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Books like Gorgeously Me!

Explore 24 books like Gorgeously Me! by Jonathan Van Ness — a handpicked selection united by Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Emotions & Feelings, LGBTQ, and Social Themes.

Top related books to Gorgeously Me!

A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.

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Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings • LGBTQ

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Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings • LGBTQ

Pumpkin

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Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings • LGBTQ

Me and My Dysphoria Monster An Empowering Story to Help Children Cope with Gender Dysphoria

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Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings • LGBTQ

What are Your Words? A Book about Pronouns

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Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings • LGBTQ

Mister Fairy

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Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings • LGBTQ

Fight + Flight

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Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings • LGBTQ

Dear Mothman

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Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings • LGBTQ

Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers

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Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings • LGBTQ

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What Happens Next

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Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings • LGBTQ

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Extra Ezra Makes an Extra-Special Friend

Kara LaReau

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings • LGBTQ

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Summer and July

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Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings • LGBTQ

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Salma Writes a Book

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Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings • LGBTQ

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My Shadow Is Purple

Scott Stuart

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings • LGBTQ

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The Cartographers

Amy Zhang

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings • LGBTQ

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The Blackwoods

Brandy Colbert

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings • LGBTQ

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Peanut Goes for the Gold

Jonathan Van Ness

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • LGBTQ • Social Themes

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Gender Explorers Our Stories of Growing Up Trans and Changing the World

Juno Roche

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings • LGBTQ

#19

Be Your Own Man You Can Be Anything. You Can Be Everything

Jessica Sanders

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings • LGBTQ

#20

Trans Mission My Quest to a Beard

Alex Bertie

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings • LGBTQ

#21

Jonathan James and the Whatif Monster

Michelle Nelson-Schmidt

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

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Taco Falls Apart

Brenda S. Miles

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

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Little Imperfections A Tall Tale of Growing Up Different

Peet Montzingo

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

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Ooo, Baby Baby! A Little Book of Love

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Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Gorgeously Me! by Jonathan Van Ness — spanning Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Emotions & Feelings, LGBTQ and featuring authors such as Wendy Heard, Emma-Claire Sunday, Julie Murphy, Laura Kate Dale, and others.