9 must-read lgbt books like Spin by Rebecca Caprara

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Spin

By: Rebecca Caprara

4.25

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

The Song of Achilles and Circe get a sapphic, young adult twist in this gorgeously lush, feminist r…

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1. Nigeria Jones

By: Ibi Zoboi

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Warrior Princess. That’s what Nigeria’s father calls her. He’s raised her as part of the Movemen… read more

Similar categories in Ibi Zoboi's Nigeria Jones book and Rebecca Caprara's Spin

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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2. Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy

By: Faith Erin Hicks

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

New York Times bestseller Faith Erin Hicks is back with Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy , a young adult… read more

Similar categories in Faith Erin Hicks's Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy book and Rebecca Caprara's Spin

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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3. Ryan and Avery

By: David Levithan

3.89

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of EVERY DAY, this is a queer love story for the ages--t… read more

Similar categories in David Levithan's Ryan and Avery book and Rebecca Caprara's Spin

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"When Ryan's pickup appears within the snowfall, Avery's heart becomes the opposite of snowfall-that strange, windblown moment when you look and see the snow is actually drifting upward. Snowrise. Whe…"

-David Levithan, Ryan and Avery

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4. Lunar New Year Love Story

By: Gene Luen Yang

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com ab… read more

Similar categories in Gene Luen Yang's Lunar New Year Love Story book and Rebecca Caprara's Spin

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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5. Plan A

By: Deb Caletti

4.02

Format: 416 pages, Library Binding

A sixteen-year-old girl’s road trip across the country to get an abortion becomes a transformative … read more

Similar categories in Deb Caletti's Plan A book and Rebecca Caprara's Spin

  • fiction
  • young adult
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6. Spin

By: Rebecca Caprara

4.25

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

The Song of Achilles and Circe get a sapphic, young adult twist in this gorgeously lush, feminist r… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Caprara's Spin book and Rebecca Caprara's Spin

  • lesbian
  • poetry
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • greek mythology
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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7. All the Fighting Parts

By: Hannah V. Sawyerr

4.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, a searing and defiant novel in verse about reclaiming agency a… read more

Similar categories in Hannah V. Sawyerr's All the Fighting Parts book and Rebecca Caprara's Spin

  • poetry
  • fiction
  • young adult
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8. Saints of the Household

By: Ari Tison

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town--tol… read more

Similar categories in Ari Tison's Saints of the Household book and Rebecca Caprara's Spin

  • poetry
  • fiction
  • young adult
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9. Mirror to Mirror

By: Rajani LaRocca

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In Rajani LaRocca’s breathtaking follow-up to the Newbery Honor– and Walter Award–winning Red, Whit… read more

Similar categories in Rajani LaRocca's Mirror to Mirror book and Rebecca Caprara's Spin

  • poetry
  • fiction
  • young adult
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10. Valiant Ladies

By: Melissa Grey

3.88

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Two teen vigilantes set off on an action-packed investigation to expose corruption and deliver just… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Grey's Valiant Ladies book and Rebecca Caprara's Spin

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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11. Salt the Water

By: Candice Iloh

3.37

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Cerulean Gene is free everywhere except school, where they’re known for repeatedly challenging auth… read more

Similar categories in Candice Iloh's Salt the Water book and Rebecca Caprara's Spin

  • poetry
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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12. Your Heart My Sky

By: Margarita Engle

3.78

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A story of love in a time of hunger inspired by her own family’s struggles during a dark period in … read more

Similar categories in Margarita Engle's Your Heart My Sky book and Rebecca Caprara's Spin

  • poetry
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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13. Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

By: Olivia A. Cole

4.30

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

This searing and intimate novel in verse follows a sixteen-year-old girl coping with sexual abuse a… read more

Similar categories in Olivia A. Cole's Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse) book and Rebecca Caprara's Spin

  • lesbian
  • poetry
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
"I remember the thing that I saw on Tumblr, how people with trauma will sometimes reexpose themselves to it, salt in the wound to stay alive. I am tired of salting the wound - I am ready to salt the e…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"My hair is the color of a dart frog: generations of death adapting into this exact shade of poison ...bright red and orange, the colors of pain, I WILL MAKE YOU SICK I WILL KILL YOU FROM INSIDE YOUR …"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"The last barbecue I went to was at Sarah's house and I almost text her to tell her how when you have so many memories with one person, it's like a crime scene after they're gone. Fingerprints everywh…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"My mother thinks I’ve dyed my hair red for attention— How can I explain to her the ways that she is right and wrong. As of last night, my hair is the color of a brick the moment before it goes throug…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

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14. Gather

By: Kenneth M. Cadow

4.43

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

A resourceful teenager in rural Vermont struggles to hold on to the family home while his mom recov… read more

Similar categories in Kenneth M. Cadow's Gather book and Rebecca Caprara's Spin

  • fiction
  • young adult
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15. Zara Hossain Is Here

By: Sabina Khan

3.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Zara's family has waited years for their visa process to be finalized so that they can officially b… read more

Similar categories in Sabina Khan's Zara Hossain Is Here book and Rebecca Caprara's Spin

  • lesbian
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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16. The Song of Us

By: Kate Fussner

3.93

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

This stunning debut and wholly original queer middle grade novel-in-verse retelling of “Orpheus and… read more

Similar categories in Kate Fussner's The Song of Us book and Rebecca Caprara's Spin

  • lesbian
  • poetry
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
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17. Enter the Body

By: Joy McCullough

4.00

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“At once tender, poetic and ferocious, Enter The Body breathes new life into the Bard’s most tragic… read more

Similar categories in Joy McCullough's Enter the Body book and Rebecca Caprara's Spin

  • poetry
  • retellings
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Broken people can be loved."

-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body

"The telling of stories holds back the weight of time."

-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body

"Each considers how these acts of violence against their bodies were acceptable to the world, while their desires were not."

-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body

"Not all stories can be told. Some are so dark and twisted, their telling would undo the world. But just because she doesn't speak doesn't mean Lavinia can't share who she is, what she's been through,…"

-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body

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18. The Blood Years

By: Elana K. Arnold

4.32

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

The harrowing story of a young girl's struggle to survive the Holocaust in Romania. Frederieke T… read more

Similar categories in Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years book and Rebecca Caprara's Spin

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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19. An Appetite for Miracles

By: Laekan Zea Kemp

4.14

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Laekan Zea Kemp’s heart-wrenching novel-in-verse follows two teens who must co… read more

Similar categories in Laekan Zea Kemp's An Appetite for Miracles book and Rebecca Caprara's Spin

  • poetry
  • fiction
  • young adult
"...Faith doesn't work without common sense."

-Laekan Zea Kemp, An Appetite for Miracles

"Dear God. I know our relationship is not supposed to be transactional. But, You are the one who invented an eye for an eye, so, maybe I can entice you with a good deal."

-Laekan Zea Kemp, An Appetite for Miracles

"Because there are people in our lives; rare unexpected people who don't just walk beside us through life; they witness our lives too. They hold our memories in their DNA. So that when one body forget…"

-Laekan Zea Kemp, An Appetite for Miracles

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20. I Am Not Alone

By: Francisco X. Stork

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Francisco X. Stork revisits some of the themes and ideas that made Marcelo in … read more

Similar categories in Francisco X. Stork's I Am Not Alone book and Rebecca Caprara's Spin

  • fiction
  • young adult
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21. Into the Light

By: Mark Oshiro

3.98

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

When you're like me, you have to lie. It’s been one year since Manny was cast out of his family … read more

Similar categories in Mark Oshiro's Into the Light book and Rebecca Caprara's Spin

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • lgbt

21 Top fiction books like Spin by Rebecca Caprara

Transform Your Habits

Nigeria Jones

Ibi Zoboi

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy

Faith Erin Hicks

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Ryan and Avery

David Levithan

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Lunar New Year Love Story

Gene Luen Yang

4.41

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17 Top fiction books like Enter the Body by Joy McCullough

Transform Your Habits

Nigeria Jones

Ibi Zoboi

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Mascot

Charles Waters

4.02

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Spin

Rebecca Caprara

4.25

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A Long Stretch of Bad Days

Mindy McGinnis

4.02

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