6 Top historical books like The Inverts by Crystal Jeans

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The Inverts

By: Crystal Jeans

3.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

1921: a boy, a girl, a moonlit midnight kiss. A terrible, repulsive kiss. Bettina and Bart have …

If you liked the historical plot in The Inverts by Crystal Jeans , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of In the Absence of Men by Philippe Besson, Frank Wynne

1. In the Absence of Men

By: Philippe Besson , Frank Wynne

4.19

Format: 384 pages,

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Similar categories in Philippe Besson's In the Absence of Men book and Crystal Jeans's The Inverts

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
Cover of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

2. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

By: Jeanette Winterson

3.94

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

This startling novel describes the adolescence of a ferociously bright and rebellious orphan adopte… read more

Similar categories in Jeanette Winterson's Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit book and Crystal Jeans's The Inverts

  • lesbian
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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3. Safiyyah's War

By: Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the true story of how the Grand Mosque of Paris saved the lives of hundreds of Jews dur… read more

Similar categories in Hiba Noor Khan's Safiyyah's War book and Crystal Jeans's The Inverts

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. Sunburn

By: Chloe Michelle Howarth

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Selected as an Evening Standard 'one to watch in 2023' It's the early 1990s, and in the Irish vi… read more

Similar categories in Chloe Michelle Howarth's Sunburn book and Crystal Jeans's The Inverts

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
"It's a shame that you can't even come out to me."

-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn

"People say 'lesbian' sometimes, they say 'dyke' more."

-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn

"I hope your bed is warm and you sleep well. See you tomorrow, Lucy x"

-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn

"All I'm doing is trying to love people. All I need is the right kind of love back."

-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn

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5. Bellies

By: Nicola Dinan

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

I wore a dress on the night I first met Ming.It begins as your typical boy meets boy. While out wit… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Dinan's Bellies book and Crystal Jeans's The Inverts

  • romance
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. Her Majesty's Royal Coven (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #1)

By: Juno Dawson

3.84

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

If you look hard enough at old photographs, we're there in the background: healers in the trenches;… read more

Similar categories in Juno Dawson's Her Majesty's Royal Coven (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #1) book and Crystal Jeans's The Inverts

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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7. Vagabonds!

By: Eloghosa Osunde

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the bustling streets and cloistered homes of Lagos, a cast of vivid characters—some haunted, som… read more

Similar categories in Eloghosa Osunde's Vagabonds! book and Crystal Jeans's The Inverts

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
"But look how we broke each other in the end. Who could have killed me better than you?"

-Eloghosa Osunde, Vagabonds!

"...because some books won't come directly to you; they go through someone who loves you."

-Eloghosa Osunde, Vagabonds!

"Shame works, because there are those who we name when we talk power, but not when we talk harm."

-Eloghosa Osunde, Vagabonds!

"What I will also say is that women are magicians. I don't mean magic like the kind you were warned to avoid, I mean magic as in spinning story as lifeline, as in turning a wound into a star, as in ho…"

-Eloghosa Osunde, Vagabonds!

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8. In Black and White

By: Alexandra Wilson

4.18

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

'I glanced around the courtroom, quickly at first and then repeated it. Slower this time, taking in… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Wilson's In Black and White book and Crystal Jeans's The Inverts

  • audiobook
Cover of Broken Hearts & Zombie Parts by William Hussey

9. Broken Hearts & Zombie Parts

By: William Hussey

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A Big Gay Rom-Zom-Com with Heart Jesse Spark has a broken heart and in a few short weeks he'll r… read more

Similar categories in William Hussey's Broken Hearts & Zombie Parts book and Crystal Jeans's The Inverts

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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10. 100 Queer Poems

By: Mary Jean Chan

3.82

Format: 175 pages, Hardcover

Andrew McMillan and Mary Jean Chan's luminous anthology, 100 Queer Poems, is a celebration of thril… read more

Similar categories in Mary Jean Chan's 100 Queer Poems book and Crystal Jeans's The Inverts

  • lesbian
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • queer lit
  • queer
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11. The Inverts

By: Crystal Jeans

3.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

1921: a boy, a girl, a moonlit midnight kiss. A terrible, repulsive kiss. Bettina and Bart have … read more

Similar categories in Crystal Jeans's The Inverts book and Crystal Jeans's The Inverts

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • queer lit
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
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12. Freeze

By: Kate Simants

3.37

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

ON THE TOUGHEST REALITY SHOW ON TELEVISION A KILLER IS HIDING OUT OF SHOT Frozen Out is set to … read more

Similar categories in Kate Simants's Freeze book and Crystal Jeans's The Inverts

  • fiction
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13. Glasgow Boys

By: Margaret McDonald

4.39

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

A striking debut exploring the power of identity, community and the Scottish working class. This co… read more

Similar categories in Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys book and Crystal Jeans's The Inverts

  • fiction
  • lgbt
  • gay
  • queer
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14. A Short History of Queer Women

By: Kirsty Loehr

3.61

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Queer women have always existed – let’s put them back in the history books No, they weren’t ‘just … read more

Similar categories in Kirsty Loehr's A Short History of Queer Women book and Crystal Jeans's The Inverts

  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • queer
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15. Marlo

By: Jay Carmichael

3.51

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

A novel of two men, love, and aching loneliness. It's the 1950s in conservative Australia, and C… read more

Similar categories in Jay Carmichael's Marlo book and Crystal Jeans's The Inverts

  • romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • queer lit
  • historical fiction
  • queer
Cover of A Drag Queen’s Guide to Life by Bimini Bon Boulash

16. A Drag Queen’s Guide to Life

By: Bimini Bon Boulash

3.94

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Bimini Bon Boulash is the nation's sweetheart, capturing hearts and minds as the gag-inducing, deat… read more

Similar categories in Bimini Bon Boulash's A Drag Queen’s Guide to Life book and Crystal Jeans's The Inverts

  • audiobook
  • queer lit
  • lgbt
  • queer
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17. A Trans Man Walks into a Gay Bar

By: Harry Nicholas

4.07

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

‘On the bookshelves, there was plenty of stuff on being gay, and much needed, joyous accounts of wh… read more

Similar categories in Harry Nicholas's A Trans Man Walks into a Gay Bar book and Crystal Jeans's The Inverts

  • queer lit
  • lgbt
  • gay
  • queer
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18. The Adventure Zone, Vol. 6: The Suffering Game

By: Clint McElroy

4.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Taako, Magnus, and Merle are near the end of their quest to collect the seven Grand Relics, dangero… read more

Similar categories in Clint McElroy's The Adventure Zone, Vol. 6: The Suffering Game book and Crystal Jeans's The Inverts

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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19. Gender Theory

By: Madeline Docherty

4.27

Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition

You lose your virginity to a boy from your gender theory seminar, and the first person you tell is … read more

Similar categories in Madeline Docherty's Gender Theory book and Crystal Jeans's The Inverts

  • lesbian
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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20. Freakslaw

By: Jane Flett

3.84

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s the summer of ’97 and the repressed Scottish town of Pitlaw is itching for change. Enter the F… read more

Similar categories in Jane Flett's Freakslaw book and Crystal Jeans's The Inverts

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
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21. Private Rites

By: Julia Armfield

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, c… read more

Similar categories in Julia Armfield's Private Rites book and Crystal Jeans's The Inverts

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
"To be misunderstood is one thing, but the curious hostility of a sibling's approach lies less in what they miss than in the strange backdated nature of the things they choose to know. A person can be…"

-Julia Armfield, Private Rites

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Philippe Besson , Frank Wynne

4.19

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Jeanette Winterson

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4.32

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Wendy Joseph

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Chris Atkins

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