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  • Young & Beautiful by Velvetoscar

    Young & Beautiful by Velvetoscar

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Louis, to his horror, attends an elitist university in which the name Zayn Malik means something, Niall Horan doesn't stop talking, there are pianos everywhere, and Harry Styles, only son of a drug-addled, clinically insane ex-rocker, has a perfect smile and empty eyes...
  • Teenage Love Affair by Ni-Ni Simone

    Teenage Love Affair by Ni-Ni Simone

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Check it: I'm Zsa-Zsa. Some call me arrogant, but I call it confidence. You decide when you find out what I'm working with.First things first--I'm seventeen, but I'm grown and have been for a long time. I have my own ride, my mama doesn't clock my time, and my boyfriend, Ameen, is getting money like you wouldn't believe...
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    drama  female-mc  poc-mc  realistic  abuse  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Breaking Free by L.L. Collins

    Breaking Free by L.L. Collins

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alexis Carson-Nichols has had what anyone would describe as an idyllic childhood. She has great parents, little brothers and sister that mean the world to her, and friends that are always there for her. As she graduates from high school and gets ready to go to college, she feels like she has the world at her fingertips. She can’t wait to experience life as a young adult...
  • I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

    I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop and Red, White & Royal Blue comes a debut YA romantic comedy about chasing down what you want, only to find what you need...Chloe Green is so close to winning...
  • The Sum of These Things by Emily O’Beirne

    The Sum of These Things by Emily O’Beirne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the sequel to A Story of Now, Claire Pearson has already learned a few things this summer. Like falling for a girl is easy. Well, it is if that girl is Mia. What Claire hasn’t learned yet is that now comes the hard part: learning to trust in this new relationship. And that isn’t easy when no one has ever given you a reason to trust before...
  • Alone On the Water by MadLori

    Alone On the Water by MadLori

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sherlock Holmes never expected to live a long life, but he never imagined that it would end like this. - 7725 WordsSorrow’s my body on the wavesSorrow’s a girl inside my caveI live in a city sorrow builtIt’s in my honey, it’s in my milkDon’t leave my half a heart alone on the waterCover me in rag and bone sympathyCause I don’t want to get over you...
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    lgbtq  realistic  wlw  sad  romance  mlm  contemporary  law-enforcement
  • Differently Normal by Tammy Robinson

    Differently Normal by Tammy Robinson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Every family has its issues. For Maddy, life is all about routine. It has to be, to keep her autistic sister happy and healthy. With just Maddy and her mother as Bee’s full time carers, there’s no time in Maddy’s life for complications like friends, let alone a boyfriend...
  • Bronxwood by Coe Booth

    Bronxwood by Coe Booth

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The acclaimed author of TYRELL and KENDRA returns to PUSH to continue Tyrell's astonishing story. Tyrell's father is just out of jail, and Tyrell doesn't know how to deal with that. It's bad enough that his brother Troy is in foster care and that his mother is no help whatsoever. Now there's another thing up in his face, just when he's trying to settle down...
  • Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made by Virginia DeBerry, Donna Grant

    Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made by Virginia DeBerry, Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the time they were young, Gayle and Patricia were raised like sisters, as close as two friends could be. But they each had dreams that would take them far away - and far away from each other. Gayle was the beauty who believed that a man could make her world complete. Patricia was the intellectual who thought that rising to the top of her career would make her happy...
  • Gay Club! by Simon James Green

    Gay Club! by Simon James Green

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A landmark comedic novel about a group of queer teens at their worst - and ultimately their best - from one of the UK's leading writers of LGBTQ+ teen fiction. Barney's a shoo-in for his school's LGBTQ+ Society President at the club's next election. But when the vote is opened up to the entire student body, the whole school starts paying attention...
  • Like Other Girls by Britta Lundin

    Like Other Girls by Britta Lundin

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "What if I played football?" I ask. As soon as it's out of my mouth, I feel stupid. Even suggesting it feels like I've overstepped some kind of invisible line we've all agreed not to discuss. We don't talk about how Mara is different from other girls. We don't talk about how Mara is gay but no one says so...
  • Love at Last Sight by Jordan Lynde

    Love at Last Sight by Jordan Lynde

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “Rose, I’m sorry, but your eyesight will be gone by the end of this year.” Who knew one simple sentence could change a life so drastically? Rose is a normal seventeen year old girl with a normal life, normal friends, and what she thought to be normal vision. When she receives the news her vision is slowly deteriorating, she doesn't know what to think. Her life is over...
  • Cherry Red Summer by Carina Bartsch

    Cherry Red Summer by Carina Bartsch

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    No girl ever forgets her first love...No one knows that better than Emely Winter. It's been seven years since she last saw the man with the turquoise eyes, Elyas Schwarz?the embodiment of everything mothers warn their daughters about. Good-looking, charming, and with a hint of arrogance, Elyas is back in Emely's life and driving her crazy...
  • The Stars Don't Lie by Boo Walker

    The Stars Don't Lie by Boo Walker

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A man who thought he put his shattered past behind him embarks on a reflective journey home in a heartfelt novel by the bestselling author of The Singing Trees and A Spanish Sunrise.Haunted by a tragic decision he made twenty years ago, veterinarian Dr. Carver Livingston has not once returned to his Vermont hometown...
  • If You Were My Man by Francis Ray

    If You Were My Man by Francis Ray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nathalyia Fontaine has been the sole proprietor of the restaurant Fontaine since her husband died four years ago. She hasn't dated anyone in all those years, choosing not to open her heart again, or risk revealing her dark past. That is, until she meets Rafael Dunlap. Rafael is a hostage negotiator with his own set of problems...
  • For the Love of April French by Penny Aimes

    For the Love of April French by Penny Aimes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    April French doesn't do relationships and she never asks for more.A long-standing regular at kink club Frankie's, she's kind of seen it all. As a trans woman, she’s used to being the scenic rest stop for others on their way to a happily-ever-after. She knows how desire works, and she keeps hers carefully boxed up to take out on weekends only.After all, you can't be let down if you never ask...
  • His Uptown Girl by Liz Talley

    His Uptown Girl by Liz Talley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life doesn't follow rules... Jazz pianist Dez Batiste knows this all too well. It's taken him years to return to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina swept away what mattered most. His musician's soul is still lost in the wreckage, but he's after a brand-new future by opening an Uptown jazz club. Too bad the distractingly sexy Eleanor Theriot is getting in his way...
  • Making It by Laura Kay

    Making It by Laura Kay

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From the author of Wild Things comes a heartwarming and relatable queer rom-com about an isolated young woman whose artistic celebration of her pet chinchilla suddenly launches her into the professional art world, reality TV fame, and first love.Isobel's life is just her, her mum, and her pet chinchilla, Abigail, in their council flat on the Kentish coast...
  • Lifted by Nia Forrester

    Lifted by Nia Forrester

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What if your soulmate could never be your bedmate?Tessa Denison knows who she is—she never has and as far as she’s concerned, never will date men. Though she struggles with coming to terms with the loss of her parents at a young age and her very protective and overbearing brother, Trey, her sexuality and free-loving lifestyle have never given her a moment’s pause.Tyson Clark is a screw-up...
  • The One True Me and You by Remi K. England

    The One True Me and You by Remi K. England

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    One small fandom convention. One teen beauty pageant.One meet cute waiting to happen.Up and coming fanfic author Kaylee Beaumont is internally screaming at the chance to finally meet her fandom friends in real life and spend a weekend at GreatCon...
  • Die Sonne, so strahlend und Schwarz by Chantal-Fleur Sandjon

    Die Sonne, so strahlend und Schwarz by Chantal-Fleur Sandjon

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Ein sprachgewaltiger und überraschender Coming-of-Age-Roman für Jugendliche, voller Tiefgang und Gefühl, neu und aufregend.Seit ihrer ersten Begegnung ist Nova völlig fasziniert von Akoua. Ihre Gedanken kreisen nur noch um dieses Mädchen, das mit ihrem Strahlen Novas Welt zum Leuchten bringt. Es ist Liebe auf den ersten Blick und der Beginn einer aufregenden Zeit voller erster Male...
  • A Story of Now by Emily O’Beirne

    A Story of Now by Emily O’Beirne

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nineteen-year-old Claire Pearson knows she needs a life. And some new friends. But brittle, beautiful, and just a little bit too sassy for her own good sometimes, she no longer makes friends easily. And she has no clue where to start on the whole finding a life front, either...
  • Kill Your Darlings by MesserMoon

    Kill Your Darlings by MesserMoon

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kill Your Darlings: To remove or refrain from using something in spite of one's affection for itYears after Regulus loses his brother they're reunited, and as he struggles to figure out where he fits in Sirius's life he also struggles not to get lost in the impossible feelings he has for Sirius's best friend...
  • Single Bald Female by Laura Price

    Single Bald Female by Laura Price

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    'Life-affirming, tearjerking and gorgeously written . . . An extraordinary, hugely moving story about the fight for survival' - Hannah Tovey, bestselling author of The Education of Ivy EdwardsAt thirty-one, Jessica Jackson has it all – the career she’s worked so hard for, the loving boyfriend and a cosy London flat they share with their cat...
  • The No-Girlfriend Rule by Christen Randall

    The No-Girlfriend Rule by Christen Randall

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Julie Murphy meets Casey McQuiston in this unforgettable queer romance about a teen girl whose foray into fantasy tabletop roleplaying brings her new confidence, true friends, and a shot at real, swoon-worthy love.Hollis Beckwith isn’t trying to get a girl—she’s just trying to get by. For a fat, broke girl with anxiety, the start of senior year brings enough to worry about...
  • Nothing Burns as Bright as You by Ashley Woodfolk

    Nothing Burns as Bright as You by Ashley Woodfolk

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Five starred reviews! From New York Times  bestselling author Ashley Woodfolk,  Nothing Burns as Bright as You  is an impassioned stand-alone tale of queer love, grief, and the complexity of female friendship. Two girls. One wild and reckless day. Years of tumultuous history unspooling like a thin, fraying string in the hours after they set a fire. They were best friends. Until they became more...
  • The Kings of Nowhere by C.G. Drews

    The Kings of Nowhere by C.G. Drews

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Avery Lou has given up stealing houses — now he’s meant to build them. Forced to stay with the De Lainey family until Sam’s return from juvie, Avery feels like he’s drowning. He hates that Sam chose the De Laineys instead of running away with him. And he hates working in their construction company while Vin, the thief who hurt Sam, still walks free. Avery wants revenge...
  • This Is Our Place by Vitor Martins

    This Is Our Place by Vitor Martins

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Three teens -- in three different decades -- navigate life, love, and family in Vitor Martins's heartfelt new novel that spans generations. Perfect for fans of Tales from the City and Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda.If the walls of Number 8 Sunflower Street could talk ..
  • A Boy Like Me by Jennie Wood

    A Boy Like Me by Jennie Wood

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Born a girl, Peyton Honeycutt meets Tara Parks in the eighth grade bathroom shortly after he gets his first period. It is the best and worst day of his life. Determined to impress Tara, Peyton sets out to win her love by mastering the drums and basketball. He takes on Tara’s small-minded mother, the bully at school, and the prejudices within his conservative hometown...
  • Falling for Korea by Piper Jean

    Falling for Korea by Piper Jean

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    America meets K-drama in this rollercoaster plot with a fresh take on romance and what it means to be family.When Sydney is sent to Seoul to live with a family she’s never met, she encounters unexpected chemistry with their son, but must fight to unravel the mystery of why she was sent away...
  • Finding the Grain by Wynn Malone

    Finding the Grain by Wynn Malone

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Augusta "Blue" Riley's parents are killed by a tornado in her last month of high school, Blue is thrown into a world where nothing is what she expected. She moves from her farm in Alabama to North Carolina to be near her aunt and attend college. Interesting classes and the love of sorority girl Grace Lancaster help Blue let go of her grief...
    Categorized as:
    coming-of-age  drama  female-mc  lgbtq  realistic  wlw  adult  angst
  • Collide by Stephanie Shea

    Collide by Stephanie Shea

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mia Stone isn’t looking for romance. Not after her engagement crashed to an end when her fiancé was caught on viral video kissing another woman. She has time and space for three things in her life. Her family, her best friends Darby and James, and Flippin’ Fantastic Renovations—the house flipping company they co-own.Lauryn Matthews gets a bad rap...
  • Afterglow by Phil Stamper

    Afterglow by Phil Stamper

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After a summer of life-changing, these four friends are finally ready for senior year.Gabriel is thrilled to create his school's first LGBTQ+ advocacy group, but his long-distance relationship is fading from summer love to something else... Heath feels secure for the first time in years, but with his future riding on a baseball scholarship, each pitch triggers his anxiety..
  • Abroad by Liz Jacobs

    Abroad by Liz Jacobs

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nick Melnikov doesn’t know where he belongs. He was just a kid when his Russian-Jewish family immigrated to Michigan. Now he’s in London for university, overwhelmed by unexpected memories. Socially anxious, intensely private, and closeted, Nick doesn’t expect to fall in so quickly with a tight-knit group of students from his college, and it’s both exhilarating and scary...
  • Tears in the Water by Margherita Scialla

    Tears in the Water by Margherita Scialla

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A character-driven, slice-of-life contemporary story of love and self-discovery.At White Ravens University, where athletes train to become professional sportspeople, Alex is on the swimming team with her best friend, Xiuying. Having grown up mostly alone, parents absent and brother often busy with his own life, Alex tends not to meet new people unless she and Xiuying are together...
  • The Pros of Cons by Alison Cherry, Lindsay Ribar

    The Pros of Cons by Alison Cherry, Lindsay Ribar

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Drummer Phoebe Byrd prides herself on being one of the guys, and she's ready to prove it by kicking all their butts in the snare solo competition at the Indoor Percussion Association Convention. Writer Vanessa Montoya-O'Callaghan has been looking forward to the WTFcon for months...
  • Enlightened by J.P. Barnaby

    Enlightened by J.P. Barnaby

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Little Boy Lost is the story of Brian McAllister, the boy next door. Brian goes to school, does his homework, and helps his foster parents around the house. Brian also has a secret: he is in love with his best friend, Jamie. But in Crayford, Alabama, being in love with another boy is the worst kind of sin. Brian and Jamie will discover just how deep their emotional bond runs, and at what cost...
  • Mannen som elsket Yngve by Tore Renberg

    Mannen som elsket Yngve by Tore Renberg

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Romanen handler om et stort dilemma for bokas hovedperson - en tenåring som går i andreklassen i Stavanger. Sammen med kompisen Helge og kjæresten Katrine utgjør Jarle Klepp den tøffeste gjengen på skolen. De forfekter kompromissløse standpunkt til livets basale spørsmål: Verdensordningen, musikken, hårsveisen og hvem holder mål og hvem som ikke gjør det...
  • The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum

    The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Ryann Bird dreams of traveling across the stars. But a career in space isn’t an option for a girl who lives in a trailer park on the wrong side of town. So Ryann becomes her circumstances and settles for acting out and skipping school to hang out with her delinquent friends. One day she meets Alexandria: a furious loner who spurns Ryann’s offer of friendship...
  • Crystal's Heart by B.L. Miller, Verda Foster

    Crystal's Heart by B.L. Miller, Verda Foster

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Crystal Sheridan - professional stripper, straight, alcoholic, drug user. Laura Taylor - professional writer, lesbian, obsessive tidier, control freak. Two women who have absolutely nothing in common and yet, when they become improbable housemates, are amazed to find they can actually live with each other. And not only live...
    Categorized as:
    drama  lgbtq  wlw  contemporary  fiction  romantic-love  romance
  • Captain of Industry by Karin Kallmaker

    Captain of Industry by Karin Kallmaker

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The world is at Jennifer Lamont’s feet—right where she wants it. She has made breaking hearts a blood sport, and the cool, calculated use of other people’s backs has led to the stardom she has craved from the first time she heard applause. Lust or fear is all she has ever believed she could see in the eyes of others...
    Categorized as:
    drama  lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Vow of Celibacy: A Novel by Erin Judge

    Vow of Celibacy: A Novel by Erin Judge

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Natalie has made a promise: a vow of celibacy, signed and witnessed by her best friend. After a string of sexual conquests, she is determined to figure out why the intense romantic connections she’s spent her life chasing have left her emotionally high and dry...
  • Pieces by G. Benson

    Pieces by G. Benson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Orphaned Carmen is sixteen, newly homeless and will do almost anything to survive and keep her and her kid brother safe, together, and out of foster care. Ollie, also sixteen, has a life that’s all about parents, school pressure, friends and dreams of summer. The two fall into each other’s orbit, and one kiss changes everything. Ollie is captivated … but then Carmen vanishes...
  • Aftershocks of Kiss Cam by mikaelanay

    Aftershocks of Kiss Cam by mikaelanay

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jacob Callahan and Jacquelyn Waldorf have been rivals from the day they were born. Yes, you heard it.Their families are rivals.Their friends are rivals.Their soccer teams are rivals.Everything is going smoothly hateful until...One game night...
  • grl2grl by Julie Anne Peters

    grl2grl by Julie Anne Peters

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In this honest, emotionally captivating short story collection, renowned author and National Book Award finalist Julie Anne Peters offers a stunning portrayal of young women as they navigate the hurdles of relationships and sexual identity...
    Categorized as:
    coming-of-age  friendship  lgbtq  realistic  sad  trans-mc  wlw  abuse
  • A Mariana errada by Julia Braga

    A Mariana errada by Julia Braga

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mariana Goulart é a garota mais linda da escola. Não só isso — ela é gentil, educada, legal, inteligente, interessante… e todos os outros adjetivos positivos da língua portuguesa. Pelo menos aos olhos de Ingrid, que nutre uma paixonite pela colega do 3°B, mas nunca teve coragem de se declarar...
  • Fall From Love by Heather London

    Fall From Love by Heather London

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Struggling to put her life back together after a tragic mountaineering accident kills her college sweetheart, twenty-one-year-old Holly Treadwell is trying to set aside her grief, forge ahead in school, and find herself again.When Carter Hansen, a guy who brings back horrible memories from the night of the accident, finds his way back into her life, Holly’s unsure if she should let him in...
  • Love by the Numbers by Karin Kallmaker

    Love by the Numbers by Karin Kallmaker

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As a behavioral scientist, Professor Nicole Hathaway’s work strips away the foolish mystique that surrounds the human mating dance. When her academic tome is treated as a viral "love manual" her ecstatic publisher books her to appear all over the U.S. and Europe. Worse yet, her quiet, managed life has been shattered by a series of incompetent assistants...
  • The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan

    The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    One school. Twenty voices.Endless possibilities.There's the girl who is in love with Holden Caulfield. The boy who wants to be strong who falls for the girl who's convinced she needs to be weak. The girl who writes love songs for a girl she can't have. The two boys teetering on the brink of their first anniversary. And everyone in between...
  • A Shattered Moment by Tiffany King

    A Shattered Moment by Tiffany King

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the new series by Tiffany King, the USA Today bestselling author of the Woodfalls Girls novels, six friends—fresh from high school graduation—discover that the future can come at you from out of nowhere. This is Mackenzie’s story… Mackenzie Wilson once had hope for what life had to offer, but everything changed on the night of her graduation...
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