50 Books like Fun Home

Perfectly Queer

by Jillian Abby • 2023

A girl held her hand, and her perfect suburban life stopped making sense.

4.46

236

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Later In Life 🪞 Internalized Homophobia 🎭 Perfectionism 📋 Compulsory Heterosexuality

Perfectly Queer 92%

A girl held her hand, and her perfect suburban life stopped making sense.

by Jillian Abby 2023

4.46

236 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Later In Life 🪞 Internalized Homophobia 🎭 Perfectionism 📋 Compulsory Heterosexuality

Not That I'd Kiss A Girl

by Lil O'Brien • 2020

Kicked out for coming out, she finds love, queer soccer, and the slow work of pride.

4.17

685

🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Stories 📚 Lesbian Memoirs 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 💔 Family Rejection 🪞 Internalized Homophobia

Not That I'd Kiss A Girl 92%

Kicked out for coming out, she finds love, queer soccer, and the slow work of pride.

by Lil O'Brien 2020

4.17

685 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Stories 📚 Lesbian Memoirs 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 💔 Family Rejection 🪞 Internalized Homophobia

How We Fight For Our Lives

by Saeed Jones • 2019

Texas taught him fear. A brutal attack taught him rage. Writing taught him to survive.

4.27

23k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🌵 Southern Memoir 🖤 Black Gay Identity 🚪 Coming Out Stories 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bonds

How We Fight For Our Lives 92%

Texas taught him fear. A brutal attack taught him rage. Writing taught him to survive.

by Saeed Jones 2019

4.27

23k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🌵 Southern Memoir 🖤 Black Gay Identity 🚪 Coming Out Stories 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bonds

First Comes Love

by Marion Winik • 1996

She fell for a gay man during Mardi Gras. Marriage, meth, motherhood, abuse, and AIDS came next.

4.14

441

✍️ Literary Memoir 💊 Aids Crisis 💔 Unconventional Marriage 💉 Love And Addiction 🚫 Domestic Violence

First Comes Love 91%

She fell for a gay man during Mardi Gras. Marriage, meth, motherhood, abuse, and AIDS came next.

by Marion Winik 1996

4.14

441 ratings

✍️ Literary Memoir 💊 Aids Crisis 💔 Unconventional Marriage 💉 Love And Addiction 🚫 Domestic Violence

Not My Father's Son

by Alan Cumming • 2014

A genealogy show reveals his grandfather died playing Russian roulette. But that was the easy part.

4.06

48k+

🎭 Celebrity Memoir 📜 Family Secrets 🧬 Family History 💔 Childhood Abuse 🪖 War Trauma

Not My Father's Son 91%

A genealogy show reveals his grandfather died playing Russian roulette. But that was the easy part.

by Alan Cumming 2014

4.06

48k+ ratings

🎭 Celebrity Memoir 📜 Family Secrets 🧬 Family History 💔 Childhood Abuse 🪖 War Trauma

What a Girl Wants

by Roxy Bourdillon • 2025

Her mother's response to coming out: marry a man first. A memoir of taking up space.

4.18

142

📖 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Stories 💋 Femme Identity 🎭 People Pleasing 🪞 Body Image

What a Girl Wants 91%

Her mother's response to coming out: marry a man first. A memoir of taking up space.

by Roxy Bourdillon 2025

4.18

142 ratings

📖 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Stories 💋 Femme Identity 🎭 People Pleasing 🪞 Body Image

Unbearable Lightness

by Portia de Rossi • 2010

At 82 pounds, she collapsed on set, and her eating disorder still demanded more.

3.83

42k+

🍽️ Eating Disorder Memoirs 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🚪 Coming Out 🪞 Body Image 📖 Lgbt Memoir

Unbearable Lightness 91%

At 82 pounds, she collapsed on set, and her eating disorder still demanded more.

by Portia de Rossi 2010

3.83

42k+ ratings

🍽️ Eating Disorder Memoirs 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🚪 Coming Out 🪞 Body Image 📖 Lgbt Memoir

See A Little Light

by Bob Mould • 2011

Father's fury. The Ramones' first record. Then amphetamines and a closet that almost won.

3.80

2k+

🔥 Hardcore Punk 🌈 Closeted Identity 🤝 Creative Partnerships 🚌 Touring Life 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

See A Little Light 91%

Father's fury. The Ramones' first record. Then amphetamines and a closet that almost won.

by Bob Mould 2011

3.80

2k+ ratings

🔥 Hardcore Punk 🌈 Closeted Identity 🤝 Creative Partnerships 🚌 Touring Life 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls

by T Kira Madden • 2019

A fatherless girl in Boca Raton craves a fierce love and finds it in dangerous places.

4.25

10k+

🧒 Fatherlessness 🌐 Mixed-Race Identity 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma ✍️ Confessional Memoir

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls Summary

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls 91%

A fatherless girl in Boca Raton craves a fierce love and finds it in dangerous places.

by T Kira Madden 2019

4.25

10k+ ratings

🧒 Fatherlessness 🌐 Mixed-Race Identity 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma ✍️ Confessional Memoir

All Boys Aren't Blue

by George M. Johnson • 2020

Inside his grandmother's home, safety. Outside: a world unprepared for a Black queer boy.

4.18

48k+

🏳️‍🌈 Black Queer Experience 🌱 Coming-Of-Age Memoir 💪 Redefining Masculinity 🔍 Sexual Self-Discovery 🏠 Family Foundations

All Boys Aren't Blue 91%

Inside his grandmother's home, safety. Outside: a world unprepared for a Black queer boy.

by George M. Johnson 2020

4.18

48k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Black Queer Experience 🌱 Coming-Of-Age Memoir 💪 Redefining Masculinity 🔍 Sexual Self-Discovery 🏠 Family Foundations

Boy Erased

by Garrard Conley • 2016

A Baptist pastor's son enters conversion therapy. The cure he found wasn't what they promised.

3.62

22k+

⛪ Conversion Therapy 💔 Religious Trauma 🌈 Gay Memoir ✝️ Evangelical Upbringing 🚪 Ex-Evangelical

Boy Erased 91%

A Baptist pastor's son enters conversion therapy. The cure he found wasn't what they promised.

by Garrard Conley 2016

3.62

22k+ ratings

⛪ Conversion Therapy 💔 Religious Trauma 🌈 Gay Memoir ✝️ Evangelical Upbringing 🚪 Ex-Evangelical

In the Dream House

by Carmen Maria Machado • 2019

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

4.38

165k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse 👩‍❤️‍👩 Lesbian Relationships ✊ Feminist Memoir

In the Dream House 91%

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

by Carmen Maria Machado 2019

4.38

165k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse 👩‍❤️‍👩 Lesbian Relationships ✊ Feminist Memoir

Hijab Butch Blues

by Lamya H. • 2023

A queer Muslim rereads the Quran and finds Maryam and Hajar waiting for her.

4.46

20k+

🌙 Lgbtq Muslims 🕌 Faith And Sexuality 📖 Queer Theology ✊ Liberation Theology 🔗 Intersectional Identity

Hijab Butch Blues 91%

A queer Muslim rereads the Quran and finds Maryam and Hajar waiting for her.

by Lamya H. 2023

4.46

20k+ ratings

🌙 Lgbtq Muslims 🕌 Faith And Sexuality 📖 Queer Theology ✊ Liberation Theology 🔗 Intersectional Identity

All the Young Men

by Ruth Coker Burks • 2020

When doctors refused to touch them, one Arkansas mother held their hands until the end.

4.49

9k+

💔 Aids Crisis 🏡 Southern Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Activism 💜 Chosen Family 🏥 Medical Advocacy

All the Young Men 90%

When doctors refused to touch them, one Arkansas mother held their hands until the end.

by Ruth Coker Burks 2020

4.49

9k+ ratings

💔 Aids Crisis 🏡 Southern Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Activism 💜 Chosen Family 🏥 Medical Advocacy

Dead Mom Walking

by Rachel Matlow • 2020

Elaine chose juice cleanses over chemotherapy. Her daughter documented the disaster with dark humor.

4.14

687

🧸 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🏥 Cancer Memoirs 🌿 Alternative Medicine 🕯️ End-Of-Life Choices 😂 Grief And Humor

Dead Mom Walking 90%

Elaine chose juice cleanses over chemotherapy. Her daughter documented the disaster with dark humor.

by Rachel Matlow 2020

4.14

687 ratings

🧸 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🏥 Cancer Memoirs 🌿 Alternative Medicine 🕯️ End-Of-Life Choices 😂 Grief And Humor

Queer

by Kathy Belge • 2011

A queer teen's guide to coming out, dating, staying safe, and finding your people.

3.77

855

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Teens 🚪 Coming Out Guide 🪞 Queer Identity 💕 Queer Relationships 🩺 Queer Sex Ed

Queer 90%

A queer teen's guide to coming out, dating, staying safe, and finding your people.

by Kathy Belge 2011

3.77

855 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Teens 🚪 Coming Out Guide 🪞 Queer Identity 💕 Queer Relationships 🩺 Queer Sex Ed

Another Word for Love

by Carvell Wallace • 2024

Childhood taught him survival meant armoring up; recovery taught him presence takes more courage.

4.25

2k+

🖋️ Literary Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔗 Generational Trauma 🟤 Racial Identity 🖤 Black Men

Another Word for Love 90%

Childhood taught him survival meant armoring up; recovery taught him presence takes more courage.

by Carvell Wallace 2024

4.25

2k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔗 Generational Trauma 🟤 Racial Identity 🖤 Black Men

The Chronology of Water

by Lidia Yuknavitch • 2011

A swimmer's body remembered the abuse, the addiction, the stillbirth. One day she wrote it.

4.19

18k+

🔥 Experimental Memoir 🌈 Queer Memoir 🧠 Trauma And The Body ✍️ Writing As Healing 🏊 Swimming Memoir

The Chronology of Water 90%

A swimmer's body remembered the abuse, the addiction, the stillbirth. One day she wrote it.

by Lidia Yuknavitch 2011

4.19

18k+ ratings

🔥 Experimental Memoir 🌈 Queer Memoir 🧠 Trauma And The Body ✍️ Writing As Healing 🏊 Swimming Memoir

Without the Mask

by Charlie Bird • 2020

A gay Mormon discovered his faith and sexuality could coexist; he wrote the book he couldn't find.

4.53

3k+

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Mormons ✝️ Faith And Sexuality 🚪 Coming Out Stories 🕊️ Religious Inclusion 🙏 Queer Spirituality

Without the Mask 90%

A gay Mormon discovered his faith and sexuality could coexist; he wrote the book he couldn't find.

by Charlie Bird 2020

4.53

3k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Mormons ✝️ Faith And Sexuality 🚪 Coming Out Stories 🕊️ Religious Inclusion 🙏 Queer Spirituality

Lost & Found

by Kathryn Schulz • 2022

A father lost, a wife found: the discovery that grief and joy are not opposites.

4.11

10k+

🕊️ Grief And Mourning 🔍 Loss And Finding ❤️ Romantic Love 📝 Essayistic Memoir 💞 Parental Loss

Lost & Found 90%

A father lost, a wife found: the discovery that grief and joy are not opposites.

by Kathryn Schulz 2022

4.11

10k+ ratings

🕊️ Grief And Mourning 🔍 Loss And Finding ❤️ Romantic Love 📝 Essayistic Memoir 💞 Parental Loss

Boy Meets Depression

by Kevin Breel • 2015

Hobbs Street looked normal from the outside. Inside, a kid was falling apart.

3.82

873

🧠 Teenage Depression 💔 Suicidal Ideation 🏠 Childhood Loneliness 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🖤 Grief And Loss

Boy Meets Depression 90%

Hobbs Street looked normal from the outside. Inside, a kid was falling apart.

by Kevin Breel 2015

3.82

873 ratings

🧠 Teenage Depression 💔 Suicidal Ideation 🏠 Childhood Loneliness 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🖤 Grief And Loss

In the Form of a Question

by Amy Schneider • 2023

A lifetime of hiding, then a 40-game Jeopardy! streak where she had nothing left to hide.

3.51

3k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Journeys 📺 Game Show Memoirs 🧠 Curiosity And Learning 🚪 Coming Out Stories 🔗 Polyamory Exploration

In the Form of a Question 90%

A lifetime of hiding, then a 40-game Jeopardy! streak where she had nothing left to hide.

by Amy Schneider 2023

3.51

3k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Journeys 📺 Game Show Memoirs 🧠 Curiosity And Learning 🚪 Coming Out Stories 🔗 Polyamory Exploration

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

by Dave Eggers • 2000

Orphaned at 21, raising his 8-year-old brother: a grief memoir that knows it's a memoir.

3.69

184k+

🪦 Parental Loss 🖤 Grief Memoir 👬 Brothers 🏠 Unconventional Families 🔄 Meta Memoir

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Summary

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius 90%

Orphaned at 21, raising his 8-year-old brother: a grief memoir that knows it's a memoir.

by Dave Eggers 2000

3.69

184k+ ratings

🪦 Parental Loss 🖤 Grief Memoir 👬 Brothers 🏠 Unconventional Families 🔄 Meta Memoir

Over the Top

by Jonathan Van Ness • 2019

A hairdresser's path from meth addiction to Queer Eye stardom, and the secret he carried.

4.18

69k+

🧑‍🎤 Celebrity Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Nonconformity

Over the Top 90%

A hairdresser's path from meth addiction to Queer Eye stardom, and the secret he carried.

by Jonathan Van Ness 2019

4.18

69k+ ratings

🧑‍🎤 Celebrity Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Nonconformity

Fire Shut Up in My Bones

by Charles M. Blow • 2014

Sexually abused at seven, he spent decades climbing toward power. A polygraph machine made him stop.

4.01

5k+

🌾 Southern Childhood 🖤 Growing Up Black 🩹 Childhood Sexual Abuse 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🧬 Generational Trauma

Fire Shut Up in My Bones 90%

Sexually abused at seven, he spent decades climbing toward power. A polygraph machine made him stop.

by Charles M. Blow 2014

4.01

5k+ ratings

🌾 Southern Childhood 🖤 Growing Up Black 🩹 Childhood Sexual Abuse 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🧬 Generational Trauma

The Housekeeper's Secret

by Sandra Schnakenburg • 2024

Beloved housekeeper's secret past: lost family, abusive asylum, promise kept for 50 years.

4.21

713

🕵️‍♀️ Investigative Memoir 🔑 Family Secrets 🏚️ Institutional Abuse 🏥 Mental Institutions 🧠 Trauma And Memory

The Housekeeper's Secret 90%

Beloved housekeeper's secret past: lost family, abusive asylum, promise kept for 50 years.

by Sandra Schnakenburg 2024

4.21

713 ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Investigative Memoir 🔑 Family Secrets 🏚️ Institutional Abuse 🏥 Mental Institutions 🧠 Trauma And Memory

He Said, She Said

by Gigi Gorgeous • 2019

YouTube star's journey from makeup thief to trans icon, sparked by four words from a stranger.

3.65

400

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Femininity 🎥 Youtube Creators 💉 Medical Transition 🚪 Coming Out 🦋 Grief And Loss

He Said, She Said 90%

YouTube star's journey from makeup thief to trans icon, sparked by four words from a stranger.

by Gigi Gorgeous 2019

3.65

400 ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Femininity 🎥 Youtube Creators 💉 Medical Transition 🚪 Coming Out 🦋 Grief And Loss

Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant

by Curtis Chin • 2023

At his family's Detroit restaurant, a gay Chinese American kid learned what America won't serve.

3.83

5k+

🥡 Chinese American Experience 🏠 Immigrant Families 🌈 Coming Out Stories 🏙️ Detroit 🍽️ Restaurant Memoirs

Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant Summary

Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant 90%

At his family's Detroit restaurant, a gay Chinese American kid learned what America won't serve.

by Curtis Chin 2023

3.83

5k+ ratings

🥡 Chinese American Experience 🏠 Immigrant Families 🌈 Coming Out Stories 🏙️ Detroit 🍽️ Restaurant Memoirs

Nothing Holds Back the Night

by Delphine de Vigan • 2011

After her mother died, a daughter unpacks the delusions and the family secrets that fueled them.

4.35

25k+

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 📖 Family Biography 🕸️ Intergenerational Trauma ✍️ Writing As Healing 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds

Nothing Holds Back the Night 90%

After her mother died, a daughter unpacks the delusions and the family secrets that fueled them.

by Delphine de Vigan 2011

4.35

25k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 📖 Family Biography 🕸️ Intergenerational Trauma ✍️ Writing As Healing 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds

A Cup of Water Under My Bed

by Daisy Hernández • 2014

A childhood translating for her parents gave her everything except a language for her bisexuality.

4.12

2k+

✈️ Immigrant Memoir 🌈 Coming Out Stories 🗣️ Language And Identity 🇺🇸 Assimilation 💰 Class Consciousness

A Cup of Water Under My Bed 90%

A childhood translating for her parents gave her everything except a language for her bisexuality.

by Daisy Hernández 2014

4.12

2k+ ratings

✈️ Immigrant Memoir 🌈 Coming Out Stories 🗣️ Language And Identity 🇺🇸 Assimilation 💰 Class Consciousness

Pageboy

by Elliot Page • 2023

A girlfriend saved as 'Ryan' in his phone. 84 pounds on the scale. Hollywood demanded both.

3.72

77k+

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Memoir 🪞 Gender Dysphoria 💔 Emotional Abuse 🥀 Eating Disorders

Pageboy 90%

A girlfriend saved as 'Ryan' in his phone. 84 pounds on the scale. Hollywood demanded both.

by Elliot Page 2023

3.72

77k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Memoir 🪞 Gender Dysphoria 💔 Emotional Abuse 🥀 Eating Disorders

Cooking as Fast as I Can

by Cat Cora • 2015

She became Iron Chef's first woman. The real story is everything she survived to get there.

3.55

717

🍳 Restaurant Kitchens 📺 Celebrity Chefs 💔 Childhood Trauma 👩‍🍳 Women In Food 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Memoir

Cooking as Fast as I Can 89%

She became Iron Chef's first woman. The real story is everything she survived to get there.

by Cat Cora 2015

3.55

717 ratings

🍳 Restaurant Kitchens 📺 Celebrity Chefs 💔 Childhood Trauma 👩‍🍳 Women In Food 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Memoir

Body Work

by Melissa Febos • 2022

Personal writing threatens power. The stigma that silences women and queer writers is by design.

4.22

6k+

🖋️ Memoir Writing 🩹 Writing Therapy ✍️ Feminist Criticism 🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🧠 Trauma Studies

Body Work 89%

Personal writing threatens power. The stigma that silences women and queer writers is by design.

by Melissa Febos 2022

4.22

6k+ ratings

🖋️ Memoir Writing 🩹 Writing Therapy ✍️ Feminist Criticism 🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🧠 Trauma Studies

Becoming Nicole

by Amy Ellis Nutt • 2015

Identical twins, one boy and one girl. A bathroom battle that reached the Maine Supreme Court.

4.22

13k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Rights 🏠 Lgbtq Families 🏷️ Gender Identity 🧒 Trans Youth 💊 Medical Transition

Becoming Nicole 89%

Identical twins, one boy and one girl. A bathroom battle that reached the Maine Supreme Court.

by Amy Ellis Nutt 2015

4.22

13k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Rights 🏠 Lgbtq Families 🏷️ Gender Identity 🧒 Trans Youth 💊 Medical Transition

Nice Girls Don't Win

by Parvati Shallow • 2025

Her Survivor smile was a trauma response. This memoir is the demolition.

3.74

8k+

🧘 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Somatic Healing 🙇‍♀️ People-Pleasing 🤰 Motherhood 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Identity

Nice Girls Don't Win 89%

Her Survivor smile was a trauma response. This memoir is the demolition.

by Parvati Shallow 2025

3.74

8k+ ratings

🧘 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Somatic Healing 🙇‍♀️ People-Pleasing 🤰 Motherhood 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Identity

The Pride Guide

by Jo Langford • 2018

From coming out to safer sex to online safety: the honest guide every LGBTQ teen deserves.

4.06

121

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Youth 📚 Sex Education ⚧️ Gender Identity 🚪 Coming Out 😰 Minority Stress

The Pride Guide 89%

From coming out to safer sex to online safety: the honest guide every LGBTQ teen deserves.

by Jo Langford 2018

4.06

121 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Youth 📚 Sex Education ⚧️ Gender Identity 🚪 Coming Out 😰 Minority Stress

Nonbinary

by Genesis P-Orridge • 2021

Genesis P-Orridge died twice: once by accident, once to become an experiment in erasing gender.

4.00

577

🎸 Industrial Music 📖 Countercultural Memoir 🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Fluidity 🕯️ Occult Philosophy ✂️ Avant-Garde Techniques

Nonbinary 89%

Genesis P-Orridge died twice: once by accident, once to become an experiment in erasing gender.

by Genesis P-Orridge 2021

4.00

577 ratings

🎸 Industrial Music 📖 Countercultural Memoir 🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Fluidity 🕯️ Occult Philosophy ✂️ Avant-Garde Techniques

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

by Anne Lister • 1992

Her coded diary recorded a lesbian life 150 years before anyone would read it.

3.95

2k+

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian History 📔 Women's Diaries 🖋️ Intimate Journals 📓 Queer Memoirs 💪 Defying Gender Roles

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister Summary

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister 89%

Her coded diary recorded a lesbian life 150 years before anyone would read it.

by Anne Lister 1992

3.95

2k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian History 📔 Women's Diaries 🖋️ Intimate Journals 📓 Queer Memoirs 💪 Defying Gender Roles

When We Were the Kennedys

by Monica Wood • 2012

A girl loses her father. Then JFK is shot, and private grief finds a national mirror.

3.93

8k+

🧒 Childhood Memoir 🕊️ Parental Loss ☮️ 1960s America 🔧 Working Class Life ✝️ Catholic Family Life

When We Were the Kennedys 89%

A girl loses her father. Then JFK is shot, and private grief finds a national mirror.

by Monica Wood 2012

3.93

8k+ ratings

🧒 Childhood Memoir 🕊️ Parental Loss ☮️ 1960s America 🔧 Working Class Life ✝️ Catholic Family Life

Acne

by Laura Chinn • 2022

Ten, a pimple, decades hiding: she found the one career that didn't care about faces.

4.28

1k+

🩹 Severe Acne 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🎭 Dark Humor Memoir 🧴 Body Image Memoir 🎬 Hollywood Memoirs

Acne 89%

Ten, a pimple, decades hiding: she found the one career that didn't care about faces.

by Laura Chinn 2022

4.28

1k+ ratings

🩹 Severe Acne 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🎭 Dark Humor Memoir 🧴 Body Image Memoir 🎬 Hollywood Memoirs

The Kid

by Dan Savage • 1999

Two gay men. One homeless birth mother. And the open adoption goodbye nobody warned them about.

4.05

9k+

🤝 Open Adoption 👨‍👨‍👦 Gay Fathers 📖 Adoption Memoir 🏡 Adoptive Parents 🇺🇸 Domestic Adoption

The Kid 89%

Two gay men. One homeless birth mother. And the open adoption goodbye nobody warned them about.

by Dan Savage 1999

4.05

9k+ ratings

🤝 Open Adoption 👨‍👨‍👦 Gay Fathers 📖 Adoption Memoir 🏡 Adoptive Parents 🇺🇸 Domestic Adoption

Bad Gays

by Huw Lemmey • 2022

Gay history's villains reveal more about power, race, and assimilation than its heroes.

3.55

6k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer History 📚 Lgbtq Studies 🚫 Anti-Respectability Politics 🏴 Queer Radicalism 🔌 Power And Sexuality

Bad Gays 89%

Gay history's villains reveal more about power, race, and assimilation than its heroes.

by Huw Lemmey 2022

3.55

6k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer History 📚 Lgbtq Studies 🚫 Anti-Respectability Politics 🏴 Queer Radicalism 🔌 Power And Sexuality

Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog

by Emily Dean • 2019

Her family was allergic to stability and dogs. When they died, she finally got one.

4.23

3k+

🪦 Grief Memoirs 💔 Family Loss 🛋️ Therapy Memoirs 🎪 Eccentric Families 🕯️ Adult Orphans

Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog 89%

Her family was allergic to stability and dogs. When they died, she finally got one.

by Emily Dean 2019

4.23

3k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Memoirs 💔 Family Loss 🛋️ Therapy Memoirs 🎪 Eccentric Families 🕯️ Adult Orphans

We Have Always Been Here

by Samra Habib • 2019

Arranged marriage at sixteen. Queer awakening in secret. Then a camera gave her a voice.

4.16

20k+

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Faith 🕌 Muslim Memoir 💔 Religious Trauma 🫂 Inclusive Islam

We Have Always Been Here 89%

Arranged marriage at sixteen. Queer awakening in secret. Then a camera gave her a voice.

by Samra Habib 2019

4.16

20k+ ratings

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Faith 🕌 Muslim Memoir 💔 Religious Trauma 🫂 Inclusive Islam

Knocking Myself Up

by Michelle Tea • 2022

Queer, single, and 40: one woman's irreverent, friend-sperm-assisted quest for a baby.

3.98

983

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Knocking Myself Up 89%

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3.98

983 ratings

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Depression is not sadness. A Pulitzer-winning novelist on the illness that feels like drowning.

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Darkness Visible 89%

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by William Styron 1990

3.99

32k+ ratings

🩺 Clinical Depression ✍️ Literary Memoir 🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🌅 Depression Recovery 🛑 Suicide Prevention

Untamed

by Glennon Doyle • 2020

She had the husband, the kids, the faith. Then she fell in love with a woman.

3.97

519k+

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Untamed 89%

She had the husband, the kids, the faith. Then she fell in love with a woman.

by Glennon Doyle 2020

3.97

519k+ ratings

🫀 Emotional Courage 🔨 Deconstructing Norms 🧒 Inner Child Work 🌈 Queer Awakening ✊ Antiracism

Another Bullshit Night in Suck City

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His estranged father walked into the shelter where he worked. Helping him meant becoming him.

3.80

12k+

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Another Bullshit Night in Suck City Summary

Another Bullshit Night in Suck City 89%

His estranged father walked into the shelter where he worked. Helping him meant becoming him.

by Nick Flynn 2004

3.80

12k+ ratings

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A trans man's guide to transition: identity, coming out, hormones, and finding joy.

4.53

1k+

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The T in LGBT 89%

A trans man's guide to transition: identity, coming out, hormones, and finding joy.

by Jamie Raines 2023

4.53

1k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Identity 🔄 Gender Transition 📖 Trans Memoir 💔 Gender Dysphoria 🚪 Coming Out

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by Mary Karr • 1995

The Liars' Club drank and told stories. Their daughters had a story too dangerous to share.

3.94

72k+

🏚️ Southern Memoir 🔧 Working Class Memoir 🍺 Alcoholic Parents 🧬 Generational Trauma 🩹 Childhood Trauma

The Liars' Club 89%

The Liars' Club drank and told stories. Their daughters had a story too dangerous to share.

by Mary Karr 1995

3.94

72k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Memoir 🔧 Working Class Memoir 🍺 Alcoholic Parents 🧬 Generational Trauma 🩹 Childhood Trauma

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