18 Best nonfiction books like Listen, Learn and Love: Embracing LGBTQ Latter-day Saints by Richard Ostler

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Listen, Learn and Love: Embracing LGBTQ Latter-day Saints

By: Richard Ostler

4.49

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

Through the power of storytelling, former YSA bishop Richard Ostler brings to life the experiences …

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1. The First Rule of Punk

By: Celia C. Pérez

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From debut author and longtime zine-maker Celia C. Perez, The First Rule of Punk is a wry and heart… read more

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"I like to think of us as more like patchwork quilts... Some pieces are prettier than others. Some pieces match and some don't. But if you remove a square, you're just left with an incomplete quilt, a…"

-Celia C. Pérez, The First Rule of Punk

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2. A Poetry Handbook

By: Mary Oliver

4.22

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

"(...) A Poetry Handbook was written with writers of poetry most vividly in my mind; their needs an… read more

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  • nonfiction
"A poem on the page speaks to the listening mind."

-Mary Oliver, A Poetry Handbook

"Invention hovers always a little above the rules."

-Mary Oliver, A Poetry Handbook

"The language of the poem is the language of particulars."

-Mary Oliver, A Poetry Handbook

"Whatever can't be taught, there is a great deal that can, and must, be learned."

-Mary Oliver, A Poetry Handbook

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3. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #1)

By: Jacqueline Kelly

3.99

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Calpurnia Virginia Tate is eleven years old in 1899 when she wonders why the yellow grasshoppers in… read more

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"Y cuando algo es todo lo que sabes hacer, es fácil aguantar."

-Jacqueline Kelly, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #1)

"Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really."

-Jacqueline Kelly, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #1)

"It's amazing what you can see when you just sit quietly and look."

-Jacqueline Kelly, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #1)

"Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really."

-Jacqueline Kelly, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #1)

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4. Vanity Fair

By: William Makepeace Thackeray , John Carey

4.28

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Edited by John Carey. Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray… read more

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5. The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ

By: Anonymous , Joseph Smith Jr.

3.62

Format: 57 pages, Paperback

The Book of Mormon is a volume of scripture comparable to the Bible. It is a record of God's dealin… read more

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6. The Standard of Truth: 1815–1846 (Saints, #1)

By: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

4.55

Format: 699 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1820, a young farm boy in search of truth has a vision of God the Father and Jesus Christ. Three… read more

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"José Smith no es enemigo del género humano"

-The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Standard of Truth: 1815–1846 (Saints, #1)

"Do you think I would forsake you now?" Willard answered. "If you are condemned to be hung for treason, I will be hung in your stead and you shall go free." "You cannot," said Joseph. "I will," said W…"

-The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Standard of Truth: 1815–1846 (Saints, #1)

"The Lord has led this people all the while in this way," Brigham declared, "by giving them here a little and there a little. Thus He increases their wisdom, and he that receives a little and is thank…"

-The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Standard of Truth: 1815–1846 (Saints, #1)

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7. Heart of the Matter: What 100 Years of Living Have Taught Me

By: Russell M. Nelson

4.87

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“The laws or truths I will share in this book are not merely ideas I have studied and examined; the… read more

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"Jesus Christ frequently expressed gratitude. Before raising Lazarus from the dead, before miraculously multiplying loaves and fishes, and before passing the cup to His disciples at the Last Supper, t…"

-Russell M. Nelson, Heart of the Matter: What 100 Years of Living Have Taught Me

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8. Romney: A Reckoning

By: McKay Coppins

4.36

Format: 416 pages, ebook

A remarkably illuminating biography of the political maverick, filled with revelations and written … read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
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9. The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England (Secret Projets #2)

By: Brandon Sanderson

3.77

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

A man awakes in a clearing in what appears to be medieval England with no memory of who he is, wher… read more

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"Horses were less the thundering creatures Of pounding hoof beats and unparalleled speed found in movies and more like golf carts that ran on a tank of grass and occasionally bit you."

-Brandon Sanderson, The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England (Secret Projets #2)

"A little pebble starts as an avalanche," I said. "Life isn't like the craps table, where the next roll has the same chance of winning as the last one. In real life, you lose a little - and that makes…"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England (Secret Projets #2)

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10. Cytonic (Skyward, #3)

By: Brandon Sanderson

4.07

Format: 415 pages, Hardcover

Spensa’s life as a Defiant Defense Force pilot has been far from ordinary. She proved herself one o… read more

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"Spensa,"

-Brandon Sanderson, Cytonic (Skyward, #3)

"Was…was that a cow?"

-Brandon Sanderson, Cytonic (Skyward, #3)

"Evolution doesn’t ‘try’ to do anything,"

-Brandon Sanderson, Cytonic (Skyward, #3)

"I was woman enough to admit that pushing myself now was a bad idea."

-Brandon Sanderson, Cytonic (Skyward, #3)

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11. I Hate the Ivy League: Riffs and Rants on Elite Education

By: Malcolm Gladwell

4.30

Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio

Malcolm Gladwell has long relished the opportunity to skewer the upper echelons of higher education… read more

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  • nonfiction
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12. Both Things Are True

By: Kate Holbrook

4.47

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

Joseph Smith’s observation that “by proving contraries, truth is made manifest” has become a belove… read more

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  • church
  • lds
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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13. A Walk in my Shoes: Questions I’m Often Asked as a Gay Latter-day Saint

By: Ben Schilaty

4.69

Format: 116 pages, Kindle Edition

President M. Russell Ballard counselled, “We need to listen to and understand what our LGBT brother… read more

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  • lgbt
  • church
  • lds
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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14. Without the Mask: Coming Out and Coming Into God's Light

By: Charlie Bird

4.54

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Charlie Bird—the viral face of BYU during his years as Cosmo the Cougar—made waves across the natio… read more

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  • lgbt
  • church
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  • spirituality
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15. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 7

By: Beth Brower

4.77

Format: 313 pages, Paperback

"The image of Pandora’s Box being opened by my own hand flashed across my mind. A sobering and some… read more

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16. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

By: Beth Brower

4.31

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

“I’ve arrived in London without incident. There are few triumphs in my recent life, but I count thi… read more

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17. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 3

By: Beth Brower

4.67

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

"It has been a day ordained by the fates, for how else could one explain the wholly cursed chain of… read more

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18. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Volume 2

By: Beth Brower

4.63

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

“I was sitting at my desk reading, with a cup of tea, my windows flung open, when I heard The Tenan… read more

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19. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5

By: Beth Brower

4.79

Format: 247 pages, Paperback

I took Treasure Island to church with me as a talisman. “What a lovely bible,” Mrs. Tribly said. … read more

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20. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4

By: Beth Brower

4.75

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

"It all began very innocently. Truly." The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her Lon… read more

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21. More Than a Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament

By: Lexie Kite

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"An indispensable resource for women of all ages, this is a guide to help us better connect to ours… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Beauty doesn’t make you, so it can’t break you, either."

-Lexie Kite, More Than a Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament

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22. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 6 (The Unselected Journals, #6)

By: Beth Brower

4.79

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

There is bedlam, and there is delightful bedlam.This afternoon touched on the second, much to my pl… read more

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23. Seven Gospels: The Many Lives of Christ in the Book of Mormon

By: Adam S. Miller

4.13

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The Book of Mormon bears witness of Christ’s divinity and atonement. On nearly every page, the core… read more

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  • spirituality
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24. The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

By: Melinda French Gates

4.28

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

A debut from Forbes' third most powerful woman in the world, Melinda Gates, a timely and necessary … read more

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  • nonfiction
"When it’s “he said/she said,"

-Melinda French Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

"Overcoming the need to create outsiders is our greatest challenge as human beings."

-Melinda French Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

"…contraceptives are the greatest life-saving, poverty-ending, women-empowering innovation ever created."

-Melinda French Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

"It's the mark of a backward society - or a society moving backward - when decisions are made for women by men."

-Melinda French Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

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25. Expanding the Borders of Zion: A Latter-day Saint Perspective on LGBTQ Inclusion

By: Charlie Bird

4.77

Format: 225 pages, Paperback

Many people want to offer love and support to their LGBTQ friends and neighbors but aren't sure how… read more

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  • lgbt
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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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26. Sacred Struggle: Seeking Christ on the Path of Most Resistance

By: Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye

4.60

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

We are part of a complex Church community―full of people who think differently than we do, behave i… read more

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  • spirituality
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27. From Grace to Charity

By: Emily Belle Freeman

4.63

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

On the last night of his life, Hyrum Smith folded down the corner of a page in the Book of Mormon a… read more

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Cover of Alma 1–29: a brief theological introduction (The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions, #6) by Kylie Nielson Turley

28. Alma 1–29: a brief theological introduction (The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions, #6)

By: Kylie Nielson Turley

4.56

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

". . . that there might not be more sorrow upon all the face of the earth." Alma is an idolatrou… read more

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29. Every Needful Thing

By: Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye

4.37

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A collection of essays from accomplished academics and professionals who speak about discipleship n… read more

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30. Listen, Learn and Love: Embracing LGBTQ Latter-day Saints

By: Richard Ostler

4.49

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

Through the power of storytelling, former YSA bishop Richard Ostler brings to life the experiences … read more

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Cover of Love Boldly: Embracing Your LGBTQ Loved Ones and Your Faith by Becky Mackintosh

31. Love Boldly: Embracing Your LGBTQ Loved Ones and Your Faith

By: Becky Mackintosh

4.42

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

"Mom, Dad, I'm gay." One Facebook message completely changed Becky Mackintosh's life in the blink o… read more

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14 must-read religion books like Listen, Learn and Love: Embracing LGBTQ Latter-day Saints by Richard Ostler

Transform Your Habits

The Standard of Truth: 1815–1846 (Saints, #1)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

4.55

Transform Your Habits

Heart of the Matter: What 100 Years of Living Have Taught Me

Russell M. Nelson

4.87

Transform Your Habits

Romney: A Reckoning

McKay Coppins

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Both Things Are True

Kate Holbrook

4.47

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19 Best audiobook books like Expanding the Borders of Zion: A Latter-day Saint Perspective on LGBTQ Inclusion by Charlie Bird

Transform Your Habits

American Zion: A New History of Mormonism

Benjamin E. Park

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Heart of the Matter: What 100 Years of Living Have Taught Me

Russell M. Nelson

4.87

Transform Your Habits

Romney: A Reckoning

McKay Coppins

4.36

Transform Your Habits

An Inconvenient Letter

Julie Wright

3.88

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