The Storm: One Voice from the AIDS Generation
By: Christopher Zyda
4.24
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Christopher Zyda confronts the long-buried and painful memories of his harrowing fifteen-year journ…
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1. When We Rise: My Life in the Movement
By: Cleve Jones
4.34
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
The partial inspiration for the forthcoming ABC television mini-series from Academy Award-winning s… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- lgbt
2. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
By: Simon Winchester
2.67
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
With riveting insight and detail, Simon Winchester crafts a fascinating glimpse into one man's tort… read more
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- nonfiction
3. Tell the Wolves I'm Home
By: Carol Rifka Brunt
3.95
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this striking literary debut, Carol Rifka Brunt unfolds a moving story of love, grief, and renew… read more
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- lgbt
4. How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS
By: David France
3.50
Format: 31 pages, Hardcover
The definitive history of the successful battle to halt the AIDS epidemic from the creator of, and … read more
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- nonfiction
- lgbt
5. Fellow Travelers
By: Thomas Mallon
4.16
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the highly acclaimed author of Bandboxand Dewey Defeats Truman-a searing new historical novel … read more
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- lgbt
6. And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
By: William Greider , Randy Shilts
3.79
Format: None pages, Paperback
By the time Rock Hudson's death in 1985 alerted all America to the danger of the AIDS epidemic, the… read more
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- nonfiction
- lgbt
7. Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir
By: Paul Monette
3.90
Format: 205 pages, Paperback
This "tender and lyrical" memoir (New York Times Book Review) remains one of the most compelling do… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- lgbt
8. The Zone of Interest
By: Martin Amis
3.76
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
From one of England's most renowned authors, an unforgettable new novel that provides a searing por… read more
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9. Ghosts of St. Vincent's
By: Tom Eubanks
4.07
Format: 189 pages, Paperback
"Before the entitled lived here exclusively, the marginalized died in droves." Founded in 1849 to c… read more
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10. Mother Noise
By: Cindy House
3.84
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, “raw[,] and tender” ( The New York Times Book Review ) memoir told in essays and graphi… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
11. My Name Is Barbra
By: Barbra Streisand
4.20
Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television. Barbra St… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Fame is a hollow trophy. No matter who you are, you can only eat one pastrami sandwich at a time."-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
"Once again I was struck by the power of music. Somehow, it can be the connective tissue between souls."-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
"There are some things I hope we can all agree upon: The antidote to lies is truth, the remedy to war is peace, and the solution to hate is love."-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
"Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a wo…"-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
12. Leslie F*cking Jones
By: Leslie Jones
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Hey you guys, it’s Leslie. I’m excited to share my story with you. Now, I’m gonna be honest: Som… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Dad"-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
"Some of the stories about my childhood is vague, because a bitch is 55 and I've smoked a lot of weed."-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
"I was built for strong... I was never a victim. And even though really bad shit happened to me, I know it's my job to help other back girls and women get strong like me."-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
"I even attended a Christian singles night lecture kind of thing—I was single, it was free, and it was Church. Honestly, that night should be an episode of American Horror Story. The woman leading it …"-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
13. A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
By: Andrew H. Knoll
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering… read more
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- nonfiction
14. 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
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"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
15. The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
By: Andrew Joseph White
4.52
Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition
Mors vincit omnia. Death conquers all. London, 1883. The Veil between the living and dead has th… read more
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- lgbt
"He's...he's doing the same thing I do. His hands are fluttering. Like mine. Oh God, he's like me."-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
"I should not have to keep fixing the damage done to us. It would be so easy to not hurt us and the Speakers can't even do that. It's more work to hurt us. It's more work to be cruel - and yet they co…"-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
"I do not get to savor the masculine cut of my clothes, or the illusion of short hair, or the feeting joy of my skin feeling like mine. Instead, I have to worry if my boyhood is convincing enough to k…"-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
"My name is Daphne.' Daphne? In that moment, it's as if I've peeled the skin away from the chest of a patient, revealing a beating heart. A boy could not say that name as if terrified the syllables wi…"-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
16. The Labors of Hercules Beal
By: Gary D. Schmidt
4.53
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more
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"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal
"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal
17. Karma: My Autobiography
By: Boy George
3.62
Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition
THE OFFICIAL STORY OF A MUSICAL ICON - TOLD IN FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS OWN WORDS'In what mig… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- lgbt
18. Diary of a Misfit: A Memoir and a Mystery
By: Casey Parks
4.10
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Part memoir, part sweeping journalistic saga: As Casey Parks follows the mystery of a stranger's pa… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- lgbt
19. Madonna: A Rebel Life
By: Mary Gabriel
4.03
Format: 1782 pages, Kindle Edition
New York Times Editors’ Choice, One of NPR’s Best Books of the YearIn this “infinitely readable” bi… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
20. Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls
By: T Kira Madden
4.26
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed literary essayist T Kira Madden's raw and redemptive debut memoir is about coming of age … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- lgbt
"If there are real men, I haven't met them yet."-T Kira Madden, Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls
21. Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era
By: Laurence Leamer
3.83
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scan… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
22. Jonny Appleseed
By: Joshua Whitehead
3.95
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
(Alternate cover edition of ISBN 1551527251 / 9781551527253.) "You're gonna need a rock and a w… read more
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- lgbt
"I am my own best medicine."-Joshua Whitehead, Jonny Appleseed
"...leaving home always hurts--home isn't a space, it's a feeling. You have to feel home and to feel it, you have to sense it: smell it, taste it, hear it. And it isn't always comfortable--"-Joshua Whitehead, Jonny Appleseed
"Maybe we're more like dandelions. A weed that's a pest in the yard but pretty to look at. Yeah, an Indian home is like a dandelion, pretty, but disposable and imbued with a million little seeds that …"-Joshua Whitehead, Jonny Appleseed
"The nurses were busybodies, I could hear them scurrying about in the rooms adjacent to ours. They were telling jokes and laughing. Their happiness pissed me off. Stop fucking laughing, I thought, my …"-Joshua Whitehead, Jonny Appleseed
23. Unprotected: A Memoir
By: Billy Porter
4.48
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From Billy Porter, the incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner, Unprotected is a powerful … read more
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- memoir
- lgbt
"Lenora was a Fosse girl. She had learned from the mater, the actual master himself. Fosse was a galvanizing choreographer, who fascinated and spoke directly to me for a range of reasons. The first wa…"-Billy Porter, Unprotected: A Memoir
"Lenora was a Fosse girl. She had learned from the master, the actual master himself. Fosse was a galvanizing choreographer, who fascinated and spoke directly to me for a range of reasons. The first w…"-Billy Porter, Unprotected: A Memoir
24. A Very Private School: A Memoir
By: Charles Spencer
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age ei… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
25. The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise
By: Pico Iyer
3.61
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From "one of the most soulful and perceptive writers of our time" (Brain Pickings): a journey throu… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
26. Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir
By: Anna Marie Tendler
3.65
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A powerful memoir that reckons with mental health as well as the insidious ways men impact the live… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
27. The Storm: One Voice from the AIDS Generation
By: Christopher Zyda
4.24
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Christopher Zyda confronts the long-buried and painful memories of his harrowing fifteen-year journ… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- lgbt
28. Never Silent: ACT UP and My Life in Activism
By: Peter Staley
4.45
Format: 269 pages, Hardcover
In 1987, somebody shoved a flyer into the hand of Peter massive AIDS demonstration, it announced. … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- lgbt
"Show me an activist who is so overwhelmed by darkness that they can't feel joy, and I'll show you a useless activist. Grief and anger are powerful motivators. In our case, the sparked a movement and …"-Peter Staley, Never Silent: ACT UP and My Life in Activism
"Being a spokesperson for a movement is a tricky thing. Being one for a movement that bills itself as leaderless in even trickier. Do it badly, and you'll squander a major opportunity for the movement…"-Peter Staley, Never Silent: ACT UP and My Life in Activism
29. Enter the Body
By: Joy McCullough
4.00
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
“At once tender, poetic and ferocious, Enter The Body breathes new life into the Bard’s most tragic… read more
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"Broken people can be loved."-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body
"The telling of stories holds back the weight of time."-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body
"Each considers how these acts of violence against their bodies were acceptable to the world, while their desires were not."-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body
"Not all stories can be told. Some are so dark and twisted, their telling would undo the world. But just because she doesn't speak doesn't mean Lavinia can't share who she is, what she's been through,…"-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body
30. Silent Invasion: The Untold Story of the Trump Administration, Covid-19, and Preventing the Next Pandemic Before It's Too Late
By: Deborah Birx
3.66
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
In late February 2020, Dr. Deborah Birx—a lifelong federal health official who had worked at the CD… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
31. Voices in the Band: A Doctor, Her Patients, and How the Outlook on AIDS Care Changed from Doomed to Hopeful (The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work)
By: Susan C. Ball
4.13
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
"I am an AIDS doctor. When I began that work in 1992, we knew what caused AIDS, how it spread, and … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- lgbt
