What About the Rest of Your Life
By: Sung Yim
4.42
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In their soaring and urgent debut memoir, Sung Yim captures a sleepy sad slice of Americana recogni…
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1. Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
By: Carmen Maria Machado
3.84
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders betwe… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"I'm having a crisis of function."-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
"None of us will make it to the end."-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
"What I say: “Why did you leave her with me?"-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
"Everything is soft, like a fresh oil painting."-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
2. How Should a Person Be?
By: Sheila Heti
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the internationally acclaimed author of The Middle Storiesand Ticknorcomes a bold interrogatio… read more
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3. Stone Butch Blues
By: Leslie Feinberg
4.43
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
Woman or man? This internationally acclaimed novel looks at the world through the eyes of Jess Gold… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
4. The Argonauts
By: Maggie Nelson
3.91
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
An intrepid voyage out to the frontiers of the latest thinking about love, language, and family Ma… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
5. All You Can Ever Know
By: Nicole Chung
3.77
Format: 300 pages,
All You Can Ever Know (Catapult, Fall 2018) spans Nicole Chung's transracial adoption, her upbringi… read more
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- race
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
6. Communion: The Female Search for Love
By: bell hooks
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Renowned visionary and theorist bell hooks began her exploration of the meaning of love in American… read more
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7. The Red Parts
By: Maggie Nelson
4.31
Format: 66 pages,
One day in March 1969, twenty-three- year-old Jane Mixer was on her way home to tell her parents sh… read more
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8. Black Wave
By: Michelle Tea
3.91
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
"Wild, wickedly funny, and refreshingly relevant."--Elle "Raucous . . . [and] unapologetically raw.… read more
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9. All Fours
By: Miranda July
3.81
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times–bestselling author of The First Bad Man returns with an irreverently sexy, tende… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"But maybe the road split between: a life spent longing vs. a life that was continually surprising"-Miranda July, All Fours
"Maybe we shouldn't do that," Jordi said. "Flatten ourselves like that. Erratic doesn't have to mean crazy or irresponsible. Shouldn't we be normalizing change?"-Miranda July, All Fours
"I guess any calling, no mater what it is, is a kind of unresolved ache," I said, giving in to knowing more than him. "It's a problem that you can't fix, but there is some relief in knowing you will c…"-Miranda July, All Fours
"For me lying created just the right amount of problems and what you saw was just one of my four or five faces- each real, each with different needs. The only dangerous lie was one that asked me to co…"-Miranda July, All Fours
10. I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems
By: Kate Baer
4.28
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Kate Baer returns with a collection of erasure poems created from notes she received from followers… read more
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- poetry
- nonfiction
- biography
- mental health
"I wanted art / poetry was hidden in so much in so many ways"-Kate Baer, I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems
"women want to live without fear For thousands of years We were not believed this is what we carry"-Kate Baer, I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems
"You were designed to find satisfaction in your excellence Your nature cannot be retrofitted to the male without permanent damage to the original design"-Kate Baer, I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems
11. I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition
By: Lucy Sante
3.70
Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition
“Reading this book is a joy... much to say about the trans journey and will undoubtedly become a st… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
"(Although it is extremely exciting to have tits.)"-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition
"I wanted to so badly to be a woman that I could not really understand anyone wanting anything else"-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition
"It appeared that transitioning did not involve piling on additional stuff; rather it was a process of removal, dismantling the carapace of maleness that had kept me in its grip for so long."-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition
"My secret poisoned my entire experience of life. There was never a moment when I didn't feel the acute shame of being me, even as I denied to myself that my secret had anything to do with it."-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition
12. Little Fish
By: Casey Plett
3.86
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
WINNER, Lambda Literary Award; Firecracker Award for Fiction; $60,000 Amazon Canada First Novel Awa… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"Maybe living through it isn't the only hard part. Maybe being in the world afterward is also the hard part."-Casey Plett, Little Fish
"Wendy knew how to deal with looking cis and she knew how to deal with looking trans, but she would never, ever figure out how to be both. How the world could treat her so differently—within days or h…"-Casey Plett, Little Fish
"What kind of world does the core of your brain expect that you, you personally get to live in? Wendy wanted to be loved. However easily she might have abandoned or ruined her prospects, Wendy did sti…"-Casey Plett, Little Fish
13. In the Dream House
By: Carmen Maria Machado
4.42
Format: 251 pages, Hardcover
For years Carmen Maria Machado has struggled to articulate her experiences in an abusive same-sex r… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
"But this story? This one's mine."-Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House
"I thought you died, but writing this, I'm not sure you did."-Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House
"Your heart launches itself against your rib cage like an animal."-Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House
"You tried to tell your story to people who didn't know how to listen."-Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House
14. Filthy Animals
By: Brandon Taylor
3.64
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A group portrait of young adults enmeshed in desire and violence, a hotly charged, deeply satisfyin… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
15. Too Soon for Adiós
By: Annette Chavez Macias
4.26
Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition
From author Annette Chavez Macias comes a heartfelt novel about a woman who embarks on an emotional… read more
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16. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
4.40
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—f… read more
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- poetry
- race
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"Heartbreak itself is a primary color. Stagnant without a series of secondary colors to activate it. Longing is an activator."-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
"With enough repetition, anything can become a religion. It doesn’t matter if it works or not, it simply matters if a person returns."-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
"It is a strange miracle to be able to trace your own aging, your own mortality through someone who's living alongside you, someone who has survived eras at the same time as you have in some of the sa…"-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
17. A Dream of a Woman
By: Casey Plett
4.31
Format: 279 pages, Paperback
Casey Plett's 2018 novel Little Fish won a Lambda Literary Award, the Firecracker Award for Fiction… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
18. Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl
By: Andrea Lawlor
3.87
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
It’s 1993 and Paul Polydoris tends bar at the only gay club in a university town thrumming with pol… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"Inside Paul something tight released: a rusted nut turned finally around its old bolt. White sheets were thrown off moldering couches with a fanfare of dust and sunlight."-Andrea Lawlor, Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl
"It was June, and like everyone else Paul made himself extremely busy going to queer art openings and queer punk shows and queer spoken word showcases and queer evenings of performance art. He was exh…"-Andrea Lawlor, Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl
19. Molly
By: Blake Butler
3.66
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A gripping, unforgettable memoir from one of the best, most original writers of the 21st century. … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- mental health
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
20. What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough
By: Chidera Eggerue
3.77
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Sometimes it's not easy to find self-worth in a world that seems obsessed with telling us we're not… read more
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- nonfiction
- mental health
"You are allowed to outgrow people, and people are allowed to outgrow you."-Chidera Eggerue, What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough
"Anytime you find yourself in an environment that dilutes your self-esteem, picture four-year-old you and try your best to be her hero."-Chidera Eggerue, What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough
"Boredom is the ideal breeding ground for bad decisions. A lot of regrettable scenarios can be avoided if you just buckle down, focus on your goals, and try not to give in to temporary temptations tha…"-Chidera Eggerue, What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough
21. Signal to Noise
By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
3.75
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A beautiful new edition of Moreno-Garcia's stunning debut, featuring an illustrated cover by legend… read more
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"In Mexico City everything returns. The rains and the past and everything in between."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Signal to Noise
"You don’t get to rewind your life like a tape and splice it back together, pretending it never knotted and tore, when it did and you know it did."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Signal to Noise
"When you looked at Meche the first impression was that she was going to punch you in the face; she was made of such strong angles. However, if you looked long enough there was a delicate softness ben…"-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Signal to Noise
"He sat back, his head against the door of the building. Meche, in turn, rested her head against his shoulder. For others, it might have been an intimate gesture. Maybe it was, but not in the way most…"-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Signal to Noise
22. A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
By: Alicia Elliott
4.42
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A bold and profound meditation on trauma, legacy, oppression and racism in North America from award… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
- memoir
- mental health
"If intergenerational trauma can alter DNA, why can’t intergenerational love?"-Alicia Elliott, A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
23. Darryl
By: Jackie Ess
4.03
Format: 182 pages, Paperback
Darryl Cook is a man who seems to have everything: a quiet home in Western Oregon, a beautiful wife… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"I'm not gay, let alone trans. That's like next level gay."-Jackie Ess, Darryl
"Maybe every guy like me just needs a best friend with a big cock."-Jackie Ess, Darryl
"Hannibal Lecter is fucking my wife. Ok. I hope he doesn’t eat her."-Jackie Ess, Darryl
"You live vicariously through celebrities, I live vicariously through the guys who fuck my wife. But sure, ok, I'm the weird one."-Jackie Ess, Darryl
24. Arrangements in Blue
By: Amy Key
3.84
Format: 223 pages, Hardcover
Arrangements in Blue elegantly honors the life lived completely by—and for—oneself. Inspired by Jon… read more
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- poetry
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
25. The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish
By: Katya Apekina
4.08
Format: 353 pages, Paperback
It’s 16-year-old Edie who finds their mother Marianne dangling in the living room from an old jump … read more
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- mental health
"Si empujas en una dirección, el péndulo volverá con igual fuerza en la opuesta."-Katya Apekina, The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish
"That afternoon was the first time I felt... I don't know how to describe it exactly. My head was in Dad's lap and all the happiness that I'd missed was being compressed into that moment. I looked up …"-Katya Apekina, The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish
26. Having and Being Had
By: Eula Biss
3.83
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
"My adult life can be divided into two distinct parts," Eula Biss writes, "the time before I owned … read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
"Art unmakes the world made by work."-Eula Biss, Having and Being Had
"Not having money is time consuming. There are hours spent at laundromats, hours at bus stops, hours at free clinics, hours at thrift stores, hours on the phone with the bank or the credit card compan…"-Eula Biss, Having and Being Had
"Why is water so often a metaphor for money? Perhaps because we like to believe that our economic system is naturally occurring, not man-made. Maybe the movement of money feels inevitable if you imagi…"-Eula Biss, Having and Being Had
"Some people choose their precarity - evidence that precarity is not just a condition of our time, but a response to it. The precariat includes people who have forgone stable employment and retirement…"-Eula Biss, Having and Being Had
27. Dreaming of You: A Novel in Verse
By: Melissa Lozada-Oliva
3.17
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A macabre love story in verse about celebrity, loss, and longing following a poet who resurrects po… read more
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- poetry
- queer
- lgbt
"New York is cool because you only start dating someone so that it's easier to pay the rent."-Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Dreaming of You: A Novel in Verse
"Today, I walked into a coffee shop but no one was there who looked like they could completely fuck up my life and inspire a mediocre poem and a half so I just left."-Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Dreaming of You: A Novel in Verse
"I want You to keep chasing me and I don’t want you to know how far I would go to find out the truth of something, to scratch an itch that will tear the whole universe open."-Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Dreaming of You: A Novel in Verse
"You and me are having sex to a movie Or during a move? Or at a move? In a conversation with? At least we're un the dark enough so I don't have to feel bad about my body. At least there's only this li…"-Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Dreaming of You: A Novel in Verse
28. trans girl suicide museum
By: Hannah Baer
4.48
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Literary Nonfiction. LGBTQIA Studies. Edited by Clare Kelly. one part ketamine spiral, one part con… read more
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- poetry
- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
"Another thing about K is it feels so connected to the internet."-Hannah Baer, trans girl suicide museum
29. Ma and Me
By: Putsata Reang
4.43
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The memoir of a refugee caught between her identity as a gay woman and the love and life debt she o… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
30. What About the Rest of Your Life
By: Sung Yim
4.42
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In their soaring and urgent debut memoir, Sung Yim captures a sleepy sad slice of Americana recogni… read more
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- poetry
- race
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- mental health
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
31. The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern
By: Lynda Cohen Loigman
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
It's never too late for new beginnings. On the cusp of turning eighty, newly retired pharmacist … read more
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