Chicago Whispers: A History of LGBT Chicago Before Stonewall
By: St. Sukie de la Croix
4.02
Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition
"Chicago Whispers" illuminates a colorful and vibrant record of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transge…
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1. The Namesake
By: Jhumpa Lahiri
4.11
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladiesestablished this young writer as one the most brilliant of h… read more
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2. And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
By: William Greider , Randy Shilts
3.79
Format: None pages, Paperback
By the time Rock Hudson's death in 1985 alerted all America to the danger of the AIDS epidemic, the… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- queer
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3. Transgender History
By: Susan Stryker
3.96
Format: 236 pages, Paperback
Covering American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today, Transgender Historyt… read more
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4. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
By: Merlin Sheldrake
4.35
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
There is a lifeform so strange and wondrous that it forces us to rethink how life works…Neither pla… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"I have tried to find ways to enjoy the ambiguities that fungi present, but it's not always easy to be comfortable in the space created by open questions. Agoraphobia can set in. It's tempting to hide…"-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
"Anthropomorphism is usually thought of as an illusion that arises like a blister in soft human minds: untrained, undisciplined, unhardened. There are good reasons for this: when we humanise the world…"-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
"Fungi make worlds. They also unmake them. There are lots of ways to catch them in the act. When you cook mushroom soup, or just eat it. When you go out gathering mushrooms, or buy them. When you ferm…"-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
5. The Hollow Places
By: T. Kingfisher
3.80
Format: 337 pages, Paperback
A young woman discovers a strange portal in her uncle’s house, leading to madness and terror in thi… read more
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"If there's a way into hell, someone will always find it."-T. Kingfisher, The Hollow Places
"No one has zombie raccoons roaming around their museum. That would just be silly."-T. Kingfisher, The Hollow Places
"We had passed close in space, but separated by far too much time to make a difference."-T. Kingfisher, The Hollow Places
"You're from Florida. There's got to be more holes to hell in Florida than any other state."-T. Kingfisher, The Hollow Places
6. This Is How You Lose the Time War
By: Amal El-Mohtar
3.88
Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition
Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before … read more
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"Atlantis sinks. Serves it right."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
"And everyone is alive, somewhere in time."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
"All the stars are eyes here, always seeking."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
"I would rather break the world than lose you."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
7. Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
By: Amanda Montell
3.85
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultis… read more
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- history
"Without language, there are no "cults"."-Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
"Some say people who join cults are “lost."-Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
"With words, we breathe reality into being."-Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
"The nimble direct sales industry always finds a way to reinvent itself - the capitalist cockroach that just won't stop reincarnating."-Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
8. We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
By: Samra Habib
4.16
Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition
CANADA READS 2020 WINNER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 EDNA STAEBLER AWARD FOR CREATIVE NON-FICTION NA… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"Being surrounded by people who fuel you is intentional."-Samra Habib, We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
"For me, a wedding was an act of necessity, not a fairy tale."-Samra Habib, We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
"The joy of discovery is one of the biggest pleasures you'll ever know."-Samra Habib, We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
"Closure, for me, would mean accepting my circumstances rather than trying to alter them to serve me best."-Samra Habib, We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
9. 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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"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
10. Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure (St. Hell, #1)
By: Lewis Hancox
4.28
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A groundbreaking memoir about being a trans teen, in the vein of FUN HOME and FLAMER... and at the … read more
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11. Fine: A Comic About Gender
By: Rhea Ewing
4.28
Format: 319 pages, Paperback
Washington Post • 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2022 A vibrant and informative debut with “great doc… read more
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- queer
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"Gender affects everybody, so whether you're trans or not, gender is fucking you up. -Jac, 2013"-Rhea Ewing, Fine: A Comic About Gender
12. Queer Clout: Chicago and the Rise of Gay Politics (Politics and Culture in Modern America)
By: Timothy Stewart-Winter
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In postwar America, the path to political power for gays and lesbians led through city hall. By the… read more
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- history
- queer
- lgbt
13. Queer Legacies: Stories from Chicago’s LGBTQ Archives
By: John D'Emilio
3.67
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
The variety of LGBTQ life in Chicago is too abundant and too diverse to be contained in a single pl… read more
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14. How to They/Them: A Visual Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity
By: Stuart Getty
4.43
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Ever wonder what nonbinary or gender nonconforming really mean? And how the heck do you use they/th… read more
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15. Chicago Whispers: A History of LGBT Chicago Before Stonewall
By: St. Sukie de la Croix
4.02
Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition
"Chicago Whispers" illuminates a colorful and vibrant record of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transge… read more
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- lgbt
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- queer
