26 best-selling queer books like Darkhearts by James L. Sutter

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Darkhearts

By: James L. Sutter

3.68

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Red, White, & Royal Blue and Perks of Being a Wallflower, Darkhearts is a hilar…

If you liked the queer plot in Darkhearts by James L. Sutter , here is a list of 26 books like this:

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1. Naraka (Sang, #2)

By: Elina Pitkäkangas

4.31

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Topelius-voittajan uutuusromaani sodasta ja ihmisten välisistä siteistä Kong Dawei on palannut k… read more

Similar categories in Elina Pitkäkangas's Naraka (Sang, #2) book and James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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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 James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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3. Harmaja luode seitsemän

By: Leena Paasio

3.77

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

Itämeri kätkee salaisuutensa Harmaja luode seitsemän on trillerimäiseksi kasvava nuortenromaani,… read more

Similar categories in Leena Paasio's Harmaja luode seitsemän book and James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • audiobook
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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4. Bengtskär itä kahdeksan

By: Leena Paasio

4.10

Format: 279 pages, Hardcover

Itämeri-mysteeri ratkeaa! Nuortenromaanissa Harmaja luode seitsemän käynnistynyt jännityskertomu… read more

Similar categories in Leena Paasio's Bengtskär itä kahdeksan book and James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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5. Zeno

By: Dess Terentjeva

3.67

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

”Eikö ole muita keinoja kuin heiluttaa lippua?” Sateenkaariaiheista kirjoittavan Dess Terentjeva… read more

Similar categories in Dess Terentjeva's Zeno book and James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • contemporary
  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt
Cover of If I See You Again Tomorrow by Robbie Couch

6. 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 James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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7. Darkhearts

By: James L. Sutter

3.68

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Red, White, & Royal Blue and Perks of Being a Wallflower, Darkhearts is a hilar… read more

Similar categories in James L. Sutter's Darkhearts book and James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • romance
  • music
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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8. 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 James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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9. 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 James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 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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10. Time Out

By: Sean Hayes

3.63

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Heartstopper meets Friday Night Lights in this keenly felt coming-of-age story about a teen hometow… read more

Similar categories in Sean Hayes's Time Out book and James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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11. Ämpärikesä

By: Taina Niemi

3.99

Format: 182 pages, ebook

Kun ruusut on jaettu ja suvivirren viimeiset sävelet kajautettu peruskoulun päättymisen kunniaksi, … read more

Similar categories in Taina Niemi's Ämpärikesä book and James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • contemporary
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Lose You to Find Me by Erik J. Brown

12. Lose You to Find Me

By: Erik J. Brown

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A romantic, heartfelt, and hilarious queer coming-of-age story from All That's Left in the World au… read more

Similar categories in Erik J. Brown's Lose You to Find Me book and James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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13. Skater Boy

By: Anthony Nerada

4.03

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

In this YA pop-punk debut about queer romance and destroying labels, a teen risks everything to wr… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Nerada's Skater Boy book and James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"If we can convince our own minds we aren't good enough, we can't really be disappointed when we don't get what we truly want."

-Anthony Nerada, Skater Boy

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14. 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 James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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15. The Long Run

By: James Acker

4.31

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Two track and field athletes find an unexpected but powerful love in this unapologetically blunt an… read more

Similar categories in James Acker's The Long Run book and James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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16. Emmett

By: Lev A.C. Rosen

3.62

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A modern-day gay YA Emma, with the spikey social critique of Austen plus the lush over-the-top roma… read more

Similar categories in Lev A.C. Rosen's Emmett book and James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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17. Äkkimakea

By: Oona Pohjolainen

3.17

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Mio on nuoresta iästään huolimatta ehtinyt saavuttaa paljon: hän on maailmankuulu pop-tähti. Hänen … read more

Similar categories in Oona Pohjolainen's Äkkimakea book and James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • romance
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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18. 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 James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • 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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19. Teach the Torches to Burn

By: Caleb Roehrig

3.97

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In Teach the Torches to Burn, a breathlessly romantic remix of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet and sev… read more

Similar categories in Caleb Roehrig's Teach the Torches to Burn book and James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"- have you never considered that perhaps you are meant to have this happiness?"

-Caleb Roehrig, Teach the Torches to Burn

"When someone has decided who you are, and they won't let you change their mind, what are you meant to do? Where is left to go?"

-Caleb Roehrig, Teach the Torches to Burn

"From Author's Note: "...quite a few queer tragedies have already been written, including ones based on 'Romeo and Juliet,' and i was hesitant to tread that particular ground. I wanted to bring someth…"

-Caleb Roehrig, Teach the Torches to Burn

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20. My Fair Brady

By: Brian D. Kennedy

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

My Fair Lady meets the classic teen film She's All That in this charming and swoony new rom-com fro… read more

Similar categories in Brian D. Kennedy's My Fair Brady book and James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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21. Teenage Dirtbags

By: James Acker

4.07

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Long Run comes another unflinchingly raw and boldly hilarious novel about an… read more

Similar categories in James Acker's Teenage Dirtbags book and James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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22. Charming Young Man

By: Eliot Schrefer

3.80

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer comes an exuberant YA historical coming-of-ag… read more

Similar categories in Eliot Schrefer's Charming Young Man book and James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • romance
  • music
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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23. Sisäsiisti

By: Miska Valos

3.95

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

Nuoren kirjailijan kiihkeä esikoisromaani. Sisäsiisti on parikymppisen Miska Valoksen vahva esik… read more

Similar categories in Miska Valos's Sisäsiisti book and James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of I Like Me Better by Robby Weber

24. 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 James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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25. Heartbreak Boys

By: Simon James Green

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Faking the best summer ever is a lot harder than it looks... At the start of summer, Jack and Na… read more

Similar categories in Simon James Green's Heartbreak Boys book and James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Whatever you are, we can remedy it"

-Simon James Green, Heartbreak Boys

"I don’t know why other people have to make things so hard."

-Simon James Green, Heartbreak Boys

"Pretty people get away with being utter shits, and no one seems to care."

-Simon James Green, Heartbreak Boys

"I don’t expect people to love me. I just wish they didn’t hate me quite so much."

-Simon James Green, Heartbreak Boys

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26. The Borrow a Boyfriend Club

By: Page Powars

4.13

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A feel-good, coming-of-age rom-com from debut author Page Powars that follows a trans teen who join… read more

Similar categories in Page Powars's The Borrow a Boyfriend Club book and James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge by Matthew  Hubbard

27. The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge

By: Matthew Hubbard

4.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A queer coming-of-age about three teenage boys in small town Alabama who set out to get revenge on … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Hubbard's The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge book and James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"The best revenge is believing in yourself."

-Matthew Hubbard, The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge

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28. The Breakup Lists

By: Adib Khorram

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Love is more complicated than “boy meets boy” in bestselling author Adib Khorram’s sharply funny ne… read more

Similar categories in Adib Khorram's The Breakup Lists book and James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Another First Chance by Robbie Couch

29. Another First Chance

By: Robbie Couch

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

They Both Die at the End meets You’ve Reached Sam, in this heart-stopping speculative young adult n… read more

Similar categories in Robbie Couch's Another First Chance book and James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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30. The Alchemy of Moonlight

By: David Ferraro

3.51

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When Emile’s aunt declares he must marry or be disowned for being gay—he runs away to hide as a ser… read more

Similar categories in David Ferraro's The Alchemy of Moonlight book and James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

  • romance
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Cursed Boys and Broken Hearts by Adam  Sass

31. Cursed Boys and Broken Hearts

By: Adam Sass

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A swoony contemporary romance from Adam Sass following a boy who is cursed to doom any romantic rel… read more

Similar categories in Adam Sass's Cursed Boys and Broken Hearts book and James L. Sutter's Darkhearts

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

26 must-read contemporary books like Darkhearts by James L. Sutter

Transform Your Habits

Best Men

Sidney Karger

3.34

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Harmaja luode seitsemän

Leena Paasio

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Bengtskär itä kahdeksan

Leena Paasio

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Zeno

Dess Terentjeva

3.67

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Sidney Karger

3.34

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If I See You Again Tomorrow

Robbie Couch

4.13

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Darkhearts

James L. Sutter

3.68

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Amanda Woody

4.24

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