Violet Ghosts
By: Leah Thomas
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed author Leah Thomas tells the story of a teen determined to right the wrongs of female gho…
Want to Read $ 12.82"Look, it's bad enough that someone hurts you and you're expected to carry the word 'victim' like a scar, whether you want it or not. But sometimes the world is so bogus that no matter how you try to avoid it, you end up being a victim 'again'."-Leah Thomas, Violet Ghosts
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1. Love, Hate & Other Filters
By: Samira Ahmed
3.75
Format: 281 pages, Hardcover
A searing #OwnVoices coming-of-age debut in which an Indian-American Muslim teen confronts Islamoph… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"Thanks. I love cake."-Samira Ahmed, Love, Hate & Other Filters
"I'm tired of hiding all the important parts of myself."-Samira Ahmed, Love, Hate & Other Filters
"One thing I’ve learned: people love a camera, and when I’m filming, they see it, not me, so whenever I need to, I can quietly disappear behind my trusty shield."-Samira Ahmed, Love, Hate & Other Filters
"These terrorists are the antithesis of Islam. They’re not Muslim. Violence has no place in religion, and the terrorists are responsible for their own crimes, not the religion and not us."-Samira Ahmed, Love, Hate & Other Filters
2. The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall
By: Katie Alender
3.63
Format: 56 pages, Hardcover
In this asylum, your mind plays tricks on you all the time... Delia's new house isn't just a house.… read more
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3. Queen of the Tiles
By: Hanna Alkaf
3.71
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
They Wish They Were Us meets The Queen’s Gambit in the world of competitive Scrabble when a teen gi… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
4. Boys Run the Riot, Vol. 1
By: Keito Gaku
4.34
Format: 243 pages, Paperback
A transgender teen finds an escape from the expectations and anxieties of his daily life in the wor… read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
5. Message Not Found
By: Dante Medema
3.98
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
An emotionally complex portrayal of secrets, loss, and grief from Dante Medema, Indies Introduce au… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
6. Cursed
By: Karol Ruth Silverstein
4.25
Format: None pages, Hardcover
14 year old Erica "Ricky" Bloom, is newly diagnosed with a painful chronic illness and pretty pisse… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"Watching other people walk never used to amaze me, but now it does. It's so effortless for normal people, with all their body parts moving in perfect harmony. I watch a woman rise from a bus stop ben…"-Karol Ruth Silverstein, Cursed
"It dawns on me that this is probably the first time I've hugged my dad since he moved out, which just makes me hug harder, and suddenly there's so much I want to ask him - like: Wasn't there some way…"-Karol Ruth Silverstein, Cursed
7. Horrid
By: Katrina Leno
3.56
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
From the author of You Must Not Miss comes a haunting contemporary horror novel that explores theme… read more
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- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
- contemporary
- paranormal
"The combined smell of coffee and used books felt like the intersection of all things good and necessary."-Katrina Leno, Horrid
"The combined smell of coffee and used books felt like the intersection of all things good and necessary, as far as Jane was concerned."-Katrina Leno, Horrid
"... her ears were overcome by the sound of her own blood sloshing angrily through her veins, the sound of crashing waves, persistent and loud."-Katrina Leno, Horrid
"Her head was on fire, pounding. She felt like she was on a boat like the bed was gently rocking back and forth, tossed among huge rolling waves."-Katrina Leno, Horrid
8. The Bad Ones
By: Melissa Albert
3.66
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Goddess, goddess, count to five In the morning, who’s alive? In the course of a single winter’s… read more
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- young adult
- fiction
- paranormal
- supernatural
- fantasy
"Let's say your the girl who saved your best friends life. The person who apparently kept her alive With your love and your constancey. With your steadfast disregard for the worser parts of her nature…"-Melissa Albert, The Bad Ones
9. This Book Won't Burn
By: Samira Ahmed
4.28
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspens… read more
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- contemporary
- fiction
- young adult
- lgbt
"Book banning has long been used to silence those who want to speak out, those who are unwilling to be gaslit into thinking they're living in the best of all possible worlds."-Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn
10. Bad Witch Burning
By: Jessica Lewis
4.04
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Lovecraft Country and Candyman comes a witchy story full of Black girl magic as one gir… read more
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- fiction
- fantasy
- young adult
- paranormal
11. 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
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- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
12. The Girl in Question
By: Tess Sharpe
4.35
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
High school is over, but Nora O'Malley's life isn't, which is weird now that her murderous stepdad … read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"It's fucking with fate."-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question
"Sometimes lying is the only way through to survival."-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question
"It's time to stop reacting. It's time to start attacking."-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question
"Sorry you got fired. A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. "-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question
13. Off the Record
By: Camryn Garrett
4.00
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The behind-the-scenes access of Almost Famous meets the searing revelations of #metoo in this story… read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"I always thought of sex as the thing straight cis people do to make babies, but Marius leaving kisses on my thighs feels like sex, too."-Camryn Garrett, Off the Record
14. Reverie
By: Ryan La Sala
3.45
Format: 397 pages, Hardcover
Inception meets The Magicians in the most imaginative YA debut of the year! All Kane Montgomery … read more
Want to Read $ 7.59Similar categories in Ryan La Sala's Reverie book and Leah Thomas's Violet Ghosts
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
"What’s scarier to the world of man than a woman limited only by her imagination?"-Ryan La Sala, Reverie
"You think just because you've faced trauma you're excused from treating people with compassion?"-Ryan La Sala, Reverie
"We must tell our stories ourselves, you know, or else they will destroy us in their own violent making."-Ryan La Sala, Reverie
"Just because something is imagined doesn't mean it isn't dangerous. Sometimes the things we believe in are the most dangerous things about us. That's why people build entire worlds in their minds. Be…"-Ryan La Sala, Reverie
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
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- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
16. A Guide to the Dark
By: Meriam Metoui
3.48
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
You can check out of Room 9, but you can never leave. The Haunting of Hill House meets Nina LaCo… read more
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- queer
- paranormal
- young adult
- lgbt
17. Death at Morning House
By: Maureen Johnson
3.89
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of the Truly Devious books, Maureen Johnson, comes a new stand-alone YA… read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
18. Violet Ghosts
By: Leah Thomas
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed author Leah Thomas tells the story of a teen determined to right the wrongs of female gho… read more
Want to Read $ 12.82Similar categories in Leah Thomas's Violet Ghosts book and Leah Thomas's Violet Ghosts
- transgender
- ghosts
- lgbt
- young adult
- paranormal
- fiction
- contemporary
- supernatural
- fantasy
- queer
"Look, it's bad enough that someone hurts you and you're expected to carry the word 'victim' like a scar, whether you want it or not. But sometimes the world is so bogus that no matter how you try to …"-Leah Thomas, Violet Ghosts
19. Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2)
By: Aiden Thomas
4.42
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Teo never thought he could be a Hero. Now, he doesn’t have a choice. The sun is gone, the Obsid… read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
20. Pumpkin Spice & Poltergeist (Maple Hollow, #1)
By: Ali K. Mulford
4.15
Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition
Get ready for a bewitching tale of love, laughter, and supernatural shenanigans in the heart of Map… read more
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- lgbt
- fantasy
- fiction
- paranormal
- queer
