18 Top queer books like The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes

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The Times I Knew I Was Gay

By: Eleanor Crewes

3.93

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Ellie always had questions about who she was and how she fit in. As a girl, she wore black, obsesse…

If you liked the queer plot in The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. Spinning

By: Tillie Walden

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Poignant and captivating, Ignatz Award winner Tillie Walden's powerful graphic memoir, Spinning, ca… read more

Similar categories in Tillie Walden's Spinning book and Eleanor Crewes's The Times I Knew I Was Gay

  • lesbian
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"I never ignored the fact that I was attracted to them. I had known I was gay since I was 5. Now I was almost 12. A teacher's aide had shown me how to hold your sleeve when you put your jacket on. I s…"

-Tillie Walden, Spinning

2. i love this part

By: Tillie Walden

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Two girls in a small town in the USA kill time together as they try to get through their days at s… read more

Similar categories in Tillie Walden's i love this part book and Eleanor Crewes's The Times I Knew I Was Gay

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3. Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy

By: Faith Erin Hicks

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

New York Times bestseller Faith Erin Hicks is back with Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy , a young adult… read more

Similar categories in Faith Erin Hicks's Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy book and Eleanor Crewes's The Times I Knew I Was Gay

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier

4. Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms

By: Crystal Frasier

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

A sweet, queer teen romance perfect for fans of Fence and Check, Please!Annie is a smart, antisocia… read more

Similar categories in Crystal Frasier's Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms book and Eleanor Crewes's The Times I Knew I Was Gay

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
"Oh? You're held to a different standard because of others' preconceptions?"

-Crystal Frasier, Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms

Cover of Pardalita by Joana Estrela

5. Pardalita

By: Joana Estrela

3.80

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

Quando Raquel nos começa a contar a sua história, Pardalita já entrou na sua vida. Não de rompante,… read more

Similar categories in Joana Estrela's Pardalita book and Eleanor Crewes's The Times I Knew I Was Gay

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

6. Gender Queer

By: Maia Kobabe

4.28

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would … read more

Similar categories in Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer book and Eleanor Crewes's The Times I Knew I Was Gay

  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"I don't"

-Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer

"My deepest emotional relationships have always been with women. Did that mean I was a lesbian? But my sexual fantasies involved two male partners. Was I a gay boy tapped in a girl's body? The knowled…"

-Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer

"Some people are born in the mountains, while others are born by the sea. Some people are happy to live in the place they were born, while others must make a journey to reach the climate in which they…"

-Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer

"As I pondered a pronoun change, I began to think of gender less as a scale and more as a landscape. Some people are born in the mountains, while others are born by the sea. Some people are happy to l…"

-Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer

Cover of Roaming by Jillian Tamaki

7. Roaming

By: Jillian Tamaki

3.77

Format: 443 pages, Paperback

Spring break, 2009. High school best friends Zoe and Dani are now freshman college students, meetin… read more

Similar categories in Jillian Tamaki's Roaming book and Eleanor Crewes's The Times I Knew I Was Gay

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Be Gay, Do Comics by Matt Bors

8. Be Gay, Do Comics

By: Matt Bors

4.22

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

The dream of a queer separatist town. The life of a gay and Jewish Nazi-fighter. A gender reveal pa… read more

Similar categories in Matt Bors's Be Gay, Do Comics book and Eleanor Crewes's The Times I Knew I Was Gay

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz

9. The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich

By: Deya Muniz

4.40

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A funny, heartfelt YA romance about finding love—and lots of grilled cheese sandwiches—in the place… read more

Similar categories in Deya Muniz's The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich book and Eleanor Crewes's The Times I Knew I Was Gay

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of Mimosa: A Graphic Novel by Archie Bongiovanni

10. Mimosa: A Graphic Novel

By: Archie Bongiovanni

3.73

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Archie Bongiovanni, the comics artist behind the award-winning hit A Quick and Easy Guide to They/T… read more

Similar categories in Archie Bongiovanni's Mimosa: A Graphic Novel book and Eleanor Crewes's The Times I Knew I Was Gay

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag

11. The Girl from the Sea

By: Molly Knox Ostertag

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Witch Boy trilogy comes a graphic novel about family, romance, and first lov… read more

Similar categories in Molly Knox Ostertag's The Girl from the Sea book and Eleanor Crewes's The Times I Knew I Was Gay

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
"Sometimes plans must change, my love."

-Molly Knox Ostertag, The Girl from the Sea

"*creepy ghost whispers* morgan... THAT'S IT SHE'S DEAD"

-Molly Knox Ostertag, The Girl from the Sea

"Sometimes you have to let your life get messy. That's how you get to the good parts"

-Molly Knox Ostertag, The Girl from the Sea

Cover of The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes

12. The Times I Knew I Was Gay

By: Eleanor Crewes

3.93

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Ellie always had questions about who she was and how she fit in. As a girl, she wore black, obsesse… read more

Similar categories in Eleanor Crewes's The Times I Knew I Was Gay book and Eleanor Crewes's The Times I Knew I Was Gay

  • lesbian
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Thieves by Lucie Bryon

13. Thieves

By: Lucie Bryon

4.21

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Ella can’t seem to remember a single thing from the party the night before at a mysterious stranger… read more

Similar categories in Lucie Bryon's Thieves book and Eleanor Crewes's The Times I Knew I Was Gay

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
"I'm not just your friend when everything is going well. I'm your friend through the crappy times too."

-Lucie Bryon, Thieves

Cover of Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure (St. Hell, #1) by Lewis Hancox

14. Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure (St. Hell, #1)

By: Lewis Hancox

4.28

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A groundbreaking memoir about being a trans teen, in the vein of FUN HOME and FLAMER... and at the … read more

Similar categories in Lewis Hancox's Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure (St. Hell, #1) book and Eleanor Crewes's The Times I Knew I Was Gay

  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of Stone Fruit by Lee Lai

15. Stone Fruit

By: Lee Lai

4.06

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

Bron and Ray are a queer couple who enjoy their role as the fun weirdo aunties to Ray’s niece, six-… read more

Similar categories in Lee Lai's Stone Fruit book and Eleanor Crewes's The Times I Knew I Was Gay

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Fine: A Comic About Gender by Rhea Ewing

16. Fine: A Comic About Gender

By: Rhea Ewing

4.28

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

Washington Post • 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2022 A vibrant and informative debut with “great doc… read more

Similar categories in Rhea Ewing's Fine: A Comic About Gender book and Eleanor Crewes's The Times I Knew I Was Gay

  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
"Gender affects everybody, so whether you're trans or not, gender is fucking you up. -Jac, 2013"

-Rhea Ewing, Fine: A Comic About Gender

Cover of Opowiedz mnie na nowo by A. Gardaś

17. Opowiedz mnie na nowo

By: A. Gardaś

4.03

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

Poznałem go pod koniec marca. Sądzę, że musiał być mi pisany, choć normalnie nie wierzę w taki rze… read more

Similar categories in A. Gardaś's Opowiedz mnie na nowo book and Eleanor Crewes's The Times I Knew I Was Gay

  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Belle of the Ball by Mari Costa

18. Belle of the Ball

By: Mari Costa

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A young adult graphic novel about high school wallflower Belle Hawkins, who ends up in a love trian… read more

Similar categories in Mari Costa's Belle of the Ball book and Eleanor Crewes's The Times I Knew I Was Gay

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of The Sad Ghost Club, Vol. 3 by Lize Meddings

19. The Sad Ghost Club, Vol. 3

By: Lize Meddings

4.01

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

'We wanted to create a space where anyone who is feeling sad or alone could come and feel ... well,… read more

Similar categories in Lize Meddings's The Sad Ghost Club, Vol. 3 book and Eleanor Crewes's The Times I Knew I Was Gay

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Quero Voar by Kachisou

20. Quero Voar

By: Kachisou

3.60

Format: 124 pages, Hardcover

Uma maravilhosa novela gráfica de uma das mais recentes vozes da BD portuguesa. Kyle sente-se preso… read more

Similar categories in Kachisou's Quero Voar book and Eleanor Crewes's The Times I Knew I Was Gay

  • graphic novels
Cover of Cannonball by Kelsey Wroten

21. Cannonball

By: Kelsey Wroten

3.31

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Kelsey Wroten’s Cannonball fires the reader straight into the messy life of Caroline Bertram: aspir… read more

Similar categories in Kelsey Wroten's Cannonball book and Eleanor Crewes's The Times I Knew I Was Gay

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
  • queer

7 best-selling adult books like The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes

Transform Your Habits

Roaming

Jillian Tamaki

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Be Gay, Do Comics

Matt Bors

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Mimosa: A Graphic Novel

Archie Bongiovanni

3.73

Transform Your Habits

The Times I Knew I Was Gay

Eleanor Crewes

3.93

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15 best-selling fiction books like Mimosa: A Graphic Novel by Archie Bongiovanni

Transform Your Habits

Roaming

Jillian Tamaki

3.77

Transform Your Habits

A Guest in the House

Emily Carroll

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Boys Weekend

Mattie Lubchansky

4.03

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Mimosa: A Graphic Novel

Archie Bongiovanni

3.73

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