15 Best nonfiction books like Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes by Lily Fulop

Cover of Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes by Lily Fulop

Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes

By: Lily Fulop

3.76

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Repair your favorite socks with style, add flair with personalized patches, and turn ripped jeans i…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes by Lily Fulop , here is a list of 15 books like this:

1. Wolf in White Van

By: John Darnielle

1.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Trace Italian, a game of strategy and survival! You may now make your first move. Isolat… read more

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2. Odd Girl Out: Being Autistic in a Neurotypical World

By: Laura James

3.62

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From early childhood, Laura James knew she was different, but it wasn't until her mid-forties that … read more

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3. Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement

By: Ashley Shew

4.30

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A manifesto exploding what we think we know about disability, and arguing that disabled people are … read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. Be Gay, Do Comics

By: Matt Bors

4.22

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

The dream of a queer separatist town. The life of a gay and Jewish Nazi-fighter. A gender reveal pa… read more

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  • nonfiction
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5. The Sweet Remnants of Summer (Isabel Dalhousie, #14)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.04

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In a new novel from a beloved and bestselling author, our favorite moral philosopher is caught up i… read more

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Cover of Mending Life: A Handbook for Repairing Clothes and Hearts by Nina Montenegro

6. Mending Life: A Handbook for Repairing Clothes and Hearts

By: Nina Montenegro

4.47

Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition

Learn the art of visible mending—a joyful, meditative, and restorative practice—to repair the cloth… read more

Similar categories in Nina Montenegro's Mending Life: A Handbook for Repairing Clothes and Hearts book and Lily Fulop's Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes

  • art
  • crafts
  • sewing
  • nonfiction
  • how to
  • fashion
  • reference
"A mended garment is a little piece of artwork that you wear around all day, on display like a living gallery wall, eliciting comments, starting conversations, an opening sentence to a good story."

-Nina Montenegro, Mending Life: A Handbook for Repairing Clothes and Hearts

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7. A Long Stretch of Bad Days

By: Mindy McGinnis

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Lydia Chass doesn’t mind living in a small town; she just doesn’t want to die in one. A lifetime of… read more

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"The action is wrong. But the person committing it is a breathing, thinking, living, feeling human being. And I can tell you that most of the time where there's violence, there's fear- and it's not on…"

-Mindy McGinnis, A Long Stretch of Bad Days

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8. The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

By: Kiersten White

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Elizabeth Lavenza hasn't had a proper meal in weeks. Her thin arms are covered with bruises from he… read more

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"death is never allowed to touch you"

-Kiersten White, The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

"Mary Shelley changed the whole world."

-Kiersten White, The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

"I allowed myself to smile for no one. For myself."

-Kiersten White, The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

"They had stripped us of everything we were taught made us women and then told us we were mad."

-Kiersten White, The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

Cover of Modern Mending by Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald

9. Modern Mending

By: Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald

4.59

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Second Edition: Now with even more clever mending hacks! Bring new life to your old clothes and … read more

Similar categories in Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald's Modern Mending book and Lily Fulop's Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes

  • crafts
  • sewing
  • sustainability
  • nonfiction
  • how to
  • fashion
  • reference
Cover of Mend!: A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto by Kate Sekules

10. Mend!: A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto

By: Kate Sekules

4.24

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A hands-on manual and a history and celebration of clothes tending--and its remarkable resurgence a… read more

Similar categories in Kate Sekules's Mend!: A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto book and Lily Fulop's Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes

  • art
  • crafts
  • sewing
  • nonfiction
  • how to
  • fashion
  • reference
Cover of Make Thrift Mend: Stitch, Patch, Darn, Plant-Dye &  Love Your Wardrobe by Katrina Rodabaugh

11. Make Thrift Mend: Stitch, Patch, Darn, Plant-Dye & Love Your Wardrobe

By: Katrina Rodabaugh

3.81

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Slow fashion expert Katrina Rodabaugh, bestselling author of Mending Matters, teaches readers how t… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Rodabaugh's Make Thrift Mend: Stitch, Patch, Darn, Plant-Dye & Love Your Wardrobe book and Lily Fulop's Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes

  • sewing
  • sustainability
  • nonfiction
  • how to
  • crafts
  • reference
Cover of Mending with Love: Creative Repairs for Your Favorite Things by Noriko Misumi

12. Mending with Love: Creative Repairs for Your Favorite Things

By: Noriko Misumi

3.88

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

Mend, rethink, transform, recreate! Mending With Love shows you how to apply embroidery, patchin… read more

Similar categories in Noriko Misumi's Mending with Love: Creative Repairs for Your Favorite Things book and Lily Fulop's Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes

  • sewing
  • sustainability
  • nonfiction
  • how to
  • crafts
  • reference
Cover of Joyful Mending: Visible Repairs for the Perfectly Imperfect Things We Love! by Noriko Misumi

13. Joyful Mending: Visible Repairs for the Perfectly Imperfect Things We Love!

By: Noriko Misumi

3.83

Format: 88 pages, paperback

Joyful Mending shows you how to fix old items of clothing, linens and household objects by turning … read more

Similar categories in Noriko Misumi's Joyful Mending: Visible Repairs for the Perfectly Imperfect Things We Love! book and Lily Fulop's Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes

  • crafts
  • sewing
  • sustainability
  • nonfiction
  • how to
  • fashion
  • reference
Cover of Frontera by Julio  Anta

14. Frontera

By: Julio Anta

4.01

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Mateo makes the dangerous journey back home to the United States through the Sonoran Desert with th… read more

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Cover of Visible Mending: Repair, Renew, Reuse the Clothes You Love by Arounna Khounnoraj

15. Visible Mending: Repair, Renew, Reuse the Clothes You Love

By: Arounna Khounnoraj

4.16

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

We all have that favorite pair of jeans – no matter how baggy or worn they might become. In the mov… read more

Similar categories in Arounna Khounnoraj's Visible Mending: Repair, Renew, Reuse the Clothes You Love book and Lily Fulop's Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes

  • art
  • sewing
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • crafts
Cover of The Art of Making Memories: How to Create and Remember Happy Moments by Meik Wiking

16. The Art of Making Memories: How to Create and Remember Happy Moments

By: Meik Wiking

3.88

Format: 288 pages, ebook

What’s the actual secret to happiness? Great memories! Meik Wiking—happiness researcher and New Yor… read more

Similar categories in Meik Wiking's The Art of Making Memories: How to Create and Remember Happy Moments book and Lily Fulop's Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes

  • nonfiction
Cover of Mending Matters: Stitch, Patch, and Repair Your Favorite Denim & More by Katrina Rodabaugh

17. Mending Matters: Stitch, Patch, and Repair Your Favorite Denim & More

By: Katrina Rodabaugh

3.94

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

This guide explores visible mending techniques in both hands-on projects and thoughtful insight abo… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Rodabaugh's Mending Matters: Stitch, Patch, and Repair Your Favorite Denim & More book and Lily Fulop's Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes

  • art
  • crafts
  • sewing
  • sustainability
  • nonfiction
  • how to
  • fashion
  • reference
Cover of My Wandering Warrior Existence (My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness) by Kabi Nagata

18. My Wandering Warrior Existence (My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness)

By: Kabi Nagata

3.79

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

The newest diary manga from the Harvey Award-winning creator of My Lesbian Experience with Loneline… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind by Koa Beck

19. White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind

By: Koa Beck

4.25

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

JOURNALIST KOA BECK’S AMBITIOUS HARVARD RESEARCH-BASED DEEP DIVE INTI HOW FEMINISM HAS BEEN COMMODI… read more

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  • nonfiction
"In a time of alleged heightened "feminism" women of color and poor women are being left behind, and yet the trappings that uniquely target us, like poverty, incarceration, police brutality, and immig…"

-Koa Beck, White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind

"With many high-earning, public women espousing operating as individuals, "feminism" was reduced to a self-empowerment strategy. A way to get things. A way to get more of the things you thought you de…"

-Koa Beck, White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind

Cover of Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes by Lily Fulop

20. Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes

By: Lily Fulop

3.76

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Repair your favorite socks with style, add flair with personalized patches, and turn ripped jeans i… read more

Similar categories in Lily Fulop's Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes book and Lily Fulop's Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes

  • art
  • crafts
  • sewing
  • sustainability
  • nonfiction
  • how to
  • fashion
  • reference
  • environment
Cover of Sensory: Life on the Spectrum by Bex Ollerton

21. Sensory: Life on the Spectrum

By: Bex Ollerton

4.27

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A colorful and eclectic comics anthology exploring a wide range of autistic experiences—from diagno… read more

Similar categories in Bex Ollerton's Sensory: Life on the Spectrum book and Lily Fulop's Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes

  • nonfiction

9 Top reference books like Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes by Lily Fulop

Transform Your Habits

Mending Life: A Handbook for Repairing Clothes and Hearts

Nina Montenegro

4.47

Transform Your Habits

Modern Mending

Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald

4.59

Transform Your Habits

Mend!: A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto

Kate Sekules

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Make Thrift Mend: Stitch, Patch, Darn, Plant-Dye & Love Your Wardrobe

Katrina Rodabaugh

3.81

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Transform Your Habits

Ghost Roast

Shawnelle Gibbs

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Lunar New Year Love Story

Gene Luen Yang

4.41

Transform Your Habits

The Infinity Particle

Wendy Xu

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Northranger

Rey Terciero

4.06

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