6 must-read queer books like This Time for Me by Alexandra Billings

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This Time for Me

By: Alexandra Billings

4.11

Format: 446 pages, Kindle Edition

An emotional, funny, and fabulous memoir by trailblazing and award-winning Trans actor and activist…

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1. Three Nick Nowak Mysteries (Boystown #1)

By: Marshall Thornton

3.86

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

Finalist for the Lambda Award in Gay Mystery, Boystown: Three Nick Nowak Mysteries takes place in C… read more

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  • lgbt

2. Fire Shut Up in My Bones

By: Charles M. Blow

3.97

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A gorgeous, moving memoir of how one of America's most innovative and respected journalists found h… read more

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3. Like Me

By: Hayley Phelan

3.31

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

A propulsive psychological thriller that follows an aspiring model down a social media-fuelled rabb… read more

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4. Feral: Losing Myself and Finding My Way in America’s National Parks

By: Emily Pennington

3.18

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

A bracing memoir about self-discovery, liberating escape, and moving forward across an adventurous … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. Excuse Me While I Disappear: Tales of Midlife Mayhem

By: Laurie Notaro

3.97

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

A laugh-out-loud spin on the realities, perks, opportunities, and inevitable courses of midlife. L… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. Cut and Thirst

By: Margaret Atwood

3.15

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

Three women scheme to avenge an old friend in a darkly witty short story about loyalty, ambition, a… read more

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  • audiobook
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7. The Vanishing Triangle

By: Claire McGowan

3.42

Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of What You Did comes a true-crime investigation that cast a dark shado… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Indifference can be fatal. Until we treat every case, every unsolved murder and every suspicious disappearance as equally important, we can’t hope to build up a true picture of what killers are doing…"

-Claire McGowan, The Vanishing Triangle

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8. I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir

By: Harvey Fierstein

4.37

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

A poignant and hilarious memoir from the cultural icon, gay rights activist, and four-time Tony Awa… read more

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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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9. Token Black Girl

By: Danielle Prescod

3.92

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

Racial identity, pop culture, and delusions of perfection collide in an eye-opening and refreshingl… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"It’s the media’s job to accurately reflect the world we live in, not distort it."

-Danielle Prescod, Token Black Girl

"How much pain you can withstand should not be the barometer of how successful you can become."

-Danielle Prescod, Token Black Girl

"Women are taught that our bodies must be fixed and that, if given the power to do so, we should use it."

-Danielle Prescod, Token Black Girl

"I was convinced I had to work for and earn affection… I would have to put in the time and effort to be loved."

-Danielle Prescod, Token Black Girl

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10. Tiger Chair

By: Max Brooks

3.57

Format: 50 pages, Kindle Edition

When China invades America, guerrilla warfare explodes on the streets of Los Angeles in this provoc… read more

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11. Mothertrucker: Finding Joy on the Loneliest Road in America

By: Amy E. Butcher

4.01

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

The true story of two women who found meaning, strength, and friendship in one of the most punishin… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Summer is, ostensibly, the safest time to drive on the Dalton Highway, truckers would later tell me. After all, it is always light, and there is no ice, no snow, no darkness to hide the sharp curves …"

-Amy E. Butcher, Mothertrucker: Finding Joy on the Loneliest Road in America

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12. North to Paradise

By: Ousman Umar

4.27

Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition

The inspiring true story of one man’s treacherous boyhood journey from a rural village in Ghana to … read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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13. A Place for Us: A Memoir

By: Brandon J. Wolf

4.32

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

From one of the most vital and passionate LGBTQ+ activists comes a powerful memoir about self-disco… read more

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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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14. The Way Life Should Be

By: William Dameron

3.67

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

Two fathers embarking on the second half of their lives together. Two families in the midst of tran… read more

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  • lgbt
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15. This Impossible Brightness

By: Jessica Bryant Klagmann

3.54

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

Taking refuge on a remote island, a grieving woman develops unlikely connections with the community… read more

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16. This Way Out

By: Tufayel Ahmed

4.03

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s time everyone knew the truth, and what better way to announce you’re getting married (and gay)… read more

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  • lgbt
  • queer
"Love is a gift. Mariam's words stick with me. People are more concerned by what two men or two women do in bed than about love. Love is companionship, feeling content and safe in the arms of another …"

-Tufayel Ahmed, This Way Out

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17. War and Me

By: Faleeha Hassan

3.87

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

An intimate memoir about coming of age in a tight-knit working-class family during Iraq’s seemingly… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. The Unforgiving Stone (Nick Fisher #1)

By: Alex Dunlevy

4.31

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

Nick Fisher and his son have not spoken for years. But, when the boy brings the girl he is about to… read more

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19. They Said They Wanted Revolution: A Memoir of My Parents

By: Neda Toloui-Semnani

3.79

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

In They Said They Wanted Revolution, Neda Semnani tells the story of her parent —their love, the re… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. The Community

By: N. Jamiyla Chisholm

3.63

Format: 183 pages, Kindle Edition

An arresting and emotional memoir about a family’s indoctrination into a religious cult, a daughter… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. American Seoul

By: Helena Rho

3.71

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

She was everything everyone else wanted her to be. Until she followed her own path. Helena Rho w… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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22. This Time for Me

By: Alexandra Billings

4.11

Format: 446 pages, Kindle Edition

An emotional, funny, and fabulous memoir by trailblazing and award-winning Trans actor and activist… read more

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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • gender
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of The Heartbreak Years: A Memoir by Minda Honey

23. The Heartbreak Years: A Memoir

By: Minda Honey

3.65

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

A hilariously intimate memoir that gets to the turbulent joys and pains of coming of age and lookin… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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24. The Fallen Stones: Chasing Butterflies, Discovering Mayan Secrets, and Looking for Hope Along the Way

By: Diana Marcum

4.05

Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition

On a butterfly farm in the Maya Mountains, a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author of the na… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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25. Hospital

By: Han Song

2.33

Format: 405 pages, Kindle Edition

From acclaimed Chinese author Han Song comes a twisted, experimental narrative of one man’s mysteri… read more

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26. Take Your Own Advice: Learn to Trust Your Inner Voice and Start Helping Yourself

By: Jeffrey Marsh

4.20

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

For those who are givers, carers, and empaths, a guide to focusing that energy on yourself--even if… read more

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  • audiobook
  • memoir
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of I Have Always Been Me: A Memoir by Precious Brady-Davis

27. I Have Always Been Me: A Memoir

By: Precious Brady-Davis

3.85

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

A powerful memoir of independence, releasing the past, and living the dream by award-winning trans … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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28. The One You Want to Marry [And Other Identities I've Had]

By: Sophie Santos

3.76

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

A hilarious and heartfelt memoir about finding your true voice by Sophie Santos, the fearless comic… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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29. What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service

By: Melissa Fitzgerald

4.49

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A behind-the-scenes look into the creation and legacy of The West Wing  as told by cast members Mel… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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30. Who Needs Gay Bars?: Bar-Hopping through America's Endangered LGBTQ+ Places

By: Greggor Mattson

4.12

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Gay bars have been closing by the hundreds. The story goes that increasing mainstream acceptance of… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
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31. Beneath The Stone (Nick Fisher Novels Book 2)

By: Alex Dunlevy

4.39

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

"Absolutely gripping from page one""Really liked the first Nick Fisher novel and absolutely loved t… read more

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