12 must-read nonfiction books like The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World by Mason Funk

Cover of The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World by Mason Funk

The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World

By: Mason Funk

4.24

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Meet the leaders and activists on the front lines of the LGBTQ movement, from the 1960’s to the pre…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World by Mason Funk , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of This Book Is Gay by None, Juno  Dawson

1. This Book Is Gay

By: None , Juno Dawson

3.77

Format: 273 pages, Paperback

Lesbian. Bisexual. Queer. Transgender. Straight. Curious. This book is for everyone, regardless of … read more

Similar categories in None's This Book Is Gay book and Mason Funk's The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World

  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • lgbt
  • queer
"Living with stress and secrets is both stressful and secretive."

-None, This Book Is Gay

"Who do you want to be? There's only one rule: Always be true to yourself."

-None, This Book Is Gay

"Your sexuality or gender is as natural as your eye color, and you should never be ashamed of it."

-None, This Book Is Gay

"Let me tell you something, boys and girls, you can "straight act" all you want, but if you're sleeping with your own sex, to the rest of the world, you're as gay as John Waters living in a pink tent …"

-None, This Book Is Gay

Cover of The Scarlet and the Black: The True Story of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty, Hero of the Vatican Underground by J.P. Gallagher

2. The Scarlet and the Black: The True Story of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty, Hero of the Vatican Underground

By: J.P. Gallagher

4.06

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

It has all the hallmarks of a best-selling fictional thriller: espionage, conspiracy, a struggle ag… read more

Similar categories in J.P. Gallagher's The Scarlet and the Black: The True Story of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty, Hero of the Vatican Underground book and Mason Funk's The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history

3. Ask Me Why I Hurt: The Kids Nobody Wants and the Doctor Who Heals Them

By: Rene Denfeld , None

4.00

Format: None pages,

The unforgettable inspiring memoir of one extraordinary doctor who is saving lives in a most unconv… read more

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4. A Queer History of the United States

By: Michael Bronski

4.11

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Winner of a 2012 Stonewall Book Award in nonfiction The first book to cover the entirety of lesbian… read more

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5. Good Leaders Ask Great Questions: Your Foundation for Successful Leadership

By: John C. Maxwell

4.03

Format: None pages, Hardcover

John Maxwell, America's #1 leadership authority, has mastered the art of asking questions, using th… read more

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6. Being Jazz

By: Jazz Jennings

3.44

Format: 406 pages, Audio CD

Jazz Jennings is one of the youngest and most prominent voices in the national discussion about gen… read more

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7. Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution

By: David Carter

3.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Riveting...Not only the definitive examination of the riots but an absorbing history of pre-Stonew… read more

Similar categories in David Carter's Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution book and Mason Funk's The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World

8. Transgender History

By: Susan Stryker

3.96

Format: 236 pages, Paperback

Covering American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today, Transgender Historyt… read more

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9. Our Native Bees: North America’s Endangered Pollinators and the Fight to Save Them

By: None

4.06

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

All the buzz about North America's bees Honey bees get all the press, but the fascinating story of … read more

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Cover of The Burning Blue: The Untold Story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA's Challenger Disaster by Kevin Cook

10. The Burning Blue: The Untold Story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA's Challenger Disaster

By: Kevin Cook

4.26

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of a national trauma—NASA’s Challenger explosion—and what really happened to Ameri… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Cook's The Burning Blue: The Untold Story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA's Challenger Disaster book and Mason Funk's The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul

11. The House of Hidden Meanings

By: RuPaul

3.84

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and persona… read more

Similar categories in RuPaul's The House of Hidden Meanings book and Mason Funk's The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
"We all have that magic within us - But it's the faculty to harness it - to turn something seemingly meaningless into something special, to be loose and spontaneous with it - that makes life most wort…"

-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings

"But in that time the RuPaul idea was born, and people outside of my world were inspired to talk about me and androgyny and drag in a way that was unprecedented. Not long after that, the questions cam…"

-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings

"Life is full of dualities: night and day, black and white, yin and yang, good and evil, birth and death, love and fear. You can't have one without the other. It takes two to create the magnetic pull …"

-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings

"There are ideological precepts that people will fight or even kill for. But those things are never really what they seem to be. As much as people will claim a hard moral line, that line becomes very …"

-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings

Cover of Lavender House (Evander Mills, #1) by Lev A.C. Rosen

12. Lavender House (Evander Mills, #1)

By: Lev A.C. Rosen

3.87

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Lavender House, 1952: the family seat of recently deceased matriarch Irene Lamontaine, head of the … read more

Similar categories in Lev A.C. Rosen's Lavender House (Evander Mills, #1) book and Mason Funk's The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World

  • queer
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Even when your dream is taken from you, you can have a great new life."

-Lev A.C. Rosen, Lavender House (Evander Mills, #1)

"People are always trying to claim you, without ever listening to who you are. They want you to be something else, to be the role they have for you in the family. But really, we're all better off just…"

-Lev A.C. Rosen, Lavender House (Evander Mills, #1)

Cover of Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States by Samantha  Allen

13. Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States

By: Samantha Allen

4.09

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST A transgender reporter's "powerful, profoundly moving" narrative to… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Allen's Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States book and Mason Funk's The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Swarm by Jennifer D. Lyle

14. Swarm

By: Jennifer D. Lyle

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Sixteen year-old Shur is one of the first to see the creatures. While staring out the window in his… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer D. Lyle's Swarm book and Mason Funk's The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World

  • audiobook
Cover of The LGBTQ + History Book by D.K. Publishing

15. The LGBTQ + History Book

By: D.K. Publishing

4.49

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Discover the rich and complex history of LGBTQ+ people around the world - their struggles, triumphs… read more

Similar categories in D.K. Publishing's The LGBTQ + History Book book and Mason Funk's The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World

  • history
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • queer
Cover of American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures by America Ferrera

16. American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures

By: America Ferrera

4.33

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Academy Award–nominated actress and 2023 SeeHer award recipi… read more

Similar categories in America Ferrera's American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures book and Mason Funk's The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • social justice
  • audiobook
Cover of The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World by Mason Funk

17. The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World

By: Mason Funk

4.24

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Meet the leaders and activists on the front lines of the LGBTQ movement, from the 1960’s to the pre… read more

Similar categories in Mason Funk's The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World book and Mason Funk's The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • history
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life by Paige Layle

18. But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life

By: Paige Layle

4.28

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Autism acceptance activist and TikTok influencer Paige Layle shares her deeply personal journey to … read more

Similar categories in Paige Layle's But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life book and Mason Funk's The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"We remain hidden, tucked away behind corporations aiming to change us, pushing supplements and instant cures into the hands of desperate parents looking to make our lives better. We're hidden behind …"

-Paige Layle, But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life

Cover of Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton

19. Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity

By: C. Riley Snorton

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The story of Christine Jorgensen, America’s first prominent transsexual, famously narrated trans em… read more

Similar categories in C. Riley Snorton's Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity book and Mason Funk's The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World

  • history
  • lgbt
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • queer
Cover of An African American and Latinx History of the United States (ReVisioning History) by Paul Ortiz

20. An African American and Latinx History of the United States (ReVisioning History)

By: Paul Ortiz

4.25

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

An intersectional history of the shared struggle for African American and Latinx civil rights S… read more

Similar categories in Paul Ortiz's An African American and Latinx History of the United States (ReVisioning History) book and Mason Funk's The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World

  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
Cover of Our Shoes, Our Selves: 40 Women, 40 Stories, 40 Pairs of Shoes by Bridget Moynahan

21. Our Shoes, Our Selves: 40 Women, 40 Stories, 40 Pairs of Shoes

By: Bridget Moynahan

4.16

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Ask any woman about her favorite pair of shoes, and you’re sure to get an answer that goes beyond t… read more

Similar categories in Bridget Moynahan's Our Shoes, Our Selves: 40 Women, 40 Stories, 40 Pairs of Shoes book and Mason Funk's The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World

  • nonfiction
  • biography

5 must-read adult books like The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World by Mason Funk

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The House of Hidden Meanings

RuPaul

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Lavender House (Evander Mills, #1)

Lev A.C. Rosen

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States

Samantha Allen

4.09

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The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World

Mason Funk

4.24

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Under This Red Rock

Mindy McGinnis

3.94

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The House That Horror Built

Christina Henry

3.22

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Jenny Kiefer

3.33

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J.H. Markert

3.60

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