27 best-selling graphic novels books like The Short While by Jeremy Sorese

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The Short While

By: Jeremy Sorese

3.84

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

After a party, two men accidentally swap their jackets and are thrust into a most opportune meeting…

If you liked the graphic novels plot in The Short While by Jeremy Sorese , here is a list of 27 books like this:

Cover of Spinning by Tillie Walden

1. Spinning

By: Tillie Walden

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Poignant and captivating, Ignatz Award winner Tillie Walden's powerful graphic memoir, Spinning, ca… read more

Similar categories in Tillie Walden's Spinning book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
"I never ignored the fact that I was attracted to them. I had known I was gay since I was 5. Now I was almost 12. A teacher's aide had shown me how to hold your sleeve when you put your jacket on. I s…"

-Tillie Walden, Spinning

Cover of My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris

2. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters

By: Emil Ferris

4.56

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late '60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monstersis… read more

Similar categories in Emil Ferris's My Favorite Thing Is Monsters book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics

3. Black Panther: World of Wakanda

By: Ta-Nehisi Coates , Roxane Gay , Afua Richardson , Joe Bennett , None , Yona Harvey , None

3.95

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Wakanda! Home of the Black Panther, a proud and vibrant nation whose legends and mysteries run deep… read more

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4. Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World

By: Pénélope Bagieu

3.00

Format: 1118 pages, Paperback

Margaret, actrice "terrifiante", specialisee a Hollywood dans les roles de mechante ; Agnodice, gyn… read more

Similar categories in Pénélope Bagieu's Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

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5. The Magic Fish

By: Trung Le Nguyen

4.51

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Tiến loves his family and his friends…but Tiến has a secret he's been keeping from them, and it mig… read more

Similar categories in Trung Le Nguyen's The Magic Fish book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
"To me, language is a map to help you figure out where you are. If you can't read the map, you're lost"

-Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish

"The space between two shores is the ocean and being caught in between feels like drowning. And, really, what is the point of tears among so much salt water?"

-Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish

Cover of Crumbs by Danie Stirling

6. Crumbs

By: Danie Stirling

3.94

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Falling in love just got sweeter in this charming, romantic YA graphic novel from WEBTOON, the #1 d… read more

Similar categories in Danie Stirling's Crumbs book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
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7. Stage Dreams

By: Melanie Gillman

3.87

Format: 104 pages, Library Binding

In this rollicking queer western adventure, acclaimed cartoonist Melanie Gillman (Stonewall Award H… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Gillman's Stage Dreams book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

8. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

By: Kate Beaton

4.41

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated cartoonist Kate Beaton vividly presents the untold story of Canada. Before there was … read more

Similar categories in Kate Beaton's Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
Cover of Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden

9. Are You Listening?

By: Tillie Walden

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Bea is on the run. And then, she runs into Lou. This chance encounter sends them on a journey th… read more

Similar categories in Tillie Walden's Are You Listening? book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • queer
  • lgbt
"Everyone everything has potential for magic. You just gotta be standing somewhere in the world and in the body that lets you see it."

-Tillie Walden, Are You Listening?

"Mom. It's too hot out. Can't we skip today? We could walk twice tomorrow...' 'We have to, Lou. We have to move every day, even when we don't want to."

-Tillie Walden, Are You Listening?

"When something horrible happens, or something amazing...really, anything that's big, it makes you feel like mountains could shatter, or the sky could disappear...you know what I'm talking about? Well…"

-Tillie Walden, Are You Listening?

Cover of Sacrificios humanos by María Fernanda Ampuero

10. Sacrificios humanos

By: María Fernanda Ampuero

4.09

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

María Fernanda Ampuero se ha convertido en una de las voces indispensables de la literatura latinoa… read more

Similar categories in María Fernanda Ampuero's Sacrificios humanos book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Tombs: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito

11. Tombs: Junji Ito Story Collection

By: Junji Ito

4.23

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

FRESH NIGHTMARES BROUGHT TO YOU BY HORROR MASTER JUNJI ITO. Countless tombstones stand in rows, … read more

Similar categories in Junji Ito's Tombs: Junji Ito Story Collection book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki

12. Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

By: Mariko Tamaki

3.86

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

All Freddy Riley wants is for Laura Dean to stop breaking up with her. The day they got together… read more

Similar categories in Mariko Tamaki's Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
"Have faith in yourself to know what's right for you. Whatever answer you need, it's inside you somewhere."

-Mariko Tamaki, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

"It's true that giving can be a part of love. But, contrary to popular belief, love should never take from you, Freddy."

-Mariko Tamaki, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

"Of course, I know there are LGBTQIA activists out there who fought for centuries for me to have the right to fuck up like this"

-Mariko Tamaki, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

"Polyamorous or monogamous, your love should be a thing that brings something to you. It’s true that giving can be a part of love, but contrary to popular belief, your love should never take from you."

-Mariko Tamaki, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

Cover of Girl Haven by Lilah Sturges

13. Girl Haven

By: Lilah Sturges

3.90

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

When seventh-grader Ash, his crush Eleanor, and their friends are transported to a girls-only imagi… read more

Similar categories in Lilah Sturges's Girl Haven book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 1 by Mokumokuren

14. The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 1

By: Mokumokuren

4.33

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

It has Hikaru’s face. It has Hikaru’s voice. It even has Hikaru’s memories. But whatever came down … read more

Similar categories in Mokumokuren's The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 1 book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of In Limbo by Deb J.J. Lee

15. In Limbo

By: Deb J.J. Lee

4.18

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

A debut YA graphic memoir about a Korean-American girl's coming-of-age story—and a coming home stor… read more

Similar categories in Deb J.J. Lee's In Limbo book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Mimosa: A Graphic Novel by Archie Bongiovanni

16. Mimosa: A Graphic Novel

By: Archie Bongiovanni

3.73

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Archie Bongiovanni, the comics artist behind the award-winning hit A Quick and Easy Guide to They/T… read more

Similar categories in Archie Bongiovanni's Mimosa: A Graphic Novel book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Juliet Takes a Breath: The Graphic Novel by Gabby Rivera

17. Juliet Takes a Breath: The Graphic Novel

By: Gabby Rivera

4.07

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL ADAPTATION OF THE BESTSELLING BOOK! Juliet Milagros Palante is leaving the Bron… read more

Similar categories in Gabby Rivera's Juliet Takes a Breath: The Graphic Novel book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

18. On a Sunbeam

By: Tillie Walden

4.30

Format: 533 pages, Paperback

Throughout the deepest reaches of space, a crew rebuilds beautiful and broken-down structures, pain… read more

Similar categories in Tillie Walden's On a Sunbeam book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • science fiction
  • queer
"It's like the older you get the more you forget that you can change things."

-Tillie Walden, On a Sunbeam

"I'm not dating the 12% of you that I understand, I'm dating 100% of you. Including all your secrets that I don't know."

-Tillie Walden, On a Sunbeam

Cover of Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story by Julia Wertz

19. Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

By: Julia Wertz

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In her keenly observed graphic memoir, Impossible People, celebrated cartoonist Julia Wertz chronic… read more

Similar categories in Julia Wertz's Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
"Go fuck yourself, melted spatula!"

-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

"Do the stepwork and don't give me any of your excuses. We both know they're bullshit."

-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

"...you're at a place in your life where you're trying to let people in, so you should have called someone to spend the afternoon with you instead of being a weirdo alone in a theater crying at a come…"

-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

"It's the fantasy of a life gone wrong. You've been doing the best you can, but it's hard and you're tired. Then something horrible happens and you get to give up and go be sad somewhere. There's some…"

-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

Cover of Soichi by Junji Ito

20. Soichi

By: Junji Ito

3.92

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

“I’LL GET YOU FOR THIS… I’LL SHOW YOU TRUE HORROR!” Soichi, the unhinged second son of the Tsuji… read more

Similar categories in Junji Ito's Soichi book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • adult
Cover of Mamo by Sas Milledge

21. Mamo

By: Sas Milledge

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Family matters aren’t just hocus-pocus for this young witch!Cartoonist Sas Milledge makes her aston… read more

Similar categories in Sas Milledge's Mamo book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of Stone Fruit by Lee Lai

22. Stone Fruit

By: Lee Lai

4.06

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

Bron and Ray are a queer couple who enjoy their role as the fun weirdo aunties to Ray’s niece, six-… read more

Similar categories in Lee Lai's Stone Fruit book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin

23. Manhunt

By: Gretchen Felker-Martin

3.54

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Y: The Last Man meets The Girl With All the Gifts in Gretchen Felker-Martin's Manhunt, an explosive… read more

Similar categories in Gretchen Felker-Martin's Manhunt book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • queer
  • lgbt
"It was actually good that the world had ended, because now no one could make her play Settlers of Catan."

-Gretchen Felker-Martin, Manhunt

"Later, she thought, in a moment of terrible clarity, each of us will tell herself the other was the one who pulled the trigger."

-Gretchen Felker-Martin, Manhunt

"But I think mostly I just wanted her to … make me real, the way you’re real when the beautiful people look at you, and talk to you, and let you fuck them."

-Gretchen Felker-Martin, Manhunt

"He pressed a kiss to the crown of her head and she let him hold her close among the falling leaves and relished the illusion that, if only for a little while, she was safe."

-Gretchen Felker-Martin, Manhunt

Cover of The Chromatic Fantasy by H.A .

24. The Chromatic Fantasy

By: H.A .

4.40

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

A gorgeously drawn graphic novel reminiscent of stained glass and illuminated manuscripts, telling … read more

Similar categories in H.A .'s The Chromatic Fantasy book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
  • queer
"[Jules] No!! No! No! No! I want to be happy!! I want to love and be loved!! I want to feel safe!! I want to be someone who doesn't deserve it!! I want my life and my body and my soul!!"

-H.A ., The Chromatic Fantasy

"[guard] 'Before we torture you, please sign the release.' [legal form] 'I shall not say "ah, my back really needed that!" when being drawn over the rack. (we've all heard it before. you're not origin…"

-H.A ., The Chromatic Fantasy

Cover of Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales by Melanie Gillman

25. Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales

By: Melanie Gillman

4.04

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time . . . happily ever after turned out differently than expected. In this new, femini… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Gillman's Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of The Lie And How We Told It by Tommi Parrish

26. The Lie And How We Told It

By: Tommi Parrish

3.67

Format: 123 pages, Hardcover

Parrish’s emotionally loaded, painted graphic novel is is a visual tour de force, always in the ser… read more

Similar categories in Tommi Parrish's The Lie And How We Told It book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Mall Goth by Kate Leth

27. Mall Goth

By: Kate Leth

3.89

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me gets a Y2K twist in this coming-of-age young adult graphic nov… read more

Similar categories in Kate Leth's Mall Goth book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
"Oh mall... at least you're always here for me"

-Kate Leth, Mall Goth

Cover of Brooms by Jasmine Walls

28. Brooms

By: Jasmine Walls

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

YALSA TOP 10 GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS BEST OF THE Booklist · Kirkus · Polygon · Chicago Publ… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Walls's Brooms book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of I Am Not Okay with This by Charles Forsman

29. I Am Not Okay with This

By: Charles Forsman

3.13

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Sydney seems like a normal 15-year-old freshman. She hangs out underneath the bleachers, listens to… read more

Similar categories in Charles Forsman's I Am Not Okay with This book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of Leaving Richard's Valley by Michael DeForge

30. Leaving Richard's Valley

By: Michael DeForge

4.10

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

When a group of outcasts have to leave the valley, how will they survive the toxicity of the big ci… read more

Similar categories in Michael DeForge's Leaving Richard's Valley book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of The Short While by Jeremy Sorese

31. The Short While

By: Jeremy Sorese

3.84

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

After a party, two men accidentally swap their jackets and are thrust into a most opportune meeting… read more

Similar categories in Jeremy Sorese's The Short While book and Jeremy Sorese's The Short While

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • queer

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Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

Kate Beaton

4.41

Transform Your Habits

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María Fernanda Ampuero

4.09

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Mimosa: A Graphic Novel

Archie Bongiovanni

3.73

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Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

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Roaming

Jillian Tamaki

3.77

Transform Your Habits

A Guest in the House

Emily Carroll

4.06

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Mattie Lubchansky

4.03

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