13 Best queer books like Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership by Chaya Milchtein

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Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership

By: Chaya Milchtein

4.49

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A comprehensive guide to car ownership and maintenance intended for anyone—regardless of age, gende…

If you liked the queer plot in Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership by Chaya Milchtein , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family

By: Josh Hanagarne

3.81

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring story of how a Mormon kid with Tourette's found salvation in books and weight-lifting.… read more

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  • nonfiction
"An old librarian once said to me, " whatever we deal with, coming here is always a visual reward."

-Josh Hanagarne, The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family

"When I was his age, and even today, when it comes to books and libraries, too much is never enough"

-Josh Hanagarne, The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family

"There is a great case to be made for using religion to win arguments, as long as you only debate with other believers."

-Josh Hanagarne, The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family

"I'll never know everything about anything, but I'll know something about almost everything and that's how I like to live."

-Josh Hanagarne, The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family

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2. A Botanical Daughter

By: Noah Medlock

3.72

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Mexican Gothic meets The Lie Tree by way of Oscar Wilde and Mary Shelley in this delightfully witty… read more

Similar categories in Noah Medlock's A Botanical Daughter book and Chaya Milchtein's Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership

  • queer
  • lgbt
"Grief can be a kind of exhaustion, after all."

-Noah Medlock, A Botanical Daughter

"Gregor now knew in his soul that greatness came at a price, and true greatness is paid for by the hour."

-Noah Medlock, A Botanical Daughter

"He had tried sculpting in other materials - in clay, marble, wood, and bronze - but corpses were the only medium that really sang under his fingers."

-Noah Medlock, A Botanical Daughter

"Simon, what do you understand to be the nature of a soul?" he said suddenly. Simon was staring darkly into the endless distance. He didn't refocus his gaze to reply. "That part of us which cannot be …"

-Noah Medlock, A Botanical Daughter

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3. The Downloaded

By: Robert J. Sawyer

3.62

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

The new novel by Canada's top Science Fiction writer In 2059 two very different groups have their m… read more

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4. The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center

By: Rhaina Cohen

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Why do we place romantic partnership on a pedestal? What do we lose when we expect one person to me… read more

Similar categories in Rhaina Cohen's The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center book and Chaya Milchtein's Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership

  • nonfiction
  • queer
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5. How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi, #1)

By: Django Wexler

3.77

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Groundhog Day meets Guardians of the Galaxy in Django Wexler’s laugh-out-loud fantasy tale about a … read more

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6. Corps vivante

By: Julie Delporte

4.30

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

En 1990, Julie Delporte n’a encore jamais vu de butch, mais sa tante préférée chasse et fume le cig… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
"On entend dire que le sexe est bon pour la santé, mais la moitié du monde autour de moi a été violée."

-Julie Delporte, Corps vivante

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7. The Hills of Estrella Roja

By: Ashley Robin Franklin

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

In this delightfully creepy and unapologetically queer horror romp of a graphic novel, sometimes dr… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Robin Franklin's The Hills of Estrella Roja book and Chaya Milchtein's Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership

  • queer
  • lgbt
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8. In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life

By: Amy Schneider

3.51

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An inspirational and bold memoir from the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy! —and a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
"I deprived myself of a joy in my life, because it was a joy only girls were allowed to feel. Life already seemed to be full of joys that one wasn't allowed to feel, so adding one more to the pile cam…"

-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life

"I grew up with a strong desire for invisibility. In large part, this was due to the ever-present feeling that I was failing at performing my gender. The whole boy thing was just so exhausting, and I …"

-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life

"I grew up with a strong desire for invisibility. In large part, this was due to the ever-present feeling that I was failing at performing my gender. The whole boy thing was just so exhausting, and I …"

-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life

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9. Hey, Zoey

By: Sarah Crossan

3.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Dolores O'Shea’s marriage collapses when she discovers her husband’s AI sex doll in the garage. Whe… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Crossan's Hey, Zoey book and Chaya Milchtein's Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership

"But I wished I wasn’t strong. Because when you are, no one thinks to take care of you."

-Sarah Crossan, Hey, Zoey

"We were too alike. We loved one another in the wrong way, but that doesn't mean it wasn't love."

-Sarah Crossan, Hey, Zoey

"How could we possibly tell another person everything about ourselves? It would take a lifetime. It would be incredibly boring."

-Sarah Crossan, Hey, Zoey

"As a young teacher I would raise my voice to get a group’s attention. Now I know better. To make yourself heard, you get very quiet. It instils fear."

-Sarah Crossan, Hey, Zoey

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10. Rez Ball

By: Byron Graves

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more

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11. Coming Home

By: Brittney Griner

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory acc… read more

Similar categories in Brittney Griner's Coming Home book and Chaya Milchtein's Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership

  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
"When your world is violently upended, you don't just mourn your immediate losses. You also grieve a future that no longer feels possible, the peace that might've been."

-Brittney Griner, Coming Home

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12. The Andromeda Evolution (Andromeda, #2)

By: Daniel H. Wilson

3.71

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In 1967, an extraterrestrial microbe came crashing down to Earth and nearly ended the human race. A… read more

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13. Allow Me to Introduce Myself

By: Onyi Nwabineli

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Ever since she was a child, Anuri’s life was chronicled and monetized by her influencer stepmother.… read more

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14. The Fortune Seller

By: Rachel Kapelke-Dale

3.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Middle-class Rosie Macalister has worked for years to fit in with her wealthy friends on the Yale e… read more

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"Crook, philanderer, asshole. Champion, genius, father. How are you supposed to weigh up someone's life?"

-Rachel Kapelke-Dale, The Fortune Seller

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15. Thunder Song: Essays

By: Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

4.45

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The winner of the 2023 Pacific Northwest Book Award for her memoir, Red Paint , Sasha taqʷšəblu LaP… read more

Similar categories in Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe's Thunder Song: Essays book and Chaya Milchtein's Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership

  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
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16. Lost Ark Dreaming

By: Suyi Davies Okungbowa

3.69

Format: 179 pages, Hardcover

The brutally engineered class divisions of Snowpiercer meets Rivers Solomon’s The Deep in this high… read more

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17. I Curse You With Joy

By: Tiffany Haddish

3.95

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

Tiffany Haddish is back with her highly anticipated new essay collection, I Curse You With Joy … read more

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  • nonfiction
"Representation isn’t just checking off boxes, it’s validating experience."

-Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy

"What I was learning was, in its own fucked up way, no feelings was as bad as too many."

-Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy

"I wish that men got endometriosis. If it was painful when they ejaculated, you know they would find a cure immediately and every doctor would know what to do to make it less painful, even a foot doct…"

-Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy

"Going through all that, taught me that you get to choose your response when you are afraid. You might not be able to control everything that happens to you but you do get to control how you respond t…"

-Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy

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18. Fake Flame

By: Adele Buck

3.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this fun, fast-paced romantic comedy, a bookish firefighter who knows his Jane Austen suggests a… read more

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19. Consent: A Memoir

By: Jill Ciment

3.96

Format: 145 pages, Hardcover

In this unflinching account of the ardent love affair between the author and her painting teacher, … read more

Similar categories in Jill Ciment's Consent: A Memoir book and Chaya Milchtein's Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership

  • nonfiction
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20. Throwback

By: Maurene Goo

4.11

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Back to the Future meets The Joy Luck Club in this YA contemporary romance about a Korean American … read more

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21. Trippy: The Peril and Promise of Medicinal Psychedelics

By: Ernesto Londoño

4.19

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A riveting look at the tremendous promise and inherent risks of the use of psychedelics in mental h… read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Londoño's Trippy: The Peril and Promise of Medicinal Psychedelics book and Chaya Milchtein's Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership

  • nonfiction
  • science
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22. 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 Chaya Milchtein's Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership

  • queer
  • lgbt
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23. 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 Chaya Milchtein's Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership

  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
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24. Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire

By: Alice Wong

4.30

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility: another revol… read more

Similar categories in Alice Wong's Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire book and Chaya Milchtein's Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership

  • nonfiction
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25. A Shore Thing

By: Joanna Lowell

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A delightful queer Victorian love story, featuring a boldly brash trans hero, the beguiling botanis… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Lowell's A Shore Thing book and Chaya Milchtein's Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership

  • queer
  • lgbt
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26. The Pairing

By: Casey McQuiston

3.90

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

In #1 New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuiston's latest romantic comedy, two bisexual exes… read more

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  • queer
  • lgbt
"Some people dye their hair when they go through a breakup. I got a bus."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

"This is what I get for assuming all women in safari hats can be trusted."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

"He was the first great thing I ever let myself want. This time, I’m keeping him."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

"A love that’s ended is the only kind I can have, because I can’t possibly lose it."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

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27. Finding Mr. Write

By: Kelley Armstrong

3.70

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A  fun romantic comedy about a woman writing under a male pseudonym and the man she hires to play t… read more

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28. 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 Chaya Milchtein's Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership

  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
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29. Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant

By: Stephanie Kiser

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

What are the lives of America's richest families really like? Their nannies see it all… When S… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Kiser's Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant book and Chaya Milchtein's Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership

  • nonfiction
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30. An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work

By: Charlotte Shane

3.28

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Through the lens of her years spent as a sex worker, Charlotte Shane offers a provocative and tende… read more

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  • nonfiction
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31. Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership

By: Chaya Milchtein

4.49

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A comprehensive guide to car ownership and maintenance intended for anyone—regardless of age, gende… read more

Similar categories in Chaya Milchtein's Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership book and Chaya Milchtein's Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership

  • queer
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • cars
  • reference
  • science

15 must-read nonfiction books like Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership by Chaya Milchtein

Transform Your Habits

The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family

Josh Hanagarne

3.81

Transform Your Habits

The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center

Rhaina Cohen

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Corps vivante

Julie Delporte

4.30

Transform Your Habits

In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life

Amy Schneider

3.51

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Transform Your Habits

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew

Emmanuel Acho

4.53

Transform Your Habits

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

Greg Marshall

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Sunshine: A Graphic Novel

Jarrett J. Krosoczka

4.55

Transform Your Habits

Who's Afraid of Gender?

Judith Butler

4.02

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