14 must-read lgbt books like The Sullivan Sisters by Kathryn Ormsbee

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The Sullivan Sisters

By: Kathryn Ormsbee

3.62

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

Time changes things. That painful fact of life couldn’t be truer for the Sullivan sisters. Once,…

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1. The House

By: Christina Lauren

4.50

Format: 158 pages,

Gavin tells Delilah he's hers--completely--but whatever lives inside that house with him disagrees.… read more

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2. The Lost Girls

By: Sonia Hartl

3.49

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

Sonia Hartl’s The Lost Girls is laced with dark humor and queer love; it’s John Tucker Must Die wit… read more

Similar categories in Sonia Hartl's The Lost Girls book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"Books had always been my bright spot away from the dark."

-Sonia Hartl, The Lost Girls

"Her smile was infectious. Like a light that only glowed for me."

-Sonia Hartl, The Lost Girls

"I’ve only recently gotten past thinking I didn’t need anyone. It might be a minute yet before I accept that people might need me."

-Sonia Hartl, The Lost Girls

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3. 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 Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"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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4. Four Found Dead

By: Natalie D. Richards

3.45

Format: 321 pages, Paperback

At the movie theater where Jo works, the last show has ended. But the nightmare is just beginning. … read more

Similar categories in Natalie D. Richards's Four Found Dead book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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5. 6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]

By: Tess Sharpe

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Six moments lead us to two girls, one kiss, and three little words that were maybe always true in t… read more

Similar categories in Tess Sharpe's 6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did] book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"I'm sorry you had to put all your feelings to the side so you could help me." "I'm not," she says fiercely. "I can, in fact, be mad at you and help you at the same time. It's called being emotionally…"

-Tess Sharpe, 6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]

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6. A British Girl's Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak (Girl’s Guide)

By: Laura Taylor Namey

3.62

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this highly anticipated companion to the New York Times bestseller A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea a… read more

Similar categories in Laura Taylor Namey's A British Girl's Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak (Girl’s Guide) book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Why is it so hard to choose a direction? Part of it is that I've lost the ability to trust any of my own decisions. But there's another gap here, one I can't name. It's a Polaroid I shake and shake, …"

-Laura Taylor Namey, A British Girl's Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak (Girl’s Guide)

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7. How to Survive Your Murder

By: Danielle Valentine

3.67

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Alice Lawrence is the sole witness in her sister’s murder trial. And in the year since Claire’s … read more

Similar categories in Danielle Valentine's How to Survive Your Murder book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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8. The Chandler Legacies

By: Abdi Nazemian

3.65

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

From the Stonewall Honor–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a revelatory novel about the enc… read more

Similar categories in Abdi Nazemian's The Chandler Legacies book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
"My legacy isn't about living up to my past by trying to be perfect. It's about the future I'll help create by being myself. We make our own legacy."

-Abdi Nazemian, The Chandler Legacies

"There is no right or wrong way to be creative. Creativity is the only true purpose we have. It's our power, and we have a duty to use that power responsibly."

-Abdi Nazemian, The Chandler Legacies

"But I'll tell you what we will never be deficient of. LOVE. We love art and beauty. We love new ideas and pushing boundaries. We love fighting against corruption. We love redefining archaic rules. We…"

-Abdi Nazemian, The Chandler Legacies

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9. A Dark and Hollow Star (The Hollow Star Saga, #1)

By: Ashley Shuttleworth

3.79

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Choose your player. The “ironborn” half-fae outcast of her royal fae family. A tempestuous Fury… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Shuttleworth's A Dark and Hollow Star (The Hollow Star Saga, #1) book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
" Psst."

-Ashley Shuttleworth, A Dark and Hollow Star (The Hollow Star Saga, #1)

"Hang on a little tighter than that, Spider Monkey."

-Ashley Shuttleworth, A Dark and Hollow Star (The Hollow Star Saga, #1)

"You’re… you’re something else, Arlo Jarsdel. But you’re also weird as fuck."

-Ashley Shuttleworth, A Dark and Hollow Star (The Hollow Star Saga, #1)

"She had her morals, the whole one or two of them that stubbornly clung to existence"

-Ashley Shuttleworth, A Dark and Hollow Star (The Hollow Star Saga, #1)

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10. Not Like Other Girls

By: Meredith Adamo

4.13

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A girl risks everything to find her former best friend in this powerful debut mystery about trauma,… read more

Similar categories in Meredith Adamo's Not Like Other Girls book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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11. Illusionary (Hollow Crown, #2)

By: Zoraida Córdova

4.15

Format: 368 pages, ebook

Reeling from betrayal at the hands of the Whispers, Renata Convida is a girl on the run. With few o… read more

Similar categories in Zoraida Córdova's Illusionary (Hollow Crown, #2) book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • fiction
  • young adult
"I don't care if we're in the middle of the sea or on one of the thousand isles of Luzou. Hate me, love me, have me. Wherever you are, that's my kingdom, Nati, and you are my queen."

-Zoraida Córdova, Illusionary (Hollow Crown, #2)

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12. Incendiary (Hollow Crown, #1)

By: Zoraida Córdova

3.87

Format: 450 pages, Hardcover

As a memory thief– the rarest and most feared of the magical Moria– Renata was used by the crown to… read more

Similar categories in Zoraida Córdova's Incendiary (Hollow Crown, #1) book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • fiction
  • young adult
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13. Aces Wild: A Heist

By: Amanda DeWitt

3.78

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

What happens in Vegas when an all-asexual online friend group attempts to break into a high-stakes … read more

Similar categories in Amanda DeWitt's Aces Wild: A Heist book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Just because you didn't experience sexual attraction didn't mean you didn't you didn't experience romantic feelings. But those romantic feelings didn't look like they did in the movies because, well,…"

-Amanda DeWitt, Aces Wild: A Heist

"It felt like a puzzle, mostly put together but with a piece missing, waiting to be filled. There were plenty of pieces to fill it- gay, straight, bisexual- but none fit quite right. Sometimes I thoug…"

-Amanda DeWitt, Aces Wild: A Heist

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14. The Scandal

By: Nicola Marsh

3.95

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

My life is like one of those cheap snow globes my twins collected when they were younger. Shiny and… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Marsh's The Scandal book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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15. A Secret Princess

By: Margaret Stohl

3.52

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A surprising and romantic YA retelling-mashup of A Little Princess and The Secret Garden by bestsel… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Stohl's A Secret Princess book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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16. The Rosewood Hunt

By: Mackenzie Reed

3.66

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Lily Rosewood dreams of taking over her family's company one day. Her grandmother, Rosewood Inc's c… read more

Similar categories in Mackenzie Reed's The Rosewood Hunt book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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17. You Owe Me a Murder

By: Eileen Cook

3.53

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Kim gets more than she bargained for when she is set up for murder. Perfect for … read more

Similar categories in Eileen Cook's You Owe Me a Murder book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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18. The Last True Poets of the Sea

By: Julia Drake

3.92

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The Larkin family isn't just lucky—they persevere. At least that's what Violet and her younger brot… read more

Similar categories in Julia Drake's The Last True Poets of the Sea book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"I had never had friends before, not like this."

-Julia Drake, The Last True Poets of the Sea

"In the fog, she kissed me once, very quickly, and it felt like courage."

-Julia Drake, The Last True Poets of the Sea

"I imagined her springing from her father’s head, fully formed, like Athena."

-Julia Drake, The Last True Poets of the Sea

"Why did adventures have to happen away from home? Couldn’t the puzzle be an adventure, too?"

-Julia Drake, The Last True Poets of the Sea

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19. Youngblood

By: Sasha Laurens

3.26

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Voor fans van Vampire Diaries en dark academia: twee queer tieners op een vampierkostschool moeten … read more

Similar categories in Sasha Laurens's Youngblood book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
Cover of Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1) by Katie Cotugno

20. Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1)

By: Katie Cotugno

3.09

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A fresh new take on Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery The Mysterious Affair at Styles , with… read more

Similar categories in Katie Cotugno's Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1) book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"There were a lot of different versions of the truth."

-Katie Cotugno, Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1)

"Every day I think about committing a murder just to spice things up."

-Katie Cotugno, Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1)

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21. Bloodleaf (Bloodleaf, #1)

By: Crystal Smith

3.81

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Aurelia is a princess, but they call her a witch.   Surrounded by spirits and burdened with forbidd… read more

Similar categories in Crystal Smith's Bloodleaf (Bloodleaf, #1) book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • fiction
  • young adult
"I was far more afraid of those who hated sinners than I ever was of sin."

-Crystal Smith, Bloodleaf (Bloodleaf, #1)

"Facts is facts. Wishin' 'em false and declarin' 'em fake don't make it so."

-Crystal Smith, Bloodleaf (Bloodleaf, #1)

"Do I look murderable?" "Very much murderable," she replied with approval. "Everyone there is going to want to murder you."

-Crystal Smith, Bloodleaf (Bloodleaf, #1)

"What they call witches - most of them are just regular people, nice people. The evil ones are those that hunt and hurt others, witch or no."

-Crystal Smith, Bloodleaf (Bloodleaf, #1)

Cover of The Witchery (The Witchery, #1) by S. Isabelle

22. The Witchery (The Witchery, #1)

By: S. Isabelle

3.56

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A bewitching debut by S. Isabelle, perfect for fans of Maggie Stiefvater, Zoraida Córdova, and Leig… read more

Similar categories in S. Isabelle's The Witchery (The Witchery, #1) book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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23. Tahira in Bloom

By: Farah Heron

3.83

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

Life is full of surprises in a winning novel about a girl dreaming big during one unexpected small-… read more

Similar categories in Farah Heron's Tahira in Bloom book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • young adult contemporary
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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24. The Girl in Question

By: Tess Sharpe

4.35

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

High school is over, but Nora O'Malley's life isn't, which is weird now that her murderous stepdad … read more

Similar categories in Tess Sharpe's The Girl in Question book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"It's fucking with fate."

-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question

"Sometimes lying is the only way through to survival."

-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question

"It's time to stop reacting. It's time to start attacking."

-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question

"Sorry you got fired. A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. "

-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question

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25. Going Dark

By: Melissa de la Cruz

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“An intense rollercoaster of a thriller and a searing indictment of which victims get our attention… read more

Similar categories in Melissa de la Cruz's Going Dark book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Lilies by Quinn Diacon-Furtado

26. The Lilies

By: Quinn Diacon-Furtado

3.14

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of The Atlas Six and One of Us Is Lying, this queer dark academia mystery-thriller… read more

Similar categories in Quinn Diacon-Furtado's The Lilies book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of 19 Love Songs by David Levithan

27. 19 Love Songs

By: David Levithan

3.67

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Ein Valentinstag im Leben von A, dem Protagonisten von Letztendlich sind wir dem Universum egal. Ei… read more

Similar categories in David Levithan's 19 Love Songs book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"All dressed up, we thought we looked so old. Now, of course, we look at the picture and see how young we actually were. We get younger every year."

-David Levithan, 19 Love Songs

"To be loved by God is to be loved for who you are. To love God is to place no boundaries on who you love...Whether or not I believe in the God of my ancestors, I see God in everyone."

-David Levithan, 19 Love Songs

Cover of Finding Her Edge by Jennifer Iacopelli

28. Finding Her Edge

By: Jennifer Iacopelli

3.57

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Emma Lord and Abbi Glines, Jennifer Iacopelli’s swoony, romantic new novel follows elit… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Iacopelli's Finding Her Edge book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • fiction
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of The Revenant Games (The Revenant Games, #1) by Margie Fuston

29. The Revenant Games (The Revenant Games, #1)

By: Margie Fuston

3.72

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Blood is survival in Bly's world – any human can compete in the Revenant Games, an annual fight to … read more

Similar categories in Margie Fuston's The Revenant Games (The Revenant Games, #1) book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • young adult
Cover of The Sullivan Sisters by Kathryn Ormsbee

30. The Sullivan Sisters

By: Kathryn Ormsbee

3.62

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

Time changes things. That painful fact of life couldn’t be truer for the Sullivan sisters. Once,… read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult contemporary
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Most Likely (Most Likely, #1) by Sarah  Watson

31. Most Likely (Most Likely, #1)

By: Sarah Watson

3.90

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the creator of the hit TV series The Bold Type comes an empowering and heartfelt novel about a… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Watson's Most Likely (Most Likely, #1) book and Kathryn Ormsbee's The Sullivan Sisters

  • young adult contemporary
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"That’s the thing about best friends - they always found a way around a lock."

-Sarah Watson, Most Likely (Most Likely, #1)

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