Female Husbands: A Trans History
By: Jen Manion
4.01
Format: 350 pages, Hardcover
Long before people identified as transgender or lesbian, there were female husbands and the women w…
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1. Chained in Silence: Black Women and Convict Labor in the New South (Justice, Power, and Politics)
By: Talitha L Leflouria , Talitha L. LeFlouria
4.25
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
In 1868, the state of Georgia began to make its rapidly growing population of prisoners available f… read more
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- feminism
- gender
- history
- nonfiction
2. Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940
By: George Chauncey
3.84
Format: None pages, Paperback
Gay New Yorkbrilliantly shatters the myth that before the 1960s gay life existed only in the closet… read more
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- history
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
3. She of the Mountains
By: Vivek Shraya , Raymond Biesinger
3.91
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Finalist, Lambda Literary Award In the beginning, there is no he. There is no she. Two cells make u… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
4. Doctor Who: Only Human
By: Gareth Roberts
3.80
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Somebody's interfering with time. The Doctor, Rose, and Captain Jack arrive on modern-day Earth to … read more
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5. 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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6. Female Masculinity
By: J. Jack Halberstam
3.73
Format: None pages, Paperback
Masculinity without men. In Female Masculinity Jack Halberstam takes aim at the protected status of… read more
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7. 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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8. Bad Gays: A Homosexual History
By: Huw Lemmey
3.55
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Too many popular histories seek to establish heroes, pioneers and martyrs but as Huw Lemmey and Ben… read more
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- audiobook
- history
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
9. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
By: Michael Harriot
4.59
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
10. Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words
By: Jenni Nuttall
3.82
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
An enlightening linguistic journey through a thousand years of feminist language--and what we can l… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
11. Is Love the Answer?
By: Uta Isaki
4.25
Format: 258 pages, Paperback
A poignant coming-of-age story about a young woman coming into her own as she discovers her identit… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"Like that club from earlier. Some people appreciate that vibe and some don't. If they force people to join when they don't want to, that's harassment. It's the same with romance."-Uta Isaki, Is Love the Answer?
"Romance is supposed to be great, and not being able to like anyone isn't normal, because any regular person would definitely-" "But you feel like you don't get it. Then why should you have to do it? …"-Uta Isaki, Is Love the Answer?
12. Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
By: Kit Heyam
4.30
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking global history of gender nonconformity Today’s narratives about trans people … read more
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- history
- queer
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- gender studies
- nonfiction
- gender and sexuality
- audiobook
"It’s not as simple as saying that ‘while the terminology is new, the experiences are not.’ The advent of new terminology can genuinely shift how we think about gender, as well as what names we give t…"-Kit Heyam, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
"It's important that we, as historians or as queer people, don't treat gender and sexuality as two things that use to be entangled but have now been teased apart. There can be a tendency in white quee…"-Kit Heyam, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
13. They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South
By: Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
4.29
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A bold and searing investigation into the role of white women in the American slave economy Bri… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Historians who explore slavery's relationship to capitalism generally focus on the roles that men played in the development of both. But if we considered the very real possibility that some of the en…"-Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers, They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South
14. The Story of Art Without Men
By: Katy Hessel
4.31
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before th… read more
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- history
- feminism
- gender
- nonfiction
- audiobook
15. Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
By: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
4.55
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
In this collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and longtime activist and perfor… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- queer
- lgbt
"It [i.e. disability justice] means we are not left behind; we are beloved, kindred, needed."-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
"To me, one quality of disability justice culture is that it is simultaneously beautiful and practical. Poetry and dance are as valuable as a blog post about access hacks - because they're equally imp…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
"Disability Justice allowed me to understand that me writing from my sickbed wasn't me being week or uncool or not a real writer but a time-honoured crip creative practice. And that understanding allo…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
"One of the central loves of my life is coaching and supporting other writers. Specifically, writers who identify as BIPOC, sick/Mad/disabled, queer/trans, femme, working-class/poor, or some or all of…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
16. Przegryw. Mężczyźni w pułapce gniewu i samotności
By: Patrycja Wieczorkiewicz
4.17
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
Pionierski reportaż ukazujący „od środka” środowisko młodych mężczyzn określających się jako przegr… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- audiobook
17. Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
By: Angela Chen
4.36
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that's obsessed with sexual attra… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- queer
"Representation not only reflects, but actually changes reality."-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
"Loving another person should never mean forfeiting bodily autonomy."-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
"It is a failure of society if anyone needs to say “I have a partner"-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
"Aces aren't a puzzle with a missing piece. Everyone is their own full puzzle."-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
18. Histeria sztuki
By: Sonia Kisza
4.36
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Przekonaj się, jaki krzyk wydaje wyparta z historii sztuki kobiecość. Czy słyszysz to wołanie? … read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- history
19. Female Husbands: A Trans History
By: Jen Manion
4.01
Format: 350 pages, Hardcover
Long before people identified as transgender or lesbian, there were female husbands and the women w… read more
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- history
- queer
- transgender
- lgbt
- feminism
- gender
- gender studies
- nonfiction
- gender and sexuality
- audiobook
20. Maquillée
By: Daphné B.
3.86
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
J'ai été plus qu'une follower. J'ai débordé de mon rôle, je me suis répandue ailleurs. Mon coeur s'… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- audiobook
21. 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
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- history
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
22. Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
By: Amanda Leduc
4.09
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
In fairy tales, happy endings are the norm—as long as you're beautiful and walk on two legs. After … read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"...I am struck by how these pitiers unknowingly give voice to the deepest of truths: they cannot imagine this kind of life."-Amanda Leduc, Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
" It's so good of you to love them. The Beast, Shrek, the Ugly Duckling and eventual swan. The woman in the wheel chair, the main who wears the mask. I could never do that. And if you do it, that mean…"-Amanda Leduc, Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
"Most importantly, it's a message that assumes absolute and unrealistic able-bodiedness. No one with glasses. No crutches, no wheelchairs, no visible differences from girl to girl apart from the colou…"-Amanda Leduc, Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
"If society is used to not seeing disabled people in stories, society becomes used to not seeing disabled people in real life. If society is used to not seeing disabled people in real life, society wi…"-Amanda Leduc, Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
23. In Their Shoes: Navigating Non-Binary Life
By: Jamie Windust
3.85
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
There is no one way to be non-binary, and that's truthfully one of the best things about it. It's a… read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- gender and sexuality
- queer
"Asking us to push away the very walls that are constantly crushing us into small, confined boxes is toxic."-Jamie Windust, In Their Shoes: Navigating Non-Binary Life
"The current socio-political climate, exacerbated by the media's addiction to falsifying our existence, has meant that being trans/non-binary/gender non-conforming in the twenty-first century feels li…"-Jamie Windust, In Their Shoes: Navigating Non-Binary Life
24. The T Guide: Our Trans Experiences and a Celebration of Gender Expression―Man, Woman, Nonbinary, and Beyond
By: Gigi Gorgeous
4.24
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Real talk about transgender experiences from Gigi Gorgeous and GottmikIn this fabulous, fashion-for… read more
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- nonfiction
- queer
- transgender
- lgbt
25. When Women Ruled the World: Making the Renaissance in Europe
By: Maureen Quilligan
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Library Journal • "Books and Authors to Know: Titles to Watch 2021" Sixteenth-century Europe w… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"In a short six weeks, the “Northern Rebellion,"-Maureen Quilligan, When Women Ruled the World: Making the Renaissance in Europe
"Although these were not necessarily gifts Mary consciously gave to Elizabeth, as the first independent queen of England it was she who established a powerful rhetoric for female rule, which Elizabeth…"-Maureen Quilligan, When Women Ruled the World: Making the Renaissance in Europe
"Mary Stuart and Elizabeth both aimed at toleration in an intolerant age, in the same ways that Catherine de’ Medici, the mother-in-law of one and the almost mother-in-law of another English queen, la…"-Maureen Quilligan, When Women Ruled the World: Making the Renaissance in Europe
"Because [Michel de Castelnau] had been charged with making peace between [Mary Stuart] and her barons, he ignored Mary’s adamant insistence on how anti-monarchal she considered the rebel lords to be;…"-Maureen Quilligan, When Women Ruled the World: Making the Renaissance in Europe
26. The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women
By: Anushay Hossain
3.65
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Explore real women’s tales of healthcare trauma and medical misogyny with this meticulously researc… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- audiobook
27. Brave Hearted: The Women of the American West
By: Katie Hickman
4.15
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
"Myth and misunderstanding spring from the American frontier as readily as rye grass from sod, and … read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
28. A Woman of Influence: The Spectacular Rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England
By: Vanessa Wilkie
4.11
Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition
This “engrossing, fast-paced, extremely well-researched biography” (Booklist) transports us to Tudo… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
29. Twarz, brzuch, głowa
By: Wanda Hagedorn
4.11
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Nowy graficzny memuar Wandy Hagedorn, autorki głośnej „Totalnie nie nostalgii”! Tym razem nie jest … read more
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- feminism
30. Space for More (Spire Station, #2)
By: Emily Antoinette
4.29
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
All Dr. Eden Mori wanted was to expand her horizons on the galaxy's largest space station, but when… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
31. Women’s War: Fighting and Surviving the American Civil War
By: Stephanie McCurry
3.77
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
“As Stephanie McCurry points out in this gem of a book, many historians who view the American Civil… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
