Brace for Impact
By: Gabe Montesanti
4.33
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A powerful and redemptive story of how the dazzling world of roller derby helped one young woman tr…
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1. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
By: Kathleen Hanna
4.46
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
2. 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
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- memoir
- lgbt
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- queer
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"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
3. The Family Outing: A Memoir
By: Jessi Hempel
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A striking and remarkable literary memoir about one family's transformation, with almost all of the… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- adult
- queer
"As an adult, I'll come to understand that the price of belonging to a church community, or to any community, is accepting beliefs that you don't hold. Sometimes these beliefs are so incongruous with …"-Jessi Hempel, The Family Outing: A Memoir
"You'll know, even as I use the word "Evan," that Evan had a name before this. It's a name I won't tell you. To utter it would be to disrespect all the work he has done to find his way to Evan. The mo…"-Jessi Hempel, The Family Outing: A Memoir
4. Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
By: Deborah Jackson Taffa
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An Oprah Daily "Best New Book" and "Riveting Nonfiction and Memoir You Need to Read" * A New York T… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
"My Laguna grandmother, Esther, is the one who taught me that a deep intimacy with a homeland requires three things: sensory experiences of particular geographies, a storied history of the trails, and…"-Deborah Jackson Taffa, Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
5. Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure (St. Hell, #1)
By: Lewis Hancox
4.28
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A groundbreaking memoir about being a trans teen, in the vein of FUN HOME and FLAMER... and at the … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
6. No Man's Land (Star Trek: Picard)
By: Kirsten Beyer
3.97
Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio
Discover what happens to Raffi and Seven of Nine following the stunning conclusion to season one of… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
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7. 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
- nonfiction
- lgbt
- 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?
8. BTTM FDRS
By: Ezra Claytan Daniels
3.86
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An Afrofuturist horror-comedy about gentrification, hip hop, and cultural appropriation. Once a thr… read more
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- adult
9. Canto Contigo
By: Jonny Garza Villa
4.27
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
When a Mariachi star transfers schools, he expects to be handed his new group's lead vocalist spot—… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- queer
10. The Night Parade
By: Jami Nakamura Lin
4.28
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In the groundbreaking tradition of In the Dream House and The Collected Schizophrenias, a gorgeousl… read more
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- biography
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- mental health
- nonfiction
- audiobook
11. The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood
By: Krys Malcolm Belc
4.13
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
Krys Malcolm Belc’s visual memoir-in-essays explores how the experience of gestational parenthood—c… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- audiobook
12. If You Lived Here You'd Be Home By Now: Why We Traded the Commuting Life for a Little House on the Prairie
By: Christopher Ingraham
3.88
Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition
The hilarious, charming, and candid story of writer Christopher Ingraham’s decision to uproot his l… read more
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- memoir
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
13. Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay
By: Julie Zickefoose
4.40
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Wesley the Owl and The Soul of an Octopus , the story of a sick baby bird nursed back t… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
"You could do worse than to spend your days staring at blue jays."-Julie Zickefoose, Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay
"The presence of a single bird can change everything for one who appreciates them."-Julie Zickefoose, Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay
"The more I work with birds, the more I believe in the undreamt, the things we are not given to know."-Julie Zickefoose, Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay
14. In Transit: Being Non-Binary in a World of Dichotomies
By: Dianna E. Anderson
4.11
Format: 178 pages, Hardcover
For decades, our cultural discourse around trans and gender-diverse people has been viewed through … read more
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- memoir
- queer
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- audiobook
15. 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
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- memoir
- lgbt
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- queer
16. Love Is a Burning Thing: A Memoir
By: Nina St. Pierre
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A riveting memoir about a daughter’s investigation into the wirings of her loving, unpredictable mo… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- mental health
- nonfiction
- audiobook
17. The Klansman’s Son: My Journey from White Nationalism to Antiracism
By: R. Derek Black
4.11
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the former heir-apparent to white nationalism, The Klansman’s Son is an astonishing memoir of … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
18. Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir
By: Sara Glass
4.38
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A moving coming-of-age memoir in the vein of Unorthodox and Brazen , about one young woman’s desper… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
19. Brace for Impact
By: Gabe Montesanti
4.33
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A powerful and redemptive story of how the dazzling world of roller derby helped one young woman tr… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- adult
- mental health
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- sports
- queer
20. California Soul: An American Epic of Cooking and Survival
By: Keith Corbin
4.22
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE • A sharply crafted and unflinchingly honest memoir about gangs, drugs, c… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
21. On Community (Field Notes, #8)
By: Casey Plett
4.41
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
ONE OF CBC BOOKS CANADIAN NONFICTION TO READ IN THE FALL We need community to live. But what doe… read more
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- queer
- nonfiction
- memoir
- lgbt
22. Blood City Rollers
By: V.P. Anderson
3.64
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Skates on. Fangs out. Let’s roll. This perfectly paranormal graphic novel about a 13-year-old ice s… read more
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- sports
- lgbt
- queer
23. Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair
By: June Gervais
3.96
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An uplifting, feminist coming-of-age love story about a young woman who dreams of becoming a tattoo… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- lgbt
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24. No Road Home
By: John Fram
3.84
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A young father must clear his name and protect his queer son when his wealthy new wife’s televangel… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
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25. The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us
By: Rachelle Bergstein
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An intimate and expansive look at Judy Blume’s life, work, and cultural impact, focusing on her mos… read more
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- memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
26. Selamlik
By: Khaled Alesmael
3.85
Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition
An unflinching story about Arab masculinity and homoeroticism Furat, a Syrian in his early 20s, vis… read more
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- adult
- queer
- lgbt
27. Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir
By: Zoë Bossiere
4.37
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A striking literary memoir of genderfluidity, class, masculinity, and the American Southwest that c… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
28. We're Safe When We're Alone (NVLA)
By: Nghiem Tran
3.67
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Son is real. Son was saved from a life he cannot remember. Son is a human in a mythical world of gh… read more
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29. Mother Island: A Daughter Claims Puerto Rico
By: Jamie Figueroa
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A searing and deeply personal memoir that explores the institutions—family, society, country—that d… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
30. Time and Time Again
By: Chatham Greenfield
4.21
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Phoebe Mendel's day is never ending—literally. On August 6th, she woke up to find herself stuck … read more
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- lgbt
- queer
31. Engine Running: Essays (21st Century Essays)
By: Cade Mason
4.70
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
Engine Running explores debut author Cade Mason’s gradual distancing from home and old selves along… read more
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