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

All books added
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 • audio • 2024

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 • hardcover • 2018

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

La mala costumbre

Alana S. Portero

256 pages • digital • 2023

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

P. Mi adolesencia trans

Valentina Longo, Alana Portero, Fumettibrutti

216 pages • paperback • 2019

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 • paperback • 2021

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 • paperback • 1996

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

Black Box

Shiori Ito

224 pages • paperback • 2017

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs by Camilla Townsend

Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs

Camilla Townsend

336 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Juste une endométriose by Fanny Robin

Juste une endométriose

Fanny Robin

128 pages • hardcover

nonfiction comics education feminism
Bad Dyke: Salacious Stories from a Queer Life by Allison Moon

Bad Dyke: Salacious Stories from a Queer Life

Allison Moon

132 pages • paperback • 2014

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir funny inspiring fast-paced