The Luck We Carry by Ron Stempkowski
A tender collection of essays on love, loss, and living after grief. A quiet, powerful reflection on carrying memory forward.
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Aunt Joan’s Cabin: A Year’s Journey to Joy, Deanna Jean Haynes
A warm, candid memoir told through journal entries from a trans woman’s first year living openly. Honest, hopeful reflections on change, curiosity, resilience, and choosing joy.
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Another Appalachia by Neema Avashia is a luminous queer memoir of being Indian American and Appalachian, pushing back on who “belongs” where. A story of place, identity, and stubborn belonging.
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Only Joy Bites by Shelley Hill
A decorated police officer’s life implodes, sending her from Sydney’s queer nightlife to a Cambodian gambling den in a raw, globe-spanning reckoning with addiction, identity, and reinvention.
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It Was Her New York: True Stories & Snapshots
by C. O. Moed
A tender memoir in essays and photographs about caring for an aging mother, queer histories long hidden, and a Lower East Side transformed by time and gentrification.
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The Way That Loved Me Back, Jamie Wallace
Burnt out and heartbroken, Callum walks the Camino de Santiago seeking escape—but finds healing, connection, and a quiet queer awakening instead. A reflective, tender journey of grief, faith, and renewal.
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From Sexless Marriage to Sex Goddess, Alisa Kriegel, PhD
A bold, funny, and liberating memoir of midlife reinvention, erotic discovery, and the power of reclaiming desire.
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Post-Man, Alex Manley
Candid essays on masculinity, identity, and neurodivergence from a non-binary voice navigating a world built on binaries.
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No Tea, No Shade: Life as a Drag Queen brings together hilarious, intimate, and defiant essays by Kennedy Ann Scott, Lagoona Bloo, Alexis Michelle, Olivia Lux, Julie J., & Nina West. Drag is art, courage, and joy.
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From One Cult to the Next by Dan Owens-Reid
A candid queer memoir of faith, intimacy & resilience—exploring cults, community, relationships & self-discovery with wit & heart.
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Guest Privileges: Queer Lives and Finding Home in the Middle East, Gaar Adams
A decade of memoir & reportage through clandestine queer communities of the Gulf States—where resilience, joy & belonging thrive against the odds.
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Frighten the Horses by Oliver Radclyffe
A trans man’s coming-of-age memoir about leaving behind a “perfect” housewife life to embrace truth, queerness & survival. Oprah Daily Best Book of Fall.
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Come Sit With Me and Let's Talk – Brian Edwards
From Joan Rivers to Hollywood hilarity, Brian Edwards shares a witty, heartfelt memoir of resilience, authenticity, and perseverance.
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America’s Boy: A Memoir – Wade Rouse
From beauty pageants in his grandma’s heels to surviving grief, OCD, and small-town Ozarks life, Rouse shares a funny, tender journey of hiding, healing, and finally coming out. An ALA Rainbow List memoir.
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Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything, Alyson Stoner
From Disney stardom to eating disorders, religious trauma & queer self-discovery, Alyson’s memoir is raw, incisive, and galvanizing—a story of survival & self-trust
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I'm Prancing As Fast As I Can, Jon Kinnally
From closeted kid staring at the Doan’s Pills man to writing Will & Grace—this memoir is a wild ride of drag bunnies, ACT UP, Ugly Betty divas, gay penguins & self-discovery.
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Hotshot: A Life On Fire, River Selby
A fierce memoir of a female-bodied firefighter in a male-dominated world—navigating danger, sexism, and climate crisis on the wildfire frontlines.
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Hiraeth: A Voice Of Home, Dan Morgan
A Welsh American’s journey through addiction, identity, family, and faith—told with humor, heartbreak, and hope.
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F*cking Magic, Clementine Morrigan
From incest survival to BDSM, addiction to sobriety—this cult memoir gathers 12 raw zines tracing one queer woman’s radical, tender becoming. Vulnerable. Defiant. Magic.
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An Unstable Container, John LaPine
Five essays. One queer, lyrical voice. LaPine explores the body, blackness, queerness, and masculinity in this powerful Midwest-rooted memoir of selfhood and survival.
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I Hardly Knew Me by Nia Chiaramonte
A raw, funny, and deeply moving memoir of one trans woman’s journey to self-discovery, family, and survival—told in real time, not hindsight.
A love letter to authenticity.
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The Very Heart Of It: New York Diaries 1983–94, Thomas Mallon
A young gay writer comes of age amid the AIDS crisis, literary ambition, and personal loss in 1980s–90s NYC.
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A Place Called Home, David Ambroz
A gripping memoir of growing up homeless in NYC, surviving foster care, and fighting for change. A story of resilience, identity, and hope.
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Welcome To The Club: The Life And Lessons Of A Black Woman DJ, DJ Paulette
The Manchester legend shares the highs, lows and lessons of a thirty-year music career, with help from some famous friends.
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Alphabet People, Cal Gray
A hauntingly honest journey through the shadows of shame and the light of self-acceptance-a story of passion, pain, and the strength it takes to finally come home to yourself.
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The Lonely Veteran's Guide To Companionship
In this collection of essays, Bronson Lemer explores companionship through the lens of a queer veteran, focusing on the difficulty of forming true connections with others.
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The Umpire Is Out: Calling The Game And Living My True Self, Dale Scott
Scott's story is fascinating both for his umpiring career and for his being a pioneer for LGBTQ people within baseball and across sports.
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Rachel Brosnahan: The Rise Of Midge Maisel, Christian E. Junior
Delve into the life of Rachel Brosnahan, the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress renowned for her role as Midge Maisel in "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel."
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Greatest Hits Of My Childhood Trauma: Autism Edition, Alex Dark
Growing up with Autism is hard enough. Growing up with Autism when you're a little gay weirdo is almost impossible.
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Call Me Larry: A Creole Man's Triumph Over Racism And Homophobia, Larry Bagneris
Raised in a large Creole family, Lawrence Bagneris Jr. knew from a young age that he liked boys. But New Orleans in the 1950s wasn't an easy place to be out.
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