6 must-read lgbt books like My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall by Elena Delle Donne

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My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall

By: Elena Delle Donne

4.17

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

Elena Delle Donne, 2015 WNBA MVP and 2016 Olympic gold medalist, shares her inspirational story of …

If you liked the lgbt plot in My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall by Elena Delle Donne , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of In My Skin: My Life On and Off the Basketball Court by Brittney Griner, Sue Hovey

1. In My Skin: My Life On and Off the Basketball Court

By: Brittney Griner , Sue Hovey

3.68

Format: 346 pages, Hardcover

Hailed by ESPN as the world's most famous female basketball player, Brittney Griner has been shatte… read more

Similar categories in Brittney Griner's In My Skin: My Life On and Off the Basketball Court book and Elena Delle Donne's My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall

  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • queer
Cover of Back from the Dead by Bill Walton, John Papanek

2. Back from the Dead

By: Bill Walton , John Papanek

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This inspiring memoir from sports and cultural icon Bill Walton recounts his devastating injuries a… read more

Similar categories in Bill Walton's Back from the Dead book and Elena Delle Donne's My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall

  • biography
  • memoir
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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3. If Someone Says "You Complete Me," Run!: Whoopi's Big Book of Relationships

By: Whoopi Goldberg

4.33

Format: 277 pages, Audio CD

From the provocative and hilarious EGOT winner, bestselling author, and host of The View, Whoopi Go… read more

Similar categories in Whoopi Goldberg's If Someone Says "You Complete Me," Run!: Whoopi's Big Book of Relationships book and Elena Delle Donne's My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall

  • nonfiction
  • biography

4. Suite Française

By: Irène Némirovsky , Sandra Smith

3.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first two stories of a masterwork once thought lost, written by a pre-WWII bestselling author w… read more

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5. Cleat Cute

By: Meryl Wilsner

3.77

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

A sapphic rivals to lovers rom com for fans of Ted Lasso and A League of Their Own, where two socce… read more

Similar categories in Meryl Wilsner's Cleat Cute book and Elena Delle Donne's My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall

  • sports
  • queer
  • lgbt
"Lesbian is important to me," Phoebe says. "The world likes to act like it's a porn category, not an identity. It took me a while to realize it wasn't. I want other girls like me to know it's a beauti…"

-Meryl Wilsner, Cleat Cute

Cover of Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford

6. Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere

By: Maria Bamford

3.77

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

A brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfo… read more

Similar categories in Maria Bamford's Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere book and Elena Delle Donne's My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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7. 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 Elena Delle Donne's My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall

  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • 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

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8. 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

Similar categories in Brittney Griner's Coming Home book and Elena Delle Donne's My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall

  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • 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

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9. One Life

By: Megan Rapinoe

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An instant New York Times bestseller! “Rapinoe's 'signature pose' from the 2019 FIFA Women's World… read more

Similar categories in Megan Rapinoe's One Life book and Elena Delle Donne's My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall

  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • queer
Cover of Not Funny: Essays on Life, Comedy, Culture, Et Cetera by Jena Friedman

10. Not Funny: Essays on Life, Comedy, Culture, Et Cetera

By: Jena Friedman

3.71

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

For fans of the perceptive comedy of Hannah Gadsby, Lindy West, and Sarah Silverman, Academy Award–… read more

Similar categories in Jena Friedman's Not Funny: Essays on Life, Comedy, Culture, Et Cetera book and Elena Delle Donne's My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You by A'ja Wilson

11. Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You

By: A'ja Wilson

4.58

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From Olympic gold medalist and two-time professional basketball MVP A’ja Wilson comes an inspiratio… read more

Similar categories in A'ja Wilson's Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You book and Elena Delle Donne's My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall

  • biography
  • memoir
  • basketball
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Unguarded by Scottie Pippen

12. Unguarded

By: Scottie Pippen

3.54

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An unflinching memoir from the six-time NBA Champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and Hall of F… read more

Similar categories in Scottie Pippen's Unguarded book and Elena Delle Donne's My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall

  • biography
  • memoir
  • basketball
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of The Great Nowitzki: Basketball and the Meaning of Life by Thomas Pletzinger

13. The Great Nowitzki: Basketball and the Meaning of Life

By: Thomas Pletzinger

4.33

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The seven-foot Dirk Nowitzki is one of the greatest players in basketball history. The Dallas Maver… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Pletzinger's The Great Nowitzki: Basketball and the Meaning of Life book and Elena Delle Donne's My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall

  • biography
  • memoir
  • basketball
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius: What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About the Greatest Game on Earth by Nick  Greene

14. How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius: What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About the Greatest Game on Earth

By: Nick Greene

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant, entertaining deconstruction of basketball, drawing on the expertise of board-game crea… read more

Similar categories in Nick Greene's How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius: What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About the Greatest Game on Earth book and Elena Delle Donne's My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • basketball
Cover of Love and Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts by Maya Moore Irons

15. Love and Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts

By: Maya Moore Irons

4.36

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Just Mercy, an inspirational memoir by WNBA star Maya Moore Irons and her husba… read more

Similar categories in Maya Moore Irons's Love and Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts book and Elena Delle Donne's My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall

  • biography
  • memoir
  • basketball
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of They Better Call Me Sugar: My Journey from the Hood to the Hardwood by Sugar Rodgers

16. They Better Call Me Sugar: My Journey from the Hood to the Hardwood

By: Sugar Rodgers

3.81

Format: 175 pages, Kindle Edition

In unflinchingly honest prose, Sugar Rodgers shares her inspiring story of overcoming tremendous od… read more

Similar categories in Sugar Rodgers's They Better Call Me Sugar: My Journey from the Hood to the Hardwood book and Elena Delle Donne's My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall

  • biography
  • memoir
  • basketball
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall by Elena Delle Donne

17. My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall

By: Elena Delle Donne

4.17

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

Elena Delle Donne, 2015 WNBA MVP and 2016 Olympic gold medalist, shares her inspirational story of … read more

Similar categories in Elena Delle Donne's My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall book and Elena Delle Donne's My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall

  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • basketball
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • sports
  • queer
Cover of Game: An Autobiography by Grant Hill

18. Game: An Autobiography

By: Grant Hill

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The full, frank story of a remarkable life’s journey—to the pinnacle of success as a basketball pla… read more

Similar categories in Grant Hill's Game: An Autobiography book and Elena Delle Donne's My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall

  • biography
  • memoir
  • basketball
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Ice: Why I Was Born to Score by George Gervin

19. Ice: Why I Was Born to Score

By: George Gervin

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An entertaining and deeply personal autobiography from one of basketball's all-time great scorers … read more

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Cover of Hoop Muses: An Insider’s Guide to Pop Culture and the (Women’s) Game by Seimone Augustus

20. Hoop Muses: An Insider’s Guide to Pop Culture and the (Women’s) Game

By: Seimone Augustus

4.56

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“In vibrant color and style, Hoops Muses tells the vital stories that celebrate the history and tra… read more

Similar categories in Seimone Augustus's Hoop Muses: An Insider’s Guide to Pop Culture and the (Women’s) Game book and Elena Delle Donne's My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall

  • womens
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • basketball
Cover of Breaking Through: Beating The Odds Shot after Shot by Chamique Holdsclaw

21. Breaking Through: Beating The Odds Shot after Shot

By: Chamique Holdsclaw

3.94

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

On the surface, Chamique Holdsclaw’s memoirs, Breaking Through, is an inspiring behind-the-scenes g… read more

Similar categories in Chamique Holdsclaw's Breaking Through: Beating The Odds Shot after Shot book and Elena Delle Donne's My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall

  • memoir
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • sports

18 must-read nonfiction books like My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall by Elena Delle Donne

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In My Skin: My Life On and Off the Basketball Court

Brittney Griner , Sue Hovey

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Back from the Dead

Bill Walton , John Papanek

3.71

Transform Your Habits

If Someone Says "You Complete Me," Run!: Whoopi's Big Book of Relationships

Whoopi Goldberg

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere

Maria Bamford

3.77

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21 Best audiobook books like Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford

Transform Your Habits

Bright Young Women

Jessica Knoll

4.02

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Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

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Meg Kissinger

4.28

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Sloane Crosley

3.91

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