27 best-selling lgbt books like Music from Another World by Robin Talley

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Music from Another World

By: Robin Talley

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A master of award-winning queer historical fiction, New York Times bestselling author Robin Talley …

"I'm a child. They're the ones hurting me"

-Robin Talley, Music from Another World

"I'm a child. They're the ones hurting me"

-Robin Talley, Music from Another World

"I'm a child. They're the ones hurting me"

-Robin Talley, Music from Another World

"We know how the world works, but that doesn't change who we are."

-Robin Talley, Music from Another World

If you liked the lgbt plot in Music from Another World by Robin Talley , here is a list of 27 books like this:

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1. Definite Possibility (Bay West Social, #3)

By: Maggie Cummings

4.20

Format: 254 pages, ebook

Sam Miller followed her heart to the West Coast. Now she’s back, she’s single, and she’s got one mi… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Cummings's Definite Possibility (Bay West Social, #3) book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. Tease

By: Amanda Maciel

3.69

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

If you gulped through reading or streaming 13 Reasons Why, Tease is the book for you. Provocativ… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Maciel's Tease book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Don't add silence to your list of regrets."

-Amanda Maciel, Tease

"And I make them go into the restaurant, so there’s some exercise involved too. If walking across a parking lot counts."

-Amanda Maciel, Tease

"You're weird,' he says. Despite everythin, I smile. 'You're always saying that, but in fact, you're weird,' I say. 'Yeah, I know. Remember? That's how I can tell you're weird, too."

-Amanda Maciel, Tease

"I look down and see my hands uncapping the pen, turning the notepad right-side up on my knees. My mouth is dry, my stomach is in knots, my life is over, my heart is broken. I start to write."

-Amanda Maciel, Tease

3. Dress Codes for Small Towns

By: Courtney C. Stevens

4.25

Format: None pages, ebook

As the tomboy daughter of the town's preacher, Billie McCaffrey has always struggled with fitting t… read more

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4. Girl Mans Up

By: M.E. Girard

4.22

Format: 160 pages, ebook

All Pen wants is to be the kind of girl she's always been. So why does everyone have a problem with… read more

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5. At Her Service (Out in Hollywood, #2)

By: Amy Spalding

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Fans of Casey McQuiston, Alexis Hall, and Meryl Wilsner will fall for this sweetly sexy, gloriously… read more

Similar categories in Amy Spalding's At Her Service (Out in Hollywood, #2) book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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6. A Scatter of Light

By: Malinda Lo

3.87

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Malinda Lo returns to the Bay Area with another masterful coming-of-queer-age … read more

Similar categories in Malinda Lo's A Scatter of Light book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • queer
"This is what I’ve learned: The art is greater than you and your feelings. You have to serve it. It is not you. Some people will never understand that, but you need to surround yourself with people wh…"

-Malinda Lo, A Scatter of Light

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7. 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 Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • 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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8. Second Night Stand

By: Karelia Stetz-Waters

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A burlesque performer and a professional ballerina fall in love while competing on a reality TV tal… read more

Similar categories in Karelia Stetz-Waters's Second Night Stand book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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9. Not My Problem

By: Ciara Smyth

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Aideen has plenty of problems she can’t fix. Her best (and only) friend is pulling away. Her mother… read more

Similar categories in Ciara Smyth's Not My Problem book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I dug deep down into my empathy store and found a dried-up old raisin."

-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem

"She really did look relieved. Like the stick up her her ass had decreased in width or length."

-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem

"I'd never met someone I hated more. Would it have been wrong to burn her house down to get out?"

-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem

"It's all a load of bolloxology, but I'm not going to let that get in the way of making fun of you, am I?"

-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem

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10. The Summer Love Strategy

By: Ray Stoeve

3.42

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A sweet and swoony YA rom-com about two friends making a pact to find summer romance like they’ve s… read more

Similar categories in Ray Stoeve's The Summer Love Strategy book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Hideaway (Vino & Veritas, #8) by Rachel Lacey

11. Hideaway (Vino & Veritas, #8)

By: Rachel Lacey

3.72

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

One woman’s hiding place is another woman’s home. After becoming an inadvertent viral sensation—… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lacey's Hideaway (Vino & Veritas, #8) book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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12. This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

By: Kacen Callender

3.38

Format: 304 pages, ebook

A fresh, charming rom-com perfect for fans of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and Boy Meets Boy a… read more

Similar categories in Kacen Callender's This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Maybe the way you love changes from person to person."

-Kacen Callender, This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

"Maybe the ending isn't even really the point. Just as long as there was a happy somewhere along the way."

-Kacen Callender, This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

"I’m sick and tired of looking around at everyone else falling in love, and telling myself that I don’t deserve it, too."

-Kacen Callender, This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

"I’m realizing it doesn’t really matter if we have a happy ending or not. We’re happy right now. That’s the important part, right?"

-Kacen Callender, This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

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13. Forget Me Not

By: Alyson Derrick

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A romantic ode to the strength of love and the power of choosing each other, against odds and obsta… read more

Similar categories in Alyson Derrick's Forget Me Not book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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14. If You Still Recognise Me

By: Cynthia So

4.05

Format: 409 pages, Paperback

Elsie has a crush on Ada, the only person in the world who truly understands her. Unfortunately, th… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia So's If You Still Recognise Me book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I wonder if Ada would be able to feel the sapphic vibes if she could see the things she and I wrote to each other through the eyes of someone who was an outsider to our friendship."

-Cynthia So, If You Still Recognise Me

"And I lie down and look at the ceiling, and I wonder how adults learn to love with this feeling that the past is always growing bigger, that you're always losing mroe of yourself to it."

-Cynthia So, If You Still Recognise Me

"I didn't truly believe it back then. That I deserved to be seen. I do now, though. I do. And being seen requires being open about myself. Joan looks at me, soft, patient. I want to be seen."

-Cynthia So, If You Still Recognise Me

"There's nothing like meeting someone and feeling comfortable with them instantly. That to me is the closest thing we have to magic in the world. The inexplicable connection that we just feel, right a…"

-Cynthia So, If You Still Recognise Me

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15. Let's Call It a Doomsday

By: Katie Henry

3.65

Format: 416 pages, ebook

There are so many ways the world could end. There could be a fire. A catastrophic flood. A super er… read more

Similar categories in Katie Henry's Let's Call It a Doomsday book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"They were meant to carry you. Not just when it’s convenient. Not just when you were small. For your entire life. You were brought into the world to be loved, and guided, and carried. That’s the deal …"

-Katie Henry, Let's Call It a Doomsday

"She waves the question off. "Don't worry about it." I hate it when people say that. I hate that they assume it's an option for me, I hate that. "Of course I'm going to worry!" I shout at her, throwin…"

-Katie Henry, Let's Call It a Doomsday

"She waves the question off. "Don't worry about it." I hate it when people say that. I hate that they assume it's an option for me, I hate that. "Of course I'm going to worry!" I shout at her, throwin…"

-Katie Henry, Let's Call It a Doomsday

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16. The Key to You and Me

By: Jaye Robin Brown

3.37

Format: 368 pages, ebook

KEY TO YOU AND ME, THE read more

Similar categories in Jaye Robin Brown's The Key to You and Me book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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17. Drum Roll, Please

By: Lisa Jenn Bigelow

4.23

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Find the confidence to rock out to your own beat. Melly only joined the school band because her … read more

Similar categories in Lisa Jenn Bigelow's Drum Roll, Please book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I may only be four foot, eight inches, but all the more reason I've got to stand by every one of them. Now, where's my glitter?"

-Lisa Jenn Bigelow, Drum Roll, Please

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18. The Lightness of Hands

By: Jeff Garvin

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A quirky and heartfelt coming-of-age story about a teen girl with bipolar II who signs her failed m… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Garvin's The Lightness of Hands book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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19. You Don't Live Here

By: Robyn Schneider

3.87

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Robyn Schneider, author of The Beginning of Everything, delivers a witty and heartbreaking tale of … read more

Similar categories in Robyn Schneider's You Don't Live Here book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Who is this?' I asked. 'Phoebe Bridgers,' she said. 'I'll make you a playlist."

-Robyn Schneider, You Don't Live Here

"I'm not ashamed of myself. I'm ashamed that the world isn't good enough yet. Because it should be."

-Robyn Schneider, You Don't Live Here

"Because the truth is always hard. Because being queer is hard, and coming out is hard, and it never stops being hard. The world keeps shoving into you. But you stand tall anyway. You take up space an…"

-Robyn Schneider, You Don't Live Here

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20. Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken

By: Nita Tyndall

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Berlin, 1938 It is the summer before World War II begins, but Charlotte Kraus doesn’t know it ye… read more

Similar categories in Nita Tyndall's Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • queer
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21. Hearts Like Hers (Seven Shores, #2)

By: Melissa Brayden

4.10

Format: 233 pages, ebook

No one pencils in falling in love. All work and no play has Autumn Primm in the market for a li… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Brayden's Hearts Like Hers (Seven Shores, #2) book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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22. Music from Another World

By: Robin Talley

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A master of award-winning queer historical fiction, New York Times bestselling author Robin Talley … read more

Similar categories in Robin Talley's Music from Another World book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • queer
"I'm a child. They're the ones hurting me"

-Robin Talley, Music from Another World

"We know how the world works, but that doesn't change who we are."

-Robin Talley, Music from Another World

"There’s no point worrying so hard you can’t breathe. Life’s short, and you’ve got to make sure there's time to live it."

-Robin Talley, Music from Another World

"Then I kissed her. And I finally understand all those songs I didn’t get before. This is what people mean when they write songs about love. This feeling. This perfect, overwhelming knowledge that eve…"

-Robin Talley, Music from Another World

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23. Gay the Pray Away

By: Natalie Naudus

4.46

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

Valerie Danners is in a cult. She just doesn't know it yet. When she finds a queer book at the libr… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Naudus's Gay the Pray Away book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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24. Give in to Me

By: Elle Spencer

3.94

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Whitney Ainsworth has had a very tough year. First up was the very public divorce from an A-list ac… read more

Similar categories in Elle Spencer's Give in to Me book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Wish You Weren't Here by Erin Baldwin

25. Wish You Weren't Here

By: Erin Baldwin

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Juliette doesn’t hate Priya Pendley. At least, not in the way teen movies say she should hate th… read more

Similar categories in Erin Baldwin's Wish You Weren't Here book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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26. Candidly Cline

By: Kathryn Ormsbee

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A must-read for fans of Julie Murphy and Ashley Herring Blake, this queer coming-of-age story from … read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Ormsbee's Candidly Cline book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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27. This Is What It Feels Like

By: Rebecca Barrow

4.02

Format: 400 pages, ebook

It doesn’t matter what the prize for the Sun City Originals contest is this year. Who cares that… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Barrow's This Is What It Feels Like book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5) by Sandhya Menon

28. As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

By: Sandhya Menon

3.63

Format: 60 pages, ebook

Will Dimple and Rishi find their happily ever after? Find out in this funny, romantic, endlessly ch… read more

Similar categories in Sandhya Menon's As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5) book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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29. Lover Birds

By: Leanne Egan

4.22

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

With an irresistible enemies-to-lovers romance, and perfect for fans of Alice Oseman and Becky Albe… read more

Similar categories in Leanne Egan's Lover Birds book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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30. The Lives We Left Behind

By: Olivia Bratherton-Wilson

4.30

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

1943. Seventeen-year-old Dorothea Miller is given the responsibility of managing the family farm wh… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
Cover of A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity  Nguyen

31. A Bánh Mì for Two

By: Trinity Nguyen

4.02

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In this sweet sapphic romance about two foodies in love, Vivi meets Lan while studying abroad in Vi… read more

Similar categories in Trinity Nguyen's A Bánh Mì for Two book and Robin Talley's Music from Another World

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

29 must-read fiction books like Music from Another World by Robin Talley

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Definite Possibility (Bay West Social, #3)

Maggie Cummings

4.20

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Tease

Amanda Maciel

3.69

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At Her Service (Out in Hollywood, #2)

Amy Spalding

3.86

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A Scatter of Light

Malinda Lo

3.87

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Patricia MacLachlan

4.26

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Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

Ashley Herring Blake

3.15

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Ellen Outside the Lines

A.J. Sass

4.37

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Nicole Melleby

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