Hijab Butch Blues, Lamya H.
muslim, nonbinary, queer, immigrant, memoir
Memoirs of a Spacewoman, Naomi Mitchison
bi, classic scifi, feminist scifi, aliens
The Bone Doll’s Twin (Tamír Triad), Lynn Flewelling
trans, high fantasy, magic, gender identity
Milk Fed, Melissa Broder
jewish, lesbian, eating disorders
Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family, Sophie Lewis
nonfiction, feminism, marxism, abolition
Skye Falling, Mia McKenzie
black, queer, lesbian
A Psalm for the Wild-Built + A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk and Robot), Becky Chambers
scifi, hopepunk, nonbinary, novella
Embassytown, China Miéville
scifi, language, aliens, new weird
Swimming in the Dark, Tomasz Jedrowski
historical fiction, gay, romance, poland, cold war
Femme in Public, Alok Vaid-Menon
poetry, trans, nonbinary, feminism
Assuming the Ecosexual Position: The Earth as Lover, Annie Sprinkle, Beth Stephens, Jennie Klein
nonfiction, art, environmentalism, ecosexual, queer theory, performance art, activism
Grasshopper Jungle, Andrew Smith
YA, scifi, bi, apocalypse, horror
Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy, Jessica Fern
nonfiction, psychology, self-help, polyamory
Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta, James Hannaham
trans, black, prison
This Is My Real Name: A Stripper’s Memoir, Cid V. Brunet
autofiction, sex work, nonbinary
Reluctant Immortals, Gwendolyn Kiste
fantasy, horror, gothic, vampire
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, David Graeber, David Wengrow
nonfiction, anthropology, sociology, history
In the Dream House, Carmen Maria Machado
autofiction, queer, experimental, domestic abuse
Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities, Nick Walker
nonfiction, neurodiversity, autism, queer, trans, neuroqueer, disability
Geisha of Gion, Mineko Iwasaki
memoir, japan, history, culture
The Naked Civil Servant, Quentin Crisp
memoir, queer, trans, queer history
People in Trouble, Sarah Schulman
lesbian, queer, queer history, aids, activism, new york
Rainbow Milk, Paul Mendez
religious abuse, gay, black, autofiction
Circe, Madeline Miller
fantasy, mythology, feminist, magic
The Genesis Quest + Second Genesis, Donald Moffitt
hard scifi, classic scifi, aliens, language
Bittersweet, Cain Susan
nonfiction, self-help, art, philosophy, psychology, death
Tiny Pieces of Skull, Roz Kaveney
trans, queer history, autofiction
The Raven Tower, Ann Leckie
fantasy, mythology, queer, deities
The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice, Shon Faye
nonfiction, trans, social justice, feminism
The Refusal of Work: The Theory and Practice of Resistance to Work, David Frayne
nonfiction, sociology, capitalism
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, James Nestor
nonfiction, self-help, pop science
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works, Evelyn Tribole
nonfiction, self-help, eating disorders, diet refusal
Jonny Appleseed, Joshua Whitehead
queer, two-spirit, indigiqueer, canada, sex work
Detransition, Baby, Torrey Peters
trans, queering family, race, gender
Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair, Sarah Schulman
nonfiction, psychology, queer theory, activism, social justice
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name, A Biomythography, Audre Lorde
autofiction, queer, lesbian, black, race
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think, Hans Rosling
nonfiction, psychology, sociology, statistics
Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen, Amrou Al-Kadhi
memoir, queer, nonbinary, muslim, drag, immigrant
Daring Greatly, Brené Brown
nonfiction, self-help, shame, vulnerability
How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life, Catherine Price
nonfiction, self-help, minimalism
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, Jeanette Winterson
memoir, lesbian, trauma, poverty
Easier Ways to Say I Love You, Lucy Fry
autofiction, queer, polyamory
Algorithms To Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions, Brian Christian
nonfiction, computer science, self-help, decision making
Conversations with Friends, Sally Rooney
queer, bi, neurodivergent, ireland
The Fifth Season + The Obelisk Gate + The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth), N.K. Jemisin
fantasy, scifi, queer, trans, polyamory, apocalypse, oppression
Life Isn’t Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between, Meg-John Barker
nonfiction, queer, nonbinary, queer theory
The Driver’s Seat, Muriel Spark
classic, psychological thriller
Just Kids, Patti Smith
memoir, queer, new york, art, music
Madonna in a Fur Coat, Sabahattin Ali
romance, turkey, classic
Like People in History, Felice Picano
gay, queer history, aids
The Summer We Got Free, Mia McKenzie
queer, black, family
The Clockwork Rocket, Greg Egan
hard scifi, aliens, physics, gender
Schild’s Ladder, Greg Egan
hard scifi, posthumanism, far future
The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller
fantasy, mythology, queer, romance
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us, Kate Bornstein
nonfiction, gender, nonbinary, trans, feminism, classic
Debt: The First 5,000 Years, David Graeber
nonfiction, anthropology, sociology, economics, history
Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan, Jake Adelstein
memoir, true crime, journalism, japan
Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides
intersex, family saga, immigrant
Trumpet, Jackie Kay
trans, black, queer
At Swim, Two Boys, Jamie O’Neill
historical fiction, gay, romance, ireland
Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference, Cordelia Fine
nonfiction, feminism, gender, psychology, neuroscience
Call Me by Your Name, André Aciman
gay, romance