30 must-read lgbt books like Finding Joy by Adriana Herrera

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Finding Joy

By: Adriana Herrera

4.00

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

As his twenty-sixth birthday approaches, Desta Joy Walker finds himself in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, t…

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Cover of A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel (The Doomsday Books, #2) by K.J. Charles

1. A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel (The Doomsday Books, #2)

By: K.J. Charles

4.25

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Major Rufus d'Aumesty has unexpectedly become the Earl of Oxney, master of a remote Norman manor on… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel (The Doomsday Books, #2) book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian

2. We Could Be So Good

By: Cat Sebastian

4.29

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Casey McQuiston meets The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo in this mid-century romdram about a scrappy… read more

Similar categories in Cat Sebastian's We Could Be So Good book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Slippery Creatures (The Will Darling Adventures, #1) by K.J. Charles

3. Slippery Creatures (The Will Darling Adventures, #1)

By: K.J. Charles

4.04

Format: 265 pages, ebook

Will Darling came back from the Great War with a few scars, a lot of medals, and no idea what to do… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's Slippery Creatures (The Will Darling Adventures, #1) book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"Libra smiled. It gave Will the impression he'd sent off a postal order for a booklet on Smiling for Beginners."

-K.J. Charles, Slippery Creatures (The Will Darling Adventures, #1)

"Britain was full of men like him, trying to find something to do in a country that had managed perfectly well without them."

-K.J. Charles, Slippery Creatures (The Will Darling Adventures, #1)

"He'd been apprenticed to a joiner before the war, but that felt like decades ago: all he was good at now was killing people, which was discouraged."

-K.J. Charles, Slippery Creatures (The Will Darling Adventures, #1)

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4. You Should Be So Lucky

By: Cat Sebastian

4.39

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An emotional, slow-burn, grumpy/sunshine, queer mid-century romance about grief and found family, b… read more

Similar categories in Cat Sebastian's You Should Be So Lucky book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"Sometimes you want to look at a guy and say: Well, he’s fucked, but he’s trying."

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

"But he also wants that feeling he had earlier, that feeling of being seen for who he is, and of being liked anyway."

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

"This urge to be kind to a relative stranger is unfamiliar and disconcerting, as if he's discovered in himself a hunger for raw meat or an enthusiasm for vaudeville."

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

"The actual problem is incredibly boring, and Mark hates admitting it even to himself. Unless a couple has the good fortune to get hit by the same freight train, their story ends in exactly one way. H…"

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

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5. Stars in Your Eyes

By: Kacen Callender

3.80

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The National Book Award-winning author of  Felix Ever After  delivers a beautifully tender story of… read more

Similar categories in Kacen Callender's Stars in Your Eyes book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Once Ghosted, Twice Shy (Reluctant Royals, #2.5) by Alyssa Cole

6. Once Ghosted, Twice Shy (Reluctant Royals, #2.5)

By: Alyssa Cole

3.79

Format: 101 pages, Kindle Edition

Alyssa Cole returns with a fun, sexy romance novella in the Reluctant Royals series! While her b… read more

Similar categories in Alyssa Cole's Once Ghosted, Twice Shy (Reluctant Royals, #2.5) book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
"Sometimes it made sense to lead from behind, and other times you had to take the situation to hand."

-Alyssa Cole, Once Ghosted, Twice Shy (Reluctant Royals, #2.5)

Cover of All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3) by E.L. Massey

7. All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3)

By: E.L. Massey

4.36

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

When seventeen-year-old Patrick Roman is offered a scholarship to a top hockey preparatory school, … read more

Similar categories in E.L. Massey's All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3) book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Jesus,"

-E.L. Massey, All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3)

"I hate you,"

-E.L. Massey, All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3)

"Go fuck yourself,"

-E.L. Massey, All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3)

"The feelings I have for you are not gross."

-E.L. Massey, All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3)

Cover of Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1) by E.L. Massey

8. Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1)

By: E.L. Massey

4.33

Format: 423 pages, ebook

Nineteen-year-old hockey phenom Alexander Price is the youngest-ever captain in the NHL. With a pol… read more

Similar categories in E.L. Massey's Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1) book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Apparently, Alex doesn't know how to handle emotions, and he's a dumpster fire of a human being."

-E.L. Massey, Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1)

"The problem is he thinks he and Eli could be good for each other. Really good. Under different circumstances. In a different life. Or maybe, if he was just a little braver, in this one."

-E.L. Massey, Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1)

Cover of Like You've Nothing Left to Prove (Breakaway, #2) by E.L. Massey

9. Like You've Nothing Left to Prove (Breakaway, #2)

By: E.L. Massey

4.40

Format: None pages, ebook

As the headline-stealing captain of the Houston Hell Hounds, nineteen-year-old Alexander Price has … read more

Similar categories in E.L. Massey's Like You've Nothing Left to Prove (Breakaway, #2) book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • queer
"He doesn't have words for this kind of thing. But 'love' seems really fucking trite for all the whatever that he feels. Or maybe other people shouldn't be allowed to use the word 'love' because they …"

-E.L. Massey, Like You've Nothing Left to Prove (Breakaway, #2)

Cover of The Boyfriend Subscription by Steven Salvatore

10. The Boyfriend Subscription

By: Steven Salvatore

3.59

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Equal parts sizzling, sweet and irresistibly fresh, Steven Salvatore’s The Boyfriend Subscription i… read more

Similar categories in Steven Salvatore's The Boyfriend Subscription book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of New Adult (Boy Meets Boy #3) by Timothy Janovsky

11. New Adult (Boy Meets Boy #3)

By: Timothy Janovsky

3.99

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Nolan Baker longs to be "thirty, flirty and thriving" in this charmingly quirky LGBTQIA+ romance th… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Janovsky's New Adult (Boy Meets Boy #3) book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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12. Time to Shine

By: Rachel Reid

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A merry and bright hockey romance about finding your place, finding your people and finding your wa… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Reid's Time to Shine book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Long Run by James Acker

13. The Long Run

By: James Acker

4.31

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Two track and field athletes find an unexpected but powerful love in this unapologetically blunt an… read more

Similar categories in James Acker's The Long Run book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of How You Get the Girl (Love & Other Disasters, #3) by Anita Kelly

14. How You Get the Girl (Love & Other Disasters, #3)

By: Anita Kelly

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Chemistry sizzles in this workplace rom-com set in the world of high school basketball from the aut… read more

Similar categories in Anita Kelly's How You Get the Girl (Love & Other Disasters, #3) book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Something Wild & Wonderful (Love & Other Disasters, #2) by Anita Kelly

15. Something Wild & Wonderful (Love & Other Disasters, #2)

By: Anita Kelly

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From the author of Love & Other Disasters comes a sparkling grumpy-meets-sunshine romance featuring… read more

Similar categories in Anita Kelly's Something Wild & Wonderful (Love & Other Disasters, #2) book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
"Do they miss me? Does it count if the person they miss isn’t actually me? ​​​"

-Anita Kelly, Something Wild & Wonderful (Love & Other Disasters, #2)

Cover of Better Than People (Garnet Run, #1) by Roan Parrish

16. Better Than People (Garnet Run, #1)

By: Roan Parrish

3.96

Format: 239 pages, ebook

It’s not long before their pet-centric arrangement sparks a person-centric desire… Simon Burke h… read more

Similar categories in Roan Parrish's Better Than People (Garnet Run, #1) book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
"No one had ever called him tough before. Told him to toughen up? Yes. To tough it out? Definitely. The thing was that he knew he was tough. He'd never told anyone, but sometimes at the end of the day…"

-Roan Parrish, Better Than People (Garnet Run, #1)

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17. Canto Contigo

By: Jonny Garza Villa

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When a Mariachi star transfers schools, he expects to be handed his new group's lead vocalist spot—… read more

Similar categories in Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of A Rulebook for Restless Rogues (Lucky Lovers of London, #2) by Jess Everlee

18. A Rulebook for Restless Rogues (Lucky Lovers of London, #2)

By: Jess Everlee

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Jess Everlee follows up her sparkling debut The Gentleman's Book of Vices  with this charming queer… read more

Similar categories in Jess Everlee's A Rulebook for Restless Rogues (Lucky Lovers of London, #2) book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Mayor and the Mystery Man (Single Dads Club, #2) by A.J. Truman

19. The Mayor and the Mystery Man (Single Dads Club, #2)

By: A.J. Truman

4.04

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

An MM Fake Relationship, Friends to Lovers Romance To win this election, I should be trying to k… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Truman's The Mayor and the Mystery Man (Single Dads Club, #2) book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • queer
Cover of The Barkeep and the Bro (Single Dads Club, #3) by A.J. Truman

20. The Barkeep and the Bro (Single Dads Club, #3)

By: A.J. Truman

4.08

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

I’m his boss. He’s my daughter’s ex-boyfriend. This has nope written all over it. For twenty-fiv… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Truman's The Barkeep and the Bro (Single Dads Club, #3) book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
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21. Lady Eve's Last Con

By: Rebecca Fraimow

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Hearts will race and anti-grav boots will fly in this scifi rom-com perfect for fans of WINTER'S OR… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Fraimow's Lady Eve's Last Con book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Love & Monsters (Book Club Boys, #1) by Max  Walker

22. Love & Monsters (Book Club Boys, #1)

By: Max Walker

3.55

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Noah Barnes A trip to the grocery store changed my life. That’s where I bumped into my ‘stra… read more

Similar categories in Max Walker's Love & Monsters (Book Club Boys, #1) book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Sweatpants Season by Danielle Allen

23. Sweatpants Season

By: Danielle Allen

4.05

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

He has a big…smile. It was the first thing I noticed that day until he stood. His grey sweatpants… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Allen's Sweatpants Season book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of I Like Me Better by Robby Weber

24. I Like Me Better

By: Robby Weber

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

This is not how soccer-star Zack Martin thought his summer would go. When the captain's prank means… read more

Similar categories in Robby Weber's I Like Me Better book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of A Dash of Salt and Pepper by Kosoko Jackson

25. A Dash of Salt and Pepper

By: Kosoko Jackson

3.35

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Sometimes two cooks in the kitchen are better than one in this swoony romantic comedy from the auth… read more

Similar categories in Kosoko Jackson's A Dash of Salt and Pepper book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of All the Right Notes by Dominic   Lim

26. All the Right Notes

By: Dominic Lim

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

​ In this hilarious and joyous rom com, sparks fly when a piano genius and a Hollywood heartthrob a… read more

Similar categories in Dominic Lim's All the Right Notes book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of That Could Be Enough by Alyssa Cole

27. That Could Be Enough

By: Alyssa Cole

4.01

Format: 158 pages, Kindle Edition

Mercy Alston knows the best thing to do with pesky feelings like "love" and "hope": avoid them at a… read more

Similar categories in Alyssa Cole's That Could Be Enough book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

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

28. 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 Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Finding Joy by Adriana  Herrera

29. Finding Joy

By: Adriana Herrera

4.00

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

As his twenty-sixth birthday approaches, Desta Joy Walker finds himself in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, t… read more

Similar categories in Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • queer lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Work for It by Talia Hibbert

30. Work for It

By: Talia Hibbert

4.06

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

For men like us, trust doesn't come easy. In this village, I’m an outcast: Griffin Everett, the … read more

Similar categories in Talia Hibbert's Work for It book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
"I don't sulk; I brood. Like Batman."

-Talia Hibbert, Work for It

"See you never can tell what rich people might do. They don't think in straight lines. It's like the more money they were born with, the fewer logic points they get."

-Talia Hibbert, Work for It

Cover of Rules for Ghosting by Shelly Jay  Shore

31. Rules for Ghosting

By: Shelly Jay Shore

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Rule #1: They can't speak. Rule #2: They can't move. Rule #3: They can't hurt you. Ezra Fri… read more

Similar categories in Shelly Jay Shore's Rules for Ghosting book and Adriana Herrera's Finding Joy

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer

23 must-read audiobook books like Finding Joy by Adriana Herrera

Transform Your Habits

A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel (The Doomsday Books, #2)

K.J. Charles

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Stars in Your Eyes

Kacen Callender

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Once Ghosted, Twice Shy (Reluctant Royals, #2.5)

Alyssa Cole

3.79

Transform Your Habits

The Boyfriend Subscription

Steven Salvatore

3.59

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18 Top contemporary books like Time to Shine by Rachel Reid

Transform Your Habits

All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3)

E.L. Massey

4.36

Transform Your Habits

I'm Your Guy (Hockey Guys, #2)

Sarina Bowen

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Bromantic Puckboy (Puckboys, #6)

Eden Finley

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Crushed Ice (Hockey Ever After, #4)

Ashlyn Kane

3.88

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