12 must-read queer books like Morbid Obsessions by Frankie Miren

Cover of Morbid Obsessions by Frankie Miren

Morbid Obsessions

By: Frankie Miren

4.31

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

The histories of the trans and sex worker rights movements are closely intertwined and, particularl…

If you liked the queer plot in Morbid Obsessions by Frankie Miren , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions by Larry   Mitchell, Ned Asta

1. The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

By: Larry Mitchell , Ned Asta

4.50

Format: 114 pages, Paperback

The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions is a beloved queer utopian text written by Larry … read more

Similar categories in Larry Mitchell's The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions book and Frankie Miren's Morbid Obsessions

  • transgender
  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
"The strong women told the faggots that the more you share, the less you need."

-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

"The women who love women wrote a song for the faggots. It was called, "Anything you do that the men don't like is o.k. by us."

-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

"Ramrod has an empire. They have not had it very long yet already it is shabby and disreputable. Everyday the faggots and their friends can see, hear, and feel Ramrod's empire disintegrating as the me…"

-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

"Nothing can defeat the spirit of the earth. The fairies know that the earth will not tolerate the men much longer. The earth, scarred and gouged and stripped and bombed, will deny life to the men in …"

-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

2. A Small Place

By: Jamaica Kincaid

4.02

Format: None pages,

Lyrical, sardonic, and forthright, A Small Placemagnifies our vision of one small place with Swifti… read more

Similar categories in Jamaica Kincaid's A Small Place book and Frankie Miren's Morbid Obsessions

  • nonfiction

3. The Life of a Stupid Man

By: Jay Rubin , Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

3.85

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

'What is the life of a human being - a drop of dew, a flash of lightning? This is so sad, so sad.' … read more

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4. Blood and Guts in High School

By: Kathy Acker , None , None

3.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

Janey lived in the locked room. Twice a day the Persian slave trader came in and taught her to be a… read more

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5. The Red Parts

By: Maggie Nelson

4.31

Format: 66 pages,

One day in March 1969, twenty-three- year-old Jane Mixer was on her way home to tell her parents sh… read more

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Cover of Bad Gays: A Homosexual History by Huw Lemmey

6. Bad Gays: A Homosexual History

By: Huw Lemmey

3.55

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Too many popular histories seek to establish heroes, pioneers and martyrs but as Huw Lemmey and Ben… read more

Similar categories in Huw Lemmey's Bad Gays: A Homosexual History book and Frankie Miren's Morbid Obsessions

  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
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7. Penance

By: Eliza Clark

3.90

Format: 336 pages, ebook

Do you know what happened already? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did you li… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Clark's Penance book and Frankie Miren's Morbid Obsessions

  • horror
"Do you know what happened to her already? Did you catch it in the papers? Are you local? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did some website the trawls local news for the worst details…"

-Eliza Clark, Penance

Cover of Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt

8. 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 Frankie Miren's Morbid Obsessions

  • horror
  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
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9. Girls Against God

By: Jenny Hval

3.05

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

At once a time-travelling horror story and a fugue-like feminist manifesto, this is a singular, gen… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Hval's Girls Against God book and Frankie Miren's Morbid Obsessions

  • feminism
  • horror
"No one asks me why I hate, no one uses that word, they call me grumpy, not even angry, but grumpy, six letters, something inconsequential and self-inflicted, something powerless, insignificant, somet…"

-Jenny Hval, Girls Against God

"Maybe the only way an artist can escape capitalism and patriarchy today is to use art to disappear as an individual. The artists must completely wash away their person and self-expression, along with…"

-Jenny Hval, Girls Against God

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10. Nevada

By: Imogen Binnie

3.97

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

A beloved and blistering cult classic and finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fi… read more

Similar categories in Imogen Binnie's Nevada book and Frankie Miren's Morbid Obsessions

  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
"James does what anybody would do when they see somebody they'd like to know: he ignores the shit out of her."

-Imogen Binnie, Nevada

"It's like I got drunk all the time not because I'm a total addict but because it was a coping mechanism to deal with being unhappy"

-Imogen Binnie, Nevada

"Oh, Williamsburg. There was a point when you seemed like a scary, tough neighborhood, but now it's obvious that the graffiti on your walls gets put there by art students."

-Imogen Binnie, Nevada

"Eventually you can't help but figure out that, while gender is a construct, so is a traffic light, and if you ignore either of them, you get hit by cars. Which, also, are constructs."

-Imogen Binnie, Nevada

Cover of Mongrel by Hanako Footman

11. Mongrel

By: Hanako Footman

4.38

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Mei loses her Japanese mother at age six. Growing up in suburban Surrey, she yearns to fit in, supp… read more

Similar categories in Hanako Footman's Mongrel book and Frankie Miren's Morbid Obsessions

  • feminism
  • queer
  • lgbt
"Hold onto the things that you have forgotten. Let go of the things that you remember."

-Hanako Footman, Mongrel

Cover of Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk

12. Thirst

By: Marina Yuszczuk

3.58

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Across two different time periods, two women confront fear, loneliness, mortality, and a haunting y… read more

Similar categories in Marina Yuszczuk's Thirst book and Frankie Miren's Morbid Obsessions

  • horror
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Deliver Me by Elle Nash

13. Deliver Me

By: Elle Nash

3.95

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

At a meatpacking facility in the Missouri Ozarks, Dee-Dee and her co-workers kill and butcher 40,00… read more

Similar categories in Elle Nash's Deliver Me book and Frankie Miren's Morbid Obsessions

  • horror
  • queer
  • lgbt
"I loved him like I loved a root canal: something painful but necessary. Like life was more painful without him."

-Elle Nash, Deliver Me

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14. X

By: Davey Davis

3.39

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A thrilling portrait of political terror and the violent pleasures found in warehouses, bathrooms, … read more

Similar categories in Davey Davis's X book and Frankie Miren's Morbid Obsessions

  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
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15. Variations

By: Juliet Jacques

4.07

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

Variations is the debut short story collection from one of Britain's most compelling voices, Juliet… read more

Similar categories in Juliet Jacques's Variations book and Frankie Miren's Morbid Obsessions

  • short stories
  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
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16. Riambel

By: Priya Hein

3.97

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Riambel, île Maurice. Derrière les plages de sable fin, c’est dans le bidonville qu’on appelle Afri… read more

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Cover of Obsessive, Intrusive, Magical Thinking by Marianne Eloise

17. Obsessive, Intrusive, Magical Thinking

By: Marianne Eloise

3.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An exploration of the intersection of neurodivergence, obsession and disorder Obsessive was, sti… read more

Similar categories in Marianne Eloise's Obsessive, Intrusive, Magical Thinking book and Frankie Miren's Morbid Obsessions

  • nonfiction
Cover of Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5) by Juno  Dawson

18. Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5)

By: Juno Dawson

3.76

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The next enchanting instalment of the sensational #1 SUNDAY TIMES bestselling HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL C… read more

Similar categories in Juno Dawson's Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5) book and Frankie Miren's Morbid Obsessions

  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Morbid Obsessions by Frankie Miren

19. Morbid Obsessions

By: Frankie Miren

4.31

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

The histories of the trans and sex worker rights movements are closely intertwined and, particularl… read more

Similar categories in Frankie Miren's Morbid Obsessions book and Frankie Miren's Morbid Obsessions

  • transgender
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • sex work
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • horror
  • 21st century
  • queer
Cover of Private Rites by Julia Armfield

20. 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 Frankie Miren's Morbid Obsessions

  • horror
  • queer
  • 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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3.66

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3.05

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4.04

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4.22

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