12 must-read lgbt books like Kitten by Olive Nuttall

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Kitten

By: Olive Nuttall

4.24

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Rosemary, a trans girl, has many conflicting qualities. She’s super smart but flawed, polyamorous b…

If you liked the lgbt plot in Kitten by Olive Nuttall , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of The Gilda Stories by Jewelle L. Gómez, Jewelle Gomez

1. The Gilda Stories

By: Jewelle L. Gómez , Jewelle Gomez

3.60

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

The winner of two Lambda Literary Awards (fiction and science fiction) The Gilda Storiesis a very A… read more

Similar categories in Jewelle L. Gómez's The Gilda Stories book and Olive Nuttall's Kitten

  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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2. Pet

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic … read more

Similar categories in Catherine Chidgey's Pet book and Olive Nuttall's Kitten

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. Evenings and Weekends

By: Oisín McKenna

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Sally Rooney and Torrey Peters, a taut and profoundly moving debut that follows a cast … read more

Similar categories in Oisín McKenna's Evenings and Weekends book and Olive Nuttall's Kitten

  • contemporary
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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4. Brainwyrms

By: Alison Rumfitt

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From Alison Rumfitt, the author of Tell Me I’m Worthless — “a triumph of transgressive queer horror… read more

Similar categories in Alison Rumfitt's Brainwyrms book and Olive Nuttall's Kitten

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of How to Loiter in a Turf War by Coco Solid

5. How to Loiter in a Turf War

By: Coco Solid

4.23

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A genre-bending work of autobiographical fiction from one of Aotearoa’s fiercest and most versatile… read more

Similar categories in Coco Solid's How to Loiter in a Turf War book and Olive Nuttall's Kitten

  • contemporary
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"She gives him a hurled brick wrapped up in a smile"

-Coco Solid, How to Loiter in a Turf War

"Māoridom in Aotearoa dictates that we generate prestige from manaakitanga. It is the connection and hospitality we express for those in our care but also to show all that they are our equal, they too…"

-Coco Solid, How to Loiter in a Turf War

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6. Lioness

By: Emily Perkins

3.43

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

You know how we say we devoured a story, and also that we were consumed by it? Eating and being eat… read more

Similar categories in Emily Perkins's Lioness book and Olive Nuttall's Kitten

  • contemporary
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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7. Bellies

By: Nicola Dinan

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

I wore a dress on the night I first met Ming.It begins as your typical boy meets boy. While out wit… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Dinan's Bellies book and Olive Nuttall's Kitten

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts by Josie Shapiro

8. Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts

By: Josie Shapiro

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The stunning debut novel by the winner of the Allen & Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize. If you loved … read more

Similar categories in Josie Shapiro's Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts book and Olive Nuttall's Kitten

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. Greta & Valdin

By: Rebecca K. Reilly

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An irresistible and bighearted international bestseller that follows a brother and sister as they n… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca K. Reilly's Greta & Valdin book and Olive Nuttall's Kitten

  • contemporary
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"I wonder what plant I would be, if I were a plant. Maybe something with big leaves that droop sulkily if not provided with the exact right amount of water and light."

-Rebecca K. Reilly, Greta & Valdin

Cover of The Axeman's Carnival by Catherine Chidgey

10. The Axeman's Carnival

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.37

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Everywhere, the birds: sparrows and skylarks and thrushes, starlings and bellbirds, fantails and pi… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Chidgey's The Axeman's Carnival book and Olive Nuttall's Kitten

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Amma by Saraid de Silva

11. Amma

By: Saraid de Silva

4.45

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

Three generations. Three continents. Three sexualities. 1951. Singapore. Ten-year-old Josep… read more

Similar categories in Saraid de Silva's Amma book and Olive Nuttall's Kitten

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of How to Get a Girlfriend (When You're a Terrifying Monster) (Monster Girlfriend, #1) by Marie Cardno

12. How to Get a Girlfriend (When You're a Terrifying Monster) (Monster Girlfriend, #1)

By: Marie Cardno

3.62

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

Life is tough when you’re an eldritch abomination. Trillin isn’t technically a person. She’s a t… read more

Similar categories in Marie Cardno's How to Get a Girlfriend (When You're a Terrifying Monster) (Monster Girlfriend, #1) book and Olive Nuttall's Kitten

  • queer
  • lgbt
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13. Audition

By: Pip Adam

3.64

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A spaceship called Audition is hurtling through the cosmos. Squashed immobile into its largest room… read more

Similar categories in Pip Adam's Audition book and Olive Nuttall's Kitten

  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Hine Toa by Ngahuia Te Awekotuku

14. Hine Toa

By: Ngahuia Te Awekotuku

4.45

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The immersive, inspiring and long-awaited memoir by legendary activist and scholar Ngahuia Te Aweko… read more

Similar categories in Ngahuia Te Awekotuku's Hine Toa book and Olive Nuttall's Kitten

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15. When I Open the Shop

By: romesh dissanayake

4.08

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In his small noodle shop in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, a young chef obsessively juliennes carrots. Nothin… read more

Similar categories in romesh dissanayake's When I Open the Shop book and Olive Nuttall's Kitten

  • contemporary
Cover of Dice by Claire Baylis

16. Dice

By: Claire Baylis

3.86

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

A compelling courtroom drama, Dice is an incredibly timely exploration of how sexual violence is vi… read more

Similar categories in Claire Baylis's Dice book and Olive Nuttall's Kitten

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Kitten by Olive Nuttall

17. Kitten

By: Olive Nuttall

4.24

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Rosemary, a trans girl, has many conflicting qualities. She’s super smart but flawed, polyamorous b… read more

Similar categories in Olive Nuttall's Kitten book and Olive Nuttall's Kitten

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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18. Ash

By: Louise Wallace

4.35

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Thea lives under a mountain – one that’s ready to blow. A vet at a mid-sized rural practice, she… read more

Similar categories in Louise Wallace's Ash book and Olive Nuttall's Kitten

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19. The Savage Coloniser Book

By: Tusiata Avia

4.29

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Kneel like a prayer full of lynching This is my God-given white The voices of Tusiata Avia ar… read more

Similar categories in Tusiata Avia's The Savage Coloniser Book book and Olive Nuttall's Kitten

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20. The Mires

By: Tina Makereti

4.41

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Water will come and you think it will be soft. You think it will be smooth and find its way around … read more

Similar categories in Tina Makereti's The Mires book and Olive Nuttall's Kitten

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Private Rites by Julia Armfield

21. 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 Olive Nuttall's Kitten

  • contemporary
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"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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