17 best-selling lgbt books like What a Desi Girl Wants by Sabina Khan

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What a Desi Girl Wants

By: Sabina Khan

3.54

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The romance of Becky Albertalli meets the nuanced family dynamics of Darius the Great is Not Okay i…

If you liked the lgbt plot in What a Desi Girl Wants by Sabina Khan , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian

1. Only This Beautiful Moment

By: Abdi Nazemian

4.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the Stonewall Honor–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a sweeping story of three genera… read more

Similar categories in Abdi Nazemian's Only This Beautiful Moment book and Sabina Khan's What a Desi Girl Wants

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes

2. 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 Sabina Khan's What a Desi Girl Wants

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
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3. The Dos and Donuts of Love

By: Adiba Jaigirdar

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A pun-filled YA contemporary romance, The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar finds a teenage… read more

Similar categories in Adiba Jaigirdar's The Dos and Donuts of Love book and Sabina Khan's What a Desi Girl Wants

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Food is a big part of my culture, especially sweet foods. When you're Bangladeshi, you're taught that any good news or celebration has to be accompanied with some sweet food. Every time you visit som…"

-Adiba Jaigirdar, The Dos and Donuts of Love

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4. The Space Between Here & Now

By: Sarah Suk

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of They Both Die at the End and You've Reached Sam, this gripping, atmospheric YA … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Suk's The Space Between Here & Now book and Sabina Khan's What a Desi Girl Wants

  • asian literature
  • audiobook
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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5. 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 Sabina Khan's What a Desi Girl Wants

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
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6. Something Like Possible

By: Miel Moreland

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In this compelling YA contemporary from author Miel Moreland, a bisexual teen's path to political s… read more

Similar categories in Miel Moreland's Something Like Possible book and Sabina Khan's What a Desi Girl Wants

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
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7. 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 Sabina Khan's What a Desi Girl Wants

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
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8. We Got the Beat

By: Jenna Miller

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Jordan Elliot is a fat, nerdy lesbian, and the first junior to be named editor-in-chief of the scho… read more

Similar categories in Jenna Miller's We Got the Beat book and Sabina Khan's What a Desi Girl Wants

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
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9. Just Lizzie

By: Karen Wilfrid

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this beautifully written contemporary middle grade debut, an eighth grader's study of asexuality… read more

Similar categories in Karen Wilfrid's Just Lizzie book and Sabina Khan's What a Desi Girl Wants

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
"How do you “start"

-Karen Wilfrid, Just Lizzie

"I thought having a name for myself, asexual, would be the answer. It isn’t, though. I don’t just want to know myself. I want other people to know me, understand me, believe me. So that I can actually…"

-Karen Wilfrid, Just Lizzie

"Sarah Nan takes me by the wrist and pulls me away. 'Lizzie, you were talking to a boy !' 'It's no big deal,' I tell her. Maybe it was--because it didn't feel like talking to a boy. It felt like talki…"

-Karen Wilfrid, Just Lizzie

" Asexual . The prefix 'a-' means 'not.' Hasn't my life always been about what I'm not? Not pretty, not athletic, not interested, not ready--but now here's this word that tells me that what I am not i…"

-Karen Wilfrid, Just Lizzie

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10. Going Bicoastal

By: Dahlia Adler

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A queer Sliding Doors YA rom-com in which a girl must choose between summer in NYC with her dad (an… read more

Similar categories in Dahlia Adler's Going Bicoastal book and Sabina Khan's What a Desi Girl Wants

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
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11. Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment

By: Arushi Avachat

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A sparkling debut rom-com about a high school senior whose life suddenly gets a Bollywood spin when… read more

Similar categories in Arushi Avachat's Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment book and Sabina Khan's What a Desi Girl Wants

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • india
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"There's a reason Shahid Kapoor was voted Asia's Sexiest Man Alive"

-Arushi Avachat, Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment

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12. Kismat Connection

By: Ananya Devarajan

3.42

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this charming YA debut, a girl who’s determined to prove her star chart wrong ropes her longtime… read more

Similar categories in Ananya Devarajan's Kismat Connection book and Sabina Khan's What a Desi Girl Wants

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • india
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Did I deserve to be abandoned, then?"

-Ananya Devarajan, Kismat Connection

"He knew nothing and learned everything because no one else would do it for him"

-Ananya Devarajan, Kismat Connection

Cover of You Don't Have a Shot by Racquel Marie

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

Similar categories in Racquel Marie's You Don't Have a Shot book and Sabina Khan's What a Desi Girl Wants

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Into the Bright Open by Cherie Dimaline

14. Into the Bright Open

By: Cherie Dimaline

3.79

Format: 288 pages, ebook

In the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works thr… read more

Similar categories in Cherie Dimaline's Into the Bright Open book and Sabina Khan's What a Desi Girl Wants

  • romance
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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15. Gay the Pray Away

By: Natalie Naudus

4.46

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

Valerie Danners is in a cult. She just doesn't know it yet. When she finds a queer book at the libr… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Naudus's Gay the Pray Away book and Sabina Khan's What a Desi Girl Wants

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
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16. The Girl Next Door

By: Cecilia Vinesse

3.83

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Film club nerd Cleo Ferrara’s senior year was like a storyboard waiting to be filmed. She knew the … read more

Similar categories in Cecilia Vinesse's The Girl Next Door book and Sabina Khan's What a Desi Girl Wants

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

17. 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 Sabina Khan's What a Desi Girl Wants

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of What a Desi Girl Wants by Sabina Khan

18. What a Desi Girl Wants

By: Sabina Khan

3.54

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The romance of Becky Albertalli meets the nuanced family dynamics of Darius the Great is Not Okay i… read more

Similar categories in Sabina Khan's What a Desi Girl Wants book and Sabina Khan's What a Desi Girl Wants

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • india
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • queer
Cover of My Big, Fat Desi Wedding by Prerna Pickett

19. My Big, Fat Desi Wedding

By: Prerna Pickett

3.76

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Desi Wedding Must-Haves: Drama. Food. Fashion. More Drama. More food. And, of course, nosy aunties … read more

Similar categories in Prerna Pickett's My Big, Fat Desi Wedding book and Sabina Khan's What a Desi Girl Wants

  • romance
  • india
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of The Last Love Song by Kalie Holford

20. The Last Love Song

By: Kalie Holford

3.73

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

After high school graduation, Mia Peters faces a summer full of painful goodbyes. Songwriting is he… read more

Similar categories in Kalie Holford's The Last Love Song book and Sabina Khan's What a Desi Girl Wants

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

21. 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 Sabina Khan's What a Desi Girl Wants

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • queer

19 best-selling contemporary books like What a Desi Girl Wants by Sabina Khan

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Only This Beautiful Moment

Abdi Nazemian

4.46

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The Luis Ortega Survival Club

Sonora Reyes

4.24

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The Dos and Donuts of Love

Adiba Jaigirdar

3.88

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The Space Between Here & Now

Sarah Suk

4.09

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21 Top fiction books like We Got the Beat by Jenna Miller

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Don't Want You Like a Best Friend (Mischief & Matchmaking, #1)

Emma R. Alban

3.82

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Dear Wendy

Ann Zhao

4.01

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Aubrey McFadden Is Never Getting Married

Georgia Beers

4.29

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Ray Stoeve

3.42

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