Corpses, Fools and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema
By: Willow Maclay
4.64
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
A radical history of trans images in film, and an exploration of the political possibilities of the…
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1. House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films
By: Kier-la Janisse
4.44
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
House of Psychotic Women is an autobiographical exploration of female neurosis in horror and exploi… read more
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- nonfiction
- film
"The truth, and the threat it poses, can be too overwhelming to bear, and for many women in the aftermath of the sexual revolution, the truth was that their experiences were being dismissed by the men…"-Kier-la Janisse, House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films
2. The Spook Who Sat by the Door
By: Sam Greenlee
3.65
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
This book is both a satire of the civil rights problems in the United States in the late 60s and a … read more
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3. De Profundis and Other Writings
By: Oscar Wilde , Hesketh Pearson
4.37
Format: None pages,
This collection contains, too, many examples of that humorous and epigrammatic genius which capture… read more
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- nonfiction
4. Closer
By: Dennis Cooper
3.72
Format: 395 pages, Paperback
Like Jean Genet and William Burroughs, Dennis Cooper assaults the senses as he engages the mind wit… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
5. Queer
By: William S. Burroughs
3.84
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Originally written in 1952 but not published till 1985, "Queer" is an enigma - both an unflinching … read more
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6. The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise
By: Olivia Laing
4.07
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In 2020, Olivia Laing began to restore a walled garden in Suffolk, an overgrown Eden of unusual pla… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"One of the operations by which capitalism perpetuates itself is displacement, the determined and absolute separation of the product from the site of production, so that when we buy petrol or peat fro…"-Olivia Laing, The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise
7. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
By: Kathleen Hanna
4.46
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more
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- nonfiction
"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
8. Immediacy: Or, The Style of Too Late Capitalism
By: Anna Kornbluh
4.08
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Why speed, flow, and direct expression now dominate cultural style Contemporary cultural style boo… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
9. Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar
By: Cynthia Carr
4.27
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed biographer Cynthia Carr, the first full portrait of the queer icon and Warhol su… read more
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- history
- film
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
10. Brainwyrms
By: Alison Rumfitt
3.66
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
From Alison Rumfitt, the author of Tell Me I’m Worthless — “a triumph of transgressive queer horror… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
11. Nevada
By: Imogen Binnie
3.97
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
A beloved and blistering cult classic and finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fi… read more
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- gender
- queer
- lgbt
"James does what anybody would do when they see somebody they'd like to know: he ignores the shit out of her."-Imogen Binnie, Nevada
"It's like I got drunk all the time not because I'm a total addict but because it was a coping mechanism to deal with being unhappy"-Imogen Binnie, Nevada
"Oh, Williamsburg. There was a point when you seemed like a scary, tough neighborhood, but now it's obvious that the graffiti on your walls gets put there by art students."-Imogen Binnie, Nevada
"Eventually you can't help but figure out that, while gender is a construct, so is a traffic light, and if you ignore either of them, you get hit by cars. Which, also, are constructs."-Imogen Binnie, Nevada
12. It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror
By: Joe Vallese
4.18
Format: 298 pages, Paperback
Through the lens of horror—from "Halloween" to "Hereditary"—queer and trans writers consider the fi… read more
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- nonfiction
- queer
- film
- lgbt
"Androgyny doesn't look a certain way, though gender is ingrained in society such that liberal readings are applied to everyone, sprinkling gender on everything from haircuts to careers to alcoholic b…"-Joe Vallese, It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror
13. Most Ardently
By: Gabe Cole Novoa
4.02
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A trans boy searches for a future―and a romance―in which he can live and love openly as himself in … read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"I love you, Oliver," Darcy said, "Most ardently."-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently
"We're permitted to bring a guest,' Darcy said. 'We could bring a guest every week if we wanted to. I'd be happy to make you mine.' Oliver arched an eyebrow. Darcy's face flushed pink. 'My... guest. T…"-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently
"Just the notion of being able to spend multiple days as himself made Oliver feel lighter. He finished his tea and stood, the heaviness of his argument with his mother melting away at the prospect of …"-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently
14. Horror Movie
By: Paul Tremblay
3.45
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and… read more
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15. Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
By: Anna Bogutskaya
3.72
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
How bitches, trainwrecks, shrews, and crazy women have taken over pop culture and liberated women f… read more
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- gender
- history
- nonfiction
- film
"All high school experiences are inherently dramatic because they are being experienced for the first time."-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
"Unlikeable" is code. It's code for "fair game." If a woman in unlikable, she is stepping out of bounds. Which makes it fair game to decimate her socially, emotionally, or physically. Likeability give…"-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
"In 2015, a study about jury deliberation bias conducted at Arizona State University found that "when men expressed their opinion with anger, participants rated them as more credible, which made them …"-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
"When men get angry onscreen, they're angry at the system. When women are angry onscreen, they're angry at someone. Women are not allowed to be angry at the system, because that would be a tacit accep…"-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
16. When Women Kill: Four Crimes Retold
By: Alia Trabucco Zerán
3.91
Format: 242 pages, Paperback
Novelist Alia Trabucco Zerán has long been fascinated not only with the root causes of violence aga… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
17. Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius
By: Carrie Courogen
3.92
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
"A deeply researched, psychologically astute new biography of May by Carrie Courogen...The book is … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- film
18. Bury Your Gays
By: Chuck Tingle
4.29
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
From Chuck Tingle, author of the USA Today bestselling Camp Damascus, comes a new heart-pounding st… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"The studio might be a ruthless capitalist machine," he opines, "but we're not evil."-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays
"Your stories aren't worth your life." My stories are my life, I think, but I don't say this."-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays
"I'm honestly kind of surprised. You've got a flair for drama, Misha. I thought you might get hard over some final sacrifice for love, or whatever. I mean, you're the writer, not me, but that's got Em…"-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays
"The path I've been led down is one of senseless catastrophe, a classic Hollywood tale of the man who plummets to rock bottom just moments before he would have crested the peak. [...] I'm living out t…"-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays
19. Sorcery and Small Magics (The Wildersongs Trilogy, #1)
By: Maiga Doocy
4.41
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Desperate to undo the curse binding them to each other, an impulsive sorcerer and his curmudgeonly … read more
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- queer
- lgbt
20. The Eyes Are the Best Part
By: Monika Kim
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“Violent, smart, gruesome and wildly original, this novel pulls readers into a horrific world of mu… read more
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21. Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
By: Emily Nussbaum
4.02
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Who invented reality TV, the world’s most dangerous pop-culture genre, and why can’t we look away f… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- film
22. The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.26
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Featuring a new introduction by Ken Liu, this revised edition of Ursula K. Le Guin’s first full-len… read more
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- nonfiction
"In many college English courses the words “myth"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
"I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a child, he would grow up to be an eggplant."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
"The use of imaginative fiction is to deepen your understanding of your world, and your fellow men, and your own feelings, and your destiny."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
"Children know perfectly well that unicorns aren’t real, but they also know that books about unicorns, if they are good books, are true books."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
23. When the World Tips Over
By: Jandy Nelson
4.18
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
An explosive new novel brimming with love, secrets, and enchantment The Fall siblings live in h… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"He liked trees more than people."-Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over
"Why won’t you ever tell me about your parents?"-Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over
"Sometimes platonic loves are the most profound."-Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over
"Desiderium, n. an ardent desire for something lost."-Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over
24. Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo
By: Adam Cesare
3.82
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The thrills and chills are far from over in the third novel from Bram Stoker Award winner and maste… read more
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- lgbt
25. Corpses, Fools and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema
By: Willow Maclay
4.64
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
A radical history of trans images in film, and an exploration of the political possibilities of the… read more
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- history
- film
- lgbt
- gender
- nonfiction
- queer
26. Queer As Folklore
By: Sacha Coward
4.13
Format: None pages, None
Queer as Folklore takes readers across centuries and continents which reveals the unsung heroes and… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- queer
- lgbt
27. Creation Lake
By: Rachel Kushner
3.67
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From Rachel Kushner, a Booker Prize finalist, two-time National Book Award finalist, and “one of th… read more
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"Charisma does not originate inside the person called "charismatic." It comes from the need of others to believe that special people exist."-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"Plus, Lucien said, a lot of them had come from other social milieus and had tattoos from earlier lives, since people who change affinities are the same kinds of people who are attracted to the perman…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"My biker and these tramps, as people who organize their life around some subculture or other: People can sometimes pretend so thoroughly that they forget they are pretending. At which point, it could…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"I could sense him gathering a false hindsight that afternoon in the Place des Vosges, shaping a retrospective narrative, the thing a person tells himself about fate, about how everything had seemed f…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
28. Feeding the Monster: Why Horror Has a Hold on Us
By: Anna Bogutskaya
4.18
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
Zombies want brains. Vampires want blood. Cannibals want human flesh. All monsters need feeding. Ho… read more
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- nonfiction
29. Bitter Is the Heart
By: Mina Hardy
3.79
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Haunted by childhood abuse, a woman is forced to care for her cruel elderly mother in this electrif… read more
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30. Lessons from Cruising: Stories
By: Martin Goodman
3.08
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
An assembly of tales, from Britain, the USA, and the seas in between, explore different expressions… read more
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- queer
