9 must-read adult books like Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir by Pidgeon Pagonis

Cover of Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir by Pidgeon Pagonis

Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

By: Pidgeon Pagonis

4.37

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

From intersex activist Pidgeon Pagonis comes a candid and life-affirming true story of identity, li…

"Hey, hey, listen,"

-Pidgeon Pagonis, Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

"Hey, hey, listen,"

-Pidgeon Pagonis, Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

"Hey, hey, listen,"

-Pidgeon Pagonis, Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

"Hey, hey, listen,"

-Pidgeon Pagonis, Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

If you liked the adult plot in Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir by Pidgeon Pagonis , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me by Alex Tresniowski, Paul Joseph Fronczak

1. The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me

By: Alex Tresniowski , Paul Joseph Fronczak

4.17

Format: 78 pages, Hardcover

"A gripping tale of secrets and self-discovery." --People The Foundlingtells the incredible and ins… read more

Similar categories in Alex Tresniowski's The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me book and Pidgeon Pagonis's Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Safe Harbor: A Murder in Nantucket by Brian McDonald

2. Safe Harbor: A Murder in Nantucket

By: Brian McDonald

3.66

Format: 259 pages,

read more

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  • nonfiction

3. Born Both: An Intersex Life

By: None

3.71

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

"Fierce, brave, and a clarion call to celebrate our differences."---People From one of the world's… read more

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4. The Dark Side of Innocence: Growing Up Bipolar

By: Terri Cheney

3.94

Format: 264 pages,

Killing yourself at any age is a seriously tricky business. But when I was seven, the odds felt ins… read more

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5. My Mother and Other Wild Animals

By: Andrew Sean Greer

3.90

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

A mother and son embark on the road trip of a lifetime in a charming, poignant essay about making m… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Sean Greer's My Mother and Other Wild Animals book and Pidgeon Pagonis's Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence by Meg Kissinger

6. 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

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Running From The Mirror by Howard Shulman

7. Running From The Mirror

By: Howard Shulman

4.45

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Just three days after he was born, Howard Shulman contracted an infection that devoured his nose, l… read more

Similar categories in Howard Shulman's Running From The Mirror book and Pidgeon Pagonis's Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
"Perhaps my story was never about my face but about the journey to arrive at a place of grace, which was far better than anything I could ever have imagined."

-Howard Shulman, Running From The Mirror

Cover of Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement by Ashley Shew

8. 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 Pidgeon Pagonis's Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. 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

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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • gender
  • 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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10. Between Two Trailers

By: J. Dana Trent

3.65

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable memoir about a girl who escapes her childhood as a preschool drug dealer to earn a… read more

Similar categories in J. Dana Trent's Between Two Trailers book and Pidgeon Pagonis's Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. 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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  • 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

Cover of Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne

12. Sociopath: A Memoir

By: Patric Gagne

3.84

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating, revelatory memoir revealing the author’s struggle to come to terms with her own soci… read more

Similar categories in Patric Gagne's Sociopath: A Memoir book and Pidgeon Pagonis's Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"In a universe where everything seemed to be associated with everything else, jazz was in a world all its own. The untethered notes didn't propel me backward in time or force me into imaginations of t…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"Regardless of whether they realized it, my parents, my friends, my teachers, my lovers—everyone, on some level—was uncomfortable with my limited emotion. Because it meant something sinister. Because,…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"I loved people. I truly did. But the way I loved was different than most. And, if I was being honest, not all that compatible. I didn’t need to get love in order to give love. I never had. I preferre…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"The more I paid attention, the more I noticed just how often 'apathy,' 'lack of feeling,' and the word 'sociopath' were associated with evil. Everywhere. From celebrated books like East of Eden and T…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

Cover of Married to the Man Who Washed Himself Away: A memoir: The true story of how obsession tore a family apart by Joan Leech

13. Married to the Man Who Washed Himself Away: A memoir: The true story of how obsession tore a family apart

By: Joan Leech

4.27

Format: 164 pages, Kindle Edition

This extraordinary true story will move you to tears and inspire you to never give up. Set in No… read more

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Cover of The Race to Be Myself: A Memoir by Caster Semenya

14. The Race to Be Myself: A Memoir

By: Caster Semenya

4.27

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

World champion runner Caster Semenya offers an empowering account of her extraordinary life and car… read more

Similar categories in Caster Semenya's The Race to Be Myself: A Memoir book and Pidgeon Pagonis's Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life by Amy Schneider

15. 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

Similar categories in Amy Schneider's In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life book and Pidgeon Pagonis's Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • 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

Cover of A Place for Us: A Memoir by Brandon J. Wolf

16. A Place for Us: A Memoir

By: Brandon J. Wolf

4.32

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

From one of the most vital and passionate LGBTQ+ activists comes a powerful memoir about self-disco… read more

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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of Coming Home by Brittney Griner

17. 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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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • 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

Cover of Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It by Greg  Marshall

18. 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 Pidgeon Pagonis's Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Edge of Malice: The Marie Grossman Story (The Edge Of: Crime, Innocence, and Justice) by David Miraldi

19. The Edge of Malice: The Marie Grossman Story (The Edge Of: Crime, Innocence, and Justice)

By: David Miraldi

4.33

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

Marie Grossman seems to have it all: a devoted husband, two wonderful children, and a professional … read more

Similar categories in David Miraldi's The Edge of Malice: The Marie Grossman Story (The Edge Of: Crime, Innocence, and Justice) book and Pidgeon Pagonis's Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Secrets of a Nun: My Own Story by Elizabeth Upton

20. Secrets of a Nun: My Own Story

By: Elizabeth Upton

4.18

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

Secrets of a Nun is a revealing, uncompromisingly honest, and deeply moving look into one woman's s… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Upton's Secrets of a Nun: My Own Story book and Pidgeon Pagonis's Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

  • biography memoir
Cover of No Human Contact: Solitary Confinement, Maximum Security, and Two Inmates Who Changed the System by Pete Earley

21. No Human Contact: Solitary Confinement, Maximum Security, and Two Inmates Who Changed the System

By: Pete Earley

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A deeply disturbing and human look at the American prison system’s practice of lifelong solitary co… read more

Similar categories in Pete Earley's No Human Contact: Solitary Confinement, Maximum Security, and Two Inmates Who Changed the System book and Pidgeon Pagonis's Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Inverse Cowgirl by Alicia Roth Weigel

22. Inverse Cowgirl

By: Alicia Roth Weigel

3.80

Format: 227 pages, Paperback

From a celebrated activist on the forefront of fighting for intersex representation and rights—and … read more

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  • audiobook
  • memoir
  • intersex
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters by Schuyler Bailar

23. 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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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • gender
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir by Pidgeon Pagonis

24. Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

By: Pidgeon Pagonis

4.37

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

From intersex activist Pidgeon Pagonis comes a candid and life-affirming true story of identity, li… read more

Similar categories in Pidgeon Pagonis's Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir book and Pidgeon Pagonis's Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • intersex
  • lgbt
  • gender
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
"Hey, hey, listen,"

-Pidgeon Pagonis, Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

"The system didn’t want to say that I’m intersex. That I’m not female or male. The doctors wanted to choose a gender for me and then make my body agree with their ideas about who I should be."

-Pidgeon Pagonis, Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

Cover of A Nobody in a Somebody World: My Hollywood Life in Beverly Hills by Lorraine Holnback Brodek

25. A Nobody in a Somebody World: My Hollywood Life in Beverly Hills

By: Lorraine Holnback Brodek

3.96

Format: 183 pages, Kindle Edition

Have you ever wondered what it's like for a nobody in a somebody world?"How can you not read a book… read more

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Cover of BUTTER SIDE UP, THANK GOD!: A MEMOIR by Tina Wagner Mattern

26. BUTTER SIDE UP, THANK GOD!: A MEMOIR

By: Tina Wagner Mattern

4.36

Format: 493 pages, Kindle Edition

This memoir is the true, no holds barred story of my incredibly blessed, ridiculously messy life. I… read more

Similar categories in Tina Wagner Mattern's BUTTER SIDE UP, THANK GOD!: A MEMOIR book and Pidgeon Pagonis's Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Laugh Cry Rewind: A Memoir by Judy Haveson

27. Laugh Cry Rewind: A Memoir

By: Judy Haveson

4.31

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

Growing up in 1970s and 80s suburban Houston, Judy Haveson is funny, sarcastic, and fiercely loyal,… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Heartbreak Years: A Memoir by Minda Honey

28. The Heartbreak Years: A Memoir

By: Minda Honey

3.65

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

A hilariously intimate memoir that gets to the turbulent joys and pains of coming of age and lookin… read more

Similar categories in Minda Honey's The Heartbreak Years: A Memoir book and Pidgeon Pagonis's Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Behind the Dress: One Woman's Life in a Religious Cult and the Healing That Came Later by Christine Faour

29. Behind the Dress: One Woman's Life in a Religious Cult and the Healing That Came Later

By: Christine Faour

3.77

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

A patriarchal, fundamentalist and abusive cult that was hidden in plain sight. The Amazon Prime doc… read more

Similar categories in Christine Faour's Behind the Dress: One Woman's Life in a Religious Cult and the Healing That Came Later book and Pidgeon Pagonis's Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth by Minu Cash

30. The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth

By: Minu Cash

4.53

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

A passionate memoir about identity, resilience, and the healing power of forgiveness From her earl… read more

Similar categories in Minu Cash's The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth book and Pidgeon Pagonis's Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • biography
"What if the real Minu was out there in the world somewhere? And here I was, trapped in this awful life I wasn’t supposed to be living."

-Minu Cash, The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth

Cover of The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports by Michael   Waters

31. The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports

By: Michael Waters

4.48

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The story of the early trans athletes and Olympic bureaucrats who lit the flame for today’s culture… read more

Similar categories in Michael Waters's The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports book and Pidgeon Pagonis's Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

  • queer
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook

20 Best audiobook books like Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir by Pidgeon Pagonis

Transform Your Habits

The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me

Alex Tresniowski , Paul Joseph Fronczak

4.17

Transform Your Habits

My Mother and Other Wild Animals

Andrew Sean Greer

3.90

Transform Your Habits

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

Meg Kissinger

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement

Ashley Shew

4.30

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8 must-read adult books like He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters by Schuyler Bailar

Transform Your Habits

Gender Euphoria

Laura Kate Dale

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls

Kai Cheng Thom

4.18

Transform Your Habits

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Elliot Page

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant

Curtis Chin

3.80

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