10 Top mental health books like Uncomfortable Labels by Laura Kate Dale

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Uncomfortable Labels

By: Laura Kate Dale

4.10

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

"So while the assumption when I was born was that I was or would grow up to be a neurotypical heter…

If you liked the mental health plot in Uncomfortable Labels by Laura Kate Dale , here is a list of 10 books like this:

1. 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

Similar categories in Laura James's Odd Girl Out: Being Autistic in a Neurotypical World book and Laura Kate Dale's Uncomfortable Labels

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2. How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual

By: Rebecca Burgess

4.15

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Brave, witty and empowering, this graphic memoir follows Rebecca as she navigates her asexual ident… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Burgess's How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual book and Laura Kate Dale's Uncomfortable Labels

  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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3. 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

Similar categories in Mattie Lubchansky's Boys Weekend book and Laura Kate Dale's Uncomfortable Labels

  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
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4. Mimosa: A Graphic Novel

By: Archie Bongiovanni

3.73

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Archie Bongiovanni, the comics artist behind the award-winning hit A Quick and Easy Guide to They/T… read more

Similar categories in Archie Bongiovanni's Mimosa: A Graphic Novel book and Laura Kate Dale's Uncomfortable Labels

  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
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5. The Third Person

By: Emma Grove

4.14

Format: 920 pages, Paperback

In the winter of 2004, a shy woman named Emma sits in Toby’s office. She wants to share this wonder… read more

Similar categories in Emma Grove's The Third Person book and Laura Kate Dale's Uncomfortable Labels

  • biography
  • memoir
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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6. The Pervert

By: Michelle Perez

3.89

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A surprisingly honest and touching account of a trans girl surviving through sex work in Seattle. W… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Perez's The Pervert book and Laura Kate Dale's Uncomfortable Labels

  • gender
  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
"Young dudes are probably the most pliable people in the history of people."

-Michelle Perez, The Pervert

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7. Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

By: Devon Price

4.44

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, giving in… read more

Similar categories in Devon Price's Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity book and Laura Kate Dale's Uncomfortable Labels

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • queer
"Therapy that is focused on battling “irrational beliefs,"

-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

"Refusing to perform neurotypicality is a revolutionary act of disability justice. It's also a radical act of self-love."

-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

"Much of what we call maturity is a silly pantomime of independence and unfeeling, not a real quality of unbreakable strength."

-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

"We have to keep other people at arm's length, because letting them see our hyperfixations, meltdowns, obsessions, and outbursts could mean losing their respect. But locking ourselves away means we ca…"

-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

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8. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)

By: Dean Spade

4.38

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Mutual aid is the radical act of caring for each other while working to change the world. Around… read more

Similar categories in Dean Spade's Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next) book and Laura Kate Dale's Uncomfortable Labels

  • nonfiction
"In the context of professionalized nonprofit organizations, groups are urged to be single-issue oriented, framing their message around "deserving" people within the population they serve, and using t…"

-Dean Spade, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)

"When we feel bad, we often automatically decide that either we are bad or another person is bad. Both of these moves cause damage and distort the truth, which is that we are all navigating difficult …"

-Dean Spade, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)

"Burnout is the combination of resentment, exhaustion, shame, and frustration that make us lose connection to pleasure and passion in the work, and instead encounter difficult feelings like avoidance,…"

-Dean Spade, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)

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9. We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

By: Eric Garcia

4.14

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

“This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doc… read more

Similar categories in Eric Garcia's We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation book and Laura Kate Dale's Uncomfortable Labels

  • memoir
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability
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10. UNMASKED

By: Ellie Middleton

4.24

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

Brought to you by Penguin. Whether you are neurodivergent, suspect you might be, or want to be a… read more

Similar categories in Ellie Middleton's UNMASKED book and Laura Kate Dale's Uncomfortable Labels

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • mental health
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11. ダンジョン飯 10 [Dungeon Meshi 10] (Delicious in Dungeon, #10)

By: Ryoko Kui

4.61

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

台所の死闘! ライオスVS.狂乱の魔術師戦、開幕!! 食べた魔物は数知れず。ついに迷宮の最下層、 狂乱の魔術師・シスルの棲家にたどり着いたライオス一行。 彼らを待ち構えていたのは、迷宮最強… read more

Similar categories in Ryoko Kui's ダンジョン飯 10 [Dungeon Meshi 10] (Delicious in Dungeon, #10) book and Laura Kate Dale's Uncomfortable Labels

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12. Yes, You Are Trans Enough: My Transition From Self-Loathing To Self-Love

By: Mia Violet

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

With entertaining anecdotes and thoughtful observations, this memoir depicts the realities of being… read more

Similar categories in Mia Violet's Yes, You Are Trans Enough: My Transition From Self-Loathing To Self-Love book and Laura Kate Dale's Uncomfortable Labels

  • biography
  • memoir
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • gender
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"Being the funnyt person is an easy part to play when you hate yourself, because it feels like your whole life is a joke written by somebody else."

-Mia Violet, Yes, You Are Trans Enough: My Transition From Self-Loathing To Self-Love

"If you don't know that being trans is even a concept, you're unlikely to realize there's a valid reason why you don't fit in-you just assume the problem is you."

-Mia Violet, Yes, You Are Trans Enough: My Transition From Self-Loathing To Self-Love

"It was like I had grown up with a limiter on my emotions, blocking me from feeling anything too deeply-positive or negative-but finally it had been taken off. I was feeling things profoundly and mean…"

-Mia Violet, Yes, You Are Trans Enough: My Transition From Self-Loathing To Self-Love

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13. How to Be Autistic

By: Charlotte Amelia Poe

3.93

Format: 157 pages, Paperback

An urgent, funny, shocking, and impassioned memoir by the winner of the Spectrum Art Prize 2018, Ho… read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Amelia Poe's How to Be Autistic book and Laura Kate Dale's Uncomfortable Labels

  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • queer
"my anxiety began to devour me."

-Charlotte Amelia Poe, How to Be Autistic

"There's a common misconception that autistic people feel no empathy."

-Charlotte Amelia Poe, How to Be Autistic

"I was doing well in all my classes, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. But I started to feel sick, every day."

-Charlotte Amelia Poe, How to Be Autistic

"Our brains are sending sparks in different directions and sometimes they end up in the wrong place, but sometimes they end up in incredible places."

-Charlotte Amelia Poe, How to Be Autistic

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14. Girl Unmasked: The Sunday Times Bestseller: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life

By: Emily Katy

4.72

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

'Emily's moving book is a powerful testimony that shines a light on the continued failure of health… read more

Similar categories in Emily Katy's Girl Unmasked: The Sunday Times Bestseller: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life book and Laura Kate Dale's Uncomfortable Labels

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
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15. The Spectrum Girl’s Survival Guide

By: Siena Castellon

4.21

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

"Never be ashamed of being different: it is this difference that makes you extraordinary and unique… read more

Similar categories in Siena Castellon's The Spectrum Girl’s Survival Guide book and Laura Kate Dale's Uncomfortable Labels

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • mental health
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16. Uncomfortable Labels

By: Laura Kate Dale

4.10

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

"So while the assumption when I was born was that I was or would grow up to be a neurotypical heter… read more

Similar categories in Laura Kate Dale's Uncomfortable Labels book and Laura Kate Dale's Uncomfortable Labels

  • biography
  • memoir
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • gender
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • queer
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17. Lunar Boy

By: Jacinta Wibowo

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Witch Boy and Squished, Lunar Boy is a must-have heartwarming coming-of-age graphic… read more

Similar categories in Jacinta Wibowo's Lunar Boy book and Laura Kate Dale's Uncomfortable Labels

  • queer
  • lgbt
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18. 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 Laura Kate Dale's Uncomfortable Labels

  • memoir
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability
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19. Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant

By: Stephanie Kiser

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

What are the lives of America's richest families really like? Their nannies see it all… When S… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Kiser's Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant book and Laura Kate Dale's Uncomfortable Labels

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of They Came to Slay: The Queer Culture of D&D (Inklings, #9) by Thom James Carter

20. They Came to Slay: The Queer Culture of D&D (Inklings, #9)

By: Thom James Carter

3.71

Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition

Since its inception decades ago, the tabletop roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons has offered an es… read more

Similar categories in Thom James Carter's They Came to Slay: The Queer Culture of D&D (Inklings, #9) book and Laura Kate Dale's Uncomfortable Labels

  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
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21. Spectrums

By: Maxfield Sparrow

4.29

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Solely written by trans people on the spectrum, this collection of personal stories foregrounds the… read more

Similar categories in Maxfield Sparrow's Spectrums book and Laura Kate Dale's Uncomfortable Labels

  • memoir
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • gender
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • queer

15 Top nonfiction books like Uncomfortable Labels by Laura Kate Dale

Transform Your Habits

How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual

Rebecca Burgess

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Third Person

Emma Grove

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

Devon Price

4.44

Transform Your Habits

Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)

Dean Spade

4.38

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15 best-selling fiction books like Mimosa: A Graphic Novel by Archie Bongiovanni

Transform Your Habits

Roaming

Jillian Tamaki

3.77

Transform Your Habits

A Guest in the House

Emily Carroll

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Boys Weekend

Mattie Lubchansky

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Mimosa: A Graphic Novel

Archie Bongiovanni

3.73

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