18 must-read comics books like Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up by Heather Corinna

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Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up

By: Heather Corinna

4.31

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

From Heather Corinna, founder and director of Scarleteen.com, and Isabella Rotman, cartoonist and s…

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Cover of Sex Is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and YOU by Cory Silverberg, Fiona Smyth

1. Sex Is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and YOU

By: Cory Silverberg , Fiona Smyth

4.47

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A comic book for kids that includes children and families of all makeups, orientations, and gender … read more

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  • parenting
  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
"Has anyone ever told you that you can't judge a book by its cover? It means you can't tell what's inside a book if all you know is what it looks like on the outside. Bodies are kind of like books. Ea…"

-Cory Silverberg, Sex Is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and YOU

"Words are important. Like all words, the words we use to describe ourselves and our relationships can be used by others in ways that help us and in ways that hurt us. It helps when we get to choose w…"

-Cory Silverberg, Sex Is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and YOU

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2. Consensuality: How to Love Other People Without Losing Yourself (Good Life)

By: Helen Wildfell

2.98

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Human relationships contain infinite possibilities, but the fairytale ideal of companionship does n… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sexuality

3. Princess Princess Ever After

By: Kay O'Neill

3.65

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

When the heroic princess Amira rescues the kind-hearted princess Sadie from her tower prison, neith… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • lgbt

4. It's Perfectly Normal: A Book about Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health

By: Robie H. Harris , Michael Emberley

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Providing accurate, unbiased answers to nearly every imaginable question, from conception and puber… read more

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5. Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms

By: Crystal Frasier

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

A sweet, queer teen romance perfect for fans of Fence and Check, Please!Annie is a smart, antisocia… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • lgbt
"Oh? You're held to a different standard because of others' preconceptions?"

-Crystal Frasier, Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms

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6. The Lost Cause

By: Cory Doctorow

3.65

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

It's thirty years from now and we're making progress, mitigating climate change, slowly but surely.… read more

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7. Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam

By: Thien Pham

4.29

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in Amer… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

8. The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

By: Janelle Monáe

3.76

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

In The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer, singer-songwriter, actor, fashion ico… read more

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  • lgbt
"Dreams aren't memories. They are memories' voices."

-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

"Some days Artis had to remind himself that his dad actually existed, that his mother was not a phantom. Remembering the dead was hard work."

-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

"Hearing her name, she gathered herself within the span of normalcy, just barely escaping the extra beat that would have made it weird. "Hey," she said. "I'm good, good."

-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

"Grandpapa and even Artis's friends believed that New Dawn was the most dangerous thing in their world. But Artis knew that wasn't true. Hope was. Having too much, having too little. Trying to work ou…"

-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

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9. Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel

By: Betty C. Tang

4.25

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

A story about three siblings living on their own as undocumented new immigrants, inspired by the au… read more

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  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
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10. Mamo

By: Sas Milledge

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Family matters aren’t just hocus-pocus for this young witch!Cartoonist Sas Milledge makes her aston… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • lgbt
Cover of Let's Talk About It: The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human (A Graphic Novel) by Erika Moen

11. Let's Talk About It: The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human (A Graphic Novel)

By: Erika Moen

4.08

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

An inclusive, accessible and honest graphic novel guide to growing up, from gender and sexuality to… read more

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  • parenting
  • teen
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
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12. Ride On

By: Faith Erin Hicks

4.04

Format: 224 pages, None

In Ride On, this middle grade graphic novel from Faith Erin Hicks, twelve-year-old Victoria is burn… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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13. Julián Is a Mermaid

By: Jessica Love

4.51

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and… read more

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  • childrens
  • lgbt
Cover of Yes, I'm Hot in This: The Hilarious Truth about Life in a Hijab by Huda Fahmy

14. Yes, I'm Hot in This: The Hilarious Truth about Life in a Hijab

By: Huda Fahmy

4.33

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

At some point in our lives, we’ve all felt a little out of place. Huda Fahmy has found it’s a littl… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond

15. Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky

By: Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond

4.42

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Discover a world of creativity and tradition in this fascinating picture book that explores the his… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Katie the Catsitter (Katie the Catsitter, #1) by Colleen A.F. Venable

16. Katie the Catsitter (Katie the Catsitter, #1)

By: Colleen A.F. Venable

4.19

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

A new middle-grade graphic novel series about growing up, friendship, heroes, and cats (lots of cat… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women (Classic Graphic Remix, 1) by Rey Terciero

17. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women (Classic Graphic Remix, 1)

By: Rey Terciero

4.10

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Little Women with a twist: four sisters from a blended family experience the challenges and triumph… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • lgbt
"Beth, you have such great potential. Please accept this gift and foster your voice."

-Rey Terciero, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women (Classic Graphic Remix, 1)

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18. Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation

By: Jen Gunter

4.25

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Dr. Jen Gunter fights myths and fear-mongering with real science, inclusive facts, and shame-free a… read more

Similar categories in Jen Gunter's Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation book and Heather Corinna's Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up

  • nonfiction
  • health
"Reproducing a human is a massive biological effort. Energy-wise, it's on par with the limits of the most extreme sports, for example, running 5,000 km (3,000 miles) over 120 days or cycling the Tour …"

-Jen Gunter, Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation

"When it comes to painful periods, there is an epidemic of undertreatment. Women's pain is undertreated in general, as compared to men's, but painful periods have historically been seen as a "woman th…"

-Jen Gunter, Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation

"Unfortunately, instead of a world where those who bear the physical burdens of reproduction—whether they reproduce or not—have equal footing, we have the opposite. The Ancient Greeks, the originators…"

-Jen Gunter, Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation

Cover of Best Friends for Never (Katie the Catsitter, #2) by Colleen A.F. Venable

19. Best Friends for Never (Katie the Catsitter, #2)

By: Colleen A.F. Venable

4.23

Format: 224 pages, Library Binding

Katie loves skating with the Wheelas and the fact that she’s officially a superhero sidekick. But n… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of First Love: Essays on Friendship by Lilly Dancyger

20. First Love: Essays on Friendship

By: Lilly Dancyger

4.07

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A bold, poignant essay collection that treats women’s friendships as the love stories they truly ar… read more

Similar categories in Lilly Dancyger's First Love: Essays on Friendship book and Heather Corinna's Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up

  • nonfiction
  • lgbt
Cover of You Don't Have a Shot by Racquel Marie

21. You Don't Have a Shot

By: Racquel Marie

4.38

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A queer YA romance about rival soccer players from author Racquel Marie, perfect for fans of She Dr… read more

Similar categories in Racquel Marie's You Don't Have a Shot book and Heather Corinna's Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up

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

22. 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

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  • teen
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
"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 Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin

23. Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

By: Steve Sheinkin

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A riveting graphic novel adaptation of the award-winning nonfiction book, Bomb ―the fascinating and… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
Cover of Shakti by S.J. Sindu

24. Shakti

By: S.J. Sindu

4.13

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A fierce, feminist, and fun middle grade fantasy graphic novel about a twelve-year-old Indian Ameri… read more

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  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
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25. Continental Drifter

By: Kathy MacLeod

4.15

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A graphic memoir from debut author Kathy Macleod. With a Thai mother and an American father, Kat… read more

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  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up by Heather Corinna

26. Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up

By: Heather Corinna

4.31

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

From Heather Corinna, founder and director of Scarleteen.com, and Isabella Rotman, cartoonist and s… read more

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  • parenting
  • childrens
  • teen
  • health
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
Cover of Sensory: Life on the Spectrum by Bex Ollerton

27. 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

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Who Is Kamala Harris? (Who HQ Now) by Kirsten Anderson

28. Who Is Kamala Harris? (Who HQ Now)

By: Kirsten Anderson

4.01

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

The inspiring story of Vice President Kamala Harris told in the new Who HQ Now format for trending … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of I'm a Wild Seed: My Graphic Memoir on Queerness and Decolonizing the World by Sharon Lee De La Cruz

29. I'm a Wild Seed: My Graphic Memoir on Queerness and Decolonizing the World

By: Sharon Lee De La Cruz

4.11

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In this delightfully compelling full-color graphic memoir, the author shares her process of undoing… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • lgbt
"I don't have the privilege of independently thinking about gender and race."

-Sharon Lee De La Cruz, I'm a Wild Seed: My Graphic Memoir on Queerness and Decolonizing the World

Cover of You Know, Sex: Bodies, Gender, Puberty, and Other Things by Cory Silverberg

30. You Know, Sex: Bodies, Gender, Puberty, and Other Things

By: Cory Silverberg

4.61

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

A completely new approach to learning about puberty, sex, and gender for kids 10+. Here is the much… read more

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  • parenting
  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
Cover of Can We Talk About Consent?: A book about freedom, choices, and agreement by Justin Hancock

31. Can We Talk About Consent?: A book about freedom, choices, and agreement

By: Justin Hancock

4.26

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

What exactly is consent? Why does it matter? How can you negotiate your place in the world while re… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • childrens
  • sexuality

13 Top childrens books like Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up by Heather Corinna

Transform Your Habits

Sex Is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and YOU

Cory Silverberg , Fiona Smyth

4.47

Transform Your Habits

Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel

Betty C. Tang

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Ride On

Faith Erin Hicks

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Julián Is a Mermaid

Jessica Love

4.51

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18 Top fiction books like Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women (Classic Graphic Remix, 1) by Rey Terciero

Transform Your Habits

Allergic

Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Claudia and the Bad Joke: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #15)

Arley Nopra

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Sunny Makes Her Case (Sunny #5)

Jennifer L. Holm

4.23

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Best Friends (Sweet Valley Twins Graphic Novels #1)

Nicole Andelfinger

3.93

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