12 Top romance books like Fans of the Impossible Life by Kate Scelsa

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Fans of the Impossible Life

By: Kate Scelsa

3.32

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A captivating and profound debut novel about complicated love and the friendships that have the pow…

If you liked the romance plot in Fans of the Impossible Life by Kate Scelsa , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion (Danielle Cain, #1) by Margaret Killjoy

1. The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion (Danielle Cain, #1)

By: Margaret Killjoy

3.61

Format: 130 pages, Kindle Edition

Danielle Cain is a queer punk rock traveller, jaded from a decade on the road. Searching for clues … read more

Similar categories in Margaret Killjoy's The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion (Danielle Cain, #1) book and Kate Scelsa's Fans of the Impossible Life

  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"Always afraid, never a coward"

-Margaret Killjoy, The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion (Danielle Cain, #1)

"On a whim, I went with him. I could always stab him if he tried anything, after all."

-Margaret Killjoy, The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion (Danielle Cain, #1)

"I believe in a messy, imperfect world where we just, collectively or individually, figure things out."

-Margaret Killjoy, The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion (Danielle Cain, #1)

"I've got a long history of scraping together little moments of peace in the midst of hardship, and cooking is a great way to do that."

-Margaret Killjoy, The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion (Danielle Cain, #1)

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2. Blood of Wonderland (Queen of Hearts Saga, #2)

By: Colleen Oakes

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The queen will rise. Dinah has been exiled from Wonderland. The vicious father she always feared… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Oakes's Blood of Wonderland (Queen of Hearts Saga, #2) book and Kate Scelsa's Fans of the Impossible Life

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
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3. Release

By: Patrick Ness

4.43

Format: None pages, Paperback

Inspired by Mrs Dallowayand Judy Blume's Forever, Release is one day in the life of Adam Thorn, 17.… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Ness's Release book and Kate Scelsa's Fans of the Impossible Life

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer

4. At the Edge of the Universe

By: Shaun David Hutchinson

2.62

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Tommy and Ozzie have been best friends since second grade, and boyfriends since eighth. They spent … read more

Similar categories in Shaun David Hutchinson's At the Edge of the Universe book and Kate Scelsa's Fans of the Impossible Life

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Awaken (Awaken, #1) by Katie Kacvinsky, Katie  Ray

5. Awaken (Awaken, #1)

By: Katie Kacvinsky , Katie Ray

4.27

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Maddie lives in a world where everything is done on the computer. Whether it's to go to school or o… read more

Similar categories in Katie Kacvinsky's Awaken (Awaken, #1) book and Kate Scelsa's Fans of the Impossible Life

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
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6. Fans of the Impossible Life

By: Kate Scelsa

3.32

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A captivating and profound debut novel about complicated love and the friendships that have the pow… read more

Similar categories in Kate Scelsa's Fans of the Impossible Life book and Kate Scelsa's Fans of the Impossible Life

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

7. Queen of Hearts (Queen of Hearts Saga, #1)

By: Colleen Oakes

4.27

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

Only queens with hearts can bleed. This is not the story of the Wonderland we know. Alice has not f… read more

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8. The Love Interest

By: Cale Dietrich

3.87

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

There is a secret organization that cultivates teenage spies. The agents are called Love Interests … read more

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9. The Memory of Light

By: Francisco X. Stork

4.36

Format: 209 pages, Hardcover

16-year-old Vicky Cruz wakes up in a hospital's mental ward after a failed suicide attempt. Now she… read more

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10. Optimists Die First

By: Susin Nielsen

3.94

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Life ahead: Proceed with caution. Sixteen-year-old Petula De Wilde is anything but wild. A family t… read more

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11. Birthday

By: Meredith Russo

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Boyhood meets The Sun Is Also a Star in this unconventional love story by award-winning author Mere… read more

Similar categories in Meredith Russo's Birthday book and Kate Scelsa's Fans of the Impossible Life

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I bury my face in the crook of his neck and laugh at nothing in particular, at how funny the world can be, at how weird it is that he’s a boy. How weird it is that he’s a boy."

-Meredith Russo, Birthday

"If I were gay and I heard everyone around me constantly calling everything they don't like gay and yelling 'fag!' at the drop of a hat, maybe that would make it hard to come out even to people I care…"

-Meredith Russo, Birthday

"My thoughts drift to Mom and I wonder if I would have been able to tell her how I felt wrong in my own body, if she would have understood. Mom was sensitive, and soft-spoken, and always kind—even to …"

-Meredith Russo, Birthday

"I put one of my headphones back in, watch the road drift by, and try not to think about how Eric couldn’t hear me at the water park, and how my secret is still safe, and how Eric looked cute without …"

-Meredith Russo, Birthday

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12. 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 Kate Scelsa's Fans of the Impossible Life

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

Cover of War of the Cards (Queen of Hearts Saga, #3) by Colleen Oakes

13. War of the Cards (Queen of Hearts Saga, #3)

By: Colleen Oakes

4.00

Format: 352 pages, ebook

The final book in the twisted YA trilogy re-imagining of the origin story of the Queen of Hearts. … read more

Similar categories in Colleen Oakes's War of the Cards (Queen of Hearts Saga, #3) book and Kate Scelsa's Fans of the Impossible Life

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"I am the queen,"

-Colleen Oakes, War of the Cards (Queen of Hearts Saga, #3)

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14. Sick Kids in Love

By: Hannah Moskowitz

4.11

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Isabel has one rule: no dating. It's easier-- It's safer-- It's better-- --for the other person… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Moskowitz's Sick Kids in Love book and Kate Scelsa's Fans of the Impossible Life

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Do you ever just…"

-Hannah Moskowitz, Sick Kids in Love

"I mean, I certainly find being sick only affects me in really specific situations,"

-Hannah Moskowitz, Sick Kids in Love

"A good relationship isn't something you have to gather up strength to do, it's where you recharge."

-Hannah Moskowitz, Sick Kids in Love

"There should be Oscars for real life, and we should give them to all the people who are still married."

-Hannah Moskowitz, Sick Kids in Love

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

15. 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 Kate Scelsa's Fans of the Impossible Life

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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16. Icarus

By: K. Ancrum

4.08

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, this… read more

Similar categories in K. Ancrum's Icarus book and Kate Scelsa's Fans of the Impossible Life

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi

17. I Hope You Get This Message

By: Farah Naz Rishi

3.53

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Seven days. Seven days. The Earth might end in seven days. When news stations start reporting th… read more

Similar categories in Farah Naz Rishi's I Hope You Get This Message book and Kate Scelsa's Fans of the Impossible Life

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Being gay is not a fruit-borne disease, you idiot."

-Farah Naz Rishi, I Hope You Get This Message

"Only five seconds of thought stand between you and a crap-ton of regret."

-Farah Naz Rishi, I Hope You Get This Message

"Just because you’ve lost all hope doesn’t mean you get to throw out hope for all of us."

-Farah Naz Rishi, I Hope You Get This Message

"The thing about the end of the world was this: either everything mattered, or nothing did."

-Farah Naz Rishi, I Hope You Get This Message

Cover of My Fair Brady by Brian D. Kennedy

18. 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 Kate Scelsa's Fans of the Impossible Life

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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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 Kate Scelsa's Fans of the Impossible Life

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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20. The River Has Teeth

By: Erica Waters

3.85

Format: 400 pages, ebook

Natasha’s sister is missing. Her car was found abandoned on the edge of a local nature preserve … read more

Similar categories in Erica Waters's The River Has Teeth book and Kate Scelsa's Fans of the Impossible Life

  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"Seemed like it was always the greed of men that undid a successful woman."

-Erica Waters, The River Has Teeth

"There will always be men in the world who want to control and hurt and kill us. Men who drug us and drive us off roads and hit us with their fists. Men who take girls and make them their toys. Men wh…"

-Erica Waters, The River Has Teeth

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21. Girotondo

By: Sergio Rossi

3.37

Format: 179 pages, Paperback

Un girotondo di amori, amicizia, innamoramenti, cotte, tradimenti nella Bologna contemporanea. La v… read more

Similar categories in Sergio Rossi's Girotondo book and Kate Scelsa's Fans of the Impossible Life

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer

15 Best fiction books like Fans of the Impossible Life by Kate Scelsa

Transform Your Habits

The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion (Danielle Cain, #1)

Margaret Killjoy

3.61

Transform Your Habits

Blood of Wonderland (Queen of Hearts Saga, #2)

Colleen Oakes

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Release

Patrick Ness

4.43

At the Edge of the Universe

Shaun David Hutchinson

2.62

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17 must-read fiction books like The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle, #1) by Leslie Vedder

Transform Your Habits

Home Field Advantage

Dahlia Adler

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Sofi and the Bone Song

Adrienne Tooley

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches

Kate Scelsa

3.72

Transform Your Habits

So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)

Kamilah Cole

3.90

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