18 must-read lgbt books like Keeping Long Island by Courtney Peppernell

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Keeping Long Island

By: Courtney Peppernell

4.25

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Kayden is about to start her final year at college. And while she’s always been a good listener, sh…

If you liked the lgbt plot in Keeping Long Island by Courtney Peppernell , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. None So Blind

By: L.J. Maas

4.26

Format: 425 pages, Paperback

Torrey Gray hasn't seen the woman she fell in love with for 15 years. Taylor Kent, now a celebrated… read more

Similar categories in L.J. Maas's None So Blind book and Courtney Peppernell's Keeping Long Island

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
"I cry too much to be butch." The artist deadpanned, raising an eyebrow filled with intimidation at the young woman."

-L.J. Maas, None So Blind

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2. Wild Embers

By: Nikita Gill

4.11

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

They have lightning in their souls, thunder in their hearts, chaos in their bones. Nikita Gill's po… read more

Similar categories in Nikita Gill's Wild Embers book and Courtney Peppernell's Keeping Long Island

  • contemporary
  • poetry
  • mental health

3. Love Her Wild: Poems

By: Atticus Poetry

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first collection of poetry by Instagram sensation Atticus. Love Her Wildis a collection of new … read more

Similar categories in Atticus Poetry's Love Her Wild: Poems book and Courtney Peppernell's Keeping Long Island

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4. Girls Like Girls

By: Hayley Kiyoko

3.74

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Trailblazing pop star, actor, and director, Hayley Kiyoko debuts her first novel, a coming-of-age r… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Kiyoko's Girls Like Girls book and Courtney Peppernell's Keeping Long Island

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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5. Loathing You

By: Amina Khan

4.15

Format: 483 pages, Kindle Edition

Hate. Detest. Despise. These words were the only way that Adaline and Juliette could possibly descr… read more

Similar categories in Amina Khan's Loathing You book and Courtney Peppernell's Keeping Long Island

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • new adult
  • queer
"I think we're all monsters deep down, if we're pushed to that extent. Maybe if I felt like he was my father I could hate him. How could I hate a man that was just a stranger to me?"

-Amina Khan, Loathing You

"Being with girls is the same—it’s shameless and gritty, it’s not as soft as people make it out to be. It’s soft with men too. Even unknowingly, we diminish ourselves little by little to feel more lov…"

-Amina Khan, Loathing You

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6. Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3)

By: Ashley Herring Blake

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone around Iris Kelly is in love. Her best friends are all coupled up, her siblings have partn… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Herring Blake's Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3) book and Courtney Peppernell's Keeping Long Island

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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7. Come Away with Me (Midnight in Manhattan, #3)

By: Rachel Lacey

4.31

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

A television star and a flight attendant walk into a bar... Six months after a traumatic event l… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lacey's Come Away with Me (Midnight in Manhattan, #3) book and Courtney Peppernell's Keeping Long Island

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • mental health
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2) by Ashley Herring Blake

8. Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2)

By: Ashley Herring Blake

4.05

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

An interior designer learns to rebuild her love life from the ground up with zero blueprints in thi… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Herring Blake's Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2) book and Courtney Peppernell's Keeping Long Island

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Sexuality is complicated. It’s not static. People change and sexuality can change too."

-Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2)

"Astrid Parker was loved, no matter what her mother thought of her. No matter what choices she made. And that love gave her the courage to choose herself."

-Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2)

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9. It's in Her Kiss (Midnight in Manhattan, #2)

By: Rachel Lacey

4.26

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Two Broadway actresses, one starring role, and a kiss that might turn rivals…into lovers. Sophie… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lacey's It's in Her Kiss (Midnight in Manhattan, #2) book and Courtney Peppernell's Keeping Long Island

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

Similar categories in Malinda Lo's A Scatter of Light book and Courtney Peppernell's Keeping Long Island

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • 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

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11. Light Filters in: Poems

By: Caroline Kaufman

4.10

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of poetry collections like Milk and Honey and Adultolescence, this compilation of short… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems book and Courtney Peppernell's Keeping Long Island

  • poetry
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"if you think you are drowning, just remember: you float in water."

-Caroline Kaufman, Light Filters in: Poems

"Don't ask for respect; Demand it. Don't look for opportunity; Grab it. Don't add to the world; Change it."

-Caroline Kaufman, Light Filters in: Poems

"how to stop the thoughts how to stop the sadness how to be happy how to be happy how to be happy how to be happy"

-Caroline Kaufman, Light Filters in: Poems

"Be grateful that Time will heal the wounds but Leave the scars. How else will you Remember all that You've survived?"

-Caroline Kaufman, Light Filters in: Poems

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12. Sunburn

By: Chloe Michelle Howarth

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Selected as an Evening Standard 'one to watch in 2023' It's the early 1990s, and in the Irish vi… read more

Similar categories in Chloe Michelle Howarth's Sunburn book and Courtney Peppernell's Keeping Long Island

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"It's a shame that you can't even come out to me."

-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn

"People say 'lesbian' sometimes, they say 'dyke' more."

-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn

"I hope your bed is warm and you sleep well. See you tomorrow, Lucy x"

-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn

"My heart lurches, as if it wants to leave my awful body and go make a home in her."

-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn

Cover of Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott

13. Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh

By: Rachael Lippincott

3.98

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

What if you found a once-in-a-lifetime love…just not in your lifetime? Audrey Cameron has lost h… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Lippincott's Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh book and Courtney Peppernell's Keeping Long Island

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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14. Never Say Never

By: Rachael Sommers

3.98

Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition

An age-gap, opposites-attract lesbian romance between a nanny and her career-climbing boss that end… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Sommers's Never Say Never book and Courtney Peppernell's Keeping Long Island

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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15. Here We Go Again

By: Alison Cochrun

4.17

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The author of Kiss Her Once for Me returns with a new queer rom-com following once childhood best f… read more

Similar categories in Alison Cochrun's Here We Go Again book and Courtney Peppernell's Keeping Long Island

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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16. If Tomorrow Doesn't Come

By: Jen St. Jude

4.19

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

We Are Okay meets They Both Die at the End in this YA debut about queer first love and mental healt… read more

Similar categories in Jen St. Jude's If Tomorrow Doesn't Come book and Courtney Peppernell's Keeping Long Island

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"There's nothing to know." Except I'm in love with you, I can never tell you that, and I know you'll be happier without me."

-Jen St. Jude, If Tomorrow Doesn't Come

"We were never just friends, were we?’ I tried to remember. Had there ever been a time when my heart didn’t race around her? When my hands weren’t drawn to her hands? When fighting with her didn’t fee…"

-Jen St. Jude, If Tomorrow Doesn't Come

"If I was drowning on land, in oxygen, maybe the floor of the river was the only place I’d be able to breathe. [...] I thought, again, I’m so tired. I’m such a disappointment. I don’t want to do this …"

-Jen St. Jude, If Tomorrow Doesn't Come

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17. The Lucky List

By: Rachael Lippincott

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Emily and her mum were always lucky. But Emily’s mum’s luck ran out three years ago when she suc… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Lippincott's The Lucky List book and Courtney Peppernell's Keeping Long Island

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I need to be willing to play the game. I need to be willing to put myself out there, and be vulnerable, and take chances, even though I might lose."

-Rachael Lippincott, The Lucky List

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18. Don't Cry for Me (Midnight in Manhattan, #1)

By: Rachel Lacey

4.31

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

A frosty television host, a bubbly bar owner, and a litter of abandoned kittens. The recipe for rat… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lacey's Don't Cry for Me (Midnight in Manhattan, #1) book and Courtney Peppernell's Keeping Long Island

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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19. Something to Talk About

By: Meryl Wilsner

3.63

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A showrunner and her assistant give the world something to talk about when they accidentally fuel a… read more

Similar categories in Meryl Wilsner's Something to Talk About book and Courtney Peppernell's Keeping Long Island

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"They kissed slowly. Gently. Like they couldn't believe they were allowed to."

-Meryl Wilsner, Something to Talk About

"Jo called her preferred coffee shop the next morning, the one where Emma picked up her latte every day. She added an iced chai to her standing order. It was something she did sometimes, after late-ni…"

-Meryl Wilsner, Something to Talk About

"She hadn’t had to apologize out loud then, because her apology was changed behavior, never letting anything like that happen again. Jo needed to do the same. Emma has forgiven too many people in her …"

-Meryl Wilsner, Something to Talk About

Cover of Life is Strange: Steph's Story by Rosiee Thor

20. Life is Strange: Steph's Story

By: Rosiee Thor

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The official origin story of LiS fan-favourite Steph Gingrich featuring LGBTQ+ romance, inevitable … read more

Similar categories in Rosiee Thor's Life is Strange: Steph's Story book and Courtney Peppernell's Keeping Long Island

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Oh, just... usually when people are that complimentary about my appearance it's because they're trying to like... I don't know, prove to me that they're not a transphobe. Like if they say the trans g…"

-Rosiee Thor, Life is Strange: Steph's Story

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21. Keeping Long Island

By: Courtney Peppernell

4.25

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Kayden is about to start her final year at college. And while she’s always been a good listener, sh… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Peppernell's Keeping Long Island book and Courtney Peppernell's Keeping Long Island

  • romance
  • poetry
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • new adult
  • queer

17 must-read fiction books like Keeping Long Island by Courtney Peppernell

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Girls Like Girls

Hayley Kiyoko

3.74

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Loathing You

Amina Khan

4.15

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Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3)

Ashley Herring Blake

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2)

Ashley Herring Blake

4.05

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17 must-read fiction books like It's in Her Kiss (Midnight in Manhattan, #2) by Rachel Lacey

Transform Your Habits

It's in Her Kiss (Midnight in Manhattan, #2)

Rachel Lacey

4.26

Transform Your Habits

When Worlds Collide

Erin Zak

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Tempting Olivia (Oxford Romance #2)

Clare Ashton

4.39

Transform Your Habits

A Dance Towards Forever (The French Connection Series Book 1)

Alyson Root

4.20

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