21 must-read queer books like The Gay Best Friend by Nicolas DiDomizio

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The Gay Best Friend

By: Nicolas DiDomizio

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

an alternate cover edition can be found here He's always been the token gay best friend. Now, st…

"Worryin only gives the small things big shadows"

-Nicolas DiDomizio, The Gay Best Friend

"Worryin only gives the small things big shadows"

-Nicolas DiDomizio, The Gay Best Friend

If you liked the queer plot in The Gay Best Friend by Nicolas DiDomizio , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. We Could Be So Good

By: Cat Sebastian

4.29

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Casey McQuiston meets The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo in this mid-century romdram about a scrappy… read more

Similar categories in Cat Sebastian's We Could Be So Good book and Nicolas DiDomizio's The Gay Best Friend

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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2. You Should Be So Lucky

By: Cat Sebastian

4.39

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An emotional, slow-burn, grumpy/sunshine, queer mid-century romance about grief and found family, b… read more

Similar categories in Cat Sebastian's You Should Be So Lucky book and Nicolas DiDomizio's The Gay Best Friend

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • adult
  • fiction
  • sports
  • queer
"Sometimes you want to look at a guy and say: Well, he’s fucked, but he’s trying."

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

"But he also wants that feeling he had earlier, that feeling of being seen for who he is, and of being liked anyway."

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

"This urge to be kind to a relative stranger is unfamiliar and disconcerting, as if he's discovered in himself a hunger for raw meat or an enthusiasm for vaudeville."

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

"The actual problem is incredibly boring, and Mark hates admitting it even to himself. Unless a couple has the good fortune to get hit by the same freight train, their story ends in exactly one way. H…"

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

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3. Stars in Your Eyes

By: Kacen Callender

3.80

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The National Book Award-winning author of  Felix Ever After  delivers a beautifully tender story of… read more

Similar categories in Kacen Callender's Stars in Your Eyes book and Nicolas DiDomizio's The Gay Best Friend

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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4. Best Men

By: Sidney Karger

3.34

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

When two best men in a wedding party fall for each other, they realize love isn't a piece of cake i… read more

Similar categories in Sidney Karger's Best Men book and Nicolas DiDomizio's The Gay Best Friend

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Boyfriend Subscription by Steven Salvatore

5. The Boyfriend Subscription

By: Steven Salvatore

3.59

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Equal parts sizzling, sweet and irresistibly fresh, Steven Salvatore’s The Boyfriend Subscription i… read more

Similar categories in Steven Salvatore's The Boyfriend Subscription book and Nicolas DiDomizio's The Gay Best Friend

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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6. The [Fake] Dating Game

By: Timothy Janovsky

3.66

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Ready. Set. Faux . Holden James picked the worst time to have a meltdown. His chance to audit… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Janovsky's The [Fake] Dating Game book and Nicolas DiDomizio's The Gay Best Friend

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"Because, despite everything, I want to see the good in people"

-Timothy Janovsky, The [Fake] Dating Game

"Amber bulbs dangle on white strings above our heads, making everyone in the restaurant look like a cartoon character with a bright idea."

-Timothy Janovsky, The [Fake] Dating Game

"Under the roar of the crowd, Leo whispers into my ear. "You are full of surprises." "On the night we met, you said surprises aren't all they're cracked up to be." "You're the exception to the rule." …"

-Timothy Janovsky, The [Fake] Dating Game

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7. 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 Nicolas DiDomizio's The Gay Best Friend

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • 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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8. New Adult (Boy Meets Boy #3)

By: Timothy Janovsky

3.99

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Nolan Baker longs to be "thirty, flirty and thriving" in this charmingly quirky LGBTQIA+ romance th… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Janovsky's New Adult (Boy Meets Boy #3) book and Nicolas DiDomizio's The Gay Best Friend

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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9. 10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1)

By: Alexis Hall

3.91

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Fake amnesia. Real feelings? Real problems. Sam Becker loves―or, okay, likes―his job. Sure, man… read more

Similar categories in Alexis Hall's 10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1) book and Nicolas DiDomizio's The Gay Best Friend

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"I don't think he'll be able to tell. Memory is peculiar. Worst comes to absolute worst, I'll just arrange to get whacked on the head again and say that's brought everything back." "That's not a thing…"

-Alexis Hall, 10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1)

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10. Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)

By: Alexis Hall

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

People come as well as go. Twelve years ago, Edwin Tully came to Oxford and fell in love with a … read more

Similar categories in Alexis Hall's Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2) book and Nicolas DiDomizio's The Gay Best Friend

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I don't need you to take care of me." "No, you need a kick up the arse."

-Alexis Hall, Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)

"To gather up the dust of my heart and scatter it again on the winds of hope."

-Alexis Hall, Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)

"It's d-d-dishonourable to peek at someone else's cards." "Cribbage is cutthroat."

-Alexis Hall, Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)

"He grinned, teeth and dimples and freckles moving like dust in a ray of sunlight. "Ayup, petal." Oh "

-Alexis Hall, Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)

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11. My Fair Brady

By: Brian D. Kennedy

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

My Fair Lady meets the classic teen film She's All That in this charming and swoony new rom-com fro… read more

Similar categories in Brian D. Kennedy's My Fair Brady book and Nicolas DiDomizio's The Gay Best Friend

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Teenage Dirtbags by James Acker

12. Teenage Dirtbags

By: James Acker

4.07

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Long Run comes another unflinchingly raw and boldly hilarious novel about an… read more

Similar categories in James Acker's Teenage Dirtbags book and Nicolas DiDomizio's The Gay Best Friend

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Providence by Craig  Willse

13. Providence

By: Craig Willse

3.27

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An introverted English professor falls for an enigmatic sophomore and is lured into a web of chaos … read more

Similar categories in Craig Willse's Providence book and Nicolas DiDomizio's The Gay Best Friend

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"He reminded me of a scene from a movie, any movie: men standing in doorways, filling the space with their silence."

-Craig Willse, Providence

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14. The Prospects

By: K.T. Hoffman

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The pressure cooker of minor league baseball leads to major chemistry in this exhilarating, sexy, a… read more

Similar categories in K.T. Hoffman's The Prospects book and Nicolas DiDomizio's The Gay Best Friend

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • queer
"Glasses on or off?" Luis asks. "Off." Gene is nearsighted anyway, and he doesn't plan to let Luis get far enough away that he would need them."

-K.T. Hoffman, The Prospects

Cover of The Gay Best Friend by Nicolas DiDomizio

15. The Gay Best Friend

By: Nicolas DiDomizio

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

an alternate cover edition can be found here He's always been the token gay best friend. Now, st… read more

Similar categories in Nicolas DiDomizio's The Gay Best Friend book and Nicolas DiDomizio's The Gay Best Friend

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • queer
"Worryin only gives the small things big shadows"

-Nicolas DiDomizio, The Gay Best Friend

Cover of All the Right Notes by Dominic   Lim

16. All the Right Notes

By: Dominic Lim

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

​ In this hilarious and joyous rom com, sparks fly when a piano genius and a Hollywood heartthrob a… read more

Similar categories in Dominic Lim's All the Right Notes book and Nicolas DiDomizio's The Gay Best Friend

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge by Matthew  Hubbard

17. The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge

By: Matthew Hubbard

4.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A queer coming-of-age about three teenage boys in small town Alabama who set out to get revenge on … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Hubbard's The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge book and Nicolas DiDomizio's The Gay Best Friend

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"The best revenge is believing in yourself."

-Matthew Hubbard, The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge

Cover of The Breakup Lists by Adib Khorram

18. 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 Nicolas DiDomizio's The Gay Best Friend

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Bump by Sidney Karger

19. The Bump

By: Sidney Karger

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Two men expecting a baby via surrogate go on the road trip of a lifetime in this hilarious and poig… read more

Similar categories in Sidney Karger's The Bump book and Nicolas DiDomizio's The Gay Best Friend

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of You Had Me at Happy Hour by Timothy Janovsky

20. You Had Me at Happy Hour

By: Timothy Janovsky

3.77

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In this sexy, emotionally satisfying LGBTQIA+ romance, a grumpy sommelier and a flirty mixologist j… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Janovsky's You Had Me at Happy Hour book and Nicolas DiDomizio's The Gay Best Friend

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of We Could Be Heroes by Philip Ellis

21. We Could Be Heroes

By: Philip Ellis

3.92

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear high heels and a wig. Patrick's acting career is on the rise,… read more

Similar categories in Philip Ellis's We Could Be Heroes book and Nicolas DiDomizio's The Gay Best Friend

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer

21 Top fiction books like The Gay Best Friend by Nicolas DiDomizio

Transform Your Habits

We Could Be So Good

Cat Sebastian

4.29

Transform Your Habits

You Should Be So Lucky

Cat Sebastian

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Stars in Your Eyes

Kacen Callender

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Best Men

Sidney Karger

3.34

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21 must-read fiction books like The [Fake] Dating Game by Timothy Janovsky

Transform Your Habits

You Should Be So Lucky

Cat Sebastian

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Stars in Your Eyes

Kacen Callender

3.80

Transform Your Habits

The Boyfriend Subscription

Steven Salvatore

3.59

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Timothy Janovsky

3.66

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