9 Best australia books like We Could Be Something by Will Kostakis

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We Could Be Something

By: Will Kostakis

3.97

Format: 401 pages, Paperback

Part Coming-Out Story. Part falling-in-love story. Part falling-apart story. Harvey's dads…

"Right now, I'm not sure I can get a book about a gay teenager through acquisitions. The schools market factors heavily into our thinking and they won't let it fly."

-Will Kostakis, We Could Be Something

"Right now, I'm not sure I can get a book about a gay teenager through acquisitions. The schools market factors heavily into our thinking and they won't let it fly."

-Will Kostakis, We Could Be Something

"Just because you released one novel doesn't mean you're owed a career, Sotiris. That isn't how the book world works. There are so many names I only ever see on one title."

-Will Kostakis, We Could Be Something

"Just because you released one novel doesn't mean you're owed a career, Sotiris. That isn't how the book world works. There are so many names I only ever see on one title."

-Will Kostakis, We Could Be Something

If you liked the australia plot in We Could Be Something by Will Kostakis , here is a list of 9 books like this:

1. Borderland

By: None

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

Borderland- a coming-of-age, YA eco-thriller about Indigenous land rights, with sci-fi elements. St… read more

Similar categories in None's Borderland book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

2. Friday Brown

By: Vikki Wakefield

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

I am Friday Brown. I buried my mother. My grandfather buried a swimming pool. A boy who can't speak… read more

Similar categories in Vikki Wakefield's Friday Brown book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

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3. The In-Between

By: Christos Tsiolkas

3.70

Format: 400 pages, ebook

The tender, sensual and moving new novel from the award-winning and bestselling author of The Slap … read more

Similar categories in Christos Tsiolkas's The In-Between book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • australia
  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • queer
"There was respite in history. The beligerence and intolerance of the contemporary age was of no consequence to the past. And there was no shouting."

-Christos Tsiolkas, The In-Between

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4. The Love Contract

By: Steph Vizard

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Can she (pretend to) love her neighbour? An award-winning modern rom-com for all fans of fake d… read more

Similar categories in Steph Vizard's The Love Contract book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • romance
  • contemporary
"You make me feel like the most me version of myself and I want to help you be the you-est version of you."

-Steph Vizard, The Love Contract

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5. They Hate Each Other

By: Amanda Woody

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Jonah and Dylan get along like oil and water. Until a fake dating ploy gives them new perspective, … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Woody's They Hate Each Other book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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6. Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

By: Lex Croucher

4.01

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Heartstopper meets A Knight’s Tale in this queer medieval rom-com YA debut about love, friendship, … read more

Similar categories in Lex Croucher's Gwen & Art Are Not in Love book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"To be afraid you must have something you cannot bear to lose."

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

"You know fathers aren't always right just by virtue of being fathers."

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

"Not everybody lives for the triumphs and defeats, the epic highs and lows of the little black and white squares"

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

"The problem with compromise is that... you sit on the fence for so long that you discover you've built a kingdom on it."

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

Cover of Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer by Amy Doak

7. Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

By: Amy Doak

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Eleanor Jones has just started at her ninth high school in less than five years. Since she and her … read more

Similar categories in Amy Doak's Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • australia
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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8. One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World

By: A.J. Betts

4.00

Format: None pages, Audio CD

'In a few months, the four of us will be elsewhere, doing other things, and this chance we have wil… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Betts's One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • young adult
  • contemporary
"No one dismantles this band but me."

-A.J. Betts, One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World

"Because I've been writing this song my whole life. It's the soundtrack of me."

-A.J. Betts, One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World

"I'd lost myself in that haze, too, now that I think about it. I'd forgotten all else, when we jammed. It was sublime in there. I felt timeless. Thoughtless. Borderless. Made of nothing but air and mu…"

-A.J. Betts, One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World

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9. Scar Town

By: Tristan Bancks

4.04

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

Twelve-year-old Will Haddon and his twin friends, Dar and Juno, find a safe full of money and human… read more

Similar categories in Tristan Bancks's Scar Town book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • family
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Completely Normal (and other lies) by Biffy James

10. Completely Normal (and other lies)

By: Biffy James

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Love has rules. So does grief. And Stella Wilde’s about to break them all. Stella Wilde is secre… read more

Similar categories in Biffy James's Completely Normal (and other lies) book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • romance
  • relationships
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"This isn't all on you. But god forbid we blame the dude. Fucking patriarchy."

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

"I considered letting my own meltdown come to the surface, but I had no way of knowing how long it would last once I let it, so I didn't. I put it in the black well instead, backing away so I wouldn't…"

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

"Maybe it was better to accept that when someone died there were some things that were never going to happen, and this was just another one of them. Because death left things unfinished. Unsaid. Unsew…"

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

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11. Royals

By: Tegan Bennett Daylight

3.35

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Six teenagers. An empty shopping centre. No Wi-Fi. And … a baby? Acclaimed author Tegan Bennett Day… read more

Similar categories in Tegan Bennett Daylight's Royals book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • romance
  • relationships
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. Let’s Never Speak of This Again

By: Megan Williams

3.80

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Award Winner, Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing, 2022 Ella and I have been best … read more

Similar categories in Megan Williams's Let’s Never Speak of This Again book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • relationships
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • australia
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13. Grace Notes

By: Karen Comer

4.16

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

  , This song has a grace note a tiny note that's there for embellishment but can easily be ignored… read more

Similar categories in Karen Comer's Grace Notes book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • romance
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • australia
"Restrictions can't stop our music, can't stop us."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"together we weave a set of colours so beautiful that surely every listener's heart expands"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"The world has stopped still, yet we can feel our frenzied, uncertain energy spinning the Earth."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"Surely traditions have to evolve? Surely daughters can choose their own happiness? Surely our world can handle this new virus?"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

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14. Ready When You Are

By: Gary Lonesborough

4.20

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable YA love story between two Aboriginal boys -- one who doesn’t want to accept he’s gay, … read more

Similar categories in Gary Lonesborough's Ready When You Are book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • australia
  • queer
"Go to your elders. You should ask them about your country and your totem. Because that is your identity. A blackfella with no identity is a lost blackfella. He don't know where he belongs."

-Gary Lonesborough, Ready When You Are

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15. Spell Bound

By: F.T. Lukens

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Two rival apprentice sorcerers must team up to save their teachers and protect their own magic in t… read more

Similar categories in F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"Sometimes a family was a mischievous magical boss, her magical rival turned friend, a magical girl who used to be a babysitter and now was like an older sister, and the person you didn't understand i…"

-F.T. Lukens, Spell Bound

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16. A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1)

By: Lili Wilkinson

3.51

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Maude is the daughter of witches. She spent her childhood running wild with her best friend, Odette… read more

Similar categories in Lili Wilkinson's A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1) book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • fiction
  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"Except now there is a raven in the rowan tree."

-Lili Wilkinson, A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1)

"What good are stories when the monsters are real?"

-Lili Wilkinson, A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1)

"A girl so full of wildness and passion and rage that maybe she couldn't contain the whole of herself."

-Lili Wilkinson, A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1)

"If you stay home all the time, stories never happen. Sometimes you have to break something in order for the story to leak out through the cracks."

-Lili Wilkinson, A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1)

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17. Anything But Fine

By: Tobias Madden

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Luca is ready to audition for the Australian Ballet School. All it takes to crush his dreams is one… read more

Similar categories in Tobias Madden's Anything But Fine book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"What is it about hot jocks being dorky that is so impossible to resist?"

-Tobias Madden, Anything But Fine

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18. Two Can Play That Game

By: Leanne Yong

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Funny and romantic, an upbeat YA novel about gaming, goals and getting even from a fresh new voice … read more

Similar categories in Leanne Yong's Two Can Play That Game book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"You go on being wrong about everything, Jaybird. I’ll be there to say “I told you so"

-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game

"Why can’t I simply be friends – or frenemies – with him? Is that so strange to both of you?"

-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game

"Because the only way you can change the world is by being a winner. Otherwise, the world at best ignores you, or at worst destroys you."

-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game

"I only wish I could fix things for everyone that easily in real life. I mean, isn’t that why you play games, so you can pretend it’s possible?"

-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game

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19. The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist

By: Sophie Gonzales

3.51

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A fanfic writer brings her favorite TV character to life in this friends-to-enemies-to-lovers novel… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Gonzales's The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
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20. The Quiet and the Loud

By: Helena Fox

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A heartbreaking, hopeful, and timely novel about holding too tight to family secrets, healing from … read more

Similar categories in Helena Fox's The Quiet and the Loud book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"And for a moment - here, now - we aren't the pregnant girl or the quiet girl. We aren't scared of death, or of memories oozing out of the dark. We are two girls, suspended. Timeless. Immense. Untouch…"

-Helena Fox, The Quiet and the Loud

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21. Henry Hamlet's Heart

By: Rhiannon Wilde

4.15

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

A sparkling queer YA romance set in Brisbane, Henry Hamlet’s Heart follows one guy and his sometime… read more

Similar categories in Rhiannon Wilde's Henry Hamlet's Heart book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • australia
  • queer
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22. Love and Other Scores

By: Abra Pressler

3.88

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

'The chemistry between these two beautiful men will leave you fanning yourself like you're baking c… read more

Similar categories in Abra Pressler's Love and Other Scores book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Afterglow (Golden Boys #2) by Phil Stamper

23. Afterglow (Golden Boys #2)

By: Phil Stamper

4.05

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

After a summer of life-changing, these four friends are finally ready for senior year. Gabriel i… read more

Similar categories in Phil Stamper's Afterglow (Golden Boys #2) book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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24. Project Nought

By: Chelsey Furedi

4.15

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Kiss Number 8 and On a Sunbeam, this debut graphic novel is a fast-paced time travel ad… read more

Similar categories in Chelsey Furedi's Project Nought book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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25. Blind Spot

By: Robyn Dennison

3.63

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

When Dale stumbles into a bedroom at a party and sees a drunk girl being undressed by a group of gu… read more

Similar categories in Robyn Dennison's Blind Spot book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • young adult
Cover of The Breakup Lists by Adib Khorram

26. The Breakup Lists

By: Adib Khorram

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Love is more complicated than “boy meets boy” in bestselling author Adib Khorram’s sharply funny ne… read more

Similar categories in Adib Khorram's The Breakup Lists book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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27. We Didn't Think It Through

By: Gary Lonesborough

4.32

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

From the author of the award-winning The Boy from the Mish, comes a compelling coming-of-age YA nov… read more

Similar categories in Gary Lonesborough's We Didn't Think It Through book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • young adult
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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28. Wrong Answers Only

By: Tobias Madden

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Marco's always done the right thing. But now it's time for wrong answers only.Marco should be at un… read more

Similar categories in Tobias Madden's Wrong Answers Only book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • queer
Cover of We Could Be Something by Will Kostakis

29. We Could Be Something

By: Will Kostakis

3.97

Format: 401 pages, Paperback

Part Coming-Out Story. Part falling-in-love story. Part falling-apart story. Harvey's dads… read more

Similar categories in Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • romance
  • relationships
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • australia
  • queer
"Right now, I'm not sure I can get a book about a gay teenager through acquisitions. The schools market factors heavily into our thinking and they won't let it fly."

-Will Kostakis, We Could Be Something

"Just because you released one novel doesn't mean you're owed a career, Sotiris. That isn't how the book world works. There are so many names I only ever see on one title."

-Will Kostakis, We Could Be Something

Cover of The Spider and Her Demons by sydney khoo

30. The Spider and Her Demons

By: sydney khoo

4.21

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

Between surviving high school and working at her aunt’s dumpling shop, all Zhi wants is to find tim… read more

Similar categories in sydney khoo's The Spider and Her Demons book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • australia
  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • queer
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31. Inkflower

By: Suzy Zail

4.29

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A gritty YA novel about family secrets, hope and healing. Based on a true story.Lisa’s father has s… read more

Similar categories in Suzy Zail's Inkflower book and Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something

  • fiction
  • young adult

23 best-selling fiction books like We Could Be Something by Will Kostakis

Transform Your Habits

The In-Between

Christos Tsiolkas

3.70

Transform Your Habits

They Hate Each Other

Amanda Woody

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

Lex Croucher

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

Amy Doak

3.69

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14 Best fiction books like Completely Normal (and other lies) by Biffy James

Transform Your Habits

Neverlanders

Tom Taylor

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

Amy Doak

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Completely Normal (and other lies)

Biffy James

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Royals

Tegan Bennett Daylight

3.35

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