The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist
By: Ben A. Barres
3.98
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
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1. Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
By: Julia Serano
4.26
Format: 390 pages, Paperback
A provocative manifesto, Whipping Girl tells the powerful story of Julia Serano, a transsexual woma… read more
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- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
"Rather than focusing on “shattering the gender binary,"-Julia Serano, Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
"It is offensive that so many people feel that it is okay to publicly refer to transsexuals as being “pre-op"-Julia Serano, Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
"[I]magine what would happen if, instead of centering our beliefs about heterosexual sex around the idea that the man “penetrates"-Julia Serano, Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
"The most radical thing that any of us can do is to stop projecting our beliefs about gender onto other people's behaviors and bodies"-Julia Serano, Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
2. What is Not Yours is Not Yours
By: Helen Oyeyemi
4.01
Format: 511 pages, Hardcover
The key to a house, the key to a heart, the key to a secret--Oyeyemi's keys not only unlock element… read more
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- lgbt
3. No Name in the Street
By: James Baldwin
4.00
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
This stunningly personal document and extraordinary history of the turbulent sixties and early seve… read more
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- nonfiction
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4. The Liberal Redneck Manifesto: Draggin' Dixie Outta the Dark
By: Trae Crowder , Drew Morgan , Corey Ryan Forrester
4.24
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
The Liberal Rednecks--a three-man stand-up comedy group doing scathing political satire--celebrate … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
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. Marriage of a Thousand Lies
By: S.J. Sindu
3.97
Format: 12 pages, Hardcover
Lucky and her husband, Krishna, are gay. They present an illusion of marital bliss to their conserv… read more
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7. The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease
By: Marc Lewis
3.45
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned … read more
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8. How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
By: Sabrina Imbler
4.12
Format: 263 pages, Hardcover
A queer, mixed race writer working in a largely white, male field, science and conservation journal… read more
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- audiobook
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- queer
"But when I think about ponds infested with gallon-big goldfish, I feel a kind of triumph. I see something that no one expected to live not just alive but impossibly flourishing, and no longer alone. …"-Sabrina Imbler, How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
9. Virology: Essays for the Living, the Dead, and the Small Things in Between
By: Joseph Osmundson
3.83
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction Named a Most Anticipated Book of … read more
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- audiobook
- science
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- medicine
- nonfiction
- queer
10. Rifqa
By: Mohammed El-Kurd
4.66
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Rifqa is Mohammed El-Kurd’s debut collection of poetry, written in the tradition of Ghassan Kanfani… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Sing me a song of home break a dish or two throw a stone or two because the screams make me nostalgic: I almost don't fear the sirens."-Mohammed El-Kurd, Rifqa
11. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017
By: Rashid Khalidi
4.50
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more
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- audiobook
12. It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror
By: Joe Vallese
4.18
Format: 298 pages, Paperback
Through the lens of horror—from "Halloween" to "Hereditary"—queer and trans writers consider the fi… read more
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- nonfiction
- queer
- audiobook
"Androgyny doesn't look a certain way, though gender is ingrained in society such that liberal readings are applied to everyone, sprinkling gender on everything from haircuts to careers to alcoholic b…"-Joe Vallese, It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror
13. I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt: Everything I Wish I Never Had to Learn About Money
By: Madeline Pendleton
4.61
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A big-hearted, no-bullshit memoir from the TikTok superstar about her j… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
"Don't listen if anyone ever tells you it's a dog-eat-dog world. Dogs are pack animals. We're stronger together."-Madeline Pendleton, I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt: Everything I Wish I Never Had to Learn About Money
14. Julia
By: Sandra Newman
3.78
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
London, chief city of Airstrip One, the third most populous province of Oceana. It's 1984 and Julia… read more
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- audiobook
"У цьому весь жах. Ти не маєш вибору, а все ж мусиш діяти точно так, ніби маєш."-Sandra Newman, Julia
15. 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
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- memoir
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- queer
16. The Stonewall Reader
By: New York Public Library
4.36
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
For the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, an anthology chronicling the tumultuous fig… read more
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"Defend the fairies!"-New York Public Library, The Stonewall Reader
"This place was the “ART"-New York Public Library, The Stonewall Reader
"I just want you all to know,"-New York Public Library, The Stonewall Reader
"You can’t call us fags anymore, we’re gay."-New York Public Library, The Stonewall Reader
17. The Apology
By: V (formerly Eve Ensler)
4.25
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
This program includes a bonus interview with Tony Award-winning author Eve Ensler and Audible Edito… read more
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18. The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist
By: Ben A. Barres
3.98
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Ben Barres was known for his groundbreaking scientific work and for his groundbreaking advocacy for… read more
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- medicine
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- queer
19. This Arab Is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers
By: Elias Jahshan
4.44
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
This ground-breaking anthology features the compelling and courageous memoirs of eighteen queer Ara… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- queer
"Those of us who suffer from severe anxiety and PTSD, in my case due to inferiority complexes and repeated emotional, physical and religious trauma from a young age, know that the fear of being found …"-Elias Jahshan, This Arab Is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers
20. Nightmare Fuel: The Science of Horror Films
By: Nina Nesseth
3.85
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Nightmare Fuel by Nina Nesseth is a pop-science look at fear, how and why horror films get under ou… read more
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21. Breaking Through: My Life in Science
By: Katalin Karikó
4.67
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A story of perseverance and the power of convictions from the groundbreaking immigrant scientist wh… read more
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