15 must-read queer books like Love & Other Curses by Michael Thomas Ford

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Love & Other Curses

By: Michael Thomas Ford

3.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

“I’m pretty sure I’m the only guy in my school who can replace a faulty kick-down switch and also c…

If you liked the queer plot in Love & Other Curses by Michael Thomas Ford , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Be More Chill

By: Ned Vizzini

4.39

Format: None pages, Paperback

Jeremy Heere is your average high school dork. Day after day, he stares at beautiful Christine, the… read more

Similar categories in Ned Vizzini's Be More Chill book and Michael Thomas Ford's Love & Other Curses

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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2. Autoboyography

By: Christina Lauren

3.32

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Three years ago, Tanner Scott's family relocated from California to Utah, a move that nudged the bi… read more

Similar categories in Christina Lauren's Autoboyography book and Michael Thomas Ford's Love & Other Curses

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer

3. Neanderthal Opens The Door To The Universe

By: Preston Norton

4.20

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

Cliff Hubbard is a huge loser. Literally. His nickname at Happy Valley High School is Neanderthal b… read more

Similar categories in Preston Norton's Neanderthal Opens The Door To The Universe book and Michael Thomas Ford's Love & Other Curses

4. Boy Meets Boy

By: David Levithan

4.03

Format: None pages,

This is the story of Paul, a sophomore at a high school like no other: The cheerleaders ride Harley… read more

Similar categories in David Levithan's Boy Meets Boy book and Michael Thomas Ford's Love & Other Curses

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5. The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2)

By: Erik J. Brown

4.24

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

THEY FOUND EACH OTHER. NOW THEY MUST RESCUE WHAT THEY LEFT BEHIND. The highly-anticipated sequel to… read more

Similar categories in Erik J. Brown's The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2) book and Michael Thomas Ford's Love & Other Curses

  • romance
  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"He sets the rifle down and we close the gap in between us in half a second. His arms around me, mine around him. Holding tight, as though we're trying to fuse ourselves together. It's familiar and lo…"

-Erik J. Brown, The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2)

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6. Lose You to Find Me

By: Erik J. Brown

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A romantic, heartfelt, and hilarious queer coming-of-age story from All That's Left in the World au… read more

Similar categories in Erik J. Brown's Lose You to Find Me book and Michael Thomas Ford's Love & Other Curses

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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7. 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 Michael Thomas Ford's Love & Other Curses

  • romance
  • 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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8. Infinity Kings (Infinity Cycle, #3)

By: Adam Silvera

4.06

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

In this epic conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Infinity Cycle, two brothers find themsel… read more

Similar categories in Adam Silvera's Infinity Kings (Infinity Cycle, #3) book and Michael Thomas Ford's Love & Other Curses

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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9. Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)

By: Alexis Hall

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

People come as well as go. Twelve years ago, Edwin Tully came to Oxford and fell in love with a … read more

Similar categories in Alexis Hall's Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2) book and Michael Thomas Ford's Love & Other Curses

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I don't need you to take care of me." "No, you need a kick up the arse."

-Alexis Hall, Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)

"To gather up the dust of my heart and scatter it again on the winds of hope."

-Alexis Hall, Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)

"It's d-d-dishonourable to peek at someone else's cards." "Cribbage is cutthroat."

-Alexis Hall, Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)

"He grinned, teeth and dimples and freckles moving like dust in a ray of sunlight. "Ayup, petal." Oh "

-Alexis Hall, Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)

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10. The Long Run

By: James Acker

4.31

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Two track and field athletes find an unexpected but powerful love in this unapologetically blunt an… read more

Similar categories in James Acker's The Long Run book and Michael Thomas Ford's Love & Other Curses

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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11. I Hope You Get This Message

By: Farah Naz Rishi

3.53

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Seven days. Seven days. The Earth might end in seven days. When news stations start reporting th… read more

Similar categories in Farah Naz Rishi's I Hope You Get This Message book and Michael Thomas Ford's Love & Other Curses

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Being gay is not a fruit-borne disease, you idiot."

-Farah Naz Rishi, I Hope You Get This Message

"Only five seconds of thought stand between you and a crap-ton of regret."

-Farah Naz Rishi, I Hope You Get This Message

"Just because you’ve lost all hope doesn’t mean you get to throw out hope for all of us."

-Farah Naz Rishi, I Hope You Get This Message

"The thing about the end of the world was this: either everything mattered, or nothing did."

-Farah Naz Rishi, I Hope You Get This Message

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12. Two Straights Too Many (Heroes of Port Dale, #1)

By: Romeo Alexander

3.91

Format: 198 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate cover edition of ASIN B08BTL43C7 Elias: Moving to Daleport City to work at the local… read more

Similar categories in Romeo Alexander's Two Straights Too Many (Heroes of Port Dale, #1) book and Michael Thomas Ford's Love & Other Curses

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • lgbt
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13. Fraternity

By: Andy Mientus

4.03

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A queer, dark academia YA about a mysterious boarding school, a brotherhood that must stay in the s… read more

Similar categories in Andy Mientus's Fraternity book and Michael Thomas Ford's Love & Other Curses

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
  • queer
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14. Playing with Fire

By: April Henry

3.77

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

When a fire cuts off a popular trail in the Oregon forest, a small group trapped by the flames must… read more

Similar categories in April Henry's Playing with Fire book and Michael Thomas Ford's Love & Other Curses

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"A flame started on the stained fabric of the seat, then began to inch up the back. It felt like magic. He had just created it out of nothing. Now it danced and moved like a living thing."

-April Henry, Playing with Fire

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15. My Fair Brady

By: Brian D. Kennedy

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

My Fair Lady meets the classic teen film She's All That in this charming and swoony new rom-com fro… read more

Similar categories in Brian D. Kennedy's My Fair Brady book and Michael Thomas Ford's Love & Other Curses

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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16. We Contain Multitudes

By: Sarah Henstra

3.73

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe meets I'll Give You the Sun in an exhilara… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Henstra's We Contain Multitudes book and Michael Thomas Ford's Love & Other Curses

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"How is anybody supposed to hide happiness like this?"

-Sarah Henstra, We Contain Multitudes

"It wasn’t just the heat of the moment. Ask me for anything. The answer is yes."

-Sarah Henstra, We Contain Multitudes

"It’s an amazing phenomenon: Every time I reread your letter that says “Ask me for anything,"

-Sarah Henstra, We Contain Multitudes

"Adam," my brother said, "let's not be the type of people who are afraid to live because we might die."

-Sarah Henstra, We Contain Multitudes

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17. The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 1

By: Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

4.49

Format: 524 pages, Paperback

Cruel tyrant Taxian-jun killed his way to the throne and now reigns as the first ever emperor of th… read more

Similar categories in Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou's The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 1 book and Michael Thomas Ford's Love & Other Curses

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Did you know the most wonderful dreams are rarely ever real?"

-Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 1

"If I can't be wronged for you. Mo Ran and Taxian-Jun. I am willing to be scorned with you for all eternity."

-Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 1

"A lone Taxian-Jun, with no one to turn to, in an endless darkness he could barely breathe, holding Chu Wanning tightly in his arms as if he was holding the last embers of fire in this world."

-Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 1

"Chu Wanning held him, caressing his hair as if still in a dream, and sighed softly once more. "Did you know the most wonderful dreams are rarely ever true?" Then he pulled away, the hug swiftly finis…"

-Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 1

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18. The Scapegracers (Scapegracers, #1)

By: H.A. Clarke

3.93

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An outcast teenage lesbian witch finds her coven hidden amongst the popular girls in her school, an… read more

Similar categories in H.A. Clarke's The Scapegracers (Scapegracers, #1) book and Michael Thomas Ford's Love & Other Curses

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • queer
"I used to underline passages in my English books, because certain lines crawled off the page, because those lines were magic and they meant something on a cosmic scale."

-H.A. Clarke, The Scapegracers (Scapegracers, #1)

"I guess my point is that teenage girls aren't supposed to be powerful, you know? Everybody hates teenage girls. They hate our bodies and hate us if we want to change them. They hate the things we're …"

-H.A. Clarke, The Scapegracers (Scapegracers, #1)

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19. Early Departures

By: Justin A. Reynolds

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Justin A. Reynolds, author of Opposite of Always, delivers another smart, funny, and powerful stand… read more

Similar categories in Justin A. Reynolds's Early Departures book and Michael Thomas Ford's Love & Other Curses

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
"The truth is you can never truly make amends for the hurt you cause; you apologize, you try to atone, at best the scars lighten but they don't disappear. You live with the pain that you pained someon…"

-Justin A. Reynolds, Early Departures

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20. Ander & Santi Were Here

By: Jonny Garza Villa

4.21

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Aristotle and Dante meets The Hate U Give meets The Sun Is Also A Star: A stunning YA contemporary … read more

Similar categories in Jonny Garza Villa's Ander & Santi Were Here book and Michael Thomas Ford's Love & Other Curses

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Love & Other Curses by Michael Thomas Ford

21. Love & Other Curses

By: Michael Thomas Ford

3.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

“I’m pretty sure I’m the only guy in my school who can replace a faulty kick-down switch and also c… read more

Similar categories in Michael Thomas Ford's Love & Other Curses book and Michael Thomas Ford's Love & Other Curses

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • queer

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