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
The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde

The Cancer Journals

Audre Lorde

96 pages • 1980 • 20 editions

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State by Kerry Howley

Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State

Kerry Howley

256 pages • 2023 • 6 editions

nonfiction sociology technology dark informative medium-paced
Fine: A Comic About Gender by Rhea Ewing

Fine: A Comic About Gender

Rhea Ewing

323 pages • 2022 • 2 editions

nonfiction comics gender lgbtqia+ emotional reflective medium-paced
Some of Us Just Fall: On Nature and Not Getting Better by Polly Atkin

Some of Us Just Fall: On Nature and Not Getting Better

Polly Atkin

304 pages • 2023 • 6 editions

nonfiction memoir nature emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings

Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia

Sabrina Strings

7h 26m • 2019 • 8 editions

nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Too Late to Die Young: Nearly True Tales from a Life by Harriet McBryde Johnson

Too Late to Die Young: Nearly True Tales from a Life

Harriet McBryde Johnson

272 pages • 2005 • 3 editions

nonfiction essays memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Recovering Dorothy: The Hidden Life of Dorothy Wordsworth by Polly Atkin

Recovering Dorothy: The Hidden Life of Dorothy Wordsworth

Polly Atkin

288 pages • 2021 • 2 editions

nonfiction biography informative slow-paced
Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto by Legacy Russell

Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto

Legacy Russell

178 pages • 2020 • 9 editions

nonfiction feminism gender lgbtqia+ race technology challenging reflective slow-paced
The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

360 pages • 2022 • 8 editions

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl

The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

Margaret Renkl

286 pages • 2023 • 13 editions

nonfiction essays nature hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced