5 Best queer books like Burn by Patrick Ness

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Burn

By: Patrick Ness

3.74

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

On a cold Sunday evening in early 1957, Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the parking lot of…

"Prophecy is slippery, dangerous, open to fatal misinterpretation."

-Patrick Ness, Burn

"Prophecy is slippery, dangerous, open to fatal misinterpretation."

-Patrick Ness, Burn

"Sarah felt that any world that needed this many lessons must have something deeply wrong with it."

-Patrick Ness, Burn

"Sarah felt that any world that needed this many lessons must have something deeply wrong with it."

-Patrick Ness, Burn

If you liked the queer plot in Burn by Patrick Ness , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Road to Gundagai

By: Jackie French

4.03

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

Blue Laurence has escaped the prison of her aunt's mansion to join The Magnifico Family Circus, a t… read more

Similar categories in Jackie French's The Road to Gundagai book and Patrick Ness's Burn

  • historical
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction

2. The Butterfly Tattoo

By: Philip Pullman

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

The agony and ecstasy of a teenage love affair inspires this tense, romantic thriller. Sixth-former… read more

Similar categories in Philip Pullman's The Butterfly Tattoo book and Patrick Ness's Burn

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult

3. The Dolphins of Laurentum (The Roman Mysteries, #5)

By: Caroline Lawrence

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In the fifth volume of the popular series of historical mysteries, a ragged stranger and the prospe… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Lawrence's The Dolphins of Laurentum (The Roman Mysteries, #5) book and Patrick Ness's Burn

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4. Bog Child

By: Siobhan Dowd

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

DIGGING FOR PEAT in the mountain with his Uncle Tally, Fergus finds the body of a child, and it loo… read more

Similar categories in Siobhan Dowd's Bog Child book and Patrick Ness's Burn

  • historical
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
"Продължихме да седим, без да говорим. Думите на мълчанието обаче са най-силни."

-Siobhan Dowd, Bog Child

"Death is not a reaper, like they say, nor even a friend. It is a dark, fierce water, an inundation."

-Siobhan Dowd, Bog Child

"The studying, the books, exams, arguments, theories. The jokes and pints, laughter, kisses and songs. Life was like running, ninety percent sweat and toil, ten per cent joy."

-Siobhan Dowd, Bog Child

"– Той ми каза, че ние страдаме повече заради греховете, породени от бездействие, отколкото заради тези, дошли вследствие на нашите постъпки. – Какво значи това? – Предполагам, означава, че често пъти…"

-Siobhan Dowd, Bog Child

5. Lost Christmas

By: David Logan

3.91

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

When Goose's parents are killed in a car crash on Christmas Eve, his life changes utterly. Living w… read more

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6. My Lady Viper

By: E. Knight

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Anne Boleyn falls to the executioner's ax on a cold spring morning in 1536, Anne Seymour knows… read more

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7. Burn

By: Patrick Ness

3.74

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

On a cold Sunday evening in early 1957, Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the parking lot of… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Ness's Burn book and Patrick Ness's Burn

  • audiobook
  • dragons
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Prophecy is slippery, dangerous, open to fatal misinterpretation."

-Patrick Ness, Burn

"Sarah felt that any world that needed this many lessons must have something deeply wrong with it."

-Patrick Ness, Burn

"Sometimes you just have to feel bad about a thing. Sometimes that's the only thing that makes you human."

-Patrick Ness, Burn

"I'm just a girl." "It is tragic how well you have been taught to say that with sadness rather than triumph."

-Patrick Ness, Burn

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8. Deeplight

By: Frances Hardinge

4.05

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The gods of The Myriad were as real as the coastlines and currents, and as merciless as the winds a… read more

Similar categories in Frances Hardinge's Deeplight book and Patrick Ness's Burn

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Everyone on the Myriad was always one divine whim away from annihilation."

-Frances Hardinge, Deeplight

"Stories were ruthless creatures and sometimes fattened themselves on bloody happenings."

-Frances Hardinge, Deeplight

"You will find out who you are when your choices test you. In the end, we are what we do and what we allow to be done."

-Frances Hardinge, Deeplight

"You must not love them. It is easy to love power because power tells you it is majesty and beauty and greatness. But the gods were monsters. Do not even love their memory. The gods are dead."

-Frances Hardinge, Deeplight

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9. Fire with Fire

By: Destiny Soria

3.78

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Dani and Eden Rivera were both born to kill dragons, but the sisters couldn’t be more different. Fo… read more

Similar categories in Destiny Soria's Fire with Fire book and Patrick Ness's Burn

  • dragons
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"A few hours ago, the prospect of disappointing someone, especially Calla Thorn, would have sent her into a spiral of panic and self-loathing. She knew that about herself. Her therapist had pointed it…"

-Destiny Soria, Fire with Fire

"Once they were safely ensconced, Dani released his arm and turned to face him, but drew up short when she saw how close he actually was, with only inches between them. He was staring down at her with…"

-Destiny Soria, Fire with Fire

Cover of The Girl King (The Girl King, #1) by Mimi Yu

10. The Girl King (The Girl King, #1)

By: Mimi Yu

3.57

Format: 432 pages, ebook

Two sisters become unwitting rivals in a war to claim the title of Emperor in this sweeping tale of… read more

Similar categories in Mimi Yu's The Girl King (The Girl King, #1) book and Patrick Ness's Burn

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
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11. ロスト・ラッド・ロンドン 3 (Lost Lad London, #3)

By: Shima Shinya

3.93

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

「こうなるとわかっていたから、俺を助けたんですか?」 ロンドン市長殺害事件の第一容疑者として好奇の目に晒されるアル。 過去の事件と重ね合わせ、真実を求め彷徨う刑事・エリス。 ……背後に迫る… read more

Similar categories in Shima Shinya's ロスト・ラッド・ロンドン 3 (Lost Lad London, #3) book and Patrick Ness's Burn

  • fiction
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12. From the Earth to the Shadows (Valkyrie, #2)

By: Amanda Hocking

3.64

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Malin’s mission to avenge her mother's murder has uncovered dangerous secrets. As a Valkyrie-in-tra… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Hocking's From the Earth to the Shadows (Valkyrie, #2) book and Patrick Ness's Burn

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Come back to me," I told him fiercely. He smiled at me then, subtly and a little crookedly, "Don't you know by now, Malin? Nothing in all of the heavens or underworld below can keep me from you."

-Amanda Hocking, From the Earth to the Shadows (Valkyrie, #2)

"Throughout history, the ruling class has gotten even better at enslaving you all," Gugalanna said. "They trick you into believing it's for your own good. They keep you safe, they promise. This is wha…"

-Amanda Hocking, From the Earth to the Shadows (Valkyrie, #2)

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13. Straight On Till Morning: A Twisted Tale Graphic Novel

By: Liz Braswell

3.60

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Disney's Peter Pan gets a twisted, graphic novel makeover in this reimagined YA story that asks, "W… read more

Similar categories in Liz Braswell's Straight On Till Morning: A Twisted Tale Graphic Novel book and Patrick Ness's Burn

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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14. The Afterlife of Mal Caldera

By: Nadi Reed Perez

3.72

Format: 464 pages, ebook

Mal's life is over. Her afterlife is only just beginning… By turns irreverently funny and deeply… read more

Similar categories in Nadi Reed Perez's The Afterlife of Mal Caldera book and Patrick Ness's Burn

  • queer
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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15. Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm

By: Ash Bond

4.23

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

DISCOVER THE PORTAL TO AN INCREDIBLE NEW WORLD IN THIS EPIC MIDDLE-GRADE ADVENTURE. PERFECT FOR FAN… read more

Similar categories in Ash Bond's Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm book and Patrick Ness's Burn

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Le Chant des Voiles (French Edition) by Tiphs

16. Le Chant des Voiles (French Edition)

By: Tiphs

4.06

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

L’océan, Luka en a toujours rêvé. Vivre libre et loin de la misère dans laquelle elle a grandi l’ob… read more

Similar categories in Tiphs's Le Chant des Voiles (French Edition) book and Patrick Ness's Burn

  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Miss Penny Dreadful and the Midnight Kittens by Allison Rushby

17. Miss Penny Dreadful and the Midnight Kittens

By: Allison Rushby

3.66

Format: 95 pages, Kindle Edition

**eBook Edition** An enquiring mind - and mystical mysteries to solve - adds up to adventure in the… read more

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Cover of Catching Fire: A Translation Diary by Daniel Hahn

18. Catching Fire: A Translation Diary

By: Daniel Hahn

4.34

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

In Catching Fire, the translation of Diamela Eltit's Never Did the Fire unfolds in real time as a c… read more

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19. The Life & Times of Butch Dykes: Portraits of Artists, Leaders, and Dreamers Who Changed the World (Real Heroes)

By: Eloisa Aquino

3.95

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Throughout history, many women and nonbinary people have defied society's expectations of feminine … read more

Similar categories in Eloisa Aquino's The Life & Times of Butch Dykes: Portraits of Artists, Leaders, and Dreamers Who Changed the World (Real Heroes) book and Patrick Ness's Burn

  • lgbt
  • queer
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20. Game of Strength and Storm

By: Rachel Menard

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Victory is the only option. Once a year, the Olympian Empresses grant the wishes of ten people s… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Menard's Game of Strength and Storm book and Patrick Ness's Burn

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"If she wanted change, she had to smash the entire system. Only then could it be rebuilt."

-Rachel Menard, Game of Strength and Storm

Cover of Kød og fred by Anders Morgenthaler

21. Kød og fred

By: Anders Morgenthaler

3.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Annemette drev engang et hestestutteri, men så kom stormfloden og kostede hende både gården, ægtesk… read more

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