This Monk Wears Heels: Be Who You Are
By: Kodo Nishimura
3.72
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Kodo Nishimura rose to fame following his appearance in Queer Eye: We're in Japan. Now this celebri…
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1. A Drifting Life
By: Yoshihiro Tatsumi , Taro Nettleton
4.67
Format: 112 pages, Softcover
The epic autobiography of a manga master Acclaimed for his visionary short-story collections The Pu… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- japan
2. David Bowie Made Me Gay: 100 Years of LGBT Music
By: Darryl W. Bullock
3.00
Format: 126 pages, Hardcover
LGBT musicians have shaped the development of music over the last century, with a sexually progress… read more
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- nonfiction
- queer
- lgbt
3. Being Peace (Being Peace, #1)
By: Thich Nhat Hanh , Arnold Kotler
3.66
Format: 341 pages, Paperback
Since its publication in 1987, "Being Peace" has become a classic of contemporary religious literat… read more
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- buddhism
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- self help
4. Attack on Titan: No Regrets, Volume 01
By: Hajime Isayama , None , Hikaru Suruga
4.20
Format: None pages, Paperback
THE THIEF AND THE SOLDIER The young Erwin Smith is a rising star in the Survey Corps, humanity's on… read more
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5. Recuerdos
By: Osamu Dazai , Yoko Ogihara , Fernando Cordobés , None
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Tenia mascaras adheridas a mi en capas sucesivas, diez, incluso veinte. Ya no era capaz de disting… read more
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6. A Personal Matter
By: Kenzaburō Ōe , John Nathan
4.12
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Kenzaburo Oe, the winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize for Literature, is internationally acclaimed as on… read more
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7. The Great Passage
By: Shion Miura , None , None
4.14
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
A charmingly warm and hopeful story of love, friendship, and the power of human connection. Award-w… read more
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8. Shinto: The Kami Way
By: Sokyo Ono , None , None
3.92
Format: None pages, Paperback
"An excellently rounded introduction by an eminent Shinto scholar."--Library Journal Shinto, the in… read more
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9. Attack on Titan: No Regrets, Volume 02
By: Hajime Isayama , None , Hikaru Suruga
3.26
Format: None pages, Paperback
REMEMBER YOUR TRUE ENEMY Erwin's political enemies have hired Levi and his crew to take back some i… read more
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10. More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2)
By: Satoshi Yagisawa
3.87
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
In this charming and emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at the … read more
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- japanese literature
- japan
11. 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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- memoir
- lgbt
- autobiography
- 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
12. A Monk’s Guide to A Clean House & Mind
By: Shoukei Matsumoto
3.59
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
Cleanliness is next to enlightenment. In this Japanese bestseller a Buddhist monk explains the trad… read more
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- buddhism
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- japanese literature
- japan
- self help
"What people see in a garden is a reflection of what is in their heart."-Shoukei Matsumoto, A Monk’s Guide to A Clean House & Mind
"When ironing, visualize yourself ironing out the wrinkles in your heart."-Shoukei Matsumoto, A Monk’s Guide to A Clean House & Mind
"CUTTING YOUR HAIR AT REGULAR INTERVALS IS A WAY TO HONE YOUR SELF-DISCIPLINE."-Shoukei Matsumoto, A Monk’s Guide to A Clean House & Mind
"Cleanliness is close to enlightenment, and so is a clean mouth with a fresh breath."-Shoukei Matsumoto, A Monk’s Guide to A Clean House & Mind
13. The Goodbye Cat
By: Hiro Arikawa
3.90
Format: 285 pages, ebook
In the much-anticipated follow-up to the bestselling and beloved The Travelling Cat Chronicles , se… read more
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- japanese literature
- japan
"If you can make it in time, you want to say goodbye. Want to say thank you, and I love you."-Hiro Arikawa, The Goodbye Cat
"If, for instance, I were the one who had to say goodbye, I don’t think I’d want my final hours to be sad. I would want to see my loved ones’ smiles to the very end."-Hiro Arikawa, The Goodbye Cat
14. Hanakotoba, el lenguaje de las flores
By: Alex Pler
4.54
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Pequeño diccionario japonés para las cosas sin nombre. El japonés tiene fama de ser un idioma am… read more
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- japan
15. The Izumi Shikibu Diary: A Romance of the Heian Court
By: Izumi Shikibu
3.60
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
Japanese read more
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- nonfiction
- japanese literature
- japan
16. Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
4.17
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
In this thought-provoking follow-up to his acclaimed StarTalk book, uber astrophysicist Neil deGras… read more
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- nonfiction
"I occasionally wonder if the entire Universe is nothing more than a snow-globe on the living room mantle of a space alien."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going
17. Tokyo Ueno Station
By: Yū Miri
3.47
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Born in Fukushima in 1933, the same year as the Emperor, Kazu’s life is tied by a series of coincid… read more
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- japanese literature
- japan
"There’s that sound again."-Yū Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station
"To speak is to stumble, to hesitate, to detour and hit dead ends. To listen is straightforward. You can always just listen."-Yū Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station
"I was always tired. There was never a time I was not tired. Not when life had its claws in me, and not when I escaped from it. I did not live with intent, I only lived. But that’s all over now."-Yū Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station
"I used to think life was like a book: you turn the first page, and there’s the next, and as you go on turning page after page, eventually you reach the last one. But life is nothing like a story in a…"-Yū Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station
18. The Restaurant of Lost Recipes (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #2)
By: Hisashi Kashiwai
3.65
Format: None pages, ebook
The Restaurant of Lost Recipes is the second book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Kamogawa Food … read more
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- japanese literature
- japan
19. The Cook of the Halcyon (Inspector Montalbano, #27)
By: Andrea Camilleri
3.88
Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition
The new novel in the transporting New York Times bestselling Inspector Montalbano mystery series … read more
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20. In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
By: Yongey Mingyur
4.30
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
At thirty-six years old, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche was a rising star within his generation of Tibetan… read more
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- buddhism
- nonfiction
- memoir
- spirituality
"Actually, everything is in-between."-Yongey Mingyur, In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
"No separate me loved the world. The world was love. My perfect home. Vast and intimate. Every particle was alive with love, fluid, flowing, without barriers."-Yongey Mingyur, In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
"To approach the finality of our bodies while paying no attention to the mini-deaths of daily life is like confusing diamonds with pebbles and throwing them away."-Yongey Mingyur, In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
"It [mind of absolute reality] is everywhere and nowhere. It’s somewhat like sky—so completely integrated with our existence that we never stop to question its reality or to recognize its qualities."-Yongey Mingyur, In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
21. 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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- lgbt
- nonfiction
- memoir
- 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
22. Die Zukunft ist nicht binär
By: Lydia Meyer
4.15
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Es gibt nur zwei Geschlechter? Von wegen! Menschen sind mehr als entweder oder. Dennoch sind uns… read more
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- nonfiction
- lgbt
- queer
23. After We Gazed at the Starry Sky, Vol. 1
By: Bisco Kida
3.96
Format: 178 pages, Paperback
Tougo Amase is a well-known photographer who focuses on night scenery—and the man Subaru Miyazawa n… read more
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- lgbt
- queer
24. I Want To Die but I Want To Eat Tteokpokki 2
By: Baek Se-hee
3.91
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
“Alih-alih menerima kekurangan, aku memutuskan untuk tidak memandang diriku sendiri secara negatif.… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- self help
25. Ich bin Linus. Wie ich der Mann wurde, der ich schon immer war
By: Linus Giese
4.20
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Linus ist 31, als er das erste Mal laut ausspricht, ein Mann und trans zu sein. Dabei weiß er das s… read more
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- lgbt
- nonfiction
- memoir
- queer
26. This Monk Wears Heels: Be Who You Are
By: Kodo Nishimura
3.72
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Kodo Nishimura rose to fame following his appearance in Queer Eye: We're in Japan. Now this celebri… read more
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- self help
- buddhism
- memoir
- lgbt
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- japanese literature
- japan
- queer
27. Cuadernos de Hiroshima
By: Kenzaburō Ōe
2.50
Format: None pages, Unknown Binding
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28. One Night In Edinburgh
By: Nina Kaye
3.46
Format: 346 pages, Paperback
One night. But how many second chances? Heartbroken on Hogmanay, Steph wanders through the Edinb… read more
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29. Unsere Welt neu denken: Eine Einladung
By: Maja Göpel
4.23
Format: 208 pages, kindle_edition
Unsere Welt steht an einem Kipp-Punkt, und wir spüren es. Einerseits geht es uns so gut wie nie, an… read more
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- nonfiction
30. Wish You Weren't Here
By: Erin Baldwin
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Juliette doesn’t hate Priya Pendley. At least, not in the way teen movies say she should hate th… read more
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- lgbt
- queer
31. Eine Frau ist eine Frau ist eine Frau: über trans Sein und mein Leben
By: Phenix Kühnert
4.35
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Der Kampf für Gerechtigkeit und trans* Rechte? – ein Kampf für uns alle! Eine Rose ist eine Rose… read more
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- lgbt
- nonfiction
- memoir
- queer
