8 must-read lgbt books like If You See Me, Don't Say Hi by Neel Patel

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If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

By: Neel Patel

3.79

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In these eleven sharp, surprising stories, Neel Patel gives voice to our most deeply held stereotyp…

"I wasn't always this way. But the friction of life has a way of turning sharp edges into smooth ones, smooth edges into sharp ones, until you've become a duller, slightly misshapen version of your former self."

-Neel Patel, If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

"I wasn't always this way. But the friction of life has a way of turning sharp edges into smooth ones, smooth edges into sharp ones, until you've become a duller, slightly misshapen version of your former self."

-Neel Patel, If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

"I wasn't always this way. But the friction of life has a way of turning sharp edges into smooth ones, smooth edges into sharp ones, until you've become a duller, slightly misshapen version of your former self."

-Neel Patel, If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

If you liked the lgbt plot in If You See Me, Don't Say Hi by Neel Patel , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Summerlong

By: Dean Bakopoulos

4.30

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The author of Please Don't Come Back from the Moonand My American Unhappinessdelivers his breakout … read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary

2. The Bones of Grace (Bangla Desh #3)

By: Tahmima Anam

3.76

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The much-anticipated new novel by the Granta 'Best of Young British' Novelist 'Anwar told me that i… read more

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3. The Same Sky

By: Amanda Eyre Ward

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this heartrending and poignant novel, award-winning author Amanda Eyre Ward tells the story of A… read more

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4. New Year, Same Trash: Resolutions I Absolutely Did Not Keep

By: Samantha Irby

4.01

Format: None pages,

Comedian, blogger and essayist Samantha Irby is notgoing to be a better person this year than she w… read more

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5. No One Can Pronounce My Name

By: Rakesh Satyal

4.45

Format: 122 pages, Hardcover

A Humorous And Tender Multigenerational Novel About Immigrants And Outsiders--Those Trying To Find … read more

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6. Bodega Dreams

By: Ernesto Quiñonez

2.00

Format: 28 pages, Paperback

"A new and authentic voice of the urban Latino experience." --Esmeralda Santiago, author of When I … read more

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7. Creep: Accusations and Confessions

By: Myriam Gurba

4.37

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

A ruthless and razor-sharp essay collection that tackles the pervasive, creeping oppression and tox… read more

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  • audiobook
  • adult
  • lgbt
  • queer
"Embedded within these systems of family, friendship, and community, these creepy men may appear harmless, their evil obscured by a benign collective presence, a fog of sorts. This softness swaddles a…"

-Myriam Gurba, Creep: Accusations and Confessions

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8. Looker

By: Laura Sims

3.07

Format: 182 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling, razor-sharp debut novel about a woman whose obsession with the beautiful actress on her… read more

Similar categories in Laura Sims's Looker book and Neel Patel's If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. Where We Come From

By: Oscar Cásares

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A stunning and timely novel about a Mexican-American family in Brownsville, Texas, that reluctantly… read more

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  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us

By: Prachi Gupta

4.36

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An Indian American daughter reveals how the dangerous model minority myth fractured her family in t… read more

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  • india
  • audiobook
"We abide by their story because we think that is how we gain acceptance in America. But we cannibalize our bodies, our spirits and our minds to feed a hunger that never abates. We struggle under a we…"

-Prachi Gupta, They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us

"The world we live in, which demands perfection and achievement, teaches us we cannot love ourselves as we are. The myth teaches us to think greatness always resides outside us instead of within us. W…"

-Prachi Gupta, They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us

"We had each been raised to believe that every unknown could be resolved through willpower and intellect, a message reinforced by America's rigid conception of who we are supposed to be. The truth is,…"

-Prachi Gupta, They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us

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11. A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers

By: Victor LaValle

3.79

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

What if America's founding ideals finally became reality? A future of peace, justice, and love come… read more

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  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"I turned to my wife and said, "Damn, this country hates women." She said, "You're only now just figuring that out?"

-Victor LaValle, A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers

"Father sat in his easy chair, occasionally shaking his head and saying how this was just the way the cycle worked—one time they vote for what they believe themselves to be and the next they get angry…"

-Victor LaValle, A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers

"There are stories about perfection, but those stories are lies. No one ever made the world better by being perfect. There is only mess in humans, and sometimes that mess turns to magic, and sometimes…"

-Victor LaValle, A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers

"It’s quiet for a second and so I start to think. About how people take from each other. They take and take. Our world itself is a great big taking. And life is just giving. We give away everything we…"

-Victor LaValle, A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers

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12. What We Owe

By: Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde

3.98

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Nahid has six months left to live. Or so the doctors say. But Nahid is not the type to trust anyone… read more

Similar categories in Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde's What We Owe book and Neel Patel's If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. Self-Portrait with Ghost: Short Stories

By: Meng Jin

3.54

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

“A knockout short story collection...Each one of these 10 dizzyingly immersive stories offers up a … read more

Similar categories in Meng Jin's Self-Portrait with Ghost: Short Stories book and Neel Patel's If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

  • short story collection
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Lot

By: Bryan Washington

3.76

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Stories of a young man finding his place among family and community in Houston, from a powerful, em… read more

Similar categories in Bryan Washington's Lot book and Neel Patel's If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"Eventually, I finally asked her what she got out of reading these books by old dead men, what the words on the page had to do with her. The kind of question an idiot asks."

-Bryan Washington, Lot

"She read beautifully, deeply. I don't know how else to describe it. Eventually, I finally asked her what she got out of reading these books by old dead men, what the words on the page had to do with …"

-Bryan Washington, Lot

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15. The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World's Queer Frontiers

By: Mark Gevisser

4.27

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

One of the Financial Times and Guardian Books to Look Forward to in 2020 A groundbreaking look a… read more

Similar categories in Mark Gevisser's The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World's Queer Frontiers book and Neel Patel's If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • queer
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16. Habitations

By: Sheila Sundar

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A young academic moves from India to the United States, where she navigates first love, a green car… read more

Similar categories in Sheila Sundar's Habitations book and Neel Patel's If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. The Agency

By: Katie Skelly

3.34

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! For three grueling years, Katie Skelly gathered intelligence in the wilds of … read more

Similar categories in Katie Skelly's The Agency book and Neel Patel's If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of If You See Me, Don't Say Hi by Neel Patel

18. If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

By: Neel Patel

3.79

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In these eleven sharp, surprising stories, Neel Patel gives voice to our most deeply held stereotyp… read more

Similar categories in Neel Patel's If You See Me, Don't Say Hi book and Neel Patel's If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

  • audiobook
  • short story collection
  • lgbt
  • indian literature
  • short stories
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"I wasn't always this way. But the friction of life has a way of turning sharp edges into smooth ones, smooth edges into sharp ones, until you've become a duller, slightly misshapen version of your fo…"

-Neel Patel, If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

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19. The Takeover Effect (The Singh Family, #1)

By: Nisha Sharma

3.71

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Hemdeep Singh knows exactly what he wants. With his intelligence and determination, he has what it … read more

Similar categories in Nisha Sharma's The Takeover Effect (The Singh Family, #1) book and Neel Patel's If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

  • adult
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. All the Things We Don't Talk About

By: Amy Feltman

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A “big-hearted, lively, and expansive portrait of a family” that follows a neurodivergent father, h… read more

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  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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21. Cecilia

By: K-Ming Chang

3.32

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

A surreal novella about the intensity and eroticism of girlhood friendships, the ecstasy of desire … read more

Similar categories in K-Ming Chang's Cecilia book and Neel Patel's If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer

13 must-read fiction books like If You See Me, Don't Say Hi by Neel Patel

Transform Your Habits

Summerlong

Dean Bakopoulos

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Looker

Laura Sims

3.07

Transform Your Habits

Where We Come From

Oscar Cásares

4.01

Transform Your Habits

A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers

Victor LaValle

3.79

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14 Top audiobook books like The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World's Queer Frontiers by Mark Gevisser

Transform Your Habits

Ciała

Annie Ernaux

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Operacja Mir (Projekt Riese, #2)

Remigiusz Mróz

3.27

Transform Your Habits

Ciałko. Hiszpania kradnie swoje dzieci

Katarzyna Kobylarczyk

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice

Shon Faye

4.55

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