11 must-read lgbt books like Mudflowers by Aley Waterman

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Mudflowers

By: Aley Waterman

3.37

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

In the year following her mother’s death, Sophie navigates a complicated love triangle between a ne…

If you liked the lgbt plot in Mudflowers by Aley Waterman , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of The Adversary by Michael Crummey

1. The Adversary

By: Michael Crummey

3.85

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, critically acclaimed author of The Innocents (“Extraordinary”— Wall Street … read more

Similar categories in Michael Crummey's The Adversary book and Aley Waterman's Mudflowers

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • adult
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2. 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 Aley Waterman's Mudflowers

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • 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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3. The Adult

By: Bronwyn Fischer

3.72

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"Soon, but not yet, Nora will look up and she will see me, sitting at a distance.  In the wet grass… read more

Similar categories in Bronwyn Fischer's The Adult book and Aley Waterman's Mudflowers

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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4. Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen

By: Suzanne Scanlon

4.22

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A raw and masterful memoir about becoming a woman and going mad—and doing both at once.   When Su… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Scanlon's Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen book and Aley Waterman's Mudflowers

"Only in retrospect might I say I loved it there. I didn't love it. It became familiar. I got used to it. I became dependent upon it. This is not love."

-Suzanne Scanlon, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen

"I became a writer because I believe in that part of me who is not limited by age or gender or time or disability - yet still I am afraid to say it. Yes, I was ill."

-Suzanne Scanlon, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen

"I myself have internalized the self-loathing that at times can make me feel ashamed to be writing this book. But I also believe that, as my heroes have shown me, this is where a writer must go."

-Suzanne Scanlon, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen

"What if, instead of being diagnosed—being called mentally ill—what if I had been able to receive care for its own sake. To be in distress, to ask for care, to receive it. What if there were space in …"

-Suzanne Scanlon, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen

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5. 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 Aley Waterman's Mudflowers

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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6. Shut Up You're Pretty

By: Téa Mutonji

3.57

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

In Téa Mutonji's disarming debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions du… read more

Similar categories in Téa Mutonji's Shut Up You're Pretty book and Aley Waterman's Mudflowers

  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"Her sadness was overwhelming. Her sadness was an illusion. She'd pretend to be fine but then wash the same dish for twenty minutes"

-Téa Mutonji, Shut Up You're Pretty

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7. Interesting Facts about Space

By: Emily R. Austin

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Enid is obsessed with space. She can tell you all about black holes and their ability to spaghettif… read more

Similar categories in Emily R. Austin's Interesting Facts about Space book and Aley Waterman's Mudflowers

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"It’s actually sort of soothing to think of how massive the universe is, and how I could be snuffed out at any minute. I guess I like tricking my brain into disarming things."

-Emily R. Austin, Interesting Facts about Space

"I hate my voice. I hate the words I choose. I hate my instincts and the way I think. I hate that I am self-absorbed enough to hate myself in detail. I think I am a bad person. I feel self-loathing so…"

-Emily R. Austin, Interesting Facts about Space

"I doubt it's possible to have a baby and not imagine what you want for it. If I were to ever fall pregnant, I would wonder what the sex of the baby is. Celebrations that center expectations around ge…"

-Emily R. Austin, Interesting Facts about Space

"I wear the mask of a well mannered distant relative. A young lady who crosses her legs at the ankles and laughs at banal jokes. That is a new character for me however. I have not mastered her yet. I …"

-Emily R. Austin, Interesting Facts about Space

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8. The Future

By: Catherine Leroux

3.32

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In an alternate history in which the French never surrendered Detroit, children protect their own k… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Leroux's The Future book and Aley Waterman's Mudflowers

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
"It'll come back," Ulysses says again. "This place isn't made for disappearing, it's a place for resurrection."

-Catherine Leroux, The Future

"The exact opposite of the huge car factories she imagines as the city's womb, a uterus that makes automobiles the way others make promises, or laws."

-Catherine Leroux, The Future

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9. 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 Aley Waterman's Mudflowers

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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10. Normal Women

By: Ainslie Hogarth

3.01

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In this darkly comic story about how we value female labor—and don’t—a new mother becomes embroiled… read more

Similar categories in Ainslie Hogarth's Normal Women book and Aley Waterman's Mudflowers

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. Denison Avenue

By: Christina Wong

4.17

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vuln… read more

Similar categories in Christina Wong's Denison Avenue book and Aley Waterman's Mudflowers

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
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12. Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

By: Helen Knott

4.31

Format: 214 pages, Hardcover

When matriarchs begin to disappear, there is a choice to either step into the places they left behi… read more

Similar categories in Helen Knott's Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir book and Aley Waterman's Mudflowers

  • canada
"What else have I made my responsibility that no one asked me to take on?"

-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

"Mama's arms felt like ceremony on nights when the ghosts of my past experiences wouldn't let me sleep."

-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

"The women in my family are medicine. They are backbones and ribcages and hearts. They are whispers in men's ears. They are the guardians that kept us whole."

-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

"Teetering on the brink of relapse and the edge of insanity. I can't fuck or fight my way out of these feelings, so that's a bitch, but the weather is nice. More cream for your coffee, Edna?"

-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

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13. The Spectacular

By: Zoe Whittall

3.67

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Three generations of women strive for real freedom in this startling, provocative novel exploring s… read more

Similar categories in Zoe Whittall's The Spectacular book and Aley Waterman's Mudflowers

  • canada
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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14. 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 Aley Waterman's Mudflowers

  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"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

Cover of First Love: Essays on Friendship by Lilly Dancyger

15. 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 Aley Waterman's Mudflowers

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
Cover of Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir by Sara Glass

16. Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir

By: Sara Glass

4.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A moving coming-of-age memoir in the vein of Unorthodox and Brazen , about one young woman’s desper… read more

Similar categories in Sara Glass's Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir book and Aley Waterman's Mudflowers

  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Mudflowers by Aley Waterman

17. Mudflowers

By: Aley Waterman

3.37

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

In the year following her mother’s death, Sophie navigates a complicated love triangle between a ne… read more

Similar categories in Aley Waterman's Mudflowers book and Aley Waterman's Mudflowers

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • lesbian
  • canada
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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18. What’s Not Mine

By: Nora Decter

3.61

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

For fans of Miriam Toews, an absorbing, darkly funny story of family, addiction, and survival The s… read more

Similar categories in Nora Decter's What’s Not Mine book and Aley Waterman's Mudflowers

  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
Cover of Girls, Interrupted: How Pop Culture Is Failing Women by Lisa Whittington-Hill

19. Girls, Interrupted: How Pop Culture Is Failing Women

By: Lisa Whittington-Hill

4.40

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

The past decade has seen a rise in documentaries, memoirs and podcasts that revisit the legacies of… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Whittington-Hill's Girls, Interrupted: How Pop Culture Is Failing Women book and Aley Waterman's Mudflowers

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20. Soft Serve

By: Allison Graves

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Allison Graves’ edgy debut collection of short fiction scrutinizes unconventional and confused atta… read more

Similar categories in Allison Graves's Soft Serve book and Aley Waterman's Mudflowers

Cover of Back in the Land of the Living by Eva Crocker

21. Back in the Land of the Living

By: Eva Crocker

3.46

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A sexy, unforgettable story about love and longing in a time of chaos by Scotiabank Giller Prize lo… read more

Similar categories in Eva Crocker's Back in the Land of the Living book and Aley Waterman's Mudflowers

  • lesbian
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer

15 best-selling fiction books like Mudflowers by Aley Waterman

Transform Your Habits

The Adversary

Michael Crummey

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Perfume & Pain

Anna Dorn

4.06

Transform Your Habits

The Adult

Bronwyn Fischer

3.72

Transform Your Habits

Worry

Alexandra Tanner

3.36

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21 must-read fiction books like The Adversary by Michael Crummey

Transform Your Habits

The Adversary

Michael Crummey

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The Librarianist

Patrick deWitt

3.41

Transform Your Habits

Rage the Night

Donna Morrissey

3.97

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