20 Best queer books like Playing the Palace by Paul Rudnick

Cover of Playing the Palace by Paul   Rudnick

Playing the Palace

By: Paul Rudnick

3.22

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

THEIR LOVE STORY CAPTIVATED THE WORLD…THE CROWN PRINCE AND THAT GUY FROM NEW YORK When a lonely …

If you liked the queer plot in Playing the Palace by Paul Rudnick , here is a list of 20 books like this:

1. His Royal Secret (His Royal Secret, #1)

By: Lilah Pace

3.94

Format: 336 pages,

James, the handsome, cosmopolitan Prince of Wales, is used to being in the public eye. But he's kee… read more

Similar categories in Lilah Pace's His Royal Secret (His Royal Secret, #1) book and Paul Rudnick's Playing the Palace

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2. Best Men

By: Sidney Karger

3.34

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

When two best men in a wedding party fall for each other, they realize love isn't a piece of cake i… read more

Similar categories in Sidney Karger's Best Men book and Paul Rudnick's Playing the Palace

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
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3. Playing the Palace

By: Paul Rudnick

3.22

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

THEIR LOVE STORY CAPTIVATED THE WORLD…THE CROWN PRINCE AND THAT GUY FROM NEW YORK When a lonely … read more

Similar categories in Paul Rudnick's Playing the Palace book and Paul Rudnick's Playing the Palace

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Out of Character (True Colors, #2) by Annabeth Albert

4. Out of Character (True Colors, #2)

By: Annabeth Albert

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

It's friends-to-enemies-to-friends-to-lovers in this LGBTQIA+ Romance for fans of Red, White & Roya… read more

Similar categories in Annabeth Albert's Out of Character (True Colors, #2) book and Paul Rudnick's Playing the Palace

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1) by Alison Cochrun

5. The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1)

By: Alison Cochrun

4.13

Format: 354 pages, Paperback

Dev Deshpande has always believed in fairy tales. So it’s no wonder then that he’s spent his career… read more

Similar categories in Alison Cochrun's The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1) book and Paul Rudnick's Playing the Palace

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
"Why have I let the world convince me I’m not enough without romance?"

-Alison Cochrun, The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1)

"Because slow and careful is what Charlie needs, and because Dev is a little bit obsessed with being what Charlie needs."

-Alison Cochrun, The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1)

"I don't think happily ever after is something that happens to you, Dev. I think it's something you choose to do for yourself."

-Alison Cochrun, The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1)

"labels can be nice sometimes, They can give us a language to understand ourselves and our hearts better. And they can help us find a community and develop a sense of belonging."

-Alison Cochrun, The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1)

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6. A Little Bit Country

By: Brian D. Kennedy

3.87

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Emmett Maguire wants to be country music’s biggest gay superstar – a far reach when you’re seventee… read more

Similar categories in Brian D. Kennedy's A Little Bit Country book and Paul Rudnick's Playing the Palace

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"If you’re comfortable and supported in the life you were meant to be living, why go back to pretending to be someone you’re not? Lying to everyone and always having to watch your back isn’t healthy."

-Brian D. Kennedy, A Little Bit Country

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7. The [Fake] Dating Game

By: Timothy Janovsky

3.66

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Ready. Set. Faux . Holden James picked the worst time to have a meltdown. His chance to audit… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Janovsky's The [Fake] Dating Game book and Paul Rudnick's Playing the Palace

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
"Because, despite everything, I want to see the good in people"

-Timothy Janovsky, The [Fake] Dating Game

"Amber bulbs dangle on white strings above our heads, making everyone in the restaurant look like a cartoon character with a bright idea."

-Timothy Janovsky, The [Fake] Dating Game

"Under the roar of the crowd, Leo whispers into my ear. "You are full of surprises." "On the night we met, you said surprises aren't all they're cracked up to be." "You're the exception to the rule." …"

-Timothy Janovsky, The [Fake] Dating Game

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8. If This Gets Out

By: Sophie Gonzales

3.92

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Eighteen-year-olds Ruben Montez and Zach Knight are two members of the boy-band Saturday, one of th… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Gonzales's If This Gets Out book and Paul Rudnick's Playing the Palace

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Yeah but he's my- Ruben"

-Sophie Gonzales, If This Gets Out

"I slow my step as a spark of realization pricks in the back of my mind. Shut it down. Crush the thought. Is the truth that I don't get strong crushes on guys the way I get on girls? Or is the truth t…"

-Sophie Gonzales, If This Gets Out

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9. An Unexpected Kind of Love

By: Hayden Stone

3.55

Format: 329 pages, ebook

Bookstore owner Aubrey Barnes likes his quiet, orderly London life, thank you very much. His shop m… read more

Similar categories in Hayden Stone's An Unexpected Kind of Love book and Paul Rudnick's Playing the Palace

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Love, Hate & Clickbait by Liz Bowery

10. Love, Hate & Clickbait

By: Liz Bowery

3.64

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Cutthroat political consultant Thom Morgan is thriving, working on the governor of California’s pre… read more

Similar categories in Liz Bowery's Love, Hate & Clickbait book and Paul Rudnick's Playing the Palace

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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11. When London Snow Falls (When Snow Falls, #2)

By: Hayden Stone

3.67

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Charlie Renfrew is too busy and too broke for a love life. There’s no room in a schedule crammed wi… read more

Similar categories in Hayden Stone's When London Snow Falls (When Snow Falls, #2) book and Paul Rudnick's Playing the Palace

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • queer
Cover of Husband Material (London Calling, #2) by Alexis  Hall

12. Husband Material (London Calling, #2)

By: Alexis Hall

3.56

Format: 423 pages, Kindle Edition

Wanted: One (very real) husband Nowhere near perfect but desperately trying his best In BOYF… read more

Similar categories in Alexis Hall's Husband Material (London Calling, #2) book and Paul Rudnick's Playing the Palace

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Unlikely Heir (Unlikely Dilemmas, #1) by Jax Calder

13. The Unlikely Heir (Unlikely Dilemmas, #1)

By: Jax Calder

4.24

Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition

What happens when the Prince of Wales falls in love with the Prime Minister? My boring life work… read more

Similar categories in Jax Calder's The Unlikely Heir (Unlikely Dilemmas, #1) book and Paul Rudnick's Playing the Palace

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Wear It Like a Crown by Zarah Detand

14. Wear It Like a Crown

By: Zarah Detand

4.11

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

A royal coming out needs a professional touch. When rebellious Leo, an ex-Etonian with a dark past… read more

Similar categories in Zarah Detand's Wear It Like a Crown book and Paul Rudnick's Playing the Palace

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of New Adult (Boy Meets Boy #3) by Timothy Janovsky

15. New Adult (Boy Meets Boy #3)

By: Timothy Janovsky

3.99

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Nolan Baker longs to be "thirty, flirty and thriving" in this charmingly quirky LGBTQIA+ romance th… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Janovsky's New Adult (Boy Meets Boy #3) book and Paul Rudnick's Playing the Palace

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Boyfriend Material (London Calling, #1) by Alexis  Hall

16. Boyfriend Material (London Calling, #1)

By: Alexis Hall

4.00

Format: 425 pages, Paperback

When tangentially ― and reluctantly ― famous Luc O'Donnell is forced back into the spotlight in the… read more

Similar categories in Alexis Hall's Boyfriend Material (London Calling, #1) book and Paul Rudnick's Playing the Palace

  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
"Well, isn’t this cosy."

-Alexis Hall, Boyfriend Material (London Calling, #1)

"You really do own your illiteracy, don’t you?"

-Alexis Hall, Boyfriend Material (London Calling, #1)

"You know you’re wearing pyjamas wrong, right?"

-Alexis Hall, Boyfriend Material (London Calling, #1)

"It will never stop hurting but it will stop mattering."

-Alexis Hall, Boyfriend Material (London Calling, #1)

Cover of 10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1) by Alexis  Hall

17. 10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1)

By: Alexis Hall

3.91

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Fake amnesia. Real feelings? Real problems. Sam Becker loves―or, okay, likes―his job. Sure, man… read more

Similar categories in Alexis Hall's 10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1) book and Paul Rudnick's Playing the Palace

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
"I don't think he'll be able to tell. Memory is peculiar. Worst comes to absolute worst, I'll just arrange to get whacked on the head again and say that's brought everything back." "That's not a thing…"

-Alexis Hall, 10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1)

Cover of Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2) by Alexis  Hall

18. Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)

By: Alexis Hall

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

People come as well as go. Twelve years ago, Edwin Tully came to Oxford and fell in love with a … read more

Similar categories in Alexis Hall's Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2) book and Paul Rudnick's Playing the Palace

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • queer
"I don't need you to take care of me." "No, you need a kick up the arse."

-Alexis Hall, Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)

"To gather up the dust of my heart and scatter it again on the winds of hope."

-Alexis Hall, Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)

"It's d-d-dishonourable to peek at someone else's cards." "Cribbage is cutthroat."

-Alexis Hall, Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)

"He grinned, teeth and dimples and freckles moving like dust in a ray of sunlight. "Ayup, petal." Oh "

-Alexis Hall, Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)

Cover of Conventionally Yours (True Colors, #1) by Annabeth Albert

19. Conventionally Yours (True Colors, #1)

By: Annabeth Albert

3.85

Format: 389 pages, Paperback

When two "big name fans" go head-to-head at a convention, love isn't the only thing at stake. Ch… read more

Similar categories in Annabeth Albert's Conventionally Yours (True Colors, #1) book and Paul Rudnick's Playing the Palace

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I did not want to spend days on end in a car with someone who made no secret of not liking me, even though he got along with almost everyone else. Something about the two of us was like mixing Diet C…"

-Annabeth Albert, Conventionally Yours (True Colors, #1)

"You can't kill me," I said. "You don't have the strength." "In reality, I was already dead. My fate had been sealed by my own stupidity, but I wasn't going down with a whimper. No, the last of my lif…"

-Annabeth Albert, Conventionally Yours (True Colors, #1)

Cover of Never Been Kissed (Boy Meets Boy, #1) by Timothy Janovsky

20. Never Been Kissed (Boy Meets Boy, #1)

By: Timothy Janovsky

3.67

Format: 279 pages, Paperback

Dear (never-been-quite-over-you) Crush, It's been a few years since we were together, but I can't … read more

Similar categories in Timothy Janovsky's Never Been Kissed (Boy Meets Boy, #1) book and Paul Rudnick's Playing the Palace

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"With only the stars as my witness, I kiss him again, deeper, and to my surprise, it doesn’t feel like scratching an act off a list or completing a quest: it feels like coming home."

-Timothy Janovsky, Never Been Kissed (Boy Meets Boy, #1)

"Because I know for certain the cardboard version of himself he’s been asked for years to display in the storefront of his family life has been incinerated for good. He’s flesh and blood right now, fl…"

-Timothy Janovsky, Never Been Kissed (Boy Meets Boy, #1)

"It’s nice to hear him so self-aware. To know that the seismic waves of coming out are still rippling through him too. I thought I was alone in that. Everyone makes it seem like coming out is crossing…"

-Timothy Janovsky, Never Been Kissed (Boy Meets Boy, #1)

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21. The Spare

By: Miranda Dubner

3.92

Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition

"I'm publicly bisexual now, I'll make all the musical theatre references I please. I'll belt Cole P… read more

Similar categories in Miranda Dubner's The Spare book and Paul Rudnick's Playing the Palace

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer

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