14 Top queer books like The Meadows by Stephanie Oakes

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The Meadows

By: Stephanie Oakes

4.06

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

"A story of pain, injustice, love, resistance, and hope, this glorious book will lodge inside you a…

"There is something so good about rage."

-Stephanie Oakes, The Meadows

"There is something so good about rage."

-Stephanie Oakes, The Meadows

"There is something so good about rage."

-Stephanie Oakes, The Meadows

"Maybe for the ones who get good at pretending, it won't come out for years and years...Or they'll, quite without warning, walk into the ocean until their life disappears. And everyone will be stunned. And everyone will blink in perplexed anger. She was so happy. Always so happy."

-Stephanie Oakes, The Meadows

If you liked the queer plot in The Meadows by Stephanie Oakes , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland

1. The Invocations

By: Krystal Sutherland

4.11

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Three girls, one supernatural killer on the loose . . . Zara Jones believes in magic because the… read more

Similar categories in Krystal Sutherland's The Invocations book and Stephanie Oakes's The Meadows

  • lesbian
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"What if Savannah had found whatever it was she sold a piece of her soul to go looking for."

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

"Even the devil does not trust men to honor a bargain, so it does not deal with them. It offers power only to women."

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

"What about trans women?" Zara asks, writing the question in her document. "How does that work?" "Of course I have written invocations for trans women," Emer says. "Demons do not care about bodies. Th…"

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

"They understand what they are looking at. They understand that it could have been them. A wrong turn on the wrong night, and it could have been them. There is no sense to that. That you can be going …"

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

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2. Plan A

By: Deb Caletti

4.02

Format: 416 pages, Library Binding

A sixteen-year-old girl’s road trip across the country to get an abortion becomes a transformative … read more

Similar categories in Deb Caletti's Plan A book and Stephanie Oakes's The Meadows

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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3. 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 Stephanie Oakes's The Meadows

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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4. The Only Girl in Town

By: Ally Condie

3.23

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What would you do if everyone you love disappeared? What if it was your fault? For July Fielding… read more

Similar categories in Ally Condie's The Only Girl in Town book and Stephanie Oakes's The Meadows

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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5. One Last Breath

By: Ginny Myers Sain

3.83

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Dark and Shallow Lies delivers another chilling supernatur… read more

Similar categories in Ginny Myers Sain's One Last Breath book and Stephanie Oakes's The Meadows

  • lesbian
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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6. The Narrow

By: Kate Alice Marshall

3.73

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A deliciously terrifying novel about a ghost who uncovers a teen girl's best kept secrets while hau… read more

Similar categories in Kate Alice Marshall's The Narrow book and Stephanie Oakes's The Meadows

  • queer
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Third Daughter (Betrayal Prophecies, #1) by Adrienne Tooley

7. The Third Daughter (Betrayal Prophecies, #1)

By: Adrienne Tooley

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping YA fantasy about legacy, betrayal, sisterhood, and politicizing emotion in the quest for… read more

Similar categories in Adrienne Tooley's The Third Daughter (Betrayal Prophecies, #1) book and Stephanie Oakes's The Meadows

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Hearts Still Beating by Brooke Archer

8. Hearts Still Beating

By: Brooke Archer

4.00

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

Gripping, romantic, and impossible to put down, this dark and immersive post-apocalyptic debut YA n… read more

Similar categories in Brooke Archer's Hearts Still Beating book and Stephanie Oakes's The Meadows

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • science fiction
  • queer
Cover of The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan

9. The Last Girls Standing

By: Jennifer Dugan

3.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this queer YA psychological thriller from the author of Some Girls Do, perfect for fans of One o… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Dugan's The Last Girls Standing book and Stephanie Oakes's The Meadows

  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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10. 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 Stephanie Oakes's The Meadows

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of This Spells Disaster by Tori Anne Martin

11. This Spells Disaster

By: Tori Anne Martin

3.41

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Fake dating gets a magical twist in this enchanting queer romantic comedy where a witch worries tha… read more

Similar categories in Tori Anne Martin's This Spells Disaster book and Stephanie Oakes's The Meadows

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Gorgeous Gruesome Faces (Gorgeous Gruesome Faces, #1) by Linda Cheng

12. Gorgeous Gruesome Faces (Gorgeous Gruesome Faces, #1)

By: Linda Cheng

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Yellowjackets meets She Is a Haunting in this debut speculative thriller that follows a disgraced t… read more

Similar categories in Linda Cheng's Gorgeous Gruesome Faces (Gorgeous Gruesome Faces, #1) book and Stephanie Oakes's The Meadows

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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13. A Place for Vanishing

By: Ann Fraistat

3.98

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A teen girl and her family return to her mother's childhood home, only to discover that the house's… read more

Similar categories in Ann Fraistat's A Place for Vanishing book and Stephanie Oakes's The Meadows

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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14. 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 Stephanie Oakes's The Meadows

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Wrath Becomes Her by Aden Polydoros

15. Wrath Becomes Her

By: Aden Polydoros

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Vera was made for vengeance. Lithuania, 1943. A father drowns in the all-consuming grief of a da… read more

Similar categories in Aden Polydoros's Wrath Becomes Her book and Stephanie Oakes's The Meadows

  • fiction
  • young adult
"There is a mark on your brow,' I murmured, leaning forward to rest my forehead against his. 'And it means truth."

-Aden Polydoros, Wrath Becomes Her

"The thing about losing someone, it's like...You see something, and you think 'oh, they'll love this once I tell them' or 'I can't wait to share this with them,' but you can't. Because they're dead. S…"

-Aden Polydoros, Wrath Becomes Her

Cover of Playing for Keeps by Jennifer Dugan

16. Playing for Keeps

By: Jennifer Dugan

3.52

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Some Girls Do comes another heartfelt YA sapphic romance—starring a baseball pit… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Dugan's Playing for Keeps book and Stephanie Oakes's The Meadows

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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17. 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 Stephanie Oakes's The Meadows

  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of A Guide to the Dark by Meriam Metoui

18. A Guide to the Dark

By: Meriam Metoui

3.48

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

You can check out of Room 9, but you can never leave. The Haunting of Hill House meets Nina LaCo… read more

Similar categories in Meriam Metoui's A Guide to the Dark book and Stephanie Oakes's The Meadows

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
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19. Flawless Girls

By: Anna-Marie McLemore

3.17

Format: 283 pages, Hardcover

The Soler sisters are infamous in polite society—brazen, rebellious, and raised by their fashionabl… read more

Similar categories in Anna-Marie McLemore's Flawless Girls book and Stephanie Oakes's The Meadows

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Meadows by Stephanie Oakes

20. The Meadows

By: Stephanie Oakes

4.06

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

"A story of pain, injustice, love, resistance, and hope, this glorious book will lodge inside you a… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Oakes's The Meadows book and Stephanie Oakes's The Meadows

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • science fiction
  • queer
"There is something so good about rage."

-Stephanie Oakes, The Meadows

"Maybe for the ones who get good at pretending, it won't come out for years and years...Or they'll, quite without warning, walk into the ocean until their life disappears. And everyone will be stunned…"

-Stephanie Oakes, The Meadows

18 Top fiction books like The Meadows by Stephanie Oakes

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The Invocations

Krystal Sutherland

4.11

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Plan A

Deb Caletti

4.02

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Escaping Mr. Rochester

L.L. McKinney

3.83

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The Only Girl in Town

Ally Condie

3.23

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14 Best audiobook books like A Guide to the Dark by Meriam Metoui

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Dear Wendy

Ann Zhao

4.01

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Have You Seen This Girl

Nita Tyndall

3.64

Transform Your Habits

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight

Kalynn Bayron

3.59

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The Narrow

Kate Alice Marshall

3.73

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