50 Books like The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

Women in the Valley of the Kings

by Kathleen Sheppard • 2024

Egyptology's famous men dug up tombs. The women who built the field got erased.

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2k+

🏛️ History Of Egyptology 🧳 Victorian Travel 🔬 Women In Science 🤝 Female Networks 📜 Revisionist History

Women in the Valley of the Kings Summary

Women in the Valley of the Kings 92%

Egyptology's famous men dug up tombs. The women who built the field got erased.

by Kathleen Sheppard 2024

3.50

2k+ ratings

🏛️ History Of Egyptology 🧳 Victorian Travel 🔬 Women In Science 🤝 Female Networks 📜 Revisionist History

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 92%

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

The Invisible Woman

by Claire Tomalin • 1990

Dickens's mistress married a clergyman at 44, claiming to be 30. He never knew.

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2k+

🎭 Victorian Theatre 👩‍🎤 Women In Theatre 🤫 Secret Lives 🧹 Historical Erasure 🎪 Theatrical Dynasties

The Invisible Woman 92%

Dickens's mistress married a clergyman at 44, claiming to be 30. He never knew.

by Claire Tomalin 1990

3.75

2k+ ratings

🎭 Victorian Theatre 👩‍🎤 Women In Theatre 🤫 Secret Lives 🧹 Historical Erasure 🎪 Theatrical Dynasties

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 92%

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

Below Stairs

by Margaret Powell • 1968

She cooked their banquets in early 1900s England, and they forgot she existed.

3.58

15k+

🧹 Domestic Service 👷 Working Class Memoir 🇬🇧 British Social History 🕰️ Early 1900s Britain 🍳 Cooking Memoir

Below Stairs 92%

She cooked their banquets in early 1900s England, and they forgot she existed.

by Margaret Powell 1968

3.58

15k+ ratings

🧹 Domestic Service 👷 Working Class Memoir 🇬🇧 British Social History 🕰️ Early 1900s Britain 🍳 Cooking Memoir

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

England's Mistress

by Kate Williams • 2006

A blacksmith's daughter invented a new kind of performance, won Nelson's heart, and lost everything.

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1k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Georgian England 👩‍🎨 Women's Biography 🎨 Artist's Muse 🎭 Performance Art 🌟 Celebrity Biography

England's Mistress 92%

A blacksmith's daughter invented a new kind of performance, won Nelson's heart, and lost everything.

by Kate Williams 2006

3.91

1k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Georgian England 👩‍🎨 Women's Biography 🎨 Artist's Muse 🎭 Performance Art 🌟 Celebrity Biography

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

An Autobiography

by Agatha Christie • 1977

She learned exactly how poisons kill, long before she started killing people in books.

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13k+

🖋️ Literary Memoir 🏡 English Childhood 🔍 Golden Age Detective Fiction 🏥 Wartime Nursing ✍️ Creative Process

An Autobiography 92%

She learned exactly how poisons kill, long before she started killing people in books.

by Agatha Christie 1977

4.13

13k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Memoir 🏡 English Childhood 🔍 Golden Age Detective Fiction 🏥 Wartime Nursing ✍️ Creative Process

Charles Dickens in Love

by Robert Garnett • 2012

Dickens' heroines didn't come from his imagination but from a broken heart and a hidden affair.

3.93

📚 Literary Biography 🕰️ Victorian Literature 💔 Unrequited Love 🎭 Secret Lives 🕊️ Loss And Creativity

Charles Dickens in Love 91%

Dickens' heroines didn't come from his imagination but from a broken heart and a hidden affair.

by Robert Garnett 2012

3.93

70 ratings

📚 Literary Biography 🕰️ Victorian Literature 💔 Unrequited Love 🎭 Secret Lives 🕊️ Loss And Creativity

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

Transgender History

by Susan Stryker • 2008

The trans rights battle traces to 1850s dress-code laws. Stonewall was the middle, not the start.

4.22

6k+

📜 Transgender History 🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq History 🏥 Medical Gatekeeping 🌱 Grassroots Organizing ✊ Feminist Sex Wars

Transgender History 91%

The trans rights battle traces to 1850s dress-code laws. Stonewall was the middle, not the start.

by Susan Stryker 2008

4.22

6k+ ratings

📜 Transgender History 🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq History 🏥 Medical Gatekeeping 🌱 Grassroots Organizing ✊ Feminist Sex Wars

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 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

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

The Salon of Exiled Artists in California

by Núria Añó • 2020

Santa Monica living room: Garbo, Mann, Einstein sheltered from war. McCarthyism ended it.

4.21

🎬 Hollywood History 🌍 European Exiles 📚 Literary Salons 🎭 Weimar Diaspora 🎥 Women In Film

The Salon of Exiled Artists in California Summary

The Salon of Exiled Artists in California 91%

Santa Monica living room: Garbo, Mann, Einstein sheltered from war. McCarthyism ended it.

by Núria Añó 2020

4.21

14 ratings

🎬 Hollywood History 🌍 European Exiles 📚 Literary Salons 🎭 Weimar Diaspora 🎥 Women In Film

Parisian Lives

by Deirdre Bair • 2019

Beckett gave her nothing. Beauvoir gave her rules. One woman wrote both biographies anyway.

4.02

775

🖋️ Literary Biography ✍️ Writing Craft ⚖️ Biography Ethics 🌸 Feminist Awakening ✊ Second Wave Feminism

Parisian Lives 91%

Beckett gave her nothing. Beauvoir gave her rules. One woman wrote both biographies anyway.

by Deirdre Bair 2019

4.02

775 ratings

🖋️ Literary Biography ✍️ Writing Craft ⚖️ Biography Ethics 🌸 Feminist Awakening ✊ Second Wave Feminism

The Little Locksmith

by Katharine Butler Hathaway • 1943

A bedridden girl, a visibly different woman: she bought a Maine house and rebuilt herself.

3.67

1k+

🩻 Disability Memoir ✍️ Writing Life 🦴 Embodied Difference 🪟 Creative Solitude 🕊️ Self-Acceptance

The Little Locksmith 91%

A bedridden girl, a visibly different woman: she bought a Maine house and rebuilt herself.

by Katharine Butler Hathaway 1943

3.67

1k+ ratings

🩻 Disability Memoir ✍️ Writing Life 🦴 Embodied Difference 🪟 Creative Solitude 🕊️ Self-Acceptance

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 91%

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

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 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

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich • 2007

The famous slogan was never just about misbehavior. It was about how history itself erases women.

3.82

2k+

🏛️ Women's History ✊ Feminist History ⚔️ Women Warriors ✍️ Early Women Writers ⛓️ Slave Narratives

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History Summary

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History 90%

The famous slogan was never just about misbehavior. It was about how history itself erases women.

by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich 2007

3.82

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Women's History ✊ Feminist History ⚔️ Women Warriors ✍️ Early Women Writers ⛓️ Slave Narratives

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 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

Women in White Coats

by Olivia Campbell • 2021

Seven women enrolled in medical school in 1869. The men rioted. They changed medicine anyway.

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6k+

👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🏫 Medical Education 🕰️ 19th Century Medicine 📜 Women's History 🚺 Pioneering Women

Women in White Coats 90%

Seven women enrolled in medical school in 1869. The men rioted. They changed medicine anyway.

by Olivia Campbell 2021

3.72

6k+ ratings

👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🏫 Medical Education 🕰️ 19th Century Medicine 📜 Women's History 🚺 Pioneering Women

A Writer's Diary

by Virginia Woolf • 1953

Virginia Woolf's diary: 23 years of teaching herself to write the novels that changed fiction.

4.17

7k+

📝 Writers On Writing 🎨 Creative Practice 📚 Modernist Literature 📓 Writer's Journals ✍️ Fiction Craft

A Writer's Diary 90%

Virginia Woolf's diary: 23 years of teaching herself to write the novels that changed fiction.

by Virginia Woolf 1953

4.17

7k+ ratings

📝 Writers On Writing 🎨 Creative Practice 📚 Modernist Literature 📓 Writer's Journals ✍️ Fiction Craft

The Acid Queen

by Susannah Cahalan • 2025

Two hundred acid trips, one prison escape, 24 years underground: the woman behind Timothy Leary.

3.78

1k+

🧪 Psychedelic History 👩‍🎤 Women's Biography 🕵️‍♀️ Fugitive Lives 🦋 Identity Reinvention 🎷 Beat Generation

The Acid Queen 90%

Two hundred acid trips, one prison escape, 24 years underground: the woman behind Timothy Leary.

by Susannah Cahalan 2025

3.78

1k+ ratings

🧪 Psychedelic History 👩‍🎤 Women's Biography 🕵️‍♀️ Fugitive Lives 🦋 Identity Reinvention 🎷 Beat Generation

I'll Never Write My Memoirs

by Grace Jones • 2015

How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.

3.76

2k+

🎤 Music Memoirs 👗 Fashion And Style 🦋 Self Invention 🎭 Performance And Identity ⛓️ Breaking Free From Family

I'll Never Write My Memoirs 90%

How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.

by Grace Jones 2015

3.76

2k+ ratings

🎤 Music Memoirs 👗 Fashion And Style 🦋 Self Invention 🎭 Performance And Identity ⛓️ Breaking Free From Family

Re-Sisters

by Cosey Fanni Tutti • 2022

An artist finds her countercultural lineage in a medieval mystic and an electronic music pioneer.

3.69

143

🎛️ Electronic Music Pioneers ✊ Feminist Biography 🙏 Medieval Mysticism 🔥 Creative Defiance 🎧 Experimental Music

Re-Sisters 90%

An artist finds her countercultural lineage in a medieval mystic and an electronic music pioneer.

by Cosey Fanni Tutti 2022

3.69

143 ratings

🎛️ Electronic Music Pioneers ✊ Feminist Biography 🙏 Medieval Mysticism 🔥 Creative Defiance 🎧 Experimental Music

A History of the World in 21 Women

by Jenni Murray • 2018

A personal history of the world, told through 21 women who refused to be told no.

3.81

4k+

🕰️ Women In History 💪 Defying Gender Norms 🔥 Trailblazing Women ⭐ Feminist Icons 👑 Women Leaders

A History of the World in 21 Women Summary

A History of the World in 21 Women 90%

A personal history of the world, told through 21 women who refused to be told no.

by Jenni Murray 2018

3.81

4k+ ratings

🕰️ Women In History 💪 Defying Gender Norms 🔥 Trailblazing Women ⭐ Feminist Icons 👑 Women Leaders

Real Estate

by Deborah Levy • 2021

She wanted a room of her own. At sixty, she realized she needed the whole house.

4.28

11k+

🧠 Feminist Memoir 🖋️ Writer's Memoir 🏠 Home And Identity 🦸‍♀️ Female Autonomy 🍂 Aging And Reinvention

Real Estate 90%

She wanted a room of her own. At sixty, she realized she needed the whole house.

by Deborah Levy 2021

4.28

11k+ ratings

🧠 Feminist Memoir 🖋️ Writer's Memoir 🏠 Home And Identity 🦸‍♀️ Female Autonomy 🍂 Aging And Reinvention

The Social Sex

by Marilyn Yalom • 2015

For centuries, women's friendships were ignored. Letters, clubs, and convents made them visible.

3.17

311

📜 Women's History 💌 Romantic Friendships ✍️ Women's Letter Writing 👥 Gender And Friendship 💻 Digital Friendships

The Social Sex 90%

For centuries, women's friendships were ignored. Letters, clubs, and convents made them visible.

by Marilyn Yalom 2015

3.17

311 ratings

📜 Women's History 💌 Romantic Friendships ✍️ Women's Letter Writing 👥 Gender And Friendship 💻 Digital Friendships

How to Think Like a Woman

by Regan Penaluna • 2023

Sexism drove her from philosophy. Four forgotten women thinkers showed her how to find her way back.

3.96

2k+

📚 Feminist Philosophy 🚫 Academic Sexism 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🗣️ Recovering Lost Voices 🕰️ Early Modern Philosophy

How to Think Like a Woman 90%

Sexism drove her from philosophy. Four forgotten women thinkers showed her how to find her way back.

by Regan Penaluna 2023

3.96

2k+ ratings

📚 Feminist Philosophy 🚫 Academic Sexism 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🗣️ Recovering Lost Voices 🕰️ Early Modern Philosophy

The Whole Lesbian Sex Book

by Felice Newman • 1999

From first touch to BDSM scenes: the unabashed guide to lesbian sex, anatomy, and connection.

4.11

937

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian Sexuality 🧬 Pleasure Anatomy 💥 Orgasm Guide 🗣️ Erotic Communication 🪞 Body Image Healing

The Whole Lesbian Sex Book 90%

From first touch to BDSM scenes: the unabashed guide to lesbian sex, anatomy, and connection.

by Felice Newman 1999

4.11

937 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian Sexuality 🧬 Pleasure Anatomy 💥 Orgasm Guide 🗣️ Erotic Communication 🪞 Body Image Healing

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

Dancing Fish and Ammonites

by Penelope Lively • 2013

A life measured in books and fossils: a novelist confronts the new territory of old age.

3.65

1k+

📖 Literary Memoir 🏺 Material Memory 📚 Reading Life 🕰️ Meditations On Aging 🇬🇧 British Memoirists

Dancing Fish and Ammonites 90%

A life measured in books and fossils: a novelist confronts the new territory of old age.

by Penelope Lively 2013

3.65

1k+ ratings

📖 Literary Memoir 🏺 Material Memory 📚 Reading Life 🕰️ Meditations On Aging 🇬🇧 British Memoirists

Lorraine Hansberry

by Charles J. Shields • 2022

Closeted, radical, and a slumlord's daughter: the life that produced A Raisin in the Sun.

3.78

400

🎭 Literary Biography 🖤 Black Women Writers ✊🏿 Civil Rights Era 🌈 Queer Literary Lives 🎟️ Theater History

Lorraine Hansberry 90%

Closeted, radical, and a slumlord's daughter: the life that produced A Raisin in the Sun.

by Charles J. Shields 2022

3.78

400 ratings

🎭 Literary Biography 🖤 Black Women Writers ✊🏿 Civil Rights Era 🌈 Queer Literary Lives 🎟️ Theater History

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 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

Old Rage

by Sheila Hancock • 2022

Sheila Hancock, 89, plans her funeral, rages at Brexit, and finds the pandemic strangely stoic.

4.06

984

🇬🇧 British Memoirs 🎭 Celebrity Memoirs 🗳️ Political Commentary 🕯️ Quaker Spirituality ⚒️ Class Consciousness

Old Rage 90%

Sheila Hancock, 89, plans her funeral, rages at Brexit, and finds the pandemic strangely stoic.

by Sheila Hancock 2022

4.06

984 ratings

🇬🇧 British Memoirs 🎭 Celebrity Memoirs 🗳️ Political Commentary 🕯️ Quaker Spirituality ⚒️ Class Consciousness

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 90%

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

The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes

by Andrew Lycett • 2007

Holmes made him famous and miserable. Doyle preferred séances, battlefields, and righting wrongs.

3.91

299

📚 Literary Biography 👑 Victorian England 🔍 Detective Fiction 👻 Spiritualism ⭐ Literary Celebrity

The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes Summary

The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes 90%

Holmes made him famous and miserable. Doyle preferred séances, battlefields, and righting wrongs.

by Andrew Lycett 2007

3.91

299 ratings

📚 Literary Biography 👑 Victorian England 🔍 Detective Fiction 👻 Spiritualism ⭐ Literary Celebrity

Fierce Attachments

by Vivian Gornick • 1987

Decades of walks, a mother and daughter, and a bond that felt like a locked room.

4.02

21k+

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 📖 Literary Memoir 🏭 Working Class Memoir 🌱 Women's Coming Of Age 💡 Intellectual Awakening

Fierce Attachments 90%

Decades of walks, a mother and daughter, and a bond that felt like a locked room.

by Vivian Gornick 1987

4.02

21k+ ratings

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 📖 Literary Memoir 🏭 Working Class Memoir 🌱 Women's Coming Of Age 💡 Intellectual Awakening

She/He/They/Me

by Robyn Ryle • 2019

Pick a gender path and see where it leads: an interactive tour of the binary and beyond.

3.40

545

🏗️ Gender Construction 👥 Gender Socialization 🌍 Third Gender Traditions 🗿 Patriarchy ⚧️ Intersex Rights

She/He/They/Me 90%

Pick a gender path and see where it leads: an interactive tour of the binary and beyond.

by Robyn Ryle 2019

3.40

545 ratings

🏗️ Gender Construction 👥 Gender Socialization 🌍 Third Gender Traditions 🗿 Patriarchy ⚧️ Intersex Rights

Danger Music

by Eddie Ayres • 2017

Afghan girls risk death to play cello. Their teacher risks everything to become himself.

4.05

678

🎵 Music Education 🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Memoir 🎒 Teaching Amid War 👩‍🎓 Women's Education 🎻 Musician Memoir

Danger Music 90%

Afghan girls risk death to play cello. Their teacher risks everything to become himself.

by Eddie Ayres 2017

4.05

678 ratings

🎵 Music Education 🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Memoir 🎒 Teaching Amid War 👩‍🎓 Women's Education 🎻 Musician Memoir

The Stonewall Riots

by Gayle E. Pitman • 2019

A 1969 police raid ignited a rebellion that launched the modern fight for LGBT equality.

4.04

1k+

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq History ✊ Civil Rights History 🌃 Underground Subcultures 👮 Police Brutality 📢 Community Activism

The Stonewall Riots 90%

A 1969 police raid ignited a rebellion that launched the modern fight for LGBT equality.

by Gayle E. Pitman 2019

4.04

1k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq History ✊ Civil Rights History 🌃 Underground Subcultures 👮 Police Brutality 📢 Community Activism

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

Untamed

by Glennon Doyle • 2020

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

3.97

519k+

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

Untamed 90%

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

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She bit a conductor to keep her seat, won, then a lynching made her a crusader.

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Crusade for Justice 90%

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865 ratings

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