16 must-read queer books like Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair by June Gervais

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Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair

By: June Gervais

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An uplifting, feminist coming-of-age love story about a young woman who dreams of becoming a tattoo…

If you liked the queer plot in Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair by June Gervais , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. At Her Service (Out in Hollywood, #2)

By: Amy Spalding

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Fans of Casey McQuiston, Alexis Hall, and Meryl Wilsner will fall for this sweetly sexy, gloriously… read more

Similar categories in Amy Spalding's At Her Service (Out in Hollywood, #2) book and June Gervais's Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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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 June Gervais's Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • 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. 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 June Gervais's Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • 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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4. Your Driver Is Waiting

By: Priya Guns

3.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this electrifyingly fierce and funny social satire-- a gender-flipped reboot of the iconic 1970'… read more

Similar categories in Priya Guns's Your Driver Is Waiting book and June Gervais's Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"I was a woman who wasn’t going to take it anymore because I swear, I have taken so much already."

-Priya Guns, Your Driver Is Waiting

"Jolene smiled and in her smile was tomorrow, three months from now, and an infinity swimming in a lake by a summer house."

-Priya Guns, Your Driver Is Waiting

"This part of the city used to be cool because it wasn't but then it was forced to be a different of cool. A pricey. I think they call that gentrification."

-Priya Guns, Your Driver Is Waiting

"I took the pack of cigarettes from my back pocket and lit one, watching Shereef's two other mechanics with their clients, hoping I wouldn't set off an explosion with my lighter."

-Priya Guns, Your Driver Is Waiting

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5. Only This Summer

By: Radclyffe

4.22

Format: None pages, ebook

Dr. Lily Davenport is the poster child for burnout—physically and emotionally. All she wants is a f… read more

Similar categories in Radclyffe's Only This Summer book and June Gervais's Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • queer
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6. The Honey Witch

By: Sydney J. Shields

3.66

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The Honey Witch of Innisfree can never find true love. That is her curse to bear. But when a young … read more

Similar categories in Sydney J. Shields's The Honey Witch book and June Gervais's Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"But what happens when the girl keeps living, when she ages proudly and defiantly, without abandoning imagination, or stories, or that secret wish to find magic wherever it hides? Well, then the poets…"

-Sydney J. Shields, The Honey Witch

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7. Orpheus Girl

By: Brynne Rebele-Henry

3.65

Format: 176 pages, None

In her debut novel, award-winning poet Brynne Rebele-Henry re-imagines the Orpheus myth as a love s… read more

Similar categories in Brynne Rebele-Henry's Orpheus Girl book and June Gervais's Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
"You know, the thing about family is that you can choose it. And I choose you."

-Brynne Rebele-Henry, Orpheus Girl

"But I do look back. I do. Because she’s so beautiful and I’m so scared of going somewhere without her because my whole life, even before I knew it, I’ve always had Sarah. And when I look back at her,…"

-Brynne Rebele-Henry, Orpheus Girl

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8. Pathway to Love (A Rivers Community Romance, #7)

By: Radclyffe

4.06

Format: None pages, ebook

Dr. Bennett Anderson accepts a short-term contract at a rural medical center to fill the gap year b… read more

Similar categories in Radclyffe's Pathway to Love (A Rivers Community Romance, #7) book and June Gervais's Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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9. Old Enough

By: Haley Jakobson

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A debut novel about a young bisexual woman who is pulled between a new sense of community and loyal… read more

Similar categories in Haley Jakobson's Old Enough book and June Gervais's Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America by Krista Burton

10. Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America

By: Krista Burton

3.86

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A former Rookie contributor and creator of the popular blog Effing Dykes investigates the disappear… read more

Similar categories in Krista Burton's Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America book and June Gervais's Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair

  • lesbian
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • adult
  • audiobook
"While I appreciate the freedom to live anywhere we want, and I love visiting those places, I do feel a sharp sense of loss knowing I can't see the people I consider my queer family on a daily basis. …"

-Krista Burton, Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America

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11. Just as You Are

By: Camille Kellogg

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Equal parts witty and steamy, this debut rom-com brings a healthy dose of queerness and a whole lot… read more

Similar categories in Camille Kellogg's Just as You Are book and June Gervais's Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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12. Housemates

By: Emma Copley Eisenberg

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Two young housemates embark on a road trip to discover themselves in a fractured America in this sp… read more

Similar categories in Emma Copley Eisenberg's Housemates book and June Gervais's Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair

  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"Teaching? When it’s good? A marvel. A fucking miracle. They live, and then they turn to you to tell you about it."

-Emma Copley Eisenberg, Housemates

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13. Compound Fracture

By: Andrew Joseph White

4.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling and award-winning author Andrew Joseph White returns with a queer Appalachian thriller,… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Joseph White's Compound Fracture book and June Gervais's Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
"There's a whole spectrum of reactions to coming out. Getting kicked out is one extreme–being accepted wholeheartedly is the other. But in the middle, there's this. The awkwardness, the refusals to ac…"

-Andrew Joseph White, Compound Fracture

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14. A Shore Thing

By: Joanna Lowell

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A delightful queer Victorian love story, featuring a boldly brash trans hero, the beguiling botanis… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Lowell's A Shore Thing book and June Gervais's Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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15. The Pairing

By: Casey McQuiston

3.90

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

In #1 New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuiston's latest romantic comedy, two bisexual exes… read more

Similar categories in Casey McQuiston's The Pairing book and June Gervais's Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"Some people dye their hair when they go through a breakup. I got a bus."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

"This is what I get for assuming all women in safari hats can be trusted."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

"He was the first great thing I ever let myself want. This time, I’m keeping him."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

"A love that’s ended is the only kind I can have, because I can’t possibly lose it."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

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16. Wild Geese

By: Soula Emmanuel

3.89

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Debut novelist Soula Emmanuel tells the story of Phoebe Forde, an Irish trans woman living in Scand… read more

Similar categories in Soula Emmanuel's Wild Geese book and June Gervais's Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"I try to hurry the encounter along in the manner of a French oral exam, stammering through the procedurals of a regulation rendezvous in the hope of disembarking promptly at au revoir."

-Soula Emmanuel, Wild Geese

"Perhaps I am doomed to have sillier and sillier identity crises until I am dead: the one label that accepts no backchat. Paralysis by analysis begetting paralysis the old-fashioned way."

-Soula Emmanuel, Wild Geese

"I am thirty years old and living in postscript already, not on the edge but over it, a happenstance life on a tranquil margin. It is a gatecrasher’s quiet. I cannot explain what a thrill it is just t…"

-Soula Emmanuel, Wild Geese

"Dolly is a ten-year-old bichon frise. Her fur smells like bran flakes and her breath smells like rotting flesh. Most of the time she’s a languid, trip-over dog, a little cat of a dog, though in her u…"

-Soula Emmanuel, Wild Geese

Cover of Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair by June Gervais

17. Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair

By: June Gervais

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An uplifting, feminist coming-of-age love story about a young woman who dreams of becoming a tattoo… read more

Similar categories in June Gervais's Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair book and June Gervais's Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Our Narrow Hiding Places by Kristopher Jansma

18. Our Narrow Hiding Places

By: Kristopher Jansma

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

For fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Nightingale: an elderly woman recounts her Dutch fa… read more

Similar categories in Kristopher Jansma's Our Narrow Hiding Places book and June Gervais's Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. Snake Oil

By: Kelsey Rae Dimberg

3.90

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A sharp and twisty novel of literary suspense that interrogates the dark side of wellness, startup … read more

Similar categories in Kelsey Rae Dimberg's Snake Oil book and June Gervais's Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair

  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society by C.M. Waggoner

20. The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society

By: C.M. Waggoner

3.70

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A librarian with a knack for solving murders realizes there is something decidedly supernatural afo… read more

Similar categories in C.M. Waggoner's The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society book and June Gervais's Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair

  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of The Capital of Dreams by Heather O'Neill

21. The Capital of Dreams

By: Heather O'Neill

3.94

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

“The Capital of Dreams is not so much a novel to read but one to live (and dream) in. A dark, wistf… read more

Similar categories in Heather O'Neill's The Capital of Dreams book and June Gervais's Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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Amy Spalding

3.86

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Anna Dorn

4.06

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Interesting Facts about Space

Emily R. Austin

3.85

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Priya Guns

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Anna Dorn

4.06

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Miranda July

3.81

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R.O. Kwon

3.24

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Rufi Thorpe

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