The Yards Between Us: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Football
By: R.K. Russell
4.18
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking memoir from professional NFL player, writer, and advocate R.K. Russell, who made h…
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1. The Closer: My Story
By: Wayne Coffey , Mariano Rivera , Michael Kay
3.81
Format: 215 pages, Audio CD
The greatest relief pitcher of all time shares his extraordinary story of survival, love, and baseb… read more
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- biography
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- sports
- audiobook
2. 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
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
3. Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
By: Christian Cooper
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Central Park birder Christian Cooper takes us beyond the viral video th… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Nor did I know back then that McCartney had written the song as an ode to Black women ("bird" being British slang for a pretty girl) at the pivotal moment of the civil rights struggle. That would onl…"-Christian Cooper, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
"Writing a memoir is akin to taking off one's clothes in public, and as I learned years ago in the amateur strip contest as Darren and the go-go boys cheered me on, success at such an endeavor can onl…"-Christian Cooper, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
"Beginning around 1910, The Great Migration saw some 6 million black people surge Northward, out of the states of the former Confederacy, spurred by the same thing that lies behind the yearly migratio…"-Christian Cooper, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
"What makes birding such a phenomenon? Why not "mammaling" or insecting? Certainly those pursuits have their adherents, as the thousands who visit Africa on safari or who catalog butterflies can attes…"-Christian Cooper, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
4. Cold as Hell (Black Badge, #1)
By: Rhett C. Bruno
3.99
Format: 454 pages, Hardcover
In the West, there are worse things to fear than bandits and outlaws. Demons. Monsters. Witches.… read more
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- audiobook
5. 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
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- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
"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
6. Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It
By: Greg Marshall
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A hilarious and poignant memoir grappling with family, disability, and coming of age in two closets… read more
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- biography
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- lgbt
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
7. What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life
By: Billy Dee Williams
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades—a heralded actor who's played the… read more
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- memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
8. Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity
By: Leah Myers
3.81
Format: 170 pages, Hardcover
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by The Millions A vibrant new voice blends Native folklore… read more
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- nonfiction
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- audiobook
"I wonder if I will ever feel Native enough."-Leah Myers, Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity
"You don't have the right to define my identity."-Leah Myers, Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity
"She gave up herself and her identity for security."-Leah Myers, Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity
"My home is in Georgia, but my soul is at home here."-Leah Myers, Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity
9. Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality
By: Julia Shaw
4.14
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Despite all the welcome changes that have happened in our culture and laws over the past few decade… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- bisexual
- lgbt
"Rather than being 'this not that' I am this *and* that... I've felt like a blossoming flower. As I become more fully me and as I'm more comfortable with each petal of my identity, I open myself up an…"-Julia Shaw, Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality
10. Life's Too Short: A Memoir
By: Darius Rucker
4.18
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A raw, heartfelt memoir from Darius Rucker, the three-time Grammy Award–winning, Diamond-selling le… read more
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- audiobook
11. Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto
By: Zachary Zane
3.82
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Named a Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Book of the Year by Buzzfeed A sex and relationship columnist b… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
12. Chef's Choice (Chef's Kiss, #2)
By: T.J. Alexander
4.04
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
“Urgent and intimate.” — The New York Times Book Review A fake dating arrangement turns to real … read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- lgbt
13. My Fair Brady
By: Brian D. Kennedy
4.00
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
My Fair Lady meets the classic teen film She's All That in this charming and swoony new rom-com fro… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
14. The Prospects
By: K.T. Hoffman
4.25
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
The pressure cooker of minor league baseball leads to major chemistry in this exhilarating, sexy, a… read more
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- sports
- adult
- lgbt
"Glasses on or off?" Luis asks. "Off." Gene is nearsighted anyway, and he doesn't plan to let Luis get far enough away that he would need them."-K.T. Hoffman, The Prospects
15. Dragged to the Wedding
By: Andrew Grey
3.79
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
The Wedding Date meets The Birdcage in this laugh-out-loud gay romantic comedy from Andrew Grey … read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- lgbt
16. The Yards Between Us: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Football
By: R.K. Russell
4.18
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking memoir from professional NFL player, writer, and advocate R.K. Russell, who made h… read more
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- lgbt
- adult
- nonfiction
- football
- sports
- bisexual
- audiobook
17. Nearlywed
By: Nicolas DiDomizio
3.85
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
An engaged couple's compatibility is put to the test during their ill-fated early honeymoon in this… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- lgbt
18. BoyMom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity
By: Ruth Whippman
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Combining painfully honest memoir, cultural analysis, and reporting, BoyMom is a humorous and heart… read more
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- memoir
- audiobook
19. Letters to the Sons of Society: A Father's Invitation to Love, Honesty, and Freedom
By: Shaka Senghor
4.53
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Writing My Wrongs invites men everywhere on a journey of h… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
20. An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work
By: Charlotte Shane
3.28
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Through the lens of her years spent as a sex worker, Charlotte Shane offers a provocative and tende… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
21. Make It Count: My Fight to Become the First Transgender Olympic Runner
By: CeCé Telfer
4.17
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
By turns harrowing and hopeful, MAKE IT COUNT is the inspiring story of the first openly transgende… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- memoir
- lgbt
"I've been in headlines across the United States and across the world, I've been named personally in anti-trans legislation. I've been honored by top LGBTQ organizations, I've been painted as a hero, …"-CeCé Telfer, Make It Count: My Fight to Become the First Transgender Olympic Runner
