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Books like Brazen
A vibrant, fist-pumping celebration of history's most audacious and unapologetic women, told through punchy vignettes. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Brazen.
- vibrant
- defiant
- uplifting
- energetic
- 01
Gender Queer
Maia Kobabe
A deeply vulnerable, beautifully illustrated journey through the messy, confusing, and ultimately joyful process of finding the right words for who you are.
- 02
King Kong théorie
Virginie Despentes · 2006
A blistering, unapologetic punk-rock manifesto that sets fire to polite feminism and dances in the ashes.
- 03
Bordados / Embroideries
Marjane Satrapi
Pull up a chair to a sunlit room filled with cigarette smoke, steaming tea, and the unfiltered, uproarious secrets of women.
- 04
The one hundred nights of hero
Isabel Greenberg
A defiant, feminist reimagining of the Arabian Nights where storytelling is both a weapon against the patriarchy and a profound act of love.
- 05
Times I Knew I Was Gay
Eleanor Crewes
A gentle, funny, and deeply relatable exploration of the messy, non-linear journey to figuring out you're queer.
- 06
Difficult Women
Roxane Gay
A raw, unflinching exploration that lays bare the painful and defiant realities of navigating the world in a woman's body.
- 07
Tomboy
Liz Prince
A funny, heartfelt exploration of the messy middle ground between boyhood and girlhood, fueled by punk rock and adolescent angst.
- 08
Persepolis 1 & 2
Marjane Satrapi
A fiercely candid and darkly funny graphic memoir about growing up rebellious in the shadow of revolution.
- 09
The Arab of the future
Riad Sattouf
A visually striking and candid graphic memoir that filters the chaos of political idealism and cultural displacement through the wide eyes of a nomadic child.
- 10
Sex Criminals
Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky
A laugh-out-loud, neon-drenched romp that uses a wildly explicit premise as a Trojan horse for a tender story about intimacy and mental health.
- 11
Go with the Flow
Karen Schneemann and Lily Williams
A spirited, red-tinted rallying cry about friendship, periods, and fighting for what's right in the high school hallways.
- 12
Many love
Sophie Lucido Johnson
A warm, illustrated invitation to rethink everything you know about romance, jealousy, and the shape of a happy life.
