9 Top romance books like Proud by Juno Dawson

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Proud

By: Juno Dawson

4.24

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

VISIONARY HONOURS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 Celebrate the fifth anniversary of PROUD in this dazzlin…

If you liked the romance plot in Proud by Juno Dawson , here is a list of 9 books like this:

1. The Art of Being Normal

By: Lisa Williamson

4.45

Format: 122 pages, Hardcover

Two boys. Two secrets. David Piper has always been an outsider. His parents think he's gay. The sch… read more

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2. This Winter

By: Alice Oseman

3.64

Format: 216 pages, ebook

A short story, based on characters from Solitaire - praised as 'The Catcher in the Rye for the digi… read more

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3. Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5)

By: Alice Oseman

4.49

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about l… read more

Similar categories in Alice Oseman's Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5) book and Juno Dawson's Proud

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Una parte de la intimidad consiste en confiar en alguien lo suficiente como para renunciar a una parte de ese control. Y eso, a veces, es muy difícil. Pero es importante que recuerdes que, si Nick y …"

-Alice Oseman, Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5)

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4. The Dos and Donuts of Love

By: Adiba Jaigirdar

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A pun-filled YA contemporary romance, The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar finds a teenage… read more

Similar categories in Adiba Jaigirdar's The Dos and Donuts of Love book and Juno Dawson's Proud

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Food is a big part of my culture, especially sweet foods. When you're Bangladeshi, you're taught that any good news or celebration has to be accompanied with some sweet food. Every time you visit som…"

-Adiba Jaigirdar, The Dos and Donuts of Love

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5. Proud

By: Juno Dawson

4.24

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

VISIONARY HONOURS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 Celebrate the fifth anniversary of PROUD in this dazzlin… read more

Similar categories in Juno Dawson's Proud book and Juno Dawson's Proud

  • romance
  • poetry
  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Being Ace: An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection by Madeline Dyer

6. Being Ace: An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection

By: Madeline Dyer

3.98

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Discover the infinite realms of asexual love across sci-fi, fantasy, and contemporary storiesFrom a… read more

Similar categories in Madeline Dyer's Being Ace: An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection book and Juno Dawson's Proud

  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Basil and Oregano by Melissa Capriglione

7. Basil and Oregano

By: Melissa Capriglione

3.86

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Mix two parts The Great British Bake Off with one-part magical boarding school plus a generous dash… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Capriglione's Basil and Oregano book and Juno Dawson's Proud

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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8. Starfish

By: Akemi Dawn Bowman

4.19

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

A half-Japanese teen grapples with social anxiety and her narcissist mother in the wake of a crushi… read more

Similar categories in Akemi Dawn Bowman's Starfish book and Juno Dawson's Proud

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"I feel like I'm the one made out of paper."

-Akemi Dawn Bowman, Starfish

"I'd rather have an ugly face than an ugly heart."

-Akemi Dawn Bowman, Starfish

"I live my life in the small space between "uncomfortable and "awkward."

-Akemi Dawn Bowman, Starfish

"If I can’t figure out how to live on my own一how to do things on my own一how am I supposed to live at all?"

-Akemi Dawn Bowman, Starfish

Cover of All the Bad Apples by Moïra Fowley-Doyle

9. All the Bad Apples

By: Moïra Fowley-Doyle

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The day after the funeral all our mourning clothes hung out on the line like sleeping bats. 'This w… read more

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  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • queer
"They survived on the bare bones of hope."

-Moïra Fowley-Doyle, All the Bad Apples

"Rumors spread on nights like this, under the cold darkness."

-Moïra Fowley-Doyle, All the Bad Apples

"There’s great power in sharing stories. In connecting. In speaking truths."

-Moïra Fowley-Doyle, All the Bad Apples

"Our family tree blew down in a gale and we are the bad apples it shook off."

-Moïra Fowley-Doyle, All the Bad Apples

Cover of Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

10. Blessings

By: Chukwuebuka Ibeh

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Moonlight meets Purple Hibiscus in this gay coming-of-age novel from an astonishing young talent, s… read more

Similar categories in Chukwuebuka Ibeh's Blessings book and Juno Dawson's Proud

  • contemporary
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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11. When I See Blue

By: Lily Bailey

4.49

Format: None pages, Paperback

New town, new school, but the bully is in Ben's head ... There are 4 things you should know abou… read more

Similar categories in Lily Bailey's When I See Blue book and Juno Dawson's Proud

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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12. If You Still Recognise Me

By: Cynthia So

4.05

Format: 409 pages, Paperback

Elsie has a crush on Ada, the only person in the world who truly understands her. Unfortunately, th… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia So's If You Still Recognise Me book and Juno Dawson's Proud

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I wonder if Ada would be able to feel the sapphic vibes if she could see the things she and I wrote to each other through the eyes of someone who was an outsider to our friendship."

-Cynthia So, If You Still Recognise Me

"And I lie down and look at the ceiling, and I wonder how adults learn to love with this feeling that the past is always growing bigger, that you're always losing mroe of yourself to it."

-Cynthia So, If You Still Recognise Me

"I didn't truly believe it back then. That I deserved to be seen. I do now, though. I do. And being seen requires being open about myself. Joan looks at me, soft, patient. I want to be seen."

-Cynthia So, If You Still Recognise Me

"There's nothing like meeting someone and feeling comfortable with them instantly. That to me is the closest thing we have to magic in the world. The inexplicable connection that we just feel, right a…"

-Cynthia So, If You Still Recognise Me

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13. Rick

By: Alex Gino

4.07

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of George, the story of a boy named Rick who needs to explore his own… read more

Similar categories in Alex Gino's Rick book and Juno Dawson's Proud

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Dad says I’m a late bloomer.' 'Maybe. Or maybe you’re blooming now, and you’re just not the kind of flower he was expecting."

-Alex Gino, Rick

Cover of When I Feel Red by Lily Bailey

14. When I Feel Red

By: Lily Bailey

4.47

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

'I feel like I'm always ... last. Like I'm running to try and keep up with everyone but it's no goo… read more

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Cover of Love Frankie by Jacqueline Wilson

15. Love Frankie

By: Jacqueline Wilson

3.89

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

GROWING UP. FALLING IN LOVE. COMING OUT. Frankie is nearly fourteen and teenage life certainly c… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Wilson's Love Frankie book and Juno Dawson's Proud

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White

16. 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 Juno Dawson's Proud

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"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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17. All the Invisible Things

By: Orlagh Collins

3.57

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A warm, witty, important story about being a young woman today, and what it's like to find a real c… read more

Similar categories in Orlagh Collins's All the Invisible Things book and Juno Dawson's Proud

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Dangerous Remedy (Battalion of the Dead, #1) by Kat Dunn

18. Dangerous Remedy (Battalion of the Dead, #1)

By: Kat Dunn

3.49

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Camille, a revolutionary's daughter, leads a band of outcasts – a runaway girl, a deserter, an aris… read more

Similar categories in Kat Dunn's Dangerous Remedy (Battalion of the Dead, #1) book and Juno Dawson's Proud

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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19. This Story Is a Lie

By: Tom Pollock

3.85

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A YA thriller described as The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time meets John le Carré, a… read more

Similar categories in Tom Pollock's This Story Is a Lie book and Juno Dawson's Proud

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"We know you sometimes have a tricky time adjusting to stress."

-Tom Pollock, This Story Is a Lie

"There’s no such thing as plain text; there are only codes you understand and codes you don’t."

-Tom Pollock, This Story Is a Lie

"The difference between 495 and 620 nanometres on the length of a light wave is the difference between blue and red. The difference between 54 and 56 kilos of uranium is the difference between a very …"

-Tom Pollock, This Story Is a Lie

"A Caesar shift is about the simplest code in the world – perfect for the Roman emperor who’s long on secrets but short on time. To make one, you just write out the alphabet, A to Z, then pick a secre…"

-Tom Pollock, This Story Is a Lie

Cover of The End Crowns All by Bea Fitzgerald

20. The End Crowns All

By: Bea Fitzgerald

4.25

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The second fierce, fresh and gloriously romantic YA Greek myth re-imagining, from Bea Fitzgerald, g… read more

Similar categories in Bea Fitzgerald's The End Crowns All book and Juno Dawson's Proud

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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21. All That It Ever Meant

By: Blessing Musariri

3.90

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Family, grief, ghosts, and a mystery: this clever and compelling young adult novel heralds a master… read more

Similar categories in Blessing Musariri's All That It Ever Meant book and Juno Dawson's Proud

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • contemporary

16 Top fiction books like Proud by Juno Dawson

Transform Your Habits

Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5)

Alice Oseman

4.49

Transform Your Habits

The Dos and Donuts of Love

Adiba Jaigirdar

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Proud

Juno Dawson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Being Ace: An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection

Madeline Dyer

3.98

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20 Best fiction books like Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

Transform Your Habits

Born on a Tuesday

Elnathan John

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Henry Henry

Allen Bratton

3.65

Transform Your Habits

Evenings and Weekends

Oisín McKenna

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Blessings

Chukwuebuka Ibeh

4.20

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