15 Top lgbt books like Before All the World by Moriel Rothman-Zecher

Cover of Before All the World by Moriel Rothman-Zecher

Before All the World

By: Moriel Rothman-Zecher

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A mesmerizing, inventive story of three souls in 1930s Philadelphia seizing new life while haunted …

If you liked the lgbt plot in Before All the World by Moriel Rothman-Zecher , here is a list of 15 books like this:

1. In-Between Days: A Memoir About Living with Cancer

By: None

3.44

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

2016 Governor General's Literary Award Finalist 2017 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Winner 2017 Joe Shu… read more

Similar categories in None's In-Between Days: A Memoir About Living with Cancer book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

Cover of When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb

2. When the Angels Left the Old Country

By: Sacha Lamb

4.27

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

A queer immigrant fairytale about individual purpose, the fluid nature of identity, and the power o… read more

Similar categories in Sacha Lamb's When the Angels Left the Old Country book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • jewish
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen

3. The End of Drum-Time

By: Hanna Pylväinen

3.94

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An epic love story in the vein of Cold Mountain and The Great Circle, about a young reindeer herder… read more

Similar categories in Hanna Pylväinen's The End of Drum-Time book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of On the Fox Roads by Nghi Vo

4. On the Fox Roads

By: Nghi Vo

4.04

Format: 29 pages, ebook

While learning the ropes from a crafty Jazz Age bank robber, a young stowaway discovers their authe… read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's On the Fox Roads book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler

5. How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures

By: Sabrina Imbler

4.12

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

A queer, mixed race writer working in a largely white, male field, science and conservation journal… read more

Similar categories in Sabrina Imbler's How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
"But when I think about ponds infested with gallon-big goldfish, I feel a kind of triumph. I see something that no one expected to live not just alive but impossibly flourishing, and no longer alone. …"

-Sabrina Imbler, How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures

Cover of Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement by Ashley Shew

6. Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement

By: Ashley Shew

4.30

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A manifesto exploding what we think we know about disability, and arguing that disabled people are … read more

Similar categories in Ashley Shew's Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • audiobook
Cover of City of Laughter by Temim Fruchter

7. City of Laughter

By: Temim Fruchter

3.78

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A rich and riveting debut spanning four generations of Eastern European Jewish women bound by blood… read more

Similar categories in Temim Fruchter's City of Laughter book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • literary fiction
  • jewish
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of I Will Greet the Sun Again by Khashayar J. Khabushani

8. I Will Greet the Sun Again

By: Khashayar J. Khabushani

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A searing, heartbreaking debut about the powerful bonds that make and break an Iranian-American fam… read more

Similar categories in Khashayar J. Khabushani's I Will Greet the Sun Again book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • novels
Cover of Whale Fall by Elizabeth  O'Connor

9. Whale Fall

By: Elizabeth O'Connor

3.87

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A stunning debut from an award-winning writer, about loss, isolation, folklore, and the joy and dis… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth O'Connor's Whale Fall book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A palavra que resta by Stênio Gardel

10. A palavra que resta

By: Stênio Gardel

4.05

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Uma carta guardada por mais de cinquenta anos — e jamais lida. É essa a relíquia que Raimundo leva … read more

Similar categories in Stênio Gardel's A palavra que resta book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol

11. Plain Jane and the Mermaid

By: Vera Brosgol

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From Eisner Award winner Vera Brosgol comes an instant classic about courage, confidence, and inner… read more

Similar categories in Vera Brosgol's Plain Jane and the Mermaid book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • fiction
Cover of Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country by Sierra Crane Murdoch

12. Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

By: Sierra Crane Murdoch

3.76

Format: 379 pages, Hardcover

When Lissa Yellow Bird was released from prison in 2009, she found her home, the Fort Berthold Indi… read more

Similar categories in Sierra Crane Murdoch's Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • audiobook
"Percy and Lissa shared a father, but as far as Lissa was concerned, calling him her “half brother"

-Sierra Crane Murdoch, Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

"Her precociousness hardened into defiance, and her defiance broke into a reckless rage that scared even her own mother."

-Sierra Crane Murdoch, Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

"The casino was at the center of a constellation of transactions. I saw fishermen come to fish the lake; a woman looking for a job; elders cracking crab legs at the casino buffet—one of two restaurant…"

-Sierra Crane Murdoch, Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

"The tribe was unprepared for the boom, he believed. After centuries of colonization—of federal entities weakening and displacing tribal institutions—it did not have the resources, let alone the exper…"

-Sierra Crane Murdoch, Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

Cover of All the Horses of Iceland by Sarah Tolmie

13. All the Horses of Iceland

By: Sarah Tolmie

3.53

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

A hypnotic historical fantasy with gorgeous and unusual literary prose, from the captivating author… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Tolmie's All the Horses of Iceland book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"While Eyvind never became a literate man, he saw as he went on that books contained words that could transform men into priests and kings and healers."

-Sarah Tolmie, All the Horses of Iceland

"That was the way it was with languages, Eyvind had observed once he left home and realized how many there were: some he could see into and some he could not. Listening to them was like looking down i…"

-Sarah Tolmie, All the Horses of Iceland

Cover of You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue

14. You Dreamed of Empires

By: Álvaro Enrigue

3.85

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From a visionary Mexican author, a hallucinatory, revelatory, colonial revenge story that reimagine… read more

Similar categories in Álvaro Enrigue's You Dreamed of Empires book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
Cover of Subculture Vulture: A Memoir in Six Scenes by Moshe Kasher

15. Subculture Vulture: A Memoir in Six Scenes

By: Moshe Kasher

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A riotous, whirlwind tour through deep American subcultures ranging from Burning Man to Alcoholics … read more

Similar categories in Moshe Kasher's Subculture Vulture: A Memoir in Six Scenes book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • audiobook
  • jewish
Cover of Southernmost by Silas House

16. Southernmost

By: Silas House

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this stunning novel about judgment, courage, heartbreak, and change, author Silas House wrestles… read more

Similar categories in Silas House's Southernmost book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Some nights he thinks they are just a dream God is having"

-Silas House, Southernmost

"Surely there is a light in that boy that will never go out, no matter what he has to face along the way. That's all a father can hope for his child, that a little fire will burn in them to keep them …"

-Silas House, Southernmost

Cover of The Vixen by Francine Prose

17. The Vixen

By: Francine Prose

3.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Critically acclaimed, bestselling author Francine Prose returns with a dazzling new novel set in th… read more

Similar categories in Francine Prose's The Vixen book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • literary fiction
  • jewish
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
Cover of The Golem of Brooklyn by Adam Mansbach

18. The Golem of Brooklyn

By: Adam Mansbach

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In Ashkenazi Jewish folklore, a golem is a humanoid being created out of mud or clay and animated t… read more

Similar categories in Adam Mansbach's The Golem of Brooklyn book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • jewish
Cover of Dayspring by Anthony Oliveira

19. 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 Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"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 On Censorship: A Public Librarian Examines Cancel Culture in the US (Speaker's Corner) by James LaRue

20. On Censorship: A Public Librarian Examines Cancel Culture in the US (Speaker's Corner)

By: James LaRue

4.32

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

In America today, more books are being banned than ever before. This censorship is part of a larger… read more

Similar categories in James LaRue's On Censorship: A Public Librarian Examines Cancel Culture in the US (Speaker's Corner) book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

Cover of Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle  Korn

21. Yours for the Taking

By: Gabrielle Korn

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The year is 2050. Ava and her girlfriend live in what's left of Brooklyn, and though they love each… read more

Similar categories in Gabrielle Korn's Yours for the Taking book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance by Rebecca Clarren

22. The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance

By: Rebecca Clarren

4.47

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"Sharply insightful . . . A monumental piece of work." — The Boston Globe An award-winning author … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Clarren's The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • audiobook
  • jewish
Cover of A Map for the Missing by Belinda Huijuan Tang

23. A Map for the Missing

By: Belinda Huijuan Tang

4.01

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An epic, mesmerizing debut novel set against a rapidly changing post–Cultural Revolution China, A M… read more

Similar categories in Belinda Huijuan Tang's A Map for the Missing book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of On Division by Goldie Goldbloom

24. On Division

By: Goldie Goldbloom

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Through one woman's life at a moment of surprising change, the award-winning author Goldie Goldbloo… read more

Similar categories in Goldie Goldbloom's On Division book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • fiction
  • jewish
Cover of The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag

25. 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 Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Which Side Are You On by Ryan Lee Wong

26. Which Side Are You On

By: Ryan Lee Wong

3.60

Format: 175 pages, Hardcover

How can we live with integrity and pleasure in this world of police brutality and racism? An Asian … read more

Similar categories in Ryan Lee Wong's Which Side Are You On book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • novels
Cover of A Shot in the Dark by Victoria  Lee

27. A Shot in the Dark

By: Victoria Lee

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An emotionally powerful romance novel about two people finding love after struggling with addiction… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Lee's A Shot in the Dark book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • audiobook
  • jewish
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of From Dust, a Flame by Rebecca Podos

28. From Dust, a Flame

By: Rebecca Podos

3.85

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Hannah’s whole life has been spent in motion. Her mother has kept her and her brother, Gabe, on the… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Podos's From Dust, a Flame book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • jewish
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Before All the World by Moriel Rothman-Zecher

29. Before All the World

By: Moriel Rothman-Zecher

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A mesmerizing, inventive story of three souls in 1930s Philadelphia seizing new life while haunted … read more

Similar categories in Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • gay
  • jewish
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
Cover of Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera

30. Rakesfall

By: Vajra Chandrasekera

3.39

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Rakesfall is a groundbreaking, standalone science fiction epic about two souls bound together from … read more

Similar categories in Vajra Chandrasekera's Rakesfall book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"She asks the moon, who loves her, but the moon does not know."

-Vajra Chandrasekera, Rakesfall

Cover of The Palace of Eros by Caro De Robertis

31. The Palace of Eros

By: Caro De Robertis

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Young, headstrong Psyche has captured the eyes of every suitor in town and far beyond with her temp… read more

Similar categories in Caro De Robertis's The Palace of Eros book and Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World

  • fiction
  • lgbt

24 Top fiction books like Before All the World by Moriel Rothman-Zecher

Transform Your Habits

When the Angels Left the Old Country

Sacha Lamb

4.27

Transform Your Habits

The End of Drum-Time

Hanna Pylväinen

3.94

Transform Your Habits

On the Fox Roads

Nghi Vo

4.04

Transform Your Habits

City of Laughter

Temim Fruchter

3.78

View all the books

9 must-read fiction books like The Golem of Brooklyn by Adam Mansbach

Transform Your Habits

James

Percival Everett

4.54

Transform Your Habits

City of Laughter

Temim Fruchter

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Kantika

Elizabeth Graver

4.08

Transform Your Habits

The Hebrew Teacher

Maya Arad

4.04

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.