18 must-read lgbt books like Rat Park by Marina Vivancos

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Rat Park

By: Marina Vivancos

4.35

Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition

Dominic can’t imagine what being loved should feel like. Even meeting Flor Romero—spitfire, stubbor…

If you liked the lgbt plot in Rat Park by Marina Vivancos , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of Trailer Trash by Marie Sexton

1. Trailer Trash

By: Marie Sexton

3.76

Format: 168 pages, ebook

It's 1986, and what should have been the greatest summer of Nate Bradford's life goes sour when his… read more

Similar categories in Marie Sexton's Trailer Trash book and Marina Vivancos's Rat Park

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
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2. Empty Net (Scoring Chances #4)

By: Avon Gale

4.12

Format: None pages, ebook

Spartanburg Spitfires' goalie and captain Isaac Drake ended last season with an unexpected trip to … read more

Similar categories in Avon Gale's Empty Net (Scoring Chances #4) book and Marina Vivancos's Rat Park

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
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3. Out of Nowhere (Middle of Somewhere, #2)

By: Roan Parrish

4.20

Format: 406 pages, ebook

The only thing in Colin Mulligan's life that makes sense is taking cars apart and putting them back… read more

Similar categories in Roan Parrish's Out of Nowhere (Middle of Somewhere, #2) book and Marina Vivancos's Rat Park

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • abuse

4. Arrows Through Archer

By: Nash Summers

3.54

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

After the loss of his parents, Archer Hart is consumed by grief. Each day, he struggles his way thr… read more

Similar categories in Nash Summers's Arrows Through Archer book and Marina Vivancos's Rat Park

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5. Just a Taste

By: Briar Prescott

4.21

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

Lake: So... I’m getting married. Just three minor details: my husband-to-be is technically also m… read more

Similar categories in Briar Prescott's Just a Taste book and Marina Vivancos's Rat Park

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
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6. Kick at the Darkness

By: Keira Andrews

4.10

Format: None pages, ebook

When the world ends, their story begins. Parker Osborne is having the worst day ever. He has no … read more

Similar categories in Keira Andrews's Kick at the Darkness book and Marina Vivancos's Rat Park

  • romance
  • m m romance
"Adam, you could be a lesbian vampire succubus who moonlights as a golem and I would still want to suck your cock twenty-four-seven."

-Keira Andrews, Kick at the Darkness

"Taking Parker’s face in his hands, Adam rubbed their noses together. “What isn’t crazy now? We don’t know what will happen tomorrow. Falling in love with you is the one amazing thing that’s come out …"

-Keira Andrews, Kick at the Darkness

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7. MateHub: Legend (MateHub, #1)

By: Marie Reynard

4.35

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

The contract was simple: three months, seven scenes, zero feelings. Following it was not. Richar… read more

Similar categories in Marie Reynard's MateHub: Legend (MateHub, #1) book and Marina Vivancos's Rat Park

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • contemporary
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8. The Heir's Disgrace (Doormen of the Upper East Side Book 1)

By: August Jones

4.29

Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition

Drew Riley: Night Doorman of The Eastmoor on Park I’m stuck in an uptown lobby while my dreams o… read more

Similar categories in August Jones's The Heir's Disgrace (Doormen of the Upper East Side Book 1) book and Marina Vivancos's Rat Park

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • m m contemporary
  • mental health
  • dark
  • contemporary
"I’m not scared."

-August Jones, The Heir's Disgrace (Doormen of the Upper East Side Book 1)

"Lie back for me, baby."

-August Jones, The Heir's Disgrace (Doormen of the Upper East Side Book 1)

"I want to burn the fucking world."

-August Jones, The Heir's Disgrace (Doormen of the Upper East Side Book 1)

"....you told me you never wanted to see me again?"

-August Jones, The Heir's Disgrace (Doormen of the Upper East Side Book 1)

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9. Never Leave, Never Lie

By: Thea Verdone

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

The lies that brought them together will tear them apart. Alek and Ian’s relationship is built … read more

Similar categories in Thea Verdone's Never Leave, Never Lie book and Marina Vivancos's Rat Park

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • mental health
  • dark
  • contemporary
"You expect me to tell the truth, but you’re lying to yourself,"

-Thea Verdone, Never Leave, Never Lie

"Loving you is the only thing I don't regret," Alek tried very hard to say in English."

-Thea Verdone, Never Leave, Never Lie

"Without music, there's nothing to keep the fear and the shame and the sadness away and all I feel is everything and I don't want to feel anything anymore."

-Thea Verdone, Never Leave, Never Lie

"Ian discussed each house he had worked on like it was a person with its own secret history, like the simple act of rehabilitating an abandoned house was akin to traveling back in time."

-Thea Verdone, Never Leave, Never Lie

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10. The Gentleman

By: Dianna Roman

4.23

Format: None pages, ebook

Cameron Fairway has a secret. Before he shares it with the world, he’s determined to build the … read more

Similar categories in Dianna Roman's The Gentleman book and Marina Vivancos's Rat Park

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
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11. The One That Got Away

By: Nicky James

4.25

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Someone is following me. I’m not imagining it. I’m not crazy. Charlie Falkingham is convinced so… read more

Similar categories in Nicky James's The One That Got Away book and Marina Vivancos's Rat Park

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • mental health
  • dark
  • contemporary
Cover of Every Breath After: Part 1 (Lost Boys, #3) by Jessie  Walker

12. Every Breath After: Part 1 (Lost Boys, #3)

By: Jessie Walker

4.67

Format: 700 pages, Kindle Edition

𝑯𝑬 𝑾𝑶𝑼𝑳𝑫 𝑵𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑹 𝑩𝑬 𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑬. A promise. A wish. A twist of fate. I fell in love with 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝘆𝗮𝘁𝘁 b… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Walker's Every Breath After: Part 1 (Lost Boys, #3) book and Marina Vivancos's Rat Park

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • mental health
  • contemporary
  • abuse
Cover of Should the Sky Fall (Who We Are #1) by Amithia Raine

13. Should the Sky Fall (Who We Are #1)

By: Amithia Raine

4.22

Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition

After a terrible accident, most people would spend day and night at their husband's side, praying f… read more

Similar categories in Amithia Raine's Should the Sky Fall (Who We Are #1) book and Marina Vivancos's Rat Park

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • abuse
Cover of Tell Me a Lie by Brianna Flores

14. Tell Me a Lie

By: Brianna Flores

3.95

Format: 225 pages, Paperback

Lucas I take one look at Sage's pretty face and know that I could never deny him. When he's promis… read more

Similar categories in Brianna Flores's Tell Me a Lie book and Marina Vivancos's Rat Park

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • mental health
  • contemporary
Cover of Stupid Dirty (Possum Hollow, #1) by Erin  Russell

15. Stupid Dirty (Possum Hollow, #1)

By: Erin Russell

4.09

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

CADE I always thought of Silas Rush as my biggest rival on the track and a stuck-up loner off it… read more

Similar categories in Erin Russell's Stupid Dirty (Possum Hollow, #1) book and Marina Vivancos's Rat Park

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • mental health
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • abuse
Cover of Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining by Scarlett  Drake

16. Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

By: Scarlett Drake

4.63

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Caspien Deveraux was poison. It took me years to realise that he hadn’t been born like that. He… read more

Similar categories in Scarlett Drake's Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining book and Marina Vivancos's Rat Park

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • dark
  • contemporary
"Caspien was an altarpiece, Deveraux his reredos, and I came to him in blind idolatry."

-Scarlett Drake, Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

"These walls and the two men inside had swallowed me whole once before, so when I emerged from the belly of the beast, I staggered into the world blinking and raw. This time, though, I have come armed…"

-Scarlett Drake, Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining

Cover of Coming in First Place (Between the Teeth, #1) by Taylor Fitzpatrick

17. Coming in First Place (Between the Teeth, #1)

By: Taylor Fitzpatrick

4.16

Format: 170 pages, ebook

David has known Jake Lourdes' name since he was fourteen years old. read more

Similar categories in Taylor Fitzpatrick's Coming in First Place (Between the Teeth, #1) book and Marina Vivancos's Rat Park

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
Cover of Rat Park by Marina Vivancos

18. Rat Park

By: Marina Vivancos

4.35

Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition

Dominic can’t imagine what being loved should feel like. Even meeting Flor Romero—spitfire, stubbor… read more

Similar categories in Marina Vivancos's Rat Park book and Marina Vivancos's Rat Park

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • m m contemporary
  • mental health
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • abuse
  • drama
Cover of Safe (Veterans of Callenburg #1) by Taylor McNiff

19. Safe (Veterans of Callenburg #1)

By: Taylor McNiff

4.36

Format: 571 pages, Kindle Edition

A sex trafficking victim and a police officer walk into a gas station... it sounds like a sick joke… read more

Similar categories in Taylor McNiff's Safe (Veterans of Callenburg #1) book and Marina Vivancos's Rat Park

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • abuse
Cover of Forbidden (The Wrong Alpha, #5) by Alessandra Hazard

20. Forbidden (The Wrong Alpha, #5)

By: Alessandra Hazard

4.09

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

Forced to marry an alpha three times his age after his first heat, Lucien no longer believes in hap… read more

Similar categories in Alessandra Hazard's Forbidden (The Wrong Alpha, #5) book and Marina Vivancos's Rat Park

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
Cover of The Unlikely Pair (Unlikely Dilemmas, #2) by Jax Calder

21. The Unlikely Pair (Unlikely Dilemmas, #2)

By: Jax Calder

4.51

Format: 435 pages, Kindle Edition

What happens when you find yourself stranded in the wilderness with your political enemy? Gettin… read more

Similar categories in Jax Calder's The Unlikely Pair (Unlikely Dilemmas, #2) book and Marina Vivancos's Rat Park

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • m m contemporary
  • contemporary

18 must-read contemporary books like Rat Park by Marina Vivancos

Transform Your Habits

Trailer Trash

Marie Sexton

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Empty Net (Scoring Chances #4)

Avon Gale

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Out of Nowhere (Middle of Somewhere, #2)

Roan Parrish

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Just a Taste

Briar Prescott

4.21

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20 Top contemporary books like Stupid Dirty (Possum Hollow, #1) by Erin Russell

Transform Your Habits

Just a Taste

Briar Prescott

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Red Flags & Tuesdays (Weekday Weirdos)

Nordika Night

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Bromantic Puckboy (Puckboys, #6)

Eden Finley

4.22

Transform Your Habits

The Step Bet (Peach State Stepbros, #1)

Riley Hart

3.98

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