17 must-read queer books like The Redemption of Daya Keane by Gia Gordon

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The Redemption of Daya Keane

By: Gia Gordon

3.79

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The end of Daya Keane’s junior year in Escondido, Arizona, is anything but expected. And it sta…

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Cover of Have You Seen This Girl by Nita Tyndall

1. Have You Seen This Girl

By: Nita Tyndall

3.64

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Fans of Courtney Summers and Tess Sharpe will devour this standalone YA thriller following a nonbin… read more

Similar categories in Nita Tyndall's Have You Seen This Girl book and Gia Gordon's The Redemption of Daya Keane

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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2. 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 Gia Gordon's The Redemption of Daya Keane

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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3. Every Time You Hear That Song

By: Jenna Voris

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

They say to never meet your idols. But they never said anything about upending your life for a ques… read more

Similar categories in Jenna Voris's Every Time You Hear That Song book and Gia Gordon's The Redemption of Daya Keane

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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4. We Got the Beat

By: Jenna Miller

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Jordan Elliot is a fat, nerdy lesbian, and the first junior to be named editor-in-chief of the scho… read more

Similar categories in Jenna Miller's We Got the Beat book and Gia Gordon's The Redemption of Daya Keane

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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5. Hearts Still Beating

By: Brooke Archer

4.00

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

Gripping, romantic, and impossible to put down, this dark and immersive post-apocalyptic debut YA n… read more

Similar categories in Brooke Archer's Hearts Still Beating book and Gia Gordon's The Redemption of Daya Keane

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
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6. They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms

By: Mike Hixenbaugh

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The urgent, revelatory story of how a school board win for the conservative right in one Texas subu… read more

Similar categories in Mike Hixenbaugh's They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms book and Gia Gordon's The Redemption of Daya Keane

  • religion
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7. 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 Gia Gordon's The Redemption of Daya Keane

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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8. The Deep Dark

By: Molly Knox Ostertag

4.42

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

From Molly Knox Ostertag, writer-illustrator, comes a darkly beautiful story of identity, family, l… read more

Similar categories in Molly Knox Ostertag's The Deep Dark book and Gia Gordon's The Redemption of Daya Keane

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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9. Teenage Dirtbags

By: James Acker

4.07

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Long Run comes another unflinchingly raw and boldly hilarious novel about an… read more

Similar categories in James Acker's Teenage Dirtbags book and Gia Gordon's The Redemption of Daya Keane

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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10. 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 Gia Gordon's The Redemption of Daya Keane

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

11. 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 Gia Gordon's The Redemption of Daya Keane

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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12. Six More Months of June

By: Daisy Garrison

3.85

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A romantic debut about the exhilarating highs and messy lows that swirl together when high school c… read more

Similar categories in Daisy Garrison's Six More Months of June book and Gia Gordon's The Redemption of Daya Keane

  • romance
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. Playing for Keeps

By: Jennifer Dugan

3.52

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Some Girls Do comes another heartfelt YA sapphic romance—starring a baseball pit… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Dugan's Playing for Keeps book and Gia Gordon's The Redemption of Daya Keane

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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14. The Wilderness of Girls

By: Madeline Claire Franklin

4.20

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An unflinching YA debut about a troubled teen who discovers a pack of feral girls in the woods and … read more

Similar categories in Madeline Claire Franklin's The Wilderness of Girls book and Gia Gordon's The Redemption of Daya Keane

  • fiction
  • young adult
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15. Gay the Pray Away

By: Natalie Naudus

4.46

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

Valerie Danners is in a cult. She just doesn't know it yet. When she finds a queer book at the libr… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Naudus's Gay the Pray Away book and Gia Gordon's The Redemption of Daya Keane

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • religion
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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16. Girls Like Her

By: Melanie Sumrow

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A raw, gripping, authentic, and boldly original novel about a fifteen-year-old Texas girl set to st… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Sumrow's Girls Like Her book and Gia Gordon's The Redemption of Daya Keane

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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17. Flyboy

By: Kasey LeBlanc

4.26

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda meets the speculative twists of The Night Circus in this standout… read more

Similar categories in Kasey LeBlanc's Flyboy book and Gia Gordon's The Redemption of Daya Keane

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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18. 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 Gia Gordon's The Redemption of Daya Keane

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Redemption of Daya Keane by Gia Gordon

19. The Redemption of Daya Keane

By: Gia Gordon

3.79

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The end of Daya Keane’s junior year in Escondido, Arizona, is anything but expected. And it sta… read more

Similar categories in Gia Gordon's The Redemption of Daya Keane book and Gia Gordon's The Redemption of Daya Keane

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • religion
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of One Killer Problem by Justine Pucella Winans

20. One Killer Problem

By: Justine Pucella Winans

3.91

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A darkly funny and thoroughly queer mystery thriller with a touch of camp, for fans of Kara Thomas … read more

Similar categories in Justine Pucella Winans's One Killer Problem book and Gia Gordon's The Redemption of Daya Keane

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Full Shift: A Graphic Novel by Jennifer Dugan

21. Full Shift: A Graphic Novel

By: Jennifer Dugan

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In this queer, supernatural YA graphic novel from the author of Some Girls Do and the illustrator o… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Dugan's Full Shift: A Graphic Novel book and Gia Gordon's The Redemption of Daya Keane

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer

18 Best fiction books like The Redemption of Daya Keane by Gia Gordon

Transform Your Habits

Have You Seen This Girl

Nita Tyndall

3.64

Transform Your Habits

The Summer Love Strategy

Ray Stoeve

3.42

Transform Your Habits

Every Time You Hear That Song

Jenna Voris

4.07

Transform Your Habits

We Got the Beat

Jenna Miller

3.65

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18 Best fiction books like The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag

Transform Your Habits

The Baker and the Bard

Fern Haught

3.62

Transform Your Habits

The Worst Ronin

Maggie Tokuda-Hall

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Plain Jane and the Mermaid

Vera Brosgol

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Pillow Talk

Stephanie Cooke

3.85

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