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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 Summary
All Boys Aren't Blue 96%
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
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 Summary
Fire Shut Up in My Bones 96%
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
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 Summary
Another Word for Love 95%
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
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 93%
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
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 Summary
Hijab Butch Blues 93%
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
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 Summary
Boy Erased 93%
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
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 Summary
All the Young Men 93%
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
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 Summary
Without the Mask 92%
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
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 Summary
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 Summary
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
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 Summary
First Comes Love 92%
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
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 Summary
Over the Top 92%
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
The Beautiful Struggle
by Ta-Nehisi Coates • 2008
Between Black Panther discipline and Baltimore's street code, a boy fights to write his own story.
4.08
11k+
🏙️ Urban Memoir🖤 African American Memoir🌱 Coming Of Age Memoirs✊ Black Nationalism🎤 Hip-Hop Culture
The Beautiful Struggle Summary
The Beautiful Struggle 92%
Between Black Panther discipline and Baltimore's street code, a boy fights to write his own story.
by Ta-Nehisi Coates 2008
4.08
11k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Memoir🖤 African American Memoir🌱 Coming Of Age Memoirs✊ Black Nationalism🎤 Hip-Hop Culture
Bad Boy
by Walter Dean Myers • 2001
He missed his own high school graduation. No arrest, no dropout. He simply stopped showing up.
3.73
3k+
🧠 Intellectual Coming Of Age✊🏾 Racial Identity🏙️ Harlem Life🥊 Urban Violence🌧️ Depression Memoirs
Bad Boy Summary
Bad Boy 92%
He missed his own high school graduation. No arrest, no dropout. He simply stopped showing up.
by Walter Dean Myers 2001
3.73
3k+ ratings
🧠 Intellectual Coming Of Age✊🏾 Racial Identity🏙️ Harlem Life🥊 Urban Violence🌧️ Depression Memoirs
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 Summary
He Said, She Said 92%
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
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 Summary
Lost & Found 92%
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
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 Summary
A Cup of Water Under My Bed 92%
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
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 91%
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
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 Summary
The Chronology of Water 91%
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
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 Summary
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
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 Summary
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
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 Summary
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
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 Summary
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
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 Summary
In the Form of a Question 91%
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
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 Summary
Body Work 91%
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
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 Summary
Queer 91%
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
Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised
by Carmelo Anthony • 2021
Grief unnamed, a mother's open door, a blacktop sanctuary: surviving the projects before the NBA.
4.07
2k+
🏀 Basketball Memoirs🏢 Housing Projects⚖️ Systemic Racism👩‍👦 Single Mothers🌆 Urban Coming Of Age
Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised Summary
Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised 91%
Grief unnamed, a mother's open door, a blacktop sanctuary: surviving the projects before the NBA.
by Carmelo Anthony 2021
4.07
2k+ ratings
🏀 Basketball Memoirs🏢 Housing Projects⚖️ Systemic Racism👩‍👦 Single Mothers🌆 Urban Coming Of Age
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 Summary
Dead Mom Walking 91%
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
Jesus Land
by Julia Scheeres • 2005
A Christian reform school in the tropics. A white girl, her Black brother, one escape plan.
3.97
20k+
⛪ Religious Abuse🔒 Troubled Teen Industry🏠 Interracial Adoption👫 Sibling Bonds🪞 Racial Identity
Jesus Land Summary
Jesus Land 91%
A Christian reform school in the tropics. A white girl, her Black brother, one escape plan.
by Julia Scheeres 2005
3.97
20k+ ratings
⛪ Religious Abuse🔒 Troubled Teen Industry🏠 Interracial Adoption👫 Sibling Bonds🪞 Racial Identity
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 Summary
The Kid 91%
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
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 Summary
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
Dreams from My Father
by Barack Obama • 1995
From Hawaii to Kenya, a fatherless son pieces together an inheritance he was never given.
3.94
232k+
🧬 Biracial Identity🏘️ Community Organizing👤 Absent Fathers🔄 Code-Switching🌍 Kenyan Roots
Dreams from My Father Summary
Dreams from My Father 91%
From Hawaii to Kenya, a fatherless son pieces together an inheritance he was never given.
by Barack Obama 1995
3.94
232k+ ratings
🧬 Biracial Identity🏘️ Community Organizing👤 Absent Fathers🔄 Code-Switching🌍 Kenyan Roots
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 Summary
Nice Girls Don't Win 91%
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
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 Summary
Bad Gays 90%
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
The Cancer Journals
by Audre Lorde • 1980
A Black lesbian poet, after mastectomy, rejects the prosthesis and discovers what silence costs.
4.43
6k+
🩺 Cancer Memoir✊🏾 Intersectional Feminism🖤 Black Feminism💪 Bodily Autonomy🏥 Feminist Health
The Cancer Journals Summary
The Cancer Journals 90%
A Black lesbian poet, after mastectomy, rejects the prosthesis and discovers what silence costs.
by Audre Lorde 1980
4.43
6k+ ratings
🩺 Cancer Memoir✊🏾 Intersectional Feminism🖤 Black Feminism💪 Bodily Autonomy🏥 Feminist Health
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
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 Summary
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
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 Summary
Becoming Nicole 90%
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
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 Summary
Nonbinary 90%
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
Writing My Wrongs
by Shaka Senghor • 2013
He shot a man and went to prison. In solitary, he found a pen, and everything changed.
4.25
5k+
🏛️ Mass Incarceration🔗 Prison Memoir🕊️ Redemption Narratives🧸 Childhood Trauma📓 Journaling For Healing
Writing My Wrongs Summary
Writing My Wrongs 90%
He shot a man and went to prison. In solitary, he found a pen, and everything changed.
by Shaka Senghor 2013
4.25
5k+ ratings
🏛️ Mass Incarceration🔗 Prison Memoir🕊️ Redemption Narratives🧸 Childhood Trauma📓 Journaling For Healing
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
🧬 Fertility Journey🏳️‍🌈 Queer Parenthood👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family😏 Irreverent Memoir👩‍👧 Single Motherhood
Knocking Myself Up Summary
Knocking Myself Up 90%
Queer, single, and 40: one woman's irreverent, friend-sperm-assisted quest for a baby.
by Michelle Tea 2022
3.98
983 ratings
🧬 Fertility Journey🏳️‍🌈 Queer Parenthood👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family😏 Irreverent Memoir👩‍👧 Single Motherhood
Did I Ever Tell You?
by Genevieve Kingston • 2024
Her dying mother packed gift chests for the milestones she'd miss. The first opened at sixteen.
4.29
6k+
🕯️ Grief Memoir🥀 Loss Of A Mother🧵 Mother-Daughter Bond🎗️ Cancer Memoir🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir
Did I Ever Tell You? Summary
Did I Ever Tell You? 90%
Her dying mother packed gift chests for the milestones she'd miss. The first opened at sixteen.
by Genevieve Kingston 2024
4.29
6k+ ratings
🕯️ Grief Memoir🥀 Loss Of A Mother🧵 Mother-Daughter Bond🎗️ Cancer Memoir🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir
Never Far from Home
by Bruce Jackson • 2023
Amsterdam Houses to Microsoft: a Black lawyer's climb through music, race, and two worlds.
4.12
257
🪜 Upward Mobility🚧 Racial Barriers🎓 First-Gen Professionals💻 Diversity In Tech🎵 Music Industry
Never Far from Home Summary
Never Far from Home 90%
Amsterdam Houses to Microsoft: a Black lawyer's climb through music, race, and two worlds.
by Bruce Jackson 2023
4.12
257 ratings
🪜 Upward Mobility🚧 Racial Barriers🎓 First-Gen Professionals💻 Diversity In Tech🎵 Music Industry
Safe
by Mark Daley • 2024
They became a family of four. Foster care's goal was to make them three again.
4.41
690
🏠 Foster Care🏳️‍🌈 Queer Parenting⚖️ Child Welfare Reform🧠 Trauma-Informed Care💔 Ambiguous Loss
Safe Summary
Safe 90%
They became a family of four. Foster care's goal was to make them three again.
by Mark Daley 2024
4.41
690 ratings
🏠 Foster Care🏳️‍🌈 Queer Parenting⚖️ Child Welfare Reform🧠 Trauma-Informed Care💔 Ambiguous Loss
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 Summary
Cooking as Fast as I Can 90%
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
Beyond the Gender Binary
by Alok Vaid-Menon • 2020
The gender binary is a political fiction. Four arguments prop it up. All of them fail.
4.48
13k+
🏳️‍🌈 Queer Theory🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights🧱 Gender As Construct✊ Intersectional Feminism🎭 Shame And Identity
Beyond the Gender Binary Summary
Beyond the Gender Binary 90%
The gender binary is a political fiction. Four arguments prop it up. All of them fail.
by Alok Vaid-Menon 2020
4.48
13k+ ratings
🏳️‍🌈 Queer Theory🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights🧱 Gender As Construct✊ Intersectional Feminism🎭 Shame And Identity
Born a Crime
by Trevor Noah • 2016
His birth was a felony. His mother's parenting philosophy was even more illegal.
4.49
819k+
🇿🇦 Apartheid South Africa🧬 Mixed Race Identity🗣️ Code Switching😂 Humor And Adversity💪 Poverty And Resilience
Born a Crime Summary
Born a Crime 90%
His birth was a felony. His mother's parenting philosophy was even more illegal.
by Trevor Noah 2016
4.49
819k+ ratings
🇿🇦 Apartheid South Africa🧬 Mixed Race Identity🗣️ Code Switching😂 Humor And Adversity💪 Poverty And Resilience
The T in LGBT
by Jamie Raines • 2023
A trans man's guide to transition: identity, coming out, hormones, and finding joy.
4.53
1k+
🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Identity🔄 Gender Transition📖 Trans Memoir💔 Gender Dysphoria🚪 Coming Out
The T in LGBT Summary
The T in LGBT 90%
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
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 Summary
We Have Always Been Here 90%
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
A Renaissance of Our Own
by Rachel Elizabeth Cargle • 2023
A Black feminist's roadmap for redesigning your inherited belief systems, relationships, and work.
4.25
1k+
📜 Memoir Manifesto🥷 Black Feminism✳️ Intersectional Feminism☕ White Feminism Critique🛌 Rest As Resistance
A Renaissance of Our Own Summary
A Renaissance of Our Own 90%
A Black feminist's roadmap for redesigning your inherited belief systems, relationships, and work.
by Rachel Elizabeth Cargle 2023
4.25
1k+ ratings
📜 Memoir Manifesto🥷 Black Feminism✳️ Intersectional Feminism☕ White Feminism Critique🛌 Rest As Resistance
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