16 Best queer books like Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide by Kate Charlesworth

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Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

By: Kate Charlesworth

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Cartoonist Kate Charlesworth presents a glorious pageant of LGBTQI+ history, as she takes us on a P…

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1. Going to Meet the Man

By: James Baldwin

4.37

Format: 249 pages, Paperback

This is an older edition of ISBN 9780679761792. "There's no way not to suffer. But you try all k… read more

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"There were pauses in the music for the rushing, calling, halting piano. Everything would stop except the climbing of the soloist; he would reach a height and everything would join him, the violins fi…"

-James Baldwin, Going to Meet the Man

2. Roughneck

By: Jeff Lemire

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author and award-winning creator of Essex County, Descender, an… read more

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3. Coming In

By: Élodie Font

4.38

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Le récit bouleversant et drôle de l’acceptation de son homosexualité par une jeune fille, de ses 15… read more

Similar categories in Élodie Font's Coming In book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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4. Lou ! Sonata 2

By: Julien Neel

4.21

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Vibrer au son de la musique n’a jamais été aussi libérateur. Alors que son amie Marie-Émilie se dés… read more

Similar categories in Julien Neel's Lou ! Sonata 2 book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • bande dessinée
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5. Lou! Sonata (Lou! Sonata, #1)

By: Julien Neel

4.44

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Julien Neel l’avait promis à la fin du Tome 8 de Lou !, il revient pour une saison 2 intitulée Lou … read more

Similar categories in Julien Neel's Lou! Sonata (Lou! Sonata, #1) book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • bande dessinée
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6. Anaïs Nin - Sur la mer des mensonges

By: Léonie Bischoff

4.20

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

Début des années 30. Anaïs Nin vit en banlieue parisienne et lutte contre l’angoisse de sa vie d’ép… read more

Similar categories in Léonie Bischoff's Anaïs Nin - Sur la mer des mensonges book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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7. In Waves

By: A.J. Dungo

4.37

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

In this graphic novel, surfer and illustrator AJ Dungo remembers his late partner and the shared lo… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Dungo's In Waves book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • history
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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8. Woman World

By: Aminder Dhaliwal

4.04

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

When a birth defect wipes out the planet’s entire population of men, Woman World rises out of socie… read more

Similar categories in Aminder Dhaliwal's Woman World book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
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9. Corps vivante

By: Julie Delporte

4.30

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

En 1990, Julie Delporte n’a encore jamais vu de butch, mais sa tante préférée chasse et fume le cig… read more

Similar categories in Julie Delporte's Corps vivante book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"On entend dire que le sexe est bon pour la santé, mais la moitié du monde autour de moi a été violée."

-Julie Delporte, Corps vivante

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10. As the Crow Flies

By: Melanie Gillman

3.66

Format: 276 pages, webcomic

Melanie Gillman's webcomic about a queer, black teenager who finds herself stranded in a dangerous … read more

Similar categories in Melanie Gillman's As the Crow Flies book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
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11. Glass Town: The Imaginary World of the Brontës

By: Isabel Greenberg

3.86

Format: 220 pages, Hardcover

A graphic novel about the Brontë siblings, and the strange and marvelous imaginary worlds they inve… read more

Similar categories in Isabel Greenberg's Glass Town: The Imaginary World of the Brontës book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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12. The Times I Knew I Was Gay

By: Eleanor Crewes

3.93

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Ellie always had questions about who she was and how she fit in. As a girl, she wore black, obsesse… read more

Similar categories in Eleanor Crewes's The Times I Knew I Was Gay book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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13. Adieu triste amour

By: Mirion Malle

4.38

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Après C'est comme ça que je disparais, Mirion Malle revient avec une nouvelle BD tout aussi forte e… read more

Similar categories in Mirion Malle's Adieu triste amour book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • queer
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14. Thieves

By: Lucie Bryon

4.21

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Ella can’t seem to remember a single thing from the party the night before at a mysterious stranger… read more

Similar categories in Lucie Bryon's Thieves book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • queer
"I'm not just your friend when everything is going well. I'm your friend through the crappy times too."

-Lucie Bryon, Thieves

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15. Minuscule folle sauvage

By: Pauline de Tarragon

4.43

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Pauline de Tarragon explore et livre un témoignage sensible sur le trouble borderline dans ce roman… read more

Similar categories in Pauline de Tarragon's Minuscule folle sauvage book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • graphic novels
  • nonfiction
  • bande dessinée
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16. The Fair Botanists

By: Sara Sheridan

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

It's the summer of 1822 and Edinburgh is abuzz with rumours of King George IV's impending visit. I… read more

Similar categories in Sara Sheridan's The Fair Botanists book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • historical
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17. Le français va très bien, merci

By: Les Linguistes atterrées

4.60

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

« Nous, linguistes de France, de Belgique, de Suisse, du Canada, sommes proprement atterrées par l’… read more

Similar categories in Les Linguistes atterrées's Le français va très bien, merci book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • nonfiction
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18. Amalia

By: Aude Picault

3.71

Format: 148 pages, Hardcover

Amalia est au bord du burn-out. Dans sa famille, où elle s’occupe de sa fille Lili, 4 ans et subit … read more

Similar categories in Aude Picault's Amalia book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • bande dessinée
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19. Clémence en colère

By: Mirion Malle

4.72

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Clémence est en colère. Une colère si forte, si envahissante qu'elle l'empêche de vivre. Sentant qu… read more

Similar categories in Mirion Malle's Clémence en colère book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • queer
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20. Blackbird

By: Sam Humphries

3.58

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Nina Rodriguez knows a hidden magical world run by ruthless cabals is hiding in Los Angeles. When a… read more

Similar categories in Sam Humphries's Blackbird book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • graphic novels
  • comics
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21. Walk Me to the Corner

By: Anneli Furmark

3.92

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Stability withers where passion blossoms in this cool-toned meditation on mid-life relationships.A … read more

Similar categories in Anneli Furmark's Walk Me to the Corner book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of Bad Girls Never Say Die by Jennifer Mathieu

22. Bad Girls Never Say Die

By: Jennifer Mathieu

3.69

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Moxie comes a gripping gender-flipped reimagining of The Outsiders tha… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Mathieu's Bad Girls Never Say Die book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • historical
  • feminism
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23. Patience & Esther

By: Sarah Winifred Searle

3.84

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Patience is a kindhearted country girl, eking out a living in Edwardian England as tremors of socia… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Winifred Searle's Patience & Esther book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of Le génie lesbien by Alice Coffin

24. Le génie lesbien

By: Alice Coffin

4.39

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

« Enfant, je m’imaginais en garçon. J’ai depuis réalisé un rêve bien plus grand : je suis lesbienne… read more

Similar categories in Alice Coffin's Le génie lesbien book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of Cross My Heart and Never Lie (Cross My Heart, #1) by Nora Dåsnes

25. Cross My Heart and Never Lie (Cross My Heart, #1)

By: Nora Dåsnes

4.34

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

In this fresh, sensitive, diary-style graphic novel, 12-year-old Tuva's questions about becoming a … read more

Similar categories in Nora Dåsnes's Cross My Heart and Never Lie (Cross My Heart, #1) book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Alice Guy by José-Louis Bocquet

26. Alice Guy

By: José-Louis Bocquet

3.96

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Le parcours exceptionnel de la première réalisatrice de l’histoire du cinéma En 1895, à Lyon, le… read more

Similar categories in José-Louis Bocquet's Alice Guy book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • history
  • feminism
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Americana (And The Act Of Getting Over It.) by Luke Healy

27. Americana (And The Act Of Getting Over It.)

By: Luke Healy

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The Pacific Crest Trail runs 2660 miles, from California's border with Mexico to Washington's borde… read more

Similar categories in Luke Healy's Americana (And The Act Of Getting Over It.) book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • nonfiction
"I get to stop now. Stop hiking, and maybe with time, stop other things too. Stop knocking at a door that doesn't want to let me in."

-Luke Healy, Americana (And The Act Of Getting Over It.)

"Despite my better sense and ample experience in post-American heartbreak. Here I am. Again. The American allure built deep into my soul pulls me along for another ride."

-Luke Healy, Americana (And The Act Of Getting Over It.)

"Fires will rage in California. And I'll wake from nightmares of lions at my tent. And I'll feel like a crazy person when I talk to people about the trail. And I'll ache to come back."

-Luke Healy, Americana (And The Act Of Getting Over It.)

Cover of Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide by Kate Charlesworth

28. Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

By: Kate Charlesworth

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Cartoonist Kate Charlesworth presents a glorious pageant of LGBTQI+ history, as she takes us on a P… read more

Similar categories in Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • history
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • feminism
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of A Girl in the Himalayas by David Jesus Vignolli

29. A Girl in the Himalayas

By: David Jesus Vignolli

3.63

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A young girl's presence threatens the peace of a magical sanctuary high in the Himalayas. Beyond t… read more

Similar categories in David Jesus Vignolli's A Girl in the Himalayas book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • bande dessinée
"The most dangerous things about humans are their choices. But you’re too small to be dangerous. The problem starts when humans grow up. They can quickly become a threat."

-David Jesus Vignolli, A Girl in the Himalayas

"I might not be immortal anymore, and I might need to live with the fragility of human existence. But only as a human, in the silence of my mind, can I see that every living being on this earth is con…"

-David Jesus Vignolli, A Girl in the Himalayas

"The human mind is full of doubt. But only humans in the silence of their minds can realise they are part and parcel of the whole and reach yoga. The enlightenment. Doubtless awareness. Complete harmo…"

-David Jesus Vignolli, A Girl in the Himalayas

Cover of À nos désirs - Dans l'intimité des lesbiennes by Élodie Font

30. À nos désirs - Dans l'intimité des lesbiennes

By: Élodie Font

4.62

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

None read more

Similar categories in Élodie Font's À nos désirs - Dans l'intimité des lesbiennes book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • nonfiction
  • lgbt
  • queer
Cover of Queer Chameleon and Friends by Amee Wilson

31. Queer Chameleon and Friends

By: Amee Wilson

4.73

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

A vibrant and uplifting collection of comic illustrations about LGBTQ+ life, for the community and … read more

Similar categories in Amee Wilson's Queer Chameleon and Friends book and Kate Charlesworth's Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer

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3.91

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3.69

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