Non-fiction by female/non binary/transgender authors deserves some love

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17 participants (55 books)

Overview

So I am not at all used to reading non-fiction in my leisure time. I decided to maybe change that. Also, something I noticed: A lot of commonly perused non-fiction is by -surely good at their job- cis male authors. Therefore, the author would be a good consideration points.
I hope this challenge will nudge me- and maybe you- in a different direction. In honor of a brilliant musical the number of prompts will be 6.
You know, baby steps.

Note: All types and formats of books allowed: Novel, novella, audiobook etc.

Challenge Books

All books added
Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much by Jen Winston

Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much

Jen Winston

299 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

Angela Y. Davis

5 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism politics race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Permafrost by Eva Baltasar

Permafrost

Eva Baltasar

144 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts by Sarah Thornton

Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts

Sarah Thornton

8 hours, 45 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

nonfiction feminism science sociology medium-paced
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki #1

Baek Se-hee

208 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology emotional reflective medium-paced
La mala costumbre by Alana S. Portero

La mala costumbre

Alana S. Portero

256 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
P. Mi adolesencia trans by Fumettibrutti, Alana Portero, Valentina Longo

P. Mi adolesencia trans

Fumettibrutti, Alana Portero, Valentina Longo

216 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction comics lgbtqia+ emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Para Senthuran. Memorias de espíritu negro by Akwaeke Emezi

Para Senthuran. Memorias de espíritu negro

Akwaeke Emezi

248 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

bell hooks

208 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction feminism memoir race emotional reflective slow-paced
Black Box by Shiori Ito

Black Box

Shiori Ito

224 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced