20 best-selling queer books like The [Un]Popular Vote by Jasper Sanchez

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The [Un]Popular Vote

By: Jasper Sanchez

3.97

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Vaseline on the teeth makes a smile shine. It’s a cheap stunt, but Mark Adams knows it’s optics tha…

"They smile at me, their dimples like divots at the corners of his mouth. Something clenches tight in my chest, and I'm pretty sure men have gone to war for this."

-Jasper Sanchez, The [Un]Popular Vote

"They smile at me, their dimples like divots at the corners of his mouth. Something clenches tight in my chest, and I'm pretty sure men have gone to war for this."

-Jasper Sanchez, The [Un]Popular Vote

If you liked the queer plot in The [Un]Popular Vote by Jasper Sanchez , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Conditions of a Heart

By: Bethany Mangle

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Talia Hibbert and Lynn Painter comes a funny and unflinchingly honest story about a tee… read more

Similar categories in Bethany Mangle's Conditions of a Heart book and Jasper Sanchez's The [Un]Popular Vote

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)

By: Mason Deaver

4.16

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

An alternate cover edition for 9781338306125 can be found here. When Ben De Backer comes out to … read more

Similar categories in Mason Deaver's I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1) book and Jasper Sanchez's The [Un]Popular Vote

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Whatever happens"

-Mason Deaver, I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)

"The world’s too loud sometimes."

-Mason Deaver, I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)

"This kid, Nathan, laughs like it's his favourite thing in the world to do."

-Mason Deaver, I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)

"Bodies are fucking weird, especially when it feels like you don't belong in your own."

-Mason Deaver, I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)

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3. 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 Jasper Sanchez's The [Un]Popular Vote

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • 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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4. Act Cool

By: Tobly McSmith

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Named a Rainbow Book List Title and one of Bank Street Children's Best Books of the Year. A tran… read more

Similar categories in Tobly McSmith's Act Cool book and Jasper Sanchez's The [Un]Popular Vote

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"My reality is that I was born in the wrong body. Their reality is an old book full of rules, and if you follow the rules then you go to heaven. How real is that? More real than me?"

-Tobly McSmith, Act Cool

"Love can be good and beautiful, like me and Davina. But sometimes it can be a fever dream running hot and cold, leaving you with art that looks like someone took a poop on a canvas."

-Tobly McSmith, Act Cool

"Each trans and nonbinary person is like a unique and beautiful snowflake. Some people are more comfortable in their body and don’t need surgery or hormone therapy, and others do. No one way is right …"

-Tobly McSmith, Act Cool

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5. Ryan and Avery

By: David Levithan

3.89

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of EVERY DAY, this is a queer love story for the ages--t… read more

Similar categories in David Levithan's Ryan and Avery book and Jasper Sanchez's The [Un]Popular Vote

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"When Ryan's pickup appears within the snowfall, Avery's heart becomes the opposite of snowfall-that strange, windblown moment when you look and see the snow is actually drifting upward. Snowrise. Whe…"

-David Levithan, Ryan and Avery

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6. 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 Jasper Sanchez's The [Un]Popular Vote

  • 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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7. Howl

By: Shaun David Hutchinson

3.87

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From critically acclaimed Shaun David Hutchinson comes a gritty and raw portrayal of the oftentimes… read more

Similar categories in Shaun David Hutchinson's Howl book and Jasper Sanchez's The [Un]Popular Vote

  • queer
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. Meet Cute Diary

By: Emery Lee

3.25

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

Felix Ever After meets Becky Albertalli in this swoon-worthy, heartfelt rom-com about how a transge… read more

Similar categories in Emery Lee's Meet Cute Diary book and Jasper Sanchez's The [Un]Popular Vote

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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9. 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 Jasper Sanchez's The [Un]Popular Vote

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • 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

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10. Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun

By: Jonny Garza Villa

4.16

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

A poignant, funny, openhearted novel about coming out, first love, and being your one and only best… read more

Similar categories in Jonny Garza Villa's Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun book and Jasper Sanchez's The [Un]Popular Vote

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Intelligent people can still get into some stupid-ass foolery"

-Jonny Garza Villa, Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun

"It only takes one person to live their truth before more people start realizing they can too."

-Jonny Garza Villa, Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun

"It's not even about the more intimate moments that happened. Although I do miss those a lot too. A lot , a lot. What I crave most is being next to someone. My someone."

-Jonny Garza Villa, Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun

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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 Jasper Sanchez's The [Un]Popular Vote

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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12. Something Like Possible

By: Miel Moreland

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In this compelling YA contemporary from author Miel Moreland, a bisexual teen's path to political s… read more

Similar categories in Miel Moreland's Something Like Possible book and Jasper Sanchez's The [Un]Popular Vote

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Okay, Cupid by Mason Deaver

13. 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

Similar categories in Mason Deaver's Okay, Cupid book and Jasper Sanchez's The [Un]Popular Vote

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Feeling of Falling in Love by Mason Deaver

14. The Feeling of Falling in Love

By: Mason Deaver

3.80

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of I Wish You All the Best, comes a new kind of love story, about the b… read more

Similar categories in Mason Deaver's The Feeling of Falling in Love book and Jasper Sanchez's The [Un]Popular Vote

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"But in my experience, I've learned that the things worth doing are what scare us the most."

-Mason Deaver, The Feeling of Falling in Love

"I don’t deserve anything but loneliness because all I do is hurt people. It’s what I’m good at. I learned from the best."

-Mason Deaver, The Feeling of Falling in Love

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15. Always the Almost

By: Edward Underhill

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A trans pianist makes a New Year's resolution on a frozen Wisconsin night to win regionals and win … read more

Similar categories in Edward Underhill's Always the Almost book and Jasper Sanchez's The [Un]Popular Vote

  • romance
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons

16. The Passing Playbook

By: Isaac Fitzsimons

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Fifteen-year-old Spencer Harris is a proud nerd, an awesome big brother and a Messi-in-training. He… read more

Similar categories in Isaac Fitzsimons's The Passing Playbook book and Jasper Sanchez's The [Un]Popular Vote

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"As if Spencer's thoughts were sending out a homing beacon, Justice looked over in his direction, making eye contact, and Spencer understood what Gimli saw when he gazed upon Galadriel. But, no. Just …"

-Isaac Fitzsimons, The Passing Playbook

Cover of Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore

17. Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

By: Anna-Marie McLemore

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

New York City, 1922. Nicolás Caraveo, a 17-year-old transgender boy from Minnesota, has no interest… read more

Similar categories in Anna-Marie McLemore's Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix book and Jasper Sanchez's The [Un]Popular Vote

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"We were boys who had created ourselves. We had formed our own bodies, our own lives, from the ribs of the girls we were once assumed to be."

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

"Gatsby and I may have been nothing to men like Tom Buchanan, but men like that did not know we were as divine as the heavens. We were boys who had created ourselves. We had formed our own bodies, our…"

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

"There's no use denying that I fell a little bit in love with Jay, at least as much in love as I've ever been with any body. You see, Nicky, boys are always falling in love with me, but I don't fall m…"

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

Cover of The [Un]Popular Vote by Jasper Sanchez

18. The [Un]Popular Vote

By: Jasper Sanchez

3.97

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Vaseline on the teeth makes a smile shine. It’s a cheap stunt, but Mark Adams knows it’s optics tha… read more

Similar categories in Jasper Sanchez's The [Un]Popular Vote book and Jasper Sanchez's The [Un]Popular Vote

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"They smile at me, their dimples like divots at the corners of his mouth. Something clenches tight in my chest, and I'm pretty sure men have gone to war for this."

-Jasper Sanchez, The [Un]Popular Vote

Cover of The Borrow a Boyfriend Club by Page Powars

19. The Borrow a Boyfriend Club

By: Page Powars

4.13

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A feel-good, coming-of-age rom-com from debut author Page Powars that follows a trans teen who join… read more

Similar categories in Page Powars's The Borrow a Boyfriend Club book and Jasper Sanchez's The [Un]Popular Vote

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Breakup Lists by Adib Khorram

20. The Breakup Lists

By: Adib Khorram

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Love is more complicated than “boy meets boy” in bestselling author Adib Khorram’s sharply funny ne… read more

Similar categories in Adib Khorram's The Breakup Lists book and Jasper Sanchez's The [Un]Popular Vote

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Another First Chance by Robbie Couch

21. Another First Chance

By: Robbie Couch

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

They Both Die at the End meets You’ve Reached Sam, in this heart-stopping speculative young adult n… read more

Similar categories in Robbie Couch's Another First Chance book and Jasper Sanchez's The [Un]Popular Vote

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

20 Best fiction books like The [Un]Popular Vote by Jasper Sanchez

Transform Your Habits

Conditions of a Heart

Bethany Mangle

4.18

Transform Your Habits

I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)

Mason Deaver

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Stay Gold

Tobly McSmith

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Act Cool

Tobly McSmith

3.79

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16 Top contemporary books like Howl by Shaun David Hutchinson

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Howl

Shaun David Hutchinson

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Wren Martin Ruins It All

Amanda DeWitt

4.25

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Skater Boy

Anthony Nerada

4.03

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Lev A.C. Rosen

3.97

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