8 must-read anthologies books like That Way Madness Lies by Dahlia Adler

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That Way Madness Lies

By: Dahlia Adler

3.45

Format: 221 pages, Hardcover

Fifteen acclaimed YA writers put their modern spin on William Shakespeare’s celebrated classics! …

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1. The Steep & Thorny Way

By: Cat Winters

3.36

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Scene: Oregon, 1923. Dramatis personae: Hanalee Denney, daughter of a white woman and an African Am… read more

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2. Queer, There and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World

By: Sarah Prager

4.00

Format: 191 pages,

This first-ever LGBTQ history book for young adults will appeal to fans of fun, empowering pop-cult… read more

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3. A Universe of Wishes: A We Need Diverse Books Anthology

By: Dhonielle Clayton

3.73

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From We Need Diverse Books, the organization behind Flying Lessons & Other Stories, comes a young a… read more

Similar categories in Dhonielle Clayton's A Universe of Wishes: A We Need Diverse Books Anthology book and Dahlia Adler's That Way Madness Lies

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"The Khawla historian says the people of this planet were like a virus—multiplying endlessly, consuming every resource they could wrench from land and sky, acting as if all they could survey was their…"

-Dhonielle Clayton, A Universe of Wishes: A We Need Diverse Books Anthology

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4. Manslaughter Park (Jane Austen Murder Mystery, #3)

By: Tirzah Price

3.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this queer retelling of the classic novel and third book in Tirzah Price's Jane Austen Murder My… read more

Similar categories in Tirzah Price's Manslaughter Park (Jane Austen Murder Mystery, #3) book and Dahlia Adler's That Way Madness Lies

  • romance
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
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5. All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages

By: Saundra Mitchell

3.94

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Take a journey through time and genres and discover a past where queer figures live, love and shape… read more

Similar categories in Saundra Mitchell's All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages book and Dahlia Adler's That Way Madness Lies

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Askim,"

-Saundra Mitchell, All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages

"Ugh. Feelings are gross,"

-Saundra Mitchell, All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages

"Let go of which cannot be held."

-Saundra Mitchell, All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages

"Wilhelm's hands trembled. “I'll bring you only misery."

-Saundra Mitchell, All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages

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6. Out Now: Queer We Go Again!

By: Saundra Mitchell

3.69

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

QUEER WE GO AGAIN! A follow-up to the critically acclaimed All Out anthology, Out Now features seve… read more

Similar categories in Saundra Mitchell's Out Now: Queer We Go Again! book and Dahlia Adler's That Way Madness Lies

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • queer
"I don't get enough credit for using my genius only for personal gain and not all-out evil."

-Saundra Mitchell, Out Now: Queer We Go Again!

"... how everyone is made to believe white is good, pure, a ray of light while black is bad, tainted, the ugliest darkness, is ridiculous."

-Saundra Mitchell, Out Now: Queer We Go Again!

"Museums tell stories so much better than textbooks do. And that's what history is, isn't it? It's just a really big story. That's what makes it important. And museums get that. Textbooks don't."

-Saundra Mitchell, Out Now: Queer We Go Again!

"It's hard. Wanting the tea, but also not wanting the tea, but feeling like you should want the tea, but knowing you should protest the tea, so you put the protest on the teapot and throw all the tea …"

-Saundra Mitchell, Out Now: Queer We Go Again!

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7. Queen Hereafter

By: Isabelle Schuler

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

“Suspenseful, atmospheric and full of twists and turns, I loved the brutal, backstabbing world that… read more

Similar categories in Isabelle Schuler's Queen Hereafter book and Dahlia Adler's That Way Madness Lies

  • retellings
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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8. Infinity Alchemist (Infinity Alchemist, #1)

By: Kacen Callender

3.49

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Infinity Alchemist is a spellbinding novel about a quest that leads three young alchemists toward u… read more

Similar categories in Kacen Callender's Infinity Alchemist (Infinity Alchemist, #1) book and Dahlia Adler's That Way Madness Lies

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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9. My Fine Fellow

By: Jennieke Cohen

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Culinary delights abound, romance lingers in the air, and plans go terribly, wonderfully astray in … read more

Similar categories in Jennieke Cohen's My Fine Fellow book and Dahlia Adler's That Way Madness Lies

  • romance
  • retellings
  • fiction
  • young adult
"He still believed more people existed in the world who didn’t ask questions—and not because they didn’t know to ask them. No, they didn’t ask because they only wanted the answers they’d created in th…"

-Jennieke Cohen, My Fine Fellow

"Elijah had spiced them with thyme, cumin, and mustard seeds in clever proportions so that no one spice overpowered the others. Toasted hazelnuts brought a crunch she hadn't expected, and the dried, t…"

-Jennieke Cohen, My Fine Fellow

"Remember that the first thing anyone does is eat with their eyes. Before the diner even takes a single bite, what they see, hear, and smell is what will often entice them to eat---or to partake of so…"

-Jennieke Cohen, My Fine Fellow

"Princess Adelaide hadn't shown him any particular favor, but she had seemed to enjoy his freshly made pasta colored with squid ink and peppered throughout with clams, mussels, more squid, and roasted…"

-Jennieke Cohen, My Fine Fellow

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10. Darling

By: K. Ancrum

3.63

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A teen girl finds herself lost on a dangerous adventure in this YA thriller by the acclaimed author… read more

Similar categories in K. Ancrum's Darling book and Dahlia Adler's That Way Madness Lies

  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • queer
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11. The Nightmare Virus

By: Nadine Brandes

4.54

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Some viruses go after the body. But the Nightmare Virus goes after the mind.When dream technology g… read more

Similar categories in Nadine Brandes's The Nightmare Virus book and Dahlia Adler's That Way Madness Lies

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"You serve the Creator, right?' She nods but seems anxious. 'So create with Him."

-Nadine Brandes, The Nightmare Virus

"Nole used to say turning to God wasn't weakness. That being weak is where the true strength came from."

-Nadine Brandes, The Nightmare Virus

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12. Color Outside the Lines

By: Sangu Mandanna

3.79

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

This modern, groundbreaking YA anthology explores the complexity and beauty of interracial and LGBT… read more

Similar categories in Sangu Mandanna's Color Outside the Lines book and Dahlia Adler's That Way Madness Lies

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • queer
"The air grew charged, heat gathering around them as if instead of starlight and moonbeams, he held all the brilliance of a dying star, engulfing her with the pull of his gravity."

-Sangu Mandanna, Color Outside the Lines

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13. Enter the Body

By: Joy McCullough

4.00

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“At once tender, poetic and ferocious, Enter The Body breathes new life into the Bard’s most tragic… read more

Similar categories in Joy McCullough's Enter the Body book and Dahlia Adler's That Way Madness Lies

  • romance
  • retellings
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Broken people can be loved."

-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body

"The telling of stories holds back the weight of time."

-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body

"Each considers how these acts of violence against their bodies were acceptable to the world, while their desires were not."

-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body

"Not all stories can be told. Some are so dark and twisted, their telling would undo the world. But just because she doesn't speak doesn't mean Lavinia can't share who she is, what she's been through,…"

-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body

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14. Compound Fracture

By: Andrew Joseph White

4.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling and award-winning author Andrew Joseph White returns with a queer Appalachian thriller,… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Joseph White's Compound Fracture book and Dahlia Adler's That Way Madness Lies

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"There's a whole spectrum of reactions to coming out. Getting kicked out is one extreme–being accepted wholeheartedly is the other. But in the middle, there's this. The awkwardness, the refusals to ac…"

-Andrew Joseph White, Compound Fracture

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15. Just Read It: Unlocking the Magic of Independent Reading in Middle and High School Classrooms (Corwin Literacy)

By: Jarred Amato

4.64

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

Read widely and read often - create a classroom environment where independent reading thrives In… read more

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16. Eternally Yours

By: Patrice Caldwell

3.65

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Vampires and merpeople, angels and demons—the paranormal is full of unusual beings. The stories in… read more

Similar categories in Patrice Caldwell's Eternally Yours book and Dahlia Adler's That Way Madness Lies

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • queer
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17. Relit: 16 Latinx Remixes of Classic Stories

By: Sandra Proudman

3.99

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

These sixteen stories by award-winning and bestselling YA authors center a Latinx point of view in … read more

Similar categories in Sandra Proudman's Relit: 16 Latinx Remixes of Classic Stories book and Dahlia Adler's That Way Madness Lies

  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of That Way Madness Lies by Dahlia Adler

18. That Way Madness Lies

By: Dahlia Adler

3.45

Format: 221 pages, Hardcover

Fifteen acclaimed YA writers put their modern spin on William Shakespeare’s celebrated classics! … read more

Similar categories in Dahlia Adler's That Way Madness Lies book and Dahlia Adler's That Way Madness Lies

  • romance
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder by Saundra Mitchell

19. Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder

By: Saundra Mitchell

3.74

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Into the queer new yonder! To conclude the trio of anthologies that started with critically acclaim… read more

Similar categories in Saundra Mitchell's Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder book and Dahlia Adler's That Way Madness Lies

  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • queer
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20. Calypso

By: Oliver K. Langmead

3.69

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Rochelle wakes from cryostasis to take up her role on the colony ark, Calypso . But she wakes to fi… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of How to Piss Off Men: 106 Things to Say to Shatter the Male Ego by Kyle Prue

21. How to Piss Off Men: 106 Things to Say to Shatter the Male Ego

By: Kyle Prue

4.28

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

BE NO MAN'S PEACE. Have you ever been badgered by an annoying pick-up artist at the bar? Ever fe… read more

Similar categories in Kyle Prue's How to Piss Off Men: 106 Things to Say to Shatter the Male Ego book and Dahlia Adler's That Way Madness Lies

  • contemporary
"One thing at a time, guys. I’m not a miracle worker; I’m a collection of thirty rats operating a person suit via tiny levers and pulleys."

-Kyle Prue, How to Piss Off Men: 106 Things to Say to Shatter the Male Ego

16 Top fiction books like That Way Madness Lies by Dahlia Adler

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A Universe of Wishes: A We Need Diverse Books Anthology

Dhonielle Clayton

3.73

Transform Your Habits

Manslaughter Park (Jane Austen Murder Mystery, #3)

Tirzah Price

3.57

Transform Your Habits

All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages

Saundra Mitchell

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Out Now: Queer We Go Again!

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4.02

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Rebecca Caprara

4.25

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Mindy McGinnis

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