How We Do Family: From Adoption to Trans Pregnancy, What We Learned about Love and LGBTQ Parenthood
By: Trystan Reese
4.23
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
As featured in People magazine : One LGBTQ family’s inspiring, heartfelt story of the many alterna…
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1. A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812
By: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
5.00
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Drawing on the diaries of a midwife and healer in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history i… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
2. Chasing Daylight: How My Forthcoming Death Transformed My Life
By: Eugene O'Kelly
3.62
Format: 320 pages,
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3. In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
By: Amy Schneider
3.51
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An inspirational and bold memoir from the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy! —and a… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- adult
- queer
"I deprived myself of a joy in my life, because it was a joy only girls were allowed to feel. Life already seemed to be full of joys that one wasn't allowed to feel, so adding one more to the pile cam…"-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
"I grew up with a strong desire for invisibility. In large part, this was due to the ever-present feeling that I was failing at performing my gender. The whole boy thing was just so exhausting, and I …"-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
"I grew up with a strong desire for invisibility. In large part, this was due to the ever-present feeling that I was failing at performing my gender. The whole boy thing was just so exhausting, and I …"-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
4. Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself
By: Crystal Hefner
3.73
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A raw and unflinching look at the objectification and misogyny of the Playboy mansion, a woman’s st… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
5. Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!: Daily Meditations for the Ups, Downs & In-Betweens
By: Kate Bowler
4.34
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Witty, honest, and wise spiritual reflections that invite readers to embrace the bad, not just the … read more
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- nonfiction
6. youthjuice
By: E.K. Sathue
3.21
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
American Psycho meets The Devil Wears Prada: outrageous body horror for the goop generation A 29… read more
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- adult
7. Coming Home
By: Brittney Griner
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory acc… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
"When your world is violently upended, you don't just mourn your immediate losses. You also grieve a future that no longer feels possible, the peace that might've been."-Brittney Griner, Coming Home
8. It’s Never Too Late: Make the Next Act of Your Life the Best Act of Your Life
By: Kathie Lee Gifford
4.06
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times bestseller! It’s never too late to unearth your hidden passions, rewrite your stor… read more
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- nonfiction
- adult
- biography
- memoir
9. Beyond the Gender Binary
By: Alok Vaid-Menon
4.49
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Beyond the Gender Binary, spoken word poet Alok Vaid-Menon challenges the world to see gender not … read more
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- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
"I learned about gender through shame."-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
"Critiquing gender is not the same thing as creating gender."-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
"It's a surreal experience to have your personhood be reduced to a prop."-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
"The days that I feel most beautiful are the days that I am most afraid."-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
10. A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology
By: Mike Rinder
4.31
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
One of the highest-ranking defectors from Scientology exposes the secret inner workings of the powe… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"The fear of psychiatry is one of the hardest ideas to shake when you escape from the mind-prison."-Mike Rinder, A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology
11. How We Do Family: From Adoption to Trans Pregnancy, What We Learned about Love and LGBTQ Parenthood
By: Trystan Reese
4.23
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
As featured in People magazine : One LGBTQ family’s inspiring, heartfelt story of the many alterna… read more
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- parenting
- biography
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- adoption
- nonfiction
- family
- adult
- queer
12. The Love Prescription: Seven Days to More Intimacy, Connection, and Joy
By: John M. Gottman
4.47
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
What makes love last? Why does one couple stay together forever, while another falls apart? And mos… read more
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- nonfiction
- adult
- parenting
13. Deaf Utopia: A Memoir—And a Love Letter to a Way of Life
By: Nyle DiMarco
4.25
Format: 317 pages, Hardcover
A heartfelt and inspiring memoir and Deaf culture anthem by Nyle DiMarco, actor, producer, two-time… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- adult
- queer
14. Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom
By: Gypsy-Rose Blanchard
3.54
Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition
Gypsy-Rose Blanchard discovered that her whole life was a lie. After eight-and-a-half years of inca… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
15. Ordinary Heroes: A Memoir of 9/11
By: Joseph Pfeifer
4.55
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the first FDNY chief to respond to the 9/11 attacks, an intimate memoir and a tribute to those… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
16. Forever Boy: A Mother's Memoir of Autism and Finding Joy
By: Kate Swenson
4.62
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
With her popular blog, Finding Cooper's Voice, Kate Swenson has provided hope and comfort for hundr… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- biography
- memoir
17. Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man
By: Thomas Page McBee
4.22
Format: 205 pages, Hardcover
Thomas McBee, a trans man, sets out to uncover what makes a man—and what being a “good” man even me… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
"Most of us experience gender conditioning so young—research shows it begins in infancy—that we misunderstand the relationship between nature and nurture, culture and biology, fitting in and being one…"-Thomas Page McBee, Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man
"Boxing breaks many of the binaries that men are conditioned to believe about our bodies, our genders, ourselves. With its cover of 'realness' and violence, it provides room for what so many men lack:…"-Thomas Page McBee, Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man
"I thought about the advantages thrown at me for an aesthetic that looked like a birthright. I thought about passing, and how it erased a part of me, and how hormones responded to context, and how rac…"-Thomas Page McBee, Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man
"Millennial guys seemed, to the sociologists and anthropologists who studied them, to have attitudes toward women that portended a new era of equity—especially at work. But the reality was, indeed, fa…"-Thomas Page McBee, Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man
18. Accidental Czar: The Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin
By: Andrew S. Weiss
3.89
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
This riveting graphic novel biography chronicles Vladimir Putin's rise from a mid-level KGB officer… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
19. Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult
By: Michelle Dowd
3.70
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A moving, heartbreaking, and inspiring true story of the author’s escape from an apocalyptic cult—a… read more
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- nonfiction
- adult
- biography
- memoir
20. Chef's Choice (Chef's Kiss, #2)
By: T.J. Alexander
4.04
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
“Urgent and intimate.” — The New York Times Book Review A fake dating arrangement turns to real … read more
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- adult
- queer
- transgender
- lgbt
21. Yours for the Taking
By: Gabrielle Korn
3.66
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The year is 2050. Ava and her girlfriend live in what's left of Brooklyn, and though they love each… read more
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- adult
- queer
- lgbt
22. He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters
By: Schuyler Bailar
4.62
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Go‑to expert on gender identity, Schuyler Bailar, offers an essential, urgent guide that changes th… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- adult
- queer
23. Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
By: Sarah McBride
4.44
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A timely and captivating memoir about gender identity set against the backdrop of the transgender e… read more
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- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
"It's impossible for our rights to remain abstract when a person is, quite literally, sitting across from you."-Sarah McBride, Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
"Compromise is often necessary [in politics], but entire marginalized identities are not expendable chess pieces."-Sarah McBride, Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
"When you've never felt like you really belonged somewhere, it's almost impossible to know what it will feel like to finally feel at home."-Sarah McBride, Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
"As trans activist Faye Seidler quipped, more Americans said they had seen a ghost than knew a transgender person, according to some polls."-Sarah McBride, Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
24. Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids
By: Mona Delahooke
4.28
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER From a leading child psychologist comes this groundbreaking new understanding o… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- family
25. Modern Friendship: How to Nurture Our Most Valued Connections
By: Anna Goldfarb
4.01
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the “New York Times friendship correspondent,” a definitive step-by-step guide to understandin… read more
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- nonfiction
26. The Long Covid Survival Guide: How to Take Care of Yourself and What Comes Next
By: Fiona Lowenstein
4.28
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The first patient-to-patient guide for people living with Long COVID—with expert advice on getting … read more
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- nonfiction
27. Queer Conception: The Complete Fertility Guide for Queer and Trans Parents-to-Be
By: Kristin Liam Kali
4.66
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Making a baby through love and science? Get the guidance you need to navigate the conception proce… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- queer
- lgbt
28. Choosing Family: A Memoir of Queer Motherhood and Black Resistance
By: Francesca Royster
4.09
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Choosing Family: A Memoir of Queer Motherhood and Black Resistance is a brilliant literary memoir o… read more
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- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- adult
- queer
29. The Doula's Guide to Empowering Your Birth: A Complete Labor and Childbirth Companion for Parents to Be
By: Lindsey Bliss
3.75
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
Experienced doula, Lindsey Bliss, shows you how to prepare physically and mentally for every elemen… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
30. Raising Them: Our Adventure in Gender Creative Parenting
By: Kyl Myers
4.16
Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition
“What did you have? A boy or a girl?” Kyl and Brent imagined it would be years before their child w… read more
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- parenting
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
31. As We Exist: A Postcolonial Autobiography
By: Kaoutar Harchi
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this thoughtful coming-of-age memoir, a young sociologist reflects on her Moroccan immigrant par… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
