11 must-read queer books like Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World by Robyn Ochs

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Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World

By: Robyn Ochs

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Bi+ people make up more than 50% of the LGBTQ community. Yet bi+ people can often experience isolat…

"Everyone knew that girls who admitted to liking girls stopped being whatever they were before and became a cross between a lumberjack and a punk-goth-anarchist. - Adena Galinksy, USA (p. 38)"

-Robyn Ochs, Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World

"Everyone knew that girls who admitted to liking girls stopped being whatever they were before and became a cross between a lumberjack and a punk-goth-anarchist. - Adena Galinksy, USA (p. 38)"

-Robyn Ochs, Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World

If you liked the queer plot in Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World by Robyn Ochs , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. The Vagina Monologues

By: Gloria Steinem , V (formerly Eve Ensler)

3.87

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

I decided to talk to women about their vaginas, to do vagina interviews, which became vagina monolo… read more

Similar categories in Gloria Steinem's The Vagina Monologues book and Robyn Ochs's Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
"Falo porque não devia falar."

-Gloria Steinem, The Vagina Monologues

"Minha revolução vai dar um golpe no Estado mental chamado patriarcado."

-Gloria Steinem, The Vagina Monologues

"We have to say that what happens to women matters to everyone and it matters a lot."

-Gloria Steinem, The Vagina Monologues

"Saying the word I was not supposed to say is the thing that gave me a voice in the world."

-Gloria Steinem, The Vagina Monologues

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2. Butch Is a Noun

By: S. Bear Bergman

4.02

Format: None pages,

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Similar categories in S. Bear Bergman's Butch Is a Noun book and Robyn Ochs's Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World

  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • queer
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3. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

By: Fannie Flagg

4.28

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is a now-c… read more

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  • queer
  • lgbt
"Quienes más sufren son quienes menos lo dicen."

-Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

"Face it girls. I'm older and I have more insurance."

-Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

"By the way, is there anything sadder than toys on a grave?"

-Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

"Are you a politician or does lying just run in your family?"

-Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

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4. A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 More Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit

By: Jack Canfield , Mark Victor Hansen

4.39

Format: None pages, Paperback

The runaway bestseller "Chicken Soup for the Soul" captured the imagination of millions of readers … read more

Similar categories in Jack Canfield's A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 More Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit book and Robyn Ochs's Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World

  • nonfiction
  • essays
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5. Tomboy Survival Guide

By: Ivan E. Coyote

3.90

Format: 77 pages,

Ivan Coyote is a celebrated storyteller and the author of ten previous books, including Gender Fail… read more

Similar categories in Ivan E. Coyote's Tomboy Survival Guide book and Robyn Ochs's Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World

  • queer
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • lgbt
Cover of Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh

6. Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened

By: Allie Brosh

4.17

Format: 371 pages, Paperback

This is a book I wrote. Because I wrote it, I had to figure out what to put on the back cover to ex… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"I couldn't even muster the enthusiasm to hate myself anymore."

-Allie Brosh, Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened

"On a fundamental level, I am someone who would throw sand at children."

-Allie Brosh, Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened

"I don't just want to do the right thing. I want to WANT to do the right thing."

-Allie Brosh, Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened

"We're going to play a different game now. It's called "who can yell 'help' the loudest and the most."

-Allie Brosh, Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened

7. Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey Into Manhood and Back Again

By: Norah Vincent

2.50

Format: 52 pages,

Having gone where no woman (who wasn't an aspiring or actual transsexual) has gone for any signific… read more

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8. Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution

By: None

3.19

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

Depicted as duplicitous, traitorous, and promiscuous, bisexuality has long been suspected, marginal… read more

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9. Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out

By: Loraine Hutchins , Lani Ka'ahumanu

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this groundbreaking anthology, more than seventy women and men from all walks of life describe t… read more

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10. Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More

By: Janet Mock

3.70

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In 2011, Marie Clairemagazine published a profile of Janet Mock in which she stepped forward for th… read more

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11. A 3rd Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 More Stories To Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit

By: Jack Canfield , Mark Victor Hansen

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Bestselling authors Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen present another … read more

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12. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

By: Patrick Lencioni

4.33

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

In The Five Dysfunctions of a TeamPatrick Lencioni once again offers a leadership fable that is as … read more

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Cover of Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy by Jessica Fern

13. Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy

By: Jessica Fern

4.40

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Attachment theory has entered the mainstream, but most discussions focus on how we can cultivate se… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Fern's Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy book and Robyn Ochs's Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World

  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • sexuality
  • lgbt
"A child with a secure attachment style will likely grow up into an adult who feels worthy of love and seeks to create meaningful, healthy relationships with people who are physically and emotionally …"

-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy

"Commitment can be expressed in many ways. Traditionally it is solidified through marriage, owning property, having kids or wearing certain types of jewelry, but legal, domestic, or ornamental underta…"

-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy

"When someone with a dismissive style starts to work on healing their insecure attachment, they must begin by no longer dismissing and distancing from themselves. This requires that they no longer den…"

-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy

"Approximately 15 to 20 percent of the population has a nervous system wired to be more sensitive. These people are more attuned to the subtleties of their environment and process that information muc…"

-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy

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14. Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

By: Lulu Miller

4.16

Format: 225 pages, Hardcover

A wondrous debut from an extraordinary new voice in nonfiction, Why Fish Don’t Exist is a dark and … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"There is grandeur in this view,"

-Lulu Miller, Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

"In every organism at which you gaze, there is complexity you will never comprehend."

-Lulu Miller, Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

"We are specks, flickering in and out of existence, with no significance to the cosmos."

-Lulu Miller, Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

"When people have this feeling of personal inefficiency, compulsive collecting helps them in feeling better."

-Lulu Miller, Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

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15. Upright Women Wanted

By: Sarah Gailey

3.61

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

“That girl’s got more wrong notions than a barn owl’s got mean looks.” Esther is a stowaway. She… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Gailey's Upright Women Wanted book and Robyn Ochs's Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World

  • queer
  • lgbt
"Just because he needed killing doesn't mean I can sleep easy."

-Sarah Gailey, Upright Women Wanted

"You really believe all that? About how there’s only one end in sight for people like you?"

-Sarah Gailey, Upright Women Wanted

"When there's people around that we don't trust, we let them think we're the kinds of people who are allowed to exist. And the only kind of Librarian that's allowed to exist is one who answers to she."

-Sarah Gailey, Upright Women Wanted

"Good," Esther said back, echoing Cye's words automatically because she didn't know what else to say, because you have a freckle on your bottom lip seemed like the wrong thing to say but it was the on…"

-Sarah Gailey, Upright Women Wanted

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16. The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1)

By: Tasha Suri

4.13

Format: 533 pages, Paperback

Author of Empire of Sand and Realm of Ash Tasha Suri's The Jasmine Throne, beginning a new trilogy … read more

Similar categories in Tasha Suri's The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1) book and Robyn Ochs's Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World

  • queer
  • lgbt
"Malini laughed—a glorious laugh like the sound of a blade unsheathed."

-Tasha Suri, The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1)

"Be careful with your tears," her mother added, in a voice of cultivated restraint. "They're blood of the spirit. Weep too much, and it will wear you thin, until your soul is like a bruised flower." H…"

-Tasha Suri, The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1)

Cover of Here's to Us (What If It's Us, #2) by Becky Albertalli

17. Here's to Us (What If It's Us, #2)

By: Becky Albertalli

4.03

Format: 448 pages, ebook

Ben has spent his first year of college working on his fantasy manuscript with his writing partner … read more

Similar categories in Becky Albertalli's Here's to Us (What If It's Us, #2) book and Robyn Ochs's Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World

  • queer
  • lgbt
"You could launch us to opposite ends of this solar system, and we'd find our way back to each other."

-Becky Albertalli, Here's to Us (What If It's Us, #2)

"Ben shoots me a quick sideways smile, but it’s cool, because who even needs lungs? Why are we all so obsessed with breathing?"

-Becky Albertalli, Here's to Us (What If It's Us, #2)

"Then we just kind of stare at each other for a minute. Or ten minutes. Or ten hours. I don’t know how to measure time when Ben’s looking at me."

-Becky Albertalli, Here's to Us (What If It's Us, #2)

"People don’t warn you that heartbreak is a chronic condition. Maybe it quiets down a little over time, or you can muffle it with distance, but the ache never quite dials down to zero. It’s there lurk…"

-Becky Albertalli, Here's to Us (What If It's Us, #2)

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18. She's Too Pretty to Burn

By: Wendy Heard

3.63

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An electric romance set against a rebel art scene sparks lethal danger for two girls in She's Too P… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Heard's She's Too Pretty to Burn book and Robyn Ochs's Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World

  • queer
  • lgbt
"The photo already had its hooks in me."

-Wendy Heard, She's Too Pretty to Burn

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19. 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

Similar categories in Julia Shaw's Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality book and Robyn Ochs's Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World

  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
  • bisexual
  • queer
"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

Cover of Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much by Jen Winston

20. Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much

By: Jen Winston

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Named one of the Best Books of 2021 by Oprah Daily , Glamour, Shondaland , BuzzFeed , and more! … read more

Similar categories in Jen Winston's Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much book and Robyn Ochs's Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World

  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
  • essays
  • queer
"Queerness isn't about individual answers as much as collective questions."

-Jen Winston, Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much

"Gay and lesbian bars, safe havens for some, are rarely safe havens for bi people. But where does that leave us to go? It’s like the gay and straight communities are our parents and each thought the o…"

-Jen Winston, Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much

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21. Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World

By: Robyn Ochs

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Bi+ people make up more than 50% of the LGBTQ community. Yet bi+ people can often experience isolat… read more

Similar categories in Robyn Ochs's Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World book and Robyn Ochs's Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World

  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • queer studies
  • anthologies
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
  • essays
  • bisexual
  • queer
"Everyone knew that girls who admitted to liking girls stopped being whatever they were before and became a cross between a lumberjack and a punk-goth-anarchist. - Adena Galinksy, USA (p. 38)"

-Robyn Ochs, Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World

10 Top nonfiction books like Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World by Robyn Ochs

Transform Your Habits

The Vagina Monologues

Gloria Steinem , V (formerly Eve Ensler)

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Butch Is a Noun

S. Bear Bergman

4.02

Transform Your Habits

A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 More Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit

Jack Canfield , Mark Victor Hansen

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Tomboy Survival Guide

Ivan E. Coyote

3.90

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14 Best audiobook books like Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality by Julia Shaw

Transform Your Habits

None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary

Travis Alabanza

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Pageboy

Elliot Page

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender

Kit Heyam

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice

Shon Faye

4.55

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