19 Best audiobook books like Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It by Greg Marshall

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Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

By: Greg Marshall

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious and poignant memoir grappling with family, disability, and coming of age in two closets…

If you liked the audiobook plot in Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It by Greg Marshall , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence

By: Meg Kissinger

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning journalist Meg Kissinger, a searing memoir of a family besieged by mental illnes… read more

Similar categories in Meg Kissinger's While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence book and Greg Marshall's Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Creep: Accusations and Confessions by Myriam Gurba

2. Creep: Accusations and Confessions

By: Myriam Gurba

4.37

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

A ruthless and razor-sharp essay collection that tackles the pervasive, creeping oppression and tox… read more

Similar categories in Myriam Gurba's Creep: Accusations and Confessions book and Greg Marshall's Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

  • audiobook
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
"Embedded within these systems of family, friendship, and community, these creepy men may appear harmless, their evil obscured by a benign collective presence, a fog of sorts. This softness swaddles a…"

-Myriam Gurba, Creep: Accusations and Confessions

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3. Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement

By: Ashley Shew

4.30

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A manifesto exploding what we think we know about disability, and arguing that disabled people are … read more

Similar categories in Ashley Shew's Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement book and Greg Marshall's Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • audiobook
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4. Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere

By: Maria Bamford

3.77

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

A brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfo… read more

Similar categories in Maria Bamford's Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere book and Greg Marshall's Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

By: Lucy Sante

3.70

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

“Reading this book is a joy... much to say about the trans journey and will undoubtedly become a st… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Sante's I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition book and Greg Marshall's Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"(Although it is extremely exciting to have tits.)"

-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

"I wanted to so badly to be a woman that I could not really understand anyone wanting anything else"

-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

"It appeared that transitioning did not involve piling on additional stuff; rather it was a process of removal, dismantling the carapace of maleness that had kept me in its grip for so long."

-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

"My secret poisoned my entire experience of life. There was never a moment when I didn't feel the acute shame of being me, even as I denied to myself that my secret had anything to do with it."

-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

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6. Open Throat

By: Henry Hoke

4.01

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A lonely, lovable, queer mountain lion narrates this star-making fever dream of a novel. A quee… read more

Similar categories in Henry Hoke's Open Throat book and Greg Marshall's Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • queer
  • lgbt
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7. Blackouts

By: Justin Torres

3.77

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of We the Animals, Blackouts mines lost histories--personal and collect… read more

Similar categories in Justin Torres's Blackouts book and Greg Marshall's Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

  • audiobook
  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
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8. Hijab Butch Blues

By: Lamya H.

4.48

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more

Similar categories in Lamya H.'s Hijab Butch Blues book and Greg Marshall's Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"Sort of?"

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"Queer indispensability?"

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

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9. Pageboy

By: Elliot Page

3.75

Format: 271 pages, None

Pageboy is a groundbreaking coming-of-age memoir from the Academy Award-nominated actor Elliot Page… read more

Similar categories in Elliot Page's Pageboy book and Greg Marshall's Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
"Her visibility meant the world to me. I think about this as I walk through the world now."

-Elliot Page, Pageboy

"How do people do it? How do they shut off the noise? And I don't mean "happy", they may not be happy, but they seem to be able to exist at least."

-Elliot Page, Pageboy

"In a world where queerness all too often alienates us from blood, I am grateful to Julia, and the family I have chosen. Without them, I wouldn't be here."

-Elliot Page, Pageboy

"I could block myself out, I was a person I didn't know, I'd gaze into what felt like the universe, my eye a planet of its own. I must be somewhere in there, I'd think."

-Elliot Page, Pageboy

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10. Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring

By: Brad Gooch

4.39

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

“It’s all  the grade school Walt Disney and Dr. Seuss; the adolescent acid trips; the fondness for … read more

Similar categories in Brad Gooch's Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring book and Greg Marshall's Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

  • biography
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation by Geena Rocero

11. Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation

By: Geena Rocero

4.22

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

“A moving chronicle of trans resilience and joy” (Vogue) from one of Out100’s Most Impactful and In… read more

Similar categories in Geena Rocero's Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation book and Greg Marshall's Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
"Geena, you speak about transgender rights and FIlipino food with equal expertise."

-Geena Rocero, Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation

"That's the thing about trans joy: It can never be fully extinguished. People can try to narrow the possibilities for our lives, even end them, but our spirits will always expand to fill whatever spac…"

-Geena Rocero, Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation

"I didn't need to come out ot her. I never said those declarative words - and I didn't even know them at the time. Vocabulary like trans would come much later in my life. All I needed was to hear the …"

-Geena Rocero, Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation

"Despite the ubiquity of government-organized trans pageants in the Philippines, trans people themselves are not politically recognized. We are culturally visible but legally erased. To this day, tran…"

-Geena Rocero, Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation

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12. One Way Back: A Memoir

By: Christine Blasey Ford

4.30

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

On September 27, 2018, Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee which … read more

Similar categories in Christine Blasey Ford's One Way Back: A Memoir book and Greg Marshall's Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It by Greg  Marshall

13. Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

By: Greg Marshall

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious and poignant memoir grappling with family, disability, and coming of age in two closets… read more

Similar categories in Greg Marshall's Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It book and Greg Marshall's Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • disability
  • queer
Cover of The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight by Andrew Leland

14. The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight

By: Andrew Leland

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author’s transition from sightedness to … read more

Similar categories in Andrew Leland's The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight book and Greg Marshall's Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • audiobook
"The problem arises, as [Adrienne] Asch observed, when "a single trait stands in for the whole, the trait obliterates the whole." Disabled people, like African Americans or any other marginalized grou…"

-Andrew Leland, The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight

Cover of Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant by Curtis Chin

15. Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant

By: Curtis Chin

3.80

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

This memoir tells the story of Curtis Chin’s time growing up as a gay Chinese American kid in 1980’… read more

Similar categories in Curtis Chin's Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant book and Greg Marshall's Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto by Zachary  Zane

16. Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto

By: Zachary Zane

3.82

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Named a Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Book of the Year by Buzzfeed A sex and relationship columnist b… read more

Similar categories in Zachary Zane's Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto book and Greg Marshall's Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Consent: A Memoir by Jill Ciment

17. Consent: A Memoir

By: Jill Ciment

3.96

Format: 145 pages, Hardcover

In this unflinching account of the ardent love affair between the author and her painting teacher, … read more

Similar categories in Jill Ciment's Consent: A Memoir book and Greg Marshall's Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. The Male Gazed

By: Manuel Betancourt

3.52

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Featuring deep dives into thirst traps, drag queens, Antonio Banderas, and telenovelas—all in the s… read more

Similar categories in Manuel Betancourt's The Male Gazed book and Greg Marshall's Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

  • audiobook
  • memoir
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of With My Back to the World: Poems by Victoria Chang

19. With My Back to the World: Poems

By: Victoria Chang

4.08

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

*A Today Show Pick *Roxane Gay Audacious Book Club Selection *Publisher's Weekly Starred Review a… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Chang's With My Back to the World: Poems book and Greg Marshall's Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

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20. Is It Hot in Here? Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth?

By: Zach Zimmerman

3.62

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

In this debut collection of essays, lists, musings, and quips, New York-based comedian Zach Zimmerm… read more

Similar categories in Zach Zimmerman's Is It Hot in Here? Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth? book and Greg Marshall's Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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21. Pretty: A Memoir

By: KB Brookins

4.38

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

By a prize-winning, young Black trans writer of outsized talent, a fierce and disciplined memoir ab… read more

Similar categories in KB Brookins's Pretty: A Memoir book and Greg Marshall's Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • queer

8 must-read adult books like Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It by Greg Marshall

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Creep: Accusations and Confessions

Myriam Gurba

4.37

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Open Throat

Henry Hoke

4.01

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Pageboy

Elliot Page

3.75

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Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation

Geena Rocero

4.22

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Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs

Jamie Loftus

3.92

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Bryan Washington

3.56

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Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere

Maria Bamford

3.77

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Leslie Jones

4.11

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