11 best-selling queer books like A City Inside by Tillie Walden

Cover of A City Inside by Tillie Walden

A City Inside

By: Tillie Walden

3.91

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

Shifting between the everyday and the surreal, A City Inside recounts one woman s life from childho…

If you liked the queer plot in A City Inside by Tillie Walden , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki, Mariko Tamaki

1. This One Summer

By: Jillian Tamaki , Mariko Tamaki

3.69

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

Every summer, Rose goes with her mom and dad to a lake house in Awago Beach. It's their getaway, th… read more

Similar categories in Jillian Tamaki's This One Summer book and Tillie Walden's A City Inside

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
"Don't worry about any of this stuff, okay? It's all just adult junk that doesn't mean anything."

-Jillian Tamaki, This One Summer

2. Dykes to Watch Out For (DtWOF, #1)

By: Alison Bechdel

3.45

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

Grin, giggle, and guffaw your way through this celebrated cartoonist's graphic commentary of contem… read more

Similar categories in Alison Bechdel's Dykes to Watch Out For (DtWOF, #1) book and Tillie Walden's A City Inside

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Skim by Jillian Tamaki, Mariko Tamaki

3. Skim

By: Jillian Tamaki , Mariko Tamaki

3.77

Format: 143 pages, Hardcover

Heartbreakingly funny, moving and vibrantly drawn, Skim is an extraordinary book—a smart and sensit… read more

Similar categories in Jillian Tamaki's Skim book and Tillie Walden's A City Inside

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
"Being sixteen is officially the worst thing I've ever been."

-Jillian Tamaki, Skim

"I had a dream I put my hands inside my chest and held my heart to try to keep it still."

-Jillian Tamaki, Skim

"This is the thing about school dances. They make like it's supposed to be this other-worldly thing, but really it's just the people you see every day dressed up, standing in the gym in the dark with …"

-Jillian Tamaki, Skim

Cover of Through the Woods by Emily Carroll

4. Through the Woods

By: Emily Carroll

3.94

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

'It came from the woods. Most strange things do.' Five mysterious, spine-tingling stories follow… read more

Similar categories in Emily Carroll's Through the Woods book and Tillie Walden's A City Inside

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"you must be lucky to avoid the wolf every time... but the wolf... the wolf only needs enough luck to find you once."

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

"Oh, but you must travel through those woods again and again... said a shadow at the window... and you must be lucky to avoid the wolf every time... But the wolf... the wolf only needs enough luck to …"

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

"But the worst kind of monster was the BURROWING KIND. The sort that crawled into you and made a home there. The sort you couldn't name, the sort you couldn't see. The monster that ate you alive from …"

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

"I married my love in the springtime, but by summer he'd locked me away. He'd murdered me dead by the autumn, & by winter I was naught but decay. It's cold where I am and so lonely, but in loneliness …"

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

5. Us

By: None

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

This book of heartwarming sketches reveals the everyday intimate moments that make up a marriage. I… read more

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6. Cinema Panopticum

By: Thomas Ott

3.70

Format: None pages, Hardcover

T. Ott plunges into the darkness with five new graphic horror novelettes: "The Prophet," "The Wonde… read more

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7. Spill Zone (Spill Zone, #1)

By: Scott Westerfeld , Hilary Sycamore , Alex Puvilland

3.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Nobody's ever really explained the Spill. Was it an angelic visitation? A nanotech accident? A port… read more

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Cover of Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon, Vol. 1 by Shio Usui

8. Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon, Vol. 1

By: Shio Usui

4.37

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

A YURI ROMANCE FOR THE MODERN CAREER WOMAN! Uno Hinako throws herself into makeup, fashion, and … read more

Similar categories in Shio Usui's Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon, Vol. 1 book and Tillie Walden's A City Inside

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

9. The Magic Fish

By: Trung Le Nguyen

4.51

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Tiến loves his family and his friends…but Tiến has a secret he's been keeping from them, and it mig… read more

Similar categories in Trung Le Nguyen's The Magic Fish book and Tillie Walden's A City Inside

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"To me, language is a map to help you figure out where you are. If you can't read the map, you're lost"

-Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish

"The space between two shores is the ocean and being caught in between feels like drowning. And, really, what is the point of tears among so much salt water?"

-Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish

Cover of Hungry Ghost by Victoria Ying

10. Hungry Ghost

By: Victoria Ying

4.01

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful and heart-wrenching young adult graphic novel takes a look at eating disorders, family … read more

Similar categories in Victoria Ying's Hungry Ghost book and Tillie Walden's A City Inside

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth by Zoe Thorogood

11. It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

By: Zoe Thorogood

4.21

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

Cartoonist Zoe Thorogood records 6 months of her own life as it falls apart in a desperate attempt … read more

Similar categories in Zoe Thorogood's It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth book and Tillie Walden's A City Inside

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
"And maybe that 'something' is a piece of my stupid little soul trapped in a book with very divisive reviews on Goodreads!"

-Zoe Thorogood, It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

"You're going to spend infinitely more time being dead than alive, so it's probably best to make peace with it while you can."

-Zoe Thorogood, It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

Cover of The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott by Zoe Thorogood

12. The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott

By: Zoe Thorogood

4.12

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

Billie Scott is an artist. Her debut gallery exhibition opens in a few months. Within a fortn… read more

Similar categories in Zoe Thorogood's The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott book and Tillie Walden's A City Inside

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Aquicorn Cove by Kay O'Neill

13. Aquicorn Cove

By: Kay O'Neill

4.18

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

When Lana and her father return to their seaside hometown to help clear the debris of a storm, the … read more

Similar categories in Kay O'Neill's Aquicorn Cove book and Tillie Walden's A City Inside

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Roaming by Jillian Tamaki

14. 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

Similar categories in Jillian Tamaki's Roaming book and Tillie Walden's A City Inside

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of In Limbo by Deb J.J. Lee

15. 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

Similar categories in Deb J.J. Lee's In Limbo book and Tillie Walden's A City Inside

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of A Gift for a Ghost by Borja González

16. A Gift for a Ghost

By: Borja González

3.27

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

An untalented punk band and a parallel dimension—what could go wrong?   In Borja González’s stunni… read more

Similar categories in Borja González's A Gift for a Ghost book and Tillie Walden's A City Inside

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"And the path is shorter if you know the destination."

-Borja González, A Gift for a Ghost

"If you were an artist, wouldn't you want to have your studio in the Louvre?"

-Borja González, A Gift for a Ghost

Cover of Bloom by Kevin Panetta

17. Bloom

By: Kevin Panetta

3.91

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Though he loved working there as a kid, Ari cannot fathom a life wasting away over rising dough and… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Panetta's Bloom book and Tillie Walden's A City Inside

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
"Jeez! Why is my family manhandling me at this wedding?"

-Kevin Panetta, Bloom

"Maybe just...Don't try to be what you think you should be. Be what you love."

-Kevin Panetta, Bloom

"...what does he think is going to happen? An angel will just fall from the sky?"

-Kevin Panetta, Bloom

"Got 'em! Comfortable shoes! Oh my God. They're like pillows. I hate high heels."

-Kevin Panetta, Bloom

Cover of Stone Fruit by Lee Lai

18. 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

Similar categories in Lee Lai's Stone Fruit book and Tillie Walden's A City Inside

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of The Lie And How We Told It by Tommi Parrish

19. The Lie And How We Told It

By: Tommi Parrish

3.67

Format: 123 pages, Hardcover

Parrish’s emotionally loaded, painted graphic novel is is a visual tour de force, always in the ser… read more

Similar categories in Tommi Parrish's The Lie And How We Told It book and Tillie Walden's A City Inside

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of A City Inside by Tillie Walden

20. A City Inside

By: Tillie Walden

3.91

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

Shifting between the everyday and the surreal, A City Inside recounts one woman s life from childho… read more

Similar categories in Tillie Walden's A City Inside book and Tillie Walden's A City Inside

  • lesbian
  • magical realism
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Why Art? by Eleanor Davis

21. Why Art?

By: Eleanor Davis

3.88

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

What is “Art”? It’s widely accepted that art serves an important function in society. But the conce… read more

Similar categories in Eleanor Davis's Why Art? book and Tillie Walden's A City Inside

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy

15 Top fiction books like A City Inside by Tillie Walden

Transform Your Habits

This One Summer

Jillian Tamaki , Mariko Tamaki

3.69

Dykes to Watch Out For (DtWOF, #1)

Alison Bechdel

3.45

Transform Your Habits

Skim

Jillian Tamaki , Mariko Tamaki

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Through the Woods

Emily Carroll

3.94

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19 Top fiction books like This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki, Mariko Tamaki

Transform Your Habits

In Real Life

Cory Doctorow , Jen Wang

3.81

None

Raina Telgemeier , Gurihiru

None

Transform Your Habits

The Prince and the Dressmaker

Jen Wang

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Smile (Smile, #1)

Raina Telgemeier

4.23

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