18 Top queer books like The Lives We Left Behind by Olivia Bratherton-Wilson

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The Lives We Left Behind

By: Olivia Bratherton-Wilson

4.30

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

1943. Seventeen-year-old Dorothea Miller is given the responsibility of managing the family farm wh…

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1. The Common Reader

By: Virginia Woolf

3.66

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Woolf's first and most popular volume of essays. This collection has more than twenty-five selectio… read more

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2. Don't Want You Like a Best Friend (Mischief & Matchmaking, #1)

By: Emma R. Alban

3.82

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A swoon-worthy debut queer Victorian romance in which two debutantes distract themselves from havin… read more

Similar categories in Emma R. Alban's Don't Want You Like a Best Friend (Mischief & Matchmaking, #1) book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
Cover of Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3) by Ashley Herring Blake

3. Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3)

By: Ashley Herring Blake

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone around Iris Kelly is in love. Her best friends are all coupled up, her siblings have partn… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Herring Blake's Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3) book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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4. Afterlove

By: Tanya Byrne

3.99

Format: 389 pages, Paperback

THE LESBIAN LOVE STORY YOU'VE BEEN DYING TO READ. Ash Persaud is about to become a reaper in th… read more

Similar categories in Tanya Byrne's Afterlove book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
"Same. I'm strictly clitly." - p. 81"

-Tanya Byrne, Afterlove

"She throws her head back and laughs and it’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard."

-Tanya Byrne, Afterlove

"But that's the trouble with best friends, isn't it? They know everything and forget nothing, no matter how much you want them to."

-Tanya Byrne, Afterlove

"Everyone is friends. Everyone is in love. Nothing else matters but midnight because next year will be different. We will be different. It's our year."

-Tanya Byrne, Afterlove

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5. Hearing Red

By: Nicole Maser

4.56

Format: 532 pages, Kindle Edition

New Recommended for ages 18+ In a world overrun by an unprecedented outbreak, two young women f… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Maser's Hearing Red book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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6. Sunburn

By: Chloe Michelle Howarth

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Selected as an Evening Standard 'one to watch in 2023' It's the early 1990s, and in the Irish vi… read more

Similar categories in Chloe Michelle Howarth's Sunburn book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
"It's a shame that you can't even come out to me."

-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn

"People say 'lesbian' sometimes, they say 'dyke' more."

-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn

"I hope your bed is warm and you sleep well. See you tomorrow, Lucy x"

-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn

"All I'm doing is trying to love people. All I need is the right kind of love back."

-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn

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7. 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 Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
"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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8. The Business of Love

By: Charley Clarke

4.21

Format: None pages, ebook

The only thing worse than fake marrying a woman for a job is falling in love with her! An opposites… read more

Similar categories in Charley Clarke's The Business of Love book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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9. Carmilla and Laura

By: S.D. Simper

4.25

Format: 159 pages, Kindle Edition

In the late 19th century, Laura lives a lonely life in a schloss by the forest, Styria, with only h… read more

Similar categories in S.D. Simper's Carmilla and Laura book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • queer
"I had missed you all my life."

-S.D. Simper, Carmilla and Laura

"Now, I felt I had lost something I’d never even held."

-S.D. Simper, Carmilla and Laura

"You give in to your passions with the fearlessness of one already damned"

-S.D. Simper, Carmilla and Laura

"To savor every moment together would be enough. It would have to be enough."

-S.D. Simper, Carmilla and Laura

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10. The Orc and Her Bride (The Sapphic Orcs of Torden, #1)

By: Lila Gwynn

3.89

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

Sapphic fantasy romance with a monstrous twist… RUGA KARRSDAUGHTER, dutiful orc princess with a … read more

Similar categories in Lila Gwynn's The Orc and Her Bride (The Sapphic Orcs of Torden, #1) book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • queer
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11. Bitterthorn

By: Kat Dunn

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Blumwald is a town overshadowed by an ancient curse: in a sinister castle in the depths of the wild… read more

Similar categories in Kat Dunn's Bitterthorn book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
"She was lost to me in a hundred little griefs I found anew each year"

-Kat Dunn, Bitterthorn

"Loneliness can be something other people do to us, and something we do to ourselves."

-Kat Dunn, Bitterthorn

"The hurtful truth of death was that it was as mundane as a meal uneaten, a cup knocked over."

-Kat Dunn, Bitterthorn

"My mother was tidied away into her grave and my stepmother unpacked her things into her place. I found myself far from home without having travelled a metre."

-Kat Dunn, Bitterthorn

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12. Anyone But Her

By: Erica Lee

4.09

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

Reagan Cooper has been an out and proud lesbian since high school, but can't say no when her gay be… read more

Similar categories in Erica Lee's Anyone But Her book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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13. The Last to Leave

By: Erica Lee

4.08

Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition

Courtney Fields and Nicole Dawson were high school rivals who thought they would never have to deal… read more

Similar categories in Erica Lee's The Last to Leave book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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14. Ophelia After All

By: Racquel Marie

4.06

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A teen girl navigates friendship drama, the end of high school, and discovering her queerness in Op… read more

Similar categories in Racquel Marie's Ophelia After All book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
"HAMLET MAY HAVE BEEN A TRAGEDY. BUT OPHELIA DESERVED A COMEDY"

-Racquel Marie, Ophelia After All

"It's been hard and messy and scary. I want you guys to care about it and what it changes for me, but without it changing us."

-Racquel Marie, Ophelia After All

"But I don’t think the truest love is deemed so because it’s the most painful. Waiting for someone to love you back seems beautiful in a miserable way when you’re young. No offense."

-Racquel Marie, Ophelia After All

"I may doubt the truths of the world, but never again will I doubt whether or not the person that I am, or may be, is loved or worthy of love. I know myself, and I don't. Both can be true."

-Racquel Marie, Ophelia After All

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15. Songbirds of Sedona

By: Lise Gold

4.42

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

In the heart of Arizona, nestled among the red rocks and lush orchards, two vastly different worlds… read more

Similar categories in Lise Gold's Songbirds of Sedona book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • fiction
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16. Eyes Like Those (Seven Shores, #1)

By: Melissa Brayden

4.18

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

When it comes to love, no one is in charge. Isabel Chase is reeling. She’s just been offered he… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Brayden's Eyes Like Those (Seven Shores, #1) book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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17. Not On The Agenda (Billionaire Series Book 2)

By: Chloe Peterson

4.16

Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition

Breaking down the walls around a broken heart is no simple task... After the takeover of her famil… read more

Similar categories in Chloe Peterson's Not On The Agenda (Billionaire Series Book 2) book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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18. Music from Another World

By: Robin Talley

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A master of award-winning queer historical fiction, New York Times bestselling author Robin Talley … read more

Similar categories in Robin Talley's Music from Another World book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
"I'm a child. They're the ones hurting me"

-Robin Talley, Music from Another World

"We know how the world works, but that doesn't change who we are."

-Robin Talley, Music from Another World

"There’s no point worrying so hard you can’t breathe. Life’s short, and you’ve got to make sure there's time to live it."

-Robin Talley, Music from Another World

"Then I kissed her. And I finally understand all those songs I didn’t get before. This is what people mean when they write songs about love. This feeling. This perfect, overwhelming knowledge that eve…"

-Robin Talley, Music from Another World

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19. Unexpected You (Sapph in the City Book 1)

By: Chelsea M. Cameron

4.36

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

When I applied for a job as a personal assistant, I had no idea I’d be working for THE Eloise Roth… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea M. Cameron's Unexpected You (Sapph in the City Book 1) book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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20. Girlfriend for the Summer

By: Erica Lee

4.40

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Mia Carmichael has her whole life figured out. From high school royalty to marrying a boy from her … read more

Similar categories in Erica Lee's Girlfriend for the Summer book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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21. Spaced Out

By: Natalie Debrabandere

4.41

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

GRAVITY SUCKS! For NASA astronaut, Nicola Peake, this isn’t just a line on her t-shirt. Having sur… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Debrabandere's Spaced Out book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • romance
  • lgbt
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22. Second Verse

By: Natasha West

4.30

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

Back in their teens, musician Poppy and artist Norah were glued at the hip, their friendship blosso… read more

Similar categories in Natasha West's Second Verse book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • romance
Cover of The Lives We Left Behind by Olivia Bratherton-Wilson

23. The Lives We Left Behind

By: Olivia Bratherton-Wilson

4.30

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

1943. Seventeen-year-old Dorothea Miller is given the responsibility of managing the family farm wh… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
Cover of Unbelievable You (Sapph in the City Book 2) by Chelsea M. Cameron

24. Unbelievable You (Sapph in the City Book 2)

By: Chelsea M. Cameron

4.54

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

Hunter: Things had been going pretty well for me. My time was filled with my jobs and friends, and … read more

Similar categories in Chelsea M. Cameron's Unbelievable You (Sapph in the City Book 2) book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • lesbian
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25. Tasting Temptation: A Sapphic Age-Gap Romance

By: J.J. Arias

4.41

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

A forbidden taste. An irresistible attraction.Young, headstrong chef Slade has talent to spare but … read more

Similar categories in J.J. Arias's Tasting Temptation: A Sapphic Age-Gap Romance book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
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26. Southern Lights

By: Liz Arncliffe

4.60

Format: None pages, None

A found-family, opposites attract lesbian romance about making peace with the past, the power of re… read more

Similar categories in Liz Arncliffe's Southern Lights book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • lesbian
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27. A Very Miller-Cooper Life (Anyone But Her Book 4)

By: Erica Lee

4.66

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Charlie and Reagan Miller-Cooper have survived fake relationships, family reunions, holidays, and e… read more

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28. Bloom Town: Genesis

By: Ally North

4.84

Format: 459 pages, Kindle Edition

June, 1852.A preacher’s daughter with a secret. An outlaw running from the gallows. A love story sp… read more

Similar categories in Ally North's Bloom Town: Genesis book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • queer
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29. Risking Immortality (The Loch & Key Series Book 1)

By: Alyson Root

4.36

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

Amelia Loch has a secret…She knows humanity’s prejudices against her kind are little more than delu… read more

Similar categories in Alyson Root's Risking Immortality (The Loch & Key Series Book 1) book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • lesbian
Cover of Unforgettable You (Sapph in the City Book 3) by Chelsea M. Cameron

30. Unforgettable You (Sapph in the City Book 3)

By: Chelsea M. Cameron

4.51

Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition

According to my mother, I ruined my life the minute I quit ballet in college and destroyed her dre… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea M. Cameron's Unforgettable You (Sapph in the City Book 3) book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • lesbian
Cover of Changing Plans (Whitebridge) by Sienna Waters

31. Changing Plans (Whitebridge)

By: Sienna Waters

4.60

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

Love is what happens when you’re making other plans... Lydia Carlisle knows exactly what she a jo… read more

Similar categories in Sienna Waters's Changing Plans (Whitebridge) book and Olivia Bratherton-Wilson's The Lives We Left Behind

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • fiction

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