Save Yourself
By: Cameron Esposito
3.94
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From standup comic Cameron Esposito, a memoir that tackles sexuality, gender and equality--and how …
Want to Read $ 11.99"I'm mad at the religion I grew up in. I'm mad that Catholic doctrine still swims in my mind, that I think in Bible stories, regard Sundays as sacred, and love when radio stations start playing Christmas carols in October. If "O Holy Night" comes on while I drive past the jack-o-lanterns still out on your porches, I will likely blast it, and get taken in by the comfort of things I grew up with. It's like rewatching "Back to the Future" or "Sixteen Candles" as an adult and being like "wait, I think that scene is actual sexual assault" as nostalgia turns into unsettling recognition."-Cameron Esposito, Save Yourself
"I'm mad at the religion I grew up in. I'm mad that Catholic doctrine still swims in my mind, that I think in Bible stories, regard Sundays as sacred, and love when radio stations start playing Christmas carols in October. If "O Holy Night" comes on while I drive past the jack-o-lanterns still out on your porches, I will likely blast it, and get taken in by the comfort of things I grew up with. It's like rewatching "Back to the Future" or "Sixteen Candles" as an adult and being like "wait, I think that scene is actual sexual assault" as nostalgia turns into unsettling recognition."-Cameron Esposito, Save Yourself
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1. Forward: A Memoir
By: Karen Abbott , Abby Wambach
3.24
Format: 0 pages, ebook
Forwardis the powerful story of an athlete who has inspired girls all over the world to believe in … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- audiobook
2. Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me
By: Janet Mock
3.75
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
Riveting, rousing, and utterly real, Surpassing Certaintyis a portrait of a young woman searching f… read more
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3. Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen
By: Suzanne Scanlon
4.22
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A raw and masterful memoir about becoming a woman and going mad—and doing both at once. When Su… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Only in retrospect might I say I loved it there. I didn't love it. It became familiar. I got used to it. I became dependent upon it. This is not love."-Suzanne Scanlon, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen
"I became a writer because I believe in that part of me who is not limited by age or gender or time or disability - yet still I am afraid to say it. Yes, I was ill."-Suzanne Scanlon, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen
"I myself have internalized the self-loathing that at times can make me feel ashamed to be writing this book. But I also believe that, as my heroes have shown me, this is where a writer must go."-Suzanne Scanlon, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen
"What if, instead of being diagnosed—being called mentally ill—what if I had been able to receive care for its own sake. To be in distress, to ask for care, to receive it. What if there were space in …"-Suzanne Scanlon, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen
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
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- biography
- memoir
- humor
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
5. Ten Steps to Nanette
By: Hannah Gadsby
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Multi-awardwinning Hannah Gadsby transformed comedy with her show Nanette, even as she declared tha… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- humor
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
"Nanette is basically Eat Pray Love for autistic queer folk."-Hannah Gadsby, Ten Steps to Nanette
"So, I will just share it here, because I truly believe that the only universal “body"-Hannah Gadsby, Ten Steps to Nanette
"It really is something when you can make collecting and organising objects boring to a young kid with autism spectrum disorder (but that’s exactly what Stamp Explorer managed to do)."-Hannah Gadsby, Ten Steps to Nanette
"And I needed my audience to trust me because I needed my audience to feel safe, and I needed my audience to feel safe so that I could take that safety away and not give it back. Why? Because that is …"-Hannah Gadsby, Ten Steps to Nanette
6. Dolls of Our Lives
By: Mary Mahoney
3.53
Format: None pages, None
For Feiwel & Friends, Kat Brzozowski bought world rights to a currently untitled book by Allison Ho… read more
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- humor
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
7. 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
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- lesbian
- 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
8. 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
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- 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
9. Broken Horses
By: Brandi Carlile
4.40
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The critically acclaimed singer-songwriter, producer, and six-time Grammy winner opens up about a l… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
"Love isn't a feeling. It's something we do, and a promise that we keep."-Brandi Carlile, Broken Horses
"I understand who I am as an artist because I understand that I don’t understand who I am as an artist."-Brandi Carlile, Broken Horses
"The people and events that had come along and healed me never went unnoticed. My dad pointed out recently that after my botched baptism, I started to gather people--congregants, squads, cheerleaders.…"-Brandi Carlile, Broken Horses
10. Quietly Hostile: Essays
By: Samantha Irby
3.70
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Samantha Irby invites us to share in the gory particulars of her real life, all that festers behind… read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- lgbt
- humor
- nonfiction
- queer
"[...] and my face is sore from smiling so hard in an effort to appear friendly and nonthreatening."-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
"I'm so embarrassed by everything all the time, humiliated even by the need to breathe air where other people can see me"-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
"I want to push back against this idea that it's not real love if you're not passionately chattering at each other all the time, that it's just as valid (and romantic!) to know instinctively when to s…"-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
"I lived in blissful solitude for a long time...and you learn a lot about yourself and what you require for life when it's just you that you have to think about...You can buy frozen fish sticks and ea…"-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
11. One Life
By: Megan Rapinoe
4.20
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An instant New York Times bestseller! “Rapinoe's 'signature pose' from the 2019 FIFA Women's World… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
12. Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body
By: Megan Milks
3.98
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Meet Margaret. At age twelve, she was head detective of the mystery club Girls Can Solve Anything. … read more
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- lgbt
- queer
13. Save Yourself
By: Cameron Esposito
3.94
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From standup comic Cameron Esposito, a memoir that tackles sexuality, gender and equality--and how … read more
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- lesbian
- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- humor
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
"I'm mad at the religion I grew up in. I'm mad that Catholic doctrine still swims in my mind, that I think in Bible stories, regard Sundays as sacred, and love when radio stations start playing Christ…"-Cameron Esposito, Save Yourself
14. Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America
By: Krista Burton
3.86
Format: 320 pages, ebook
A former Rookie contributor and creator of the popular blog Effing Dykes investigates the disappear… read more
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- lesbian
- audiobook
- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
"While I appreciate the freedom to live anywhere we want, and I love visiting those places, I do feel a sharp sense of loss knowing I can't see the people I consider my queer family on a daily basis. …"-Krista Burton, Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America
15. High School
By: Tegan Quin
4.29
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
High School is the revelatory and unique coming-of-age story of Sara and Tegan Quin, identical twin… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
"I had never considered what it would be like to be in love until I was in it."-Tegan Quin, High School
16. I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff
By: Abbi Jacobson
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the co-creator and co-star of the hit series Broad City, a "poignant, funny, and beautifully u… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- humor
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
"Love revealed how covered up I was, but heartache broke me open."-Abbi Jacobson, I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff
"Real life is like a constant Yelp review, everyone has notes on how the experience could be improved."-Abbi Jacobson, I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff
"I thought about how pain is also a symptom of transformation. I thought about bouncing back. How we can start again. And again."-Abbi Jacobson, I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff
"From that poorly lit room on the top floor of a tiny mini mall in Sedona, a stranger told me exactly what I knew already. I guess that's what I was looking for, someone to see me and my fears and my …"-Abbi Jacobson, I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff
17. Experienced
By: Kate Young
4.03
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
“A fizzing, lip-chewing, collar-bone biting, palm-sweating roller-coaster of a rom-com that is both… read more
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- lesbian
- audiobook
- lgbt
- queer
18. Everybody (Else) Is Perfect: How I Survived Hypocrisy, Beauty, Clicks, and Likes
By: Gabrielle Korn
3.59
Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition
From the former editor-in-chief of Nylon comes a provocative and intimate collection of personal an… read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- lgbt
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
19. Mae Martin's Guide to 21st Century Addiction and Sexuality
By: Mae Martin
4.38
Format: 2 pages, Audiobook
Mae Martin is an award-winning Canadian comedian, writer and presenter of podcast GrownUp Land. In … read more
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- nonfiction
- lgbt
20. Dinner on Monster Island: Essays
By: Tania De Rozario
4.18
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
“A penetrating series of personal essays… a memoir that scratches a layer deeper than expected. The… read more
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- lgbt
- nonfiction
- memoir
- queer
"No wonder they come to your house looking for ghosts. Ghosts are spilling out of the walls."-Tania De Rozario, Dinner on Monster Island: Essays
"What they do not understand when they come to your house is that you have lived your whole life with ghosts."-Tania De Rozario, Dinner on Monster Island: Essays
"But her smile is vacant. Placid. A Stepford Wife smile. The tears fall but there is nothing behind them. She’s a mannequin crying on command."-Tania De Rozario, Dinner on Monster Island: Essays
"There is nothing like a horror film to reveal the cultural anxieties of one’s time and place. And if horror has taught me anything, it is that nothing has been as enduringly terrifying across time an…"-Tania De Rozario, Dinner on Monster Island: Essays
21. Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity
By: Jack Turban
4.55
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An authoritative guide to understanding and navigating gender identity from an acclaimed expert on … read more
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- nonfiction
- queer
- lgbt
