21 must-read queer books like Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health by Alexis Caught

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Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

By: Alexis Caught

4.16

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

A positive and uplifting book for young people who are queer or curious - and their allies looking …

If you liked the queer plot in Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health by Alexis Caught , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. This Book Is Gay

By: None , Juno Dawson

3.77

Format: 273 pages, Paperback

Lesbian. Bisexual. Queer. Transgender. Straight. Curious. This book is for everyone, regardless of … read more

Similar categories in None's This Book Is Gay book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Living with stress and secrets is both stressful and secretive."

-None, This Book Is Gay

"Who do you want to be? There's only one rule: Always be true to yourself."

-None, This Book Is Gay

"Your sexuality or gender is as natural as your eye color, and you should never be ashamed of it."

-None, This Book Is Gay

"Let me tell you something, boys and girls, you can "straight act" all you want, but if you're sleeping with your own sex, to the rest of the world, you're as gay as John Waters living in a pink tent …"

-None, This Book Is Gay

Cover of The Exact Opposite of Okay (Izzy O'Neill, #1) by Laura Steven

2. The Exact Opposite of Okay (Izzy O'Neill, #1)

By: Laura Steven

4.01

Format: 337 pages, Paperback

Izzy O’Neill is an aspiring comic, an impoverished orphan, and a Slut Extraordinaire. Or at least, … read more

Similar categories in Laura Steven's The Exact Opposite of Okay (Izzy O'Neill, #1) book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

  • lgbt
"What a poet I am. Like T S Eliot but with better boobs."

-Laura Steven, The Exact Opposite of Okay (Izzy O'Neill, #1)

"Because you know my motto: do no harm, but take no shit."

-Laura Steven, The Exact Opposite of Okay (Izzy O'Neill, #1)

"Her engagement ring has a Dwayne Johnson of a diamond on it..."

-Laura Steven, The Exact Opposite of Okay (Izzy O'Neill, #1)

"Basically, if you're a woman, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't."

-Laura Steven, The Exact Opposite of Okay (Izzy O'Neill, #1)

Cover of Juniper Lemon's Happiness Index by Julie Israel

3. Juniper Lemon's Happiness Index

By: Julie Israel

3.10

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

It's been sixty-five days since the accident that killed Juniper's sister, and ripped Juniper's wor… read more

Similar categories in Julie Israel's Juniper Lemon's Happiness Index book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

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4. Am I Normal Yet? (The Spinster Club, #1)

By: Holly Bourne

3.39

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

All Evie wants is to be normal. She's almost off her meds and at a new college where no one knows h… read more

Similar categories in Holly Bourne's Am I Normal Yet? (The Spinster Club, #1) book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

  • mental health
Cover of Noah Can't Even by Simon James Green

5. Noah Can't Even

By: Simon James Green

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Poor Noah Grimes! His father disappeared years ago, his mother's Beyonce tribute act is an unaccept… read more

Similar categories in Simon James Green's Noah Can't Even book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

  • lgbt
  • gay
  • queer
Cover of Trouble by Non Pratt

6. Trouble

By: Non Pratt

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this dazzling debut novel, a pregnant teen learns the meaning of friendship--from the boy who pr… read more

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7. Our Own Private Universe

By: Robin Talley

4.64

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Fifteen-year-old Aki Simon has a theory. And it's mostly about sex. No, it isn't that kind of theor… read more

Similar categories in Robin Talley's Our Own Private Universe book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

  • lgbt
  • queer
Cover of The State of Grace by Rachael Lucas

8. The State of Grace

By: Rachael Lucas

3.72

Format: 395 pages, Paperback

Sometimes I feel like everyone else was handed a copy of the rules for life and mine got lost. Grac… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Lucas's The State of Grace book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

  • mental health

9. Holding the Man

By: Timothy Conigrave

3.99

Format: 32 pages,

Los anos setenta seran recordados, entre otras cosas, por ser la epoca en que el "glam" irrumpe con… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Conigrave's Holding the Man book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

10. The Line of Beauty

By: Alan Hollinghurst

3.74

Format: 70 pages, Paperback

In the summer of 1983, twenty-year-old Nick Guest moves into an attic room in the Notting Hill home… read more

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11. None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary

By: Travis Alabanza

4.38

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

‘When you are someone that falls outside of categories in so many ways, a lot of things are said to… read more

Similar categories in Travis Alabanza's None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

  • nonfiction
  • lgbt
  • queer
Cover of Boy Like Me by Simon James Green

12. Boy Like Me

By: Simon James Green

4.55

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

It's 1994 and thanks to Section 28, there can be no mention of gay relationships in schools. When a… read more

Similar categories in Simon James Green's Boy Like Me book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

  • lgbt
  • gay
  • queer
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13. 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 Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

  • lgbt
  • queer
"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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14. All Down Darkness Wide

By: Seán Hewitt

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A luminous and haunting memoir from the prize-winning poet - a story of love, heartbreak and coming… read more

Similar categories in Seán Hewitt's All Down Darkness Wide book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"When they said, 'I'm just scared that you'll be unhappy', what I really felt they were saying was 'I am scared that if you continue being yourself, we will make you unhappy."

-Seán Hewitt, All Down Darkness Wide

"Ik vroeg me af of ik wel klaar was om met hem mee te gaan, of ik wel klaar was om die ene stap verder te zetten in het nieuwe leven dat ik weg van huis begon te ontdekken. Hier was ik een volwassene;…"

-Seán Hewitt, All Down Darkness Wide

"Omdat ik nu eenmaal was wie ik ben, had ik al vroeg de heimelijke tactieken van het conformisme begrepen: hoe je een slis verhult, een al te uitgesproken tred corrigeert, je stem een paar tonen lager…"

-Seán Hewitt, All Down Darkness Wide

"Omdat ik nu eenmaal was wie ik ben, had ik al vroeg de heimelijke tactieken van het conformisme begrepen: hoe je een slis verhult, een al te uitgesproken tred corrigeert, je stem een paar tonen lager…"

-Seán Hewitt, All Down Darkness Wide

Cover of Girl (In Real Life) by Tamsin Winter

15. Girl (In Real Life)

By: Tamsin Winter

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

What's it like to grow up online and have every tantrum, every spot - even your first period - bro… read more

Similar categories in Tamsin Winter's Girl (In Real Life) book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

Cover of Jemima Small Versus the Universe by Tamsin Winter

16. Jemima Small Versus the Universe

By: Tamsin Winter

4.20

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Jemima Small just wants to be like other girls. She hates being called "Jemima Big", being forced t… read more

Similar categories in Tamsin Winter's Jemima Small Versus the Universe book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

  • mental health
Cover of Bad Influence by Tamsin Winter

17. Bad Influence

By: Tamsin Winter

3.99

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

A powerfully real and funny new story from the rising queen of teen, about first kisses, learning t… read more

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18. You Could Be So Pretty

By: Holly Bourne

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A dystopian YA novel with a shocking twist, You Could Be So Pretty is The Beauty Myth for teenagers… read more

Similar categories in Holly Bourne's You Could Be So Pretty book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

  • lgbt
  • queer
Cover of Noah Could Never (Noah Can't Even, #2) by Simon James Green

19. Noah Could Never (Noah Can't Even, #2)

By: Simon James Green

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Noah and Harry have gone from friends to boyfriends, but is Noah ready for the difference? It do… read more

Similar categories in Simon James Green's Noah Could Never (Noah Can't Even, #2) book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

  • lgbt
  • gay
  • queer
Cover of A Short History of Queer Women by Kirsty Loehr

20. A Short History of Queer Women

By: Kirsty Loehr

3.61

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Queer women have always existed – let’s put them back in the history books No, they weren’t ‘just … read more

Similar categories in Kirsty Loehr's A Short History of Queer Women book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

  • nonfiction
  • lgbt
  • gay
  • queer
Cover of Boy Queen by George   Lester

21. Boy Queen

By: George Lester

4.08

Format: 389 pages, Paperback

Life's a drag until you try . . . Robin Cooper’s life is falling apart. While his friends pre… read more

Similar categories in George Lester's Boy Queen book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

  • lgbt
  • gay
  • queer
Cover of The Midwinter Witch (The Witch Boy, #3) by Molly Knox Ostertag

22. The Midwinter Witch (The Witch Boy, #3)

By: Molly Knox Ostertag

4.27

Format: 203 pages, Paperback

The acclaimed graphic novel world of The Witch Boy and The Hidden Witch comes to a thrilling conclu… read more

Similar categories in Molly Knox Ostertag's The Midwinter Witch (The Witch Boy, #3) book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

  • lgbt
  • queer
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23. The Passing Playbook

By: Isaac Fitzsimons

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Fifteen-year-old Spencer Harris is a proud nerd, an awesome big brother and a Messi-in-training. He… read more

Similar categories in Isaac Fitzsimons's The Passing Playbook book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

  • lgbt
  • gay
  • queer
"As if Spencer's thoughts were sending out a homing beacon, Justice looked over in his direction, making eye contact, and Spencer understood what Gimli saw when he gazed upon Galadriel. But, no. Just …"

-Isaac Fitzsimons, The Passing Playbook

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24. When Katie Met Cassidy

By: Camille Perri

3.10

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of The Assistants comes another gutsy book about the importance of women … read more

Similar categories in Camille Perri's When Katie Met Cassidy book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

  • lgbt
  • gay
  • queer
"Do you like girls? Is. That. A. Thing. You. Do?"

-Camille Perri, When Katie Met Cassidy

"in such a setting a female body in a tuxedo- a tuxedo without a plunging neckline or cropped bottoms paired with stiletto heels, but a proper men’s tux- confused the hell out of people"

-Camille Perri, When Katie Met Cassidy

"this larger than life space was in fact just a room like any other. It struck Katie then how much it was about the people who filled a space with drama and personality, with love and grudges and out-…"

-Camille Perri, When Katie Met Cassidy

Cover of What's the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary by Juno  Dawson

25. What's the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary

By: Juno Dawson

4.34

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Discover what it means to be a young transgender and/or non-binary person in the twenty-first centu… read more

Similar categories in Juno Dawson's What's the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

  • queer
  • lgbt
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"That's the thing with kids, isn't it? You're never quite sure what you're going to get. If you don't want an LGBTQ+ child, use a condom!"

-Juno Dawson, What's the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary

"Imagine feeling like—on top of being a quirk of nature—you also have to battle your parents. Well, that just makes a tough situation tougher."

-Juno Dawson, What's the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary

Cover of Gay Club! by Simon James Green

26. Gay Club!

By: Simon James Green

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A landmark comedic novel about a group of queer teens at their worst - and ultimately their best - … read more

Similar categories in Simon James Green's Gay Club! book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

  • lgbt
  • gay
  • queer
Cover of Never Trust a Gemini (Never Trust a Gemini #1) by Freja Nicole Woolf

27. Never Trust a Gemini (Never Trust a Gemini #1)

By: Freja Nicole Woolf

3.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Cat Phillips has her head in the stars, but her romantic fantasies may ruin her shot at real-life l… read more

Similar categories in Freja Nicole Woolf's Never Trust a Gemini (Never Trust a Gemini #1) book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

  • lgbt
  • queer
Cover of Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health by Alexis Caught

28. Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

By: Alexis Caught

4.16

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

A positive and uplifting book for young people who are queer or curious - and their allies looking … read more

Similar categories in Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

  • self help
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • queer
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29. All About Romance

By: Daniel Tawse

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Roman Bright has always loved love stories. But being a non-binary teenager in a small northern tow… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Tawse's All About Romance book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

  • lgbt
  • gay
  • queer
Cover of Live, Laugh, Lesbian: Navigating Life As a Lesbian in the 21st Century by Helen Scott

30. Live, Laugh, Lesbian: Navigating Life As a Lesbian in the 21st Century

By: Helen Scott

3.12

Format: 223 pages, Paperback

"Sometimes, it's easy to feel like the only lesbian in the world - let alone in the village. But wh… read more

Similar categories in Helen Scott's Live, Laugh, Lesbian: Navigating Life As a Lesbian in the 21st Century book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

  • nonfiction
  • lgbt
  • gay
  • queer
Cover of Straight Expectations by Calum McSwiggan

31. Straight Expectations

By: Calum McSwiggan

3.85

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

The brilliant debut novel from author, presenter and LGBTQ+ advocate Calum McSwiggan!Seventeen-year… read more

Similar categories in Calum McSwiggan's Straight Expectations book and Alexis Caught's Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

  • lgbt
  • gay
  • queer

7 Top nonfiction books like Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health by Alexis Caught

Transform Your Habits

This Book Is Gay

None , Juno Dawson

3.77

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None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary

Travis Alabanza

4.38

Transform Your Habits

All Down Darkness Wide

Seán Hewitt

4.19

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A Short History of Queer Women

Kirsty Loehr

3.61

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The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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Crossing the Line

Tia Fisher

4.28

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Steady For This

Nathanael Lessore

3.90

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Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

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