17 must-read nonfiction books like Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity by Jack Turban

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Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity

By: Jack Turban

4.55

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An authoritative guide to understanding and navigating gender identity from an acclaimed expert on …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity by Jack Turban , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. Homebody

By: Theo Parish

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more

Similar categories in Theo Parish's Homebody book and Jack Turban's Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity

  • queer
  • lgbt
"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

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2. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew

By: Emmanuel Acho

4.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From two New York Times bestselling authors, a timely, disarmingly honest, and thought-provoking in… read more

Similar categories in Emmanuel Acho's Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew book and Jack Turban's Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity

  • nonfiction
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3. While We Were Burning

By: Sara Koffi

3.28

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Parasite meets Such a Fun Age in a scorching debut that is as heartbreaking as it is thrilling, exa… read more

Similar categories in Sara Koffi's While We Were Burning book and Jack Turban's Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity

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4. Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

By: Greg Marshall

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious and poignant memoir grappling with family, disability, and coming of age in two closets… read more

Similar categories in Greg Marshall's Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It book and Jack Turban's Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity

  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
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5. Sunshine: A Graphic Novel

By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka

4.55

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary--and extraordinarily powerful--follow-up to HEY, KIDDO. When Jarrett J. Krosoc… read more

Similar categories in Jarrett J. Krosoczka's Sunshine: A Graphic Novel book and Jack Turban's Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity

  • nonfiction
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6. Who's Afraid of Gender?

By: Judith Butler

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politi… read more

Similar categories in Judith Butler's Who's Afraid of Gender? book and Jack Turban's Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity

  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
"Imagine if you were Jewish and someone tells you that you are not. Imagine if you are lesbian and someone laughs in your face and says you are confused since you are really heterosexual. Imagine if y…"

-Judith Butler, Who's Afraid of Gender?

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7. Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture

By: Virginia Sole-Smith

4.31

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER By the time they reach kindergarten, most kids believe that “fat” is b… read more

Similar categories in Virginia Sole-Smith's Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture book and Jack Turban's Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity

  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • psychology
  • health
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8. He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters

By: Schuyler Bailar

4.62

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Go‑to expert on gender identity, Schuyler Bailar, offers an essential, urgent guide that changes th… read more

Similar categories in Schuyler Bailar's He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters book and Jack Turban's Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity

  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
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9. Triple Sec

By: T.J. Alexander

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A jaded bartender is wooed by a charmingly quirky couple in this fresh and sizzling polyamorous rom… read more

Similar categories in T.J. Alexander's Triple Sec book and Jack Turban's Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity

  • queer
  • lgbt
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10. The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation

By: Raquel Willis

4.35

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A passionate, powerful memoir by a trailblazing Black transgender activist, tracing her life of tra… read more

Similar categories in Raquel Willis's The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation book and Jack Turban's Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity

  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
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11. Sync

By: Ellen Hopkins

4.42

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

From #1 NYT bestselling author Ellen Hopkins comes a new heartbreaking young adult novel in verse a… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's Sync book and Jack Turban's Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity

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12. Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding

By: Maia Kobabe

4.47

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

A graphic guide to chest binding with real-life stories and research-backed advice from bestselling… read more

Similar categories in Maia Kobabe's Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding book and Jack Turban's Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity

  • queer
  • nonfiction
  • lgbt
  • health
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13. Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America

By: Shefali Luthra

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An urgent, intimate investigation into the experience of seeking an abortion after the fall of Roe … read more

Similar categories in Shefali Luthra's Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America book and Jack Turban's Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity

  • nonfiction
  • health
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14. A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy

By: Tia Levings

4.48

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

“Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there wasn’t a savior coming. May… read more

Similar categories in Tia Levings's A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy book and Jack Turban's Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity

  • nonfiction
Cover of Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity by Jack Turban

15. Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity

By: Jack Turban

4.55

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An authoritative guide to understanding and navigating gender identity from an acclaimed expert on … read more

Similar categories in Jack Turban's Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity book and Jack Turban's Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity

  • parenting
  • lgbt
  • health
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family by Jesselyn Cook

16. The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family

By: Jesselyn Cook

4.45

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of five families shattered by pernicious, pervasive conspiracy theories, and how… read more

Similar categories in Jesselyn Cook's The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family book and Jack Turban's Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity

  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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17. The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports

By: Michael Waters

4.48

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The story of the early trans athletes and Olympic bureaucrats who lit the flame for today’s culture… read more

Similar categories in Michael Waters's The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports book and Jack Turban's Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity

  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
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18. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything

By: Nate Silver

3.84

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our… read more

Similar categories in Nate Silver's On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything book and Jack Turban's Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity

  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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19. The Message

By: Ta-Nehisi Coates

4.58

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s cla… read more

Similar categories in Ta-Nehisi Coates's The Message book and Jack Turban's Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity

  • nonfiction
"My sense is that if I spend more time talking to you than I spend complaining about you, then something wonderful often happens and the enlightenment is mutual. So I don't really worry about the youn…"

-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message

Cover of One Day I'll Grow Up and Be a Beautiful Woman: A Mother's Story by Abi Maxwell

20. One Day I'll Grow Up and Be a Beautiful Woman: A Mother's Story

By: Abi Maxwell

4.49

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A fiery, heartbreaking, riveting memoir that follows one New Hampshire family over three years, uns… read more

Similar categories in Abi Maxwell's One Day I'll Grow Up and Be a Beautiful Woman: A Mother's Story book and Jack Turban's Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity

  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • queer
  • lgbt

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4.02

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