18 must-read nonfiction books like Gender: A Graphic Guide by Meg-John Barker

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Gender: A Graphic Guide

By: Meg-John Barker

4.28

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Join the creators of Queer: A Graphic History (‘Could totally change the way you think about sex an…

"Some people who experience themselves as gender diverse but don't identify or express this in ways obvious to others recognize their cis privilege. They might use words like 'cis-ish' or 'cish' as well as non-binary terms to define themselves."

-Meg-John Barker, Gender: A Graphic Guide

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Gender: A Graphic Guide by Meg-John Barker , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of How to Understand Your Gender by Alex Iantaffi, Meg-John Barker

1. How to Understand Your Gender

By: Alex Iantaffi , Meg-John Barker

4.16

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

'For anyone who's ever wished they had a smart, kind, friend with whom they could calmly and safely… read more

Similar categories in Alex Iantaffi's How to Understand Your Gender book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • gender
  • queer studies
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting by Kindra Neely

2. Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting

By: Kindra Neely

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

This searing graphic memoir portrays gun violence through a fresh lens, giving it urgency, humanity… read more

Similar categories in Kindra Neely's Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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3. Gender Queer

By: Maia Kobabe

4.28

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would … read more

Similar categories in Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • gender
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"I don't"

-Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer

"My deepest emotional relationships have always been with women. Did that mean I was a lesbian? But my sexual fantasies involved two male partners. Was I a gay boy tapped in a girl's body? The knowled…"

-Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer

"Some people are born in the mountains, while others are born by the sea. Some people are happy to live in the place they were born, while others must make a journey to reach the climate in which they…"

-Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer

"As I pondered a pronoun change, I began to think of gender less as a scale and more as a landscape. Some people are born in the mountains, while others are born by the sea. Some people are happy to l…"

-Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer

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4. Girl Haven

By: Lilah Sturges

3.90

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

When seventh-grader Ash, his crush Eleanor, and their friends are transported to a girls-only imagi… read more

Similar categories in Lilah Sturges's Girl Haven book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
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5. 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 Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
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6. Be Gay, Do Comics

By: Matt Bors

4.22

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

The dream of a queer separatist town. The life of a gay and Jewish Nazi-fighter. A gender reveal pa… read more

Similar categories in Matt Bors's Be Gay, Do Comics book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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7. As the Crow Flies

By: Melanie Gillman

3.66

Format: 276 pages, webcomic

Melanie Gillman's webcomic about a queer, black teenager who finds herself stranded in a dangerous … read more

Similar categories in Melanie Gillman's As the Crow Flies book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure (St. Hell, #1) by Lewis Hancox

8. Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure (St. Hell, #1)

By: Lewis Hancox

4.28

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A groundbreaking memoir about being a trans teen, in the vein of FUN HOME and FLAMER... and at the … read more

Similar categories in Lewis Hancox's Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure (St. Hell, #1) book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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9. 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 Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
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10. Across a Field of Starlight

By: Blue Delliquanti

3.72

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An epic sci-fi graphic novel romance between two non-binary characters as they find one another thr… read more

Similar categories in Blue Delliquanti's Across a Field of Starlight book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics by The Kao

11. The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics

By: The Kao

4.37

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In this vibrant and affirming comics anthology, 29 trans & nonbinary comic artists share their pers… read more

Similar categories in The Kao's The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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12. Kisses for Jet

By: Joris Bas Backer

3.50

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A striking and emotive graphic novel from trans creator, Joris Bas Backer about coming to terms wit… read more

Similar categories in Joris Bas Backer's Kisses for Jet book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • gender
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection by Yao Xiao

13. Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection

By: Yao Xiao

3.71

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid perfectly captures the feelings of a young sojourner in… read more

Similar categories in Yao Xiao's Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of Radikale Selbstfürsorge. Jetzt! Eine feministische Perspektive by Svenja Gräfen

14. Radikale Selbstfürsorge. Jetzt! Eine feministische Perspektive

By: Svenja Gräfen

3.79

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Svenja Gräfen hielt Self-Care lange für egoistisch, unsolidarisch und allem voran für ein falsches … read more

Similar categories in Svenja Gräfen's Radikale Selbstfürsorge. Jetzt! Eine feministische Perspektive book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
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15. Apsara Engine

By: Bishakh Kumar Som

3.84

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

In turns both fantastical and familiar, this graphic short story collection with South Asian roots … read more

Similar categories in Bishakh Kumar Som's Apsara Engine book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of From the Roots Up (Surviving the City, #2) by Tasha Spillett

16. From the Roots Up (Surviving the City, #2)

By: Tasha Spillett

4.27

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Dez and Miikwan’s stories continue in this sequel to Surviving the City.  Dez’s grandmother has … read more

Similar categories in Tasha Spillett's From the Roots Up (Surviving the City, #2) book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Fine: A Comic About Gender by Rhea Ewing

17. Fine: A Comic About Gender

By: Rhea Ewing

4.28

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

Washington Post • 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2022 A vibrant and informative debut with “great doc… read more

Similar categories in Rhea Ewing's Fine: A Comic About Gender book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • gender
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"Gender affects everybody, so whether you're trans or not, gender is fucking you up. -Jac, 2013"

-Rhea Ewing, Fine: A Comic About Gender

Cover of A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni

18. A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns

By: Archie Bongiovanni

4.37

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Archie, a snarky genderqueer artist, is tired of people not understanding gender neutral pronouns. … read more

Similar categories in Archie Bongiovanni's A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • gender
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • queer
Cover of Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir by Ai Weiwei

19. Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir

By: Ai Weiwei

3.74

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In this beautifully illustrated and deeply philosophical graphic memoir, legendary artist Ai Weiwei… read more

Similar categories in Ai Weiwei's Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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20. 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 Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
"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

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21. 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 Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag

22. 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 Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Gender: A Graphic Guide by Meg-John Barker

23. Gender: A Graphic Guide

By: Meg-John Barker

4.28

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Join the creators of Queer: A Graphic History (‘Could totally change the way you think about sex an… read more

Similar categories in Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • history
  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • graphic novels
  • gender
  • queer studies
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • queer
"Some people who experience themselves as gender diverse but don't identify or express this in ways obvious to others recognize their cis privilege. They might use words like 'cis-ish' or 'cish' as we…"

-Meg-John Barker, Gender: A Graphic Guide

Cover of A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities by Mady G.

24. A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities

By: Mady G.

4.27

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In this quick and easy guide to queer and trans identities, cartoonists Mady G and JR Zuckerberg gu… read more

Similar categories in Mady G.'s A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • gender
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"No matter the outcome or whatever decision you make, you will grow and blossom into who you’re meant to be and that’s an amazing thing. Try new things, take some chances. You might be surprised at wh…"

-Mady G., A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities

Cover of Feminism: A Graphic Guide by Cathia Jenainati

25. Feminism: A Graphic Guide

By: Cathia Jenainati

3.46

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

What is feminism? Why are we still talking about it, and what can it tell us about ourselves, our s… read more

Similar categories in Cathia Jenainati's Feminism: A Graphic Guide book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • history
  • feminism
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of Our Work Is Everywhere: An Illustrated Oral History of Queer and Trans Resistance by Syan Rose

26. Our Work Is Everywhere: An Illustrated Oral History of Queer and Trans Resistance

By: Syan Rose

4.20

Format: 91 pages, Paperback

Over the past ten years, we have witnessed the rise of queer and trans communities that have defied… read more

Similar categories in Syan Rose's Our Work Is Everywhere: An Illustrated Oral History of Queer and Trans Resistance book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • history
  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life by Cody Daigle-Orians

27. I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life

By: Cody Daigle-Orians

4.47

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

How do I know if I'm actually sexual? How do I come out as asexual? What kinds of relationship ca… read more

Similar categories in Cody Daigle-Orians's I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • social justice
  • nonfiction
  • lgbt
  • queer
"Our culture weaponizes wanting or not wanting sex across many different identities and experiences as a way to marginalize them. It's not exclusive to asexuality."

-Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life

"When confronted with someone who breaks the norm, some people find it easier to call that person's experience a fiction instead of altering their understanding of the world to include something new."

-Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life

"Anyone who asserts they're owed your disclosure is also working from the assumption that they're also owed your sexuality. And you owe no one either of those things. They're yours to share with someo…"

-Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life

"Unlike allosexual people who make the assumption that everyone should want and enjoy sex as much as they do, sex-averse and sex-repulsed ace folks are making choices about their own bodies and their …"

-Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life

Cover of A-Okay (A-Okay #1) by Jarad Greene

28. A-Okay (A-Okay #1)

By: Jarad Greene

3.86

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A-Okay by Jarad Greene is a vulnerable and heartfelt semi-autobiographical middle grade graphic no… read more

Similar categories in Jarad Greene's A-Okay (A-Okay #1) book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of A Million Quiet Revolutions by Robin Gow

29. A Million Quiet Revolutions

By: Robin Gow

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For as long as they can remember, Aaron and Oliver have only ever had each other. In a small town w… read more

Similar categories in Robin Gow's A Million Quiet Revolutions book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • queer
  • lgbt
"I feel like the only way to exist as a queer person is to hide."

-Robin Gow, A Million Quiet Revolutions

"It’s hard to search for someone like yourself when you’re not even sure who you are."

-Robin Gow, A Million Quiet Revolutions

Cover of How to They/Them: A Visual Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity by Stuart Getty

30. How to They/Them: A Visual Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity

By: Stuart Getty

4.43

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Ever wonder what nonbinary or gender nonconforming really mean? And how the heck do you use they/th… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Getty's How to They/Them: A Visual Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • gender
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • queer
Cover of Sensory: Life on the Spectrum by Bex Ollerton

31. Sensory: Life on the Spectrum

By: Bex Ollerton

4.27

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A colorful and eclectic comics anthology exploring a wide range of autistic experiences—from diagno… read more

Similar categories in Bex Ollerton's Sensory: Life on the Spectrum book and Meg-John Barker's Gender: A Graphic Guide

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction

27 must-read graphic novels books like Gender: A Graphic Guide by Meg-John Barker

Transform Your Habits

Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting

Kindra Neely

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Gender Queer

Maia Kobabe

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Girl Haven

Lilah Sturges

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Rainbow! Vol. 1 (Rainbow!, #1)

Sunny .

3.87

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26 must-read fiction books like A-Okay (A-Okay #1) by Jarad Greene

Transform Your Habits

Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Speak Up!

Rebecca Burgess

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Ghost Book

Remy Lai

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Apple Crush

Lucy Knisley

4.06

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