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Books like Juliet takes a breath
A messy, vibrant, and deeply earnest summer of self-discovery, queer joy, and learning that your heroes are only human. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Juliet takes a breath.
- vibrant
- hopeful
- tender
- awkward
- 01
Gabi, a girl in pieces
Isabel Quintero
An unflinchingly honest and intimate chronicle of a turbulent senior year, where poetry becomes the anchor amidst family chaos and growing pains.
- 02
More happy than not
Adam Silvera
A heartbreaking, speculative exploration of whether erasing our deepest pains is worth losing the truth of who we are.
- 03
Rainbow boys
Alex Sanchez
A candid, big-hearted exploration of the terrifying and exhilarating threshold between hiding who you are and stepping into the light.
- 04
The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo
A fierce, rhythmic heartbeat of a book about a girl learning to carve out her own space in a world that wants her to shrink.
- 05
Ophelia after All
Racquel Marie
A warm, funny, and tender exploration of what happens when the person you thought you were no longer fits the person you are becoming.
- 06
Our own private universe
Robin Talley
A tender, sun-warmed summer romance about stepping out of your own head and into the messy, beautiful reality of first love.
- 07
Julian is a mermaid
Jessica Love
A sun-drenched, tender celebration of being seen, loved, and celebrated exactly as you are.
- 08
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Julia Alvarez
A vibrant, reverse-chronological mosaic of sisterhood, memory, and the bittersweet cost of assimilation.
- 09
Rubyfruit Jungle
Rita Mae Brown · 1987
A fiercely funny, unapologetic romp through mid-century America that celebrates living loudly and loving women without an ounce of shame.
- 10
Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel
Sara Farizan
A warm, witty exploration of the sheer panic and ultimate joy of a high school queer awakening.
- 11
Yaqui Delgado Wants To Kick Your Ass
Meg Medina
A tense, deeply empathetic exploration of how the looming threat of high school violence can shrink your world, and what it takes to expand it again.
- 12
Openly straight
Bill Konigsberg
A funny, heartfelt exploration of what happens when the desire to shed labels accidentally means shedding your true self.
