13 must-read fiction books like Play Boy by Constance Debré

Cover of Play Boy by Constance Debré

Play Boy

By: Constance Debré

3.25

Format: 187 pages, Paperback

" J'ai même pas osé mettre la langue la première fois que j'ai embrassé une fille. C'était après La…

If you liked the fiction plot in Play Boy by Constance Debré , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Baise-Moi by Virginie Despentes, Bruce Benderson

1. Baise-Moi

By: Virginie Despentes , Bruce Benderson

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Baise-Moiis one of the most controversial French novels of recent years, a punk fantasy that takes … read more

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  • roman
  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
  • novels
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2. Notice

By: Heather Lewis , None

3.94

Format: 489 pages, Paperback

As a young adult, she started to turn tricks in the parking lot of the local bar. Not because she n… read more

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  • fiction
  • lgbt

3. Vernon Subutex, 2 (Vernon Subutex, #2)

By: Virginie Despentes

3.10

Format: None pages,

QUI EST VERNON SUBUTEX ? Une legende urbaine. Un ange dechu. Un disparu qui ne cesse de ressurgir. … read more

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4. Chelsea Girls

By: Eileen Myles

4.27

Format: None pages, Paperback

Available once again for a new generation of readers, the groundbreaking and candid coming-of-age n… read more

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5. Triste tigre

By: Neige Sinno

4.23

Format: 283 pages, Paperback

J'ai voulu y croire, j'ai voulu rêver que le royaume de la littérature m'accueillerait comme n'impo… read more

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  • roman
  • france
  • french literature
"C'est vrai qu'aucun [...] n'avait vu ce que nous pouvions voir nous, les enfants et ma mère, au sein du foyer, où il se comportait comme un tyran. Et c'est quand même ça qui ressort avant tout de cet…"

-Neige Sinno, Triste tigre

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6. Coming In

By: Élodie Font

4.38

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Le récit bouleversant et drôle de l’acceptation de son homosexualité par une jeune fille, de ses 15… read more

Similar categories in Élodie Font's Coming In book and Constance Debré's Play Boy

  • lesbian
  • france
  • queer
  • lgbt
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7. All Fours

By: Miranda July

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times–bestselling author of The First Bad Man returns with an irreverently sexy, tende… read more

Similar categories in Miranda July's All Fours book and Constance Debré's Play Boy

  • novels
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"But maybe the road split between: a life spent longing vs. a life that was continually surprising"

-Miranda July, All Fours

"Maybe we shouldn't do that," Jordi said. "Flatten ourselves like that. Erratic doesn't have to mean crazy or irresponsible. Shouldn't we be normalizing change?"

-Miranda July, All Fours

"I guess any calling, no mater what it is, is a kind of unresolved ache," I said, giving in to knowing more than him. "It's a problem that you can't fix, but there is some relief in knowing you will c…"

-Miranda July, All Fours

"For me lying created just the right amount of problems and what you saw was just one of my four or five faces- each real, each with different needs. The only dangerous lie was one that asked me to co…"

-Miranda July, All Fours

Cover of La chair est triste hélas by Ovidie

8. La chair est triste hélas

By: Ovidie

4.17

Format: 137 pages, Kindle Edition

" J'ai repensé à ces innombrables rapports auxquels je m'étais forcée par politesse, pour ne pas fr… read more

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  • france
  • queer
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9. My First Book

By: Honor Levy

3.27

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From groundbreaking debut author Honor Levy, stories to delight and ensnare Walking the wire betwe… read more

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  • fiction
"I HAV3 CHOS3N T3H WAY OF FA3THFUL3SS"

-Honor Levy, My First Book

"Nerf is a verb now. I'm gonna nerf all you faggots, give me that grenade."

-Honor Levy, My First Book

"1 like = 1 prayer. 1 like = 1 prayer. 1 like = 1 prayer. 1 like = 1 prayer. 1 like = 1 prayer."

-Honor Levy, My First Book

"Zoe laughs like Tinkerbell, the air whistling between the gaps in her teeth. She’s definitely not a dog."

-Honor Levy, My First Book

Cover of Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel

10. Headshot

By: Rita Bullwinkel

3.63

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An electrifying debut novel from an “unusually gifted writer” (Lorrie Moore) about the radical inti… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
"The desire to please people is the desire to not be singular."

-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot

"Tanya Maw's sister is two years older, the perfect age gap for wisdom transmission."

-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot

"It can be intoxicating to play a sport that requires one to look in their opponent's eyes."

-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot

"It's a warmth that she'll feel again very few times in her life. It's almost like love, but it has a surer, less desperate edge to it."

-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot

Cover of Play Boy by Constance Debré

11. Play Boy

By: Constance Debré

3.25

Format: 187 pages, Paperback

" J'ai même pas osé mettre la langue la première fois que j'ai embrassé une fille. C'était après La… read more

Similar categories in Constance Debré's Play Boy book and Constance Debré's Play Boy

  • lesbian
  • roman
  • lgbt
  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
  • novels
  • queer
Cover of Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in Verse by Brontez Purnell

12. Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in Verse

By: Brontez Purnell

4.16

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

"This book is brutal and brutally honest, but still perversely addictive because Brontez Purnell is… read more

Similar categories in Brontez Purnell's Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in Verse book and Constance Debré's Play Boy

  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti

13. Alphabetical Diaries

By: Sheila Heti

4.02

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling confessional from the award-winning, beloved author of Pure Colour. Sheila Heti kept a… read more

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14. Molly

By: Blake Butler

3.66

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A gripping, unforgettable memoir from one of the best, most original writers of the 21st century. … read more

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Cover of Bitter Water Opera by Nicolette Polek

15. Bitter Water Opera

By: Nicolette Polek

4.03

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

An electrifying debut novel about art, solitude, family, and faith in a world without it In 1967, … read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
Cover of Clémence en colère by Mirion Malle

16. Clémence en colère

By: Mirion Malle

4.72

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Clémence est en colère. Une colère si forte, si envahissante qu'elle l'empêche de vivre. Sentant qu… read more

Similar categories in Mirion Malle's Clémence en colère book and Constance Debré's Play Boy

  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Women: A Novella by Chloé Caldwell

17. Women: A Novella

By: Chloé Caldwell

3.90

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The cult-classic novella that intimately explores one young writer’s whirlwind and whiplash affair … read more

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  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • novels
  • queer
"I feel drawn to the word "unmoored" during this time. I look it up a few times a week. I stare at the definition on my computer screen. I love the example sentence Wikipedia uses, which says, Left un…"

-Chloé Caldwell, Women: A Novella

"I become familiar with cold hard grounds. On a Friday night, I drink three too many glasses of wine and I call Finn. She makes no black humor jokes. It is not an erotic mess anymore, like Sabine once…"

-Chloé Caldwell, Women: A Novella

Cover of Les Nuits bleues by Anne-Fleur Multon

18. Les Nuits bleues

By: Anne-Fleur Multon

4.11

Format: 207 pages, Paperback

Dans les rues d'un Paris déserté, la narratrice avance la peur au ventre et la joie au coeur : c'es… read more

Similar categories in Anne-Fleur Multon's Les Nuits bleues book and Constance Debré's Play Boy

  • lesbian
  • roman
  • lgbt
  • france
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of The Anthropologists by Aysegül Savas

19. The Anthropologists

By: Aysegül Savas

4.05

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Asya and Manu are looking at apartments, envisioning their future in a foreign city. What should th… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
Cover of If You're A Girl (Native Agents) by Ann Rower

20. If You're A Girl (Native Agents)

By: Ann Rower

3.48

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Rower's fiction is a devious transcription of life as it morphs into stories that turn into still m… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Coin by Yasmin Zaher

21. The Coin

By: Yasmin Zaher

3.55

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A bold and unabashed novel about a young Palestinian woman's unraveling, far from home, as she gets… read more

Similar categories in Yasmin Zaher's The Coin book and Constance Debré's Play Boy

  • novels
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"And the poet, he asked, who was it again? Aisha didn't know him, neither did Matthew. But, of course, Gregory did. He asked if he was the 9/11 denier. No, definitely not a denier, but very vocal when…"

-Yasmin Zaher, The Coin

8 must-read novels books like Play Boy by Constance Debré

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Baise-Moi

Virginie Despentes , Bruce Benderson

4.00

Transform Your Habits

All Fours

Miranda July

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Headshot

Rita Bullwinkel

3.63

Transform Your Habits

Play Boy

Constance Debré

3.25

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20 must-read fiction books like The Coin by Yasmin Zaher

Transform Your Habits

All Fours

Miranda July

3.81

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Exhibit

R.O. Kwon

3.24

Transform Your Habits

Worry

Alexandra Tanner

3.36

Transform Your Habits

Headshot

Rita Bullwinkel

3.63

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