25 Best fiction books like Destroy All Monsters by Sam J. Miller

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Destroy All Monsters

By: Sam J. Miller

3.55

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A crucial, genre-bending tale, equal parts Ned Vizzini and Patrick Ness, about the life-saving powe…

"We are not our trauma. We are not our brain chemistry. That’s part of who we are, but we’re so much more than that."

-Sam J. Miller, Destroy All Monsters

"We are not our trauma. We are not our brain chemistry. That’s part of who we are, but we’re so much more than that."

-Sam J. Miller, Destroy All Monsters

If you liked the fiction plot in Destroy All Monsters by Sam J. Miller , here is a list of 25 books like this:

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1. Dear Evan Hansen

By: Steven Levenson , Benj Pasek , Justin Paul

4.34

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

An original musical that explores the poignant desire for human connection in the tumultuous life o… read more

Similar categories in Steven Levenson's Dear Evan Hansen book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. In Real Life

By: Cory Doctorow , Jen Wang

3.81

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

Anda loves Coarsegold Online, the massively-multiplayer role-playing game where she spends most of … read more

Similar categories in Cory Doctorow's In Real Life book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"– Here, take this. It'll give you a boost. – You spent 90 gold on this?? – 90 gold is nothing when you're the baddest bitch in the virtual universe."

-Cory Doctorow, In Real Life

"– I understand the world can be cruel place and there are people out there counting on naive kids like you to take advantage of. Don't just think because it's video games people can't get hurt."

-Cory Doctorow, In Real Life

"Most of the people you see going to work today are LARPing (live-action role playing) an incredibly boring RPG (role-playing game) called "professionalism" that requires them to alter their vocabular…"

-Cory Doctorow, In Real Life

"When I was an activist in the 1980s, ninety-eight percent of my time was spent stuffing envelopes and writing addresses on them. The remaining two percent was the time we spent figuring out what to p…"

-Cory Doctorow, In Real Life

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3. Skin

By: Adrienne Maria Vrettos

3.89

Format: 227 pages, Hardcover

I'M TELLING YOU THIS BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T ASK. I'VE GOT IT ALL HERE, GROWING LIKE A TUMOR IN MY THROA… read more

Similar categories in Adrienne Maria Vrettos's Skin book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"The way to get people to love you is to show them that you love them."

-Adrienne Maria Vrettos, Skin

4. The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley

By: Shaun David Hutchinson , Christine Larsen

3.80

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Andrew Brawley was supposed to die that night. His parents did, and so did his sister, but he survi… read more

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5. Children of the New World

By: None

3.93

Format: None pages, ebook

AN EXTRAORDINARILY RESONANT AND PROPHETIC COLLECTION OF SPECULATIVE SHORT FICTION FOR OUR TECH-SAVV… read more

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6. Lily and Dunkin

By: Donna Gephart

4.19

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

Author Donna Gephart crafts a dual narrative about two remarkable young people: Lily, a transgender… read more

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7. Les Carnets de l'apothicaire T12

By: Nekokurage

4.70

Format: 174 pages, Paperback

After breaking a “curse” on the imperial heirs, a palace servant with training in herbal medicine i… read more

Similar categories in Nekokurage's Les Carnets de l'apothicaire T12 book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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8. A Treason of Thorns

By: Laura E. Weymouth

3.44

Format: 368 pages, ebook

Violet Sterling has spent the last seven years in exile, longing to return to Burleigh House. One o… read more

Similar categories in Laura E. Weymouth's A Treason of Thorns book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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9. 薬屋のひとりごと 11 [Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 11]

By: Nekokurage

4.60

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

猫猫の推理で、壬氏の過去と素性に迫る! 後宮の中にある古い廟に仕組まれた順路の仕掛けに気づいた猫猫は、皇帝と壬氏との前で見事その謎を解き明かします。そして今度は皇太后から、亡くなった先帝にかけられ… read more

Similar categories in Nekokurage's 薬屋のひとりごと 11 [Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 11] book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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10. 薬屋のひとりごと 10 [Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 10]

By: Nekokurage

4.54

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

十六夜の下、遂に月精が現れる──! 異国から来た女性の特使をもてなす宴で、猫猫はとある秘策で桃園の十六夜の下に美しい月精を登場させます。そして特使達が帰った後は、隊商により後宮に香油が持ち込まれた背… read more

Similar categories in Nekokurage's 薬屋のひとりごと 10 [Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 10] book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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11. Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender

By: Kit Heyam

4.30

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking global history of gender nonconformity   Today’s narratives about trans people … read more

Similar categories in Kit Heyam's Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
"It’s not as simple as saying that ‘while the terminology is new, the experiences are not.’ The advent of new terminology can genuinely shift how we think about gender, as well as what names we give t…"

-Kit Heyam, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender

"It's important that we, as historians or as queer people, don't treat gender and sexuality as two things that use to be entangled but have now been teased apart. There can be a tendency in white quee…"

-Kit Heyam, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender

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12. 薬屋のひとりごと 9 [Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 9]

By: Nekokurage

4.48

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

久々に隊商(キャラバン)がやってきた後宮で、小蘭と一緒に買い物を楽しむ猫猫は、そこで子猫を捕まえてくれた女官と再会します。そしてまた、壬氏から新たな相談事を受けることになリますが、それが別の事件に繋… read more

Similar categories in Nekokurage's 薬屋のひとりごと 9 [Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 9] book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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13. The Music of What Happens

By: Bill Konigsberg

3.84

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Max: Chill. Sports. Video games. Gay and not a big deal, not to him, not to his mom, not to his bud… read more

Similar categories in Bill Konigsberg's The Music of What Happens book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"That never even occurred to me, that he had feelings."

-Bill Konigsberg, The Music of What Happens

"Just smile, Max. The paint cannot be stronger than a smile. But it is."

-Bill Konigsberg, The Music of What Happens

"It's funny because it's true, and also it's the kind of humor that makes you think."

-Bill Konigsberg, The Music of What Happens

"He stands and he lifts me up by my shoulders, and he hugs me tight. “I'm sorry, dude."

-Bill Konigsberg, The Music of What Happens

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14. The Long Run

By: James Acker

4.31

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Two track and field athletes find an unexpected but powerful love in this unapologetically blunt an… read more

Similar categories in James Acker's The Long Run book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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15. The Camelot Betrayal (Camelot Rising, #2)

By: Kiersten White

3.88

Format: 370 pages, ebook

The second book in a new fantasy trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White, exp… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's The Camelot Betrayal (Camelot Rising, #2) book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • fantasy
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"I am never in the dark when I am protecting you."

-Kiersten White, The Camelot Betrayal (Camelot Rising, #2)

"You are strong. You are brave. You are quite short."

-Kiersten White, The Camelot Betrayal (Camelot Rising, #2)

"Ah. Yes, that is the price of being clever. We win, and we hurt other people, and we always, always hurt ourselves."

-Kiersten White, The Camelot Betrayal (Camelot Rising, #2)

"The flock of birds always living in her chest these days had been startled. They flund themselves against the confines of her ribs, beating and flapping in a frenzy inside of her."

-Kiersten White, The Camelot Betrayal (Camelot Rising, #2)

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16. Like a Love Story

By: Abdi Nazemian

4.26

Format: 432 pages, None

It's 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing. Reza is an Iranian boy w… read more

Similar categories in Abdi Nazemian's Like a Love Story book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I just have too much to scream about to leave just yet."

-Abdi Nazemian, Like a Love Story

"In the language my mother speaks, I literally don't exist."

-Abdi Nazemian, Like a Love Story

"There should be a limit on how long any human being has to wear braces. - Reza"

-Abdi Nazemian, Like a Love Story

"I want her to hold me, ask me about him, something. Instead she says, 'I can't hear about this. Please. I can't."

-Abdi Nazemian, Like a Love Story

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17. The Stardust Grail

By: Yume Kitasei

3.78

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Save one world. Doom her own. From the acclaimed author of The Deep Sky comes a thrilling anti-c… read more

Similar categories in Yume Kitasei's The Stardust Grail book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. The Sisters of Saint Nicola of The Almost Perpetual Motion vs the Lurch

By: Garth Nix

3.92

Format: 34 pages, ebook

A new short story from Garth Nix, best-selling author of the Old Kingdom series.In this raucous, st… read more

Similar categories in Garth Nix's The Sisters of Saint Nicola of The Almost Perpetual Motion vs the Lurch book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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19. Dear Mothman

By: Robin Gow

4.25

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

Poet and author Robin Gow’s moving middle-grade novel in verse Dear Mothman is about a young trans … read more

Similar categories in Robin Gow's Dear Mothman book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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20. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

By: P. Djèlí Clark

4.05

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats. Nor do they have tails. But they are most assuredly… read more

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's The Dead Cat Tail Assassins book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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21. Counting Casualties

By: Yoon Ha Lee

3.69

Format: 18 pages, ebook

Commander Niaja vrau Erezeng is up against an enemy that doesn’t just destroy all the beings, ships… read more

Similar categories in Yoon Ha Lee's Counting Casualties book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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22. Before We Disappear

By: Shaun David Hutchinson

3.88

Format: 512 pages, ebook

The Prestige meets What If It’s Us in Before We Disappear, a queer ahistorical fantasy set during t… read more

Similar categories in Shaun David Hutchinson's Before We Disappear book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • audiobook
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"Running from you would be like running from the air in my lungs."

-Shaun David Hutchinson, Before We Disappear

"I'll steal your heart,' he said 'You cannot steal a gift freely given."

-Shaun David Hutchinson, Before We Disappear

"He was a million mirror shards turned inward, he was a rootless tree following the sun."

-Shaun David Hutchinson, Before We Disappear

"Jack was home to me now too, and I knew with absolute conviction that I could find him anywhere."

-Shaun David Hutchinson, Before We Disappear

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23. Articulated Restraint

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

3.85

Format: 26 pages, ebook

Being a Lady Astronaut means being twice as dedicated, and twice as good as everyone else. And some… read more

Similar categories in Mary Robinette Kowal's Articulated Restraint book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • fiction
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24. Alien: Echo

By: Mira Grant

3.75

Format: 320 pages, ebook

An original young adult novel of the Alien universe Olivia and her twin sister Viola have been d… read more

Similar categories in Mira Grant's Alien: Echo book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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25. The Time Invariance of Snow

By: E. Lily Yu

3.36

Format: 25 pages, ebook

The Devil made a mirror. A physicist broke it and shards fall through reality and changed everythin… read more

Similar categories in E. Lily Yu's The Time Invariance of Snow book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Love ’em, leave ’em. Sometimes I even leave them alive"

-E. Lily Yu, The Time Invariance of Snow

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26. Beyond the Dragon's Gate

By: Yoon Ha Lee

3.73

Format: 20 pages, ebook

Former Academician Anna Kim’s research into AI cost her everything. Now, years later, the military … read more

Similar categories in Yoon Ha Lee's Beyond the Dragon's Gate book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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27. Navigational Entanglements

By: Aliette de Bodard

4.05

Format: 165 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Aliette de Bodard presents yet another innovative space opera that broadens th… read more

Similar categories in Aliette de Bodard's Navigational Entanglements book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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28. If You Take My Meaning

By: Charlie Jane Anders

3.66

Format: 34 pages, Kindle Edition

As an ex-smuggler and two-time reluctant revolutionary, Alyssa is used to staring into the razor-sh… read more

Similar categories in Charlie Jane Anders's If You Take My Meaning book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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29. The Unmothers

By: Leslie J. Anderson

3.49

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In this emotionally raw and propulsive folk horror-mystery, a journalist goes to a small town and u… read more

Similar categories in Leslie J. Anderson's The Unmothers book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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30. Everything We Never Had

By: Randy Ribay

4.50

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the National Book Award finalist Patron Saints of Nothing comes an emotionally c… read more

Similar categories in Randy Ribay's Everything We Never Had book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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31. Destroy All Monsters

By: Sam J. Miller

3.55

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A crucial, genre-bending tale, equal parts Ned Vizzini and Patrick Ness, about the life-saving powe… read more

Similar categories in Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters book and Sam J. Miller's Destroy All Monsters

  • magical realism
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"We are not our trauma. We are not our brain chemistry. That’s part of who we are, but we’re so much more than that."

-Sam J. Miller, Destroy All Monsters

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Dear Evan Hansen

Steven Levenson , Benj Pasek , Justin Paul

4.34

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In Real Life

Cory Doctorow , Jen Wang

3.81

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Skin

Adrienne Maria Vrettos

3.89

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Bill Konigsberg

3.84

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Erik J. Brown

4.23

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Mason Deaver

4.16

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Becky Albertalli

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