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 …
Want to Read $ 8.99"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 who do understand it. And you need to understand it yourself. Whatever you’re creating may come from within you and your life, but then—almost like a child, it comes out of your body and it grows up and walks away. It walks away and affects other people you don’t know and have never met. That’s the beauty of it, and the reason I keep trying new things. You never know who it will effect."-Malinda Lo, A Scatter of Light
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1. Girls Like Girls
By: Hayley Kiyoko
3.74
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Trailblazing pop star, actor, and director, Hayley Kiyoko debuts her first novel, a coming-of-age r… read more
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- romance
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- audiobook
- gay
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
2. Don't Want You Like a Best Friend (Mischief & Matchmaking, #1)
By: Emma R. Alban
3.82
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A swoon-worthy debut queer Victorian romance in which two debutantes distract themselves from havin… read more
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- romance
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- fiction
- historical fiction
- queer
3. Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3)
By: Ashley Herring Blake
4.14
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
Everyone around Iris Kelly is in love. Her best friends are all coupled up, her siblings have partn… read more
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- contemporary
- queer
4. Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2)
By: Ashley Herring Blake
4.05
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
An interior designer learns to rebuild her love life from the ground up with zero blueprints in thi… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- audiobook
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"Sexuality is complicated. It’s not static. People change and sexuality can change too."-Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2)
"Astrid Parker was loved, no matter what her mother thought of her. No matter what choices she made. And that love gave her the courage to choose herself."-Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2)
5. Cleat Cute
By: Meryl Wilsner
3.77
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
A sapphic rivals to lovers rom com for fans of Ted Lasso and A League of Their Own, where two socce… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- audiobook
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"Lesbian is important to me," Phoebe says. "The world likes to act like it's a porn category, not an identity. It took me a while to realize it wasn't. I want other girls like me to know it's a beauti…"-Meryl Wilsner, Cleat Cute
6. 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
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- romance
- lesbian
- audiobook
- gay
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
- queer
"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
7. We Deserve Monuments
By: Jas Hammonds
4.30
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Family secrets, a swoon-worthy romance, and a slow-burn mystery collide in We Deserve Monuments, a … read more
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- audiobook
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- young adult
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- contemporary
- queer
"Home to the richest soil on Earth. A Great Place to Grow!"-Jas Hammonds, We Deserve Monuments
8. Delilah Green Doesn't Care (Bright Falls, #1)
By: Ashley Herring Blake
4.08
Format: 375 pages, Paperback
A clever and steamy queer romantic comedy about taking chances and accepting love—with all its comp… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- audiobook
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"And Delilah had gotten through life by putting herself first, only concentrating herself with what she knew was true, because she’d learned a long time ago that she couldn’t control anyone but hersel…"-Ashley Herring Blake, Delilah Green Doesn't Care (Bright Falls, #1)
9. Mistakes Were Made
By: Meryl Wilsner
3.95
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
From the critically acclaimed author of Something To Talk About comes a sharp and sexy rom-com abou… read more
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- audiobook
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- contemporary
- queer
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10. 6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]
By: Tess Sharpe
4.19
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Six moments lead us to two girls, one kiss, and three little words that were maybe always true in t… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- audiobook
- gay
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"I'm sorry you had to put all your feelings to the side so you could help me." "I'm not," she says fiercely. "I can, in fact, be mad at you and help you at the same time. It's called being emotionally…"-Tess Sharpe, 6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]
11. Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh
By: Rachael Lippincott
3.98
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
What if you found a once-in-a-lifetime love…just not in your lifetime? Audrey Cameron has lost h… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- queer
12. Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
By: Lex Croucher
4.01
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Heartstopper meets A Knight’s Tale in this queer medieval rom-com YA debut about love, friendship, … read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- queer
"To be afraid you must have something you cannot bear to lose."-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
"You know fathers aren't always right just by virtue of being fathers."-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
"Not everybody lives for the triumphs and defeats, the epic highs and lows of the little black and white squares"-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
"The problem with compromise is that... you sit on the fence for so long that you discover you've built a kingdom on it."-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
13. How to Excavate a Heart
By: Jake Maia Arlow
3.81
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
It all starts when Shani runs into May. Like, literally. With her mom’s Subaru. Attempted vehicu… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- audiobook
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"I didn't use the word lesbian to describe myself until this year, though, which is when I chopped off all my hair and flirted with veganism"-Jake Maia Arlow, How to Excavate a Heart
14. Imogen, Obviously
By: Becky Albertalli
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
With humor and insight, #1 New York Times bestseller Becky Albertalli explores the nuances of sexua… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- audiobook
- gay
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"Every breath she breathes feels like a love letter."-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously
"1987: the world’s biggest pancake ever (well, at the time). My parents actually got to eat part of it!"-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously
"So which one of us is more queer?" "Well," I pause, "I'd have to see the two of you trying to sit in chairs."-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously
"Tessa’s eyes catch mine, and her lips tug up at the corners, just barely. And the noise in my brain falls away. All the times I said I’m straight. All the times everyone’s said I’m straight. There it…"-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously
15. 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
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- romance
- lesbian
- audiobook
- gay
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"…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
16. She Gets the Girl
By: Rachael Lippincott
4.11
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
She’s All That meets What If It’s Us in this swoon-worthy hate-to-love YA romantic comedy from #1 N… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- audiobook
- gay
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"Money's not as important as doing what you love."-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl
"That's how I knew you were lying that night. I know the real you. Just like you know the real me."-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl
"There's something reassuring in books and stories older than you are. Still talked about long after they've been written and long after their writers die. When the world around you is on fire, there'…"-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl
"And… all at once I see the truth. She never wanted to listen to me. Never was really there for me. She just wanted to control me. This isn’t love. The fighting. The lack of trust. Feeling like I’m wa…"-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl
17. Here We Go Again
By: Alison Cochrun
4.17
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
The author of Kiss Her Once for Me returns with a new queer rom-com following once childhood best f… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- audiobook
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
18. Forget Me Not
By: Alyson Derrick
4.26
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A romantic ode to the strength of love and the power of choosing each other, against odds and obsta… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- audiobook
- gay
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
19. If Tomorrow Doesn't Come
By: Jen St. Jude
4.19
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
We Are Okay meets They Both Die at the End in this YA debut about queer first love and mental healt… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"There's nothing to know." Except I'm in love with you, I can never tell you that, and I know you'll be happier without me."-Jen St. Jude, If Tomorrow Doesn't Come
"We were never just friends, were we?’ I tried to remember. Had there ever been a time when my heart didn’t race around her? When my hands weren’t drawn to her hands? When fighting with her didn’t fee…"-Jen St. Jude, If Tomorrow Doesn't Come
"If I was drowning on land, in oxygen, maybe the floor of the river was the only place I’d be able to breathe. [...] I thought, again, I’m so tired. I’m such a disappointment. I don’t want to do this …"-Jen St. Jude, If Tomorrow Doesn't Come
20. Just as You Are
By: Camille Kellogg
3.75
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Equal parts witty and steamy, this debut rom-com brings a healthy dose of queerness and a whole lot… read more
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- audiobook
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21. That Summer Feeling
By: Bridget Morrissey
3.76
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Turns out you're never too old for a summer camp romance. Or a change of heart. When a divorced wom… read more
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- romance
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- audiobook
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- contemporary
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"Signs didn't just exist to tell me where to go. Sometimes signs reminded me of what I needed to avoid."-Bridget Morrissey, That Summer Feeling
"That's who I was to my core---a person who believed in magic. Who found secrets tucked into the fabric of the universe. Who wished on shooting stars and took leaps of faith based on nothing but feeli…"-Bridget Morrissey, That Summer Feeling
"I'd always known to my parents, love meant suffering. It meant enduring everything, no matter how bad. Only something publicly shameful was worth splitting up over. Even then, a case could be made fo…"-Bridget Morrissey, That Summer Feeling
"Ethan sat besides me, watching as he always did. An observer of life not unlike my sister. A lot of the time, I'd felt it was up to me to be the one who shimmered enough for the both of us. And I did…"-Bridget Morrissey, That Summer Feeling
