6 best-selling lesbian books like By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga by Erica Friedman

Cover of By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga by Erica Friedman

By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga

By: Erica Friedman

3.92

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

The Untold Story of Lesbian Love in Japanese Anime and Comics From the pen of Erica Friedman, le…

If you liked the lesbian plot in By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga by Erica Friedman , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon, Vol. 1 by Shio Usui

1. Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon, Vol. 1

By: Shio Usui

4.37

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

A YURI ROMANCE FOR THE MODERN CAREER WOMAN! Uno Hinako throws herself into makeup, fashion, and … read more

Similar categories in Shio Usui's Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon, Vol. 1 book and Erica Friedman's By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • manga
  • queer
Cover of Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes & Tea Cozy Fantasies, #1) by Rebecca  Thorne

2. Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes & Tea Cozy Fantasies, #1)

By: Rebecca Thorne

3.82

Format: 388 pages, ebook

All Reyna and Kianthe want is to open a bookshop that serves tea. Worn wooden floors, plants on eve… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Thorne's Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes & Tea Cozy Fantasies, #1) book and Erica Friedman's By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Lore Olympus: Volume Six (Lore Olympus, #6) by Rachel  Smythe

3. Lore Olympus: Volume Six (Lore Olympus, #6)

By: Rachel Smythe

4.51

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Witness what the gods do after dark in the sixth volume of a stylish and contemporary reimagining o… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Smythe's Lore Olympus: Volume Six (Lore Olympus, #6) book and Erica Friedman's By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga

  • romance
Cover of Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

4. Siren Queen

By: Nghi Vo

3.68

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

“No maids, no funny talking, no fainting flowers.” Luli Wei is beautiful, talented, and desperate t… read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's Siren Queen book and Erica Friedman's By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga

  • lesbian
  • queer
  • lgbt
"I already knew that being brave didn’t mean anything unless you were willing to do it again."

-Nghi Vo, Siren Queen

"I'm curious, though, and my father said that if I could be curious instead of afraid, things would probably work out some kind of right."

-Nghi Vo, Siren Queen

"What's so great about being seen?" Tara demanded. "What's so important about that?" She might have had the words for it, but I didn't. They locked up in my throat, about being invisible, about being …"

-Nghi Vo, Siren Queen

Cover of The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

5. The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

By: Sonora Reyes

4.27

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

A debut novel about a queer Mexican American girl navigating Catholic school, while falling in love… read more

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  • romance
  • lesbian
  • queer
  • lgbt
"…any way you engage with your own culture is authentic, because it’s yours."

-Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

"Let's just say there's not a lot of melanin over there. I could probably pay my tuition selling sunscreen between classes."

-Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

"I know I can't take all that shame away from him. But I can start by showing him how much I'm not ashamed. Not only am I not ashamed, I'm proud. I can't make him love himself. The closest I can get i…"

-Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

Cover of Monthly in the Garden with My Landlord, Vol. 1 by ヨドカワ

6. Monthly in the Garden with My Landlord, Vol. 1

By: ヨドカワ

4.12

Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition

Manga editor Asako Suga decides moving into a new home is just the thing she needs to get over a pa… read more

Similar categories in ヨドカワ's Monthly in the Garden with My Landlord, Vol. 1 book and Erica Friedman's By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga

  • romance
  • manga
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon

7. A Magical Girl Retires

By: Park Seolyeon

3.63

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A millennial turned magical girl must combat climate change and credit card debt in this delightful… read more

Similar categories in Park Seolyeon's A Magical Girl Retires book and Erica Friedman's By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga

  • queer
  • lgbt
"The person I loved and respected the most in the world called me a genius; therefore, I was a genius."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

"If I could become a magical girl at twenty-nine, then surely it was never too late to become a watchmaker."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

"Grandfather, I just love watches. When I look at them, I just... It's like they're a whole universe. The universe itself. Even the smallest watch."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

"She had a point. I mean, when did my own girlhood begin and end, exactly? I couldn't quite circle a lasso around it, but I knew, at least, when it had ended. Three years ago, when Grandfather died."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

Cover of ダンジョン飯 10 [Dungeon Meshi 10] (Delicious in Dungeon, #10) by Ryoko Kui

8. ダンジョン飯 10 [Dungeon Meshi 10] (Delicious in Dungeon, #10)

By: Ryoko Kui

4.61

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

台所の死闘! ライオスVS.狂乱の魔術師戦、開幕!! 食べた魔物は数知れず。ついに迷宮の最下層、 狂乱の魔術師・シスルの棲家にたどり着いたライオス一行。 彼らを待ち構えていたのは、迷宮最強… read more

Similar categories in Ryoko Kui's ダンジョン飯 10 [Dungeon Meshi 10] (Delicious in Dungeon, #10) book and Erica Friedman's By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga

  • manga
Cover of ダンジョン飯 11 [Dungeon Meshi 11] (Delicious in Dungeon, #11) by Ryoko Kui

9. ダンジョン飯 11 [Dungeon Meshi 11] (Delicious in Dungeon, #11)

By: Ryoko Kui

4.59

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

お前の欲望、叶えてやろうか? 伝説級のドラゴンを大量に召喚し、絶大な力を見せつける迷宮の主・シスル。 仲間を失い、絶体絶命のライオスは、ありとあらゆる魔物の知識を総動員して 最後の戦いに挑… read more

Similar categories in Ryoko Kui's ダンジョン飯 11 [Dungeon Meshi 11] (Delicious in Dungeon, #11) book and Erica Friedman's By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga

  • manga
Cover of Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 12 by Ryoko Kui

10. Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 12

By: Ryoko Kui

4.65

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

IT'S EAT OR BE EATEN...LITERALLY! In her first hours as lord of the dungeon, Marcille has comple… read more

Similar categories in Ryoko Kui's Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 12 book and Erica Friedman's By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga

  • manga
Cover of Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage by Rachel E. Gross

11. Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage

By: Rachel E. Gross

4.42

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A scientific journey to the center of the new female body. The Latin term for the female genital… read more

Similar categories in Rachel E. Gross's Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage book and Erica Friedman's By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga

  • nonfiction
  • history
"Medicine is supposed to be unbiased," she says. "But when we look at the bigger picture of it, we can see that it is far from that."

-Rachel E. Gross, Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage

"Darwin's attitudes toward women were a direct outgrowth of his ideas about other animals—or, rather, each reinforced the other. Throughout his career, he insisted that female animals were less capabl…"

-Rachel E. Gross, Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage

"Your vagina is another planet. If you could shrink down to the size of a grain of sand and go between your own legs, you'd find a wondrous realm of humid jungles, cool caves, and viscous pits of mucu…"

-Rachel E. Gross, Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage

Cover of In the Name of the Mermaid Princess, Vol. 1 by Yoshino Fumikawa

12. In the Name of the Mermaid Princess, Vol. 1

By: Yoshino Fumikawa

4.10

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

In a society hostile to diversity, can mermaid princess Mio be true to herself? In the classic f… read more

Similar categories in Yoshino Fumikawa's In the Name of the Mermaid Princess, Vol. 1 book and Erica Friedman's By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga

  • romance
  • manga
Cover of The Rose of Versailles, Omnibus 1 by Riyoko Ikeda

13. The Rose of Versailles, Omnibus 1

By: Riyoko Ikeda

4.23

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Two-in-One English release of The Rose of Versailles. The Rose of Versailles focuses on Oscar Fr… read more

Similar categories in Riyoko Ikeda's The Rose of Versailles, Omnibus 1 book and Erica Friedman's By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga

  • romance
  • manga
  • lgbt
Cover of Call of the Night, Vol. 2 by Kotoyama

14. Call of the Night, Vol. 2

By: Kotoyama

4.10

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Nazuna is a vampire. That’s okay with human Ko. He wants to be one too. But transformation doesn… read more

Similar categories in Kotoyama's Call of the Night, Vol. 2 book and Erica Friedman's By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga

  • romance
  • manga
Cover of Call of the Night, Vol. 3 by Kotoyama

15. Call of the Night, Vol. 3

By: Kotoyama

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Nazuna is a vampire. That’s okay with human Ko. He wants to be one too. But transformation doesn’… read more

Similar categories in Kotoyama's Call of the Night, Vol. 3 book and Erica Friedman's By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga

  • romance
  • manga
Cover of Call of the Night, Vol. 4 by Kotoyama

16. Call of the Night, Vol. 4

By: Kotoyama

4.18

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Nazuna is a vampire. That’s okay with human Ko. He wants to be one too. But transformation doesn’… read more

Similar categories in Kotoyama's Call of the Night, Vol. 4 book and Erica Friedman's By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga

  • romance
  • manga
Cover of By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga by Erica Friedman

17. By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga

By: Erica Friedman

3.92

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

The Untold Story of Lesbian Love in Japanese Anime and Comics From the pen of Erica Friedman, le… read more

Similar categories in Erica Friedman's By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga book and Erica Friedman's By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • history
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • manga
  • books about books
  • queer
Cover of My Next Life as a Villainess Side Story: On the Verge of Doom! Vol. 2 by Satoru Yamaguchi

18. My Next Life as a Villainess Side Story: On the Verge of Doom! Vol. 2

By: Satoru Yamaguchi

4.19

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

As Katarina strives to avoid her imminent demise, she gradually begins to confide in the people aro… read more

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  • romance
  • manga
Cover of My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Volume 11 (Light Novel) by Satoru Yamaguchi

19. My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Volume 11 (Light Novel)

By: Satoru Yamaguchi

4.08

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

Katarina's attempts not to become the villainess that she is destined to be seem to have been in va… read more

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  • romance
  • manga
Cover of My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! (Light Novel) Volume 8 by Satoru Yamaguchi

20. My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! (Light Novel) Volume 8

By: Satoru Yamaguchi

4.26

Format: 170 pages, Kindle Edition

Katarina was reincarnated as the villainess of an otome game. Now that the game's events are long o… read more

Similar categories in Satoru Yamaguchi's My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! (Light Novel) Volume 8 book and Erica Friedman's By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga

  • romance
  • manga
  • lgbt
Cover of My Next Life as a Villainess Side Story: Girls Patch (Manga) (My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! (Manga)) by Satoru Yamaguchi

21. My Next Life as a Villainess Side Story: Girls Patch (Manga) (My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! (Manga))

By: Satoru Yamaguchi

3.89

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

A brand-new anthology brought to you by the highly popular doom-avoidance-strategy romantic comedy!… read more

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  • romance
  • manga
  • lesbian
  • lgbt

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4.37

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3.82

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4.51

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4.27

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Malinda Lo

4.22

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Dahlia Adler

3.84

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Hayley Kiyoko

3.74

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