16 Top queer books like Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig

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Death Prefers Blondes

By: Caleb Roehrig

3.78

Format: 442 pages, Hardcover

Teenage socialite Margo Manning leads a dangerous double life. By day, she dodges the paparazzi whi…

"You won’t win every fight… but the key to success isn’t dominating every single battle; sometimes it’s retreating - living to fight another day when the odds are better, find your strengths, learn your weaknesses, pick your battles."

-Caleb Roehrig, Death Prefers Blondes

"You won’t win every fight… but the key to success isn’t dominating every single battle; sometimes it’s retreating - living to fight another day when the odds are better, find your strengths, learn your weaknesses, pick your battles."

-Caleb Roehrig, Death Prefers Blondes

"You shouldn’t doubt yourself, you know. Your father has a habit of making everyone feel like a failure so they’re forever struggling to do better; but you deserve to be proud of yourself - to believe in yourself. Don’t let men or tabloids or even your father’s ghost make you question your greatness."

-Caleb Roehrig, Death Prefers Blondes

"You shouldn’t doubt yourself, you know. Your father has a habit of making everyone feel like a failure so they’re forever struggling to do better; but you deserve to be proud of yourself - to believe in yourself. Don’t let men or tabloids or even your father’s ghost make you question your greatness."

-Caleb Roehrig, Death Prefers Blondes

If you liked the queer plot in Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. #MURDERTRENDING

By: Gretchen McNeil

4.88

Format: 242 pages, Hardcover

WELCOME TO THE NEAR FUTURE, where good and honest 8/18 citizens can enjoy watching the executions o… read more

Similar categories in Gretchen McNeil's #MURDERTRENDING book and Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller

2. The 101 Dalmatians (The Hundred and One Dalmatians, #1)

By: Dodie Smith , Michael Dooling

4.00

Format: None pages,

From the back of the case: "Puppies and more puppies! How will they all escape the evil Cruella de … read more

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3. The Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths & Magic

By: F.T. Lukens

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Desperate to pay for college, Bridger Whitt is willing to overlook the peculiarities of his new job… read more

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4. Two-Minute Mysteries

By: Donald J. Sobol

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Whether testing their own sleuthing abilities by working against the clock or enjoying the intrigue… read more

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5. Waistcoats & Weaponry (Finishing School, #3)

By: Gail Carriger

3.67

Format: 542 pages, Hardcover

Sophronia continues her second year at finishing school in style--with a steel-bladed fan secreted … read more

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6. 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

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  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • 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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7. How to Find What You're Not Looking For

By: Veera Hiranandani

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

New historical fiction from a Newbery Honor-winning author about how middle schooler Ariel Goldberg… read more

Similar categories in Veera Hiranandani's How to Find What You're Not Looking For book and Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes

  • fiction
  • young adult
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8. Is Love the Answer?

By: Uta Isaki

4.25

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

A poignant coming-of-age story about a young woman coming into her own as she discovers her identit… read more

Similar categories in Uta Isaki's Is Love the Answer? book and Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Like that club from earlier. Some people appreciate that vibe and some don't. If they force people to join when they don't want to, that's harassment. It's the same with romance."

-Uta Isaki, Is Love the Answer?

"Romance is supposed to be great, and not being able to like anyone isn't normal, because any regular person would definitely-" "But you feel like you don't get it. Then why should you have to do it? …"

-Uta Isaki, Is Love the Answer?

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9. Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

By: Lex Croucher

4.01

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Heartstopper meets A Knight’s Tale in this queer medieval rom-com YA debut about love, friendship, … read more

Similar categories in Lex Croucher's Gwen & Art Are Not in Love book and Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes

  • fiction
  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"To be afraid you must have something you cannot bear to lose."

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

"You know fathers aren't always right just by virtue of being fathers."

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

"Not everybody lives for the triumphs and defeats, the epic highs and lows of the little black and white squares"

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

"The problem with compromise is that... you sit on the fence for so long that you discover you've built a kingdom on it."

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

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10. Tag, You're Dead

By: Kathryn Foxfield

3.45

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Come Out, Come Out, Whatever You Are and Good Girls Die First comes … read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Foxfield's Tag, You're Dead book and Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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11. Skater Boy

By: Anthony Nerada

4.03

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

In this YA pop-punk debut about queer romance and destroying labels, a teen risks everything to wr… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Nerada's Skater Boy book and Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"If we can convince our own minds we aren't good enough, we can't really be disappointed when we don't get what we truly want."

-Anthony Nerada, Skater Boy

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12. I Want to be a Wall, Vol. 1

By: Honami Shirono

4.19

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Any love story aficionado will say that the key to a successful couple is intense desire for one an… read more

Similar categories in Honami Shirono's I Want to be a Wall, Vol. 1 book and Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes

  • contemporary
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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13. The Woods All Black

By: Lee Mandelo

3.81

Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition

The Woods All Black is equal parts historical horror, trans romance, and blood-soaked revenge, all … read more

Similar categories in Lee Mandelo's The Woods All Black book and Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes

  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"Spill enough blood on it, and the earth was bound to go strange."

-Lee Mandelo, The Woods All Black

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14. The Briar Book of the Dead

By: A.G. Slatter

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Set in the same universe as the acclaimed All the Murmuring Bones and The Path of Thorns (one of Op… read more

Similar categories in A.G. Slatter's The Briar Book of the Dead book and Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes

  • mystery
  • fiction
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15. Somewhere Only We Know

By: Maurene Goo

3.66

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

10 00 p.m.: Lucky is the biggest K-pop star on the scene, and she's just performed her hit song "He… read more

Similar categories in Maurene Goo's Somewhere Only We Know book and Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"What is a quality life?"

-Maurene Goo, Somewhere Only We Know

"It's not a gift, it's work. That's what you do when you have a dream."

-Maurene Goo, Somewhere Only We Know

"I wanted to dance forever. I wanted to be the person that Jack was watching forever. I love you. I love you. I love you."

-Maurene Goo, Somewhere Only We Know

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16. I Want to Be a Wall, Vol. 2

By: Honami Shirono

4.40

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Yuriko and Gakurouta recount their first meeting and proposal to a curious Sousuke. Their first imp… read more

Similar categories in Honami Shirono's I Want to Be a Wall, Vol. 2 book and Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes

  • contemporary
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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17. Henry Hamlet's Heart

By: Rhiannon Wilde

4.15

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

A sparkling queer YA romance set in Brisbane, Henry Hamlet’s Heart follows one guy and his sometime… read more

Similar categories in Rhiannon Wilde's Henry Hamlet's Heart book and Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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18. Dead Things Are Closer than They Appear

By: Robin Wasley

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A painfully average teen’s life is upended by a magical apocalypse. High school is hard enough t… read more

Similar categories in Robin Wasley's Dead Things Are Closer than They Appear book and Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes

  • fiction
  • young adult
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19. #Murderfunding (MurderTrending, #2)

By: Gretchen McNeil

3.61

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

WELCOME TO WHO WANTS TO BE A PANIAC?, the latest reality TV show on the hunt for the next big-hit s… read more

Similar categories in Gretchen McNeil's #Murderfunding (MurderTrending, #2) book and Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Griselda rotated her finger in a circle whoop-de-do-style, signaling her impatience. ‘Yeah, yeah. We all have daddy issues. Get to the part where you justify Javier not shooting you."

-Gretchen McNeil, #Murderfunding (MurderTrending, #2)

"As she stared down at Stef's coffin, all she could picture was the scene at the Marquette cemetery, Stef's head in Becca's lap, her skin turning a sickly shade of grayish brown, her eyes open but uns…"

-Gretchen McNeil, #Murderfunding (MurderTrending, #2)

"Coop floored the accelerator and bounced the bus out of the parking lot onto one of the internal streets that crisscrossed the lot. Becca gripped a stripper pole with both hands as he careened around…"

-Gretchen McNeil, #Murderfunding (MurderTrending, #2)

"Stef returned her smile. She was so beautiful. So wounded and tough and beautiful on the inside too, and Becca wanted to hold her like that forever until they were both old and wrinkly and lived in a…"

-Gretchen McNeil, #Murderfunding (MurderTrending, #2)

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20. All Eyes on Us

By: Kit Frick

3.52

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Pretty Little Liars meets People Like Us in this taut, tense thriller about two teens who find the… read more

Similar categories in Kit Frick's All Eyes on Us book and Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
Cover of The Disabled Tyrant’s Beloved Pet Fish: Canji Baojun De Zhangxin Yu Chong (Novel) Vol. 1 by Xue Shan Fei Hu

21. The Disabled Tyrant’s Beloved Pet Fish: Canji Baojun De Zhangxin Yu Chong (Novel) Vol. 1

By: Xue Shan Fei Hu

4.46

Format: 436 pages, Paperback

After Li Yu stays up all night to read an engrossing webnovel, he finally falls asleep–only to wake… read more

Similar categories in Xue Shan Fei Hu's The Disabled Tyrant’s Beloved Pet Fish: Canji Baojun De Zhangxin Yu Chong (Novel) Vol. 1 book and Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes

  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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22. Such Charming Liars

By: Karen M. McManus

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The newest mystery from the author One of Us Is Lying, the Queen of thrillers, Karen M. McManus! Wh… read more

Similar categories in Karen M. McManus's Such Charming Liars book and Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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23. Now Entering Addamsville

By: Francesca Zappia

3.50

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

Zora Novak has been framed. When someone burns down the home of the school janitor and he dies i… read more

Similar categories in Francesca Zappia's Now Entering Addamsville book and Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"I'm too asexual for this."

-Francesca Zappia, Now Entering Addamsville

"You can have people who call themselves your friends and you can still be alone."

-Francesca Zappia, Now Entering Addamsville

"How could you convince people of the truth when they had already decided what version of the story they wanted to believe?"

-Francesca Zappia, Now Entering Addamsville

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24. As You Walk On By

By: Julian Winters

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Breakfast Club meets Can't Hardly Wait with an unforgettable ensemble cast in another swoony YA… read more

Similar categories in Julian Winters's As You Walk On By book and Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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25. Be Dazzled

By: Ryan La Sala

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Raffy has a passion for bedazzling. Not just bedazzling, but sewing, stitching, draping, pattern ma… read more

Similar categories in Ryan La Sala's Be Dazzled book and Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"... Carb-e Diem. Seize the bread."

-Ryan La Sala, Be Dazzled

"Maybe it’s hardest to begin the things we know will bring about ends."

-Ryan La Sala, Be Dazzled

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26. 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

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  • fiction
  • young adult
  • 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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27. Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything

By: Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

3.77

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A Mexican American teen discovers profound connections between immigration, folklore, and alien lif… read more

Similar categories in Raquel Vasquez Gilliland's Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything book and Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"White people--guys especially--always imagine another way because their paths have always been saturated with forks. For Abuela and mi mamá, there was no fork. No other way."

-Raquel Vasquez Gilliland, Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything

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28. The Impossible Contract (The Chronicles of Ghadid #2)

By: K.A. Doore

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Second in K. A. Doore's high fantasy adventure series the Chronicles of Ghadid, a determined assass… read more

Similar categories in K.A. Doore's The Impossible Contract (The Chronicles of Ghadid #2) book and Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes

  • mystery
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig

29. Death Prefers Blondes

By: Caleb Roehrig

3.78

Format: 442 pages, Hardcover

Teenage socialite Margo Manning leads a dangerous double life. By day, she dodges the paparazzi whi… read more

Similar categories in Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes book and Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • humor
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • queer
"You won’t win every fight… but the key to success isn’t dominating every single battle; sometimes it’s retreating - living to fight another day when the odds are better, find your strengths, learn yo…"

-Caleb Roehrig, Death Prefers Blondes

"You shouldn’t doubt yourself, you know. Your father has a habit of making everyone feel like a failure so they’re forever struggling to do better; but you deserve to be proud of yourself - to believe…"

-Caleb Roehrig, Death Prefers Blondes

"If these past few weeks have taught me anything, it’s that sooner or later we all run out of time… Safe choices are fine, but if my clock hits zero tomorrow, I don’t want any regrets. I don’t know ho…"

-Caleb Roehrig, Death Prefers Blondes

"Drag wasn’t a disguise or an illusion; it was armor. When he stepped onstage, Axel became someone fierce and untouchable, a force of nature that gave no fucks and couldn’t be bothered. He brought hec…"

-Caleb Roehrig, Death Prefers Blondes

Cover of Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 3 by Priest

30. Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 3

By: Priest

4.24

Format: 460 pages, Paperback

When a mysterious illness knocks Zhao Yunlan off his feet, he enjoys being doted on by Shen Wei—unt… read more

Similar categories in Priest's Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 3 book and Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes

  • mystery
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"Wishes tend to come true for people like you."

-Priest, Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 3

"You can’t judge the dead the same way you judge the living."

-Priest, Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 3

"Your soul bears my mark. Given enough time, I can always find you."

-Priest, Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 3

"Slowly, a sort of mutually reliant affection took shape there at the maw of hell."

-Priest, Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 3

Cover of I Want to Be a Wall, Vol. 3 (I Want to Be a Wall, #3) by Honami Shirono

31. I Want to Be a Wall, Vol. 3 (I Want to Be a Wall, #3)

By: Honami Shirono

4.38

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Gaku and Yuriko prepare to face the final hurdle of their newlywed life―meeting Gaku’s grandmother!… read more

Similar categories in Honami Shirono's I Want to Be a Wall, Vol. 3 (I Want to Be a Wall, #3) book and Caleb Roehrig's Death Prefers Blondes

  • contemporary
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt

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