12 must-read queer books like B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1) by Paige McKenzie

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B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

By: Paige McKenzie

3.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A lone witch has powers. A coven has a multitude more. New girl and secret witchl Iris just want…

If you liked the queer plot in B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1) by Paige McKenzie , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of The Dagger in the Desk (Lockwood & Co., #1.5) by Jonathan Stroud

1. The Dagger in the Desk (Lockwood & Co., #1.5)

By: Jonathan Stroud

3.96

Format: 44 pages, Kindle Edition

A thrilling new case for London’s most talented psychic detection agency—from the global bestsellin… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Stroud's The Dagger in the Desk (Lockwood & Co., #1.5) book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp

2. Before I Let Go

By: Marieke Nijkamp

3.98

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Days before Corey is to return home to the snow and ice of Lost Creek, Alaska, to visit her best fr… read more

Similar categories in Marieke Nijkamp's Before I Let Go book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
Cover of Yellow Brick War (Dorothy Must Die, #3) by Danielle  Paige

3. Yellow Brick War (Dorothy Must Die, #3)

By: Danielle Paige

3.77

Format: 134 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, there was a girl from Kansas named Dorothy. You might know her as the Girl Who Ro… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Paige's Yellow Brick War (Dorothy Must Die, #3) book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • magic
  • young adult
Cover of The Backstagers, Vol. 1 (The Backstagers, Volume One) by James Tynion IV, Rian Sygh

4. The Backstagers, Vol. 1 (The Backstagers, Volume One)

By: James Tynion IV , Rian Sygh

4.15

Format: 399 pages, Paperback

All the world's a stage . . . but what happens behind the curtain is pure magic literally! When Jo… read more

Similar categories in James Tynion IV's The Backstagers, Vol. 1 (The Backstagers, Volume One) book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Wicked Will Rise (Dorothy Must Die, #2) by Danielle  Paige

5. The Wicked Will Rise (Dorothy Must Die, #2)

By: Danielle Paige

4.06

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

In this dark, high-octane sequel to the New York Timesbestselling Dorothy Must Die, Amy Gumm must d… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Paige's The Wicked Will Rise (Dorothy Must Die, #2) book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • magic
  • young adult

6. Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas, #1)

By: Zoraida Córdova

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

I was chosen by the Deos. Even gods make mistakes. Alex is a bruja, the most powerful witch in a ge… read more

Similar categories in Zoraida Córdova's Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas, #1) book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

7. The End of Oz (Dorothy Must Die, #4)

By: Danielle Paige

3.22

Format: 111 pages, ebook

Ding dong--Dorothy is dead. I watched as the Emerald Palace crumbled to the ground, burying Dorothy… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Paige's The End of Oz (Dorothy Must Die, #4) book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

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8. How To Succeed in Witchcraft

By: Aislinn Brophy

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An overachieving teen witch vies for a prestigious scholarship at her elite high school in this con… read more

Similar categories in Aislinn Brophy's How To Succeed in Witchcraft book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • witches
  • paranormal
  • queer
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9. Hell Followed With Us

By: Andrew Joseph White

4.13

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Prepare to die. His kingdom is near. Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cu… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Joseph White's Hell Followed With Us book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Do you believe in God? I do, please stop, there's so much blood"

-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

"I think it hits us all at the same time that maybe we'll live long enough to grow up."

-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

"Bein transgender is who you are, and the pain is what the outside does to you. The pain is what happens when you and the world go at each other's throats."

-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

"I'm done begging for a scrap of respect-I am done with those who enact suffering, and I am done with the sons of bitches who stand back and let it happen."

-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

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10. Temple Alley Summer

By: Sachiko Kashiwaba

3.97

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2022 Mildred L. Batchelder Award A July/August 2021 Kids’ Indie Next Pick A Junior … read more

Similar categories in Sachiko Kashiwaba's Temple Alley Summer book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • fiction
"Listen, Kazu. Everyone says that humans are equal, but we don’t all get the same chances in life. You know that, don’t you? You’re a big boy in fifth grade. Some people are born healthy, and others a…"

-Sachiko Kashiwaba, Temple Alley Summer

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11. Katzenjammer

By: Francesca Zappia

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

American Horror Story meets the dark comedy of Kafka's The Metamorphosis as Cat searches for a way … read more

Similar categories in Francesca Zappia's Katzenjammer book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"One day in November, I moved Skittles into color-specific piles on his chest while a murderer chopped away at teenagers having sex onscreen. Doesn't even make sense, Jeffrey said. He's not exactly qu…"

-Francesca Zappia, Katzenjammer

"Look, I said to him one day in October, while I sat in an armchair and he relaxed on the divan, posing for me. I turned my sketchbook toward him. You're going to color me in, right? he asked. Of cour…"

-Francesca Zappia, Katzenjammer

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12. The Coldest Touch

By: Isabel Sterling

3.66

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Elise Beaumont is cursed. With every touch, she experiences exactly how her loved ones will die. An… read more

Similar categories in Isabel Sterling's The Coldest Touch book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • queer
Cover of The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead

13. The List of Things That Will Not Change

By: Rebecca Stead

4.22

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

After her parents' divorce, Bea's life became different in many ways. But she can always look back … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Stead's The List of Things That Will Not Change book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"...life is like a trip. A very long one. And what matters most is the people you travel with."

-Rebecca Stead, The List of Things That Will Not Change

"The thing about making butter is that it feels like it'll never be done, almost right up to the moment when it is done. If what you want is butter, you have to keep going, even if you only half belie…"

-Rebecca Stead, The List of Things That Will Not Change

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14. Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun

By: Jonny Garza Villa

4.16

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

A poignant, funny, openhearted novel about coming out, first love, and being your one and only best… read more

Similar categories in Jonny Garza Villa's Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • fiction
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
"Intelligent people can still get into some stupid-ass foolery"

-Jonny Garza Villa, Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun

"It only takes one person to live their truth before more people start realizing they can too."

-Jonny Garza Villa, Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun

"It's not even about the more intimate moments that happened. Although I do miss those a lot too. A lot , a lot. What I crave most is being next to someone. My someone."

-Jonny Garza Villa, Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun

Cover of The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1) by Aiden Thomas

15. The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

By: Aiden Thomas

4.33

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where teen semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the h… read more

Similar categories in Aiden Thomas's The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1) book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"No hetero, but damn, Teo, your wings" Niya circled Teo back on the boat. "Does this make me a furry?"

-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

"No hetero, but damn, Teo, your wings!" Niya circled Teo back onto the boat. "Does this make me a furry?"

-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

"Why was it that just because his body was different from everyone else’s, they thought they could ask whatever inappropriate questions they wanted."

-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

"Why was it that just because his body was different from everyone else's, they thought they could ask whatever inappropriate questions they wanted?"

-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

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16. Raising the Horseman

By: Serena Valentino

3.45

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times best-selling author of Disney’s Villains series comes a ghostly new stand-a… read more

Similar categories in Serena Valentino's Raising the Horseman book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
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17. Spell Bound

By: F.T. Lukens

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Two rival apprentice sorcerers must team up to save their teachers and protect their own magic in t… read more

Similar categories in F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • queer
"Sometimes a family was a mischievous magical boss, her magical rival turned friend, a magical girl who used to be a babysitter and now was like an older sister, and the person you didn't understand i…"

-F.T. Lukens, Spell Bound

Cover of Charlotte Illes Is Not a Detective (Not a Detective Mysteries, #1) by Katie Siegel

18. Charlotte Illes Is Not a Detective (Not a Detective Mysteries, #1)

By: Katie Siegel

3.41

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

For anyone seeking to satisfy their Harriet the Spy, Encyclopedia Brown, or Nancy Drew nostalgia, t… read more

Similar categories in Katie Siegel's Charlotte Illes Is Not a Detective (Not a Detective Mysteries, #1) book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of The Babysitters Coven (The Babysitters Coven, #1) by Kate    Williams

19. The Babysitters Coven (The Babysitters Coven, #1)

By: Kate Williams

3.46

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

Adventures in Babysitting meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in this funny, action-packed novel about a… read more

Similar categories in Kate Williams's The Babysitters Coven (The Babysitters Coven, #1) book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • witches
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"It was as grim a social scene as I’d ever encountered, and I missed everything I’d left behind at home. I wondered what my nail polish collection was doing right now."

-Kate Williams, The Babysitters Coven (The Babysitters Coven, #1)

Cover of Agnes at the End of the World by Kelly McWilliams

20. Agnes at the End of the World

By: Kelly McWilliams

3.72

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

The Handmaid's Tale meets Wilder Girls in this unique, voice-driven novel from Kelly McWilliams. … read more

Similar categories in Kelly McWilliams's Agnes at the End of the World book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Witchery (The Witchery, #1) by S. Isabelle

21. The Witchery (The Witchery, #1)

By: S. Isabelle

3.56

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A bewitching debut by S. Isabelle, perfect for fans of Maggie Stiefvater, Zoraida Córdova, and Leig… read more

Similar categories in S. Isabelle's The Witchery (The Witchery, #1) book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • witches
  • paranormal
  • queer
Cover of A Drop of Venom by Sajni Patel

22. A Drop of Venom

By: Sajni Patel

4.06

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Circe goes YA in this unapologetically feminist retelling of the Medusa myth steeped in Indian myth… read more

Similar categories in Sajni Patel's A Drop of Venom book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Chosen (Slayer, #2) by Kiersten White

23. Chosen (Slayer, #2)

By: Kiersten White

3.73

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Nina continues to learn how to use her slayer powers against enemies old and new.Now that Nina has … read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's Chosen (Slayer, #2) book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • young adult
"He leans in to kiss her, but she pulls back. "Not right now! This is beatdown time, not happy time."

-Kiersten White, Chosen (Slayer, #2)

"All you had to do was shove that sword in her stomach and release the power to end it all. God, you are so hard to corrupt, you know that?" I shrug. "Hufflepuff."

-Kiersten White, Chosen (Slayer, #2)

"He puts his hands out. "I don't like this plan at all. It didn't work in A New Hope ." I tie his wrists together, making sure the rope is tight enough to look convincing but loose enough that he can …"

-Kiersten White, Chosen (Slayer, #2)

"Sean's a creep! You're better than this!" She stands, glaring at me. "I am better than this. I'm better than Sean, and I'm better than the Watchers, and you have no idea what I'm doing, so keep your …"

-Kiersten White, Chosen (Slayer, #2)

Cover of Before We Disappear by Shaun David Hutchinson

24. Before We Disappear

By: Shaun David Hutchinson

3.88

Format: 512 pages, ebook

The Prestige meets What If It’s Us in Before We Disappear, a queer ahistorical fantasy set during t… read more

Similar categories in Shaun David Hutchinson's Before We Disappear book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Running from you would be like running from the air in my lungs."

-Shaun David Hutchinson, Before We Disappear

"I'll steal your heart,' he said 'You cannot steal a gift freely given."

-Shaun David Hutchinson, Before We Disappear

"He was a million mirror shards turned inward, he was a rootless tree following the sun."

-Shaun David Hutchinson, Before We Disappear

"Jack was home to me now too, and I knew with absolute conviction that I could find him anywhere."

-Shaun David Hutchinson, Before We Disappear

Cover of Project Nought by Chelsey Furedi

25. Project Nought

By: Chelsey Furedi

4.15

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Kiss Number 8 and On a Sunbeam, this debut graphic novel is a fast-paced time travel ad… read more

Similar categories in Chelsey Furedi's Project Nought book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • fiction
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
Cover of Give the Dark My Love (Give the Dark My Love, #1) by Beth Revis

26. Give the Dark My Love (Give the Dark My Love, #1)

By: Beth Revis

3.67

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

When seventeen-year-old Nedra Brysstain leaves her home in the rural, northern territories of Lunar… read more

Similar categories in Beth Revis's Give the Dark My Love (Give the Dark My Love, #1) book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"If you do this, Nedra, if you choose necromancy… I cannot follow you into that darkness."

-Beth Revis, Give the Dark My Love (Give the Dark My Love, #1)

"I saw Death itself. It was a feral thing, made of smoke and shadow. It was hollow and empty. And hungry. Starving. "

-Beth Revis, Give the Dark My Love (Give the Dark My Love, #1)

"A good book will give you answers to questions you didn't know you had. A great book will give you questions to answers you thought you knew."

-Beth Revis, Give the Dark My Love (Give the Dark My Love, #1)

"I had nothing to prove and everything to lose. But it didn’t take love to sacrifice something of yourself for someone else. It just took desperation."

-Beth Revis, Give the Dark My Love (Give the Dark My Love, #1)

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27. Blood at the Root

By: LaDarrion Williams

4.05

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A teenager on the run from his past finds the family he never knew existed and the community he nev… read more

Similar categories in LaDarrion Williams's Blood at the Root book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1) by Paige McKenzie

28. B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

By: Paige McKenzie

3.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A lone witch has powers. A coven has a multitude more. New girl and secret witchl Iris just want… read more

Similar categories in Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1) book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • witches
  • paranormal
  • mystery
  • queer
Cover of Witches of Ash and Ruin by E.  Latimer

29. Witches of Ash and Ruin

By: E. Latimer

3.59

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Modern witchcraft blends with ancient Celtic mythology in an epic clash of witches and gods, perfec… read more

Similar categories in E. Latimer's Witches of Ash and Ruin book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • witches
  • paranormal
  • queer
Cover of Charlotte Illes Is Not a Teacher (Not a Detective Mysteries, #2) by Katie Siegel

30. Charlotte Illes Is Not a Teacher (Not a Detective Mysteries, #2)

By: Katie Siegel

3.88

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

The déjà vu is strong for 25-year-old former kid detective Charlotte Illes when she lands back in F… read more

Similar categories in Katie Siegel's Charlotte Illes Is Not a Teacher (Not a Detective Mysteries, #2) book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Kisses, Codes, and Conspiracies by Abigail Hing Wen

31. Kisses, Codes, and Conspiracies

By: Abigail Hing Wen

3.63

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

An instant National Bestseller, Indy Bestseller, USA Today Bestseller, SoCal Regional Bestseller an… read more

Similar categories in Abigail Hing Wen's Kisses, Codes, and Conspiracies book and Paige McKenzie's B*WITCH (B*WITCH, #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook

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Jonathan Stroud

3.96

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3.98

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Yellow Brick War (Dorothy Must Die, #3)

Danielle Paige

3.77

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3.75

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