P.S. Burn this Letter Please: The Fabulous and Fraught Birth of Modern Drag, in the Queen's Own Words
By: Craig Olsen
4.24
Format: 206 pages, Hardcover
Their greatest act of resistance was simply existing. Drags, fags and trans-women were attracted t…
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1. Drag King Dreams
By: Leslie Feinberg
3.74
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
From award-winning and best-selling author, Leslie Feinberg, comes Drag King Dreams, the story of M… read more
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- queer
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2. Annie on My Mind
By: Nancy Garden
4.02
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
This groundbreaking book is the story of two teenage girls whose friendship blossoms into love and … read more
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"Real, but sometimes beautiful."-Nancy Garden, Annie on My Mind
"Don't let ignorance win', said Ms. Stevenson. 'Let love."-Nancy Garden, Annie on My Mind
"And that's like my world." Annie pointed up to the stars again."Inaccecible."-Nancy Garden, Annie on My Mind
"It’s terrible, … for us to have been so scared to be seen with books we have every right to read."-Nancy Garden, Annie on My Mind
3. Public Library and Other Stories
By: Ali Smith
2.86
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
A richly inventive new collection of stories from Ali Smith, author of How to be both, winner of th… read more
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- audiobook
4. James Acaster's Classic Scrapes
By: James Acaster
3.56
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
James Acaster has been nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award five timesand has appeared on prime… read more
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5. The Witches of New York
By: Ami McKay
3.91
Format: 20 pages,
The beloved, bestselling author of The Birth Houseand The Virgin Cureis back with her most beguilin… read more
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6. 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
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7. Comedy in a Minor Key
By: Damion Searls , Hans Keilson
3.54
Format: None pages, Paperback
A penetrating study of ordinary people resisting the Nazi occupation--and, true to its title, a dar… read more
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8. None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary
By: Travis Alabanza
4.38
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
‘When you are someone that falls outside of categories in so many ways, a lot of things are said to… read more
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- queer
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- lgbt
- audiobook
9. Summer Sons
By: Lee Mandelo
3.80
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
Andrew and Eddie did everything together, best friends bonded more deeply than brothers, until Eddi… read more
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- queer
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"It's a choice I made, getting in this thing with you, whatever it is. But don't mistake me, I'm not interested in filling in for a ghost."-Lee Mandelo, Summer Sons
"His face twisted through several contradictory emotions and he said, "For fuck's sake Andrew. Is there anything in this scenario that feels heterosexual or well-adjusted to you?"-Lee Mandelo, Summer Sons
"I’m sorry he died before you figured it out. For what it’s worth, I think you might’ve eventually, without me there to displace your bullshit onto. He was head over heels for you, and everyone knew b…"-Lee Mandelo, Summer Sons
10. Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance
By: John Waters
3.30
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A hilariously filthy tale of sex, crime, and family dysfunction from the brilliantly twisted mind o… read more
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- queer
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- audiobook
11. 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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- audiobook
- history
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
12. Open Throat
By: Henry Hoke
4.01
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A lonely, lovable, queer mountain lion narrates this star-making fever dream of a novel. A quee… read more
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- queer
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13. All Down Darkness Wide
By: Seán Hewitt
4.19
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A luminous and haunting memoir from the prize-winning poet - a story of love, heartbreak and coming… read more
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- nonfiction
- queer
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"When they said, 'I'm just scared that you'll be unhappy', what I really felt they were saying was 'I am scared that if you continue being yourself, we will make you unhappy."-Seán Hewitt, All Down Darkness Wide
"Ik vroeg me af of ik wel klaar was om met hem mee te gaan, of ik wel klaar was om die ene stap verder te zetten in het nieuwe leven dat ik weg van huis begon te ontdekken. Hier was ik een volwassene;…"-Seán Hewitt, All Down Darkness Wide
"Omdat ik nu eenmaal was wie ik ben, had ik al vroeg de heimelijke tactieken van het conformisme begrepen: hoe je een slis verhult, een al te uitgesproken tred corrigeert, je stem een paar tonen lager…"-Seán Hewitt, All Down Darkness Wide
"Omdat ik nu eenmaal was wie ik ben, had ik al vroeg de heimelijke tactieken van het conformisme begrepen: hoe je een slis verhult, een al te uitgesproken tred corrigeert, je stem een paar tonen lager…"-Seán Hewitt, All Down Darkness Wide
14. Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
By: Kit Heyam
4.30
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking global history of gender nonconformity Today’s narratives about trans people … read more
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- audiobook
- history
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
"It’s not as simple as saying that ‘while the terminology is new, the experiences are not.’ The advent of new terminology can genuinely shift how we think about gender, as well as what names we give t…"-Kit Heyam, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
"It's important that we, as historians or as queer people, don't treat gender and sexuality as two things that use to be entangled but have now been teased apart. There can be a tendency in white quee…"-Kit Heyam, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
15. The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
By: Andrew Joseph White
4.52
Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition
Mors vincit omnia. Death conquers all. London, 1883. The Veil between the living and dead has th… read more
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"He's...he's doing the same thing I do. His hands are fluttering. Like mine. Oh God, he's like me."-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
"I should not have to keep fixing the damage done to us. It would be so easy to not hurt us and the Speakers can't even do that. It's more work to hurt us. It's more work to be cruel - and yet they co…"-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
"I do not get to savor the masculine cut of my clothes, or the illusion of short hair, or the feeting joy of my skin feeling like mine. Instead, I have to worry if my boyhood is convincing enough to k…"-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
"My name is Daphne.' Daphne? In that moment, it's as if I've peeled the skin away from the chest of a patient, revealing a beating heart. A boy could not say that name as if terrified the syllables wi…"-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
16. The House of Hidden Meanings
By: RuPaul
3.84
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and persona… read more
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"We all have that magic within us - But it's the faculty to harness it - to turn something seemingly meaningless into something special, to be loose and spontaneous with it - that makes life most wort…"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
"But in that time the RuPaul idea was born, and people outside of my world were inspired to talk about me and androgyny and drag in a way that was unprecedented. Not long after that, the questions cam…"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
"Life is full of dualities: night and day, black and white, yin and yang, good and evil, birth and death, love and fear. You can't have one without the other. It takes two to create the magnetic pull …"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
"There are ideological precepts that people will fight or even kill for. But those things are never really what they seem to be. As much as people will claim a hard moral line, that line becomes very …"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
17. Rememberings
By: Sinéad O'Connor
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
THE LANDMARK MEMOIR OF A GLOBAL MUSIC ICONSinéad O'Connor's voice and trademark shaved head made he… read more
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"When one lives with the Devil one finds out there's a God."-Sinéad O'Connor, Rememberings
18. The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison
By: Hugh Ryan
4.45
Format: 357 pages, Hardcover
This singular history of a prison, and the queer women and trans people held there, is a window int… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- queer
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19. Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era
By: Laurence Leamer
3.83
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scan… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
20. 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
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- audiobook
"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?
21. The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag
By: Sasha Velour
4.41
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
“Drag embodies the queer possibility that exists within each of us—the infinite ways in which gende… read more
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- audiobook
- history
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
22. You Exist Too Much
By: Zaina Arafat
3.64
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
On a hot day in Bethlehem, a 12-year-old Palestinian-American girl is yelled at by a group of men o… read more
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"When you don’t want to lose someone, it’s so tempting to deceive them."-Zaina Arafat, You Exist Too Much
"Appetite is embarrassing enough; visibly trying to satiate it, utterly mortifying."-Zaina Arafat, You Exist Too Much
23. Straight Jacket
By: Matthew Todd
3.93
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
'This is an essential read for every gay person on the planet' - Elton John WINNER BOYZ BEST LGB… read more
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- audiobook
"Love is fundamentally pivotal to the survival of all human beings."-Matthew Todd, Straight Jacket
"Your spirituality is simply the positive, loving side of yourself, the energy of joy and togetherness. It's the feeling you have when your dog bounds up wagging its tail, or the biggest laugh you hav…"-Matthew Todd, Straight Jacket
24. A Drag Queen’s Guide to Life
By: Bimini Bon Boulash
3.94
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Bimini Bon Boulash is the nation's sweetheart, capturing hearts and minds as the gag-inducing, deat… read more
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- lgbt
- audiobook
25. Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
By: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
4.65
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
The future of Black, queer, and trans liberation explored by a legendary transgender elder and acti… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- queer
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"I would hope that someone would step away from this book recognising that "transgender" does not encompass just one type of person."-Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
"If self-hatred was hammered into you when you were young, Major wants you to know that you're important - that being an outsider helps you develop skin that's both tough and pliable in social situati…"-Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
"The Powers That Be: the corporate, government, and nonprofit actors who work to preserve the status quo, and the forces in the world who want us all to fit into our proper places in an established so…"-Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
26. Diamonds and Deadlines: A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age
By: Betsy Prioleau
3.55
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Betsy Prioleau’s biography of Gilded Age female tycoon Miriam Leslie is “an appropriately twisty ta… read more
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27. But the Girl
By: Jessica Zhan Mei Yu
3.74
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Irreverent, witty and wise, But the Girl is a coming-of-age story about not wanting to leave your f… read more
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28. When Brooklyn Was Queer
By: Hugh Ryan
4.31
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
The groundbreaking, never-before-told story of Brooklyn’s vibrant and forgotten queer history, from… read more
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- queer
29. You’re the One That I Want
By: Simon James Green
4.07
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
Freddie has a reputation as a ‘nice guy’ – inoffensive, sweet, kind – and therefore completely un-d… read more
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"I feel like I'm making all the mistakes I would have made if I'd been dating people since I was thirteen. Even if you're really just playing at being in a relationship, you're still feeling your way …"-Simon James Green, You’re the One That I Want
30. The Betrayal of Thomas True
By: A.J. West
4.33
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
It is the year 1710, and Thomas True has arrived on old London Bridge with a dangerous secret. One … read more
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31. P.S. Burn this Letter Please: The Fabulous and Fraught Birth of Modern Drag, in the Queen's Own Words
By: Craig Olsen
4.24
Format: 206 pages, Hardcover
Their greatest act of resistance was simply existing. Drags, fags and trans-women were attracted t… read more
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