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

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18 participants (61 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

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L. E. L.: The Lost Life and Scandalous Death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the Celebrated female Byron by Lucasta Miller

L. E. L.: The Lost Life and Scandalous Death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the Celebrated female Byron

Lucasta Miller

416 pages • digital

nonfiction biography feminism history poetry reflective slow-paced
More Than Two by Eve Rickert, Andrea Zanin

More Than Two

More Than Two Essentials #9

Eve Rickert, Andrea Zanin

471 pages • hardcover • 2004

nonfiction lgbtqia+ self help informative reflective sad slow-paced
Unrooted: Botany, Motherhood, and the Fight to Save an Old Science by Erin Zimmerman

Unrooted: Botany, Motherhood, and the Fight to Save an Old Science

Erin Zimmerman

262 pages • digital • 2024

nonfiction memoir nature science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic by Victoria Johnson

American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic

Victoria Johnson

461 pages • digital • 2018

nonfiction biography history science informative slow-paced
We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders: A Memoir of Love and Resistance by Linda Sarsour

We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders: A Memoir of Love and Resistance

Linda Sarsour

272 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction feminism memoir emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Library Book by Susan Orlean

The Library Book

Susan Orlean

336 pages • digital • 2018

nonfiction history true crime informative medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

390 pages • digital • 2013

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard

Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens

Eddie Izzard

14 hours, 39 minutes • audio • 2017

nonfiction memoir funny inspiring reflective medium-paced
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Hidden Figures

Margot Lee Shetterly

384 pages • digital • 2016

nonfiction feminism history mathematics race science informative inspiring slow-paced
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

Gender Queer: A Memoir

Maia Kobabe

240 pages • paperback • 2019

nonfiction gender graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional informative reflective fast-paced