21 best-selling queer books like Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee

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Meet Cute Diary

By: Emery Lee

3.25

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

Felix Ever After meets Becky Albertalli in this swoon-worthy, heartfelt rom-com about how a transge…

If you liked the queer plot in Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. I Was Born for This (I Was Born for This, #1)

By: Alice Oseman

4.03

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

For Angel Rahimi, life is only about one thing: The Ark – a pop-rock trio of teenage boys who are c… read more

Similar categories in Alice Oseman's I Was Born for This (I Was Born for This, #1) book and Emery Lee's Meet Cute Diary

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I am not afraid, said Noah I was born for this"."

-Alice Oseman, I Was Born for This (I Was Born for This, #1)

"We both say, 'Aaaaaay,' at the same time, and I think that means we're friends."

-Alice Oseman, I Was Born for This (I Was Born for This, #1)

"If we can talk about anxiety, we can talk about poo. They’re basically the same thing."

-Alice Oseman, I Was Born for This (I Was Born for This, #1)

"And the three of us laugh. And I imagine this must be what it's like to have real friends."

-Alice Oseman, I Was Born for This (I Was Born for This, #1)

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2. Felix Ever After

By: Kacen Callender

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From Stonewall and Lambda Award-winning author Kacen Callender comes a revelatory YA novel about a … read more

Similar categories in Kacen Callender's Felix Ever After book and Emery Lee's Meet Cute Diary

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"It's easier to accept hurt and pain, sometimes, than love and acceptance."

-Kacen Callender, Felix Ever After

"It's easier, sometimes, to love when you know it's a love you can't have."

-Kacen Callender, Felix Ever After

"For trans and nonbinary youth: You're beautiful. You're important. You're valid. You're perfect."

-Kacen Callender, Felix Ever After

"Yeah. I don’t know, I always feel like I can’t figure out how to just stop watching and actually join."

-Kacen Callender, Felix Ever After

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3. Hell Followed With Us

By: Andrew Joseph White

4.13

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Prepare to die. His kingdom is near. Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cu… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Joseph White's Hell Followed With Us book and Emery Lee's Meet Cute Diary

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • gay
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"Do you believe in God? I do, please stop, there's so much blood"

-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

"I think it hits us all at the same time that maybe we'll live long enough to grow up."

-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

"I'm done begging for a scrap of respect-I am done with those who enact suffering, and I am done with the sons of bitches who stand back and let it happen."

-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

"Bein transgender is who you are, and the pain is what the outside does to you. The pain is what happens when you and the world go at each other's throats."

-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

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4. I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)

By: Mason Deaver

4.16

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

An alternate cover edition for 9781338306125 can be found here. When Ben De Backer comes out to … read more

Similar categories in Mason Deaver's I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1) book and Emery Lee's Meet Cute Diary

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Whatever happens"

-Mason Deaver, I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)

"The world’s too loud sometimes."

-Mason Deaver, I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)

"This kid, Nathan, laughs like it's his favourite thing in the world to do."

-Mason Deaver, I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)

"Bodies are fucking weird, especially when it feels like you don't belong in your own."

-Mason Deaver, I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)

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5. Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)

By: Aiden Thomas

4.27

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can’t get rid of him. When his traditional Latinx famil… read more

Similar categories in Aiden Thomas's Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1) book and Emery Lee's Meet Cute Diary

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"But now your mess is my mess, too."

-Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)

"What are you going to do, stab me ?"

-Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)

"Maritza smiled. "Let's do this, brujo."

-Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)

"Julian's chuckle was wet. "Valió ... la pena."

-Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)

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6. Meet Cute Diary

By: Emery Lee

3.25

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

Felix Ever After meets Becky Albertalli in this swoon-worthy, heartfelt rom-com about how a transge… read more

Similar categories in Emery Lee's Meet Cute Diary book and Emery Lee's Meet Cute Diary

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • transgender
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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7. In Deeper Waters

By: F.T. Lukens

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A young prince must rely on a mysterious stranger to save him when he is kidnapped during his comin… read more

Similar categories in F.T. Lukens's In Deeper Waters book and Emery Lee's Meet Cute Diary

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"The world isn't kind" Tal said as Garrett held him at arm's length, the flames of the torch flickering from the ground, casting both in eerie shadows. "But that doesn't mean I cant be."

-F.T. Lukens, In Deeper Waters

"Heart aching, he decided then he wouldn't allow his magic to become a weapon, even for his own family. He'd rather be locked in a tower or exiled off the known map than become the monster his heritag…"

-F.T. Lukens, In Deeper Waters

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8. Between Perfect and Real

By: Ray Stoeve

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Ray Stoeve’s Between Perfect and Real is a moving YA debut about a trans boy finding his voice—and … read more

Similar categories in Ray Stoeve's Between Perfect and Real book and Emery Lee's Meet Cute Diary

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Not that I hate my body. There are just parts of it that aren't what they should be."

-Ray Stoeve, Between Perfect and Real

"Burlesque involves stripping... It's also historically been a way of satirizing or commenting on politics, making people laugh, showing off your sexuality or your body- it's hella queer."

-Ray Stoeve, Between Perfect and Real

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9. They Hate Each Other

By: Amanda Woody

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Jonah and Dylan get along like oil and water. Until a fake dating ploy gives them new perspective, … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Woody's They Hate Each Other book and Emery Lee's Meet Cute Diary

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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10. May the Best Man Win

By: Z.R. Ellor

3.23

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

A trans boy enters a throw-down battle for the title of Homecoming King with the boy he dumped last… read more

Similar categories in Z.R. Ellor's May the Best Man Win book and Emery Lee's Meet Cute Diary

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • gay
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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11. 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

Similar categories in Becky Albertalli's Imogen, Obviously book and Emery Lee's Meet Cute Diary

  • romance
  • 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

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12. The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

By: Aiden Thomas

4.33

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where teen semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the h… read more

Similar categories in Aiden Thomas's The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1) book and Emery Lee's Meet Cute Diary

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"No hetero, but damn, Teo, your wings" Niya circled Teo back on the boat. "Does this make me a furry?"

-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

"No hetero, but damn, Teo, your wings!" Niya circled Teo back onto the boat. "Does this make me a furry?"

-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

"Why was it that just because his body was different from everyone else's, they thought they could ask whatever inappropriate questions they wanted?"

-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

"Why was it that just because his body was different from everyone else’s, they thought they could ask whatever inappropriate questions they wanted."

-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

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13. Out of the Blue

By: Jason June

3.62

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

Crest is not excited to be on their Journey: the monthlong sojourn on land all teen merfolk must un… read more

Similar categories in Jason June's Out of the Blue book and Emery Lee's Meet Cute Diary

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"The blue knows what it's doing, if you just trust where it's taking you."

-Jason June, Out of the Blue

"Maybe humans aren't as magicless as I thought. There's definitely some kind of power in movies."

-Jason June, Out of the Blue

"Under the sea, we're all mer. We're all they/them. And we don't have this strange obsession with sex organs, since we don't have any."

-Jason June, Out of the Blue

"He? Elder Crab warned us about this. About humans' obsession with gender, and how labels and rules mean so much to them when it comes to the body."

-Jason June, Out of the Blue

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14. Icebreaker

By: A.L. Graziadei

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A. L. Graziadei's Icebreaker is a YA debut about two hockey players fighting to be the best—and the… read more

Similar categories in A.L. Graziadei's Icebreaker book and Emery Lee's Meet Cute Diary

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I don't wanna be just another one of your former teammates."

-A.L. Graziadei, Icebreaker

"I get through the first few weeks of college without dropping out, but that's only because I don't want to deal with Dad whining about it for the next twenty years."

-A.L. Graziadei, Icebreaker

"Gdyby @mjames17 dodał sobie te jedenaście punktów do wzrostu, może wtedy bym się przejął.' Siedzę obok niego, podjadam ze wspólnej paczki czipsy solone z octem i odpowiadam: 'Mickey James III @mjames…"

-A.L. Graziadei, Icebreaker

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15. The Feeling of Falling in Love

By: Mason Deaver

3.80

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of I Wish You All the Best, comes a new kind of love story, about the b… read more

Similar categories in Mason Deaver's The Feeling of Falling in Love book and Emery Lee's Meet Cute Diary

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • transgender
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"But in my experience, I've learned that the things worth doing are what scare us the most."

-Mason Deaver, The Feeling of Falling in Love

"I don’t deserve anything but loneliness because all I do is hurt people. It’s what I’m good at. I learned from the best."

-Mason Deaver, The Feeling of Falling in Love

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16. Always the Almost

By: Edward Underhill

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A trans pianist makes a New Year's resolution on a frozen Wisconsin night to win regionals and win … read more

Similar categories in Edward Underhill's Always the Almost book and Emery Lee's Meet Cute Diary

  • romance
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • gay
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee

17. Fake Dates and Mooncakes

By: Sher Lee

3.84

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Heartstopper meets Crazy Rich Asians in this heartfelt, joyful paperback original rom-com that foll… read more

Similar categories in Sher Lee's Fake Dates and Mooncakes book and Emery Lee's Meet Cute Diary

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"We have the destiny to meet across a thousand miles."

-Sher Lee, Fake Dates and Mooncakes

"I'm not sure which knife on my place mat is for cutting the tension"

-Sher Lee, Fake Dates and Mooncakes

"Grief has a way of sneaking up on you when you're least expecting it. A song, a phrase, a scent...then you're falling into an empty space inside that you thought you'd patched. That you thought could…"

-Sher Lee, Fake Dates and Mooncakes

"I shrug. "He lives in a huge mansion and drives a Ferrari. I ride a bike with a squeaky front wheel. Our worlds are as far apart as the sun and the moon." "They align every now and then," Aunt Jade p…"

-Sher Lee, Fake Dates and Mooncakes

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18. Jay's Gay Agenda

By: Jason June

3.52

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

There's one thing Jay Collier knows for sure—he's a statistical anomaly as the only out gay kid in … read more

Similar categories in Jason June's Jay's Gay Agenda book and Emery Lee's Meet Cute Diary

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • young adult contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I was the Willy Wonka of slip-ups"

-Jason June, Jay's Gay Agenda

"Why did the city's most notable attraction have to be so "bonery?"

-Jason June, Jay's Gay Agenda

"When most of the football players had left the closet, it was safe enough to pick my material."

-Jason June, Jay's Gay Agenda

"My whole body wanted him, my entire soul too, and it hit me that an item on the Gay Agenda always should have been to find Albert. To find the guy who could set my spirit and sexuality on fire all at…"

-Jason June, Jay's Gay Agenda

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19. The Passing Playbook

By: Isaac Fitzsimons

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Fifteen-year-old Spencer Harris is a proud nerd, an awesome big brother and a Messi-in-training. He… read more

Similar categories in Isaac Fitzsimons's The Passing Playbook book and Emery Lee's Meet Cute Diary

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • gay
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"As if Spencer's thoughts were sending out a homing beacon, Justice looked over in his direction, making eye contact, and Spencer understood what Gimli saw when he gazed upon Galadriel. But, no. Just …"

-Isaac Fitzsimons, The Passing Playbook

Cover of Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore

20. Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

By: Anna-Marie McLemore

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

New York City, 1922. Nicolás Caraveo, a 17-year-old transgender boy from Minnesota, has no interest… read more

Similar categories in Anna-Marie McLemore's Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix book and Emery Lee's Meet Cute Diary

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"We were boys who had created ourselves. We had formed our own bodies, our own lives, from the ribs of the girls we were once assumed to be."

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

"Gatsby and I may have been nothing to men like Tom Buchanan, but men like that did not know we were as divine as the heavens. We were boys who had created ourselves. We had formed our own bodies, our…"

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

"There's no use denying that I fell a little bit in love with Jay, at least as much in love as I've ever been with any body. You see, Nicky, boys are always falling in love with me, but I don't fall m…"

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

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21. Both Sides Now

By: Peyton Thomas

3.30

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Gilmore Girls meets Red, White and Royal Blue in this witty and warm-hearted novel about a trans te… read more

Similar categories in Peyton Thomas's Both Sides Now book and Emery Lee's Meet Cute Diary

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • transgender
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer

20 best-selling fiction books like Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee

Transform Your Habits

I Was Born for This (I Was Born for This, #1)

Alice Oseman

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Felix Ever After

Kacen Callender

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Hell Followed With Us

Andrew Joseph White

4.13

Transform Your Habits

I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)

Mason Deaver

4.16

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19 best-selling fiction books like Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore

Transform Your Habits

Otherworldly

F.T. Lukens

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Hell Followed With Us

Andrew Joseph White

4.13

Transform Your Habits

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

Andrew Joseph White

4.52

Transform Your Habits

Wren Martin Ruins It All

Amanda DeWitt

4.25

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