12 Top lgbt books like I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir by Maurice Vellekoop

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I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

By: Maurice Vellekoop

4.17

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Meet little Maurice Vellekoop, the youngest of four children raised by Dutch immigrants in the 1970…

If you liked the lgbt plot in I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir by Maurice Vellekoop , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Timid

By: Jonathan Todd

3.57

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

A semiautobiographical middle-grade graphic novel about frenemies, fitting in, and finding your voi… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Todd's Timid book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • graphic novels
  • comics
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2. 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 Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • graphic novels
  • adult
  • queer
  • lgbt
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3. Homebody

By: Theo Parish

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more

Similar categories in Theo Parish's Homebody book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

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4. Firebugs

By: Nino Bulling

3.97

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Actually, everything is perfectly okay. Ingken is together with Lily, who seems to be content with … read more

Similar categories in Nino Bulling's Firebugs book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
  • queer
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5. Plain Jane and the Mermaid

By: Vera Brosgol

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From Eisner Award winner Vera Brosgol comes an instant classic about courage, confidence, and inner… read more

Similar categories in Vera Brosgol's Plain Jane and the Mermaid book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • graphic novels
  • comics
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6. Out of Left Field

By: Jonah Newman

3.78

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A nerdy gay teenager jumps headfirst into the bro-y world of high school baseball in this semi-auto… read more

Similar categories in Jonah Newman's Out of Left Field book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • lgbt
"I'm gay"

-Jonah Newman, Out of Left Field

Cover of Transitions - Journal d'Anne Marbot by Élodie Durand

7. Transitions - Journal d'Anne Marbot

By: Élodie Durand

4.01

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

" Vous savez, les genres féminin et masculin sont les deux extrêmes d'un état. Chacun est libre de … read more

Similar categories in Élodie Durand's Transitions - Journal d'Anne Marbot book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of Gaytheist: Coming Out of My Orthodox Childhood by Lonnie Mann

8. Gaytheist: Coming Out of My Orthodox Childhood

By: Lonnie Mann

4.12

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

A coming-of-age graphic novel memoir about a young man who, growing up in an Orthodox Jewish commun… read more

Similar categories in Lonnie Mann's Gaytheist: Coming Out of My Orthodox Childhood book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America by Navied Mahdavian

9. This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

By: Navied Mahdavian

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A gorgeously illustrated and written debut graphic memoir about belonging, identity, and making a h… read more

Similar categories in Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls

10. Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir

By: Tessa Hulls

4.52

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An astonishing, deeply moving graphic memoir about three generations of Chinese women, exploring lo… read more

Similar categories in Tessa Hulls's Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • mental health
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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11. Sunhead

By: Alex Assan

3.53

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In this queer coming-of-age teen graphic novel by breakout talent Alex Assan, high schooler Rotem f… read more

Similar categories in Alex Assan's Sunhead book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
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12. In Utero

By: Chris Gooch

3.79

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Akira meets Aliens , and Annihilation meets Evangelion , in this coming-of-age monster tale from aw… read more

Similar categories in Chris Gooch's In Utero book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2) by Emil Ferris

13. 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

Similar categories in Emil Ferris's My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2) book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
"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)

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14. Full of Myself: A Graphic Memoir About Body Image

By: Siobhan Gallagher

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Author and illustrator Siobhán Gallagher’s humorous and heartfelt graphic memoir details her journe… read more

Similar categories in Siobhan Gallagher's Full of Myself: A Graphic Memoir About Body Image book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • mental health
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir by Maurice Vellekoop

15. I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

By: Maurice Vellekoop

4.17

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Meet little Maurice Vellekoop, the youngest of four children raised by Dutch immigrants in the 1970… read more

Similar categories in Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • mental health
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
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16. The Gulf

By: Adam de Souza

4.04

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Staring down the final days of high school, a group of friends runs away from home in order to join… read more

Similar categories in Adam de Souza's The Gulf book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • lgbt
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17. Freshman Year

By: Sarah Mai

3.76

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A stylish graphic novel about the unique angst, humor, and self-doubt universal to the experience o… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Mai's Freshman Year book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Replay: Memoir of an Uprooted Family by Jordan Mechner

18. Replay: Memoir of an Uprooted Family

By: Jordan Mechner

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this intergenerational graphic memoir, renowned video game designer Jordan Mechner traces the pa… read more

Similar categories in Jordan Mechner's Replay: Memoir of an Uprooted Family book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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19. 49 Days

By: Agnes Lee

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Day 1 Gotta get up. Gotta keep moving. This map – it says I have to cross over here. Wait, what’… read more

Similar categories in Agnes Lee's 49 Days book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • graphic novels
  • comics
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20. Victory Parade

By: Leela Corman

4.04

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The author of the Eisner-nominated graphic novel Unterzakhn now gives us a heart-wrenching, phantas… read more

Similar categories in Leela Corman's Victory Parade book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp by Zumrat Dawut

21. I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp

By: Zumrat Dawut

4.18

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

This graphic novella recounts the true story of Zumrat Dawut, as originally published in the indepe… read more

Similar categories in Zumrat Dawut's I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Werewolf at Dusk: And Other Stories by David Small

22. The Werewolf at Dusk: And Other Stories

By: David Small

3.52

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Confronting “the beast within” us all, Werewolf at Dusk celebrates the singular genius of David Sma… read more

Similar categories in David Small's The Werewolf at Dusk: And Other Stories book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
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23. Tender

By: Beth Hetland

3.91

Format: 148 pages, Hardcover

A psychological thriller about a woman obsessed with her vision for a picture-perfect, curated life… read more

Similar categories in Beth Hetland's Tender book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
  • mental health
Cover of Polar Vortex: A Family Memoir by Denise Dorrance

24. Polar Vortex: A Family Memoir

By: Denise Dorrance

4.24

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

For fans of Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? , an unputdownable debut graphic The what… read more

Similar categories in Denise Dorrance's Polar Vortex: A Family Memoir book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of What's Wrong?: Personal Histories of Chronic Pain and Bad Medicine by Erin   Williams

25. What's Wrong?: Personal Histories of Chronic Pain and Bad Medicine

By: Erin Williams

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“A humane and gripping work that illuminates how (and why) our treatments of chronic illness fail, … read more

Similar categories in Erin Williams's What's Wrong?: Personal Histories of Chronic Pain and Bad Medicine book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • mental health
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice by Eddie Ahn

26. Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice

By: Eddie Ahn

3.74

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A moving graphic memoir following Eddie Ahn, an environmental justice lawyer and activist striving … read more

Similar categories in Eddie Ahn's Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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27. Unhappy Camper

By: Lily LaMotte

3.90

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed creators of Measuring Up, author Lily LaMotte and illustrators Ann Xu and Sunmi,… read more

Similar categories in Lily LaMotte's Unhappy Camper book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Just Another Story: A Graphic Migration Account by Ernesto Saade

28. Just Another Story: A Graphic Migration Account

By: Ernesto Saade

3.95

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

"This is the story of Carlos and Elena, the story of thousands, the story of my country . . . This … read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Saade's Just Another Story: A Graphic Migration Account book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Lunar Boy by Jacinta Wibowo

29. Lunar Boy

By: Jacinta Wibowo

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Witch Boy and Squished, Lunar Boy is a must-have heartwarming coming-of-age graphic… read more

Similar categories in Jacinta Wibowo's Lunar Boy book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Brownstone by Samuel Teer

30. Brownstone

By: Samuel Teer

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An exciting teen coming-of-age epic from author Samuel Teer and debut graphic novel artist Mar Juli… read more

Similar categories in Samuel Teer's Brownstone book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory by Solomon J. Brager

31. Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory

By: Solomon J. Brager

4.00

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A moving and provocative graphic memoir exploring inherited trauma, family history, and the ever-sh… read more

Similar categories in Solomon J. Brager's Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory book and Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer

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