20 best-selling m m romance books like Running With Lions by Julian Winters

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Running With Lions

By: Julian Winters

3.67

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

Bloomington High School Lions' star goalie, Sebastian Hughes, should be excited about his senior ye…

"To every LGBTQIA+ person who has questioned their place in life: You're strong. You're important. You're a lion. Let the world hear you roar."

-Julian Winters, Running With Lions

"To every LGBTQIA+ person who has questioned their place in life: You're strong. You're important. You're a lion. Let the world hear you roar."

-Julian Winters, Running With Lions

"The future is only grim because people see it that way. It's unpredictable. Life is a summer storm of insecure thoughts. There's an umbrella of precautions to prevent insecurity, but it doesn't always keep the rain out of your face."

-Julian Winters, Running With Lions

"The future is only grim because people see it that way. It's unpredictable. Life is a summer storm of insecure thoughts. There's an umbrella of precautions to prevent insecurity, but it doesn't always keep the rain out of your face."

-Julian Winters, Running With Lions

If you liked the m m romance plot in Running With Lions by Julian Winters , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. The Raven King (All for the Game, #2)

By: Nora Sakavic

4.37

Format: 423 pages, ebook

The Foxes are a fractured mess, but their latest disaster might be the miracle they've always neede… read more

Similar categories in Nora Sakavic's The Raven King (All for the Game, #2) book and Julian Winters's Running With Lions

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • queer
"Some of the strongest people I’ve known are women."

-Nora Sakavic, The Raven King (All for the Game, #2)

"You can't cut down someone who's already in the gutter."

-Nora Sakavic, The Raven King (All for the Game, #2)

"I am a bad person trying very hard to be a good person."

-Nora Sakavic, The Raven King (All for the Game, #2)

"He ran until he couldn't breathe, but he never stopped hurting."

-Nora Sakavic, The Raven King (All for the Game, #2)

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2. The King's Men (All for the Game, #3)

By: Nora Sakavic

4.58

Format: 556 pages, ebook

Neil Josten is out of time. He knew when he came to PSU he wouldn't survive the year, but with his … read more

Similar categories in Nora Sakavic's The King's Men (All for the Game, #3) book and Julian Winters's Running With Lions

  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • queer
"He wouldn’t die a lie."

-Nora Sakavic, The King's Men (All for the Game, #3)

"If it means losing you, then no"

-Nora Sakavic, The King's Men (All for the Game, #3)

"Is your learning curve a horizontal line?"

-Nora Sakavic, The King's Men (All for the Game, #3)

"We're all going to die," Kevin said at last."

-Nora Sakavic, The King's Men (All for the Game, #3)

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3. The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1)

By: Nora Sakavic

4.02

Format: 237 pages, ebook

Neil Josten is the newest addition to the Palmetto State University Exy team. He's short, he's fast… read more

Similar categories in Nora Sakavic's The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1) book and Julian Winters's Running With Lions

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • queer
"Shirt off."

-Nora Sakavic, The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1)

"Are you stupid?"

-Nora Sakavic, The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1)

"Give your back to me."

-Nora Sakavic, The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1)

"I don’t understand suicide,"

-Nora Sakavic, The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1)

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4. The Sunshine Court (All For the Game, #4)

By: Nora Sakavic

4.59

Format: None pages, None

My name is Jean Moreau. My place is at Evermore. I belong to the Moriyamas. It is a truth Jean h… read more

Similar categories in Nora Sakavic's The Sunshine Court (All For the Game, #4) book and Julian Winters's Running With Lions

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • queer
"What you hold onto is less important than the act of holding on itself. It’s so easy to get lost in ourselves and this world. Sometimes you need to find your way back one tiny miracle at a time."

-Nora Sakavic, The Sunshine Court (All For the Game, #4)

"Jean held onto his control with everything he had left after such a nightmarish day, but he could feel his grip slipping. Endure, he warned himself, and on its tail-end came a desperate How much must…"

-Nora Sakavic, The Sunshine Court (All For the Game, #4)

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5. All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3)

By: E.L. Massey

4.36

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

When seventeen-year-old Patrick Roman is offered a scholarship to a top hockey preparatory school, … read more

Similar categories in E.L. Massey's All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3) book and Julian Winters's Running With Lions

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • queer
"Jesus,"

-E.L. Massey, All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3)

"I hate you,"

-E.L. Massey, All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3)

"Go fuck yourself,"

-E.L. Massey, All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3)

"The feelings I have for you are not gross."

-E.L. Massey, All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3)

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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 Julian Winters's Running With Lions

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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7. Date Me, Bryson Keller

By: Kevin van Whye

3.91

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What If It's Us meets To All the Boys I've Loved Before in this upbeat and heartfelt boy-meets-boy … read more

Similar categories in Kevin van Whye's Date Me, Bryson Keller book and Julian Winters's Running With Lions

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1) by E.L. Massey

8. Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1)

By: E.L. Massey

4.33

Format: 423 pages, ebook

Nineteen-year-old hockey phenom Alexander Price is the youngest-ever captain in the NHL. With a pol… read more

Similar categories in E.L. Massey's Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1) book and Julian Winters's Running With Lions

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • queer
"Apparently, Alex doesn't know how to handle emotions, and he's a dumpster fire of a human being."

-E.L. Massey, Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1)

"The problem is he thinks he and Eli could be good for each other. Really good. Under different circumstances. In a different life. Or maybe, if he was just a little braver, in this one."

-E.L. Massey, Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1)

Cover of Like You've Nothing Left to Prove (Breakaway, #2) by E.L. Massey

9. Like You've Nothing Left to Prove (Breakaway, #2)

By: E.L. Massey

4.40

Format: None pages, ebook

As the headline-stealing captain of the Houston Hell Hounds, nineteen-year-old Alexander Price has … read more

Similar categories in E.L. Massey's Like You've Nothing Left to Prove (Breakaway, #2) book and Julian Winters's Running With Lions

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • queer
"He doesn't have words for this kind of thing. But 'love' seems really fucking trite for all the whatever that he feels. Or maybe other people shouldn't be allowed to use the word 'love' because they …"

-E.L. Massey, Like You've Nothing Left to Prove (Breakaway, #2)

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10. If This Gets Out

By: Sophie Gonzales

3.92

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Eighteen-year-olds Ruben Montez and Zach Knight are two members of the boy-band Saturday, one of th… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Gonzales's If This Gets Out book and Julian Winters's Running With Lions

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Yeah but he's my- Ruben"

-Sophie Gonzales, If This Gets Out

"I slow my step as a spark of realization pricks in the back of my mind. Shut it down. Crush the thought. Is the truth that I don't get strong crushes on guys the way I get on girls? Or is the truth t…"

-Sophie Gonzales, If This Gets Out

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11. Skater Boy

By: Anthony Nerada

4.03

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

In this YA pop-punk debut about queer romance and destroying labels, a teen risks everything to wr… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Nerada's Skater Boy book and Julian Winters's Running With Lions

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"If we can convince our own minds we aren't good enough, we can't really be disappointed when we don't get what we truly want."

-Anthony Nerada, Skater Boy

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12. A Mark on My Soul (Noahverse, #1)

By: Jordon Greene

4.00

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Noah Andrews hates to lie, but that′s exactly what his life is. One big lie. At least that′s how… read more

Similar categories in Jordon Greene's A Mark on My Soul (Noahverse, #1) book and Julian Winters's Running With Lions

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I hope I helped you see the world a little bit different, Park. Even just a little bit."

-Jordon Greene, A Mark on My Soul (Noahverse, #1)

"I throw my eyes back to the sky. How can it be so bright and calm? How can it be everything I can’t be? It's not fair."

-Jordon Greene, A Mark on My Soul (Noahverse, #1)

"I want to hear his laugh. I want to see him smile. I want to watch him look at the stars and to see the stars in his eyes."

-Jordon Greene, A Mark on My Soul (Noahverse, #1)

"I force myself to get up and lock my eyes on the painting, my birthday gift. It’s the essence of everything I want to remember about us. I pick it up and imagine the stars shimmering over us and the …"

-Jordon Greene, A Mark on My Soul (Noahverse, #1)

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13. The Long Run

By: James Acker

4.31

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Two track and field athletes find an unexpected but powerful love in this unapologetically blunt an… read more

Similar categories in James Acker's The Long Run book and Julian Winters's Running With Lions

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • queer
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14. Icebreaker

By: A.L. Graziadei

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A. L. Graziadei's Icebreaker is a YA debut about two hockey players fighting to be the best—and the… read more

Similar categories in A.L. Graziadei's Icebreaker book and Julian Winters's Running With Lions

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • queer
"I don't wanna be just another one of your former teammates."

-A.L. Graziadei, Icebreaker

"I get through the first few weeks of college without dropping out, but that's only because I don't want to deal with Dad whining about it for the next twenty years."

-A.L. Graziadei, Icebreaker

"Gdyby @mjames17 dodał sobie te jedenaście punktów do wzrostu, może wtedy bym się przejął.' Siedzę obok niego, podjadam ze wspólnej paczki czipsy solone z octem i odpowiadam: 'Mickey James III @mjames…"

-A.L. Graziadei, Icebreaker

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15. Prove It (Do or Die #1)

By: Stephanie Hoyt

3.94

Format: 455 pages, Paperback

Despite being unanimously projected to go first overall in the upcoming NHL Draft, Noah Anderson wa… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Hoyt's Prove It (Do or Die #1) book and Julian Winters's Running With Lions

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • queer
Cover of Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales

16. Only Mostly Devastated

By: Sophie Gonzales

3.95

Format: 281 pages, Hardcover

Will Tavares is the dream summer fling ― he's fun, affectionate, kind ― but just when Ollie thinks … read more

Similar categories in Sophie Gonzales's Only Mostly Devastated book and Julian Winters's Running With Lions

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Apathy is incompatible with hate. Love works okay."

-Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

"Mama, Ollie taught me how to play ‘Let It Go’ on guitar,"

-Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

"you mean you would've never let me dribble your basketballs"

-Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

"I fled. I fled like a bigot dodging the concept of equality."

-Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

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17. Don't Hate the Player

By: Shelby Elizabeth

4.03

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

"I know when I started hating you. What I can't tell is when I started loving you, too. Maybe I nev… read more

Similar categories in Shelby Elizabeth's Don't Hate the Player book and Julian Winters's Running With Lions

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • queer
Cover of Running With Lions by Julian Winters

18. Running With Lions

By: Julian Winters

3.67

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

Bloomington High School Lions' star goalie, Sebastian Hughes, should be excited about his senior ye… read more

Similar categories in Julian Winters's Running With Lions book and Julian Winters's Running With Lions

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • queer
"To every LGBTQIA+ person who has questioned their place in life: You're strong. You're important. You're a lion. Let the world hear you roar."

-Julian Winters, Running With Lions

"The future is only grim because people see it that way. It's unpredictable. Life is a summer storm of insecure thoughts. There's an umbrella of precautions to prevent insecurity, but it doesn't alway…"

-Julian Winters, Running With Lions

"But being a teenager is one good day of being a superhero, followed by a hundred days of being self-conscious about every little damn thing. It's one big, selfish moment when you don't give a shit ab…"

-Julian Winters, Running With Lions

"If you're watching Scooby Doo and think of someone because it's their favorite cartoon. If you're allergic to flour but still eat someone's burnt pancakes. Or if you hate the color green but you wear…"

-Julian Winters, Running With Lions

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19. I Like Me Better

By: Robby Weber

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

This is not how soccer-star Zack Martin thought his summer would go. When the captain's prank means… read more

Similar categories in Robby Weber's I Like Me Better book and Julian Winters's Running With Lions

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • queer
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20. The Friend Scheme

By: Cale Dietrich

3.06

Format: 384 pages, Nook

Part thriller, part romance, The Friend Scheme is another twisty #ownvoices YA novel from Cale Diet… read more

Similar categories in Cale Dietrich's The Friend Scheme book and Julian Winters's Running With Lions

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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21. The Smile Has Left Your Eyes

By: Danielle Dawsen

3.80

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

“We've been best friends for fourteen years. Did you really think I wouldn't notice? I can see it..… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Dawsen's The Smile Has Left Your Eyes book and Julian Winters's Running With Lions

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • queer

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Nora Sakavic

4.37

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4.58

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Nora Sakavic

4.02

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3.32

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Erik J. Brown

4.23

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Benjamin Alire Sáenz

4.14

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