11 best-selling queer books like Inside/Out by Joseph Osmundson

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Inside/Out

By: Joseph Osmundson

3.99

Format: 102 pages, Paperback

“Bold, wise, percussive delight – Joseph Osmundson brings to the page the candor of the empty bed, …

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1. Histoire de la violence

By: Édouard Louis

3.77

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

J’ai rencontré Reda un soir de Noël. Je rentrais chez moi après un repas avec des amis, vers quatre… read more

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  • queer
  • lgbt
"I’m sorry, monsieur, but now this is a criminal proceeding. It’s out of your hands."

-Édouard Louis, Histoire de la violence

"I’ve been trying to construct a memory that would let me undo the past, that would amplify it and destroy it, so that the more I remember and the more I lose myself in the images that remain, the les…"

-Édouard Louis, Histoire de la violence

"I know from experience that the isolation of those who try to forget the past is as terrible as the isolation of those for whom the past is an obsession; I’ve learned that the question is never wheth…"

-Édouard Louis, Histoire de la violence

"I was sure that if I kept acting like a trauma victim, that’s what I’d become the effects would be even worse and would last longer. Meanwhile my body knew exactly what was going on. I told Clara: th…"

-Édouard Louis, Histoire de la violence

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2. Nature Poem

By: Tommy Pico

3.89

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Nature Poemfollows Teebs--a young, queer, American Indian (or NDN) poet--who can't bring himself to… read more

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  • poetry
  • queer
  • lgbt
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3. Crush

By: Richard Siken

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

Richard Siken's Crush, selected as the 2004 winner of the Yale Younger Poets prize, is a powerful c… read more

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  • poetry
  • queer
  • lgbt

4. Small Beauty

By: Jia Qing Wilson-Yang

3.68

Format: None pages, Paperback

Small Beautytells the story of Mei, who in coping with the death of her cousin abandons her life in… read more

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  • queer
  • lgbt
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5. So Sad Today: Personal Essays

By: Melissa Broder

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Melissa Broder always struggled with anxiety. In the fall of 2012, she went through a harrowing cyc… read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • memoir

6. The Little Stranger

By: Sarah Waters

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Several sleepless nights are guaranteed."--Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly One postwar summer i… read more

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7. The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles, #3)

By: Anne Rice

3.68

Format: 420 pages, Paperback

Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found  In 1976, a uniquely seductive world of … read more

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8. Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)

By: C.J. Sansom

3.71

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

It is 1537, a time of revolution that sees the greatest changes in England since 1066. Henry VIII h… read more

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9. The White Tiger

By: Aravind Adiga

3.88

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Balram tells us t… read more

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10. チェンソーマン 11 [Chainsaw Man 11]

By: Tatsuki Fujimoto

4.53

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

残酷で無慈悲なマキマの支配が、デンジを追い詰める!! 大切なものを奪い尽くされ、糞詰まっていく心──そんなデンジの耳に響く“チェンソーマン”を呼ぶ声…!! かくしてデンジとマキマは血みどろの荒野で殺… read more

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"I think... It would be good to erase boring movies from existence. Hmm... Then I've got no choice but to kill you."

-Tatsuki Fujimoto, チェンソーマン 11 [Chainsaw Man 11]

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11. チェンソーマン 10 [Chainsaw Man 10]

By: Tatsuki Fujimoto

4.50

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

俺がアキを──決して拭い去れない絶望に脳が糞になったデンジは、マキマに救いを求める。だが、一時の安息は更なる悪夢の始まりに過ぎなかった…。デンジの心の禁断の“扉”が開く時、マキマの真の思惑とチェンソ… read more

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12. チェンソーマン 8 [Chainsaw Man 8]

By: Tatsuki Fujimoto

4.42

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

クァンシと特異課の間でデンジをめぐる攻防が続く中、不気味なサンタクロースが、真の目的へと動き始める!! 凶気と悪意に満ちた禁忌の契約が結ばれる時、悪魔さえも恐怖する、絶望の世界への扉が開く──。ドス… read more

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"So this is the power of darkness...it's magnificent."

-Tatsuki Fujimoto, チェンソーマン 8 [Chainsaw Man 8]

"I'll tell you the secret to making a sophisticated doll. Take the human you'll turn into a doll.....and add emotions only humans have. Adoration. Worship. Pity. And the secret ingredient: Guilt."

-Tatsuki Fujimoto, チェンソーマン 8 [Chainsaw Man 8]

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13. チェンソーマン 9 [Chainsaw Man 9]

By: Tatsuki Fujimoto

4.65

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

先の戦いで多くの仲間が傷つき、命を落とした──迫り来る銃の悪魔との決戦を前に、アキの心は揺れる。マキマが明かす、銃の悪魔をめぐる驚愕の真実、アキが見た“最悪の未来”──全てが重なる時、悪夢のような運… read more

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14. チェンソーマン 7 [Chainsaw Man 7]

By: Tatsuki Fujimoto

4.37

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

その姿が「恐怖!! デンノコ悪魔!!」としてTVで報道され、全世界に存在が知られることとなったデンジ!! イカれた凄腕の刺客達が、各国から東京に集結する中特異課は戦力を総動員し、デンジ防衛作戦を敷く… read more

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"El secreto para tener una vida feliz en este mundo... Es que la ignorancia es felicidad."

-Tatsuki Fujimoto, チェンソーマン 7 [Chainsaw Man 7]

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15. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

By: David Mitchell

4.16

Format: 433 pages, ebook

A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

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16. How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures

By: Sabrina Imbler

4.12

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

A queer, mixed race writer working in a largely white, male field, science and conservation journal… read more

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  • queer
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • lgbt
"But when I think about ponds infested with gallon-big goldfish, I feel a kind of triumph. I see something that no one expected to live not just alive but impossibly flourishing, and no longer alone. …"

-Sabrina Imbler, How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures

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17. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

By: Naomi Klein

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Our role here on earth is not simply to maximize the advantage in our lives. It’s to maximize (protect, regenerate) all of life. We are here not just to make sure we as individuals survive, but to ma…"

-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

"A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is…"

-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

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18. Prima Facie

By: Suzie Miller

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This is not life, this is law… Tessa Ensler loves her job. She’s worked her up to being a top cr… read more

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"All I know is that somewhere. Some time. Somehow. Something has to change."

-Suzie Miller, Prima Facie

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19. Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain

By: Sathnam Sanghera

4.10

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

In his brilliantly illuminating new book Sathnam Sanghera demonstrates how so much of what we consi… read more

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  • nonfiction
"It is puerile to reduce imperial history to a matter of 'good' and 'bad'; trying to weigh up the positive and negative in this way is like defending the morality of kicking a random old man in the sh…"

-Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain

"After the First World War, the man in charge of recruitment at the Colonial Office was Major Ralph Dolignon Furse, a decorated war hero, a keen rugby and cricket player and, crucially, holder of a po…"

-Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain

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20. チェンソーマン 2 [Chainsaw Man 2]

By: Tatsuki Fujimoto

4.30

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

「胸を揉む!!」その圧倒的欲望を原動力に、コウモリの悪魔と激闘を繰り広げるデンジ!! 戦いの果てに掴むのは、胸!? それとも…!? そして、マキマが語る人類の敵「銃の悪魔」とは!? 公安の犬・デンジ… read more

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"I’m not gonna die before I cop a feel!"

-Tatsuki Fujimoto, チェンソーマン 2 [Chainsaw Man 2]

"Todo el mundo menosprecia mis ideales en el trabajo... venganza, proteger a sus familias, salvar un gato ¡esto! ¡aquello! ¡y lo otro! ¡no es agradable que todo el mundo tenga sueños tan respetables!"

-Tatsuki Fujimoto, チェンソーマン 2 [Chainsaw Man 2]

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21. The Shadow of Kyoshi (The Kyoshi Novels, #2)

By: F.C. Yee

4.36

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

The epic, can’t-miss follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Avatar, The Last Airbender:The Ris… read more

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  • queer
  • lgbt
"Man guesses, spirits act."

-F.C. Yee, The Shadow of Kyoshi (The Kyoshi Novels, #2)

"What we do without guidance defines who we are!"

-F.C. Yee, The Shadow of Kyoshi (The Kyoshi Novels, #2)

"Things were so much clearer when there was relief."

-F.C. Yee, The Shadow of Kyoshi (The Kyoshi Novels, #2)

"Weakness is practiced and learned as much as strength is!"

-F.C. Yee, The Shadow of Kyoshi (The Kyoshi Novels, #2)

Cover of The Rise of Kyoshi (The Kyoshi Novels, #1) by F.C. Yee

22. The Rise of Kyoshi (The Kyoshi Novels, #1)

By: F.C. Yee

4.44

Format: 442 pages, Hardcover

F. C. Yee’s The Rise of Kyoshi delves into the story of Kyoshi, the Earth Kingdom–born Avatar. The … read more

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  • queer
  • lgbt
"Preparedness carries the day."

-F.C. Yee, The Rise of Kyoshi (The Kyoshi Novels, #1)

"What you do when no one is guiding you determines who you are."

-F.C. Yee, The Rise of Kyoshi (The Kyoshi Novels, #1)

"Both sides' was a rhetorical weapon used by hypocrites and the ignorant."

-F.C. Yee, The Rise of Kyoshi (The Kyoshi Novels, #1)

"All of our actions have an impact. Each decision we make ripples into the future. And we alter our landscapes according to our needs."

-F.C. Yee, The Rise of Kyoshi (The Kyoshi Novels, #1)

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23. Minor Detail

By: Adania Shibli

4.20

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn a… read more

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"Man, not the tank, shall prevail."

-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail

"Não há como descartar a probabilidade de uma conexão entre os dois fatos, ou alguma ligação oculta entre eles, por analogia às relações que os seres humanos encontram entre as plantas, por exemplo, q…"

-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail

"Desde que tive ciência da minha incapacidade consumada de me mover de acordo com os limites, resolvi, finalmente, permanecer dentro dos limites da minha casa, tanto quanto possível. Agora, uma vez qu…"

-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail

"Toch zijn er mensen die in die logica − dus dat je je concentreert op de meest futiele details zoals stof op een bureau of vliegenpoepjes op een schilderij − de enige manier zien om de waarheid te do…"

-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail

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24. In the Dream House

By: Carmen Maria Machado

4.42

Format: 251 pages, Hardcover

For years Carmen Maria Machado has struggled to articulate her experiences in an abusive same-sex r… read more

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  • queer
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • lgbt
"But this story? This one's mine."

-Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

"I thought you died, but writing this, I'm not sure you did."

-Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

"Your heart launches itself against your rib cage like an animal."

-Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

"You tried to tell your story to people who didn't know how to listen."

-Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

Cover of チェンソーマン 3 [Chainsaw Man 3] by Tatsuki Fujimoto

25. チェンソーマン 3 [Chainsaw Man 3]

By: Tatsuki Fujimoto

4.34

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

空間を封鎖し「デンジを殺せ」と迫る、謎の悪魔!! 追い込まれ、次第に分裂する特異4課のメンバー。そんな極限状況下でも、ごほうびのキスを諦めないデンジが閃いた、地獄のような作戦とは…!? 人と悪魔の特… read more

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26. It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror

By: Joe Vallese

4.18

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

Through the lens of horror—from "Halloween" to "Hereditary"—queer and trans writers consider the fi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
"Androgyny doesn't look a certain way, though gender is ingrained in society such that liberal readings are applied to everyone, sprinkling gender on everything from haircuts to careers to alcoholic b…"

-Joe Vallese, It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror

Cover of チェンソーマン 6 [Chainsaw Man 6] by Tatsuki Fujimoto

27. チェンソーマン 6 [Chainsaw Man 6]

By: Tatsuki Fujimoto

4.44

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

「遠くに逃げよう」…レゼの思いがけない言葉に心揺れるデンジの、純情の行方は──。そんな甘いひと時から急転直下、吹き荒れる爆殺の嵐! 恋も欲望も、人間も悪魔も全てを巻き込むド派手な血戦で、デンジとレゼ… read more

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"¡De todas las mujeres que conozco, cada una de ellas me ha intentado matar! ¡Todas quieren el corazón del motosierra! ¡¿Que hay del corazón de Denji?!"

-Tatsuki Fujimoto, チェンソーマン 6 [Chainsaw Man 6]

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28. Real Life

By: Brandon Taylor

3.80

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

A novel of startling intimacy, violence, and mercy among friends in a Midwestern university town, f… read more

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  • queer
  • lgbt
"Miller: "You are so determined to be unknowable." Wallace: "We are always unknowable."

-Brandon Taylor, Real Life

"Memory sifts. Memory lifts. Memory makes due with what it is given. Memory is not about facts. Memory is an inconsistent measurement of the pain in one’s life."

-Brandon Taylor, Real Life

"The truly awful thing about beauty is that it reminds us of our limits. Beauty is a kind of unrelenting cruelty. It takes truth, hones it to a terrifying keenness, and uses it to slice us to the bone."

-Brandon Taylor, Real Life

"It's... mostly fine," Wallace admits, getting too close to the bone. He doesn't want to go back over the thing about how grief can feel diffuse and dense all at once, like a flock of birds in the sky…"

-Brandon Taylor, Real Life

Cover of チェンソーマン 4 [Chainsaw Man 4] by Tatsuki Fujimoto

29. チェンソーマン 4 [Chainsaw Man 4]

By: Tatsuki Fujimoto

4.40

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

デンジの心臓を狙う謎の一味の襲撃により、大打撃を受けた公安特異課には、不穏な空気が漂う。一方、デンジとパワーは最強のデビルハンターの元、頭のネジもぶっ飛ぶ「死」の特訓を開始するが…!? シリアスとク… read more

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Cover of チェンソーマン 5 [Chainsaw Man 5] by Tatsuki Fujimoto

30. チェンソーマン 5 [Chainsaw Man 5]

By: Tatsuki Fujimoto

4.38

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

かつて姫野が使役していた悪魔と対峙するアキ。復讐の炎に身を焦がす男の脳裏を過るのは…!? 一方、デンジは再びサムライソードと激突!! チェンソーvs刀、血飛沫舞う死闘の行方は果たして!? デンジの心… read more

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31. Inside/Out

By: Joseph Osmundson

3.99

Format: 102 pages, Paperback

“Bold, wise, percussive delight – Joseph Osmundson brings to the page the candor of the empty bed, … read more

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  • poetry
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • queer lit
  • nonfiction
  • queer

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