7 must-read lgbt books like La bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono

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La bastarda

By: Trifonia Melibea Obono

3.55

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

La protagonista, Okomo, una adolescente de etnia fang, atrapada en un sistema de valores que no le …

If you liked the lgbt plot in La bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Bitter Eden

By: Tatamkhulu Afrika

3.87

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

This frank and beautifully written novel draws heavily on the author's World War II experiences as … read more

Similar categories in Tatamkhulu Afrika's Bitter Eden book and Trifonia Melibea Obono's La bastarda

  • africa
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"Love is an emotion too often threatened by ennui to attain to the grand passion for which I have long since ceased to hope."

-Tatamkhulu Afrika, Bitter Eden

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2. Ellas [también] cuentan

By: None , Federico Vivanco

3.00

Format: 50 pages, Paperback

Por primera vez en lengua castellana una antologia que reune a veinte escritoras negroafricanas de … read more

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  • feminism
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3. Precoz

By: Ariana Harwicz

3.92

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

En Precoz, madre e hijo viven aislados en una casa con madera acumulada en la puerta, ranchos sin t… read more

Similar categories in Ariana Harwicz's Precoz book and Trifonia Melibea Obono's La bastarda

  • spanish literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. Last Words from Montmartre

By: Qiu Miaojin , Ari Larissa Heinrich

2.77

Format: 130 pages,

When the pioneering Taiwanese novelist Qiu Miaojin committed suicide in 1995 at age twenty-six, she… read more

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  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt

5. A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return

By: Edward Gauvin , Zeina Abirached

3.41

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When Zeina was born, the civil war in Lebanon had been going on for six years, so it's just a norma… read more

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6. La débil mental

By: Ariana Harwicz

3.74

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Escrita como un flujo de conciencia que recuerda a la mejor literatura moderna -Virgina Woolf, Nath… read more

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7. Shadows of Your Black Memory

By: None , None

3.99

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Set during the last years of Spanish rule in Equatorial Guinea, Shadows of Your Black Memorypresent… read more

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8. Our Sister Killjoy

By: Ama Ata Aidoo

4.36

Format: 94 pages,

Out of Africa with her degree and her all-seeing eyes comes Sissie. She comes to Europe, to a land … read more

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9. Our Lady of the Nile

By: Scholastique Mukasonga , None

3.71

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

For her most recent work and first novel - Notre-Dame du Nil, originally published in March 2012 wi… read more

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10. Last Night in Nuuk

By: Niviaq Korneliussen

3.59

Format: 163 pages, Kindle Edition

A witty and fearless debut from a stunning new voice, Last Night in Nuuk is a work of daring invent… read more

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  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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11. Blood Feast: The Complete Short Stories of Malika Moustadraf

By: Malika Moustadraf

3.83

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Malika Moustadraf (1969-2006) is a cult feminist icon in contemporary Moroccan literature, celebrat… read more

Similar categories in Malika Moustadraf's Blood Feast: The Complete Short Stories of Malika Moustadraf book and Trifonia Melibea Obono's La bastarda

  • africa
  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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12. Blessings

By: Chukwuebuka Ibeh

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Moonlight meets Purple Hibiscus in this gay coming-of-age novel from an astonishing young talent, s… read more

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  • africa
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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13. Let Us Believe in the Beginning of the Cold Season

By: Forugh Farrokhzad

4.16

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

In the years since her tragic death in a car accident at age thirty-two in 1967, Forough Farrokhzad… read more

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  • feminism
  • adult
"I dreamed of that red star when I wasn’t asleep"

-Forugh Farrokhzad, Let Us Believe in the Beginning of the Cold Season

"Düşler daima Saflıklarının yüksekliğinden fırlatılıp ölürler"

-Forugh Farrokhzad, Let Us Believe in the Beginning of the Cold Season

"Life is perhaps lighting up a cigarette in the narcotic repose between two love-makings or the absent gaze of a passerby who takes off his hat to another passerby with a meaningless smile and a good …"

-Forugh Farrokhzad, Let Us Believe in the Beginning of the Cold Season

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14. La bastarda

By: Trifonia Melibea Obono

3.55

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

La protagonista, Okomo, una adolescente de etnia fang, atrapada en un sistema de valores que no le … read more

Similar categories in Trifonia Melibea Obono's La bastarda book and Trifonia Melibea Obono's La bastarda

  • africa
  • lgbt
  • novella
  • feminism
  • equatorial guinea
  • spanish literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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15. El celo

By: Sabina Urraca

4.39

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

La noche en que encontró a la Perra, la Humana estaba drogada. Por eso dejó que la siguiera a casa.… read more

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  • fiction
"¿ Qué necesidad hay del demonio cuando basta la persona ? Henri Michaux"

-Sabina Urraca, El celo

"La Madre piensa que su hija tiene un trabajo , una vida . No sabe que todos sus días son días libres , y , al mismo tiempo , imposibles de vivir ."

-Sabina Urraca, El celo

"El organismo droga a la recién parida para que quiera a su bebé y relativice cualquier horror del entorno. En términos salvajes, ¿ por qué iba alguien a tener clemencia con un ser que le ha dejado el…"

-Sabina Urraca, El celo

"En términos terapéuticos lo explican así : al pasar el efecto de la droga , lo más probable es que el paciente vuelva a estar deprimido . Pero durante su viaje de éxtasis ha vuelto a conocer la sensa…"

-Sabina Urraca, El celo

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16. The President's Room

By: Ricardo Romero

3.56

Format: 82 pages, Paperback

In a nameless, homogenised suburb, every house has a room reserved for the president. No one knows … read more

Similar categories in Ricardo Romero's The President's Room book and Trifonia Melibea Obono's La bastarda

  • spanish literature
  • novella
  • fiction
Cover of The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems by Hala Alyan

17. The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

By: Hala Alyan

4.22

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

From the author of The Arsonists’ City and The Twenty-Ninth Year, a new collection of poetry that t… read more

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  • contemporary
"My favorite house is my mother."

-Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

"I don’t have time to write about the soul. There are bodies to count. There’s a man wearing his wedding tuxedo to sleep in case I meet God and there’s a brick of light before each bombing."

-Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

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18. The Naked Woman

By: Armonía Somers

3.80

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

When The Naked Woman was originally published in 1950, critics doubted a woman writer could be resp… read more

Similar categories in Armonía Somers's The Naked Woman book and Trifonia Melibea Obono's La bastarda

  • feminism
  • fiction
"—No lo sé exactamente —respondió ella—. Ven, toca, estoy desnuda. Tomé mi libertad y salí. He dejado los códigos atrás, las zarzas me arañaron por eso. El bosque me lanzó el aliento a la cara, la ser…"

-Armonía Somers, The Naked Woman

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19. THURSDAYS

By: Jackson Biko

3.99

Format: 149 pages, Kindle Edition

Vina Wira band. On the drums is a guy who also writes code. The lead singer is a gifted songstress … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of アキはハルとごはんを食べたい 1 [Aki wa Haru to gohan wo tabetai 1] (Let's eat together, Aki and Haru., #1) by Makoto Taji

20. アキはハルとごはんを食べたい 1 [Aki wa Haru to gohan wo tabetai 1] (Let's eat together, Aki and Haru., #1)

By: Makoto Taji

3.92

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

男子二人、ひたすら仲良くごはんを作ってたべるだけ。 ルームシェアをしている大学生、ご飯作り担当のアキと片付け担当のハル。 性格も悩みも違うけど、ごはんを食べたら気分がアガる二人なのです。 ご飯… read more

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  • lgbt
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21. Tongueless

By: Lau Yee-Wa

3.88

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping psychological thriller that sheds light on the current political situation in Hong Kong.… read more

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  • fiction
"Many questions in the world don’t have answers, and even if you get an answer, what can be changed?"

-Lau Yee-Wa, Tongueless

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3.87

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3.92

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2.77

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3.59

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Elnathan John

3.00

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3.65

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