21 best-selling queer books like Death Threat by Vivek Shraya

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Death Threat

By: Vivek Shraya

3.70

Format: 60 pages, Hardcover

In the fall of 2017, the acclaimed writer and musician Vivek Shraya began receiving vivid and distu…

If you liked the queer plot in Death Threat by Vivek Shraya , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of The Underwater Welder by Jeff Lemire, Steve Wands

1. The Underwater Welder

By: Jeff Lemire , Steve Wands

4.09

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

As an underwater welder on an oilrig off the coast of Nova Scotia, Jack Joseph is used to the immen… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Lemire's The Underwater Welder book and Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • canada
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
Cover of Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity by Julia Serano

2. Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity

By: Julia Serano

4.26

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

A provocative manifesto, Whipping Girl tells the powerful story of Julia Serano, a transsexual woma… read more

Similar categories in Julia Serano's Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity book and Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • memoir
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"Rather than focusing on “shattering the gender binary,"

-Julia Serano, Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity

"It is offensive that so many people feel that it is okay to publicly refer to transsexuals as being “pre-op"

-Julia Serano, Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity

"[I]magine what would happen if, instead of centering our beliefs about heterosexual sex around the idea that the man “penetrates"

-Julia Serano, Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity

"The most radical thing that any of us can do is to stop projecting our beliefs about gender onto other people's behaviors and bodies"

-Julia Serano, Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity

3. The Capture (Guardians of Ga'Hoole, #1)

By: Kathryn Lasky

3.46

Format: None pages, Paperback

Pushed from his family's nest by his older brother, barn owl Soren is rescued from certain death on… read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Lasky's The Capture (Guardians of Ga'Hoole, #1) book and Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

4. Taproot

By: Keezy Young

1.33

Format: 397 pages, Paperback

Blue is having a hard time moving on. He's in love with his best friend. He's also dead. Luckily, H… read more

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5. The Moth Keeper

By: Kay O'Neill

4.08

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

Being a Moth Keeper is a huge responsibility and a great honor, but what happens when the new Moth … read more

Similar categories in Kay O'Neill's The Moth Keeper book and Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of Saga, Volume 11 by Brian K. Vaughan

6. Saga, Volume 11

By: Brian K. Vaughan

4.26

Format: 153 pages, ebook

While Hazel and her family fight for scraps to survive, the rich and powerful race to forge new all… read more

Similar categories in Brian K. Vaughan's Saga, Volume 11 book and Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
Cover of Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky

7. Boys Weekend

By: Mattie Lubchansky

4.03

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning cartoonist and editor at The Nib, a hilarious trans-"final girl" horror grap… read more

Similar categories in Mattie Lubchansky's Boys Weekend book and Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Alive At The End Of The World by Saeed Jones

8. Alive At The End Of The World

By: Saeed Jones

4.35

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Pierced by grief and charged with history, this new poetry collection from the award-winning author… read more

Similar categories in Saeed Jones's Alive At The End Of The World book and Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
"The end of the world was mistaken for just another midday massacre in America."

-Saeed Jones, Alive At The End Of The World

"I wish I knew a woman who was both the light and every shadow the light pierces."

-Saeed Jones, Alive At The End Of The World

"I'm most dangerous when I'm hungry. I'm most hungry when I'm hurting. Seems like I'm always hurting."

-Saeed Jones, Alive At The End Of The World

"A few months and many deaths ago, I asked someone "how are you doing" and felt, in the way her eye fell, how I had failed her before I had even reached the end of my question. I've hurt many people b…"

-Saeed Jones, Alive At The End Of The World

Cover of Mimosa: A Graphic Novel by Archie Bongiovanni

9. 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 Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Us by Sara Soler

10. Us

By: Sara Soler

4.37

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

¿Qué pasa cuando la vida que tenías asumida da un giro de 180 grados? Nada... Y también todo. Us es… read more

Similar categories in Sara Soler's Us book and Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • memoir
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol

11. Plain Jane and the Mermaid

By: Vera Brosgol

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From Eisner Award winner Vera Brosgol comes an instant classic about courage, confidence, and inner… read more

Similar categories in Vera Brosgol's Plain Jane and the Mermaid book and Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror by Joe Vallese

12. 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

Similar categories in Joe Vallese's It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror book and Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • adult
  • 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 Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American by Laura Gao

13. Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American

By: Laura Gao

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

After spending her early years in Wuhan, China, riding water buffalos and devouring stinky tofu, La… read more

Similar categories in Laura Gao's Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American book and Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes

14. The Times I Knew I Was Gay

By: Eleanor Crewes

3.93

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Ellie always had questions about who she was and how she fit in. As a girl, she wore black, obsesse… read more

Similar categories in Eleanor Crewes's The Times I Knew I Was Gay book and Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Third Person by Emma Grove

15. The Third Person

By: Emma Grove

4.14

Format: 920 pages, Paperback

In the winter of 2004, a shy woman named Emma sits in Toby’s office. She wants to share this wonder… read more

Similar categories in Emma Grove's The Third Person book and Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • memoir
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of The Pervert by Michelle Perez

16. The Pervert

By: Michelle Perez

3.89

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A surprisingly honest and touching account of a trans girl surviving through sex work in Seattle. W… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Perez's The Pervert book and Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
"Young dudes are probably the most pliable people in the history of people."

-Michelle Perez, The Pervert

Cover of Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman

17. Dead Collections

By: Isaac Fellman

3.63

Format: 256 pages, ebook

A whirlwind romance between an eccentric archivist and a grieving widow explores what it means to b… read more

Similar categories in Isaac Fellman's Dead Collections book and Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • adult
  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
"...any reasonable person would want to be a librarian."

-Isaac Fellman, Dead Collections

"It's not weird to make your body yours. It's not weird to want a custom body."

-Isaac Fellman, Dead Collections

"It's cold in the archives, and there's nobody there. I belong in the archives. I am cold too."

-Isaac Fellman, Dead Collections

"Those names, Ari and Sol - what is it about Jewish trans men that we all have to reach back to our roots, as if they are the only source of nourishment we have left?"

-Isaac Fellman, Dead Collections

Cover of Stone Fruit by Lee Lai

18. 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 Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin by Megan Rosenbloom

19. Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin

By: Megan Rosenbloom

4.01

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest othe… read more

Similar categories in Megan Rosenbloom's Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin book and Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • adult
  • nonfiction
"Human skin books—mostly made by nineteenth-century doctor bibliophiles—are the only books that are controversial not for the ideas they contain but for the physical makeup of the object itself."

-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin

"Anthropodermic books tell a complicated and uncomfortable take about the development of clinical medicine and the doctoring class, and the worst of what can come from the collision of acquisitiveness…"

-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin

"Many confirmed human skin books didn’t begin their print life in this controversial binding but were rebound by collectors, usually doctors who took the oldest or rarest texts in their private collec…"

-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin

"No wonder the public persists in connecting the idea of human skin books with Nazis. It's easier to believe that objects of human skin are made by monsters like Nazis and serial killers, and not the …"

-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin

Cover of The Chromatic Fantasy by H.A .

20. 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 Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • transgender
  • 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 Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection by Yao Xiao

21. Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection

By: Yao Xiao

3.71

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid perfectly captures the feelings of a young sojourner in… read more

Similar categories in Yao Xiao's Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection book and Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

22. Bad Cree

By: Jessica Johns

3.92

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping debut tinged with supernatural horror, a young Cree woman's dreams lead her on a p… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Johns's Bad Cree book and Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • adult
  • canada
"On cloudless days I swear the prairies are closer to the sun than anywhere else in the world. Not because of the heat. It's the size of the floating orb when nothing else is around it. Beating like a…"

-Jessica Johns, Bad Cree

Cover of Mall Goth by Kate Leth

23. 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 Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

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

-Kate Leth, Mall Goth

Cover of Pixels of You: A Graphic Novel by Ananth Hirsh

24. Pixels of You: A Graphic Novel

By: Ananth Hirsh

3.37

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A human and human-presenting AI slowly become friends—and maybe more—in this moving YA graphic nove… read more

Similar categories in Ananth Hirsh's Pixels of You: A Graphic Novel book and Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression by Teresa Wong

25. Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression

By: Teresa Wong

4.32

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

In this intimate and moving graphic memoir, Teresa Wong writes and illustrates the story of her str… read more

Similar categories in Teresa Wong's Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression book and Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • memoir
  • canada
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of Our Work Is Everywhere: An Illustrated Oral History of Queer and Trans Resistance by Syan Rose

26. Our Work Is Everywhere: An Illustrated Oral History of Queer and Trans Resistance

By: Syan Rose

4.20

Format: 91 pages, Paperback

Over the past ten years, we have witnessed the rise of queer and trans communities that have defied… read more

Similar categories in Syan Rose's Our Work Is Everywhere: An Illustrated Oral History of Queer and Trans Resistance book and Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of Kimiko Does Cancer: A Graphic Memoir by Kimiko Tobimatsu

27. Kimiko Does Cancer: A Graphic Memoir

By: Kimiko Tobimatsu

4.04

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

At the age of twenty-five, Kimiko Tobimatsu was a young, queer, mixed-race woman with no history of… read more

Similar categories in Kimiko Tobimatsu's Kimiko Does Cancer: A Graphic Memoir book and Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • memoir
  • canada
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Special Topics in Being a Human: A Queer and Tender Guide to Things I've Learned the Hard Way about Caring for People, Including Myself by S. Bear Bergman

28. Special Topics in Being a Human: A Queer and Tender Guide to Things I've Learned the Hard Way about Caring for People, Including Myself

By: S. Bear Bergman

4.42

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

As an author, educator, and public speaker, S. Bear Bergman has documented his experience as, among… read more

Similar categories in S. Bear Bergman's Special Topics in Being a Human: A Queer and Tender Guide to Things I've Learned the Hard Way about Caring for People, Including Myself book and Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of Wires that Sputter: Poems by Britta Badour

29. Wires that Sputter: Poems

By: Britta Badour

3.62

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

A powerful debut collection from an award-winning artist, public speaker, and poet. With propulsiv… read more

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Cover of Death Threat by Vivek Shraya

30. Death Threat

By: Vivek Shraya

3.70

Format: 60 pages, Hardcover

In the fall of 2017, the acclaimed writer and musician Vivek Shraya began receiving vivid and distu… read more

Similar categories in Vivek Shraya's Death Threat book and Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • memoir
  • transgender
  • canada
  • graphic novels comics
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Excuse Me by Liana Finck

31. Excuse Me

By: Liana Finck

3.82

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A razor-sharp collection from the acclaimed New Yorker cartoonist and Instagram sensation, Liana Fi… read more

Similar categories in Liana Finck's Excuse Me book and Vivek Shraya's Death Threat

  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult

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The Underwater Welder

Jeff Lemire , Steve Wands

4.09

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Saga, Volume 11

Brian K. Vaughan

4.26

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Boys Weekend

Mattie Lubchansky

4.03

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Saeed Jones

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Chuck Tingle

3.94

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Lee Mandelo

3.52

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Andrew Joseph White

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