10 Best queer books like It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility by Isabela Oliveira

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It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

By: Isabela Oliveira

4.44

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

These stories are about identity, relationships, and community. They're about hope, acceptance, aff…

If you liked the queer plot in It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility by Isabela Oliveira , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Beauty Queens

By: Libba Bray

3.91

Format: 69 pages, Hardcover

When a plane crash strands thirteen teen beauty contestants on a mysterious island, they struggle t… read more

Similar categories in Libba Bray's Beauty Queens book and Isabela Oliveira's It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany

2. Babel-17

By: Samuel R. Delany

4.25

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

Babel-17is all about the power of language. Humanity, which has spread throughout the universe, is … read more

Similar categories in Samuel R. Delany's Babel-17 book and Isabela Oliveira's It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss

3. The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

By: Theodora Goss

4.20

Format: 288 pages,

Based on some of literature's horror and science fiction classics, this is the story of a remarkabl… read more

Similar categories in Theodora Goss's The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter book and Isabela Oliveira's It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

  • fantasy
  • fiction

4. Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)

By: Seanan McGuire

3.74

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children No Solicitations No Visitors No Quests Children have alway… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1) book and Isabela Oliveira's It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

5. Six-Gun Snow White

By: Catherynne M. Valente

4.67

Format: 107 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times bestselling author offers a brilliant reinvention of one of the best-known fairy t… read more

Similar categories in Catherynne M. Valente's Six-Gun Snow White book and Isabela Oliveira's It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

Cover of To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit, #1) by Moniquill Blackgoose

6. To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit, #1)

By: Moniquill Blackgoose

4.17

Format: 511 pages, Paperback

A young Indigenous woman enters a colonizer-run dragon academy—and quickly finds herself at odds wi… read more

Similar categories in Moniquill Blackgoose's To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit, #1) book and Isabela Oliveira's It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo

7. A Scatter of Light

By: Malinda Lo

3.87

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Malinda Lo returns to the Bay Area with another masterful coming-of-queer-age … read more

Similar categories in Malinda Lo's A Scatter of Light book and Isabela Oliveira's It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"This is what I’ve learned: The art is greater than you and your feelings. You have to serve it. It is not you. Some people will never understand that, but you need to surround yourself with people wh…"

-Malinda Lo, A Scatter of Light

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8. Time of the Cat

By: Tansy Rayner Roberts

4.20

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s time to take history seriously. The cats and humans of Chronos College know that time trave… read more

Similar categories in Tansy Rayner Roberts's Time of the Cat book and Isabela Oliveira's It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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9. 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 Isabela Oliveira's It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"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

Cover of Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1) by B.B. Alston

10. Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1)

By: B.B. Alston

4.38

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Quinton Peters was the golden boy of the Rosewood low-income housing projects, receiving full schol… read more

Similar categories in B.B. Alston's Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1) book and Isabela Oliveira's It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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11. Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist

By: Judith Heumann

4.48

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of f… read more

Similar categories in Judith Heumann's Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist book and Isabela Oliveira's It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

"When other people see you as a third-class citizen, the first thing you need is a belief in yourself and the knowledge that you have rights. The next thing you need is a group of friends to fight bac…"

-Judith Heumann, Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist

"When someone ignores you, it's an intentional display of power. They're essentially acting like you don't exist, and they do it because they can. They believe that nothing will happen to them. Ignori…"

-Judith Heumann, Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist

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12. Noor

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.82

Format: 214 pages, Hardcover

From Africanfuturist luminary Okorafor comes a new science fiction novel of intense action and thou… read more

Similar categories in Nnedi Okorafor's Noor book and Isabela Oliveira's It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in Verse by Brontez Purnell

13. Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in Verse

By: Brontez Purnell

4.16

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

"This book is brutal and brutally honest, but still perversely addictive because Brontez Purnell is… read more

Similar categories in Brontez Purnell's Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in Verse book and Isabela Oliveira's It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Aces Wild: A Heist by Amanda DeWitt

14. Aces Wild: A Heist

By: Amanda DeWitt

3.78

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

What happens in Vegas when an all-asexual online friend group attempts to break into a high-stakes … read more

Similar categories in Amanda DeWitt's Aces Wild: A Heist book and Isabela Oliveira's It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"Just because you didn't experience sexual attraction didn't mean you didn't you didn't experience romantic feelings. But those romantic feelings didn't look like they did in the movies because, well,…"

-Amanda DeWitt, Aces Wild: A Heist

"It felt like a puzzle, mostly put together but with a piece missing, waiting to be filled. There were plenty of pieces to fill it- gay, straight, bisexual- but none fit quite right. Sometimes I thoug…"

-Amanda DeWitt, Aces Wild: A Heist

Cover of She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1) by Shelley Parker-Chan

15. She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)

By: Shelley Parker-Chan

3.86

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Two-time British Fantasy Award WinnerAstounding Award WinnerLambda Literary Award FinalistHugo Awar… read more

Similar categories in Shelley Parker-Chan's She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1) book and Isabela Oliveira's It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"I can do this. I can learn. I can survive."

-Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)

"Pure emotions are the luxury of children and animals"

-Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)

"What I want has nothing to do with who wins." -Ouyang"

-Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)

"With sufficient competence, there's no need of flattery"

-Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)

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16. Brooms

By: Jasmine Walls

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

YALSA TOP 10 GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS BEST OF THE Booklist · Kirkus · Polygon · Chicago Publ… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Walls's Brooms book and Isabela Oliveira's It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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17. Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses

By: Kristen O'Neal

3.97

Format: 382 pages, Paperback

“Your next favorite horror-comedy.”—Syfy Fangrrls Teen Wolf meets Emergency Contact in this shar… read more

Similar categories in Kristen O'Neal's Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses book and Isabela Oliveira's It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"She said that being a woman means everyone hates your body, and your body hates you."

-Kristen O'Neal, Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses

"People definitely saw me throw a chair at the vending machine,' Spencer says. 'I figure we've got three minutes before security finds us."

-Kristen O'Neal, Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses

"I remember what it felt like to see teeth there, and I catalogue the feeling of seeing the kernels instead, white and burst open. If the teeth were seeds, they look like flowers now, fully bloomed."

-Kristen O'Neal, Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses

"Have you been keeping count this entire time?' I ask frowning. 'Yeah, dude,' he says turning the screen of his phone towards me. 'I downloaded a period tracker app.' I blurt out a laugh, covering my …"

-Kristen O'Neal, Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses

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18. Silk & Steel

By: Janine A. Southard

3.92

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

There are many ways to be a heroine. Princess and swordswoman, lawyer and motorcyclist, scholar … read more

Similar categories in Janine A. Southard's Silk & Steel book and Isabela Oliveira's It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of A Trans Man Walks into a Gay Bar by Harry  Nicholas

19. A Trans Man Walks into a Gay Bar

By: Harry Nicholas

4.07

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

‘On the bookshelves, there was plenty of stuff on being gay, and much needed, joyous accounts of wh… read more

Similar categories in Harry Nicholas's A Trans Man Walks into a Gay Bar book and Isabela Oliveira's It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

  • queer lit
  • adult
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility by Isabela Oliveira

20. It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

By: Isabela Oliveira

4.44

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

These stories are about identity, relationships, and community. They're about hope, acceptance, aff… read more

Similar categories in Isabela Oliveira's It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility book and Isabela Oliveira's It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • anthologies
  • queer lit
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Murder at the Christmas Emporium by Andreina Cordani

21. Murder at the Christmas Emporium

By: Andreina Cordani

3.93

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

It's Christmas at The Emporium, a bespoke gift shop hidden in the depths of London's winding street… read more

Similar categories in Andreina Cordani's Murder at the Christmas Emporium book and Isabela Oliveira's It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

  • fiction

15 must-read fiction books like It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility by Isabela Oliveira

Transform Your Habits

Beauty Queens

Libba Bray

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Babel-17

Samuel R. Delany

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

Theodora Goss

4.20

Transform Your Habits

To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit, #1)

Moniquill Blackgoose

4.17

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16 Best fiction books like The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss

Transform Your Habits

A Treacherous Curse (Veronica Speedwell, #3)

Deanna Raybourn

4.16

Transform Your Habits

A Perilous Undertaking (Veronica Speedwell, #2)

Deanna Raybourn

4.10

Transform Your Habits

The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

Theodora Goss

4.20

Transform Your Habits

A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell, #4)

Deanna Raybourn

4.29

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