Fat Off, Fat On
By: Clarkisha Kent
3.96
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
In this disarming and candid memoir, cultural critic Clarkisha Kent unpacks the kind of compounded …
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1. Witches, Midwives and Nurses: A History of Women Healers
By: Barbara Ehrenreich , Deirdre English
3.96
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Women have always been healers, and medicine has always been an arena of struggle between female pr… read more
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2. 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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3. Black Girl, Call Home
By: Jasmine Mans
4.44
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
From spoken word poet Jasmine Mans comes an unforgettable poetry collection about race, feminism, a… read more
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- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"I know grace and mercy was raised by the same single mother."-Jasmine Mans, Black Girl, Call Home
"Are women labeled crazy when you feel like their rage outweighs the evidence of their pain?"-Jasmine Mans, Black Girl, Call Home
4. “You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People
By: Aubrey Gordon
4.33
Format: 205 pages, Paperback
The co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast and creator of Your Fat Friend equips you with the fac… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- essays
- adult
- audiobook
5. Creep: Accusations and Confessions
By: Myriam Gurba
4.37
Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition
A ruthless and razor-sharp essay collection that tackles the pervasive, creeping oppression and tox… read more
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- memoir
- lgbt
- feminism
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- adult
- audiobook
"Embedded within these systems of family, friendship, and community, these creepy men may appear harmless, their evil obscured by a benign collective presence, a fog of sorts. This softness swaddles a…"-Myriam Gurba, Creep: Accusations and Confessions
6. Hijab Butch Blues
By: Lamya H.
4.48
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- feminism
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Sort of?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"Queer indispensability?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
7. Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome
By: Aparna Nancherla
3.60
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A hilarious and insightful collection of essays exploring impostor syndrome, from the inside and ou… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- humor
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
8. It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror
By: Joe Vallese
4.18
Format: 298 pages, Paperback
Through the lens of horror—from "Halloween" to "Hereditary"—queer and trans writers consider the fi… read more
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- lgbt
- nonfiction
- essays
- adult
- audiobook
"Androgyny doesn't look a certain way, though gender is ingrained in society such that liberal readings are applied to everyone, sprinkling gender on everything from haircuts to careers to alcoholic b…"-Joe Vallese, It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror
9. 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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- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"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
10. 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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- audiobook
- lgbt
11. Quietly Hostile: Essays
By: Samantha Irby
3.70
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Samantha Irby invites us to share in the gory particulars of her real life, all that festers behind… read more
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- memoir
- lgbt
- humor
- nonfiction
- essays
- adult
- audiobook
"[...] and my face is sore from smiling so hard in an effort to appear friendly and nonthreatening."-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
"I'm so embarrassed by everything all the time, humiliated even by the need to breathe air where other people can see me"-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
"I want to push back against this idea that it's not real love if you're not passionately chattering at each other all the time, that it's just as valid (and romantic!) to know instinctively when to s…"-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
"I lived in blissful solitude for a long time...and you learn a lot about yourself and what you require for life when it's just you that you have to think about...You can buy frozen fish sticks and ea…"-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
12. Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation
By: Camonghne Felix
3.83
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
When Camonghne Felix goes through a monumental breakup, culminating in a hospital stay, everything… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"It is through living, then dying, and living to die again that we discover what being alive is supposed to mean at all."-Camonghne Felix, Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation
"Pythagoreans believed that there are three ways humanity improves, one of which is dying. Death is biological, but where it is also metaphysical is where I find delight."-Camonghne Felix, Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation
"Math is a form of faith, a faith of its own dynamic and complex language system, and to speak it is to agree to its principles: Input begets output. One becomes the other. One variable is subject to …"-Camonghne Felix, Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation
"Nobody has to care about what hurts you because that's not their job. It's not the world's job to understand you, it's your job to understand the world. And the more you understand it, the more you l…"-Camonghne Felix, Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation
13. Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture
By: Sherronda J. Brown
4.53
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
For readers of Ace and Belly of the Beast: A Black queer feminist exploration of asexuality—and an … read more
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- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
14. Fat Girls Hiking: An Inclusive Guide to Getting Outdoors at Any Size or Ability
By: Summer Michaud-Skog
3.96
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
“An invaluable guide…Kudos to the author for changing the narrative on inclusiveness, breaking down… read more
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- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
15. Black Friend: Essays
By: Ziwe
4.30
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From a rapidly rising comedy star, a bold, biting, and deeply hilarious takedown—and send-up—of our… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- humor
- nonfiction
- essays
- adult
- audiobook
"You can't have my body, but you can have my body of work."-Ziwe, Black Friend: Essays
16. Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America
By: Krista Burton
3.86
Format: 320 pages, ebook
A former Rookie contributor and creator of the popular blog Effing Dykes investigates the disappear… read more
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- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"While I appreciate the freedom to live anywhere we want, and I love visiting those places, I do feel a sharp sense of loss knowing I can't see the people I consider my queer family on a daily basis. …"-Krista Burton, Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America
17. Yesterday I Was the Moon
By: Noor Unnahar
3.88
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
yesterday i was the moon is a collection of poetry by noor unnahar - it explores courage, self-love… read more
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- feminism
- adult
- nonfiction
"Dreams live as long as the dreamers do"-Noor Unnahar, Yesterday I Was the Moon
"Words; they are powerlessly powerful so use yours well."-Noor Unnahar, Yesterday I Was the Moon
"in pieces yet at peace i am a building in a post war city"-Noor Unnahar, Yesterday I Was the Moon
"Nothing teaches better than this trio the fears, the tears, the years."-Noor Unnahar, Yesterday I Was the Moon
18. The 7-10 Split (Peach Blossom, #1)
By: Karmen Lee
3.35
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
This is how love rolls… For teacher Ava Williams, some subjects are not up for debate. Like his… read more
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- adult
- lgbt
19. Weightless: Making Space for My Resilient Body and Soul
By: Evette Dionne
3.94
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A poignant and ruthlessly honest journey through cultural expectations of size, race, and gender--a… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- feminism
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
"What might change if we simply minded our body's business, and thought about other people's less?"-Evette Dionne, Weightless: Making Space for My Resilient Body and Soul
"I refuse to settle... it would be nice to find a partner, but I'd much rather remain single than settle for someone that's undeserving."-Evette Dionne, Weightless: Making Space for My Resilient Body and Soul
"Our culture treats weight loss as if it's about aesthetics or a vain quest to assimilate, but we rarely consider that it is sometimes a consequence of traumatic experience."-Evette Dionne, Weightless: Making Space for My Resilient Body and Soul
"When I look in the mirror, I don't see a body slimmed through strict dieting and weight loss. I see a body that's weary, that's battered, that has been through absolute hell. I see a body that's resi…"-Evette Dionne, Weightless: Making Space for My Resilient Body and Soul
20. Manmade Monsters
By: Andrea L. Rogers
3.96
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Tsalagi should never have to live on human blood, but sometimes things just happen to sixteen-year-… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
21. Is It Hot in Here? Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth?
By: Zach Zimmerman
3.62
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
In this debut collection of essays, lists, musings, and quips, New York-based comedian Zach Zimmerm… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- humor
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
22. The Heartbreak Bakery
By: A.R. Capetta
3.99
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Teenage baker Syd sends ripples of heartbreak through Austin’s queer community when a batch of post… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
"They hand me one lemon, then another, and all I can think when their fingertips leave is that we're mixing ourselves together. That's what happens when skin presses skin. We think of ourselves as sol…"-A.R. Capetta, The Heartbreak Bakery
"But it does seem like I’m always the one who has to speak up and tell everyone how I’m different. I have to find a way to help them understand me, even though I don’t really understand them either. H…"-A.R. Capetta, The Heartbreak Bakery
23. The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women
By: Anushay Hossain
3.65
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Explore real women’s tales of healthcare trauma and medical misogyny with this meticulously researc… read more
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- feminism
- adult
- nonfiction
- audiobook
24. Little Rot
By: Akwaeke Emezi
3.67
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling new novel from the bestselling, award-winning Akwaeke Emezi, about five friends trying … read more
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- adult
- lgbt
25. A Little Kissing Between Friends
By: Chencia C. Higgins
3.79
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Music producer on the rise Cyn Tha Starr knows what she likes, from her sickening beats in the stud… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- lgbt
"No less than forty-five minutes after giving birth, a memo is sent out informing the life-bringer that their time as a bad bitch has expired and they are henceforth Somebody’s Mama and must act accor…"-Chencia C. Higgins, A Little Kissing Between Friends
26. Make My Wish Come True
By: Rachael Lippincott
4.30
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A sapphic Netflix-esque Christmas movie meets How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days from the New York Times… read more
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- lgbt
27. Lovely One: A Memoir
By: Ketanji Brown Jackson
4.64
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her inspiring, intimate memoir, the first Black woman to ever be … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- feminism
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
28. How to Piss Off Men: 106 Things to Say to Shatter the Male Ego
By: Kyle Prue
4.28
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
BE NO MAN'S PEACE. Have you ever been badgered by an annoying pick-up artist at the bar? Ever fe… read more
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- feminism
- humor
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"One thing at a time, guys. I’m not a miracle worker; I’m a collection of thirty rats operating a person suit via tiny levers and pulleys."-Kyle Prue, How to Piss Off Men: 106 Things to Say to Shatter the Male Ego
29. Fat Off, Fat On
By: Clarkisha Kent
3.96
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
In this disarming and candid memoir, cultural critic Clarkisha Kent unpacks the kind of compounded … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- feminism
- humor
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- adult
- audiobook
30. Model Home
By: Rivers Solomon
4.06
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel. The… read more
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- adult
- lgbt
31. Crying Wolf: A Memoir
By: Eden Boudreau
4.40
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
It's a tale as old as time. Girl meets boy. Boy wants girl. Girl says no. Boy takes what he wants a… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
