14 best-selling lgbt books like The Secret Ingredient by Paul Castle

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The Secret Ingredient

By: Paul Castle

4.68

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

Follows Pringle and Finn as they deliver birthday cakes to their colorful animal friends. Along the…

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1. Nature Poem

By: Tommy Pico

3.89

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Nature Poemfollows Teebs--a young, queer, American Indian (or NDN) poet--who can't bring himself to… read more

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  • lgbt

2. A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray

By: Ann M. Martin

3.81

Format: 75 pages, Paperback

Newbery Honor author Ann Martin's "heartwrenching and heartwarming" (Kirkus) dog story, now in pape… read more

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3. Stellaluna

By: Janell Cannon

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Stellalunais the tender story of a lost young bat who finally finds her way safely home to her moth… read more

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4. Madeline in London

By: Ludwig Bemelmans

3.00

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

Pepito has moved to England. To help celebrate his birthday, Miss Clavel and the girls pay him a vi… read more

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5. Thumbelina

By: Hans Christian Andersen , Brad Sneed

4.29

Format: 426 pages, Hardcover

It's not easy being small, but in Brad Sneed's lovely new adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's T… read more

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6. Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches

By: Kate Scelsa

3.72

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A witchy, atmospheric lesbian contemporary romance set in Salem—from the acclaimed author of Fans o… read more

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  • lgbt
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7. Toph Beifong's Metalbending Academy

By: Faith Erin Hicks

4.10

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Set in the post-series comics era of the beloved Avatar: The Last Airbender franchise, fans will ge… read more

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8. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

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  • childrens
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

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9. Azula in the Spirit Temple (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

By: Faith Erin Hicks

3.75

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Azula continues her destabilizing campaign against the Fire Nation and her brother, Fire Lord Zuko.… read more

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10. Unicorns Are the Worst! (...Are the Worst! #1)

By: Alex Willan

4.20

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

A grumpy goblin gets to know his new unicorn neighbors.It’s an undeniable fact that unicorns are th… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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11. Earthdivers, Vol. 1: Kill Columbus

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.66

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The New York Times–bestselling author of The Only Good Indians and My Heart Is a Chainsaw makes his… read more

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12. Bloom

By: N.R. Walker

4.06

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

Keats McCulloch opened his florist shop in Sydney two years ago and he’s living his dream. Even tho… read more

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  • lgbt
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13. Go the F**k to Sleep

By: Adam Mansbach

4.28

Format: 17 pages, Kindle Edition

A laugh-out-loud, adults-only bedtime story for parents familiar with the age-old struggle of putti… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
"All the kids from daycare are in dreamland. The froggie has made his last leap. Hell no you can't go to the bathroom. You know where you can go? The f**k to sleep."

-Adam Mansbach, Go the F**k to Sleep

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14. The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza

By: Mac Barnett

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

As seen on The TODAY Show! New York Times bestselling Mac Barnett and Caldecott Honor award-winning… read more

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  • childrens
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15. Okay, Cupid

By: Mason Deaver

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST, the story of a cupid who thinks they know e… read more

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  • lgbt
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16. Just Because

By: Matthew McConaughey

4.09

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The debut picture book by Academy Award-winning actor and #1 New York Times bestselling author Matt… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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17. Bury Your Gays

By: Chuck Tingle

4.29

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

From Chuck Tingle, author of the USA Today bestselling Camp Damascus, comes a new heart-pounding st… read more

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  • lgbt
"The studio might be a ruthless capitalist machine," he opines, "but we're not evil."

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"Your stories aren't worth your life." My stories are my life, I think, but I don't say this."

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"I'm honestly kind of surprised. You've got a flair for drama, Misha. I thought you might get hard over some final sacrifice for love, or whatever. I mean, you're the writer, not me, but that's got Em…"

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"The path I've been led down is one of senseless catastrophe, a classic Hollywood tale of the man who plummets to rock bottom just moments before he would have crested the peak. [...] I'm living out t…"

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

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18. Haru: Book 1: Spring (Volume 1)

By: Joe Latham

3.52

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Haru, a small bird who dreams of flying, and their best friend Yama, a talkative boar, are used to … read more

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  • childrens
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19. You Better Be Lightning

By: Andrea Gibson

4.63

Format: 115 pages, Paperback

You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson is a queer, political, and feminist collection guided by s… read more

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  • lgbt
"Good Grief Let your heart break so your spirit doesn't."

-Andrea Gibson, You Better Be Lightning

"I will refuse to call it heaven if the people I love (who put me through hell) aren't there."

-Andrea Gibson, You Better Be Lightning

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20. The Secret Ingredient

By: Paul Castle

4.68

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

Follows Pringle and Finn as they deliver birthday cakes to their colorful animal friends. Along the… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • lgbt
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21. Dear Mothman

By: Robin Gow

4.25

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

Poet and author Robin Gow’s moving middle-grade novel in verse Dear Mothman is about a young trans … read more

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  • lgbt
Cover of Dragons Are the Worst! (...Are the Worst! #2) by Alex Willan

22. Dragons Are the Worst! (...Are the Worst! #2)

By: Alex Willan

4.10

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Gilbert the Goblin is absolutely, definitely, one-hundred-percent certain that dragons are the wors… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Feel the Bern (Bernie Sanders Mystery #1) by Andrew Shaffer

23. Feel the Bern (Bernie Sanders Mystery #1)

By: Andrew Shaffer

3.60

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Who knew fighting for a living wage could be so deadly? Bernie Sanders and his Gen Z intern are dra… read more

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24. Our Subway Baby

By: Peter Mercurio

4.56

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This gentle and incredibly poignant picture book tells the true story of how one baby found his hom… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • lgbt
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25. Self-Love for Small-Town Girls

By: Lang Leav

3.87

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Self-Love for Small Town Girls is an exciting offering from beloved bestselling author Lang Leav. A… read more

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26. Hands Against Our Hearts

By: Alice Oseman

4.03

Format: 25 pages, Hardcover

None read more

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  • lgbt
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27. The Night Librarian: A Graphic Novel

By: Christopher Lincoln

3.93

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A graphic novel adventure in which two siblings, a mysterious Night Librarian, and a motley cast of… read more

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  • childrens
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28. And That’s Their Family!

By: Kailee Coleman

4.76

Format: 21 pages, Hardcover

"And That's Their Family!" is a book I wrote to teach about diversity in family structures! This bo… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • lgbt

29. Bedtime (Heartstopper)

By: Alice Oseman

4.59

Format: 7 pages, ebook

The return of 25-year-old Charlie and 26-year-old Nick! read more

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  • lgbt

30. The Invitation (Heartstopper)

By: Alice Oseman

4.54

Format: 10 pages, ebook

A story about a secret Gryffindor/Slytherin relationship. read more

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  • lgbt
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31. Party Girls

By: Alice Oseman

3.99

Format: None pages, None

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11 Best childrens books like The Secret Ingredient by Paul Castle

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Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

Pedro Martín

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Unicorns Are the Worst! (...Are the Worst! #1)

Alex Willan

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Go the F**k to Sleep

Adam Mansbach

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza

Mac Barnett

4.12

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The Eyes and the Impossible

Dave Eggers

4.25

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Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

Nicholas Day

4.15

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Katherine Marsh

4.50

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