24 must-read queer books like Everyone's Thinking It by Aleema Omotoni

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Everyone's Thinking It

By: Aleema Omotoni

3.82

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Mean Girls meets Dear White People in this big-hearted, sharp-witted UK boarding school story about…

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Cover of The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes

1. The Luis Ortega Survival Club

By: Sonora Reyes

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School comes a story in the vein of… read more

Similar categories in Sonora Reyes's The Luis Ortega Survival Club book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of How to Find a Missing Girl by Victoria Wlosok

2. How to Find a Missing Girl

By: Victoria Wlosok

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

For fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and Veronica Mars, this whip-smart thriller follows a sap… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Wlosok's How to Find a Missing Girl book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • lesbian
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • queer
Cover of So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1) by Kamilah Cole

3. So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)

By: Kamilah Cole

3.90

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Whip-smart and immersive, this Jamaican-inspired fantasy follows a gods-blessed heroine who’s force… read more

Similar categories in Kamilah Cole's So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1) book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"You're the Childe Empyrean. If we stack out burdens against each other's, you'll win every time." "That doesn't mean we're not both carrying them."

-Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)

"In the meantime, I need you to say here and protect San Irie if anything should happen." "Um." Faron exchanged a glance with Reeve, who looked similarly mystified. "Your Majesty, I'm seventeen years …"

-Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)

"Being forced to learn the language of your oppressors is an oppression of the mind. They rewrite your history when you're too young to know what you're giving away, and before you know it, it's too l…"

-Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)

"Faron's heart stopped entirely as she stared at him. Like friends, romance was a sacrifice she'd made to be the Childe Empyrean. It hadn't mattered much to her until now, because Faron had figured ou…"

-Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)

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4. 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 Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • 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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5. Tender Beasts

By: Liselle Sambury

3.90

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

After her private school is rocked by a gruesome murder, a teen tries to find the real killer and c… read more

Similar categories in Liselle Sambury's Tender Beasts book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
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6. The Poisons We Drink

By: Bethany Baptiste

3.75

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

In a country divided between humans and witchers, Venus Stoneheart hustles as a brewer making illeg… read more

Similar categories in Bethany Baptiste's The Poisons We Drink book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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7. The Blackwoods

By: Brandy Colbert

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From Boston Globe/Horn Book Award–winning author Brandy Colbert comes the story of four generations… read more

Similar categories in Brandy Colbert's The Blackwoods book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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8. Their Vicious Games

By: Joelle Wellington

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A Black teen desperate to regain her Ivy League acceptance enters an elite competition only to disc… read more

Similar categories in Joelle Wellington's Their Vicious Games book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
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9. Escaping Mr. Rochester

By: L.L. McKinney

3.83

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this fresh reimagining of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel, Jane Eyre and Bertha Mason must save… read more

Similar categories in L.L. McKinney's Escaping Mr. Rochester book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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10. Her Good Side

By: Rebekah Weatherspoon

4.05

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A swoony, heart-melting YA romance from beloved author Rebekah Weatherspoon about two awkward teens… read more

Similar categories in Rebekah Weatherspoon's Her Good Side book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. My Week with Him

By: Joya Goffney

3.75

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

"A cute portrait of agency, hope, and intergenerational trauma by Goffney. "— Publishers Weekly A J… read more

Similar categories in Joya Goffney's My Week with Him book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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12. Outdrawn

By: Deanna Grey

4.23

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

It isn’t always lonely at the top. Noah Blue’s finally got her foot in the door. After clawing h… read more

Similar categories in Deanna Grey's Outdrawn book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"She could be a siren; I painted her on the water in my mind, her hair splayed across the surface, eyes daring the viewer to jump in. Would she save them? Save me? Did I want her to?"

-Deanna Grey, Outdrawn

Cover of The Fall of Whit Rivera by Crystal Maldonado

13. The Fall of Whit Rivera

By: Crystal Maldonado

4.09

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Could you plan the Fall Formal with your (hot) nemesis? Whit Rivera is about to find out. Frenemie… read more

Similar categories in Crystal Maldonado's The Fall of Whit Rivera book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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14. Out of Office

By: A.H. Cunningham

3.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

A.H. Cunningham dazzles in this sensual vacation romance exploring what happens when you step out o… read more

Similar categories in A.H. Cunningham's Out of Office book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

15. Where Sleeping Girls Lie

By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

4.05

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In Where Sleeping Girls Lie ― a YA contemporary mystery by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, the New York Time… read more

Similar categories in Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé's Where Sleeping Girls Lie book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • lesbian
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • queer
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16. Thirsty

By: Jas Hammonds

4.16

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

It’s the summer before college and eighteen-year-old Blake Brenner and her girlfriend, Ella, have o… read more

Similar categories in Jas Hammonds's Thirsty book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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17. Songs of Irie

By: Asha Ashanti Bromfield

4.24

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of The Black Kids, Songs of Irie is a sweeping coming-of-age novel from Asha Bromf… read more

Similar categories in Asha Ashanti Bromfield's Songs of Irie book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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18. I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me

By: Jamison Shea

3.72

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

There will be blood. Ace of Spades meets House of Hollow in this villain origin story. Laure … read more

Similar categories in Jamison Shea's I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Twelve years of feeding this dream, cutting down anyone else who stood in my path, only to have the one girl I spared turn around and bite me. And she had the audacity to be mediocre."

-Jamison Shea, I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me

Cover of Out of Body by Nia  Davenport

19. Out of Body

By: Nia Davenport

4.02

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A high-stakes, propulsive YA thriller with a body-swap twist thoughtfully exploring themes of frien… read more

Similar categories in Nia Davenport's Out of Body book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
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20. And Don't Look Back

By: Rebecca Barrow

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

After her mother’s death, a teen pieces together the truth of her family’s past and what her mom wa… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Barrow's And Don't Look Back book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • lesbian
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • queer
Cover of Blood Justice (Blood Debts, #2) by Terry J. Benton-Walker

21. Blood Justice (Blood Debts, #2)

By: Terry J. Benton-Walker

4.33

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Cristina and Clement Trudeau have conjured the impossible: justice. They took back their family’… read more

Similar categories in Terry J. Benton-Walker's Blood Justice (Blood Debts, #2) book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • queer
Cover of Four Eids and a Funeral by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

22. Four Eids and a Funeral

By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

3.71

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

Ex-best friends, Tiwa and Said, must work together to save their Islamic Center from demolition, in… read more

Similar categories in Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé's Four Eids and a Funeral book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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23. Monstrous

By: Jessica Lewis

3.88

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Forced to spend her summer in her aunt's strange small town, a teen girl discovers dark secrets hid… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Lewis's Monstrous book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Everyone's Thinking It by Aleema Omotoni

24. Everyone's Thinking It

By: Aleema Omotoni

3.82

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Mean Girls meets Dear White People in this big-hearted, sharp-witted UK boarding school story about… read more

Similar categories in Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • retellings
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • queer
Cover of A Little Kissing Between Friends by Chencia C. Higgins

25. A Little Kissing Between Friends

By: Chencia C. Higgins

3.79

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Music producer on the rise Cyn Tha Starr knows what she likes, from her sickening beats in the stud… read more

Similar categories in Chencia C. Higgins's A Little Kissing Between Friends book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"No less than forty-five minutes after giving birth, a memo is sent out informing the life-bringer that their time as a bad bitch has expired and they are henceforth Somebody’s Mama and must act accor…"

-Chencia C. Higgins, A Little Kissing Between Friends

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26. 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 Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay by Dale Walls

27. The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay

By: Dale Walls

3.73

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Queer Love. Something Dawn wants, desperately, but does not have. But maybe, if she can capture it,… read more

Similar categories in Dale Walls's The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington

28. The Blonde Dies First

By: Joelle Wellington

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A group of friends fight to choose their own fates in this trope-savvy, self-referential young adul… read more

Similar categories in Joelle Wellington's The Blonde Dies First book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • lesbian
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • queer
Cover of This Is Me Trying by Racquel Marie

29. This Is Me Trying

By: Racquel Marie

4.20

Format: None pages, None

Perfect for fans of Nina LaCour, This is Me Trying is a profound and tender YA contemporary novel e… read more

Similar categories in Racquel Marie's This Is Me Trying book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of True Love and Other Impossible Odds by Christina  Li

30. True Love and Other Impossible Odds

By: Christina Li

4.18

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Pitched as Nina LaCour meets The Half of It, the story follows a first-year college student Grace T… read more

Similar categories in Christina Li's True Love and Other Impossible Odds book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of This Ravenous Fate (This Ravenous Fate, #1) by Hayley Dennings

31. This Ravenous Fate (This Ravenous Fate, #1)

By: Hayley Dennings

3.56

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The first book in a decadent fantasy duology set in Jazz Age Harlem, where at night the dance halls… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Dennings's This Ravenous Fate (This Ravenous Fate, #1) book and Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It

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

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The Luis Ortega Survival Club

Sonora Reyes

4.24

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How to Find a Missing Girl

Victoria Wlosok

3.65

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So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)

Kamilah Cole

3.90

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Ann Zhao

4.01

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Ann Zhao

4.01

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Georgia Beers

4.29

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Taleen Voskuni

3.70

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Ray Stoeve

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