27 best-selling queer books like Patience & Esther by Sarah Winifred Searle

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Patience & Esther

By: Sarah Winifred Searle

3.84

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Patience is a kindhearted country girl, eking out a living in Edwardian England as tremors of socia…

If you liked the queer plot in Patience & Esther by Sarah Winifred Searle , here is a list of 27 books like this:

Cover of Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman

1. Stage Dreams

By: Melanie Gillman

3.87

Format: 104 pages, Library Binding

In this rollicking queer western adventure, acclaimed cartoonist Melanie Gillman (Stonewall Award H… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Gillman's Stage Dreams book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
Cover of The Moth Keeper by Kay O'Neill

2. The Moth Keeper

By: Kay O'Neill

4.08

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

Being a Moth Keeper is a huge responsibility and a great honor, but what happens when the new Moth … read more

Similar categories in Kay O'Neill's The Moth Keeper book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of The Baker and the Bard by Fern Haught

3. The Baker and the Bard

By: Fern Haught

3.62

Format: 147 pages, Paperback

Author-artist Fern Haught weaves an enchanting, gentle fantasy tale of friendship, determination, a… read more

Similar categories in Fern Haught's The Baker and the Bard book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of If You'll Have Me by Eunnie

4. If You'll Have Me

By: Eunnie

4.44

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“Super sweet and totally heartwarming!”—Alice Oseman, bestselling author of Heartstopper and Lovele… read more

Similar categories in Eunnie's If You'll Have Me book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of The Worst Ronin by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

5. The Worst Ronin

By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall

4.00

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

When an unlikely pair of female samurai join forces, what begins as your run-of-the-mill quest for … read more

Similar categories in Maggie Tokuda-Hall's The Worst Ronin book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. Rainbow! Vol. 1 (Rainbow!, #1)

By: Sunny .

3.87

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From Tapas Media, the same webtoon platform that brought you Magical Boy, comes Rainbow!, a new LGB… read more

Similar categories in Sunny .'s Rainbow! Vol. 1 (Rainbow!, #1) book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz

7. The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich

By: Deya Muniz

4.40

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A funny, heartfelt YA romance about finding love—and lots of grilled cheese sandwiches—in the place… read more

Similar categories in Deya Muniz's The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Mimosa: A Graphic Novel by Archie Bongiovanni

8. Mimosa: A Graphic Novel

By: Archie Bongiovanni

3.73

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Archie Bongiovanni, the comics artist behind the award-winning hit A Quick and Easy Guide to They/T… read more

Similar categories in Archie Bongiovanni's Mimosa: A Graphic Novel book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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 Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of The Hills of Estrella Roja by Ashley Robin Franklin

10. The Hills of Estrella Roja

By: Ashley Robin Franklin

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

In this delightfully creepy and unapologetically queer horror romp of a graphic novel, sometimes dr… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Robin Franklin's The Hills of Estrella Roja book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol

11. 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 Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
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12. Body Music

By: Jul Maroh

3.76

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

Attraction, desire, breaking up, making up: Body Music explores the language of love and relationsh… read more

Similar categories in Jul Maroh's Body Music book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
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13. 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 Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
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14. Witchlight

By: Jessi Zabarsky

3.52

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Jessi Zabarsky's lushly illustrated shoujo-adventure comic that introduces Lelek the witch as she b… read more

Similar categories in Jessi Zabarsky's Witchlight book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
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15. The Chromatic Fantasy

By: H.A .

4.40

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

A gorgeously drawn graphic novel reminiscent of stained glass and illuminated manuscripts, telling … read more

Similar categories in H.A .'s The Chromatic Fantasy book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"[Jules] No!! No! No! No! I want to be happy!! I want to love and be loved!! I want to feel safe!! I want to be someone who doesn't deserve it!! I want my life and my body and my soul!!"

-H.A ., The Chromatic Fantasy

"[guard] 'Before we torture you, please sign the release.' [legal form] 'I shall not say "ah, my back really needed that!" when being drawn over the rack. (we've all heard it before. you're not origin…"

-H.A ., The Chromatic Fantasy

Cover of Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales by Melanie Gillman

16. Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales

By: Melanie Gillman

4.04

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time . . . happily ever after turned out differently than expected. In this new, femini… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Gillman's Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith by Grace Ellis

17. Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith

By: Grace Ellis

4.12

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A fictional and complex portrait of bestselling author Patricia Highsmith caught up in the longing … read more

Similar categories in Grace Ellis's Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Belle of the Ball by Mari Costa

18. Belle of the Ball

By: Mari Costa

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A young adult graphic novel about high school wallflower Belle Hawkins, who ends up in a love trian… read more

Similar categories in Mari Costa's Belle of the Ball book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Pixels of You: A Graphic Novel by Ananth Hirsh

19. Pixels of You: A Graphic Novel

By: Ananth Hirsh

3.37

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A human and human-presenting AI slowly become friends—and maybe more—in this moving YA graphic nove… read more

Similar categories in Ananth Hirsh's Pixels of You: A Graphic Novel book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Firebird by Sunmi

20. Firebird

By: Sunmi

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Sunmi's gorgeous two-color teen graphic novel debut examines the power of resilience and reinventio… read more

Similar categories in Sunmi's Firebird book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of The Marble Queen by Anna Kopp

21. The Marble Queen

By: Anna Kopp

3.62

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The Marble Queen is a YA Fantasy graphic novel that’s the political drama of Nimona meets the heart… read more

Similar categories in Anna Kopp's The Marble Queen book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
"I’m not the strong, brave queen Iliad deserves."

-Anna Kopp, The Marble Queen

"It seems so natural. Like she’s done it a hundred times. Does she prefer dancing with women? I thought this marriage was only an arrangement. And if I’m right and it is, then why do I feel so strange?"

-Anna Kopp, The Marble Queen

Cover of Patience & Esther by Sarah Winifred Searle

22. Patience & Esther

By: Sarah Winifred Searle

3.84

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Patience is a kindhearted country girl, eking out a living in Edwardian England as tremors of socia… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag

23. The Deep Dark

By: Molly Knox Ostertag

4.42

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

From Molly Knox Ostertag, writer-illustrator, comes a darkly beautiful story of identity, family, l… read more

Similar categories in Molly Knox Ostertag's The Deep Dark book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
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24. Ruined

By: Sarah Vaughn

3.64

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Bridgerton comes a Regency-era romance graphic novel about the unexpected passion that … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Vaughn's Ruined book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • romance
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
Cover of The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha

25. The Fox Maidens

By: Robin Ha

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An epic new graphic novel fantasy—a queer, feminist reimagining of the Fox Maiden legend from Korea… read more

Similar categories in Robin Ha's The Fox Maidens book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
Cover of Coming Back by Jessi Zabarsky

26. Coming Back

By: Jessi Zabarsky

3.51

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful graphic novel fantasy romance that follows two young women who have to go on their own … read more

Similar categories in Jessi Zabarsky's Coming Back book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Lunar Boy by Jacinta Wibowo

27. 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 Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of The Pale Queen by Ethan M. Aldridge

28. The Pale Queen

By: Ethan M. Aldridge

4.18

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed creator of Estranged and The Legend of Brightblade comes a lush fantasy graphic … read more

Similar categories in Ethan M. Aldridge's The Pale Queen book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

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

29. 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 Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Navigating With You by Jeremy Whitley

30. Navigating With You

By: Jeremy Whitley

4.37

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

A charming POC-led WLW romance where two new friends hit the road in search of the missing volumes … read more

Similar categories in Jeremy Whitley's Navigating With You book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Dungeon Club: Time to Party (Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Club, #2) by Molly Knox Ostertag

31. Dungeon Club: Time to Party (Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Club, #2)

By: Molly Knox Ostertag

4.53

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The party continues but the problems get bigger in this second installment of this original Dungeon… read more

Similar categories in Molly Knox Ostertag's Dungeon Club: Time to Party (Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Club, #2) book and Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer

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Stage Dreams

Melanie Gillman

3.87

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Kay O'Neill

4.08

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The Baker and the Bard

Fern Haught

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Eunnie

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Patrick Horvath

4.21

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4.42

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Devin Grayson

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Andi Porretta

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