5 best-selling queer books like The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl by Bart Yates

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The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl

By: Bart Yates

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Both sweeping and exquisitely intimate, award-winning author Bart Yates blends historical fact and …

If you liked the queer plot in The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl by Bart Yates , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Evolution of Annabel Craig

By: Lisa Grunwald

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A young Southern woman sets out on a journey of self-discovery as the infamous 1925 Scopes Trial te… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Grunwald's The Evolution of Annabel Craig book and Bart Yates's The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

By: Elizabeth Strout

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friend… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Strout's Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5) book and Bart Yates's The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl

  • adult
  • fiction
"...Bob caught a glimpse of himself in the store window that was right there. He was startled. Who was that tall older man? Was that him? A sense of bewilderment came to him. He turned away, then turn…"

-Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

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3. That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

By: Amanda Jones

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Part memoir, part manifesto, the inspiring story of a Louisiana librarian advocating for inclusivit… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Jones's That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America book and Bart Yates's The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl

  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. Sorcery and Small Magics (The Wildersongs Trilogy, #1)

By: Maiga Doocy

4.41

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Desperate to undo the curse binding them to each other, an impulsive sorcerer and his curmudgeonly … read more

Similar categories in Maiga Doocy's Sorcery and Small Magics (The Wildersongs Trilogy, #1) book and Bart Yates's The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl

  • adult
  • lgbt
  • queer
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5. A Pair of Wings

By: Carole Hopson

4.29

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A riveting, adventurous novel inspired by the life of pioneer aviatrix Bessie Coleman, a Black woma… read more

Similar categories in Carole Hopson's A Pair of Wings book and Bart Yates's The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. The Murders in Great Diddling

By: Katarina Bivald

3.52

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The best stories are the ones we didn't know needed to be told The small, rundown village of Gre… read more

Similar categories in Katarina Bivald's The Murders in Great Diddling book and Bart Yates's The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. Tell It to Me Singing

By: Tita Ramírez

3.85

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A Cuban American family is sent into a tailspin when the ailing matriarch confesses the first of se… read more

Similar categories in Tita Ramírez's Tell It to Me Singing book and Bart Yates's The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

By: Anna Johnston

4.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Remarkably Bright Creatures and The Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, a warm, life-affirming… read more

Similar categories in Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife book and Bart Yates's The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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9. The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl

By: Bart Yates

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Both sweeping and exquisitely intimate, award-winning author Bart Yates blends historical fact and … read more

Similar categories in Bart Yates's The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl book and Bart Yates's The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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10. We Carry the Sea in Our Hands

By: Janie Kim

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Told with poetic prose and an imaginative voice, this “beautifully composed [and] original” (Joyce … read more

Similar categories in Janie Kim's We Carry the Sea in Our Hands book and Bart Yates's The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. It's All Relative

By: Rachel Magee

3.60

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Shakespeare's famous comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream, gets a modern retelling in the lighthearted… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Magee's It's All Relative book and Bart Yates's The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

By: Lynda Cohen Loigman

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It's never too late for new beginnings. On the cusp of turning eighty, newly retired pharmacist … read more

Similar categories in Lynda Cohen Loigman's The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern book and Bart Yates's The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. In a League of Her Own

By: Kaia Alderson

3.69

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From the author of Sisters in Arms comes the incredible, untold story of Effa Manley, a black busin… read more

Similar categories in Kaia Alderson's In a League of Her Own book and Bart Yates's The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Small Rain

By: Garth Greenwell

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A medical crisis brings one man close to death—and to love, art, and beauty—in a profound and lumin… read more

Similar categories in Garth Greenwell's Small Rain book and Bart Yates's The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl

  • queer
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. Grown Women

By: Sarai Johnson

4.28

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In this stunning debut novel, four generations of complex Black women contend with motherhood and d… read more

Similar categories in Sarai Johnson's Grown Women book and Bart Yates's The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I don’t think you’re ever really grown."

-Sarai Johnson, Grown Women

"We can learn from trauma. We can become better, more efficient, if we do the work."

-Sarai Johnson, Grown Women

"Similarly, I owe a great deal to my female ancestors and the women who mothered me."

-Sarai Johnson, Grown Women

"Sometimes the best thing you can do for someone you love is stay the hell away from them."

-Sarai Johnson, Grown Women

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16. The Thirteenth Husband

By: Greer Macallister

3.52

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Tearing through millions of dollars, four continents, and a hearty collection of husbands, real-lif… read more

Similar categories in Greer Macallister's The Thirteenth Husband book and Bart Yates's The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. Libby Lost and Found

By: Stephanie Booth

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Libby Lost and Found is a book for people who don't know who they are without the books they love. … read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Booth's Libby Lost and Found book and Bart Yates's The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl

  • fiction
Cover of I'll Have What He's Having by Adib Khorram

18. I'll Have What He's Having

By: Adib Khorram

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A smart, tender, vivacious romantic comedy about mistaken identities, the line between love and sex… read more

Similar categories in Adib Khorram's I'll Have What He's Having book and Bart Yates's The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl

  • queer
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. How to Leave the House

By: Nathan Newman

3.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It's Natwest's last day before he leaves for university, and there's only one thing on his mind: th… read more

Similar categories in Nathan Newman's How to Leave the House book and Bart Yates's The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl

  • queer
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. Sky Full of Elephants

By: Cebo Campbell

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this exquisite speculative novel set in a world where white people no longer exist, college prof… read more

Similar categories in Cebo Campbell's Sky Full of Elephants book and Bart Yates's The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl

  • adult
  • fiction
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21. Them Bones

By: A. Atkins

4.37

Format: 471 pages, Kindle Edition

Right guy, wrong time. Laney Hawton has a difficult life. She takes care of her younger brother, D… read more

Similar categories in A. Atkins's Them Bones book and Bart Yates's The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl

  • audiobook

18 Top fiction books like The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl by Bart Yates

Transform Your Habits

The Evolution of Annabel Craig

Lisa Grunwald

3.97

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Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

Elizabeth Strout

4.46

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A Pair of Wings

Carole Hopson

4.29

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The Murders in Great Diddling

Katarina Bivald

3.52

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20 must-read fiction books like Grown Women by Sarai Johnson

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Swift River

Essie J. Chambers

3.54

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Skin & Bones

Renée Watson

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Long After We Are Gone

Terah Shelton Harris

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Sweetness in the Skin

Ishi Robinson

4.29

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