21 best-selling queer books like Don't Be a Drag by Skye Quinlan

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Don't Be a Drag

By: Skye Quinlan

4.17

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Two rival drag kings competing for a crown might just win each other's hearts. When eighteen-yea…

"Becoming Edgar Allan Foe and stepping into his shoes is like taking that desperate first breath after you nearly drown. The air fills your lungs in a way that you've never known you needed before, and it consumes you. Relieves you. *Saves you*. You never forget that first breath. The feeling of finally wanting to breathe, and not drown."

-Skye Quinlan, Don't Be a Drag

"Becoming Edgar Allan Foe and stepping into his shoes is like taking that desperate first breath after you nearly drown. The air fills your lungs in a way that you've never known you needed before, and it consumes you. Relieves you. *Saves you*. You never forget that first breath. The feeling of finally wanting to breathe, and not drown."

-Skye Quinlan, Don't Be a Drag

If you liked the queer plot in Don't Be a Drag by Skye Quinlan , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. 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 Skye Quinlan's Don't Be a Drag

  • 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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2. Homebody

By: Theo Parish

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more

Similar categories in Theo Parish's Homebody book and Skye Quinlan's Don't Be a Drag

  • contemporary
  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

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3. Lavash at First Sight

By: Taleen Voskuni

3.70

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Sparks fly between two women pitted against each other in this delectable new romantic comedy by Ta… read more

Similar categories in Taleen Voskuni's Lavash at First Sight book and Skye Quinlan's Don't Be a Drag

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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4. Second Night Stand

By: Karelia Stetz-Waters

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A burlesque performer and a professional ballerina fall in love while competing on a reality TV tal… read more

Similar categories in Karelia Stetz-Waters's Second Night Stand book and Skye Quinlan's Don't Be a Drag

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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5. The No-Girlfriend Rule

By: Christen Randall

4.22

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Julie Murphy meets Casey McQuiston in this unforgettable queer romance about a teen girl whose fora… read more

Similar categories in Christen Randall's The No-Girlfriend Rule book and Skye Quinlan's Don't Be a Drag

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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6. 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 Skye Quinlan's Don't Be a Drag

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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7. The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power

By: Terry J. Benton-Walker

3.89

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

13 SCARY STORIES. 13 AUTHORS OF COLOR. 13 TIMES WE SURVIVED THE FIRST KILL. The White Guy Dies Fir… read more

Similar categories in Terry J. Benton-Walker's The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power book and Skye Quinlan's Don't Be a Drag

  • fiction
  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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8. The Deep Dark

By: Molly Knox Ostertag

4.42

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

From Molly Knox Ostertag, writer-illustrator, comes a darkly beautiful story of identity, family, l… read more

Similar categories in Molly Knox Ostertag's The Deep Dark book and Skye Quinlan's Don't Be a Drag

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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9. Triple Sec

By: T.J. Alexander

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A jaded bartender is wooed by a charmingly quirky couple in this fresh and sizzling polyamorous rom… read more

Similar categories in T.J. Alexander's Triple Sec book and Skye Quinlan's Don't Be a Drag

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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10. Furious

By: Jamie Pacton

3.77

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

After years racing go-karts and looking up to her mother, a celebrity Formula 1 racer, Jojo Emerson… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Pacton's Furious book and Skye Quinlan's Don't Be a Drag

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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11. The Z Word

By: Lindsay King-Miller

3.48

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

“Sexy, scathing, delightful, and intimately devastating.”—Gretchen Felker-Martin, author of Manhunt… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay King-Miller's The Z Word book and Skye Quinlan's Don't Be a Drag

  • lesbian
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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12. Compound Fracture

By: Andrew Joseph White

4.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling and award-winning author Andrew Joseph White returns with a queer Appalachian thriller,… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Joseph White's Compound Fracture book and Skye Quinlan's Don't Be a Drag

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"There's a whole spectrum of reactions to coming out. Getting kicked out is one extreme–being accepted wholeheartedly is the other. But in the middle, there's this. The awkwardness, the refusals to ac…"

-Andrew Joseph White, Compound Fracture

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13. Just Another Epic Love Poem

By: Parisa Akhbari

4.29

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Best friendship blossoms into something more in this gorgeously written queer literary romance. … read more

Similar categories in Parisa Akhbari's Just Another Epic Love Poem book and Skye Quinlan's Don't Be a Drag

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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14. The Stars Too Fondly

By: Emily Hamilton

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In her breathtaking debut—part space odyssey, part sapphic rom-com—Emily Hamilton tells a tale of g… read more

Similar categories in Emily Hamilton's The Stars Too Fondly book and Skye Quinlan's Don't Be a Drag

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Don't Be a Drag by Skye Quinlan

15. Don't Be a Drag

By: Skye Quinlan

4.17

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Two rival drag kings competing for a crown might just win each other's hearts. When eighteen-yea… read more

Similar categories in Skye Quinlan's Don't Be a Drag book and Skye Quinlan's Don't Be a Drag

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • drag
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Becoming Edgar Allan Foe and stepping into his shoes is like taking that desperate first breath after you nearly drown. The air fills your lungs in a way that you've never known you needed before, an…"

-Skye Quinlan, Don't Be a Drag

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16. 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 Skye Quinlan's Don't Be a Drag

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

17. 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 Skye Quinlan's Don't Be a Drag

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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18. The Worst Perfect Moment

By: Shivaun Plozza

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Equal parts tender and edgy, this inventive queer romance imagines what it might feel like to come … read more

Similar categories in Shivaun Plozza's The Worst Perfect Moment book and Skye Quinlan's Don't Be a Drag

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

19. 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 Skye Quinlan's Don't Be a Drag

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity  Nguyen

20. A Bánh Mì for Two

By: Trinity Nguyen

4.02

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In this sweet sapphic romance about two foodies in love, Vivi meets Lan while studying abroad in Vi… read more

Similar categories in Trinity Nguyen's A Bánh Mì for Two book and Skye Quinlan's Don't Be a Drag

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Time and Time Again by Chatham Greenfield

21. Time and Time Again

By: Chatham Greenfield

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Phoebe Mendel's day is never ending—literally. On August 6th, she woke up to find herself stuck … read more

Similar categories in Chatham Greenfield's Time and Time Again book and Skye Quinlan's Don't Be a Drag

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

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Ann Zhao

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Taleen Voskuni

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