6 best-selling transgender books like Still Life by Katherine Packert Burke

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Still Life

By: Katherine Packert Burke

3.81

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A profound and piercing tribute to messy webs of queer friendship and to what is left behind in tra…

If you liked the transgender plot in Still Life by Katherine Packert Burke , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. With Teeth

By: Kristen Arnett

3.49

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the New York Times-bestselling sensation Mostly Dead Things a surprising and mov… read more

Similar categories in Kristen Arnett's With Teeth book and Katherine Packert Burke's Still Life

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"She wasn't sure if ghosts were real, but she believed in magic. Wasn't motherhood a sleight of hand?"

-Kristen Arnett, With Teeth

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2. Greta & Valdin

By: Rebecca K. Reilly

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An irresistible and bighearted international bestseller that follows a brother and sister as they n… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca K. Reilly's Greta & Valdin book and Katherine Packert Burke's Still Life

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"I wonder what plant I would be, if I were a plant. Maybe something with big leaves that droop sulkily if not provided with the exact right amount of water and light."

-Rebecca K. Reilly, Greta & Valdin

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3. Bury Your Gays

By: Chuck Tingle

4.29

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

From Chuck Tingle, author of the USA Today bestselling Camp Damascus, comes a new heart-pounding st… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Tingle's Bury Your Gays book and Katherine Packert Burke's Still Life

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"The studio might be a ruthless capitalist machine," he opines, "but we're not evil."

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"Your stories aren't worth your life." My stories are my life, I think, but I don't say this."

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"I'm honestly kind of surprised. You've got a flair for drama, Misha. I thought you might get hard over some final sacrifice for love, or whatever. I mean, you're the writer, not me, but that's got Em…"

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"The path I've been led down is one of senseless catastrophe, a classic Hollywood tale of the man who plummets to rock bottom just moments before he would have crested the peak. [...] I'm living out t…"

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

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4. In Universes

By: Emet North

3.95

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Raffi works in an observational cosmology lab, searching for dark matter and trying to hide how lit… read more

Similar categories in Emet North's In Universes book and Katherine Packert Burke's Still Life

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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5. Rainbow Black

By: Maggie Thrash

3.96

Format: 404 pages, Paperback

Rainbow Black is part murder mystery, part gay international-fugitive love story—set against the ’9… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Thrash's Rainbow Black book and Katherine Packert Burke's Still Life

  • adult
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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6. In Tongues

By: Thomas Grattan

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A young gay man upends the lives of a powerful art-world couple in this steamy novel of self-discov… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Grattan's In Tongues book and Katherine Packert Burke's Still Life

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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7. Housemates

By: Emma Copley Eisenberg

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Two young housemates embark on a road trip to discover themselves in a fractured America in this sp… read more

Similar categories in Emma Copley Eisenberg's Housemates book and Katherine Packert Burke's Still Life

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"Teaching? When it’s good? A marvel. A fucking miracle. They live, and then they turn to you to tell you about it."

-Emma Copley Eisenberg, Housemates

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8. Girlfriends

By: Emily Zhou

4.20

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

In seven light-filled prisms of short stories, Emily Zhou chronicles modern queer life with uncompr… read more

Similar categories in Emily Zhou's Girlfriends book and Katherine Packert Burke's Still Life

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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9. Liars

By: Sarah Manguso

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A searing novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars out of us… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Manguso's Liars book and Katherine Packert Burke's Still Life

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I was in charge of everything and in control of nothing."

-Sarah Manguso, Liars

"I needed my suffering to be acknowledged. After that, maybe I’d think about getting through it."

-Sarah Manguso, Liars

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10. Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir

By: Sara Glass

4.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A moving coming-of-age memoir in the vein of Unorthodox and Brazen , about one young woman’s desper… read more

Similar categories in Sara Glass's Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir book and Katherine Packert Burke's Still Life

  • queer
  • lgbt
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11. When the World Tips Over

By: Jandy Nelson

4.18

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

An explosive new novel brimming with love, secrets, and enchantment The Fall siblings live in h… read more

Similar categories in Jandy Nelson's When the World Tips Over book and Katherine Packert Burke's Still Life

  • contemporary
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"He liked trees more than people."

-Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over

"Why won’t you ever tell me about your parents?"

-Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over

"Sometimes platonic loves are the most profound."

-Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over

"Desiderium, n. an ardent desire for something lost."

-Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over

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12. Rejection: Fiction

By: Tony Tulathimutte

4.34

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the Whiting and O. Henry–winning author of Private Citizens (“the first great millennial novel… read more

Similar categories in Tony Tulathimutte's Rejection: Fiction book and Katherine Packert Burke's Still Life

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Identity is diet history, single serving sociology; at its worst, a partriotism of trauma, or a prothesis of personality. Privilege discourse a well-meaning attempt to balance scales that have become…"

-Tony Tulathimutte, Rejection: Fiction

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13. Tehrangeles

By: Porochista Khakpour

3.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Meet the Milanis: fast-food heiresses, L.A. royalty, and your newest reality TV obsession. Irani… read more

Similar categories in Porochista Khakpour's Tehrangeles book and Katherine Packert Burke's Still Life

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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14. Misrecognition

By: Madison Newbound

3.10

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Rachel Cusk and Patricia Lockwood, an unflinchingly sharp and funny debut novel about t… read more

Similar categories in Madison Newbound's Misrecognition book and Katherine Packert Burke's Still Life

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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15. Key Lime Sky

By: Al Hess

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

An alien invasion hits the town of Muddy Gap, but a disgruntled pie aficionado is the only one who … read more

Similar categories in Al Hess's Key Lime Sky book and Katherine Packert Burke's Still Life

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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16. The Glass Girl

By: Kathleen Glasgow

4.39

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces comes a raw, heart-wrenching novel … read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Glasgow's The Glass Girl book and Katherine Packert Burke's Still Life

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Still Life by Katherine Packert Burke

17. Still Life

By: Katherine Packert Burke

3.81

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A profound and piercing tribute to messy webs of queer friendship and to what is left behind in tra… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Packert Burke's Still Life book and Katherine Packert Burke's Still Life

  • literary fiction
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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18. Boy Island

By: Leo Fox

4.84

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

None read more

Similar categories in Leo Fox's Boy Island book and Katherine Packert Burke's Still Life

  • fiction
  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
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19. An Image of My Name Enters America: Essays

By: Lucy Ives

3.78

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From a “brilliant, one-of-a-kind maestro” (Booklist), a vibrant tapestry of memoir, research, and c… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Ives's An Image of My Name Enters America: Essays book and Katherine Packert Burke's Still Life

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20. Frighten the Horses: A Memoir

By: Oliver Radclyffe

4.19

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A textured, sharply written memoir about coming of age in the fourth decade of one’s life and embra… read more

Similar categories in Oliver Radclyffe's Frighten the Horses: A Memoir book and Katherine Packert Burke's Still Life

  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
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21. Model Home

By: Rivers Solomon

4.06

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel. The… read more

Similar categories in Rivers Solomon's Model Home book and Katherine Packert Burke's Still Life

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer

18 best-selling fiction books like Still Life by Katherine Packert Burke

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With Teeth

Kristen Arnett

3.49

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Greta & Valdin

Rebecca K. Reilly

4.05

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Bury Your Gays

Chuck Tingle

4.29

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In Universes

Emet North

3.95

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Perfume & Pain

Anna Dorn

4.06

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All Fours

Miranda July

3.81

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Exhibit

R.O. Kwon

3.24

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Margo's Got Money Troubles

Rufi Thorpe

3.97

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