Books like Gorgeous by Paul Rudnick

A young man wakes up in different bodies over the years, falling in love with the person they love in each one.

In Gail Carson Levine’s retelling of Snow White, Aza, shunned for her lack of beauty, discovers a voice that captivates all—yet a jealous queen threatens to use it to keep her own claim to the throne.

Seventeen‑year‑old Alexa Hollen hides as a boy to join Antion’s army, earning a place in Prince Damian’s elite guard. When an evil king threatens the realm, she must use her wit and sword skills to protect her prince and defeat the sorcerer who killed her parents.

In the high school of Mount Washington, an annual list of the prettiest and ugliest girls rattles eight students from freshman to senior, exposing how self‑esteem and identity are tested in a teenage crowd.

Twins swap identities in the minor leagues of baseball and Hollywood fame, forcing them to adapt to new lives and friendships in Los Angeles.

475 pages ; 23 cm700L Lexile

Addie on the Inside follows seventh‑grader Addie Carle as she questions her identity and battles societal expectations, confronting loss, teasing, and friendship while growing into her confidence.

Rhiannon feels overlooked by her boyfriend Justin, until a stranger reveals the real truth about the one special day she shared with him.

Twelve‑year‑old Annika, a foundling in late nineteenth‑century Vienna, inherits a trunk of costume jewelry and becomes entangled with a woman who claims to be her aristocratic mother, leading to a strange, decrepit mansion in Germany.

In her fourth book, LIPSTICK JUNGLE, best-selling author Candace Bushnell re-creates a real-life world as compelling and fascinating as Sex and the City. In LIPSTICK JUNGLE, high fashion meets the powerful women who actually wear it.Victory Ford -- single, beautiful, creative and unconventional -- has worked for years to create her own independent fashion house. But when her company goes into a tailspin, Victory falls into the arms of the ruthless cosmetics baron, Lyne Bennett. As she struggles to keep her company afloat, she learns crucial lessons about what she really wants from a relationship.One of the most powerful women in publishing, Nico O'Neilly seems to have it all -- a stellar career, a well-respected husband, and an eight-year-old daughter whom she adores. But at forty-three, Nico finds that this isn't enough. Her secret ambition is to become the first female CEO of Splatch-Verner (the multimedia company that owns her magazine), but if she's going to achieve her goal, she needs to start acting now.Wendy Healy, President of Parador Pictures, has chutzpah to spare. It’s propelled her to the very top of the cutthroat movie business, yet as she tries to bring her most important movie to the screen, her drive is not enough to save her. Selden Rose, the president of MovieTime, is secretly lobbying to oust Wendy and take over Parador; meanwhile, her twelve-year-marriage to her metrosexual househusband is falling apart. One has to go--and in a series of unconventional plot twists, Wendy finds a startling answer.Following these determined but likeable leading ladies through the ups and downs of their careers, their marriages and their affairs, Candace Bushnell shows us how three strong women stay at the top of their fields in the toughest town in the world.

A collection of contemporary short stories and brief graphics exploring love, sexuality, and gender identity among young people in America.

A party planner from Manhattan finds herself thrust into the spotlight and the heart of scandal as she navigates the social and professional challenges of high society.

Juliet flees from her father’s pursuit and finds refuge in a Scottish moor mansion, where dark experiments, secret passages and ominous fortune‑tellers test her values between science and destiny.

In an alternate world ruled by the Franco-British Empire, Princess Marie‑Victoria teams up with her childhood friend, a rogue mage, to thwart a forced political marriage and protect the realm's sole source of magic.

Maxi Amberville, a glamorous New Yorker with a taste for luxury, embarks on a bold business venture that reshapes the fashion publishing world.

Kyra must navigate rising tensions in Forge's Council to protect her city from relentless Demon Rider attacks, while wrestling with her Makvani heritage and a powerful link to the very enemies she seeks to defeat.

A teenage girl, torn between two magical traditions and two boys, struggles with identity and love in her new home on a magical island.

A six‑year‑old lung‑disease patient discovers her true identity when a friend invites her to the sky‑bound world of Magonia.

Fourteen‑year‑old Frances survives a terrible massacre, assuming her best friend Libby’s identity and wealth while secretly plotting revenge against the powerful Wells family. Now eighteen, she plans to destroy them—and her first love, Grey—once and for all.