20 Best lgbt books like The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly) by Simon James Green

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The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly)

By: Simon James Green

4.15

Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition

Alfie Parker has bagged the hottest date to prom … hasn’t he? Bestselling LGBTQ+ writer Simon James…

If you liked the lgbt plot in The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly) by Simon James Green , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2) by Erik J. Brown

1. The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2)

By: Erik J. Brown

4.24

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

THEY FOUND EACH OTHER. NOW THEY MUST RESCUE WHAT THEY LEFT BEHIND. The highly-anticipated sequel to… read more

Similar categories in Erik J. Brown's The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2) book and Simon James Green's The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly)

  • romance
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"He sets the rifle down and we close the gap in between us in half a second. His arms around me, mine around him. Holding tight, as though we're trying to fuse ourselves together. It's familiar and lo…"

-Erik J. Brown, The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2)

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2. Signed Sealed Dead

By: Cynthia Murphy

3.93

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

True-Crime obsessed Paige, and her family, move across the Atlantic to her father's eerie hometown,… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Murphy's Signed Sealed Dead book and Simon James Green's The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly)

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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3. HappyHead (HappyHead, #1)

By: Josh Silver

4.04

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, 2024 Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing, 2024 An Ama… read more

Similar categories in Josh Silver's HappyHead (HappyHead, #1) book and Simon James Green's The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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4. How to Die Famous

By: Benjamin Dean

3.65

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A budding teen celebrity secretly investigates his brother's suspicious death while navigating the … read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Dean's How to Die Famous book and Simon James Green's The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly)

  • queer
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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5. Theoretically Straight

By: Alexander C. Eberhart

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Theo Briggs is a rule follower. A decent student in his junior year, an appeasing son, and a lifelo… read more

Similar categories in Alexander C. Eberhart's Theoretically Straight book and Simon James Green's The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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6. Together in a Broken World

By: Paul Michael Winters

4.08

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

Two boys fall in love in a deadly world, but it’s the secrets they keep that might kill them. Se… read more

Similar categories in Paul Michael Winters's Together in a Broken World book and Simon James Green's The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"He didn't hesitate. He just ran to me, and now the warmth of his body radiates as his arms hold me close, pressing me against him. His hands are trembling as he whispers in to my ear, "I'm so glad I …"

-Paul Michael Winters, Together in a Broken World

"He didn't hesitate. He just ran to me, and now the warmth of his body radiates as his arms hold me close, pressing me against him. His hands are trembling as he whispers in to my ear, "I'm so glad I …"

-Paul Michael Winters, Together in a Broken World

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7. Glasgow Boys

By: Margaret McDonald

4.39

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

A striking debut exploring the power of identity, community and the Scottish working class. This co… read more

Similar categories in Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys book and Simon James Green's The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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8. Dead Happy (HappyHead, #2)

By: Josh Silver

4.44

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Friends. Welcome to Elmhallow. Seb, along with a select group of participants, finds himself washed… read more

Similar categories in Josh Silver's Dead Happy (HappyHead, #2) book and Simon James Green's The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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9. My Fair Brady

By: Brian D. Kennedy

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

My Fair Lady meets the classic teen film She's All That in this charming and swoony new rom-com fro… read more

Similar categories in Brian D. Kennedy's My Fair Brady book and Simon James Green's The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly)

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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10. Snow Boys

By: Simon Doyle

4.35

Format: 410 pages, Kindle Edition

Dean O’Donnell is a wallflower with a secret and a voice that could steal the show. Preferring to b… read more

Similar categories in Simon Doyle's Snow Boys book and Simon James Green's The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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11. The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge

By: Matthew Hubbard

4.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A queer coming-of-age about three teenage boys in small town Alabama who set out to get revenge on … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Hubbard's The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge book and Simon James Green's The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly)

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"The best revenge is believing in yourself."

-Matthew Hubbard, The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge

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

12. 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 Simon James Green's The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly)

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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13. Another First Chance

By: Robbie Couch

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

They Both Die at the End meets You’ve Reached Sam, in this heart-stopping speculative young adult n… read more

Similar categories in Robbie Couch's Another First Chance book and Simon James Green's The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly)

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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14. Hiding Him

By: Adam Hattan

3.99

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

Are you looking for a funny, romantic and slightly spicy read this Summer? Then Adam Hattan has you… read more

Similar categories in Adam Hattan's Hiding Him book and Simon James Green's The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly)

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
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15. You Had Me at Happy Hour

By: Timothy Janovsky

3.77

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In this sexy, emotionally satisfying LGBTQIA+ romance, a grumpy sommelier and a flirty mixologist j… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Janovsky's You Had Me at Happy Hour book and Simon James Green's The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly)

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Cursed Boys and Broken Hearts by Adam  Sass

16. Cursed Boys and Broken Hearts

By: Adam Sass

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A swoony contemporary romance from Adam Sass following a boy who is cursed to doom any romantic rel… read more

Similar categories in Adam Sass's Cursed Boys and Broken Hearts book and Simon James Green's The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly)

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Overemotional by David Fenne

17. Overemotional

By: David Fenne

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Sometimes, emotions can be a little too powerful... Seventeen-year-old Steven has a big problem… read more

Similar categories in David Fenne's Overemotional book and Simon James Green's The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Now, Conjurers by Freddie Kolsch

18. Now, Conjurers

By: Freddie Kolsch

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

November 1999. North Dana, Massachusetts. Nesbit Nuñez discovers the partially devoured body of… read more

Similar categories in Freddie Kolsch's Now, Conjurers book and Simon James Green's The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly)

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly) by Simon James Green

19. The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly)

By: Simon James Green

4.15

Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition

Alfie Parker has bagged the hottest date to prom … hasn’t he? Bestselling LGBTQ+ writer Simon James… read more

Similar categories in Simon James Green's The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly) book and Simon James Green's The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly)

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of What Is This Feeling? by Robby Weber

20. What Is This Feeling?

By: Robby Weber

4.04

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

This joyful romp from Robby Weber, perfect for fans of Jason June and Morgan Matson, follows a boy … read more

Similar categories in Robby Weber's What Is This Feeling? book and Simon James Green's The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly)

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • young adult
  • lgbt
Cover of Till the Last Beat of My Heart by Louangie Bou-Montes

21. Till the Last Beat of My Heart

By: Louangie Bou-Montes

4.02

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In this YA contemporary fantasy, the teen son of the local mortician accidentally reanimates the de… read more

Similar categories in Louangie Bou-Montes's Till the Last Beat of My Heart book and Simon James Green's The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer

18 must-read fiction books like The Big Ask: A life-affirming teen rom-com from award-winning author Simon James Green (Dyslexia-friendly) by Simon James Green

Transform Your Habits

Signed Sealed Dead

Cynthia Murphy

3.93

Transform Your Habits

HappyHead (HappyHead, #1)

Josh Silver

4.04

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How to Die Famous

Benjamin Dean

3.65

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Theoretically Straight

Alexander C. Eberhart

4.11

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20 must-read fiction books like Four Eids and a Funeral by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Transform Your Habits

Dear Wendy

Ann Zhao

4.01

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Twelfth Knight

Alexene Farol Follmuth

3.90

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Thirsty

Jas Hammonds

4.16

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On the Bright Side

Anna Sortino

4.20

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