Bone Broth
A Graphic Novel
SelfMadeHero · Print & ebook · December 2, 2025
Ash, a transmasculine queer youth, starts his first job as a sous-chef making bone broth for a ramen-noodle restaurant.
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- Genres
- LGBTQ+ Comics, Transgender Fiction, LGBTQ+ Fiction
- Published
- SelfMadeHero, December 2, 2025
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Ash, a transmasculine queer youth, starts his first job as a sous-chef making bone broth for a ramen-noodle restaurant. But just as he is learning the ropes, Ash finds himself tying himself in knots to cover up an untimely death. In this coming-of-age queer thriller, the young transmasculine Ash begins his transition into adult life by landing his first job at a ramen-noodle shop in London, prepping the bone broth.
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But as the financial landscape shifts under Ash’s feet, and after months of bonding with a series of challenging coworkers, everything suddenly stops dead. Literally. At a drunken staff party, Ash’s bullying boss turns up dead, and everyone’s been taking selfies with the corpse. Good thing Ash has already spent a year on the job . . . Winner of the First Graphic Novel Award in the UK.
Where it sits
| Transgender Fiction | 75% |
|---|---|
| LGBTQ+ Fiction | 60% |
| LGBTQ+ Comics | 46% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Coming-of-Age Comics
- YA Horror Comics
- YA LGBTQ+ Comics
- Authors
- Alex Taylor
- Publisher
- SelfMadeHero
- Published
- December 2, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- YA Coming-of-Age Comics