28 must-read fiction books like Something Kindred by Ciera Burch

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Something Kindred

By: Ciera Burch

3.78

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

Magical realism meets Southern Gothic in this commanding young adult debut from Ciera Burch about t…

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1. 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 Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • lesbian
  • 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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2. Tender Beasts

By: Liselle Sambury

3.90

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

After her private school is rocked by a gruesome murder, a teen tries to find the real killer and c… read more

Similar categories in Liselle Sambury's Tender Beasts book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • young adult
  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
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3. The One That Got Away with Murder

By: Trish Lundy

3.77

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

Be careful who you fall for... Robbie and Trevor Cresmont have a body count—the killer kind. Han… read more

Similar categories in Trish Lundy's The One That Got Away with Murder book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Until something crashes down around us, and he's screaming. I inhale ash. His burning skin. His burning hair. It suffocates me."

-Trish Lundy, The One That Got Away with Murder

"We write one thing we're going to leave behind in the old season and then we burn it. We start off every year with a clean slate."

-Trish Lundy, The One That Got Away with Murder

"Suddenly, everything around me is on fire. I lurch forward, stumbling because I'm drunk. Sweating because it's hot as hell. The smoke is black as night and I can't see anything. Then I feel his hand,…"

-Trish Lundy, The One That Got Away with Murder

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4. Daughter of the Bone Forest (Witch Hall, #1)

By: Jasmine Skye

4.32

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Two girls reluctantly bound by fate must weather a dangerous courtship as a prophesied war grows ev… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Skye's Daughter of the Bone Forest (Witch Hall, #1) book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • 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 Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

6. Where Sleeping Girls Lie

By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

4.05

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In Where Sleeping Girls Lie ― a YA contemporary mystery by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, the New York Time… read more

Similar categories in Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé's Where Sleeping Girls Lie book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Infinity Alchemist (Infinity Alchemist, #1) by Kacen Callender

7. Infinity Alchemist (Infinity Alchemist, #1)

By: Kacen Callender

3.49

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Infinity Alchemist is a spellbinding novel about a quest that leads three young alchemists toward u… read more

Similar categories in Kacen Callender's Infinity Alchemist (Infinity Alchemist, #1) book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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8. 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 Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power by Terry J. Benton-Walker

9. The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power

By: Terry J. Benton-Walker

3.89

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

13 SCARY STORIES. 13 AUTHORS OF COLOR. 13 TIMES WE SURVIVED THE FIRST KILL. The White Guy Dies Fir… read more

Similar categories in Terry J. Benton-Walker's The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • queer
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10. Out of Body

By: Nia Davenport

4.02

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A high-stakes, propulsive YA thriller with a body-swap twist thoughtfully exploring themes of frien… read more

Similar categories in Nia Davenport's Out of Body book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
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11. The Black Girl Survives in This One

By: Desiree S. Evans

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Be warned, dear reader: The Black girls survive in this one. Celebrating a new generation of bes… read more

Similar categories in Desiree S. Evans's The Black Girl Survives in This One book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • horror
  • fantasy
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12. The Fox Maidens

By: Robin Ha

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An epic new graphic novel fantasy—a queer, feminist reimagining of the Fox Maiden legend from Korea… read more

Similar categories in Robin Ha's The Fox Maidens book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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13. Six of Sorrow

By: Amanda Linsmeier

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Sixteen years ago, six girls were born on the same day—and now, on their birthday, one of them is m… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Linsmeier's Six of Sorrow book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • queer
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14. Dead Girls Walking

By: Sami Ellis

3.45

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A shocking, spine-chilling YA horror slasher about a girl searching for her dead mother’s body at t… read more

Similar categories in Sami Ellis's Dead Girls Walking book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • horror
  • queer
"Too bad you're getting sacrificed with your hoe ass."

-Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

Cover of Four Eids and a Funeral by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

15. Four Eids and a Funeral

By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

3.71

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

Ex-best friends, Tiwa and Said, must work together to save their Islamic Center from demolition, in… read more

Similar categories in Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé's Four Eids and a Funeral book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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16. Flawless Girls

By: Anna-Marie McLemore

3.17

Format: 283 pages, Hardcover

The Soler sisters are infamous in polite society—brazen, rebellious, and raised by their fashionabl… read more

Similar categories in Anna-Marie McLemore's Flawless Girls book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • queer
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17. Do What Godmother Says

By: L.S. Stratton

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A modern-day writer and a Harlem Renaissance artist are connected by a painting with a deadly secre… read more

Similar categories in L.S. Stratton's Do What Godmother Says book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
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18. Bad Graces

By: Kyrie McCauley

3.79

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Yellowjackets meets House of Hollow in award-winning author Kyrie McCauley’s gripping and magical Y… read more

Similar categories in Kyrie McCauley's Bad Graces book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
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19. It Waits in the Forest

By: Sarah Dass

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Unlike the other residents of the small Caribbean Island of St. Virgil, Selina DaSilva does not bel… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Dass's It Waits in the Forest book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • horror
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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 Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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21. The Color of a Lie

By: Kim Johnson

4.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In 1955, a Black family passes for white and moves to a “Whites Only” town in the suburbs. Caught b… read more

Similar categories in Kim Johnson's The Color of a Lie book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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22. The Blonde Dies First

By: Joelle Wellington

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A group of friends fight to choose their own fates in this trope-savvy, self-referential young adul… read more

Similar categories in Joelle Wellington's The Blonde Dies First book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • horror
  • queer
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23. Something Kindred

By: Ciera Burch

3.78

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

Magical realism meets Southern Gothic in this commanding young adult debut from Ciera Burch about t… read more

Similar categories in Ciera Burch's Something Kindred book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • lesbian
  • gothic
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch by Codie Crowley

24. Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch

By: Codie Crowley

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Murdered bad girl Annie Lane is back from the grave and hellbent on revenge . . . she just has to f… read more

Similar categories in Codie Crowley's Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • horror
  • paranormal
Cover of This Ravenous Fate (This Ravenous Fate, #1) by Hayley Dennings

25. This Ravenous Fate (This Ravenous Fate, #1)

By: Hayley Dennings

3.56

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The first book in a decadent fantasy duology set in Jazz Age Harlem, where at night the dance halls… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Dennings's This Ravenous Fate (This Ravenous Fate, #1) book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity  Nguyen

26. A Bánh Mì for Two

By: Trinity Nguyen

4.02

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In this sweet sapphic romance about two foodies in love, Vivi meets Lan while studying abroad in Vi… read more

Similar categories in Trinity Nguyen's A Bánh Mì for Two book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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27. The Dark We Know

By: Wen-yi Lee

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From Gillian Flynn Books, a lyrical YA horror by debut author Wen-yi Lee that’s perfect for fans of… read more

Similar categories in Wen-yi Lee's The Dark We Know book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • queer
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28. Time and Time Again

By: Chatham Greenfield

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Phoebe Mendel's day is never ending—literally. On August 6th, she woke up to find herself stuck … read more

Similar categories in Chatham Greenfield's Time and Time Again book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • queer
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29. Ruin Road

By: Lamar Giles

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

"My twin, Lamar, is a phenomenal innovative storyteller. His thrillers have laid the groundwork for… read more

Similar categories in Lamar Giles's Ruin Road book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • horror
  • paranormal
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30. Haunting Melody

By: Chloe Spencer

4.30

Format: None pages, None

From the author of Monstersona comes a haunting sapphic young adult novel, with themes of mental he… read more

Similar categories in Chloe Spencer's Haunting Melody book and Ciera Burch's Something Kindred

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
  • queer

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