dog . . . but wind up saving each other. Ash is no stranger to fe… read more

Similar categories in Jules Machias's Both Can Be True book and Agnes Borinsky's Sasha Masha

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Gender nonbinary sounds so restrictive. Like your gender can either be binary or not binary. Which...is a binary"

-Jules Machias, Both Can Be True

"I finish tweaking my lyrics, then title the song 'Half-way Through the Crossfade.' I record myself playing it on the keyboard and singing it. It feels good. It feels right .I'm saying my truth, and I…"

-Jules Machias, Both Can Be True

"I want to be as laid-back about gender as they are. But I'm not laid-back at all, thanks to Dad. I'm Ashley or I'm Asher and that's that. While I'm switching, for that week or so, everything feels gr…"

-Jules Machias, Both Can Be True

Cover of Sasha Masha by Agnes Borinsky

16. Sasha Masha

By: Agnes Borinsky

3.83

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Transgender author Agnes Borinsky deftly explores gender identity and queer romance in this heart-w… read more

Similar categories in Agnes Borinsky's Sasha Masha book and Agnes Borinsky's Sasha Masha

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I feel like teenagers get a bad rap for changing things up all the time. We're fake or we're insincere or we're superficial. But if you do it to please yourself, what's insincere about that?"

-Agnes Borinsky, Sasha Masha

"Real people are comfortable being themselves and don't have to think about what they want. They laugh out loud and they eat when they're hungry and they say what they're thinking no matter who is lis…"

-Agnes Borinsky, Sasha Masha

"Representation is chump change, darling. I'm sorry to break it to you. People who hold power don't like to put themselves at risk. And that's why Queer people have generally been the visionaries. Bec…"

-Agnes Borinsky, Sasha Masha

"I feel like I was on autopilot for most of my life. Like I just took for granted the person the world told me I was and I feel like it might have been easier to shake that up a little when I was a ki…"

-Agnes Borinsky, Sasha Masha

Cover of DeadEndia: The Broken Halo (DeadEndia, #2) by Hamish Steele

17. DeadEndia: The Broken Halo (DeadEndia, #2)

By: Hamish Steele

4.34

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In the second installment of this quirky, heartfelt, LGBTQ adventure comic, war is brewing across t… read more

Similar categories in Hamish Steele's DeadEndia: The Broken Halo (DeadEndia, #2) book and Agnes Borinsky's Sasha Masha

  • fiction
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
Cover of EnamorADA by Clara Cortés

18. EnamorADA

By: Clara Cortés

4.11

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Una novela gráfica para fans de Heartstopper, de la mano de una de las voces más consolidadas del p… read more

Similar categories in Clara Cortés's EnamorADA book and Agnes Borinsky's Sasha Masha

  • romance
  • queer
  • lgbt
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19. Enredo de almas

By: Eli Macías

4.21

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Aitor es un macarra, el payaso de la clase y la razón por la que todos los profesores se tiran de l… read more

Similar categories in Eli Macías's Enredo de almas book and Agnes Borinsky's Sasha Masha

  • romance
"A veces hay que dejar que el amor cueza a fuego lento. Otras, empieza con una llama que arde con fuerza."

-Eli Macías, Enredo de almas

"Aunque no lo hubiese querido, Aitor pasó casi toda su vida entre las paredes del Instituto Jaime Vera. Por desgracia, parte de su muerte también."

-Eli Macías, Enredo de almas

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20. Going Off Script

By: Jen Wilde

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A TV writer's room intern must join forces with her crush to keep her boss from ruining a lesbian c… read more

Similar categories in Jen Wilde's Going Off Script book and Agnes Borinsky's Sasha Masha

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Into the Mouth of the Wolf by Erin Gough

21. Into the Mouth of the Wolf

By: Erin Gough

3.95

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Part thriller, part queer romance, Into the Mouth of the Wolf is the stunning, long-awaited new YA … read more

Similar categories in Erin Gough's Into the Mouth of the Wolf book and Agnes Borinsky's Sasha Masha

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer

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Kacen Callender

3.79

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Tobly McSmith

3.84

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Ann Zhao

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Fern Haught

3.62

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Haley Newsome

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