6 Top biography books like Not That I'd Kiss A Girl: A Kiwi girl's tale of coming out and coming of age by Lil O'Brien

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Not That I'd Kiss A Girl: A Kiwi girl's tale of coming out and coming of age

By: Lil O'Brien

4.20

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Lil O'Brien accidentally outed herself to her parents at the age of nineteen when they overheard he…

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1. Fight Like a Girl

By: Clementine Ford

3.98

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

Personal and fearless - a call to arms for feminists new, old and as yet unrealised by one of our m… read more

Similar categories in Clementine Ford's Fight Like a Girl book and Lil O'Brien's Not That I'd Kiss A Girl: A Kiwi girl's tale of coming out and coming of age

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"A friend of mine once said to me that feminism helped to figure out a way of being a girl that doesn't hurt."

-Clementine Ford, Fight Like a Girl

"Boys are given the universe in which to carve out their identities, the promise of infinite space for them to expand into and contract upon. Girls are allowed only enough room to be stars, and they m…"

-Clementine Ford, Fight Like a Girl

"-no matter what we do, we'll never succeed in attaining the 'perfect' body or the 'perfect' face. This isn't just because perfection is an unattainable goal; it's because capitalism relies on people …"

-Clementine Ford, Fight Like a Girl

"We know how unsafe the world is for us. We are like cliffs staring down at a raging sea, battered by winds and salt and spray and unable to wrench ourselves away from the supposed inevitability of it…"

-Clementine Ford, Fight Like a Girl

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2. Girls in Love (Girls, #1)

By: Jacqueline Wilson

3.00

Format: 508 pages, Paperback

Magda is tall and glamorous, Nadine is willowy and 'gothic' and Ellie, well, Ellie thinks she is un… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Wilson's Girls in Love (Girls, #1) book and Lil O'Brien's Not That I'd Kiss A Girl: A Kiwi girl's tale of coming out and coming of age

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3. Sunburn

By: Chloe Michelle Howarth

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Selected as an Evening Standard 'one to watch in 2023' It's the early 1990s, and in the Irish vi… read more

Similar categories in Chloe Michelle Howarth's Sunburn book and Lil O'Brien's Not That I'd Kiss A Girl: A Kiwi girl's tale of coming out and coming of age

  • lesbian
  • queer
  • coming of age
  • lgbt
"It's a shame that you can't even come out to me."

-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn

"People say 'lesbian' sometimes, they say 'dyke' more."

-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn

"I hope your bed is warm and you sleep well. See you tomorrow, Lucy x"

-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn

"All I'm doing is trying to love people. All I need is the right kind of love back."

-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn

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4. There’s a Cure for This: A Memoir

By: Emma Espiner

4.31

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

“I don’t know why medicine felt like coming home but, for some reason, it fits. I keep thinking abo… read more

Similar categories in Emma Espiner's There’s a Cure for This: A Memoir book and Lil O'Brien's Not That I'd Kiss A Girl: A Kiwi girl's tale of coming out and coming of age

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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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 Lil O'Brien's Not That I'd Kiss A Girl: A Kiwi girl's tale of coming out and coming of age

  • lgbt
  • queer
"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 Lil O'Brien's Not That I'd Kiss A Girl: A Kiwi girl's tale of coming out and coming of age

  • lesbian
  • adult
  • lgbt
  • queer
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7. Straight Up

By: Ruby Tui

4.38

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

This is Ruby Tui. An open, raw and honest account of her journey from a troubled and unstable child… read more

Similar categories in Ruby Tui's Straight Up book and Lil O'Brien's Not That I'd Kiss A Girl: A Kiwi girl's tale of coming out and coming of age

  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
"True leadership is the opposite of individualism, the opposite of one person standing above the rest. It's an encompassing, inclusive thing. I never liked the top-down way of leading. Even if I've be…"

-Ruby Tui, Straight Up

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8. Here For a Good Time: Organised thoughts from a disorganised mind

By: Chris Parker

3.90

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Comedian Chris Parker brings his brilliant comic wit to the page. Star of stand-up, winner of Cele… read more

Similar categories in Chris Parker's Here For a Good Time: Organised thoughts from a disorganised mind book and Lil O'Brien's Not That I'd Kiss A Girl: A Kiwi girl's tale of coming out and coming of age

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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9. 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 Lil O'Brien's Not That I'd Kiss A Girl: A Kiwi girl's tale of coming out and coming of age

  • adult
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10. 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 Lil O'Brien's Not That I'd Kiss A Girl: A Kiwi girl's tale of coming out and coming of age

  • lesbian
  • adult
  • queer
  • 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

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11. One of Them

By: Shaneel Lal

4.27

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

A stunning, heart-breaking yet defiant memoir by activist, model and social media sensation Shaneel… read more

Similar categories in Shaneel Lal's One of Them book and Lil O'Brien's Not That I'd Kiss A Girl: A Kiwi girl's tale of coming out and coming of age

  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"Religious leaders liberate themselves from their history of repeated anti-queer actions every time there is a new debate on queer rights. They get a clean slate even thought their hands are muddied w…"

-Shaneel Lal, One of Them

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12. One of Those Mothers

By: Megan Nicol Reed

3.66

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

The residents of Point Heed keep nice houses and sign up as parent help at the local school. Occasi… read more

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13. Loop Tracks

By: Sue Orr

4.16

Format: 332 pages, Paperback

It’s 1978: the Auckland abortion clinic has been forced to close and sixteen-year-old Charlie has t… read more

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14. 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 Lil O'Brien's Not That I'd Kiss A Girl: A Kiwi girl's tale of coming out and coming of age

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
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15. Auē

By: Becky Manawatu

4.50

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Taukiri was born into sorrow. Auē can be heard in the sound of the sea he loves and hates, and in t… read more

Similar categories in Becky Manawatu's Auē book and Lil O'Brien's Not That I'd Kiss A Girl: A Kiwi girl's tale of coming out and coming of age

  • adult
"I thought how many terrible words there were, and how when they were let loose in the world, they sucked up all the air around them."

-Becky Manawatu, Auē

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16. Secret Sanctuary

By: Nance Sparks

4.27

Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition

Alexandria Trenton is tired of living alone, but keeping secrets comes with a steep price. After gr… read more

Similar categories in Nance Sparks's Secret Sanctuary book and Lil O'Brien's Not That I'd Kiss A Girl: A Kiwi girl's tale of coming out and coming of age

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
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17. 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 Lil O'Brien's Not That I'd Kiss A Girl: A Kiwi girl's tale of coming out and coming of age

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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18. 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

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19. House of Kwa

By: Mimi Kwa

4.17

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Wild Swans meets Educated in this riveting true story spanning four generations 'Revelatory and … read more

Similar categories in Mimi Kwa's House of Kwa book and Lil O'Brien's Not That I'd Kiss A Girl: A Kiwi girl's tale of coming out and coming of age

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Nothing matters much. Much matters little. In the end nothing matters."

-Mimi Kwa, House of Kwa

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20. Not That I'd Kiss A Girl: A Kiwi girl's tale of coming out and coming of age

By: Lil O'Brien

4.20

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Lil O'Brien accidentally outed herself to her parents at the age of nineteen when they overheard he… read more

Similar categories in Lil O'Brien's Not That I'd Kiss A Girl: A Kiwi girl's tale of coming out and coming of age book and Lil O'Brien's Not That I'd Kiss A Girl: A Kiwi girl's tale of coming out and coming of age

  • lesbian
  • biography
  • memoir
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
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21. Not for the Faint of Heart

By: Lex Croucher

4.04

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Beloved author Lex Croucher's second queer historical YA romance, with all the swoons, laughs, and … read more

Similar categories in Lex Croucher's Not for the Faint of Heart book and Lil O'Brien's Not That I'd Kiss A Girl: A Kiwi girl's tale of coming out and coming of age

  • lesbian
  • queer
  • lgbt

7 must-read adult books like Not That I'd Kiss A Girl: A Kiwi girl's tale of coming out and coming of age by Lil O'Brien

Transform Your Habits

There’s a Cure for This: A Memoir

Emma Espiner

4.31

Transform Your Habits

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Emily Perkins

3.43

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Straight Up

Ruby Tui

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts

Josie Shapiro

4.21

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Transform Your Habits

Pet

Catherine Chidgey

4.06

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How to Loiter in a Turf War

Coco Solid

4.23

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Emily Perkins

3.43

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Josie Shapiro

4.21

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