17 best-selling lesbian books like Gay Girl Prayers by Emily R. Austin

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Gay Girl Prayers

By: Emily R. Austin

4.10

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

A collection of poetry reclaiming Catholic prayers and biblical passages to empower girls, women, a…

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1. Perfume & Pain

By: Anna Dorn

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A controversial Los Angeles author attempts to revive her career and finally find true love in this… read more

Similar categories in Anna Dorn's Perfume & Pain book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"I sit down wanting to write the great lesbian love story, but wacko bitches just keep coming out."

-Anna Dorn, Perfume & Pain

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2. Worry

By: Alexandra Tanner

3.36

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Frances Ha meets No One Is Talking About This in a debut that follows two twenty-something siblings… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Tanner's Worry book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • adult
  • contemporary
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3. When I Arrived at the Castle

By: Emily Carroll

3.69

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

"A castle, a killer, and prey all bound and blurred by lust and blood." Like many before her tha… read more

Similar categories in Emily Carroll's When I Arrived at the Castle book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • queer
  • lgbt
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4. Hijab Butch Blues

By: Lamya H.

4.48

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more

Similar categories in Lamya H.'s Hijab Butch Blues book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"Sort of?"

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"Queer indispensability?"

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

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5. A Good Happy Girl

By: Marissa Higgins

3.01

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, surprising, and immersive read about a young professional woman pursuing an emotionally… read more

Similar categories in Marissa Higgins's A Good Happy Girl book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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6. Dykette

By: Jenny Fran Davis

2.96

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An addictive, absurd, and darkly hilarious debut novel about a young woman who embarks on a ten-day… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Fran Davis's Dykette book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • lesbian
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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7. Bloom

By: Delilah S. Dawson

3.90

Format: 203 pages, Hardcover

A sweet sapphic romance takes a deadly dark turn in this sharp-as-a-knife novella from the New York… read more

Similar categories in Delilah S. Dawson's Bloom book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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8. Here We Go Again

By: Alison Cochrun

4.17

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The author of Kiss Her Once for Me returns with a new queer rom-com following once childhood best f… read more

Similar categories in Alison Cochrun's Here We Go Again book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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9. Late Bloomer

By: Mazey Eddings

3.73

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A sapphic opposites-attract romance with Mazey Edding's signature sparkling voice! Winning the l… read more

Similar categories in Mazey Eddings's Late Bloomer book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"Fuck anything and anyone that made you have to survive instead of live. You deserve a life so peaceful it feels deliciously boring. A life filled with flowers and sunny days and people who show you a…"

-Mazey Eddings, Late Bloomer

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10. How You Get the Girl (Love & Other Disasters, #3)

By: Anita Kelly

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Chemistry sizzles in this workplace rom-com set in the world of high school basketball from the aut… read more

Similar categories in Anita Kelly's How You Get the Girl (Love & Other Disasters, #3) book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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11. Thirst

By: Marina Yuszczuk

3.58

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Across two different time periods, two women confront fear, loneliness, mortality, and a haunting y… read more

Similar categories in Marina Yuszczuk's Thirst book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • lesbian
  • adult
  • queer
  • lgbt
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12. Dayspring

By: Anthony Oliveira

4.18

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A singular, stunning debut that transcends and transfigures genre—at once a bold retelling of bibli… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Oliveira's Dayspring book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • poetry
  • adult
  • queer
  • lgbt
"when god died he died whimpering"

-Anthony Oliveira, Dayspring

"the fox has a den and the bird has a nest only humans go homeless"

-Anthony Oliveira, Dayspring

"when i sleep i remember days that never were. i dream a life i never saw and which i now see he never wanted..."

-Anthony Oliveira, Dayspring

"saint sebastian was a roman soldier. hot idiot twink go-go dancer pass around party bottom of the lord pincushioned through with arrows"

-Anthony Oliveira, Dayspring

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13. Fragile Animals

By: Genevieve Jagger

3.61

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

When an ex-catholic woman develops a sexual relationship with a vampire, she is forced to confront … read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Jagger's Fragile Animals book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
  • lgbt
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14. 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 Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • lesbian
  • 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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15. Here for the Wrong Reasons

By: Annabel Paulsen

3.73

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In this swoon-filled lesbian romcom, two dating show contestants vying for the affection of the lea… read more

Similar categories in Annabel Paulsen's Here for the Wrong Reasons book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • lesbian
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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16. 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

Similar categories in Hala Alyan's The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • 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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17. American Rapture

By: C.J. Leede

4.51

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust. Sop… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Leede's American Rapture book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • religion
  • adult
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18. Housemates

By: Emma Copley Eisenberg

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Two young housemates embark on a road trip to discover themselves in a fractured America in this sp… read more

Similar categories in Emma Copley Eisenberg's Housemates book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • lesbian
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"Teaching? When it’s good? A marvel. A fucking miracle. They live, and then they turn to you to tell you about it."

-Emma Copley Eisenberg, Housemates

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19. The Z Word

By: Lindsay King-Miller

3.48

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

“Sexy, scathing, delightful, and intimately devastating.”—Gretchen Felker-Martin, author of Manhunt… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay King-Miller's The Z Word book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • lesbian
  • adult
  • queer
  • lgbt
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20. Feel It All: A Therapist's Guide to Reimagining Your Relationship with Sex

By: Casey Tanner

4.28

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking guide to sexuality that dispels     the stale cultural attitudes about sex that le… read more

Similar categories in Casey Tanner's Feel It All: A Therapist's Guide to Reimagining Your Relationship with Sex book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
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21. Coexistence: Stories

By: Billy-Ray Belcourt

4.39

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Superbly rendered portraits of modern indigeneity from the acclaimed author of A Minor Chorus. A gr… read more

Similar categories in Billy-Ray Belcourt's Coexistence: Stories book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
  • lgbt
"I wrote about the future because I wanted to invent it. I wrote about the present so that it wouldn't obliterate me."

-Billy-Ray Belcourt, Coexistence: Stories

"It's October, and the shorter days have made us hungrier, depriving us of light and forcing us to look for it in other people."

-Billy-Ray Belcourt, Coexistence: Stories

"That's what love is -- someone else's spirit moving through you. When someone moves through you they leave behind a small trace of human life. It's how we know we're still alive."

-Billy-Ray Belcourt, Coexistence: Stories

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22. The Pairing

By: Casey McQuiston

3.90

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

In #1 New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuiston's latest romantic comedy, two bisexual exes… read more

Similar categories in Casey McQuiston's The Pairing book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
  • lgbt
"Some people dye their hair when they go through a breakup. I got a bus."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

"This is what I get for assuming all women in safari hats can be trusted."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

"He was the first great thing I ever let myself want. This time, I’m keeping him."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

"A love that’s ended is the only kind I can have, because I can’t possibly lose it."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

Cover of Gay Girl Prayers by Emily R. Austin

23. Gay Girl Prayers

By: Emily R. Austin

4.10

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

A collection of poetry reclaiming Catholic prayers and biblical passages to empower girls, women, a… read more

Similar categories in Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • lesbian
  • poetry
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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24. An Excellent Host

By: Chelsea G. Summers

4.01

Format: 69 pages, Paperback

"In An Excellent Host, modern dating goes wildly awry (at least when Chelsea G. Summers is in charg… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea G. Summers's An Excellent Host book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • adult
Cover of Dinner on Monster Island: Essays by Tania De Rozario

25. Dinner on Monster Island: Essays

By: Tania De Rozario

4.18

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

“A penetrating series of personal essays… a memoir that scratches a layer deeper than expected. The… read more

Similar categories in Tania De Rozario's Dinner on Monster Island: Essays book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
"No wonder they come to your house looking for ghosts. Ghosts are spilling out of the walls."

-Tania De Rozario, Dinner on Monster Island: Essays

"What they do not understand when they come to your house is that you have lived your whole life with ghosts."

-Tania De Rozario, Dinner on Monster Island: Essays

"But her smile is vacant. Placid. A Stepford Wife smile. The tears fall but there is nothing behind them. She’s a mannequin crying on command."

-Tania De Rozario, Dinner on Monster Island: Essays

"There is nothing like a horror film to reveal the cultural anxieties of one’s time and place. And if horror has taught me anything, it is that nothing has been as enduringly terrifying across time an…"

-Tania De Rozario, Dinner on Monster Island: Essays

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26. The Fall That Saved Us

By: Tamara Jerée

3.93

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

Cassiel has given up the family tradition of demon hunting, leaving behind her sacred angelic duty … read more

Similar categories in Tamara Jerée's The Fall That Saved Us book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • lesbian
  • adult
  • queer
  • lgbt
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

Similar categories in Bex Ollerton's Sensory: Life on the Spectrum book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • adult
  • nonfiction
Cover of Fool Night, Vol. 1 by Kasumi Yasuda

28. Fool Night, Vol. 1

By: Kasumi Yasuda

4.23

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In a distant future where the sun no longer shines, Toshiro Kamiya gives up his body to a sinister … read more

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29. My Body Unspooling

By: Leo Fox

4.34

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

“My name is Lucille, and me and my body have broken up.” Lucille and his body are constantly at … read more

Similar categories in Leo Fox's My Body Unspooling book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • queer
  • lgbt
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30. But How Are You, Really

By: Ella Dawson

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A burned-out bisexual confronts old demons, her estranged chosen family, and the ex she maybe shoul… read more

Similar categories in Ella Dawson's But How Are You, Really book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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31. Private Rites

By: Julia Armfield

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, c… read more

Similar categories in Julia Armfield's Private Rites book and Emily R. Austin's Gay Girl Prayers

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"To be misunderstood is one thing, but the curious hostility of a sibling's approach lies less in what they miss than in the strange backdated nature of the things they choose to know. A person can be…"

-Julia Armfield, Private Rites

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3.81

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3.24

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