This Is Supposed to Be Fun: How to Find Joy in Hooking Up, Settling Down, and Everything in Between
By: Myisha Battle
3.74
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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1. Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends
By: Marisa G. Franco
4.06
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A lively, data-driven guide to finding your people from psychologist Dr. Marisa G. Franco about the… read more
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- relationships
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- self help
- audiobook
2. Exhibit
By: R.O. Kwon
3.24
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling author R. O. Kwon, an exhilarating, blazing-hot novel about a woman caught between… read more
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- romance
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3. Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion
By: Gabrielle Stanley Blair
4.51
Format: 137 pages, Paperback
In Ejaculate Responsibly, Gabrielle Blair offers a provocative reframing of the abortion issue in p… read more
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- nonfiction
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4. Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock
By: Jenny Odell
3.61
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In her first book, How to Do Nothing, Jenny Odell wrote about the importance of disconnecting from … read more
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"Most living entities and systems on this planet obviously do not live by the Western human clock (though some, like the crows who memorize a city's daily garbage truck route, do of course adapt to th…"-Jenny Odell, Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock
5. Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
By: Peggy O'Donnell Heffington
3.77
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A historian explores the complicated relationship between womanhood and motherhood in this “timely… read more
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"Even after becoming a mother, fulfilling the role society demands of you, you still can't win."-Peggy O'Donnell Heffington, Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
"Parenthood is demanded of us, but we are asked to parent in isolated bubbles, supported--to put it crudely--by our bank accounts and little else."-Peggy O'Donnell Heffington, Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
"COVID-19 exposed what women with children and without both already knew: that despite the expectation we all become mothers, we receive little support once we do."-Peggy O'Donnell Heffington, Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
"In light of our failure to account for the pressures, anxieties, and dangers of modern life, it's possible to argue that the decision to opt out of parenthood is perfectly rational. The decision to h…"-Peggy O'Donnell Heffington, Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
6. Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics
By: Marc Lamont Hill
4.21
Format: 227 pages, Hardcover
A bold call for the American Left to extend their politics to the issues of Israel-Palestine, from … read more
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7. 8 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go
By: Jay Shetty
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Think Like a Monk offers a revelatory guide to every… read more
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- nonfiction
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8. Plantains and Our Becoming: Poems
By: Melania Luisa Marte
4.36
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A rousing, beautifully observed, and tender-hearted debut poetry collection about identity, culture… read more
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"Unclench your fist and roll out the beauty in your fragile palm. In your genes are a paper trail. You will find a map back to yourself. // We may all have the same God but we don't have the same moth…"-Melania Luisa Marte, Plantains and Our Becoming: Poems
"mashing plátanos: coddle them with praying hands remember they were born //hanging// not like fruit but like bodies dragged into boats & shipped like cargo propped crates, bonded limbs groups of 5 or…"-Melania Luisa Marte, Plantains and Our Becoming: Poems
9. 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
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10. Existential Kink: Unmask Your Shadow and Embrace Your Power
By: Carolyn Elliott
3.86
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
A smart, sexy guide to embracing the repressed, tabooed, and often unwanted aspects of ourselves so… read more
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- audiobook
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- sexuality
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11. The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center
By: Rhaina Cohen
3.95
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Why do we place romantic partnership on a pedestal? What do we lose when we expect one person to me… read more
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- relationships
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- self help
- audiobook
12. The Art of Scandal
By: Regina Black
3.82
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
"Love would be so much easier if it were perfect..." On the night of her husband Matt’s fortiet… read more
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13. Microjoys: Finding Hope (Especially) When Life Is Not Okay
By: Cyndie Spiegel
3.78
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Bighearted and hopeful. Unflinchingly honest and healing. A profound compendium of intimate, inspir… read more
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- audiobook
14. Quietly Hostile: Essays
By: Samantha Irby
3.70
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Samantha Irby invites us to share in the gory particulars of her real life, all that festers behind… read more
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"[...] and my face is sore from smiling so hard in an effort to appear friendly and nonthreatening."-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
"I'm so embarrassed by everything all the time, humiliated even by the need to breathe air where other people can see me"-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
"I want to push back against this idea that it's not real love if you're not passionately chattering at each other all the time, that it's just as valid (and romantic!) to know instinctively when to s…"-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
"I lived in blissful solitude for a long time...and you learn a lot about yourself and what you require for life when it's just you that you have to think about...You can buy frozen fish sticks and ea…"-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
15. Sugar, Baby
By: Celine Saintclare
3.49
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of Luster and Queenie , an unflinching portrayal of high-paid sex work in the age of th… read more
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"It's so deeply entrenched in me, the Fear of God, so much more strongly than the belief."-Celine Saintclare, Sugar, Baby
"The thought of having a relationship with my kids like the one I have with my mum, a scam on both sides, makes me want to vomit."-Celine Saintclare, Sugar, Baby
"It is all beginning to make sense; the gifts he gives like offerings, the golden temple of a Miami house. Oracles, orgies, lusty Greek and Roman gods, apples and pomegranates. Ceremonial robes as des…"-Celine Saintclare, Sugar, Baby
"You're young and that counts for a lot,' she says. 'And you're pretty. It's like currency, like...a bunch of casino chips in the game of life. You can keep them locked up in the back of a drawer and …"-Celine Saintclare, Sugar, Baby
16. Love Life: How to Raise Your Standards, Find Your Person, and Live Happily (No Matter What)
By: Matthew Hussey
4.27
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In Love Life, relationship coach and expert Matthew Hussey explores the most important and foundati… read more
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"Attention is not intention."-Matthew Hussey, Love Life: How to Raise Your Standards, Find Your Person, and Live Happily (No Matter What)
"In love, we don’t need everyone to want us. We only need one person."-Matthew Hussey, Love Life: How to Raise Your Standards, Find Your Person, and Live Happily (No Matter What)
"Don’t invest in someone based on how much you like them, invest in someone based on how much they invest in you."-Matthew Hussey, Love Life: How to Raise Your Standards, Find Your Person, and Live Happily (No Matter What)
"The love of your life can only ever be the person who chooses you for their life. It can never be the person who doesn’t choose you."-Matthew Hussey, Love Life: How to Raise Your Standards, Find Your Person, and Live Happily (No Matter What)
17. Sex Talks: The Five Conversations That Will Transform Your Love Life
By: Vanessa Marin
4.32
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The definitive guide to creating the sex life of your wildest dreams—just by talking about it!—from… read more
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18. Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World
By: Ha-Joon Chang
3.84
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Edible Economics brings the sort of creative fusion that spices up a great kitchen to the often too… read more
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19. 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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"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
20. Fine: A Comic About Gender
By: Rhea Ewing
4.28
Format: 319 pages, Paperback
Washington Post • 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2022 A vibrant and informative debut with “great doc… read more
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"Gender affects everybody, so whether you're trans or not, gender is fucking you up. -Jac, 2013"-Rhea Ewing, Fine: A Comic About Gender
21. The Night Guest
By: Hildur Knútsdóttir
3.67
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Hildur Knutsdottir's The Night Guest is an eerie and ensnaring story set in contemporary Reykjavík … read more
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22. How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community
By: Mia Birdsong
4.26
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
An Invitation to Community and Models for Connection After almost every presentation activist a… read more
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23. The Last Days of the Midnight Ramblers
By: Sarah Tomlinson
3.10
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Perfect for fans of Daisy Jones & The Six and Almost Famous , a gripping debut about the complicate… read more
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24. Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream
By: David Leonhardt
4.28
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
The clear-eyed, definitive history of the modern American economy and the decline of the American D… read more
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25. The Shift
By: Tinx
3.96
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The lifestyle creator, advice expert, and host of the It’s Me, Tinx podcast shares her hilarious an… read more
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"I was in dicksand. I was dicknotized."-Tinx, The Shift
26. Young and Restless: The Girls Who Sparked America's Revolutions
By: Mattie Kahn
3.77
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Glamour's "The 15 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023, So Far" Vogue's " Best Books of 2023 (So Far)" … read more
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27. Smart Sex
By: Emily Morse
4.05
Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition
“This is the type of sex talk we need more of!” —Christina Aguilera, Grammy Award-winning musician … read more
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28. Laid and Confused: Why We Tolerate Bad Sex and How to Stop
By: Maria Yagoda
3.91
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A refreshingly honest, deeply researched, and frequently hilarious deep-dive into the cultural cris… read more
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29. This Is Supposed to Be Fun: How to Find Joy in Hooking Up, Settling Down, and Everything in Between
By: Myisha Battle
3.74
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A certified clinical sexologist’s radically inclusive guide to sex and dating Swipe. Match. Get g… read more
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30. Grown Women
By: Sarai Johnson
4.28
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In this stunning debut novel, four generations of complex Black women contend with motherhood and d… read more
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"I don’t think you’re ever really grown."-Sarai Johnson, Grown Women
"We can learn from trauma. We can become better, more efficient, if we do the work."-Sarai Johnson, Grown Women
"Similarly, I owe a great deal to my female ancestors and the women who mothered me."-Sarai Johnson, Grown Women
"Sometimes the best thing you can do for someone you love is stay the hell away from them."-Sarai Johnson, Grown Women
31. But Like Maybe Don't?: What Not to Do When Dating: An Illustrated Guide
By: Arianna Margulis
3.83
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A hilarious, hopeful guide to what you need to get wrong in love before you get it right. Ariann… read more
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