19 must-read lgbt books like Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation by Arushi Avachat

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Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation

By: Arushi Avachat

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This collection of interconnected contemporary YA short stories, written by Gen Z authors, explores…

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Cover of The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes

1. The Luis Ortega Survival Club

By: Sonora Reyes

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School comes a story in the vein of… read more

Similar categories in Sonora Reyes's The Luis Ortega Survival Club book and Arushi Avachat's Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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2. The Dos and Donuts of Love

By: Adiba Jaigirdar

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A pun-filled YA contemporary romance, The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar finds a teenage… read more

Similar categories in Adiba Jaigirdar's The Dos and Donuts of Love book and Arushi Avachat's Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"Food is a big part of my culture, especially sweet foods. When you're Bangladeshi, you're taught that any good news or celebration has to be accompanied with some sweet food. Every time you visit som…"

-Adiba Jaigirdar, The Dos and Donuts of Love

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3. 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 Arushi Avachat's Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • new adult
"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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4. 6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]

By: Tess Sharpe

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Six moments lead us to two girls, one kiss, and three little words that were maybe always true in t… read more

Similar categories in Tess Sharpe's 6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did] book and Arushi Avachat's Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"I'm sorry you had to put all your feelings to the side so you could help me." "I'm not," she says fiercely. "I can, in fact, be mad at you and help you at the same time. It's called being emotionally…"

-Tess Sharpe, 6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]

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5. Girls of Fate and Fury (Girls of Paper and Fire, #3)

By: Natasha Ngan

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

The epic romance of Lei and Wren comes to a breathtaking conclusion in the explosive finale to the … read more

Similar categories in Natasha Ngan's Girls of Fate and Fury (Girls of Paper and Fire, #3) book and Arushi Avachat's Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation

  • romance
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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6. How to Excavate a Heart

By: Jake Maia Arlow

3.81

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

It all starts when Shani runs into May. Like, literally. With her mom’s Subaru. Attempted vehicu… read more

Similar categories in Jake Maia Arlow's How to Excavate a Heart book and Arushi Avachat's Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"I didn't use the word lesbian to describe myself until this year, though, which is when I chopped off all my hair and flirted with veganism"

-Jake Maia Arlow, How to Excavate a Heart

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7. For Never & Always (Carrigan’s Christmasland, #2)

By: Helena Greer

3.45

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

One surprise inheritance, two best friends (now bitter exes), and three months to prove he loves he… read more

Similar categories in Helena Greer's For Never & Always (Carrigan’s Christmasland, #2) book and Arushi Avachat's Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • lgbt
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8. Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl

By: Brianna R. Shrum

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Margo Zimmerman is gay, but she didn’t know until now. An overachiever at heart, Margo is determine… read more

Similar categories in Brianna R. Shrum's Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl book and Arushi Avachat's Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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9. The Collectors

By: A.S. King

3.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King and an all-star team of contributors including Anna-M… read more

Similar categories in A.S. King's The Collectors book and Arushi Avachat's Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation

  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • contemporary
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10. The Woods All Black

By: Lee Mandelo

3.81

Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition

The Woods All Black is equal parts historical horror, trans romance, and blood-soaked revenge, all … read more

Similar categories in Lee Mandelo's The Woods All Black book and Arushi Avachat's Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation

  • romance
  • lgbt
"Spill enough blood on it, and the earth was bound to go strange."

-Lee Mandelo, The Woods All Black

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11. Whiteout

By: Dhonielle Clayton

3.64

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

Atlanta is blanketed with snow just before Christmas, but the warmth of young love just might melt … read more

Similar categories in Dhonielle Clayton's Whiteout book and Arushi Avachat's Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • contemporary
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12. 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

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn book and Arushi Avachat's Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation

  • contemporary
  • realistic 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

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13. Always the Almost

By: Edward Underhill

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A trans pianist makes a New Year's resolution on a frozen Wisconsin night to win regionals and win … read more

Similar categories in Edward Underhill's Always the Almost book and Arushi Avachat's Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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14. Something More

By: Jackie Khalilieh

4.06

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A contemporary teen romance novel featuring a Palestinian-Canadian girl trying to hide her autism d… read more

Similar categories in Jackie Khalilieh's Something More book and Arushi Avachat's Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"No matter how far I've come and no matter how hard I try, beneath the mask will always be a girl who's afraid of being left behind."

-Jackie Khalilieh, Something More

"Maybe if people can get past the things that make me different on the outside, then they might try to get to know the real me. And maybe I’ll let them."

-Jackie Khalilieh, Something More

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15. Going Bicoastal

By: Dahlia Adler

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A queer Sliding Doors YA rom-com in which a girl must choose between summer in NYC with her dad (an… read more

Similar categories in Dahlia Adler's Going Bicoastal book and Arushi Avachat's Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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16. Kismat Connection

By: Ananya Devarajan

3.42

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this charming YA debut, a girl who’s determined to prove her star chart wrong ropes her longtime… read more

Similar categories in Ananya Devarajan's Kismat Connection book and Arushi Avachat's Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Did I deserve to be abandoned, then?"

-Ananya Devarajan, Kismat Connection

"He knew nothing and learned everything because no one else would do it for him"

-Ananya Devarajan, Kismat Connection

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17. 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 Arushi Avachat's Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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18. Almost Flying

By: Jake Maia Arlow

4.32

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this unabashedly queer middle grade debut, a week-long amusement park road trip becomes a true r… read more

Similar categories in Jake Maia Arlow's Almost Flying book and Arushi Avachat's Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Cool. Awkward. Black. by Karen Strong

19. Cool. Awkward. Black.

By: Karen Strong

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A multi-genre YA anthology of bestselling, critically acclaimed Black authors challenging the conce… read more

Similar categories in Karen Strong's Cool. Awkward. Black. book and Arushi Avachat's Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • contemporary
Cover of Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation by Arushi Avachat

20. Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation

By: Arushi Avachat

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This collection of interconnected contemporary YA short stories, written by Gen Z authors, explores… read more

Similar categories in Arushi Avachat's Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation book and Arushi Avachat's Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • college
  • contemporary
  • new adult
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21. 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 Arushi Avachat's Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • young adult
  • lgbt

19 Best contemporary books like Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation by Arushi Avachat

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The Luis Ortega Survival Club

Sonora Reyes

4.24

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The Dos and Donuts of Love

Adiba Jaigirdar

3.88

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Dear Wendy

Ann Zhao

4.01

Transform Your Habits

6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]

Tess Sharpe

4.19

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How To Succeed in Witchcraft

Aislinn Brophy

3.99

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Redemptor (Raybearer, #2)

Jordan Ifueko

4.24

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Frizzy

Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

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Nayra and the Djinn

Iasmin Omar Ata

3.53

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