Before I Had the Words: On Being a Transgender Young Adult
By: Skylar Kergil
4.19
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
At the beginning of his physical transition from female to male, then-seventeen-year-old Skylar Ker…
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1. Trans Mission: My Quest to a Beard
By: Alex Bertie
4.05
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Being a teenager is difficult enough, but having to go through puberty whilst realising you're in t… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
2. Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
By: Judith Lewis Herman
4.39
Format: 247 pages, Paperback
When Trauma and Recovery was first published in 1992, it was hailed as a groundbreaking work. In th… read more
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- nonfiction
"Dissociation appears to be... the internal mechanism by which terrorized people are silenced."-Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
"Recovery can take place only within then context of relationships; it cannot occur in isolation."-Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
"The desire for total control over another person is the common denominator of all forms of tyranny."-Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
"People who have survived atrocities often tell their stories in a highly emotional, contradictory and fragmented manner."-Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
3. Some Assembly Required: The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen
By: Joshua Lyon , Arin Andrews
3.39
Format: 440 pages, Hardcover
Seventeen-year-old Arin Andrews shares all the hilarious, painful, and poignant details of undergoi… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
4. Before I Let Go
By: Marieke Nijkamp
3.98
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
Days before Corey is to return home to the snow and ice of Lost Creek, Alaska, to visit her best fr… read more
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- lgbt
5. 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
6. Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son
By: Leroy Aarons
4.08
Format: None pages, Paperback
Bobby Griffith was an all-American boy ...and he was gay. Faced with an irresolvable conflict-for b… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- gay
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
7. Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man
By: Thomas Page McBee
3.91
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
In Man Alive, McBee asks, "What does it really mean to be a man?" by focusing on two of the most im… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
8. Tomboy Survival Guide
By: Ivan E. Coyote
3.90
Format: 77 pages,
Ivan Coyote is a celebrated storyteller and the author of ten previous books, including Gender Fail… read more
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- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
9. Not Without Laughter
By: Langston Hughes , Maya Angelou
4.19
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
Although best known as a poet and pioneer of the Harlem Renaissance movement, Langston Hughes prove… read more
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10. The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
By: Andrew Solomon
3.00
Format: None pages,
Sometimes, the legacy of depression includes a wisdom beyond one's years, a depth of passion unexpe… read more
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11. The Suspicion (Animorphs, #24)
By: Katherine Applegate
4.28
Format: 120 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The Yeerks are not the only invaders of Earth. Meet the new enemy: the Helmacrons. Cassie finds the… read more
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12. Coffee Boy
By: Austin Chant
4.32
Format: 80 pages, ebook
After graduation, Kieran expected to go straight into a career of flipping burgers--only to be offe… read more
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13. 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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14. Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir
By: Liz Prince
3.86
Format: 157 pages, Paperback
Growing up, Liz Prince wasn't a girly girl, dressing in pink tutus or playing pretty princess like … read more
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15. The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures
By: N.D. Stevenson
4.02
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
From N.D. Stevenson, the New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of Nimona, comes a captivati… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
"Ï'm learning to put away the diamond exterior and let people get close again. To be good up close instead of from a distance. I'm letting myself be happy."-N.D. Stevenson, The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures
16. How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual
By: Rebecca Burgess
4.15
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Brave, witty and empowering, this graphic memoir follows Rebecca as she navigates her asexual ident… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
17. Stay Gold
By: Tobly McSmith
3.84
Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition
Debut author Tobly McSmith delivers a coming-of-age teen love story about a transgender boy who’s g… read more
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- audiobook
- queer
- transgender
- lgbt
"When you’re seen as different, it’s best to go with the flow, pick your battles, and plan the right times to push back."-Tobly McSmith, Stay Gold
18. Gender Euphoria
By: Laura Kate Dale
4.11
Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition
GENDER EUPHORIA: a powerful feeling of happiness experienced as a result of moving away from one’s … read more
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- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
"My leg hair reminds me of wildflower meadows. My head hair is long pond grass. My armpit hair is a hawthorn bush. My pubic hair is wet moss and lichen on a rock."-Laura Kate Dale, Gender Euphoria
"If you don’t mind keeping a secret, I can tell you that the reality is that people ask fewer questions about what’s going on in your pants if they’re distracted by what you’ve got drawn on your arms."-Laura Kate Dale, Gender Euphoria
19. Homebody
By: Theo Parish
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more
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- gender
- queer
- transgender
- lgbt
"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"-Theo Parish, Homebody
20. 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
- transgender
- lgbt
- 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
21. 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
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
22. Man o' War
By: Cory McCarthy
4.39
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An achingly honest and frequently hilarious coming-of-age novel about an Arab American trans swimme… read more
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- audiobook
- queer
- transgender
- lgbt
"Not all trans people started out feeling like a different gender trapped in their skin. Some find themself a little at a time, a door inside that unlocks and reveals new doors, and new doors after th…"-Cory McCarthy, Man o' War
23. How We Fight For Our Lives
By: Saeed Jones
4.28
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir … read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
"Some songs take women places men cannot follow."-Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives
"Everyone has a lie we’re quietly waiting to believe."-Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives
"I will say for myself: America, I did the best I could with what I was given."-Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives
"The only thing worse than being a disaster is being a disaster with a witness."-Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives
24. Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man
By: Thomas Page McBee
4.22
Format: 205 pages, Hardcover
Thomas McBee, a trans man, sets out to uncover what makes a man—and what being a “good” man even me… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
"Most of us experience gender conditioning so young—research shows it begins in infancy—that we misunderstand the relationship between nature and nurture, culture and biology, fitting in and being one…"-Thomas Page McBee, Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man
"Boxing breaks many of the binaries that men are conditioned to believe about our bodies, our genders, ourselves. With its cover of 'realness' and violence, it provides room for what so many men lack:…"-Thomas Page McBee, Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man
"I thought about the advantages thrown at me for an aesthetic that looked like a birthright. I thought about passing, and how it erased a part of me, and how hormones responded to context, and how rac…"-Thomas Page McBee, Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man
"Millennial guys seemed, to the sociologists and anthropologists who studied them, to have attitudes toward women that portended a new era of equity—especially at work. But the reality was, indeed, fa…"-Thomas Page McBee, Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man
25. 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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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- 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
26. 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
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
27. Never a Girl, Always a Boy: A Family Memoir of a Transgender Journey
By: Jo Ivester
4.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
Jeremy Ivester is a transgender man. Thirty years ago, his parents welcomed him into the world as w… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
28. Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
By: Sarah McBride
4.44
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A timely and captivating memoir about gender identity set against the backdrop of the transgender e… read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
"It's impossible for our rights to remain abstract when a person is, quite literally, sitting across from you."-Sarah McBride, Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
"Compromise is often necessary [in politics], but entire marginalized identities are not expendable chess pieces."-Sarah McBride, Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
"When you've never felt like you really belonged somewhere, it's almost impossible to know what it will feel like to finally feel at home."-Sarah McBride, Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
"As trans activist Faye Seidler quipped, more Americans said they had seen a ghost than knew a transgender person, according to some polls."-Sarah McBride, Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
29. What's the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary
By: Juno Dawson
4.34
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
Discover what it means to be a young transgender and/or non-binary person in the twenty-first centu… read more
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- audiobook
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
"That's the thing with kids, isn't it? You're never quite sure what you're going to get. If you don't want an LGBTQ+ child, use a condom!"-Juno Dawson, What's the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary
"Imagine feeling like—on top of being a quirk of nature—you also have to battle your parents. Well, that just makes a tough situation tougher."-Juno Dawson, What's the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary
30. Before I Had the Words: On Being a Transgender Young Adult
By: Skylar Kergil
4.19
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
At the beginning of his physical transition from female to male, then-seventeen-year-old Skylar Ker… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- gay
- lgbt
- transgender
- gender
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
31. Sorted: Growing Up, Coming Out, and Finding My Place (A Transgender Memoir)
By: Jackson Bird
4.36
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An unflinching and endearing memoir from LGBTQ+ advocate Jackson Bird about how he finally sorted t… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- transgender
- lgbt
- gender
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
