22 best-selling queer books like We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film by Tre’vell Anderson

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We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

By: Tre’vell Anderson

4.44

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking look at the history of transgender representation in TV and film, by an of-the-mom…

If you liked the queer plot in We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film by Tre’vell Anderson , here is a list of 22 books like this:

1. Lightspeed Magazine, June 2015: Queers Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue

By: Seanan McGuire , Amal El-Mohtar , Geoff Ryman , John Chu , Nalo Hopkinson , Chaz Brenchley , R.B. Lemberg , Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam , Susan Jane Bigelow

4.47

Format: None pages,

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Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Lightspeed Magazine, June 2015: Queers Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar

2. The Dos and Donuts of Love

By: Adiba Jaigirdar

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A pun-filled YA contemporary romance, The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar finds a teenage… read more

Similar categories in Adiba Jaigirdar's The Dos and Donuts of Love book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • queer
"Food is a big part of my culture, especially sweet foods. When you're Bangladeshi, you're taught that any good news or celebration has to be accompanied with some sweet food. Every time you visit som…"

-Adiba Jaigirdar, The Dos and Donuts of Love

Cover of Creep: Accusations and Confessions by Myriam Gurba

3. Creep: Accusations and Confessions

By: Myriam Gurba

4.37

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

A ruthless and razor-sharp essay collection that tackles the pervasive, creeping oppression and tox… read more

Similar categories in Myriam Gurba's Creep: Accusations and Confessions book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • memoir
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Embedded within these systems of family, friendship, and community, these creepy men may appear harmless, their evil obscured by a benign collective presence, a fog of sorts. This softness swaddles a…"

-Myriam Gurba, Creep: Accusations and Confessions

Cover of Witchy, Volume 2 (Witchy, #2) by Ariel Slamet Ries

4. Witchy, Volume 2 (Witchy, #2)

By: Ariel Slamet Ries

4.08

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

The eagerly awaited second collected volume of Ariel Slamet Ries' hit online comic Witchy.In the wi… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Slamet Ries's Witchy, Volume 2 (Witchy, #2) book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • lgbt
  • queer
Cover of Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky

5. Boys Weekend

By: Mattie Lubchansky

4.03

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning cartoonist and editor at The Nib, a hilarious trans-"final girl" horror grap… read more

Similar categories in Mattie Lubchansky's Boys Weekend book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • lgbt
  • transgender
  • queer
Cover of Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H.

6. Hijab Butch Blues

By: Lamya H.

4.48

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more

Similar categories in Lamya H.'s Hijab Butch Blues book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • memoir
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Sort of?"

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"Queer indispensability?"

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

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7. Pageboy

By: Elliot Page

3.75

Format: 271 pages, None

Pageboy is a groundbreaking coming-of-age memoir from the Academy Award-nominated actor Elliot Page… read more

Similar categories in Elliot Page's Pageboy book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • audiobook
  • memoir
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"Her visibility meant the world to me. I think about this as I walk through the world now."

-Elliot Page, Pageboy

"How do people do it? How do they shut off the noise? And I don't mean "happy", they may not be happy, but they seem to be able to exist at least."

-Elliot Page, Pageboy

"In a world where queerness all too often alienates us from blood, I am grateful to Julia, and the family I have chosen. Without them, I wouldn't be here."

-Elliot Page, Pageboy

"I could block myself out, I was a person I didn't know, I'd gaze into what felt like the universe, my eye a planet of its own. I must be somewhere in there, I'd think."

-Elliot Page, Pageboy

Cover of Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome by Aparna Nancherla

8. Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome

By: Aparna Nancherla

3.60

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious and insightful collection of essays exploring impostor syndrome, from the inside and ou… read more

Similar categories in Aparna Nancherla's Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Basil and Oregano by Melissa Capriglione

9. Basil and Oregano

By: Melissa Capriglione

3.86

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Mix two parts The Great British Bake Off with one-part magical boarding school plus a generous dash… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Capriglione's Basil and Oregano book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • lgbt
  • queer
Cover of Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture by Matt Baume

10. Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture

By: Matt Baume

4.35

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

There's a secret storyline hidden across some of the most popular sitcoms of the 20th century. F… read more

Similar categories in Matt Baume's Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • history
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation by Geena Rocero

11. Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation

By: Geena Rocero

4.22

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

“A moving chronicle of trans resilience and joy” (Vogue) from one of Out100’s Most Impactful and In… read more

Similar categories in Geena Rocero's Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • audiobook
  • memoir
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"Geena, you speak about transgender rights and FIlipino food with equal expertise."

-Geena Rocero, Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation

"That's the thing about trans joy: It can never be fully extinguished. People can try to narrow the possibilities for our lives, even end them, but our spirits will always expand to fill whatever spac…"

-Geena Rocero, Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation

"I didn't need to come out ot her. I never said those declarative words - and I didn't even know them at the time. Vocabulary like trans would come much later in my life. All I needed was to hear the …"

-Geena Rocero, Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation

"Despite the ubiquity of government-organized trans pageants in the Philippines, trans people themselves are not politically recognized. We are culturally visible but legally erased. To this day, tran…"

-Geena Rocero, Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation

Cover of Lavash at First Sight by Taleen Voskuni

12. Lavash at First Sight

By: Taleen Voskuni

3.70

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Sparks fly between two women pitted against each other in this delectable new romantic comedy by Ta… read more

Similar categories in Taleen Voskuni's Lavash at First Sight book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • queer
Cover of Quietly Hostile: Essays by Samantha Irby

13. Quietly Hostile: Essays

By: Samantha Irby

3.70

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Samantha Irby invites us to share in the gory particulars of her real life, all that festers behind… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Irby's Quietly Hostile: Essays book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • memoir
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"[...] and my face is sore from smiling so hard in an effort to appear friendly and nonthreatening."

-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays

"I'm so embarrassed by everything all the time, humiliated even by the need to breathe air where other people can see me"

-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays

"I want to push back against this idea that it's not real love if you're not passionately chattering at each other all the time, that it's just as valid (and romantic!) to know instinctively when to s…"

-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays

"I lived in blissful solitude for a long time...and you learn a lot about yourself and what you require for life when it's just you that you have to think about...You can buy frozen fish sticks and ea…"

-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays

Cover of Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood by Maureen  Ryan

14. Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood

By: Maureen Ryan

3.88

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

An exposé of patterns of harassment and bias in Hollywood, the grassroots reforms under way, and th… read more

Similar categories in Maureen Ryan's Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • film
  • audiobook
Cover of Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It by Greg  Marshall

15. Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

By: Greg Marshall

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious and poignant memoir grappling with family, disability, and coming of age in two closets… read more

Similar categories in Greg Marshall's Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • memoir
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler

16. Who's Afraid of Gender?

By: Judith Butler

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politi… read more

Similar categories in Judith Butler's Who's Afraid of Gender? book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • lgbt
  • queer
"Imagine if you were Jewish and someone tells you that you are not. Imagine if you are lesbian and someone laughs in your face and says you are confused since you are really heterosexual. Imagine if y…"

-Judith Butler, Who's Afraid of Gender?

Cover of How You Get the Girl (Love & Other Disasters, #3) by Anita Kelly

17. How You Get the Girl (Love & Other Disasters, #3)

By: Anita Kelly

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Chemistry sizzles in this workplace rom-com set in the world of high school basketball from the aut… read more

Similar categories in Anita Kelly's How You Get the Girl (Love & Other Disasters, #3) book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • queer
Cover of Congratulations, the Best is Over! by R. Eric Thomas

18. Congratulations, the Best is Over!

By: R. Eric Thomas

4.07

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved bestselling author of Here for It presents a collection of heartening, thoughtful, and … read more

Similar categories in R. Eric Thomas's Congratulations, the Best is Over! book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • memoir
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"If I'm not heading toward a place where I can feel joy, then hope in the present has nothing to hold on to."

-R. Eric Thomas, Congratulations, the Best is Over!

Cover of We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film by Tre’vell Anderson

19. We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

By: Tre’vell Anderson

4.44

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking look at the history of transgender representation in TV and film, by an of-the-mom… read more

Similar categories in Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • audiobook
  • cultural
  • race
  • history
  • memoir
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • film
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man by Thomas Page McBee

20. Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man

By: Thomas Page McBee

4.22

Format: 205 pages, Hardcover

Thomas McBee, a trans man, sets out to uncover what makes a man—and what being a “good” man even me… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Page McBee's Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • audiobook
  • memoir
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"Most of us experience gender conditioning so young—research shows it begins in infancy—that we misunderstand the relationship between nature and nurture, culture and biology, fitting in and being one…"

-Thomas Page McBee, Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man

"Boxing breaks many of the binaries that men are conditioned to believe about our bodies, our genders, ourselves. With its cover of 'realness' and violence, it provides room for what so many men lack:…"

-Thomas Page McBee, Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man

"I thought about the advantages thrown at me for an aesthetic that looked like a birthright. I thought about passing, and how it erased a part of me, and how hormones responded to context, and how rac…"

-Thomas Page McBee, Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man

"Millennial guys seemed, to the sociologists and anthropologists who studied them, to have attitudes toward women that portended a new era of equity—especially at work. But the reality was, indeed, fa…"

-Thomas Page McBee, Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man

Cover of Inverse Cowgirl by Alicia Roth Weigel

21. Inverse Cowgirl

By: Alicia Roth Weigel

3.80

Format: 227 pages, Paperback

From a celebrated activist on the forefront of fighting for intersex representation and rights—and … read more

Similar categories in Alicia Roth Weigel's Inverse Cowgirl book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • memoir
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science by Jessica   Hernandez

22. Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science

By: Jessica Hernandez

3.81

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

An Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn’t working–and off… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Hernandez's Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me by Aisha   Harris

23. Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me

By: Aisha Harris

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

"Aisha Harris is one of our smartest, most entertaining modern cultural critics. The nine pieces of… read more

Similar categories in Aisha Harris's Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • cultural
  • race
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Male Gazed by Manuel Betancourt

24. The Male Gazed

By: Manuel Betancourt

3.52

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Featuring deep dives into thirst traps, drag queens, Antonio Banderas, and telenovelas—all in the s… read more

Similar categories in Manuel Betancourt's The Male Gazed book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • memoir
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Is It Hot in Here? Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth? by Zach  Zimmerman

25. Is It Hot in Here? Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth?

By: Zach Zimmerman

3.62

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

In this debut collection of essays, lists, musings, and quips, New York-based comedian Zach Zimmerm… read more

Similar categories in Zach Zimmerman's Is It Hot in Here? Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth? book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • memoir
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Miles Morales: Spider-Man, Vol. 1: Trial by Spider by Cody Ziglar

26. Miles Morales: Spider-Man, Vol. 1: Trial by Spider

By: Cody Ziglar

3.75

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Someone's not walking away from this one! Spider-Man faces the strongest super-powered foes and mos… read more

Similar categories in Cody Ziglar's Miles Morales: Spider-Man, Vol. 1: Trial by Spider book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

Cover of Murder on Sex Island: A Luella van Horn Mystery by Jo Firestone

27. Murder on Sex Island: A Luella van Horn Mystery

By: Jo Firestone

3.89

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

When a cast member goes missing from the hit reality show Sex Island, producers ask the mysterious … read more

Similar categories in Jo Firestone's Murder on Sex Island: A Luella van Horn Mystery book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • audiobook
Cover of Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps by Jon  Favreau

28. Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps

By: Jon Favreau

4.17

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From your friends at Pod Save America  and Crooked Media comes a useful and illustrated guide to sa… read more

Similar categories in Jon Favreau's Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Let Me Be Frank: A Book About Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren't Supposed to Do by Tracy  Dawson

29. Let Me Be Frank: A Book About Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren't Supposed to Do

By: Tracy Dawson

3.77

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this entertaining and eye-opening collection, writer, actor, and feminist Tracy Dawson showcases… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Dawson's Let Me Be Frank: A Book About Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren't Supposed to Do book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • history
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Historically Black Phrases: From "I Ain't One of Your Lil' Friends" to "Who All Gon' Be There?" by Jarrett Hill

30. Historically Black Phrases: From "I Ain't One of Your Lil' Friends" to "Who All Gon' Be There?"

By: Jarrett Hill

4.45

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A fun and thoughtful dictionary of Black language you didn’t know you needed, Historically Black Ph… read more

Similar categories in Jarrett Hill's Historically Black Phrases: From "I Ain't One of Your Lil' Friends" to "Who All Gon' Be There?" book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • nonfiction
  • race
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of DC Pride 2024 #1 by Al Ewing

31. DC Pride 2024 #1

By: Al Ewing

3.75

Format: 99 pages, Kindle Edition

DC’s Eisner and Ringo award-winning Pride anthology returns in the form of a universe-spanning trav… read more

Similar categories in Al Ewing's DC Pride 2024 #1 book and Tre’vell Anderson's We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

  • lgbt

25 must-read audiobook books like We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film by Tre’vell Anderson

Transform Your Habits

The Dos and Donuts of Love

Adiba Jaigirdar

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Creep: Accusations and Confessions

Myriam Gurba

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Hijab Butch Blues

Lamya H.

4.48

Transform Your Habits

Pageboy

Elliot Page

3.75

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21 best-selling queer books like Lavash at First Sight by Taleen Voskuni

Transform Your Habits

At Her Service (Out in Hollywood, #2)

Amy Spalding

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Lavash at First Sight

Taleen Voskuni

3.70

Transform Your Habits

Second Night Stand

Karelia Stetz-Waters

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Here We Go Again

Alison Cochrun

4.17

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