21 Best young adult books like A Complicated Love Story Set in Space by Shaun David Hutchinson

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A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

By: Shaun David Hutchinson

3.92

Format: 464 pages, None

Black Mirror meets What If It’s Us in this gripping, romantic, and wildly surprising novel about tw…

"Love isn't war. Life is the war; love is a truce you find in the middle of all that violence."

-Shaun David Hutchinson, A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

"If he dies, I'll never be able to tell him that I can't stand the thought of looking up and not seeing him near."

-Shaun David Hutchinson, A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

"I know we’ve never properly met, so you’ve got no reason to believe me, but I think you’re wrong about love. Love isn’t war. Life is the war; love is a truce you find in the middle of all that violence. And I bet there’s someone out there who loves you, even if you don’t know them yet."

-Shaun David Hutchinson, A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

"You've got to find your own thing. DJ's found his." "What?" I asked. "Being perfect?" "You." Jenny looked at me like it should have been obvious. "Taking care of you, trying to get you home. If you asked him to capture you a comet, he'd try to find a way to do it." She shrugged. "We all need a hobby, and you, inexplicably, are his."

-Shaun David Hutchinson, A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

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1. All That’s Left in the World (All That's Left in the World, #1)

By: Erik J. Brown

4.23

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

What If It's Us meets They Both Die at the End in this postapocalyptic, queer YA adventure romance … read more

Similar categories in Erik J. Brown's All That’s Left in the World (All That's Left in the World, #1) book and Shaun David Hutchinson's A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • queer
"You couldn't catch this gay if you had tickets to Hamilton."

-Erik J. Brown, All That’s Left in the World (All That's Left in the World, #1)

"Oh my fucking God, is that adorable or are my standards apocalyptically lowered?"

-Erik J. Brown, All That’s Left in the World (All That's Left in the World, #1)

"When he kisses me, my chest feels lighter again, like he's taking on some of my sorrow but passing on some of his love."

-Erik J. Brown, All That’s Left in the World (All That's Left in the World, #1)

"We're going to be okay,' I repeated to him. If things get hard again, I'll carry him. And he'll carry me. And we'll be okay."

-Erik J. Brown, All That’s Left in the World (All That's Left in the World, #1)

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2. The Darkness Outside Us

By: Eliot Schrefer

4.32

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Two boys, alone in space. After the first settler on Titan trips her distress signal, neither re… read more

Similar categories in Eliot Schrefer's The Darkness Outside Us book and Shaun David Hutchinson's A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • space
  • science fiction
  • queer
"Wow, that was salty. I kind of like it,"

-Eliot Schrefer, The Darkness Outside Us

"Today he smells like motor oil. It's sort of exotic-erotic."

-Eliot Schrefer, The Darkness Outside Us

"Intimacy is the only shield against insanity. Intimacy, not knowledge. Intimacy, not power."

-Eliot Schrefer, The Darkness Outside Us

"I can manually debug a few hundred thousand lines. It won't be fun, but I ... who am I kidding, it will be fun."

-Eliot Schrefer, The Darkness Outside Us

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3. The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2)

By: Erik J. Brown

4.24

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

THEY FOUND EACH OTHER. NOW THEY MUST RESCUE WHAT THEY LEFT BEHIND. The highly-anticipated sequel to… read more

Similar categories in Erik J. Brown's The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2) book and Shaun David Hutchinson's A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • science fiction
  • queer
"He sets the rifle down and we close the gap in between us in half a second. His arms around me, mine around him. Holding tight, as though we're trying to fuse ourselves together. It's familiar and lo…"

-Erik J. Brown, The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2)

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4. If I See You Again Tomorrow

By: Robbie Couch

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller! From the author of The Sky Blues and Blaine for the Win comes a spe… read more

Similar categories in Robbie Couch's If I See You Again Tomorrow book and Shaun David Hutchinson's A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • queer
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5. A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

By: Shaun David Hutchinson

3.92

Format: 464 pages, None

Black Mirror meets What If It’s Us in this gripping, romantic, and wildly surprising novel about tw… read more

Similar categories in Shaun David Hutchinson's A Complicated Love Story Set in Space book and Shaun David Hutchinson's A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • space
  • science fiction
  • queer
"Love isn't war. Life is the war; love is a truce you find in the middle of all that violence."

-Shaun David Hutchinson, A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

"If he dies, I'll never be able to tell him that I can't stand the thought of looking up and not seeing him near."

-Shaun David Hutchinson, A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

"I know we’ve never properly met, so you’ve got no reason to believe me, but I think you’re wrong about love. Love isn’t war. Life is the war; love is a truce you find in the middle of all that violen…"

-Shaun David Hutchinson, A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

"You've got to find your own thing. DJ's found his." "What?" I asked. "Being perfect?" "You." Jenny looked at me like it should have been obvious. "Taking care of you, trying to get you home. If you a…"

-Shaun David Hutchinson, A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

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6. 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 Shaun David Hutchinson's A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

  • 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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7. Wren Martin Ruins It All

By: Amanda DeWitt

4.25

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Now that Wren Martin is student council president (on a technicality, but hey, it counts) he’s goin… read more

Similar categories in Amanda DeWitt's Wren Martin Ruins It All book and Shaun David Hutchinson's A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"I think I might have a crush. Shit ."

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

"Halloween would be . . . okay," she says, with all the deliberation of a somewhat uncertain judge delivering a verdict. "But no sexy catgirls. Or boys. No catpeople."

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

"You might have saved the Dance," I say loftily, "but I saved this school from Cats ." "Not all heroes wear capes," Ryan says, pushing open the classroom door. "You know, I kind of like Cats ." "You l…"

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

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8. 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 Shaun David Hutchinson's A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • 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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9. The Extraordinaries

By: T.J. Klune

4.07

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

Some people are extraordinary. Some are just extra. TJ Klune's YA debut, The Extraordinaries, is a … read more

Similar categories in T.J. Klune's The Extraordinaries book and Shaun David Hutchinson's A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • queer
"Be gay. Do crimes."

-T.J. Klune, The Extraordinaries

"We're a lighthouse, Nick. A beacon to help them find their way home."

-T.J. Klune, The Extraordinaries

"Your house isn't haunted! Your aunt is such a liar. She distracted me with cookies and lies!"

-T.J. Klune, The Extraordinaries

"Boys can be anything girls can. And girls can be anything boys can. My mom says that sometimes; boys can even be girls."

-T.J. Klune, The Extraordinaries

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10. The Music of What Happens

By: Bill Konigsberg

3.84

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Max: Chill. Sports. Video games. Gay and not a big deal, not to him, not to his mom, not to his bud… read more

Similar categories in Bill Konigsberg's The Music of What Happens book and Shaun David Hutchinson's A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"That never even occurred to me, that he had feelings."

-Bill Konigsberg, The Music of What Happens

"Just smile, Max. The paint cannot be stronger than a smile. But it is."

-Bill Konigsberg, The Music of What Happens

"It's funny because it's true, and also it's the kind of humor that makes you think."

-Bill Konigsberg, The Music of What Happens

"He stands and he lifts me up by my shoulders, and he hugs me tight. “I'm sorry, dude."

-Bill Konigsberg, The Music of What Happens

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11. 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

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  • romance
  • audiobook
  • 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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12. 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 Shaun David Hutchinson's A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • 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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13. Spell Bound

By: F.T. Lukens

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Two rival apprentice sorcerers must team up to save their teachers and protect their own magic in t… read more

Similar categories in F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound book and Shaun David Hutchinson's A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"Sometimes a family was a mischievous magical boss, her magical rival turned friend, a magical girl who used to be a babysitter and now was like an older sister, and the person you didn't understand i…"

-F.T. Lukens, Spell Bound

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14. Milo and Marcos at the End of the World

By: Kevin Christopher Snipes

3.91

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

When Marcos moves to town, Milo is forced to acknowledge the feelings he's kept hidden, especially … read more

Similar categories in Kevin Christopher Snipes's Milo and Marcos at the End of the World book and Shaun David Hutchinson's A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • queer
"There are two things I can definitely taste: salt and hope."

-Kevin Christopher Snipes, Milo and Marcos at the End of the World

"Maybe a God that roots for love is the only God worth believing in."

-Kevin Christopher Snipes, Milo and Marcos at the End of the World

"I really do have to make a choice between you and my parents, or you and God, or you and the whole stupid planet, then I choose you. From now until the end of time. I choose you."

-Kevin Christopher Snipes, Milo and Marcos at the End of the World

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15. The Infinite Noise (The Bright Sessions, #1)

By: Lauren Shippen

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Lauren Shippen's The Infinite Noise is a stunning, original debut novel based on her wildly popular… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Shippen's The Infinite Noise (The Bright Sessions, #1) book and Shaun David Hutchinson's A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • queer
"What's the word for when you're sitting at a table with someone you don't know all that well and they maybe just implied that you're gay and you are gay and you think they were trying to be inclusive…"

-Lauren Shippen, The Infinite Noise (The Bright Sessions, #1)

"The other corner of his mouth twitches like he's trying to keep the butterflies in too and he glances down at his plate, his dark eyelashes casting shadows on his cheeks. I've never wanted to kiss an…"

-Lauren Shippen, The Infinite Noise (The Bright Sessions, #1)

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16. Icarus

By: K. Ancrum

4.08

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, this… read more

Similar categories in K. Ancrum's Icarus book and Shaun David Hutchinson's A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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17. The Temperature of Me and You

By: Brian Zepka

3.52

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old Dylan Highmark thought his winter was going to be full of boring shifts at the Dai… read more

Similar categories in Brian Zepka's The Temperature of Me and You book and Shaun David Hutchinson's A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • queer
"One ingredient for love might be when the person you are with starts loving the people in your life who came before them."

-Brian Zepka, The Temperature of Me and You

"When you lose that many parts of yourself, it hurts. And when you realize those parts are irreplaceable, you become lost too."

-Brian Zepka, The Temperature of Me and You

"Jordan and I were each part of a story, a hug, a kiss, and a friendship. None of those things can exist without the other part. When you lose that many parts of yourself, it hurts. And when you reali…"

-Brian Zepka, The Temperature of Me and You

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18. I Like Me Better

By: Robby Weber

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

This is not how soccer-star Zack Martin thought his summer would go. When the captain's prank means… read more

Similar categories in Robby Weber's I Like Me Better book and Shaun David Hutchinson's A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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19. Sometime After Midnight

By: L. Philips

3.73

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

#AlexFromTarget meets queer Prince Charming in this glittering romcom following a teen music prodig… read more

Similar categories in L. Philips's Sometime After Midnight book and Shaun David Hutchinson's A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Bonds of Brass (The Bloodright Trilogy, #1) by Emily Skrutskie

20. Bonds of Brass (The Bloodright Trilogy, #1)

By: Emily Skrutskie

3.83

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A young pilot risks everything to save his best friend--the man he trusts most and might even love-… read more

Similar categories in Emily Skrutskie's Bonds of Brass (The Bloodright Trilogy, #1) book and Shaun David Hutchinson's A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • queer
"And when we break apart, my terror triples. Because it's not enough---all of him, the promise of his future, everything I've thrown my soul away for. It's not worth what we're about to do."

-Emily Skrutskie, Bonds of Brass (The Bloodright Trilogy, #1)

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21. The Spells We Cast (The Spells We Cast #1)

By: Jason June

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Nigel Barrett has spent his whole life preparing for the Culling, a spell-casting competition that … read more

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  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer

20 Top fiction books like A Complicated Love Story Set in Space by Shaun David Hutchinson

Transform Your Habits

All That’s Left in the World (All That's Left in the World, #1)

Erik J. Brown

4.23

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The Darkness Outside Us

Eliot Schrefer

4.32

Transform Your Habits

If I See You Again Tomorrow

Robbie Couch

4.13

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