Queer Intentions: A (Personal) Journey Through LGBTQ+ Culture
By: Amelia Abraham
4.07
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
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2. 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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- politics
- nonfiction
- lgbt
- queer
3. The Establishment: And How They Get Away with It
By: Owen Jones
3.32
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
In The EstablishmentOwen Jones, author of the international bestseller Chavs, offers a biting criti… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
4. The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World
By: Alan Downs
4.24
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
The gay male world today is characterized by seductive beauty, artful creativity, flamboyant sexual… read more
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5. Bad Gays: A Homosexual History
By: Huw Lemmey
3.55
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Too many popular histories seek to establish heroes, pioneers and martyrs but as Huw Lemmey and Ben… read more
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- audiobook
- gay
- lgbt
- politics
- nonfiction
- queer
6. None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary
By: Travis Alabanza
4.38
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
‘When you are someone that falls outside of categories in so many ways, a lot of things are said to… read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- lgbt
- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- queer
7. It's Not About the Burqa
By: Mariam Khan
4.21
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
When was the last time you heard a Muslim woman speak for herself without a filter? In 2016, Mari… read more
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- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
"I believe the role of the writer is to tell society what it pretends it does not know."-Mariam Khan, It's Not About the Burqa
"In early Islam in seventh century Arabia, Muslim women were feisty and unafraid to fight for their rights. With the passing of the centuries, their dramatic progress stagnated and stalled, causing th…"-Mariam Khan, It's Not About the Burqa
"Dissecting the rishta sites quickly becomes me and Fiz's favorite pastime. 'Look at this one, Fiz, look at this one. "i am looking for simple, obedient girl." Vom!' 'Why doesn't he just advertise for…"-Mariam Khan, It's Not About the Burqa
"Revolutions 'go too far': if your community is ready for you, then you are too late. You must challenge your community. You must throw down the gauntlet of freedom to your community and dare it to ac…"-Mariam Khan, It's Not About the Burqa
8. Gay Bar: Why We Went Out
By: Jeremy Atherton Lin
3.80
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR The New York … read more
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- gay
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"Gay is the opium of the people."-Jeremy Atherton Lin, Gay Bar: Why We Went Out
"It used to be: We are everywhere. Now it’s: We are everything."-Jeremy Atherton Lin, Gay Bar: Why We Went Out
"We became a different kind of wallflower—not shrinking violets but judgmental pansies."-Jeremy Atherton Lin, Gay Bar: Why We Went Out
"I was under the impression I was always late to the party, but in fact I may not have been invited."-Jeremy Atherton Lin, Gay Bar: Why We Went Out
9. 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
- memoir
- lgbt
- feminism
- 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
10. Rosewater
By: Liv Little
3.67
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Queenie and Such a Fun Age comes a deliciously gritty and strikingly bold debut novel a… read more
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- audiobook
- queer
- lgbt
11. The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice
By: Shon Faye
4.55
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
Trans people in Britain today have become a culture war 'issue'. Despite making up less than 1% of … read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- queer
"The idea that conspicuous consumption is a route to sexual and gender freedom has been effective in allowing the LGBT movement's muscles to atrophy. In a godless age, there are new ways to give the m…"-Shon Faye, The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice
"The idea that conspicuous consumption is a route to sexual and gender freedom has been effective in allowing the LGBT movement’s muscles to atrophy. In a godless age, there are new ways to give the m…"-Shon Faye, The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice
"Together, an LGBTQ+ coalition with class consciousness and anti-racism at its core must recover its radicalism and reaffirm its opposition to capitalism and patriarchy. Infighting and division are in…"-Shon Faye, The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice
12. Bellies
By: Nicola Dinan
4.07
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
I wore a dress on the night I first met Ming.It begins as your typical boy meets boy. While out wit… read more
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- audiobook
- queer
- lgbt
13. Who's Afraid of Gender?
By: Judith Butler
4.02
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politi… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- queer
"Imagine if you were Jewish and someone tells you that you are not. Imagine if you are lesbian and someone laughs in your face and says you are confused since you are really heterosexual. Imagine if y…"-Judith Butler, Who's Afraid of Gender?
14. Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality
By: Julia Shaw
4.14
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Despite all the welcome changes that have happened in our culture and laws over the past few decade… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Rather than being 'this not that' I am this *and* that... I've felt like a blossoming flower. As I become more fully me and as I'm more comfortable with each petal of my identity, I open myself up an…"-Julia Shaw, Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality
15. What it Feels Like for a Girl
By: Paris Lees
4.29
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Thirteen-year-old Byron needs to get away, and doesn't care how. Sick of being beaten up by lads fo… read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- queer
"I know it sounds stupid, but I've just realized I'm not actually the centre o' the fuckin' universe."-Paris Lees, What it Feels Like for a Girl
16. A Short History of Queer Women
By: Kirsty Loehr
3.61
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Queer women have always existed – let’s put them back in the history books No, they weren’t ‘just … read more
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- audiobook
- gay
- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- queer
17. Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging
By: Afua Hirsch
4.32
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
Afua Hirsch is British. Her parents are British. She was raised, educated and socialised in Britain… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
"Englishness" as an identity is still regarded as exclusive. Englishness is not an identity that many English people regard as open to immigrants."-Afua Hirsch, Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging
"What makes those with perceived 'English' identities different from others in the UK? One answer is that, unlike Wales, Northern ireland and Scotland, with their devolved legislatures, separate langu…"-Afua Hirsch, Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging
18. 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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- memoir
- lgbt
- queer lit
- nonfiction
- essays
- 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
19. It's Not That Radical
By: Mikaela Loach
4.47
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
For too long, representations of climate action in the mainstream media have been white-washed, gre… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
20. In Their Shoes: Navigating Non-Binary Life
By: Jamie Windust
3.85
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
There is no one way to be non-binary, and that's truthfully one of the best things about it. It's a… read more
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- queer
- nonfiction
- memoir
- lgbt
"Asking us to push away the very walls that are constantly crushing us into small, confined boxes is toxic."-Jamie Windust, In Their Shoes: Navigating Non-Binary Life
"The current socio-political climate, exacerbated by the media's addiction to falsifying our existence, has meant that being trans/non-binary/gender non-conforming in the twenty-first century feels li…"-Jamie Windust, In Their Shoes: Navigating Non-Binary Life
21. Queer Intentions: A (Personal) Journey Through LGBTQ+ Culture
By: Amelia Abraham
4.07
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
This immersive, accessible and thought-provoking book takes the reader on a journey to explore the … read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- gay
- lgbt
- feminism
- politics
- queer lit
- nonfiction
- essays
- queer
22. All The Things She Said: Everything I Know About Modern Lesbian and Bi Culture
By: Daisy Jones
3.99
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A modern, personal guide to the culture of queer women and everyone in between. All The Things S… read more
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- gay
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- feminism
- queer lit
- nonfiction
- essays
- queer
23. We Can Do Better Than This: 35 Voices on the Future of LGBTQ+ Rights
By: Beth Ditto
4.24
Format: 333 pages, Hardcover
How can we create a better world for LGBTQ+ people? Olly Alexander, Peppermint, Owen Jones, Beth Di… read more
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- lgbt
- feminism
- politics
- queer lit
- nonfiction
- essays
- queer
24. A Woman's Game: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Women's Soccer
By: Suzanne Wrack
4.05
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A compelling and comprehensive history charting the rise, fall, and rise again of women's soccer W… read more
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- nonfiction
25. Here Again Now
By: Okechukwu Nzelu
3.87
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author Okechukwu Nzelu comes a spellbinding literary novel that asks, how do you… read more
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- queer lit
- queer
- gay
- lgbt
26. A Trans Man Walks into a Gay Bar
By: Harry Nicholas
4.07
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
‘On the bookshelves, there was plenty of stuff on being gay, and much needed, joyous accounts of wh… read more
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- memoir
- gay
- lgbt
- queer lit
- nonfiction
- queer
27. Gender Explorers: Our Stories of Growing Up Trans and Changing the World
By: Juno Roche
4.32
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
Life-affirming interviews with young trans people who share their empowering experiences of questio… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- audiobook
28. Transitional: In One Way or Another, We All Transition
By: Munroe Bergdorf
4.08
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The wise, life-changing, ground-breaking book from writer and activist Munroe Bergdorf. Transitioni… read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- queer
"Everything is an attempt to flee if you can't love who you are."-Munroe Bergdorf, Transitional: In One Way or Another, We All Transition
"You can't run away from yourself. The destination will always be you. I only stopped running away when I made myself into the home I no longer wanted to run away from. I wish I'd come to that realisa…"-Munroe Bergdorf, Transitional: In One Way or Another, We All Transition
"Being conscious of our trauma, and recognising how it unavoidably manifests itself within our approach to romantic and platonic relations, skies is to strategise our connections. It helps us to it he…"-Munroe Bergdorf, Transitional: In One Way or Another, We All Transition
"We all transition. It's what binds us, not what separates us. Be it through moving from childhood into adolescence, our sexuality, our gender, in our relationship with love, our racial identity or in…"-Munroe Bergdorf, Transitional: In One Way or Another, We All Transition
29. Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen
By: Amrou Al-Kadhi
4.22
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From a god-fearing Muslim boy enraptured with their mother, to a vocal, queer drag queen estranged … read more
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- queer
- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"I was desperate to present as transgressive, but also to be entirely accepted within spaces that were anything but that."-Amrou Al-Kadhi, Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen
"As a queer person, I believe almost dogmatically in difference, in the idea that every single person is unique, with their own innate sense of self, and that it is this difference which brings all of…"-Amrou Al-Kadhi, Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen
"You might be questioning why I allowed Mason to treat me this way. I often do myself. But at the age of sixteen, and as someone who had not found true acceptance anywhere I turned, I was willing to a…"-Amrou Al-Kadhi, Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen
30. All The Houses I've Ever Lived In: Finding Home in a System that Fails Us
By: Kieran Yates
4.26
Format: None pages, Audiobook
‘I tore through the pages. A book I’ll read over and over again’ CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS, author of… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
31. United Queerdom
By: Dan Glass
3.92
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Throughout the 1970s the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) initiated an anarchic campaign that permanently… read more
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- queer lit
- nonfiction
- lgbt
- queer