9 must-read queer books like A Wild and Precious Life by Edie Windsor

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A Wild and Precious Life

By: Edie Windsor

4.54

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A lively, intimate memoir from a marriage equality icon of the gay rights movement, describing gay …

If you liked the queer plot in A Wild and Precious Life by Edie Windsor , here is a list of 9 books like this:

1. Sally Ride: America’s First Woman in Space

By: Lynn Sherr

3.00

Format: 220 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of Sally Ride, America's first woman in space, with exclusive insights fro… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Sherr's Sally Ride: America’s First Woman in Space book and Edie Windsor's A Wild and Precious Life

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2. When You Least Expect It

By: Haley Cass

4.33

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

ASIN moved from less recent edition Caroline Parker knows three things to be true. First, she is… read more

Similar categories in Haley Cass's When You Least Expect It book and Edie Windsor's A Wild and Precious Life

  • lesbian
  • queer
  • lgbt
"No one has ever looked at me the way she does."

-Haley Cass, When You Least Expect It

"I like the idea that you’d come to me at the end of a hard day and know that I want to be there for you. And that it doesn’t have anything to do with taking anything away from your independence becau…"

-Haley Cass, When You Least Expect It

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3. Whistleblower (The Senator's Wife, #3)

By: Jen Lyon

4.72

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

As Alex's career continues to flourish as a US soccer star, Catharine struggles to keep her world f… read more

Similar categories in Jen Lyon's Whistleblower (The Senator's Wife, #3) book and Edie Windsor's A Wild and Precious Life

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
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4. Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3)

By: Ashley Herring Blake

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone around Iris Kelly is in love. Her best friends are all coupled up, her siblings have partn… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Herring Blake's Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3) book and Edie Windsor's A Wild and Precious Life

  • lesbian
  • queer
  • lgbt
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5. More: A Memoir of Open Marriage

By: Molly Roden Winter

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An unputdownable memoir of love, desire, and personal growth that follows a happily married mother'… read more

Similar categories in Molly Roden Winter's More: A Memoir of Open Marriage book and Edie Windsor's A Wild and Precious Life

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"There is something pathetic about crying within the first minute of therapy"

-Molly Roden Winter, More: A Memoir of Open Marriage

"I worry that things are going too well, that they're all going to come toppling down."

-Molly Roden Winter, More: A Memoir of Open Marriage

"Why do I keep doing this? Why can't I stop this stupid pleasing everyone bullshit? I'm so fucking sick of myself."

-Molly Roden Winter, More: A Memoir of Open Marriage

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6. The Senator's Wife (The Senator's Wife, #1)

By: Jen Lyon

4.43

Format: 479 pages, Kindle Edition

Two Women. Two Worlds. One Love Worth Risking it All. When professional soccer player Alex Grey … read more

Similar categories in Jen Lyon's The Senator's Wife (The Senator's Wife, #1) book and Edie Windsor's A Wild and Precious Life

  • lesbian
  • queer
  • lgbt
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7. Caught Sleeping (The Senator's Wife, #2)

By: Jen Lyon

4.66

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

Despite the fragility of their relationship, Catharine and Alex have found a happiness together the… read more

Similar categories in Jen Lyon's Caught Sleeping (The Senator's Wife, #2) book and Edie Windsor's A Wild and Precious Life

  • lesbian
  • queer
  • lgbt
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8. Hijab Butch Blues

By: Lamya H.

4.48

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more

Similar categories in Lamya H.'s Hijab Butch Blues book and Edie Windsor's A Wild and Precious Life

  • lesbian
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"Sort of?"

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"Queer indispensability?"

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

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9. All In: An Autobiography

By: Billie Jean King

4.32

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring and intimate self-portrait of a champion of equality that encompasses her brilliant te… read more

Similar categories in Billie Jean King's All In: An Autobiography book and Edie Windsor's A Wild and Precious Life

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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10. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

By: Matt Singer

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more

Similar categories in Matt Singer's Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever book and Edie Windsor's A Wild and Precious Life

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
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11. Diary of a Misfit: A Memoir and a Mystery

By: Casey Parks

4.10

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Part memoir, part sweeping journalistic saga: As Casey Parks follows the mystery of a stranger's pa… read more

Similar categories in Casey Parks's Diary of a Misfit: A Memoir and a Mystery book and Edie Windsor's A Wild and Precious Life

  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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12. One Life

By: Megan Rapinoe

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An instant New York Times bestseller! “Rapinoe's 'signature pose' from the 2019 FIFA Women's World… read more

Similar categories in Megan Rapinoe's One Life book and Edie Windsor's A Wild and Precious Life

  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World by Jen Psaki

13. Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

By: Jen Psaki

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons s… read more

Similar categories in Jen Psaki's Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World book and Edie Windsor's A Wild and Precious Life

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"There was also a large crew of people who tried to nickname the previously mentioned Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework "BIF". If you would like your audience to start making fun of a big, serious, …"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

"I've spent time with a lot of very busy people - business leaders, prominent journalists, and multiple presidents. Despite the unusually high demands on their schedules, something they all have in co…"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

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14. Up Home: One Girl's Journey

By: Ruth J. Simmons

4.03

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring, indelible memoir from the daughter of sharecroppers in East Texas who became the firs… read more

Similar categories in Ruth J. Simmons's Up Home: One Girl's Journey book and Edie Windsor's A Wild and Precious Life

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"I was born at a crossroads: a crossroads in history, a crossroads in culture, and a geographical crossroads in North Houston County in East Texas."

-Ruth J. Simmons, Up Home: One Girl's Journey

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15. One Nation Under Guns: How Gun Culture Distorts Our History and Threatens Our Democracy

By: Dominic Erdozain

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This takedown of American gun culture argues that the nation’s founders did not intend the Second A… read more

Similar categories in Dominic Erdozain's One Nation Under Guns: How Gun Culture Distorts Our History and Threatens Our Democracy book and Edie Windsor's A Wild and Precious Life

  • nonfiction
  • history
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16. Thin Girls

By: Diana Clarke

3.87

Format: None pages, None

A dark, edgy, voice-driven literary debut novel about twin sisters that explores body image and que… read more

Similar categories in Diana Clarke's Thin Girls book and Edie Windsor's A Wild and Precious Life

  • queer
  • lgbt
"When the pain is too much for the mind, we take it out on the body."

-Diana Clarke, Thin Girls

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17. Dance with Me

By: Georgia Beers

4.21

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Is there anything worse than your I-don’t-do-commitment ex finally getting married? Not according t… read more

Similar categories in Georgia Beers's Dance with Me book and Edie Windsor's A Wild and Precious Life

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
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18. Everything All at Once

By: Stephanie Catudal

4.17

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New York Times  Bestseller  An intimate and evocative memoir one woman’s experience with the univer… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Catudal's Everything All at Once book and Edie Windsor's A Wild and Precious Life

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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19. When We Were Silent

By: Fiona McPhillips

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An outsider threatens to expose the secrets at an elite private school in this suspenseful debut no… read more

Similar categories in Fiona McPhillips's When We Were Silent book and Edie Windsor's A Wild and Precious Life

"I'm not here for prestige. I'm here for revenge."

-Fiona McPhillips, When We Were Silent

"The body remembers everything the mind wants to forget."

-Fiona McPhillips, When We Were Silent

"In the end, we're the ones who have to live with the stories we tell ourselves."

-Fiona McPhillips, When We Were Silent

"That was always the one thing Highfield valued more than grades, more than silverware or celebrity alumni: silence."

-Fiona McPhillips, When We Were Silent

Cover of A Wild and Precious Life by Edie Windsor

20. A Wild and Precious Life

By: Edie Windsor

4.54

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A lively, intimate memoir from a marriage equality icon of the gay rights movement, describing gay … read more

Similar categories in Edie Windsor's A Wild and Precious Life book and Edie Windsor's A Wild and Precious Life

  • lesbian
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • queer
Cover of Then Comes Marriage: How Two Women Fought for and Won Equal Dignity for All by Roberta Kaplan

21. Then Comes Marriage: How Two Women Fought for and Won Equal Dignity for All

By: Roberta Kaplan

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2015: “A riveting account of a watershed moment in our history.”―P… read more

Similar categories in Roberta Kaplan's Then Comes Marriage: How Two Women Fought for and Won Equal Dignity for All book and Edie Windsor's A Wild and Precious Life

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • social justice
  • lgbt

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Billie Jean King

4.32

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Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

Matt Singer

4.06

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Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

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3.96

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4.03

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Kristin Hannah

4.64

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Choose Strong: The Choice That Changes Everything

Sally McRae

4.48

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Maggie Smith

4.08

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