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Queer Graphic Novels
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items A wonderful list of graphic novel books that feature queer characters. I hope everyone can find something that resonates with them. :)
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Adult
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Adult
Adults of all ages will love these books.
A graphic memoir that charts her fraught relationship with her late father.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
English graduate Ben Cook is on the job hunt looking for something... anything... related to his passion for reading and writing. According to the hiring committes, he doesn't have enough experience. But when he stumbles upon a "Now Hiring—No Experie...
Chef's Kiss by Jarrett Melendez,
Young Adult
Book recommendations for an young adult audience! Typically these are readers from 16-22, though anyone can enjoy them. Enjoy!
This heartwarming graphic novel navigates the tricky world of budding romance.
Heartstopper, Volume 1 by Alice Oseman
A fairy tale for any age, Jen Wang's The Prince and the Dressmaker will steal your heart.
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Nemeses! Dragons! Science! Symbolism! All these and more await in this brilliantly subversive, sharply irreverent epic
Nimona by ND Stevenson
Welcome to Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady-Types, where the fun never stops and nothing is quite as it seems!
Lumberjanes (Book 1)
Thoughtful and endearing gay YA romance set in a bakery that concocts a delicious recipe of intricately illustrated baking scenes and blushing young love.
Bloom by Kevin Panetta
A ragtag crew travels to the deepest reaches of space, rebuilding beautiful, broken structures to piece the past together.
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
A sweet and spirited tale of young love in Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, a graphic novel that asks us to consider what happens when we ditch the toxic relationships we crave to embrace the healthy ones we need
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki
Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
Mooncakes is that spellbinding, magical-girl queer romance you’ve been looking for
Mooncakes|Paperback
All-girl camp. First love. First heartbreak. At once romantic and devastating, brutally honest and full of humor, this graphic-novel memoir is a debut of the rarest sort.
Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash
Tiến loves his family and his friends…but Tiến has a secret he's been keeping from them, and it might change everything
The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
Blue is having a hard time moving on. He's in love with his best friend. He's also dead.
Taproot: A Story About A Gardener and A Ghost by Keezy Young
Mike Curato draws on his own experiences in Flamer, his debut graphic novel, telling a difficult story with humor, compassion, and love.
Flamer by Mike Curato
A funny, heartfelt YA romance about finding love—and lots of grilled cheese sandwiches—in the place you least expect it, from rising talent Deya Muniz.
The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz
Middle Grade
Book recommendations for an young adult audience! Typically these are readers from 8-12, though anyone can enjoy them. Enjoy!
An all-ages trilogy that follows the story of Greta, a blacksmith apprentice, and the people she meets as she becomes entwined in the enchanting world of tea dragons.
The Tea Dragon Society by K O'Neill
Callie loves theater. And while she would totally try out for her middle school's production of Moon Over Mississippi, she can't really sing. Instead she's the set designer for the drama department stage crew, and this year she's determined to create...
Drama: A Graphic Novel by Raina Telgemeier
When Lana and her father return to their seaside hometown to help clear the debris of a storm, the last thing she expects is to discover a colony of Aquicorns—magical seahorse-like residents of the coral reef.
Aquicorn Cove by K. O'Neill
From the illustrator of the web comic Strong Female Protagonist comes a debut middle-grade graphic novel about family, identity, courage -- and magic.
The Witch Boy: A Graphic Novel by Molly Nox Ostertag