13 Best lgbt books like An Unexpected Party by Seth Malacari

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An Unexpected Party

By: Seth Malacari

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Co-published by Get YA Words Out and edited by Seth Malacari, An Unexpected Party brings together t…

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1. The Secrets We Keep (The Secrets We Keep #1)

By: Nova Weetman

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

I don't know if you've ever seen a house burn, but it's not like anything else ... Clem Timmins has… read more

Similar categories in Nova Weetman's The Secrets We Keep (The Secrets We Keep #1) book and Seth Malacari's An Unexpected Party

  • young adult

2. The Secrets We Share (The Secrets We Keep, #2)

By: Nova Weetman

3.25

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Clem is slowly rebuilding her life after a house fire destroyed everything. She's about to start hi… read more

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3. 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 Seth Malacari's An Unexpected Party

  • fiction
  • queer
  • 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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4. How to Find a Missing Girl

By: Victoria Wlosok

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

For fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and Veronica Mars, this whip-smart thriller follows a sap… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Wlosok's How to Find a Missing Girl book and Seth Malacari's An Unexpected Party

  • fiction
  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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5. The Invocations

By: Krystal Sutherland

4.11

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Three girls, one supernatural killer on the loose . . . Zara Jones believes in magic because the… read more

Similar categories in Krystal Sutherland's The Invocations book and Seth Malacari's An Unexpected Party

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"What if Savannah had found whatever it was she sold a piece of her soul to go looking for."

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

"Even the devil does not trust men to honor a bargain, so it does not deal with them. It offers power only to women."

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

"What about trans women?" Zara asks, writing the question in her document. "How does that work?" "Of course I have written invocations for trans women," Emer says. "Demons do not care about bodies. Th…"

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

"They understand what they are looking at. They understand that it could have been them. A wrong turn on the wrong night, and it could have been them. There is no sense to that. That you can be going …"

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

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6. Kill Your Husbands

By: Jack Heath

3.77

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

A witty, page-turning, twisty whodunit from the bestselling author of the Hangman series, perfect f… read more

Similar categories in Jack Heath's Kill Your Husbands book and Seth Malacari's An Unexpected Party

  • fiction
"Burn your bras. Kill your husbands."

-Jack Heath, Kill Your Husbands

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7. 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 Seth Malacari's An Unexpected Party

  • fiction
  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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8. The Goodbye Cat

By: Hiro Arikawa

3.90

Format: 285 pages, ebook

In the much-anticipated follow-up to the bestselling and beloved The Travelling Cat Chronicles , se… read more

Similar categories in Hiro Arikawa's The Goodbye Cat book and Seth Malacari's An Unexpected Party

  • short stories
  • fiction
"If you can make it in time, you want to say goodbye. Want to say thank you, and I love you."

-Hiro Arikawa, The Goodbye Cat

"If, for instance, I were the one who had to say goodbye, I don’t think I’d want my final hours to be sad. I would want to see my loved ones’ smiles to the very end."

-Hiro Arikawa, The Goodbye Cat

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9. The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

By: Sonora Reyes

4.27

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

A debut novel about a queer Mexican American girl navigating Catholic school, while falling in love… read more

Similar categories in Sonora Reyes's The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School book and Seth Malacari's An Unexpected Party

  • fiction
  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"…any way you engage with your own culture is authentic, because it’s yours."

-Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

"Let's just say there's not a lot of melanin over there. I could probably pay my tuition selling sunscreen between classes."

-Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

"I know I can't take all that shame away from him. But I can start by showing him how much I'm not ashamed. Not only am I not ashamed, I'm proud. I can't make him love himself. The closest I can get i…"

-Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

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10. Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror Delight

By: Shelly Page

3.84

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

Night of the Living Queers is a YA horror anthology that explores a night when anything is possible… read more

Similar categories in Shelly Page's Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror Delight book and Seth Malacari's An Unexpected Party

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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11. The First Move

By: Jenny Ireland

3.79

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Juliet believes girls like her - girls with arthritis - don't get their own love stories. She exist… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Ireland's The First Move book and Seth Malacari's An Unexpected Party

  • fiction
  • young adult
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12. The Glass House

By: Anne Buist

3.89

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to The Menzies. Trainee psychiatrist Doctor Hannah Wright, a country girl with a chaotic hi… read more

Similar categories in Anne Buist's The Glass House book and Seth Malacari's An Unexpected Party

  • fiction
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13. The Opposite of Success

By: Eleanor Elliott Thomas

3.06

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

All Lorrie wants is to get promoted, accept her body and end global warming. By Friday. Is that rea… read more

Similar categories in Eleanor Elliott Thomas's The Opposite of Success book and Seth Malacari's An Unexpected Party

  • fiction
Cover of The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1) by Leslie Vedder

14. The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1)

By: Leslie Vedder

3.80

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Sleeping Beauty meets Indiana Jones in this thrilling fairytale retelling for fans of Sorcery of Th… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Vedder's The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1) book and Seth Malacari's An Unexpected Party

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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15. 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 Seth Malacari's An Unexpected Party

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"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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16. 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 Seth Malacari's An Unexpected Party

  • lgbt
  • queer
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17. Meet Me at the Intersection

By: Rebecca Lim

3.94

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Meet Me at the Intersection is an anthology of short fiction, memoir and poetry by authors who are … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Lim's Meet Me at the Intersection book and Seth Malacari's An Unexpected Party

  • fiction
  • short stories
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"I do not exist to be a teachable moment. I have better things to do."

-Rebecca Lim, Meet Me at the Intersection

"In this nation people assume they can write your story from beginning to end, and wait for you to fall into place on the stage that has been set, it is why every conversation scans like a hostage neg…"

-Rebecca Lim, Meet Me at the Intersection

"He called you beautiful, for a black girl and you kissed him. It would not be the last time someone would pay you a provisional compliment, nor the last time you accept it. Back then, you had not yet…"

-Rebecca Lim, Meet Me at the Intersection

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18. Growing Up Queer in Australia

By: Benjamin Law

4.30

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

‘No amount of YouTube videos and queer think pieces prepared me for this moment.’ ‘The mantle of “… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Law's Growing Up Queer in Australia book and Seth Malacari's An Unexpected Party

  • short stories
  • queer
  • lgbt
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19. Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories

By: Michael Earp

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

What does it mean to be queer? What does it mean to be human? In this powerful #OwnVoices collectio… read more

Similar categories in Michael Earp's Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories book and Seth Malacari's An Unexpected Party

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • queer
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20. An Unexpected Party

By: Seth Malacari

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Co-published by Get YA Words Out and edited by Seth Malacari, An Unexpected Party brings together t… read more

Similar categories in Seth Malacari's An Unexpected Party book and Seth Malacari's An Unexpected Party

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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21. 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 Seth Malacari's An Unexpected Party

  • fiction
  • young adult

17 must-read fiction books like An Unexpected Party by Seth Malacari

Transform Your Habits

The Dos and Donuts of Love

Adiba Jaigirdar

3.88

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How to Find a Missing Girl

Victoria Wlosok

3.65

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The Invocations

Krystal Sutherland

4.11

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Kill Your Husbands

Jack Heath

3.77

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Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Malinda Lo

4.22

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Home Field Advantage

Dahlia Adler

3.84

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Girls Like Girls

Hayley Kiyoko

3.74

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3.88

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