7 must-read historical books like Let Me Be Frank: A Book About Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren't Supposed to Do by Tracy Dawson

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Let Me Be Frank: A Book About Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren't Supposed to Do

By: Tracy Dawson

3.77

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this entertaining and eye-opening collection, writer, actor, and feminist Tracy Dawson showcases…

If you liked the historical plot in Let Me Be Frank: A Book About Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren't Supposed to Do by Tracy Dawson , here is a list of 7 books like this:

1. Transgender History

By: Susan Stryker

3.96

Format: 236 pages, Paperback

Covering American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today, Transgender Historyt… read more

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2. Bad Gays: A Homosexual History

By: Huw Lemmey

3.55

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Too many popular histories seek to establish heroes, pioneers and martyrs but as Huw Lemmey and Ben… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • biography
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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3. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

By: Michael Harriot

4.59

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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4. Leslie F*cking Jones

By: Leslie Jones

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Hey you guys, it’s Leslie. I’m excited to share my story with you. Now, I’m gonna be honest: Som… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Dad"

-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones

"Some of the stories about my childhood is vague, because a bitch is 55 and I've smoked a lot of weed."

-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones

"I was built for strong... I was never a victim. And even though really bad shit happened to me, I know it's my job to help other back girls and women get strong like me."

-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones

"I even attended a Christian singles night lecture kind of thing—I was single, it was free, and it was Church. Honestly, that night should be an episode of American Horror Story. The woman leading it …"

-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones

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5. The Dish: The Lives and Labor Behind One Plate of Food: A Vivid Exploration of Food and Community, Perfect for Fall 2024, Discover the Craft and Care Behind the Journey of a Single Meal

By: Andrew Friedman

3.59

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed “chef writer” Andrew Friedman introduces readers to all the people and processes that com… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. Banned Books: The World's Most Controversial Books, Past and Present (DK Secret Histories)

By: D.K. Publishing

3.85

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Discover the stories behind the most shocking and infamous books ever published. Censorship of o… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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7. Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome

By: Aparna Nancherla

3.60

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious and insightful collection of essays exploring impostor syndrome, from the inside and ou… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in Verse

By: Brontez Purnell

4.16

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

"This book is brutal and brutally honest, but still perversely addictive because Brontez Purnell is… read more

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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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9. Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power

By: Leah Redmond Chang

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de’ Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and M… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World by Cheuk Kwan

10. Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World

By: Cheuk Kwan

3.57

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

From Haifa, Israel, to Cape Town, South Africa, Chinese entrepreneurs and restaurateurs have brough… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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11. Martita, I Remember You/Martita, te recuerdo

By: Sandra Cisneros

3.71

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

A long-forgotten letter sets off a charged encounter with the past in this poignant and gorgeously … read more

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  • audiobook
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12. Across a Field of Starlight

By: Blue Delliquanti

3.72

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An epic sci-fi graphic novel romance between two non-binary characters as they find one another thr… read more

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  • lgbt
  • queer
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13. Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America

By: Therese Oneill

3.72

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A quippy and irreverent collection of illustrated profiles of the great American women who weren’t … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"[A woman] takes up just the right amount of space. Small is best. You need to prove yourself worthy of the molecules you displace, madam."

-Therese Oneill, Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America

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14. It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic

By: Jack Lowery

4.52

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Shortlisted for the J. Anthony Lukas Prize The story of art collective Gran Fury—which fought back… read more

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  • history
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"That free time is one of the biggest barriers to activism was, in a way, proven in the summer of 2020, as the protests over George Floyd and the slew of other Black lives lost became the most attende…"

-Jack Lowery, It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic

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15. Another Day In The Life

By: Ringo Starr

3.70

Format: None pages, None

“This is a way of putting my life out there, because if I were to write a memoir, there’d be five v… read more

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16. We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

By: Tre’vell Anderson

4.44

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking look at the history of transgender representation in TV and film, by an of-the-mom… read more

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  • history
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Sensational: The Hidden History of America's “Girl Stunt Reporters” by Kim Todd

17. Sensational: The Hidden History of America's “Girl Stunt Reporters”

By: Kim Todd

3.85

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A vivid social history that brings to light the “girl stunt reporters” of the Gilded Age who went u… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I never loved anyone so much that I thought it would last. In fact, I never felt I could give up my life of freedom to become a man's housekeeper. (Susan B. Anthony being interviewed by Nellie Bly)"

-Kim Todd, Sensational: The Hidden History of America's “Girl Stunt Reporters”

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18. Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York

By: Ross Perlin

4.31

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From the co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, a captivating portrait of contemporary Ne… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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19. Hysterical: A Memoir

By: Elissa Bassist

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Equal parts medical mystery, cultural criticism, and rallying cry, writer Elissa Bassist shares her… read more

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  • biography
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I thought I could become normal by deciding, but thoughts are not facts; the body is facts. And if you silence the body, well, you can't."

-Elissa Bassist, Hysterical: A Memoir

"Risk "no." Risk the double-text. Risk being unlikeable and being perceived as unreasonable and risk being called a fucking bitch. Risk "being a bitch." Risk "bad" words. Risk mistakes and risk being …"

-Elissa Bassist, Hysterical: A Memoir

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20. You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

By: Kel McDonald

3.84

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Death—the one aspect of life we all have in common—is waiting for everyone, yet our practices, beli… read more

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  • lgbt
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21. Daughter

By: Claudia Dey

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In Claudia Dey’s Daughter, a woman long caught in her father's web strives to make a life—and art—o… read more

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  • audiobook
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22. Imaginary Borders

By: Xiuhtezcatl Martinez

4.03

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Pocket Change Collective was born out of a need for space. Space to think. Space to connect. Space … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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23. The One True Me and You

By: Remi K. England

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

One small fandom convention. One teen beauty pageant. One meet cute waiting to happen. Up and c… read more

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  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • queer
"When the emotion in my heart makes it into the page, and it makes its way into other people's hearts, I feel more seen than I ever do in face-to-face interactions."

-Remi K. England, The One True Me and You

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24. Transient and Strange: Notes on the Science of Life

By: Nell Greenfieldboyce

3.81

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An astonishing debut from the beloved NPR science intimate essays about the intersection of scienc… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark by Sarafina El-Badry Nance

25. Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark

By: Sarafina El-Badry Nance

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In a beautifully written, science-packed, and inspirational memoir, Egyptian-American astrophysicis… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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26. We the Scientists: How a Daring Team of Parents and Doctors Forged a New Path for Medicine

By: Amy Dockser Marcus

3.74

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter’s moving narrative of a group of patient advocates who are revolu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir by Sara Glass

27. 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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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of We Are Not Broken by George M. Johnson

28. We Are Not Broken

By: George M. Johnson

4.35

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New memoir from George M. Johnson that celebrates Black boyhood and brotherhood in all its glory!Th… read more

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  • biography
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice by David S. Tatel

29. Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice

By: David S. Tatel

4.48

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

A memoir by one of America’s most accomplished public servants and legal thinkers—who spent years d… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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30. Let Me Be Frank: A Book About Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren't Supposed to Do

By: Tracy Dawson

3.77

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this entertaining and eye-opening collection, writer, actor, and feminist Tracy Dawson showcases… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • biography
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • feminism
  • gender
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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31. Pretty: A Memoir

By: KB Brookins

4.38

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

By a prize-winning, young Black trans writer of outsized talent, a fierce and disciplined memoir ab… read more

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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • lgbt
  • gender
  • nonfiction
  • queer

26 Top audiobook books like Let Me Be Frank: A Book About Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren't Supposed to Do by Tracy Dawson

Transform Your Habits

Bad Gays: A Homosexual History

Huw Lemmey

3.55

Transform Your Habits

Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

Michael Harriot

4.59

Transform Your Habits

Leslie F*cking Jones

Leslie Jones

4.11

Transform Your Habits

The Dish: The Lives and Labor Behind One Plate of Food: A Vivid Exploration of Food and Community, Perfect for Fall 2024, Discover the Craft and Care Behind the Journey of a Single Meal

Andrew Friedman

3.59

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7 must-read music books like Another Day In The Life by Ringo Starr

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Ringo: With a Little Help

Michael Seth Starr , Peter Berkrot

3.68

Transform Your Habits

From Cradle to Stage: Stories from the Mothers Who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars

Virginia Hanlon Grohl , Dave Grohl

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Still Alright: A Memoir

Kenny Loggins

3.81

Transform Your Habits

None of This Rocks: A Memoir

Joe Trohman

4.06

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