8 best-selling transgender books like The Story of the Hundred Promises by Neil Cochrane

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The Story of the Hundred Promises

By: Neil Cochrane

4.13

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A loose retelling of “Beauty and the Beast” that centers queer and trans characters Trans sailor…

If you liked the transgender plot in The Story of the Hundred Promises by Neil Cochrane , here is a list of 8 books like this:

1. Within the Sanctuary of Wings (The Memoirs of Lady Trent #5)

By: Marie Brennan

3.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The conclusion to the thrilling memoirs of Lady Isabella Trent and her legacy of dragon evolutionar… read more

Similar categories in Marie Brennan's Within the Sanctuary of Wings (The Memoirs of Lady Trent #5) book and Neil Cochrane's The Story of the Hundred Promises

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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2. You Should Be So Lucky

By: Cat Sebastian

4.39

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An emotional, slow-burn, grumpy/sunshine, queer mid-century romance about grief and found family, b… read more

Similar categories in Cat Sebastian's You Should Be So Lucky book and Neil Cochrane's The Story of the Hundred Promises

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"Sometimes you want to look at a guy and say: Well, he’s fucked, but he’s trying."

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

"But he also wants that feeling he had earlier, that feeling of being seen for who he is, and of being liked anyway."

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

"This urge to be kind to a relative stranger is unfamiliar and disconcerting, as if he's discovered in himself a hunger for raw meat or an enthusiasm for vaudeville."

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

"The actual problem is incredibly boring, and Mark hates admitting it even to himself. Unless a couple has the good fortune to get hit by the same freight train, their story ends in exactly one way. H…"

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

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3. The Emperor and the Endless Palace

By: Justinian Huang

3.52

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

“What if I told you that the feeling we call love is actually the feeling of metaphysical recogniti… read more

Similar categories in Justinian Huang's The Emperor and the Endless Palace book and Neil Cochrane's The Story of the Hundred Promises

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Despair not. History is carved by men who did not have their fathers' favor."

-Justinian Huang, The Emperor and the Endless Palace

"You mean like a past life?' Calvin says. Garden snorts. 'Are you for real?' 'Excuse me, this is a "yes and" environment, G,' Calvin replies, 'and billions of people around the world believe in reinca…"

-Justinian Huang, The Emperor and the Endless Palace

"[River] 'Maybe he was just trying to shake me off. I mean, why would he want to be with me?' Without warning, Calvin bonks me on the side of my head, not hard, though it startles me, and some wine sp…"

-Justinian Huang, The Emperor and the Endless Palace

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4. Camp QUILTBAG

By: Nicole Melleby

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed authors of Hurricane Season and Ana on the Edge, an unforgettable story about th… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Melleby's Camp QUILTBAG book and Neil Cochrane's The Story of the Hundred Promises

  • fiction
  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
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5. All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3)

By: E.L. Massey

4.36

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

When seventeen-year-old Patrick Roman is offered a scholarship to a top hockey preparatory school, … read more

Similar categories in E.L. Massey's All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3) book and Neil Cochrane's The Story of the Hundred Promises

  • romance
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"Jesus,"

-E.L. Massey, All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3)

"I hate you,"

-E.L. Massey, All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3)

"Go fuck yourself,"

-E.L. Massey, All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3)

"The feelings I have for you are not gross."

-E.L. Massey, All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3)

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6. Homebody

By: Theo Parish

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more

Similar categories in Theo Parish's Homebody book and Neil Cochrane's The Story of the Hundred Promises

  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

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7. Even Though I Knew the End

By: C.L. Polk

3.85

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the… read more

Similar categories in C.L. Polk's Even Though I Knew the End book and Neil Cochrane's The Story of the Hundred Promises

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"A warm firework blossomed in my chest, the brilliant sparks flying along my nerves. I barely stopped myself from reaching across the table for her hand."

-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

"I never told her how she had saved me. I never told her how she became the dearest friend I’d ever had. I told her I loved her, but never enough. My Edith of the sparrows. My heart. My world."

-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

"Ten years. It wasn't enough time, but I would live every blessed second of it. "We're going to San Fransisco." She smiled up at me. "We'll get a house in North Beach." "Right away," I said. "I've got…"

-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

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8. Galaxy: The Prettiest Star

By: Jadzia Axelrod

4.10

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

It takes strength to live as your true self, and one alien princess disguised as a human boy is abo… read more

Similar categories in Jadzia Axelrod's Galaxy: The Prettiest Star book and Neil Cochrane's The Story of the Hundred Promises

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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9. Dead Collections

By: Isaac Fellman

3.63

Format: 256 pages, ebook

A whirlwind romance between an eccentric archivist and a grieving widow explores what it means to b… read more

Similar categories in Isaac Fellman's Dead Collections book and Neil Cochrane's The Story of the Hundred Promises

  • romance
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"...any reasonable person would want to be a librarian."

-Isaac Fellman, Dead Collections

"It's not weird to make your body yours. It's not weird to want a custom body."

-Isaac Fellman, Dead Collections

"It's cold in the archives, and there's nobody there. I belong in the archives. I am cold too."

-Isaac Fellman, Dead Collections

"Those names, Ari and Sol - what is it about Jewish trans men that we all have to reach back to our roots, as if they are the only source of nourishment we have left?"

-Isaac Fellman, Dead Collections

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10. Running Close to the Wind

By: Alexandra Rowland

4.07

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Avra Helvaçi, former field agent of the Araşti Ministry of Intelligence, has accidentally stolen th… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Rowland's Running Close to the Wind book and Neil Cochrane's The Story of the Hundred Promises

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Infinity Alchemist (Infinity Alchemist, #1) by Kacen Callender

11. Infinity Alchemist (Infinity Alchemist, #1)

By: Kacen Callender

3.49

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Infinity Alchemist is a spellbinding novel about a quest that leads three young alchemists toward u… read more

Similar categories in Kacen Callender's Infinity Alchemist (Infinity Alchemist, #1) book and Neil Cochrane's The Story of the Hundred Promises

  • romance
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Fireborne Blade (The Fireborne Blade, #1) by Charlotte Bond

12. The Fireborne Blade (The Fireborne Blade, #1)

By: Charlotte Bond

3.78

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

Kill the dragon. Find the blade. Reclaim her honor. It’s that, or end up like countless knights … read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Bond's The Fireborne Blade (The Fireborne Blade, #1) book and Neil Cochrane's The Story of the Hundred Promises

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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13. Swordcrossed

By: Freya Marske

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

“Clever, sparkling, and perfectly indulgent, Swordcrossed feels like stepping into a party already … read more

Similar categories in Freya Marske's Swordcrossed book and Neil Cochrane's The Story of the Hundred Promises

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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14. The Prospects

By: K.T. Hoffman

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The pressure cooker of minor league baseball leads to major chemistry in this exhilarating, sexy, a… read more

Similar categories in K.T. Hoffman's The Prospects book and Neil Cochrane's The Story of the Hundred Promises

  • romance
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"Glasses on or off?" Luis asks. "Off." Gene is nearsighted anyway, and he doesn't plan to let Luis get far enough away that he would need them."

-K.T. Hoffman, The Prospects

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15. Compound Fracture

By: Andrew Joseph White

4.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling and award-winning author Andrew Joseph White returns with a queer Appalachian thriller,… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Joseph White's Compound Fracture book and Neil Cochrane's The Story of the Hundred Promises

  • fiction
  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
"There's a whole spectrum of reactions to coming out. Getting kicked out is one extreme–being accepted wholeheartedly is the other. But in the middle, there's this. The awkwardness, the refusals to ac…"

-Andrew Joseph White, Compound Fracture

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16. Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding

By: Maia Kobabe

4.47

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

A graphic guide to chest binding with real-life stories and research-backed advice from bestselling… read more

Similar categories in Maia Kobabe's Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding book and Neil Cochrane's The Story of the Hundred Promises

  • adult
  • queer
  • lgbt
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17. Wrath Becomes Her

By: Aden Polydoros

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Vera was made for vengeance. Lithuania, 1943. A father drowns in the all-consuming grief of a da… read more

Similar categories in Aden Polydoros's Wrath Becomes Her book and Neil Cochrane's The Story of the Hundred Promises

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"There is a mark on your brow,' I murmured, leaning forward to rest my forehead against his. 'And it means truth."

-Aden Polydoros, Wrath Becomes Her

"The thing about losing someone, it's like...You see something, and you think 'oh, they'll love this once I tell them' or 'I can't wait to share this with them,' but you can't. Because they're dead. S…"

-Aden Polydoros, Wrath Becomes Her

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18. When the World Tips Over

By: Jandy Nelson

4.18

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

An explosive new novel brimming with love, secrets, and enchantment The Fall siblings live in h… read more

Similar categories in Jandy Nelson's When the World Tips Over book and Neil Cochrane's The Story of the Hundred Promises

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"He liked trees more than people."

-Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over

"Why won’t you ever tell me about your parents?"

-Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over

"Sometimes platonic loves are the most profound."

-Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over

"Desiderium, n. an ardent desire for something lost."

-Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over

Cover of Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2) by Aiden Thomas

19. Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2)

By: Aiden Thomas

4.42

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Teo never thought he could be a Hero. Now, he doesn’t have a choice. The sun is gone, the Obsid… read more

Similar categories in Aiden Thomas's Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2) book and Neil Cochrane's The Story of the Hundred Promises

  • romance
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Story of the Hundred Promises by Neil   Cochrane

20. The Story of the Hundred Promises

By: Neil Cochrane

4.13

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A loose retelling of “Beauty and the Beast” that centers queer and trans characters Trans sailor… read more

Similar categories in Neil Cochrane's The Story of the Hundred Promises book and Neil Cochrane's The Story of the Hundred Promises

  • romance
  • retellings
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Model Home by Rivers Solomon

21. Model Home

By: Rivers Solomon

4.06

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel. The… read more

Similar categories in Rivers Solomon's Model Home book and Neil Cochrane's The Story of the Hundred Promises

  • adult
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt

19 must-read fiction books like The Story of the Hundred Promises by Neil Cochrane

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Marie Brennan

3.15

Transform Your Habits

You Should Be So Lucky

Cat Sebastian

4.39

Transform Your Habits

The Emperor and the Endless Palace

Justinian Huang

3.52

Transform Your Habits

Camp QUILTBAG

Nicole Melleby

4.10

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Camp Damascus

Chuck Tingle

3.94

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Feed Them Silence

Lee Mandelo

3.52

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Hell Followed With Us

Andrew Joseph White

4.13

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Mattie Lubchansky

4.03

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