8 Top lgbt books like Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible by Gregg Drinkwater

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Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible

By: Gregg Drinkwater

4.38

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

A modernized, queer reading of the Torah In the Jewish tradition, reading of the Torah follows a c…

If you liked the lgbt plot in Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible by Gregg Drinkwater , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Das Kapital

By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Serge L. Levitsky

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

Das Kapital, Karl Marx's seminal work, is the book that above all others formed the twentieth centu… read more

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  • nonfiction
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2. The Autobiography of Malcolm X

By: Alex Haley , Malcolm X

4.36

Format: 466 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Alternate cover for ISBN 9780345350688 Through a life of passion and struggle, Malcolm X became … read more

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  • nonfiction
"We all like chicken"

-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

"كانت حياتي سلسة من التحولات"

-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

"لا يدرك الناس أن كتابا واحدا قد يغير حياة انسان"

-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

"I Used the Word 'Negro' and I was Firmly Corrected"

-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

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3. Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)

By: Octavia E. Butler

3.82

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey tow… read more

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4. The Torah: The Five Books of Moses

By: Anonymous , Harry M. Orlinsky

4.19

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Read our customer guide The Torah is the essence of Jewish tradition; it inspires each successive g… read more

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  • judaism
  • nonfiction
  • religion
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5. The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus

By: Richard Preston

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

The bestselling landmark account of the first emergence of the Ebola virus.A highly infectious, dea… read more

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  • nonfiction

6. The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)

By: Helene Wecker

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In The Golem and the Jinni, a chance meeting between mythical beings takes readers on a dazzling jo… read more

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7. In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash

By: Jean Shepherd

3.45

Format: 105 pages, Paperback

A beloved, bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana, reissued in a strikingly design… read more

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8. Between Two Fires

By: Christopher Buehlman

4.27

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village… read more

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"The only thing I say to God is my daughter's names; and it is not a prayer, it's a rebuke."

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

"He was being kissed now by his own mouth, not as lovers kiss, with tongues, but as true lovers kiss, sharing breath."

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

"A dark-haired little boy just in pants stood bewildered near the blaze, saying, as if there had been some mistake, "We live here. We live here."

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

"But it will be harder for you if you remember. Love is always harder. Love means weathering blows for another’s sake and not counting them. Love is loss of self, loss of other, and faith in the death…"

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

9. Everyday Holiness: the Jewish Spiritual Path of Mussar

By: Alan Morinis

3.19

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

Here is an accessible and inspiring introduction to the Jewish spiritual tradition known as Mussar.… read more

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10. The Weight of Ink

By: Rachel Kadish

4.15

Format: 704 pages, Kindle Edition

WINNER OF A NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD A USA TODAY BESTSELLER "A gifted writer, astonishingly adept… read more

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  • judaism
  • religion
  • jewish
"Never underestimate the passion of a lonely mind."

-Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink

"My grandmother," Ester said, "wished not to trap her love into taking her. She said a heart is a free thing, and once enslaved will mutiny...."

-Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink

"Then it was only right that she do as her spirit told her, and let the struggle itself answer the question of which was the stronger: her will or her womanly nature."

-Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink

"A woman such as I is a rocky cliff against which a man tests himself before retreating to safe pastures. I cannot fault any such man as takes what ease the world offers him."

-Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink

11. Balancing on the Mechitza: Transgender in Jewish Community

By: None

3.11

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

***WINNER, 2011 Lambda Literary Award - Transgender Non-Fiction While the Jewish mainstream still a… read more

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12. Practical Kabbalah: A Guide to Jewish Wisdom for Everyday Life

By: None

3.50

Format: 519 pages, Paperback

Kabbalah is an ancient Jewish wisdom that explains the laws of spiritual energy. Up until very rece… read more

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13. Living a Jewish Life

By: Anita Diamant , Howard Cooper

5.00

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Jewish tradition is a gift and a challenge. "Living a Jewish Life" is your guide to the cultural an… read more

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14. The Essential Talmud

By: Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz , None

3.97

Format: 649 pages, Paperback

The Essential Talmud is a masterful introduction to the beliefs, attitudes, and methods of the sacr… read more

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15. To Pray As A Jew: A Guide To The Prayer Book And The Synagogue Service

By: None

3.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

Rabbi Donin offers a detailed guide to Jewish prayer which takes the reader through the entire pres… read more

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16. Daughter of Fortune

By: Isabel Allende , Margaret Sayers Peden

3.94

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Orphaned at birth, Eliza Sommers is raised in the British colony of Valparaíso, Chile, by the well-… read more

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"حيث توجد النساء ، توجد الحضارة"

-Isabel Allende, Daughter of Fortune

"Quien se complace en pensar en lo malo, acaba por convocarlo"

-Isabel Allende, Daughter of Fortune

"Non c'è niente di più pericoloso del demone della fantasia acquattato nell'animo femminile."

-Isabel Allende, Daughter of Fortune

"You are my angel and my damnation; in your presence I reach divine ecstasy and in your absence I descent to hell."

-Isabel Allende, Daughter of Fortune

17. This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation

By: Alan Lew

3.80

Format: 281 pages, Hardcover

There are moments in life when one is caught utterly unprepared. Drawing on both his rabbinical tra… read more

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18. Writing the Other

By: None , Nisi Shawl

4.21

Format: None pages,

During the 1992 Clarion West Writers Workshop attended by Nisi Shawl and Cynthia Ward, one of the s… read more

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19. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.09

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Dinosaurs and portals, and a girl who can find both in the latest book in the Hugo and Nebula Award… read more

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  • queer
  • lgbt
"Because all the ways we're not normal are the way our normal homes want us to be."

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"We're your penance, silly, the whole chaotic bunch of us, and as part of your penance, I say you're not done suffering us yet."

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"If you want a life without terrible surprises, you should always look at the worst possible answer until you understand it all the way down to the bottom. Once you can do that, you'll know what's com…"

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"None of us is normal, and we'll either figure out how to pretend we are, or we'll find our doors home, and then we won't have to worry about it anymore, because all the ways we are not normal are the…"

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

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20. Where the Drowned Girls Go (Wayward Children, #7)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.05

Format: 150 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the Whitethorn Institute. The first step is always admitting you need help, and you've a… read more

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  • queer
  • lgbt
"Names have power. Names define things"

-Seanan McGuire, Where the Drowned Girls Go (Wayward Children, #7)

"I'm not your door, but I might be my own."

-Seanan McGuire, Where the Drowned Girls Go (Wayward Children, #7)

"Being a fat child meant knowing how to be own best advocate"

-Seanan McGuire, Where the Drowned Girls Go (Wayward Children, #7)

"I am not your door.' After a pause for thought, she added, 'But I might be my own."

-Seanan McGuire, Where the Drowned Girls Go (Wayward Children, #7)

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21. When the Angels Left the Old Country

By: Sacha Lamb

4.27

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

A queer immigrant fairytale about individual purpose, the fluid nature of identity, and the power o… read more

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  • queer
  • judaism
  • jewish
  • lgbt
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22. Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children, #8)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.32

Format: 208 pages, ebook

A young girl discovers an infinite variety of worlds in this standalone tale in the Hugo and Nebula… read more

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"They needed to know because a choice you make without knowing the consequences isn't any choice at all!"

-Seanan McGuire, Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children, #8)

"They have hearts. I can feel them beating. So I will build them a home and haven, as none was built for me, and I will care for them as long as I am able."

-Seanan McGuire, Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children, #8)

"Then you found a door that said to be sure, and you were sure, you were already sure, you were so sure that when you tried the knob, it wasn't locked, and you could walk right through."

-Seanan McGuire, Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children, #8)

"Some children need to escape from places that will only hurt them, or grind them away until they're nothing. And some children need to go somewhere else if they're ever going to grow into the people …"

-Seanan McGuire, Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children, #8)

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23. Judaism's Ten Best Ideas: A Brief Guide for Seekers

By: Arthur Green

4.37

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

A welcoming introduction to the most important ideas in Judaism. In an age of fluid identity, many … read more

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  • theology
  • jewish
  • judaism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • judaica
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24. People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

By: Dara Horn

4.36

Format: 237 pages, Hardcover

Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating ess… read more

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  • jewish
  • judaism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • judaica
"Evil' may or may not be banal, but killing Jews sure is."

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

"between the raindrops" - a Hebrew expression for evading repeated disaster."

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

"Sometimes your body is someone else's haunted house. Other people look at you and can only see the dead."

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

"There are so few Jews in the world: even in the United States, we are barely 2 percent of the population, a minority among minorities... Statistically speaking, nothing that happens to Jews should be…"

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

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25. Mistakes Were Made

By: Meryl Wilsner

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From the critically acclaimed author of Something To Talk About comes a sharp and sexy rom-com abou… read more

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  • queer
  • lgbt
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26. Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

By: Heather Walter

3.95

Format: 470 pages, Hardcover

A princess isn’t supposed to fall for an evil sorceress. But in this darkly magical retelling of “S… read more

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  • queer
  • lgbt
"There's nothing for me here. I'm tired of being a villain." "Magic is everywhere...even humans carry a spark of it in their fragile, fickle souls. All you need to do is reach out and find it."

-Heather Walter, Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

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27. Misrule (Malice Duology, #2)

By: Heather Walter

3.77

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

Does true love break curses or begin them? The dark sorceress of “Sleeping Beauty” reclaims her sto… read more

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  • queer
  • lgbt
"Tragedy teaches us things about ourselves and about others. Sometimes we do not like what we see, but we have to look anyway. We have to know."

-Heather Walter, Misrule (Malice Duology, #2)

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28. Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales

By: Melanie Gillman

4.04

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time . . . happily ever after turned out differently than expected. In this new, femini… read more

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  • queer
  • lgbt
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29. God Is Here: Reimagining the Divine

By: Toba Spitzer

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Toba Spitzer's God Is Here is a transformative exploration of the idea of God, offering new paths t… read more

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  • jewish
  • theology
  • judaism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • judaica
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30. Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life

By: Shai Held

4.57

Format: 546 pages, Hardcover

A profound, startling new understanding of Jewish life, illuminating the forgotten heart of Jewish … read more

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  • theology
  • jewish
  • judaism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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31. Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible

By: Gregg Drinkwater

4.38

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

A modernized, queer reading of the Torah In the Jewish tradition, reading of the Torah follows a c… read more

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  • theology
  • jewish
  • lgbt
  • judaism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • judaica
  • queer

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The Torah: The Five Books of Moses

Anonymous , Harry M. Orlinsky

4.19

Transform Your Habits

The Weight of Ink

Rachel Kadish

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Judaism's Ten Best Ideas: A Brief Guide for Seekers

Arthur Green

4.37

Transform Your Habits

People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

Dara Horn

4.36

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David Baddiel

4.21

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Sarah Hurwitz

4.44

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4.36

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4.34

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