21 must-read queer books like The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay by Dale Walls

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The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay

By: Dale Walls

3.73

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Queer Love. Something Dawn wants, desperately, but does not have. But maybe, if she can capture it,…

If you liked the queer plot in The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay by Dale Walls , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes

1. 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 Dale Walls's The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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2. Dear Wendy

By: Ann Zhao

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Dear Wendy's Sophie and Jo, two aromantic and asexual students at Wellesley College, engage in an o… read more

Similar categories in Ann Zhao's Dear Wendy book and Dale Walls's The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Nobody talks about breaking up with your friends. It sucks. Especially when that friend ditches you to be with whoever they think is The One."

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

"And still, it's hard to find people like me. The asexual community is small enough as it is; there are fewer aromantic people and even fewer people who are both."

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

"And that really made me think for the first time about how this could happen with any friend who's not also aroace. Like, my person, my closest confidant, will probably always have someone else - a r…"

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

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3. Wren Martin Ruins It All

By: Amanda DeWitt

4.25

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Now that Wren Martin is student council president (on a technicality, but hey, it counts) he’s goin… read more

Similar categories in Amanda DeWitt's Wren Martin Ruins It All book and Dale Walls's The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I think I might have a crush. Shit ."

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

"Halloween would be . . . okay," she says, with all the deliberation of a somewhat uncertain judge delivering a verdict. "But no sexy catgirls. Or boys. No catpeople."

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

"You might have saved the Dance," I say loftily, "but I saved this school from Cats ." "Not all heroes wear capes," Ryan says, pushing open the classroom door. "You know, I kind of like Cats ." "You l…"

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

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4. The Summer Love Strategy

By: Ray Stoeve

3.42

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A sweet and swoony YA rom-com about two friends making a pact to find summer romance like they’ve s… read more

Similar categories in Ray Stoeve's The Summer Love Strategy book and Dale Walls's The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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5. 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 Dale Walls's The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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6. Brooms

By: Jasmine Walls

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

YALSA TOP 10 GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS BEST OF THE Booklist · Kirkus · Polygon · Chicago Publ… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Walls's Brooms book and Dale Walls's The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay

  • fiction
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
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7. The Fall of Whit Rivera

By: Crystal Maldonado

4.09

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Could you plan the Fall Formal with your (hot) nemesis? Whit Rivera is about to find out. Frenemie… read more

Similar categories in Crystal Maldonado's The Fall of Whit Rivera book and Dale Walls's The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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8. Okay, Cupid

By: Mason Deaver

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST, the story of a cupid who thinks they know e… read more

Similar categories in Mason Deaver's Okay, Cupid book and Dale Walls's The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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9. Just Shy of Ordinary

By: A.J. Sass

4.07

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A thirteen-year-old nonbinary kid discovers that life doesn't always go according to plan, especial… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Sass's Just Shy of Ordinary book and Dale Walls's The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay

  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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10. Godly Heathens (The Ouroboros, #1)

By: H.E. Edgmon

3.85

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Infatuation. Reincarnation. Damnation. Gem Echols is a nonbinary Seminole teen living in the tin… read more

Similar categories in H.E. Edgmon's Godly Heathens (The Ouroboros, #1) book and Dale Walls's The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"We are not just gods walking around steering human bodies. We are also humans housing the souls of gods. Okay? And if it really matters that the Mountain is never a colonizer'--I brush my thumb again…"

-H.E. Edgmon, Godly Heathens (The Ouroboros, #1)

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11. 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 Dale Walls's The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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12. 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 Dale Walls's The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • 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

Cover of Gorgeous Gruesome Faces (Gorgeous Gruesome Faces, #1) by Linda Cheng

13. 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 Dale Walls's The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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14. 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 Dale Walls's The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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15. 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 Dale Walls's The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhbari

16. Just Another Epic Love Poem

By: Parisa Akhbari

4.29

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Best friendship blossoms into something more in this gorgeously written queer literary romance. … read more

Similar categories in Parisa Akhbari's Just Another Epic Love Poem book and Dale Walls's The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay

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

17. 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 Dale Walls's The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay

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

18. 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 Dale Walls's The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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19. A Million Quiet Revolutions

By: Robin Gow

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For as long as they can remember, Aaron and Oliver have only ever had each other. In a small town w… read more

Similar categories in Robin Gow's A Million Quiet Revolutions book and Dale Walls's The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I feel like the only way to exist as a queer person is to hide."

-Robin Gow, A Million Quiet Revolutions

"It’s hard to search for someone like yourself when you’re not even sure who you are."

-Robin Gow, A Million Quiet Revolutions

Cover of Wish You Weren't Here by Erin Baldwin

20. Wish You Weren't Here

By: Erin Baldwin

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Juliette doesn’t hate Priya Pendley. At least, not in the way teen movies say she should hate th… read more

Similar categories in Erin Baldwin's Wish You Weren't Here book and Dale Walls's The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay by Dale Walls

21. The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay

By: Dale Walls

3.73

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Queer Love. Something Dawn wants, desperately, but does not have. But maybe, if she can capture it,… read more

Similar categories in Dale Walls's The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay book and Dale Walls's The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • gender
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer

20 Top fiction books like The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay by Dale Walls

Transform Your Habits

The Luis Ortega Survival Club

Sonora Reyes

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Dear Wendy

Ann Zhao

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Wren Martin Ruins It All

Amanda DeWitt

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The Summer Love Strategy

Ray Stoeve

3.42

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

Transform Your Habits

Dear Wendy

Ann Zhao

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Have You Seen This Girl

Nita Tyndall

3.64

Transform Your Habits

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight

Kalynn Bayron

3.59

Transform Your Habits

The Narrow

Kate Alice Marshall

3.73

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