transister: Raising Twins in a Gender-bending World
By: Kate Brookes
4.49
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
"A powerful memoir about a mother’s stand for her daughter’s right to be her authentic self." — For…
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1. Ramona Forever (Ramona, #7)
By: Beverly Cleary
4.08
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
From the moment Howie Kemp's mysterious "rich" Uncle Hobart arrives from Saudi Arabia, everything a… read more
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"We can't always do what we want in life," answered her father, "so we do the best we can."-Beverly Cleary, Ramona Forever (Ramona, #7)
"Ramona did not know what to say. She did not feel words like darling or adorable fitted this baby."-Beverly Cleary, Ramona Forever (Ramona, #7)
"Nothing in the world was worse than unhappy parents. Nothing. When parents were unhappy, the whole world seemed to go wrong."-Beverly Cleary, Ramona Forever (Ramona, #7)
"It isn't fair, Ramona told herself, even though grown-ups were always telling her life was not fair. It wasn't fair that life was not fair."-Beverly Cleary, Ramona Forever (Ramona, #7)
2. A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
By: Sue Klebold
4.14
Format: 336 pages, ebook
On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Co… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"A faraway look—I have heard suicidologist Thomas Joiner refer to it as “the thousand-yard stare"-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
"Asking 'why' only makes us feel hopeless. Asking 'how' points the way forward, and shows us what we must do"-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
"Indeed, I would not achieve the integration I sought until I found two nutrients essential to so many survivors. First, I found community and then I found a way to contribute."-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
"People refer to the fog of war, and I am sure something similar applies to my situation. If I hadn't kept a running record of the days, weeks, and years, the fog would have swallowed too much of the …"-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
3. Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family
By: Amy Ellis Nutt
3.44
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
The inspiring true story of a transgender girl, her identical twin brother, and an ordinary America… read more
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- queer
4. Being Jazz
By: Jazz Jennings
3.44
Format: 406 pages, Audio CD
Jazz Jennings is one of the youngest and most prominent voices in the national discussion about gen… read more
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5. Crashing Through: A True Story of Risk, Adventure, and the Man Who Dared to See
By: Robert Kurson
4.00
Format: 258 pages,
In his critically acclaimed bestseller Shadow Divers, Robert Kurson explored the depths of history,… read more
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6. The Hole We're In
By: Gabrielle Zevin
3.42
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
From award winning writer Gabrielle Zevin comes a biting, powerful, and deliciously entertaining no… read more
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7. Otherworldly
By: F.T. Lukens
3.99
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author of Spell Bound and So This Is Ever After. Seventeen-year-old E… read more
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- queer
8. Happiness Falls
By: Angie Kim
3.75
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
When a father goes missing, his family's desperate search leads them to question everything they kn… read more
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"I lost a World - the other day! Has Anybody found? - Emily Dickinson, 1896"-Angie Kim, Happiness Falls
9. The Husbands
By: Holly Gramazio
3.53
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An exuberant debut, The Husbands delights in how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world … read more
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10. The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
By: Jonathan Rosen
4.07
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
“Brave and nuanced…an act of tremendous compassion and a literary triumph.” — The New York Times … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"It's true I didn't love the job, but I did want the money. If I was too incompetent for ordinary work, I would have to do something extraordinary or face destruction."-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
"Money had replaced community mental healthcare the way medication had replaced state hospitals. Medication did not go looking for those who resisted taking it, and money could not administer itself. …"-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
11. Family Family
By: Laurie Frankel
4.00
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
“Not all stories of adoption are stories of pain and regret. Not even most of them. Why don’t we ev… read more
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"When people thought of mothers, they smelled cookies baking and chocolate melting. But actual mothers got shit for giving their kids too much sugar. When people thought of mothers, they thought soft …"-Laurie Frankel, Family Family
12. Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country
By: Patricia Evangelista
4.18
Format: 428 pages, Hardcover
A fearless, powerfully written on-the-ground account of a nation careening into violent autocracy—t… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
13. Worthy
By: Jada Pinkett Smith
3.64
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A gripping, painfully honest, and ultimately inspirational memoir from global superstar and creator… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
14. The Breakaway
By: Jennifer Weiner
3.77
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes a warmhearted and empowering new no… read more
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15. How to Be an Antiracist
By: Ibram X. Kendi
4.37
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
Ibram X. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justi… read more
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- memoir
"Racist"-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
"I use “anticapitalist"-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
"Internalized racism is the real Black on Black crime."-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
"But what was the difference between Ebonics and so-called “standard"-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
16. Buzzing
By: Samuel Sattin
4.18
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A moving middle grade graphic novel about friendship, belonging, and learning to love yourself desp… read more
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- lgbt
17. Acceptance: A Memoir
By: Emi Nietfeld
4.21
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A luminous, generation-defining memoir of foster care and homelessness, Harvard and Big Tech, exami… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- lgbt
"Any exclusive system is a system of exclusion."-Emi Nietfeld, Acceptance: A Memoir
"Everyone who dealt with disadvantaged kids, from therapists to college admissions officers, treated us as if we could overcome any abuse or neglect with sheer force of will."-Emi Nietfeld, Acceptance: A Memoir
"Adults viewed suicidal ideation as a pathology. But for me it was logic. Weighing the bad against the good, projecting forward to decide if life was worth sticking around for."-Emi Nietfeld, Acceptance: A Memoir
18. Sam
By: Allegra Goodman
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
What happens to a girl’s exuberance and wonder as she becomes a woman? This unforgettable portrait … read more
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19. The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight
By: Andrew Leland
4.14
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author’s transition from sightedness to … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"The problem arises, as [Adrienne] Asch observed, when "a single trait stands in for the whole, the trait obliterates the whole." Disabled people, like African Americans or any other marginalized grou…"-Andrew Leland, The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight
20. What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez
By: Claire Jiménez
3.53
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A deeply powerful, raw debut novel of a Puerto Rican family in Staten Island who discovers their lo… read more
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"Irene was my mom's 60 year old church friend who blew her hair out like Whitney Houston from the Bodyguard days and still rocked her rum raisin lipstick like it was 1992."-Claire Jiménez, What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez
21. Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story
By: Sarah Myer
4.40
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Eisner Award Nomination: Best Publication for Teens "A beautiful, courageous book.” Gene Luen Y… read more
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22. Have You Seen Her
By: Catherine McKenzie
3.59
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling and timely novel about three women with dark secrets whose lives intersect in the pictu… read more
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23. Never a Girl, Always a Boy: A Family Memoir of a Transgender Journey
By: Jo Ivester
4.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
Jeremy Ivester is a transgender man. Thirty years ago, his parents welcomed him into the world as w… read more
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- nonfiction
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- queer
24. Under the Surface
By: Diana Urban
4.10
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
An epic survival-thriller about four teens who get lost in the Paris catacombs for days—a gripping … read more
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25. Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
By: Sarah McBride
4.44
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A timely and captivating memoir about gender identity set against the backdrop of the transgender e… read more
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"It's impossible for our rights to remain abstract when a person is, quite literally, sitting across from you."-Sarah McBride, Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
"Compromise is often necessary [in politics], but entire marginalized identities are not expendable chess pieces."-Sarah McBride, Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
"When you've never felt like you really belonged somewhere, it's almost impossible to know what it will feel like to finally feel at home."-Sarah McBride, Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
"As trans activist Faye Seidler quipped, more Americans said they had seen a ghost than knew a transgender person, according to some polls."-Sarah McBride, Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
26. Forty Words for Love
By: Aisha Saeed
3.41
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this tender genre-bending young adult novel by New York Times bestselling author Aisha Saeed, tw… read more
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"Once upon a time, pink dolphins swam not far from shore. He and Yas would wade out to see the newest calves and swim alongside Mira and Hira--- the names they'd given the sweetest two with matching c…"-Aisha Saeed, Forty Words for Love
"Raf inhaled the scent of cardamom-infused chicken, pickled beef, eggplant, and steaming saffron rice simmering on the stove. They tried to approximate the spices in Moonlight Bay to their tastes of h…"-Aisha Saeed, Forty Words for Love
"The Golub tree, measuring two hundred feet tall, stood steps away. It was as wide as a redwood, with a thin layer of frost burrowed within its creases. Its plentiful dewdrop leaves created a crown th…"-Aisha Saeed, Forty Words for Love
"Only shells collected from the sea could be crafted into necklaces to soothe anxious hearts. Every day, people crossed the threshold of their home. They settled into the nook of the guest room. They …"-Aisha Saeed, Forty Words for Love
27. The Sequel (The Book Series, #2)
By: Jean Hanff Korelitz
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
After the “insanely readable” (Stephen King) and “perfectly told” (Malcolm Gladwell) New York Times… read more
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28. 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
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- memoir
29. transister: Raising Twins in a Gender-bending World
By: Kate Brookes
4.49
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
"A powerful memoir about a mother’s stand for her daughter’s right to be her authentic self." — For… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- queer
30. Pictures of You
By: Emma Grey
4.45
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
If you knew then what you know now, would you make the same choices? Imagine having a second chance… read more
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31. Caravans in the Dark
By: B.K. Oldre
3.59
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
Fifteen-year-old Jana’s Romani family leads a nomadic life, traveling and trading horses, in Czecho… read more
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