5 must-read queer books like This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke

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This Rebel Heart

By: Katherine Locke

3.73

Format: 433 pages, Hardcover

A tale set amid the 1956 Hungarian revolution in post-WWII Communist Budapest. In the middle of …

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1. Tommy: The Gun That Changed America

By: Karen Blumenthal

3.66

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

John Taliaferro Thompson had a mission: to develop a lightweight, fast-firing weapon that would hel… read more

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2. The Silent Unseen

By: Amanda McCrina

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A mesmerizing historical novel of suspense and intrigue about a teenage girl who risks everything t… read more

Similar categories in Amanda McCrina's The Silent Unseen book and Katherine Locke's This Rebel Heart

  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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3. The Charmed List

By: Julie Abe

3.60

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

After spending most of high school as the quiet girl, Ellie Kobata is ready to take some risks and … read more

Similar categories in Julie Abe's The Charmed List book and Katherine Locke's This Rebel Heart

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"I brought some Honey & Butter."

-Julie Abe, The Charmed List

"And please, you know you’re cute."

-Julie Abe, The Charmed List

"But we can’t leave without a book,"

-Julie Abe, The Charmed List

"Is that—is that the Enchanted Forest?"

-Julie Abe, The Charmed List

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4. Faraway: Fairy Tales for the Here and Now (Faraway 5 Book Collection)

By: Rainbow Rowell

3.36

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

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Similar categories in Rainbow Rowell's Faraway: Fairy Tales for the Here and Now (Faraway 5 Book Collection) book and Katherine Locke's This Rebel Heart

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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5. Where You See Yourself

By: Claire Forrest

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Where You See Yourself combines an unforgettable coming-of-age tale, a swoon-worthy romance, and mu… read more

Similar categories in Claire Forrest's Where You See Yourself book and Katherine Locke's This Rebel Heart

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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6. 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 Katherine Locke's This Rebel Heart

  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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7. Fractured Tide

By: Leslie Lutz

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Lost meets Stranger Things in this eerie, immersive YA thriller, thrusting seventeen-year-old Sia i… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Lutz's Fractured Tide book and Katherine Locke's This Rebel Heart

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"You told me once the mind is an ocean, and most of us live on the surface. But the currents beneath, that’s what moves everything around. The currents make the boats shift position in the night, push…"

-Leslie Lutz, Fractured Tide

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8. Bump

By: Chiara Atik

3.45

Format: 66 pages, Paperback

2 men, 10 women A car mechanic on the verge of becoming a grandfather, a community of expectant … read more

Similar categories in Chiara Atik's Bump book and Katherine Locke's This Rebel Heart

  • audiobook
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9. The Boy in the Red Dress

By: Kristin Lambert

3.81

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue meets Miss Fisher's Murder Mystery in this rollicking romp o… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Lambert's The Boy in the Red Dress book and Katherine Locke's This Rebel Heart

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
"I'd never known freedom could feel so hollow"

-Kristin Lambert, The Boy in the Red Dress

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10. Our Vengeful Souls

By: Kristi McManus

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When magical mermaid Sereia saves her little sister and overshadows brother and rightful heir, Trit… read more

Similar categories in Kristi McManus's Our Vengeful Souls book and Katherine Locke's This Rebel Heart

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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11. Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

By: Olivia A. Cole

4.30

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

This searing and intimate novel in verse follows a sixteen-year-old girl coping with sexual abuse a… read more

Similar categories in Olivia A. Cole's Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse) book and Katherine Locke's This Rebel Heart

  • fiction
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
"I remember the thing that I saw on Tumblr, how people with trauma will sometimes reexpose themselves to it, salt in the wound to stay alive. I am tired of salting the wound - I am ready to salt the e…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"My hair is the color of a dart frog: generations of death adapting into this exact shade of poison ...bright red and orange, the colors of pain, I WILL MAKE YOU SICK I WILL KILL YOU FROM INSIDE YOUR …"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"The last barbecue I went to was at Sarah's house and I almost text her to tell her how when you have so many memories with one person, it's like a crime scene after they're gone. Fingerprints everywh…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"My mother thinks I’ve dyed my hair red for attention— How can I explain to her the ways that she is right and wrong. As of last night, my hair is the color of a brick the moment before it goes throug…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

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12. Stateless

By: Elizabeth Wein

3.91

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A murder mystery set in 1937 Europe with intrigue, glamour, secrets, and betrayal. When Stella Nort… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Wein's Stateless book and Katherine Locke's This Rebel Heart

  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Great or Nothing

By: Joy McCullough

3.79

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A reimagining of Little Women set in the spring of 1942, when the United States is suddenly embroil… read more

Similar categories in Joy McCullough's Great or Nothing book and Katherine Locke's This Rebel Heart

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
"But there is little room for anything but truth in the fresh gnaw of becoming."

-Joy McCullough, Great or Nothing

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14. The Getaway

By: Lamar Giles

3.74

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the funnest spot around . . . Jay is living his best life at Karloff Country, one of … read more

Similar categories in Lamar Giles's The Getaway book and Katherine Locke's This Rebel Heart

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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15. The Lantern's Ember

By: Colleen Houck

3.49

Format: 408 pages, ebook

Welcome to a world where nightmarish creatures reign supreme. Five hundred years ago, Jack made … read more

Similar categories in Colleen Houck's The Lantern's Ember book and Katherine Locke's This Rebel Heart

  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Yegor,"

-Colleen Houck, The Lantern's Ember

"Ember,"

-Colleen Houck, The Lantern's Ember

"All I ask,"

-Colleen Houck, The Lantern's Ember

"In my experience,"

-Colleen Houck, The Lantern's Ember

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16. The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner

By: Marissa Moss

4.13

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

The gripping story of Lise Meitner, the physicist who discovered nuclear fission As a female Jew… read more

Similar categories in Marissa Moss's The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner book and Katherine Locke's This Rebel Heart

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • jewish
"Life need not be easy, provided only that it is not empty." (Lise Meitner)"

-Marissa Moss, The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner

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17. Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party

By: Jetta Grace Martin

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Booklist Editors’ Choice WINNER of the Russell Freedman Award for Non-Fiction for a Better World … read more

Similar categories in Jetta Grace Martin's Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party book and Katherine Locke's This Rebel Heart

  • historical
  • audiobook
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18. The Truth About White Lies

By: Olivia A. Cole

3.34

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

For fans of I'm Not Dying with You Tonight, this gripping YA novel digs into the historical and pre… read more

Similar categories in Olivia A. Cole's The Truth About White Lies book and Katherine Locke's This Rebel Heart

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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19. This Rebel Heart

By: Katherine Locke

3.73

Format: 433 pages, Hardcover

A tale set amid the 1956 Hungarian revolution in post-WWII Communist Budapest. In the middle of … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Locke's This Rebel Heart book and Katherine Locke's This Rebel Heart

  • audiobook
  • magical realism
  • jewish
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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20. Cake Eater

By: Allyson Dahlin

3.62

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

She has a million followers on social media. She uses her fashion-forward eye to pick the perfec… read more

Similar categories in Allyson Dahlin's Cake Eater book and Katherine Locke's This Rebel Heart

  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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21. Deep in Providence

By: Riss M. Neilson

3.94

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

"Haunting, intimate, and beautifully a magical debut novel from a writer to watch.” ―Emily M. Danf… read more

Similar categories in Riss M. Neilson's Deep in Providence book and Katherine Locke's This Rebel Heart

  • magical realism
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • queer

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Amanda McCrina

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3.36

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3.75

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Lex Croucher

4.01

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3.81

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