18 must-read lgbt books like Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore

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Lakelore

By: Anna-Marie McLemore

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this young adult novel by award-winning author Anna-Marie McLemore, two non-binary teens are pul…

"There's a certain way that falling for someone can only ever feel when you've fallen at least a little for yourself first."

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Lakelore

"There's a certain way that falling for someone can only ever feel when you've fallen at least a little for yourself first."

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Lakelore

"There's a certain way that falling for someone can only ever feel when you've fallen at least a little for yourself first."

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Lakelore

"The worst mistake I've ever made is bad all on its own, but I never think of it on its own. Some mistakes come in sets, and my worst mistake had a part one that came seven years earlier."

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Lakelore

If you liked the lgbt plot in Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. Hell Followed With Us

By: Andrew Joseph White

4.13

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Prepare to die. His kingdom is near. Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cu… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Joseph White's Hell Followed With Us book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Lakelore

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Do you believe in God? I do, please stop, there's so much blood"

-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

"I think it hits us all at the same time that maybe we'll live long enough to grow up."

-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

"I'm done begging for a scrap of respect-I am done with those who enact suffering, and I am done with the sons of bitches who stand back and let it happen."

-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

"Bein transgender is who you are, and the pain is what the outside does to you. The pain is what happens when you and the world go at each other's throats."

-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

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2. The Wicked Bargain

By: Gabe Cole Novoa

4.19

Format: 368 pages, None

El Diablo is in the details in this Latinx pirate fantasy starring a transmasculine nonbinary teen … read more

Similar categories in Gabe Cole Novoa's The Wicked Bargain book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Lakelore

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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3. Nocne godziny

By: Marta Bijan

3.61

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

To miał być najpiękniejszy horror na świecie... Salla, Lamia i Kail są rodzeństwem i zupełnie na… read more

Similar categories in Marta Bijan's Nocne godziny book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Lakelore

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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4. The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

By: Aiden Thomas

4.33

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where teen semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the h… read more

Similar categories in Aiden Thomas's The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1) book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Lakelore

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"No hetero, but damn, Teo, your wings" Niya circled Teo back on the boat. "Does this make me a furry?"

-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

"No hetero, but damn, Teo, your wings!" Niya circled Teo back onto the boat. "Does this make me a furry?"

-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

"Why was it that just because his body was different from everyone else’s, they thought they could ask whatever inappropriate questions they wanted."

-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

"Why was it that just because his body was different from everyone else's, they thought they could ask whatever inappropriate questions they wanted?"

-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

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5. Across a Field of Starlight

By: Blue Delliquanti

3.72

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An epic sci-fi graphic novel romance between two non-binary characters as they find one another thr… read more

Similar categories in Blue Delliquanti's Across a Field of Starlight book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Lakelore

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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6. Everything Within and In Between

By: Nikki Barthelmess

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Ri Fernández struggles to reclaim a heritage and a mother from her strict grandmother who has kept … read more

Similar categories in Nikki Barthelmess's Everything Within and In Between book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Lakelore

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

By: Maya MacGregor

4.19

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this queer contemporary YA mystery, a nonbinary teen with autism realizes they must not only sol… read more

Similar categories in Maya MacGregor's The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Lakelore

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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8. Bliźniaczy płomień

By: Maksymilian Kuznowicz

3.47

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Zamknij oczy. Wyłącz myślenie. Posłuchaj serca. Życie Daikiego wywraca się do góry nogami po tym… read more

Similar categories in Maksymilian Kuznowicz's Bliźniaczy płomień book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Lakelore

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
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9. Opowiedz mnie na nowo

By: A. Gardaś

4.03

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

Poznałem go pod koniec marca. Sądzę, że musiał być mi pisany, choć normalnie nie wierzę w taki rze… read more

Similar categories in A. Gardaś's Opowiedz mnie na nowo book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Lakelore

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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10. Zanim wybuchnie słońce

By: Józefina Płotka

3.84

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Jak potoczy się twoje życie, gdy dopuścisz do głosu serce? Leon, zbuntowany nastolatek, który ma… read more

Similar categories in Józefina Płotka's Zanim wybuchnie słońce book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Lakelore

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
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11. Ophelia After All

By: Racquel Marie

4.06

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A teen girl navigates friendship drama, the end of high school, and discovering her queerness in Op… read more

Similar categories in Racquel Marie's Ophelia After All book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Lakelore

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"HAMLET MAY HAVE BEEN A TRAGEDY. BUT OPHELIA DESERVED A COMEDY"

-Racquel Marie, Ophelia After All

"It's been hard and messy and scary. I want you guys to care about it and what it changes for me, but without it changing us."

-Racquel Marie, Ophelia After All

"But I don’t think the truest love is deemed so because it’s the most painful. Waiting for someone to love you back seems beautiful in a miserable way when you’re young. No offense."

-Racquel Marie, Ophelia After All

"I may doubt the truths of the world, but never again will I doubt whether or not the person that I am, or may be, is loved or worthy of love. I know myself, and I don't. Both can be true."

-Racquel Marie, Ophelia After All

Cover of The Diablo's Curse by Gabe Cole Novoa

12. The Diablo's Curse

By: Gabe Cole Novoa

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Wicked Bargain comes a high-stakes race to defeat a curse designed to kill a… read more

Similar categories in Gabe Cole Novoa's The Diablo's Curse book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Lakelore

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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13. Dear Mothman

By: Robin Gow

4.25

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

Poet and author Robin Gow’s moving middle-grade novel in verse Dear Mothman is about a young trans … read more

Similar categories in Robin Gow's Dear Mothman book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Lakelore

  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore

14. Lakelore

By: Anna-Marie McLemore

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this young adult novel by award-winning author Anna-Marie McLemore, two non-binary teens are pul… read more

Similar categories in Anna-Marie McLemore's Lakelore book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Lakelore

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • magical realism
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • queer
"There's a certain way that falling for someone can only ever feel when you've fallen at least a little for yourself first."

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Lakelore

"The worst mistake I've ever made is bad all on its own, but I never think of it on its own. Some mistakes come in sets, and my worst mistake had a part one that came seven years earlier."

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Lakelore

Cover of The Witch King (Witch King #1) by H.E. Edgmon

15. The Witch King (Witch King #1)

By: H.E. Edgmon

3.89

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

To save a fae kingdom, a trans witch must face his traumatic past and the royal fiancé he left behi… read more

Similar categories in H.E. Edgmon's The Witch King (Witch King #1) book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Lakelore

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa

16. Ander & Santi Were Here

By: Jonny Garza Villa

4.21

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Aristotle and Dante meets The Hate U Give meets The Sun Is Also A Star: A stunning YA contemporary … read more

Similar categories in Jonny Garza Villa's Ander & Santi Were Here book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Lakelore

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Fae Keeper (Witch King #2) by H.E. Edgmon

17. The Fae Keeper (Witch King #2)

By: H.E. Edgmon

4.20

Format: 304 pages, ebook

In the heart-stopping sequel to The Witch King, Wyatt and Emyr attempt to rebuild Asalin despite un… read more

Similar categories in H.E. Edgmon's The Fae Keeper (Witch King #2) book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Lakelore

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"There you are,"

-H.E. Edgmon, The Fae Keeper (Witch King #2)

"You see me as a boy?"

-H.E. Edgmon, The Fae Keeper (Witch King #2)

"You know me as Wyatt,"

-H.E. Edgmon, The Fae Keeper (Witch King #2)

"You said you know why we’re here,"

-H.E. Edgmon, The Fae Keeper (Witch King #2)

Cover of A Million Quiet Revolutions by Robin Gow

18. A Million Quiet Revolutions

By: Robin Gow

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For as long as they can remember, Aaron and Oliver have only ever had each other. In a small town w… read more

Similar categories in Robin Gow's A Million Quiet Revolutions book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Lakelore

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I feel like the only way to exist as a queer person is to hide."

-Robin Gow, A Million Quiet Revolutions

"It’s hard to search for someone like yourself when you’re not even sure who you are."

-Robin Gow, A Million Quiet Revolutions

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19. Wakacje pod morzem

By: Marta Bijan

3.67

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

To mogłoby być kolejne zwyczajne lato nad polskim morzem, gdyby nie Hotel Bursztyn. Leo prawie n… read more

Similar categories in Marta Bijan's Wakacje pod morzem book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Lakelore

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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20. Lunar Boy

By: Jacinta Wibowo

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Witch Boy and Squished, Lunar Boy is a must-have heartwarming coming-of-age graphic… read more

Similar categories in Jacinta Wibowo's Lunar Boy book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Lakelore

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2) by Aiden Thomas

21. Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2)

By: Aiden Thomas

4.42

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Teo never thought he could be a Hero. Now, he doesn’t have a choice. The sun is gone, the Obsid… read more

Similar categories in Aiden Thomas's Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2) book and Anna-Marie McLemore's Lakelore

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer

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Andrew Joseph White

4.13

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Marta Bijan

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4.33

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