15 must-read queer books like The Boy & The Bindi by Vivek Shraya

Cover of The Boy & The Bindi by Vivek Shraya

The Boy & The Bindi

By: Vivek Shraya

4.20

Format: 38 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful children’s picture book that showcases a young Indian boy’s fascination with his mother…

If you liked the queer plot in The Boy & The Bindi by Vivek Shraya , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Lumberjanes, Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max by None, Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Maarta Laiho, Brooke A. Allen, N.D. Stevenson

1. Lumberjanes, Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max

By: None , Shannon Watters , Grace Ellis , Maarta Laiho , Brooke A. Allen , N.D. Stevenson

4.15

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

What a mystery! Jo, April, Mal, Molly, and Ripley are not your average campers and Miss Qiunzell… read more

Similar categories in None's Lumberjanes, Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max book and Vivek Shraya's The Boy & The Bindi

  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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2. The Angel Over the Right Shoulder; or, The Beginning of a New Year

By: Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward

3.49

Format: 9 pages, Kindle Edition

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteer… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward's The Angel Over the Right Shoulder; or, The Beginning of a New Year book and Vivek Shraya's The Boy & The Bindi

  • fiction

3. Undead Girl Gang

By: Lily Anderson

3.95

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

Mila Flores and her best friend Riley have always been inseparable. There's not much excitement in … read more

Similar categories in Lily Anderson's Undead Girl Gang book and Vivek Shraya's The Boy & The Bindi

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4. The Wicked Bargain

By: Gabe Cole Novoa

4.19

Format: 368 pages, None

El Diablo is in the details in this Latinx pirate fantasy starring a transmasculine nonbinary teen … read more

Similar categories in Gabe Cole Novoa's The Wicked Bargain book and Vivek Shraya's The Boy & The Bindi

  • queer
  • lgbt
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5. 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 Vivek Shraya's The Boy & The Bindi

  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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6. A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo

By: Jill Twiss

4.64

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet Marlon Bundo, a lonely bunny who lives with his Grampa Mike Pence, the former Vice President o… read more

Similar categories in Jill Twiss's A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo book and Vivek Shraya's The Boy & The Bindi

  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • queer
"Stink bugs are temporary. Love is forever."

-Jill Twiss, A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo

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7. Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls

By: Kai Cheng Thom

4.18

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

What happens when we imagine loving the people--and the parts of ourselves--that we do not believe … read more

Similar categories in Kai Cheng Thom's Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls book and Vivek Shraya's The Boy & The Bindi

  • queer
  • lgbt
"i have questions about heaven. i have questions about the Revolution. those questions are the same: upon whose bones do you intend to build your paradise?"

-Kai Cheng Thom, Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls

"you don't need to heal others to heal yourself, you can just heal yourself. you do not need to give love to others to love yourself, you can just love yourself."

-Kai Cheng Thom, Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls

"find the lie in your heart. the one you tell to yourself and all the world, sometimes without even knowing it. pare that lie down to its barest core, strip back the skin, and behold the truth: i am w…"

-Kai Cheng Thom, Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls

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8. Bodies Are Cool

By: Tyler Feder

4.61

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

This cheerful love-your-body picture book for preschoolers is an exuberant read-aloud with bright a… read more

Similar categories in Tyler Feder's Bodies Are Cool book and Vivek Shraya's The Boy & The Bindi

  • queer
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • lgbt
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9. 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

Similar categories in Jessica Love's Julián Is a Mermaid book and Vivek Shraya's The Boy & The Bindi

  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • gender
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • family
  • queer
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10. 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 Vivek Shraya's The Boy & The Bindi

  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of A Deeper Love (Ghosts of the Shadow Market, #5) by Cassandra Clare

11. A Deeper Love (Ghosts of the Shadow Market, #5)

By: Cassandra Clare

4.16

Format: None pages, Audiobook

1 Hour and 22 Minutes It is only three years since Tessa Gray lost her beloved husband William H… read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Clare's A Deeper Love (Ghosts of the Shadow Market, #5) book and Vivek Shraya's The Boy & The Bindi

"Zitronenkuchen! Als Erstes Zitronenkuchen", sagte Catarina."

-Cassandra Clare, A Deeper Love (Ghosts of the Shadow Market, #5)

"Tessa, he said. Even when I cannot see, you are so beautiful."

-Cassandra Clare, A Deeper Love (Ghosts of the Shadow Market, #5)

"If she lived until the sun died, there would never be any other for her besides Will and Jem, those two twin souls, the only souls she had ever loved."

-Cassandra Clare, A Deeper Love (Ghosts of the Shadow Market, #5)

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12. 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 Vivek Shraya's The Boy & The Bindi

  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt

13. On the Eve of Uncertain Tomorrows

By: Neil Bissoondath

3.36

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

A collection of short stories explores a range of moral and social themes--alienation and estrangem… read more

Similar categories in Neil Bissoondath's On the Eve of Uncertain Tomorrows book and Vivek Shraya's The Boy & The Bindi

  • fiction
Cover of When Aidan Became A Brother by Kyle Lukoff

14. When Aidan Became A Brother

By: Kyle Lukoff

4.54

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

When Aidan was born, everyone thought he was a girl. His parents gave him a pretty name, his room l… read more

Similar categories in Kyle Lukoff's When Aidan Became A Brother book and Vivek Shraya's The Boy & The Bindi

  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • gender
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • family
  • queer
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15. My Shadow Is Purple (My Shadow, #2)

By: Scott Stuart

4.60

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

As featured on CNN, MSNBC, New York Post, The Daily Beast, The Washington Post , and more My Dad h… read more

Similar categories in Scott Stuart's My Shadow Is Purple (My Shadow, #2) book and Vivek Shraya's The Boy & The Bindi

  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • gender
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea by Kai Cheng Thom

16. From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea

By: Kai Cheng Thom

4.36

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A children’s picture book that incorporates lush visual storytelling with poetic language to tell t… read more

Similar categories in Kai Cheng Thom's From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea book and Vivek Shraya's The Boy & The Bindi

  • childrens
  • canada
  • lgbt
  • gender
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • queer
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17. Lakelore

By: Anna-Marie McLemore

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this young adult novel by award-winning author Anna-Marie McLemore, two non-binary teens are pul… read more

Similar categories in Anna-Marie McLemore's Lakelore book and Vivek Shraya's The Boy & The Bindi

  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"There's a certain way that falling for someone can only ever feel when you've fallen at least a little for yourself first."

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Lakelore

"The worst mistake I've ever made is bad all on its own, but I never think of it on its own. Some mistakes come in sets, and my worst mistake had a part one that came seven years earlier."

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Lakelore

Cover of Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding by Maia Kobabe

18. Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding

By: Maia Kobabe

4.47

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

A graphic guide to chest binding with real-life stories and research-backed advice from bestselling… read more

Similar categories in Maia Kobabe's Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding book and Vivek Shraya's The Boy & The Bindi

  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of The Boy & The Bindi by Vivek Shraya

19. The Boy & The Bindi

By: Vivek Shraya

4.20

Format: 38 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful children’s picture book that showcases a young Indian boy’s fascination with his mother… read more

Similar categories in Vivek Shraya's The Boy & The Bindi book and Vivek Shraya's The Boy & The Bindi

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • canada
  • lgbt
  • gender
  • picture books
  • india
  • fiction
  • family
  • queer
Cover of The Land I Lost (Ghosts of the Shadow Market, #7) by Cassandra Clare

20. The Land I Lost (Ghosts of the Shadow Market, #7)

By: Cassandra Clare

4.60

Format: None pages, Audiobook

3 Hours and 35 Minutes Alec Lightwood, partner of the High Warlock of Brooklyn and father of a w… read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Clare's The Land I Lost (Ghosts of the Shadow Market, #7) book and Vivek Shraya's The Boy & The Bindi

  • lgbt
"Well,"

-Cassandra Clare, The Land I Lost (Ghosts of the Shadow Market, #7)

"Magnus raised an eyebrow. “Ease up,"

-Cassandra Clare, The Land I Lost (Ghosts of the Shadow Market, #7)

"Shadowhunters get very set on things,"

-Cassandra Clare, The Land I Lost (Ghosts of the Shadow Market, #7)

"You have to walk differently on roofs,"

-Cassandra Clare, The Land I Lost (Ghosts of the Shadow Market, #7)

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21. Joy Takes Root

By: Gwendolyn Wallace

4.08

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In her grandmother's garden, a young Black girl learns about mindfulness and herbal medicine in thi… read more

Similar categories in Gwendolyn Wallace's Joy Takes Root book and Vivek Shraya's The Boy & The Bindi

  • fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family

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