15 Best nonfiction books like Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life by Rowan Ellis

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Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

By: Rowan Ellis

4.38

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Here and Queer is a helpful, friendly guide full of support and advice about living your best queer…

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Cover of This Book Is Gay by None, Juno  Dawson

1. This Book Is Gay

By: None , Juno Dawson

3.77

Format: 273 pages, Paperback

Lesbian. Bisexual. Queer. Transgender. Straight. Curious. This book is for everyone, regardless of … read more

Similar categories in None's This Book Is Gay book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • queer
  • nonfiction
  • lgbt
  • self help
"Living with stress and secrets is both stressful and secretive."

-None, This Book Is Gay

"Who do you want to be? There's only one rule: Always be true to yourself."

-None, This Book Is Gay

"Your sexuality or gender is as natural as your eye color, and you should never be ashamed of it."

-None, This Book Is Gay

"Let me tell you something, boys and girls, you can "straight act" all you want, but if you're sleeping with your own sex, to the rest of the world, you're as gay as John Waters living in a pink tent …"

-None, This Book Is Gay

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2. Girl Up

By: Laura Bates

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

They told you you need to be thin and beautiful. They told you to wear longer skirts, avoid going o… read more

Similar categories in Laura Bates's Girl Up book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • feminism
  • gender
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"If a guy is put off by you being a feminist, you need to ask yourself how put off you are by someone who doesn't believe in equality for women."

-Laura Bates, Girl Up

"Pretty much the strongest, most badass, and rebellious thing that you can do is to love your body in this world that screams at you that you shouldn't."

-Laura Bates, Girl Up

"A slut isn’t a person, it’s in the eye of the beholder. Like beauty, or an annoying eyelash. We decide who a girl is based on something she’s done (or even just rumoured to have done) and then brand …"

-Laura Bates, Girl Up

3. Pilgrim Playwright Genie Guard

By: Heidi Heilig , Katherine Locke , Corinne Duyvis , Kody Keplinger , Dhonielle Clayton , Francisco X. Stork , Fox Benwell , Marieke Nijkamp , William Alexander , None , Kristine Wyllys , Karuna Riazi , Keah Brown

3.50

Format: None pages,

A YA Anthology of short stories featuring disabled teens, written by #OwnVoices disabled authors. T… read more

Similar categories in Heidi Heilig's Pilgrim Playwright Genie Guard book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

Cover of Les Carnets de l'apothicaire T12 by Nekokurage

4. Les Carnets de l'apothicaire T12

By: Nekokurage

4.70

Format: 174 pages, Paperback

After breaking a “curse” on the imperial heirs, a palace servant with training in herbal medicine i… read more

Similar categories in Nekokurage's Les Carnets de l'apothicaire T12 book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • graphic novels
Cover of How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual by Rebecca    Burgess

5. How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual

By: Rebecca Burgess

4.15

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Brave, witty and empowering, this graphic memoir follows Rebecca as she navigates her asexual ident… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Burgess's How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • graphic novels
  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
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6. Crossing the Line

By: Tia Fisher

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

'Do you feel safe?' A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines. … read more

Similar categories in Tia Fisher's Crossing the Line book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

Cover of Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

7. Gender Queer

By: Maia Kobabe

4.28

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would … read more

Similar categories in Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • gender
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"I don't"

-Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer

"My deepest emotional relationships have always been with women. Did that mean I was a lesbian? But my sexual fantasies involved two male partners. Was I a gay boy tapped in a girl's body? The knowled…"

-Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer

"Some people are born in the mountains, while others are born by the sea. Some people are happy to live in the place they were born, while others must make a journey to reach the climate in which they…"

-Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer

"As I pondered a pronoun change, I began to think of gender less as a scale and more as a landscape. Some people are born in the mountains, while others are born by the sea. Some people are happy to l…"

-Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer

Cover of The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz

8. The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich

By: Deya Muniz

4.40

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A funny, heartfelt YA romance about finding love—and lots of grilled cheese sandwiches—in the place… read more

Similar categories in Deya Muniz's The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • lesbian
  • graphic novels
  • queer
  • lgbt
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9. 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 Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • graphic novels
  • queer
  • gender
  • lgbt
"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 Being Ace: An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection by Madeline Dyer

10. Being Ace: An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection

By: Madeline Dyer

3.98

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Discover the infinite realms of asexual love across sci-fi, fantasy, and contemporary storiesFrom a… read more

Similar categories in Madeline Dyer's Being Ace: An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes

11. 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 Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure (St. Hell, #1) by Lewis Hancox

12. 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 Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • graphic novels
  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela  Chen

13. Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

By: Angela Chen

4.36

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that's obsessed with sexual attra… read more

Similar categories in Angela Chen's Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
"Representation not only reflects, but actually changes reality."

-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

"Loving another person should never mean forfeiting bodily autonomy."

-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

"It is a failure of society if anyone needs to say “I have a partner"

-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

"Aces aren't a puzzle with a missing piece. Everyone is their own full puzzle."

-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

Cover of Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon

14. Beyond the Gender Binary

By: Alok Vaid-Menon

4.49

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Beyond the Gender Binary, spoken word poet Alok Vaid-Menon challenges the world to see gender not … read more

Similar categories in Alok Vaid-Menon's Beyond the Gender Binary book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • gender
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"I learned about gender through shame."

-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary

"Critiquing gender is not the same thing as creating gender."

-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary

"The days that I feel most beautiful are the days that I am most afraid."

-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary

"It's a surreal experience to have your personhood be reduced to a prop."

-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary

Cover of Nous traverserons des orages by Anne-Laure Bondoux

15. Nous traverserons des orages

By: Anne-Laure Bondoux

4.46

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Voici l'histoire que je dois te raconter, Saule. C'est l'histoire d'une famille, d'une maison et d'… read more

Similar categories in Anne-Laure Bondoux's Nous traverserons des orages book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

Cover of Belle of the Ball by Mari Costa

16. Belle of the Ball

By: Mari Costa

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A young adult graphic novel about high school wallflower Belle Hawkins, who ends up in a love trian… read more

Similar categories in Mari Costa's Belle of the Ball book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • lesbian
  • graphic novels
  • queer
  • lgbt
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17. On Swift Horses

By: Shannon Pufahl

3.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. Named a Most Anticipated Book of Fall by The New York… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Pufahl's On Swift Horses book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of A Short History of Queer Women by Kirsty Loehr

18. A Short History of Queer Women

By: Kirsty Loehr

3.61

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Queer women have always existed – let’s put them back in the history books No, they weren’t ‘just … read more

Similar categories in Kirsty Loehr's A Short History of Queer Women book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of Peut-on aimer les animaux et les manger? by Guillaume Meurice

19. Peut-on aimer les animaux et les manger?

By: Guillaume Meurice

4.09

Format: None pages, None

Parce que les animaux sont des êtres doués de sensibilité et qu'ils sont souvent traités de façon i… read more

Similar categories in Guillaume Meurice's Peut-on aimer les animaux et les manger? book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • nonfiction
Cover of Sounds Fake But Okay by Sarah Costello

20. Sounds Fake But Okay

By: Sarah Costello

3.65

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Somehow, over time, we forgot that the rituals behind dating and sex were constructs made up by hum… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Costello's Sounds Fake But Okay book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Project Nought by Chelsey Furedi

21. Project Nought

By: Chelsey Furedi

4.15

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Kiss Number 8 and On a Sunbeam, this debut graphic novel is a fast-paced time travel ad… read more

Similar categories in Chelsey Furedi's Project Nought book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • graphic novels
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Green by Alex  Gino

22. Green

By: Alex Gino

3.73

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of MELISSA, a new book putting a non-binary kid named Green at center s… read more

Similar categories in Alex Gino's Green book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of The Siren, the Song, and the Spy by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

23. The Siren, the Song, and the Spy

By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall

4.19

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this second vibrant fantasy from Maggie Tokuda-Hall, companion to her best-selling debut, The Me… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Tokuda-Hall's The Siren, the Song, and the Spy book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • lesbian
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Cosmoknights, Vol. 2 (Cosmoknights, #2) by Hannah Templer

24. Cosmoknights, Vol. 2 (Cosmoknights, #2)

By: Hannah Templer

4.57

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Escape was just the beginning. The sensational "gays in space" webcomic/graphic novel returns, with… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Templer's Cosmoknights, Vol. 2 (Cosmoknights, #2) book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • lesbian
  • graphic novels
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of All The Things She Said: Everything I Know About Modern Lesbian and Bi Culture by Daisy  Jones

25. All The Things She Said: Everything I Know About Modern Lesbian and Bi Culture

By: Daisy Jones

3.99

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A modern, personal guide to the culture of queer women and everyone in between. All The Things S… read more

Similar categories in Daisy Jones's All The Things She Said: Everything I Know About Modern Lesbian and Bi Culture book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • queer lit
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of Alice Austen Lived Here by Alex  Gino

26. Alice Austen Lived Here

By: Alex Gino

3.88

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Melissa, a phenomenal novel about queerness past, present, and fut… read more

Similar categories in Alex Gino's Alice Austen Lived Here book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life by Cody Daigle-Orians

27. I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life

By: Cody Daigle-Orians

4.47

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

How do I know if I'm actually sexual? How do I come out as asexual? What kinds of relationship ca… read more

Similar categories in Cody Daigle-Orians's I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • lgbt
  • queer
"Our culture weaponizes wanting or not wanting sex across many different identities and experiences as a way to marginalize them. It's not exclusive to asexuality."

-Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life

"When confronted with someone who breaks the norm, some people find it easier to call that person's experience a fiction instead of altering their understanding of the world to include something new."

-Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life

"Anyone who asserts they're owed your disclosure is also working from the assumption that they're also owed your sexuality. And you owe no one either of those things. They're yours to share with someo…"

-Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life

"Unlike allosexual people who make the assumption that everyone should want and enjoy sex as much as they do, sex-averse and sex-repulsed ace folks are making choices about their own bodies and their …"

-Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life

Cover of Les Coquillages ne s'ouvrent qu'en été by Clara Héraut

28. Les Coquillages ne s'ouvrent qu'en été

By: Clara Héraut

4.52

Format: 436 pages, Paperback

Comme chaque année, Léna et Phoebe passent les vacances d’été sur la côte basque. Léna ne rêve que … read more

Similar categories in Clara Héraut's Les Coquillages ne s'ouvrent qu'en été book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • lgbt
Cover of S'informer, à quoi bon ? by Bruno Patino

29. S'informer, à quoi bon ?

By: Bruno Patino

4.18

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

Tous les jours, nous sommes assaillis d’informations. À la télévision, à la radio mais surtout jusq… read more

Similar categories in Bruno Patino's S'informer, à quoi bon ? book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • nonfiction
"l’information est un bien public qui appartient à tous"

-Bruno Patino, S'informer, à quoi bon ?

Cover of Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life by Rowan Ellis

30. Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

By: Rowan Ellis

4.38

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Here and Queer is a helpful, friendly guide full of support and advice about living your best queer… read more

Similar categories in Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • lesbian
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • graphic novels
  • gender
  • queer lit
  • gender studies
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of Time and Time Again by Chatham Greenfield

31. Time and Time Again

By: Chatham Greenfield

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Phoebe Mendel's day is never ending—literally. On August 6th, she woke up to find herself stuck … read more

Similar categories in Chatham Greenfield's Time and Time Again book and Rowan Ellis's Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life

  • lesbian
  • queer
  • lgbt

11 Top graphic novels books like Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life by Rowan Ellis

Transform Your Habits

Les Carnets de l'apothicaire T12

Nekokurage

4.70

Transform Your Habits

How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual

Rebecca Burgess

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Gender Queer

Maia Kobabe

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Deya Muniz

4.40

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13 best-selling audiobook books like All The Things She Said: Everything I Know About Modern Lesbian and Bi Culture by Daisy Jones

Transform Your Habits

None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary

Travis Alabanza

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Gay Bar: Why We Went Out

Jeremy Atherton Lin

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Rosewater

Liv Little

3.67

Transform Your Habits

The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice

Shon Faye

4.55

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