16 Top queer books like Gumballs by Erin Nations

Cover of Gumballs by Erin Nations

Gumballs

By: Erin Nations

3.88

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Discover the pioneering new comic from transgender cartoonist Erin Nations! Called by critics "funn…

If you liked the queer plot in Gumballs by Erin Nations , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of Lumberjanes, Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max by None, Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Maarta Laiho, Brooke A. Allen, N.D. Stevenson

1. Lumberjanes, Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max

By: None , Shannon Watters , Grace Ellis , Maarta Laiho , Brooke A. Allen , N.D. Stevenson

4.15

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

What a mystery! Jo, April, Mal, Molly, and Ripley are not your average campers and Miss Qiunzell… read more

Similar categories in None's Lumberjanes, Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel

2. The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For

By: Alison Bechdel

4.50

Format: 182 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Fun Home -- the lives, loves, and politics of cult fav characters Mo, Lois, Sydn… read more

Similar categories in Alison Bechdel's The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • graphic novels
  • queer
  • lgbt

3. The Cloud Searchers (Amulet, #3)

By: Kazu Kibuishi

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

An impossible journey with danger at every turn... Emily, Navin, and their crew of resistance fight… read more

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4. And the Pursuit of Happiness

By: Maira Kalman

4.06

Format: None pages,

Inspired by the 2008 elections, artist Maira Kalman set out across these great states with pen and … read more

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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 Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • 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 Monica by Daniel Clowes

6. Monica

By: Daniel Clowes

3.95

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story — actually, s… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Clowes's Monica book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Where the Body Was by Ed Brubaker

7. Where the Body Was

By: Ed Brubaker

4.14

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Like a true crime podcast crossed with a long-lost diary, Where the Body Was is unlike anything Bru… read more

Similar categories in Ed Brubaker's Where the Body Was book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Roaming by Jillian Tamaki

8. Roaming

By: Jillian Tamaki

3.77

Format: 443 pages, Paperback

Spring break, 2009. High school best friends Zoe and Dani are now freshman college students, meetin… read more

Similar categories in Jillian Tamaki's Roaming book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Revenge of the Librarians by Tom Gauld

9. Revenge of the Librarians

By: Tom Gauld

3.94

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

Confront the spectre of failure, the wraith of social media, and other supernatural enemies of the … read more

Similar categories in Tom Gauld's Revenge of the Librarians book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
Cover of Be Gay, Do Comics by Matt Bors

10. Be Gay, Do Comics

By: Matt Bors

4.22

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

The dream of a queer separatist town. The life of a gay and Jewish Nazi-fighter. A gender reveal pa… read more

Similar categories in Matt Bors's Be Gay, Do Comics book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of No One Else by R. Kikuo Johnson

11. No One Else

By: R. Kikuo Johnson

3.65

Format: 99 pages, Paperback

In this graphic novel, Charlene is a divorced mom, has a young son named Brandon, and works full-ti… read more

Similar categories in R. Kikuo Johnson's No One Else book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
Cover of I Think Our Son Is Gay, Vol. 1 by Okura

12. I Think Our Son Is Gay, Vol. 1

By: Okura

4.24

Format: 138 pages, Kindle Edition

A doting mother and her two beloved sons, one of whom she thinks is probably gay, go about their da… read more

Similar categories in Okura's I Think Our Son Is Gay, Vol. 1 book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Homebody by Theo Parish

13. Homebody

By: Theo Parish

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more

Similar categories in Theo Parish's Homebody book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

Cover of Mimosa: A Graphic Novel by Archie Bongiovanni

14. 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 Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Well by Jake Wyatt

15. The Well

By: Jake Wyatt

4.09

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A fantasy graphic novel about Lizzy, a girl who gets cursed by a wishing well, and her adventure to… read more

Similar categories in Jake Wyatt's The Well book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
"You don't become wealthy unless you care about money. And you don't stop caring about money just because you're rich."

-Jake Wyatt, The Well

"People like to say that hard work makes you rich. That isn't true. But if you like the work, and it keeps you and yours fed and warm, it can make you happy."

-Jake Wyatt, The Well

"Did you think a wishing well would be full of noble feelings? A wish is pure desire, Lizzy. You're old enough to know that people seldom want what's good for them. Or anyone else, for that matter."

-Jake Wyatt, The Well

"Courage is doing what is right and necessary, regardless of peril. Your parents were brave. Your grandmother was brave. Endangering yourself or others for the sake of wealth? Risking lives for a chan…"

-Jake Wyatt, The Well

Cover of Paying the Land by Joe Sacco

16. Paying the Land

By: Joe Sacco

4.34

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The Dene have lived in the vast Mackenzie River Valley since time immemorial, by their account. To … read more

Similar categories in Joe Sacco's Paying the Land book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Your Utopia by Bora Chung

17. Your Utopia

By: Bora Chung

3.65

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

By the internationally acclaimed author of Cursed Bunny, in another thrilling translation from the … read more

Similar categories in Bora Chung's Your Utopia book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • adult
Cover of Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure (St. Hell, #1) by Lewis Hancox

18. Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure (St. Hell, #1)

By: Lewis Hancox

4.28

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A groundbreaking memoir about being a trans teen, in the vein of FUN HOME and FLAMER... and at the … read more

Similar categories in Lewis Hancox's Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure (St. Hell, #1) book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • memoir
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of Dragman by Steven Appleby

19. Dragman

By: Steven Appleby

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From Appleby comes a superhero epic like no other--an ordinary man gains superpowers by donning wom… read more

Similar categories in Steven Appleby's Dragman book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today by Elizabeth Comen

20. All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

By: Elizabeth Comen

4.43

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating history of women’s health as it’s never been told before. For as long as medicin… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Comen's All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • nonfiction
"The role of women was proscribed in medicine as in society, bolstered by the stereotype of the female nurturer: Doctors cured. Nurses cared."

-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

"A man with high testosterone, it was understood, was virile, a warrior, a stud. A woman with too much estrogen, on the other hand, was just crazy."

-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

"The idea was just this: that there is something beautiful, and wonderfully feminine, and powerful and empowering at once, about a woman who can’t breathe."

-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

"Between the purported sex appeal of tuberculosis and its special deadliness in young people, being afflicted with the disease—or at least, looking like you were—became associated with a certain statu…"

-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

Cover of The Night Eaters, Vol. 2: Her Little Reapers by Marjorie M. Liu

21. The Night Eaters, Vol. 2: Her Little Reapers

By: Marjorie M. Liu

4.34

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The second volume in the graphic novel horror trilogy The Night Eaters from Marjorie Liu and Sana T… read more

Similar categories in Marjorie M. Liu's The Night Eaters, Vol. 2: Her Little Reapers book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
Cover of The Greatest Thing by Sarah Winifred Searle

22. The Greatest Thing

By: Sarah Winifred Searle

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A 2023 Lambda Literary Award Finalist A 2023 YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens A 2023 Children… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Winifred Searle's The Greatest Thing book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of The Phantom Scientist by Robin Cousin

23. The Phantom Scientist

By: Robin Cousin

3.46

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A mind-bending graphic novel that teases devious thrills from the mysteries of systems theory An… read more

Similar categories in Robin Cousin's The Phantom Scientist book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
Cover of Shadow Life by Hiromi Goto

24. Shadow Life

By: Hiromi Goto

4.22

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

2022 Asian/Pacific American Literature Award Winner for Adult Fiction 2022 L.A Times Book Prize Fi… read more

Similar categories in Hiromi Goto's Shadow Life book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
"It's the living who struggle to accept death."

-Hiromi Goto, Shadow Life

"There's a special place kept for the person who first breaks your heart."

-Hiromi Goto, Shadow Life

"It's a relief to leave unnecessary things. But do the necessary things have to be so heavy?"

-Hiromi Goto, Shadow Life

Cover of Anna by Mia Oberländer

25. Anna

By: Mia Oberländer

3.41

Format: 220 pages, Hardcover

Mia Oberländer erzählt in Anna von drei Generationen aussergewöhnlich grosser Frauen. Mit ihrer And… read more

Similar categories in Mia Oberländer's Anna book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Betwixt: A Horror Manga Anthology by Ryo Hanada

26. Betwixt: A Horror Manga Anthology

By: Ryo Hanada

3.28

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

All-new horror anthology featuring cover art by international bestseller, Junji Ito! All-new horro… read more

Similar categories in Ryo Hanada's Betwixt: A Horror Manga Anthology book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Sensory: Life on the Spectrum by Bex Ollerton

27. Sensory: Life on the Spectrum

By: Bex Ollerton

4.27

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A colorful and eclectic comics anthology exploring a wide range of autistic experiences—from diagno… read more

Similar categories in Bex Ollerton's Sensory: Life on the Spectrum book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of The Heavy Bright by Cathy Malkasian

28. The Heavy Bright

By: Cathy Malkasian

3.16

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

In this allegorical, fantastical graphic novel, a queer young woman aims to dispel the greed and cr… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Malkasian's The Heavy Bright book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of I'm a Wild Seed: My Graphic Memoir on Queerness and Decolonizing the World by Sharon Lee De La Cruz

29. I'm a Wild Seed: My Graphic Memoir on Queerness and Decolonizing the World

By: Sharon Lee De La Cruz

4.11

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In this delightfully compelling full-color graphic memoir, the author shares her process of undoing… read more

Similar categories in Sharon Lee De La Cruz's I'm a Wild Seed: My Graphic Memoir on Queerness and Decolonizing the World book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"I don't have the privilege of independently thinking about gender and race."

-Sharon Lee De La Cruz, I'm a Wild Seed: My Graphic Memoir on Queerness and Decolonizing the World

Cover of The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Manu Larcenet

30. The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

By: Manu Larcenet

4.49

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The first-ever graphic novel adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize–winning postapocalyptic… read more

Similar categories in Manu Larcenet's The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Gumballs by Erin Nations

31. Gumballs

By: Erin Nations

3.88

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Discover the pioneering new comic from transgender cartoonist Erin Nations! Called by critics "funn… read more

Similar categories in Erin Nations's Gumballs book and Erin Nations's Gumballs

  • memoir
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • autobiography
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer

11 must-read adult books like Gumballs by Erin Nations

Transform Your Habits

Roaming

Jillian Tamaki

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Revenge of the Librarians

Tom Gauld

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Be Gay, Do Comics

Matt Bors

4.22

Transform Your Habits

No One Else

R. Kikuo Johnson

3.65

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Roaming

Jillian Tamaki

3.77

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A Guest in the House

Emily Carroll

4.06

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Boys Weekend

Mattie Lubchansky

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Mimosa: A Graphic Novel

Archie Bongiovanni

3.73

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