Books like Two Boys Kissing

Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan reads as hopeful, reflective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Darius the Great Is Not Okay

Adib Khorram

Shares the comingofage + hopeful thread

69% genome match

I Fell in Love with Hope

Lancali · 2022

Shares the comingofage thread

71% genome match

With the Fire on High

Elizabeth Acevedo · 2019

Shares the comingofage + hopeful thread

73% genome match

Dance on my grave

Aidan Chambers · 1982

Shares the comingofage thread

75% genome match

Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Shares the comingofage + hopeful thread

70% genome match

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

Shares the comingofage + hopeful thread

69% genome match

Everything Leads to You

Nina LaCour · 2014

Shares the comingofage thread

71% genome match

Dear nobody

Berlie Doherty · 1991

Shares the comingofage thread

72% genome match

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster boy

Gary D. Schmidt · 1999

Shares the comingofage + hopeful thread

69% genome match

Love, Stargirl

Jerry Spinelli · 2007

Shares the hopeful thread

69% genome match

All the Bright Places

Jennifer Niven

Shares the comingofage thread

69% genome match

A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Becky Chambers

Shares the comingofage + hopeful thread

69% genome match