10 Best nonfiction books like Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist by Cecilia Gentili

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Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

By: Cecilia Gentili

4.69

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A story of sex, theft, murder, motherhood, and outrageous fashion choices, Cecilia Gentili reinvent…

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1. The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

By: Larry Mitchell , Ned Asta

4.50

Format: 114 pages, Paperback

The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions is a beloved queer utopian text written by Larry … read more

Similar categories in Larry Mitchell's The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
"The strong women told the faggots that the more you share, the less you need."

-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

"The women who love women wrote a song for the faggots. It was called, "Anything you do that the men don't like is o.k. by us."

-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

"Ramrod has an empire. They have not had it very long yet already it is shabby and disreputable. Everyday the faggots and their friends can see, hear, and feel Ramrod's empire disintegrating as the me…"

-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

"Nothing can defeat the spirit of the earth. The fairies know that the earth will not tolerate the men much longer. The earth, scarred and gouged and stripped and bombed, will deny life to the men in …"

-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

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2. A Safe Girl to Love

By: Casey Plett

4.07

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

Eleven unique short stories that stretch from a rural Canadian Mennonite town to a hipster gay bar … read more

Similar categories in Casey Plett's A Safe Girl to Love book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • gender
  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
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3. Everything I Found on the Beach

By: Cynan Jones

3.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

A dark tale of slavery, immigration, and murder set on the west coast of Wales, this is a startling… read more

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4. Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir

By: Kai Cheng Thom

1.75

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom is… read more

Similar categories in Kai Cheng Thom's Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

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5. Ofert a les mans, el paradís crema

By: Pol Guasch

4.14

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Efervescència i una novel·la sobre l’amistat en un món abocat al col·lapse. La Rita viu a la Co… read more

Similar categories in Pol Guasch's Ofert a les mans, el paradís crema book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • lgbt
  • queer
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6. Martyr!

By: Kaveh Akbar

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves… read more

Similar categories in Kaveh Akbar's Martyr! book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • queer
  • lgbt
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7. Boys Weekend

By: Mattie Lubchansky

4.03

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning cartoonist and editor at The Nib, a hilarious trans-"final girl" horror grap… read more

Similar categories in Mattie Lubchansky's Boys Weekend book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
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8. 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

Similar categories in Lamya H.'s Hijab Butch Blues book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • 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

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9. Brainwyrms

By: Alison Rumfitt

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From Alison Rumfitt, the author of Tell Me I’m Worthless — “a triumph of transgressive queer horror… read more

Similar categories in Alison Rumfitt's Brainwyrms book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
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10. A Dream of a Woman

By: Casey Plett

4.31

Format: 279 pages, Paperback

Casey Plett's 2018 novel Little Fish won a Lambda Literary Award, the Firecracker Award for Fiction… read more

Similar categories in Casey Plett's A Dream of a Woman book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
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11. The Fifth Wound

By: Aurora Mattia

4.41

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A baroque work of intimate myth exploring one woman's interdimensional search for beauty and embodi… read more

Similar categories in Aurora Mattia's The Fifth Wound book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • gender
  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
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12. Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in Verse

By: Brontez Purnell

4.16

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

"This book is brutal and brutally honest, but still perversely addictive because Brontez Purnell is… read more

Similar categories in Brontez Purnell's Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in Verse book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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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

Similar categories in Judith Butler's Who's Afraid of Gender? book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • gender
  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
"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?

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14. Para hechizar a un cazador

By: Luciano Lamberti

4.27

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

«Hace rato que vengo mirándote [...]. Espiándote, para ser más precisa». Julia escucha en un bar a … read more

Similar categories in Luciano Lamberti's Para hechizar a un cazador book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

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15. Darryl

By: Jackie Ess

4.03

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

Darryl Cook is a man who seems to have everything: a quiet home in Western Oregon, a beautiful wife… read more

Similar categories in Jackie Ess's Darryl book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • humor
  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
"I'm not gay, let alone trans. That's like next level gay."

-Jackie Ess, Darryl

"Maybe every guy like me just needs a best friend with a big cock."

-Jackie Ess, Darryl

"Hannibal Lecter is fucking my wife. Ok. I hope he doesn’t eat her."

-Jackie Ess, Darryl

"You live vicariously through celebrities, I live vicariously through the guys who fuck my wife. But sure, ok, I'm the weird one."

-Jackie Ess, Darryl

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16. A Short History of Trans Misogyny

By: Jules Gill-Peterson

4.47

Format: 182 pages, Hardcover

An accessible, bold new vision for the future of intersectional trans feminism, called "one of the … read more

Similar categories in Jules Gill-Peterson's A Short History of Trans Misogyny book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • gender
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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17. La vida por delante

By: Magalí Etchebarne

3.88

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Un grupo de mujeres que se resiste a la sordidez de la vejez y la enfermedad; dos amigas de vacacio… read more

Similar categories in Magalí Etchebarne's La vida por delante book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

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18. Brat

By: Gabriel Smith

3.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From a provocative new literary talent, a hilarious and haunted novel featuring an unlikable protag… read more

Similar categories in Gabriel Smith's Brat book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

"I chose this one. This is the one I care about."

-Gabriel Smith, Brat

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19. Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America

By: Krista Burton

3.86

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A former Rookie contributor and creator of the popular blog Effing Dykes investigates the disappear… read more

Similar categories in Krista Burton's Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • queer
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • lgbt
"While I appreciate the freedom to live anywhere we want, and I love visiting those places, I do feel a sharp sense of loss knowing I can't see the people I consider my queer family on a daily basis. …"

-Krista Burton, Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America

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20. Inverse Cowgirl

By: Alicia Roth Weigel

3.80

Format: 227 pages, Paperback

From a celebrated activist on the forefront of fighting for intersex representation and rights—and … read more

Similar categories in Alicia Roth Weigel's Inverse Cowgirl book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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21. trans girl suicide museum

By: Hannah Baer

4.48

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Literary Nonfiction. LGBTQIA Studies. Edited by Clare Kelly. one part ketamine spiral, one part con… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Baer's trans girl suicide museum book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • memoir
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • gender
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"Another thing about K is it feels so connected to the internet."

-Hannah Baer, trans girl suicide museum

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22. The Call-Out

By: Cat Fitzpatrick

4.16

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

A fast-paced, debut tragicomedy of manners written in verse about queer (mostly trans) women that i… read more

Similar categories in Cat Fitzpatrick's The Call-Out book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
"Then Rod comes up, his glasses glistening. He doesn't remove them. He starts to sway. Is he high? - "Hello. Are you all listening? I'm glad so many of you are here today, Because as of now you're par…"

-Cat Fitzpatrick, The Call-Out

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23. Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian)

By: Hazel Jane Plante

4.31

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Fiction. LGBTQIA Studies. The playful and poignant novel LITTLE BLUE ENCYCLOPEDIA (FOR VIVIAN) sift… read more

Similar categories in Hazel Jane Plante's Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
"Ranjit: I'm sorry, Ian. I still love Captain Alphonse. Ian: But he's a dirty disappearing dog. Ranjit: You may be right. But we love the dog we love, dirt and all."

-Hazel Jane Plante, Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian)

"If you spend hundreds of hours with someone, you have a catalogue of tiny memories. As you live your life, those tiny memories snap and crackle your synapses. It can be overwhelming, like the world i…"

-Hazel Jane Plante, Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian)

"I'd started jotting down my memories of Vivian. There was so much about her that I knew might be forgotten if I didn't try to preserve it. I didn't want her to disappear from this world, unremembered…"

-Hazel Jane Plante, Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian)

"When Vivian died, my world collapsed. I wept for what felt like days, weeks, months. Everything and everyone around me receded. Objects blurred. Colours drained. Sounds muffled. Vivian was my favorit…"

-Hazel Jane Plante, Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian)

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24. The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

By: Hala Alyan

4.22

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

From the author of The Arsonists’ City and The Twenty-Ninth Year, a new collection of poetry that t… read more

Similar categories in Hala Alyan's The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • nonfiction
"My favorite house is my mother."

-Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

"I don’t have time to write about the soul. There are bodies to count. There’s a man wearing his wedding tuxedo to sleep in case I meet God and there’s a brick of light before each bombing."

-Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

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25. Any Other City

By: Hazel Jane Plante

4.14

Format: 287 pages, Paperback

Any Other City is a two-sided fictional memoir by Tracy St. Cyr, who helms the beloved indie rock b… read more

Similar categories in Hazel Jane Plante's Any Other City book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
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26. Girlfriends

By: Emily Zhou

4.20

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

In seven light-filled prisms of short stories, Emily Zhou chronicles modern queer life with uncompr… read more

Similar categories in Emily Zhou's Girlfriends book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • coming of age
  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
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27. Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary

By: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

4.65

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The future of Black, queer, and trans liberation explored by a legendary transgender elder and acti… read more

Similar categories in Miss Major Griffin-Gracy's Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • memoir
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"I would hope that someone would step away from this book recognising that "transgender" does not encompass just one type of person."

-Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary

"If self-hatred was hammered into you when you were young, Major wants you to know that you're important - that being an outsider helps you develop skin that's both tough and pliable in social situati…"

-Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary

"The Powers That Be: the corporate, government, and nonprofit actors who work to preserve the status quo, and the forces in the world who want us all to fit into our proper places in an established so…"

-Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary

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28. Some Strange Music Draws Me In

By: Griffin Hansbury

4.50

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It’s the summer of 1984 in Swaffham, Massachusetts, when Mel (short for Melanie) encounters Sylvia,… read more

Similar categories in Griffin Hansbury's Some Strange Music Draws Me In book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • coming of age
  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
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29. Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

By: Cecilia Gentili

4.69

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A story of sex, theft, murder, motherhood, and outrageous fashion choices, Cecilia Gentili reinvent… read more

Similar categories in Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • memoir
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • gender
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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30. Coexistence: Stories

By: Billy-Ray Belcourt

4.39

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Superbly rendered portraits of modern indigeneity from the acclaimed author of A Minor Chorus. A gr… read more

Similar categories in Billy-Ray Belcourt's Coexistence: Stories book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • queer
  • lgbt
"I wrote about the future because I wanted to invent it. I wrote about the present so that it wouldn't obliterate me."

-Billy-Ray Belcourt, Coexistence: Stories

"It's October, and the shorter days have made us hungrier, depriving us of light and forcing us to look for it in other people."

-Billy-Ray Belcourt, Coexistence: Stories

"That's what love is -- someone else's spirit moving through you. When someone moves through you they leave behind a small trace of human life. It's how we know we're still alive."

-Billy-Ray Belcourt, Coexistence: Stories

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31. Cuckoo

By: Gretchen Felker-Martin

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Cuckoo is a searing new novel from Manhunt author Gretchen Felker-Martin, where a motley crew of ki… read more

Similar categories in Gretchen Felker-Martin's Cuckoo book and Cecilia Gentili's Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt

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