Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens
By: Tanya Boteju
3.78
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
Perpetually awkward Nima Kumara-Clark is bored with her insular community of Bridgeton, in love wit…
Want to Read $ 9.99"But I told myself if I could just get past my house and hammock without being sucked in by the guaranteed comfort, something else might be waiting for me on the other side, something that might color me outside the lines and flow into other parts of my life."-Tanya Boteju, Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens
"With each passing moment, I’d get that feeling you sometimes have the moment you’re about to flip the final page of a really good book, when your anticipation for what happens next overwhelms you, but you also know that turning the page means you're closer to an end."-Tanya Boteju, Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens
"As I said it, I immediately felt a twinge of desire for something else poking between my ribs, jabbing at the familiar emptiness. Like maybe, if I could change thing up somehow, I might be able to fill some of that blank space. And maybe, if I weren’t so blank, people would actually be drawn to me. To want me."-Tanya Boteju, Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens
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1. It's Not Like It's a Secret
By: Misa Sugiura
4.83
Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition
Sixteen-year-old Sana Kiyohara has too many secrets. Some are small, like how it bothers her when h… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
2. Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling
By: Lucy Frank
3.41
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
This novel-in-verse--at once literary and emotionally gripping--follows the unfolding friendship be… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
3. The Scorpion Rules (Prisoners of Peace, #1)
By: Erin Bow
3.63
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The world is at peace,said the Utterances. And really, if the odd princess has a hard day, is that … 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. 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
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- romance
- lesbian
- audiobook
- gay
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- 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
6. Bingo Love
By: Tee Franklin
3.93
Format: 92 pages, ebook
Bingo Love is a story of a same-sex romance that spans over 60 years. A chance meeting at church bi… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
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
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- 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
8. Venom & Vow
By: Anna-Marie McLemore
3.73
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
Keep your enemy closer. Cade McKenna is a transgender prince who’s doubling for his brother. Va… read more
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- romance
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- queer
9. Rana Joon and the One and Only Now
By: Shideh Etaat
4.05
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
This lyrical coming-of-age novel for fans of Darius the Great Is Not Okay and On the Come Up, set i… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- audiobook
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"...the purpose of the pain is to just feel it, to not run, to let it pass through you, to honor the love you had, so you can let go just a bit and create space for even more love to come your way."-Shideh Etaat, Rana Joon and the One and Only Now
10. Permanent Record
By: Mary H.K. Choi
3.40
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
After a year of college, Pablo is working at his local twenty-four-hour deli, selling overpriced sn… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Families are a trip,"-Mary H.K. Choi, Permanent Record
"Even in this rich-ass neighborhood, I suspect we’re all pretty much fucked."-Mary H.K. Choi, Permanent Record
"Why do things cost what they do in New York? How am I expected to survive here?"-Mary H.K. Choi, Permanent Record
"What is modern society’s obsession with wiping out all diversity and nuance in favor of cheap, shoddy monoliths?"-Mary H.K. Choi, Permanent Record
11. Like a Love Story
By: Abdi Nazemian
4.26
Format: 432 pages, None
It's 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing. Reza is an Iranian boy w… read more
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- romance
- audiobook
- gay
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"I just have too much to scream about to leave just yet."-Abdi Nazemian, Like a Love Story
"In the language my mother speaks, I literally don't exist."-Abdi Nazemian, Like a Love Story
"There should be a limit on how long any human being has to wear braces. - Reza"-Abdi Nazemian, Like a Love Story
"I want her to hold me, ask me about him, something. Instead she says, 'I can't hear about this. Please. I can't."-Abdi Nazemian, Like a Love Story
12. Caught in a Bad Fauxmance
By: Elle Gonzalez Rose
3.86
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A fresh, fun contemporary rom-com from debut author Elle Gonzalez Rose, about an aspiring artist wh… read more
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- romance
- audiobook
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
13. You Don't Have a Shot
By: Racquel Marie
4.38
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A queer YA romance about rival soccer players from author Racquel Marie, perfect for fans of She Dr… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- audiobook
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
14. Miss Meteor
By: Tehlor Kay Mejia
3.99
Format: 390 pages, Hardcover
There hasn’t been a winner of the Miss Meteor beauty pageant who looks like Lita Perez or Chicky Qu… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- audiobook
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"Because I am a girl worth the space I take up. I am a girl this world, this town, and most of all, the people who love me, won't let go of. Because I am a star they won't let the sky take back"-Tehlor Kay Mejia, Miss Meteor
15. When You Get the Chance
By: Tom Ryan
3.42
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Follow cousins on a road trip to Pride as they dive into family secrets and friendships in this con… read more
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- lesbian
- young adult contemporary
- gay
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
16. The Witch King (Witch King #1)
By: H.E. Edgmon
3.89
Format: 421 pages, Hardcover
To save a fae kingdom, a trans witch must face his traumatic past and the royal fiancé he left behi… read more
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- romance
- audiobook
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- queer
17. The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
By: Michael Leali
4.30
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A heartfelt debut novel about a boy's attempt to find himself in the history he loves--perfect for … read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"Just because a bunch of mostly white men hammered history into one shape, it doesn’t mean they got it right."-Michael Leali, The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
"Maybe, if we want things to change, we have to stop waiting. Maybe we just need to do something about it ourselves."-Michael Leali, The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
"As long as there are people on the planet, life will be unfair, but that doesn’t mean we have to put up with hatred or bigotry."-Michael Leali, The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
"Most all my life, I have blindly accepted what was written in history books and taught in classes. I didn’t think to ask if there was more to the story."-Michael Leali, The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
18. Sincerely, Harriet
By: Sarah Winifred Searle
3.47
Format: 176 pages, ebook
Harriet Flores struggles with boredom and an unrequited crush while learning to manage her chronic … read more
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- contemporary
- fiction
- young adult
- lgbt
19. Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens
By: Tanya Boteju
3.78
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
Perpetually awkward Nima Kumara-Clark is bored with her insular community of Bridgeton, in love wit… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- audiobook
- young adult contemporary
- gay
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"But I told myself if I could just get past my house and hammock without being sucked in by the guaranteed comfort, something else might be waiting for me on the other side, something that might color…"-Tanya Boteju, Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens
"With each passing moment, I’d get that feeling you sometimes have the moment you’re about to flip the final page of a really good book, when your anticipation for what happens next overwhelms you, bu…"-Tanya Boteju, Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens
"As I said it, I immediately felt a twinge of desire for something else poking between my ribs, jabbing at the familiar emptiness. Like maybe, if I could change thing up somehow, I might be able to fi…"-Tanya Boteju, Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens
20. Acting the Part
By: Z.R. Ellor
2.77
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
This delightfully tropey teen romance, perfect for fans of Ashley Poston and Lyla Lee, follows a qu… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- gay
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
21. How to Catch a Queen (Runaway Royals, #1)
By: Alyssa Cole
3.83
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
An arranged marriage leads to unexpected desire, in the first book of New York Times and USA Today … read more
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- romance
- audiobook
- fiction
- contemporary
"Your success cannot lie in something so tedious as whether you’re liked."-Alyssa Cole, How to Catch a Queen (Runaway Royals, #1)
"We don't stop needing to hear what's good in ourselves, ever. Other people just stop telling us as we get older. But I'm not other people. I'm your wife."-Alyssa Cole, How to Catch a Queen (Runaway Royals, #1)
