Apsara Engine
By: Bishakh Kumar Som
3.84
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
In turns both fantastical and familiar, this graphic short story collection with South Asian roots …
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1. Wild Beauty
By: Anna-Marie McLemore
3.61
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
Love grows such strange things. For nearly a century, the Nomeolvides women have tended the grou… read more
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- queer
- fantasy
- fiction
- lgbt
"Everyone’s broken. The only difference is how."-Anna-Marie McLemore, Wild Beauty
"Sorrow was a family heirloom, written into their blood like ink on a will."-Anna-Marie McLemore, Wild Beauty
"Nothing else in the world makes a man like that more afraid than five girls on their periods."-Anna-Marie McLemore, Wild Beauty
"Estrella wished she could pry the ground open like the shell of a pomegranate, spilling out its secrets like shining red seeds."-Anna-Marie McLemore, Wild Beauty
2. Shubeik Lubeik
By: Deena Mohamed
4.50
Format: 528 pages, ebook
A brilliant and imaginative debut graphic novel that brings to life a fantastical Cairo where wishe… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- fiction
- fantasy
3. Monica
By: Daniel Clowes
3.95
Format: 106 pages, Hardcover
Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story — actually, s… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- short stories
- comics
- fiction
4. 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
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- lgbt
- graphic novels
- comics
- fiction
- queer
5. 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
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- lgbt
- graphic novels comics
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- queer
6. Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam
By: Thien Pham
4.29
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in Amer… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
7. A Guest in the House
By: Emily Carroll
4.06
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In this graphic novel by Emily Carroll, a young woman marries a kind dentist only to discover a dar… read more
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- lgbt
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
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- fiction
- fantasy
"I don’t sleep for days after seeing her. And when I finally do, my dreams are tangled, dripping things."-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House
"I used to dream of dragons. I would find them, panting, pacing. Sung inside damp caverns. When I lived through them they would release their riches in a stinking swell of gore and glittering jewels…a…"-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House
"At night, every noise could be her. I know she’s here now, right now, even though she won’t show herself to me. (I tried to find her the other night, down by the front door like before, but nothing c…"-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House
"David tells me the first week they lived here, Crystal had nightmares about the attic, about things dripping down from it at night. She would stop crying until he put a lock on it. There’d been anima…"-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House
8. In Limbo
By: Deb J.J. Lee
4.18
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
A debut YA graphic memoir about a Korean-American girl's coming-of-age story—and a coming home stor… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
9. 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
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- transgender
- lgbt
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- fiction
- queer
10. Rifqa
By: Mohammed El-Kurd
4.66
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Rifqa is Mohammed El-Kurd’s debut collection of poetry, written in the tradition of Ghassan Kanfani… read more
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"Sing me a song of home break a dish or two throw a stone or two because the screams make me nostalgic: I almost don't fear the sirens."-Mohammed El-Kurd, Rifqa
11. The Infinity Particle
By: Wendy Xu
4.03
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In this gorgeous graphic novel by Wendy Xu, co-creator of the award-winning Mooncakes, a young inve… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- fiction
- science fiction
- fantasy
12. The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
By: Ram V.
4.30
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Humanity is on the verge of discovering immortality, which means the avatar of Death is out of a jo… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- fiction
- fantasy
"Perhaps it is enough to remember at story's end the miracle that it was simply to have lived."-Ram V., The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
"If life's an exercise in making memories...no one really goes away as long as they are remembered."-Ram V., The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
"It’s what happens when things die. They go away, but you don’t realize all the parts of you that they were holding up until after."-Ram V., The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
"And in the days that follow, the possibilities of what could've been begin to fall away. Leaving you with less, each time-- more precious, to be savored. Like a cigarette. The point of life, my frien…"-Ram V., The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
13. Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story
By: Julia Wertz
4.35
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In her keenly observed graphic memoir, Impossible People, celebrated cartoonist Julia Wertz chronic… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
"Go fuck yourself, melted spatula!"-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story
"Do the stepwork and don't give me any of your excuses. We both know they're bullshit."-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story
"It's the fantasy of a life gone wrong. You've been doing the best you can, but it's hard and you're tired. Then something horrible happens and you get to give up and go be sad somewhere. There's some…"-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story
"...you're at a place in your life where you're trying to let people in, so you should have called someone to spend the afternoon with you instead of being a weirdo alone in a theater crying at a come…"-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story
14. The Third Person
By: Emma Grove
4.14
Format: 920 pages, Paperback
In the winter of 2004, a shy woman named Emma sits in Toby’s office. She wants to share this wonder… read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- queer
15. Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
By: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
4.55
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
In this collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and longtime activist and perfor… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"It [i.e. disability justice] means we are not left behind; we are beloved, kindred, needed."-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
"To me, one quality of disability justice culture is that it is simultaneously beautiful and practical. Poetry and dance are as valuable as a blog post about access hacks - because they're equally imp…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
"Disability Justice allowed me to understand that me writing from my sickbed wasn't me being week or uncool or not a real writer but a time-honoured crip creative practice. And that understanding allo…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
"One of the central loves of my life is coaching and supporting other writers. Specifically, writers who identify as BIPOC, sick/Mad/disabled, queer/trans, femme, working-class/poor, or some or all of…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
16. 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
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- lgbt
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- fiction
- queer
17. Jonny Appleseed
By: Joshua Whitehead
3.95
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
(Alternate cover edition of ISBN 1551527251 / 9781551527253.) "You're gonna need a rock and a w… read more
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- queer
- fiction
- lgbt
"I am my own best medicine."-Joshua Whitehead, Jonny Appleseed
"...leaving home always hurts--home isn't a space, it's a feeling. You have to feel home and to feel it, you have to sense it: smell it, taste it, hear it. And it isn't always comfortable--"-Joshua Whitehead, Jonny Appleseed
"Maybe we're more like dandelions. A weed that's a pest in the yard but pretty to look at. Yeah, an Indian home is like a dandelion, pretty, but disposable and imbued with a million little seeds that …"-Joshua Whitehead, Jonny Appleseed
"The nurses were busybodies, I could hear them scurrying about in the rooms adjacent to ours. They were telling jokes and laughing. Their happiness pissed me off. Stop fucking laughing, I thought, my …"-Joshua Whitehead, Jonny Appleseed
18. Men I Trust
By: Tommi Parrish
3.75
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Eliza is a thirtysomething struggling single mother and poet. Sasha, a twentysomething yearning for… read more
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- lgbt
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- fiction
- queer
19. Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection
By: Yao Xiao
3.71
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid perfectly captures the feelings of a young sojourner in… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
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20. Apsara Engine
By: Bishakh Kumar Som
3.84
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
In turns both fantastical and familiar, this graphic short story collection with South Asian roots … read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- short stories
- comics
- fiction
- science fiction
- fantasy
- queer
21. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
By: Emil Ferris
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The most anticipated graphic novel of 2024, concluding the story of young Karen Reyes, the most ins… read more
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- lgbt
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- fiction
- queer
"Courage isn't about not being scared... It's about carrying your fear into battle."-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
"No, I do not want any kind of censorship. Anka always said, "The minute they tell you that you should not see something, that is the minute you should make it your business to see or read it or whate…"-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
"All my life I have seen pictures that show women as being what you call 'sexy' when they are being hurt. That sends send me a message and I think that the message is, women are at their best when the…"-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
22. Brooms
By: Jasmine Walls
4.23
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
YALSA TOP 10 GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS BEST OF THE Booklist · Kirkus · Polygon · Chicago Publ… read more
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- graphic novels
- comics
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
23. The Low, Low Woods
By: Carmen Maria Machado
3.95
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
When your memories are stolen, what would you give to remember? Follow El and Vee as they search fo… read more
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- lgbt
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
24. Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith
By: Grace Ellis
4.12
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A fictional and complex portrait of bestselling author Patricia Highsmith caught up in the longing … read more
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- lgbt
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- queer
25. It Won't Always Be Like This
By: Malaka Gharib
4.03
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
An intimate graphic memoir about an American girl growing up with her Egyptian father's new family,… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
26. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
By: Mannie Murphy
3.56
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
In this graphic novel, what begins as an affectionate reminiscence of the author’s 1990s teenage in… read more
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- lgbt
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- queer
27. Trans Care
By: Hil Malatino
4.37
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
What does it mean for trans people to show up for one another, to care deeply for one another? How … read more
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- queer
- transgender
- lgbt
28. They Fell Like Stars from the Sky & Other Stories
By: Sheikha Helawy
3.81
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
They Fell Like Stars from the Sky and Other Stories is a collection of eighteen short stories celeb… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
29. Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
By: Nishioka Kyoudai
3.81
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Two cult-favorite Japanese writers present eerie graphic adaptations of 9 classic Kafka short stori… read more
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- graphic novels
- short stories
- fiction
- comics
30. Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
By: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
4.65
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
The future of Black, queer, and trans liberation explored by a legendary transgender elder and acti… read more
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- queer
- transgender
- lgbt
"I would hope that someone would step away from this book recognising that "transgender" does not encompass just one type of person."-Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
"If self-hatred was hammered into you when you were young, Major wants you to know that you're important - that being an outsider helps you develop skin that's both tough and pliable in social situati…"-Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
"The Powers That Be: the corporate, government, and nonprofit actors who work to preserve the status quo, and the forces in the world who want us all to fit into our proper places in an established so…"-Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
31. The Life & Times of Butch Dykes: Portraits of Artists, Leaders, and Dreamers Who Changed the World (Real Heroes)
By: Eloisa Aquino
3.95
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Throughout history, many women and nonbinary people have defied society's expectations of feminine … read more
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- lgbt
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- queer
