We Had No Rules
By: Corinne Manning
3.84
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A defiant, beautifully realized story collection about the messy complications of contemporary quee…
Want to Read $ 9.49If you liked the queer plot in We Had No Rules by Corinne Manning , here is a list of 18 books like this:
1. Pond
By: Claire-Louise Bennett
4.33
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
Feverish and forthright, Pondis an absorbing chronicle of the pitfalls and pleasures of a solitudin… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Claire-Louise Bennett's Pond book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- short stories
- fiction
- contemporary
"If we have lost the knack of living, I thought, it is a safe bet to presume we have forfeited the magic of dying."-Claire-Louise Bennett, Pond
"I only wish you could spend just five minutes beneath my skin and feel what it’s like. Feel the savage swarming magic I feel."-Claire-Louise Bennett, Pond
"I haven't yet discovered what my first language is so for the time being I use English words in order to say things: I expect I will always have to do it that way; regrettably I don't think my first …"-Claire-Louise Bennett, Pond
"Quite often I'm terribly disappointed by how things turn out, but it's usually my own fault for the simple reason that I'm too quick to conclude that things have turned out as fully as it is possible…"-Claire-Louise Bennett, Pond
2. The Refugees
By: Viet Thanh Nguyen
3.87
Format: 209 pages, Hardcover
From a young Vietnamese refugee who suffers profound culture shock when he comes to live with two g… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Viet Thanh Nguyen's The Refugees book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
- literary fiction
- short stories
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
"Her routine was as predictable as the rotation of the earth."-Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Refugees
"But what does one say to a ghost, except to ask why he was here? I was afraid of the answer, so instead I said, 'What took you so long?"-Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Refugees
"I had seen Star Wars a dozen times on video tape, and if anyone was so deprived as to have not watched it even once, then the country in which he lived surely needed a revolution."-Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Refugees
"Aren't you afraid of ghosts?" I asked. Over the line, in the silence, the static hissed. "You aren't afraid of the things you believe in," he said. This, too, I wrote in his memoir, even though I had…"-Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Refugees
3. The Life and Death of Sophie Stark
By: Anna North
3.70
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
Gripping and provocative, The Life and Death of Sophie Stark tells a story of fame, love, and legac… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Anna North's The Life and Death of Sophie Stark book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
4. Under the Udala Trees
By: Chinelo Okparanta
4.70
Format: 84 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by Nigeria's folktales and its war, Under the Udala Trees is a deeply searching, powerful … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Chinelo Okparanta's Under the Udala Trees book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
5. You Know Me Well
By: David Levithan , Nina LaCour
3.90
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
Who knows you well? Your best friend? Your boyfriend or girlfriend? A stranger you meet on a crazy … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in David Levithan's You Know Me Well book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
6. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories
By: Alice Munro
3.66
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
In the her tenth collection (the title story of which is the basis for the new film Hateship Lovesh… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Alice Munro's Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
7. The Seas
By: Samantha Hunt
4.30
Format: 373 pages, Paperback
The narrator of The Seaslives in a tiny, remote, alcoholic, cruel seaside town. An occasional chamb… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Samantha Hunt's The Seas book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
8. Splinters
By: Leslie Jamison
3.86
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes the riveti… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Leslie Jamison's Splinters book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
9. None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary
By: Travis Alabanza
4.38
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
‘When you are someone that falls outside of categories in so many ways, a lot of things are said to… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Travis Alabanza's None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
- queer
- lgbt
10. Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen
By: Suzanne Scanlon
4.22
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A raw and masterful memoir about becoming a woman and going mad—and doing both at once. When Su… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Suzanne Scanlon's Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
"Only in retrospect might I say I loved it there. I didn't love it. It became familiar. I got used to it. I became dependent upon it. This is not love."-Suzanne Scanlon, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen
"I became a writer because I believe in that part of me who is not limited by age or gender or time or disability - yet still I am afraid to say it. Yes, I was ill."-Suzanne Scanlon, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen
"I myself have internalized the self-loathing that at times can make me feel ashamed to be writing this book. But I also believe that, as my heroes have shown me, this is where a writer must go."-Suzanne Scanlon, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen
"What if, instead of being diagnosed—being called mentally ill—what if I had been able to receive care for its own sake. To be in distress, to ask for care, to receive it. What if there were space in …"-Suzanne Scanlon, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen
11. White Cat, Black Dog: Stories
By: Kelly Link
3.84
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Seven ingeniously reinvented fairy tales that play out with astonishing consequences in the modern … read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Kelly Link's White Cat, Black Dog: Stories book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
- short stories
- adult
- fiction
"Pity the introvert with the face of a therapist or a kindergarten teacher. Like the werewolf, we are uneasy in human spaces and human company, though we wear a human skin."-Kelly Link, White Cat, Black Dog: Stories
"And so, some think it may be possible to survive their presence if only one can enter into a state in which one is not afraid. Only we are so very afraid of them. How could we not be? They are monste…"-Kelly Link, White Cat, Black Dog: Stories
12. Goddess of Filth
By: V. Castro
3.63
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
“Five of us sat in a circle doing our best to emulate the girls in The Craft, hoping to unleash som… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in V. Castro's Goddess of Filth book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
- adult
- fiction
"Why the black lipstick? Is this goddess a Goth?"-V. Castro, Goddess of Filth
"I have traveled a long way through light and volatile stardust. The stars in the night sky are moth holes in space-time and the bodies of the larvae between each hole are the means of travel"-V. Castro, Goddess of Filth
"Be smart, but not too smart. Be beautiful, but not so pretty as to make other females mad. Be successful, but not bossy or overly ambitious. Nobody likes a mouthy brown woman. Be a declawed kitten."-V. Castro, Goddess of Filth
13. I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
By: Marisa Crane
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In a United States not so unlike our own, the Department of Balance has adopted a radical new form … read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Marisa Crane's I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
- lesbian
- lgbt
- fiction
- adult
- queer
"My head feels the way watercolor looks when it bleeds."-Marisa Crane, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
"Maybe we wanted another person to join us while we watched the world burn."-Marisa Crane, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
"Here I was thinking my tears might move her enough to forgive me for not turning my body into a home."-Marisa Crane, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
"We argued so often we thought we’d made a mistake marrying for love when there were things like fear and loneliness to bind you."-Marisa Crane, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
14. In Defence of the Act
By: Effie Black
4.12
Format: 182 pages, Paperback
Are we more like a coffee bean, a carrot or an egg? What happens to us when we are boiled in the tr… read more
Want to Read $ 8.99Similar categories in Effie Black's In Defence of the Act book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- queer
"Sharing is the currency of friendship, perhaps everywhere, but especially at university."-Effie Black, In Defence of the Act
"Anorexia is a secretive disease, it fed on Beth's stories of conquering her past demons."-Effie Black, In Defence of the Act
"We speak until our mouths ache. I won't remember what we speak about, but I'll be certain it was deep. We are both terribly deep."-Effie Black, In Defence of the Act
15. How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
By: Alexander Chee
4.39
Format: 277 pages, Paperback
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel is the author’s manifesto on the entangling of life, literat… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Alexander Chee's How to Write an Autobiographical Novel book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
- queer
- lgbt
"Destroying art is practice for destroying people."-Alexander Chee, How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
"A novel, should it survive, protects what a missile can't."-Alexander Chee, How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
"...books were still to me as they had been when I found them: the only magic."-Alexander Chee, How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
"My first novel was not the first one I started. It was the first one I finished."-Alexander Chee, How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
16. Butter Honey Pig Bread
By: Francesca Ekwuyasi
4.31
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize Spanning three continents, Butter Honey Pig Bread tel… read more
Want to Read $ 9.49Similar categories in Francesca Ekwuyasi's Butter Honey Pig Bread book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- queer
"Death is only a doorway."-Francesca Ekwuyasi, Butter Honey Pig Bread
17. A Good Happy Girl
By: Marissa Higgins
3.01
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, surprising, and immersive read about a young professional woman pursuing an emotionally… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Marissa Higgins's A Good Happy Girl book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
- lesbian
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- queer
18. Nevada
By: Imogen Binnie
3.97
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
A beloved and blistering cult classic and finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fi… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Imogen Binnie's Nevada book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
- lesbian
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- queer
"James does what anybody would do when they see somebody they'd like to know: he ignores the shit out of her."-Imogen Binnie, Nevada
"It's like I got drunk all the time not because I'm a total addict but because it was a coping mechanism to deal with being unhappy"-Imogen Binnie, Nevada
"Oh, Williamsburg. There was a point when you seemed like a scary, tough neighborhood, but now it's obvious that the graffiti on your walls gets put there by art students."-Imogen Binnie, Nevada
"Eventually you can't help but figure out that, while gender is a construct, so is a traffic light, and if you ignore either of them, you get hit by cars. Which, also, are constructs."-Imogen Binnie, Nevada
19. With Teeth
By: Kristen Arnett
3.49
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the New York Times-bestselling sensation Mostly Dead Things a surprising and mov… read more
Want to Read $ 4.99Similar categories in Kristen Arnett's With Teeth book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
- lesbian
- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- queer
"She wasn't sure if ghosts were real, but she believed in magic. Wasn't motherhood a sleight of hand?"-Kristen Arnett, With Teeth
20. Dykette
By: Jenny Fran Davis
2.96
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An addictive, absurd, and darkly hilarious debut novel about a young woman who embarks on a ten-day… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Jenny Fran Davis's Dykette book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
- lesbian
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- queer
21. Milk Blood Heat
By: Dantiel W. Moniz
4.04
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Set among the cities and suburbs of Florida, each story in Milk Blood Heat delves into the ordinary… read more
Want to Read $ 2.99Similar categories in Dantiel W. Moniz's Milk Blood Heat book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
"She vomited casually into the toilet…"-Dantiel W. Moniz, Milk Blood Heat
"Sometimes you must consume the damaged body, digest it cell by cell, to taste the new beginning."-Dantiel W. Moniz, Milk Blood Heat
"Three days ago the doctor had put her at six weeks and no one knew except Liam and her best friend Pia. Maybe the dog."-Dantiel W. Moniz, Milk Blood Heat
"Love requires a bareness, a certain pliability, and I didn't thrill at the possibility of being transformed or wiped away."-Dantiel W. Moniz, Milk Blood Heat
22. 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
Want to Read $ 7.79Similar categories in Greg Marshall's Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
- adult
- queer
- lgbt
23. The Ride of Her Life
By: Jennifer Dugan
3.68
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
From the author of Love at First Set, a new irresistible enemies-to-lovers, grumpy/sunshine queer r… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Jennifer Dugan's The Ride of Her Life book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
- lesbian
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- queer
"She's coming undone right in front of me and it's turning me on. It should not be turning me on."-Jennifer Dugan, The Ride of Her Life
24. Tripping Arcadia
By: Kit Mayquist
3.51
Format: 368 pages, None
From debut author Kit Mayquist, a propulsive and atmospheric modern Gothic with all the splendor of… read more
Want to Read $ 4.99Similar categories in Kit Mayquist's Tripping Arcadia book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
- lesbian
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- queer
25. Cantoras
By: Carolina De Robertis
4.38
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
From the highly acclaimed, award-winning author of The Gods of Tango, a revolutionary new novel abo… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Carolina De Robertis's Cantoras book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
- lesbian
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- fiction
- adult
- queer
"Safe is never given. Safe is what you make with your own hands."-Carolina De Robertis, Cantoras
"Maybe everyone bore the wounds, no matter what had or hadn't happened to them; maybe they were all part of the same vast, bruised body in the shape of a nation. A body groping for the slightest illus…"-Carolina De Robertis, Cantoras
"Only later, as their bodies merged, would she feel Malena's own hunger under the surface, waiting, quiet, like a creature unsuited to the hunt. It was enough and a relief to Romina. It seemed, at tim…"-Carolina De Robertis, Cantoras
26. Rx
By: Rachel Lindsay
3.83
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A graphic memoir about the treatment of mental illness, treating mental illness as a commodity. I… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Rachel Lindsay's Rx book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
"In a lot of ways, sanity is a performance."-Rachel Lindsay, Rx
27. We Had No Rules
By: Corinne Manning
3.84
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A defiant, beautifully realized story collection about the messy complications of contemporary quee… read more
Want to Read $ 9.49Similar categories in Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
- lesbian
- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- queer
28. Emergency
By: Kathleen Alcott
3.84
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A woman finds a photograph of her deceased mother in a compromising position on the wall of an art … read more
Want to Read $ 13.60Similar categories in Kathleen Alcott's Emergency book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- short stories
- fiction
- contemporary
29. Liberated: The Radical Art and Life of Claude Cahun
By: Kaz Rowe
4.43
Format: 98 pages, None
Claude Cahun was a gay, Jewish, genderqueer artist who produced an incredible collection of surreal… read more
Want to Read $ 11.11Similar categories in Kaz Rowe's Liberated: The Radical Art and Life of Claude Cahun book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
- queer
- lgbt
30. How It Works Out
By: Myriam Lacroix
3.79
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
“What an audacious, breathtaking, and inspiring debut. The power of this formally innovative and de… read more
Want to Read $ 6.81Similar categories in Myriam Lacroix's How It Works Out book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
- lesbian
- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- queer
31. Everyone I Kissed Since You Got Famous
By: Mae Marvel
3.64
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
An actress home for the holidays makes a bet with her former best friend-turned-online sensation. … read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Mae Marvel's Everyone I Kissed Since You Got Famous book and Corinne Manning's We Had No Rules
- lesbian
- adult fiction
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- queer
