#2 in Graphic novels
Gender Queer
- 240
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
- Stonewall Book Award
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Our view
“Gender Queer” is a graphic memoir that makes a long, private search for words about gender and sexuality easy to follow from the outside. Maia Kobabe draws the years from childhood to adulthood as a string of small, honest episodes: trying to fit in, staying silent, slowly finding a place outside the gender binary. Brief and candid, it speaks to readers asking the same questions and to those who want to understand them.
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About the book
Gender Queer: A Memoir is a 2019 American graphic memoir written and illustrated by Maia Kobabe. It recounts Kobabe's journey from adolescence to adulthood and the author's exploration of gender identity and sexuality, ultimately identifying as being outside of the gender binary.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.7 across 341 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 70% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Graphic novels average of 8.4. That is how 8.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.8 | 33 | 10% |
| Hardcover | 8.8 | 308 | 90% |
Frequently asked
How long is Gender Queer?
It has 240 pages — shorter than 70% of the ranked books in Graphic novels.
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