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Is food that deep? Yes.

Nonfiction books about food and what it means to us. Cultural connections to food, food justice, sharing food in community, etc.

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Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees

The Truffle Underground: A Tale of Mystery, Mayhem, and Manipulation in the Shadowy Market of the World's Most Expensive Fungus

Nourishing Resistance: Stories of Food, Protest and Mutual Aid

lgbtq history / theory

by librarygirlfriend

53 books

history / theory books i have on my tbr!!

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Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex

And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic

Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary

LGBTQ+ Nonfiction Published in 2025-2026

by merrybee91

44 books

A list of nonfiction with LGBTQ+ authors and/or themes, published in 2025-2026, once again shamelessly yoinked from that other reading app that shan't be named.

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Pride and Prejudices: Queer Lives and the Law

A Black Queer History of the United States (ReVisioning History)

No Fats, No Fems: A Guide to Queer Empathy and Unpacking Prejudice

Pay It No Mind

by Vvvvrrrrggg

19 books

Nonfiction books about LGBTQ+ topics because history cannot be erased, no matter how hard some try.

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Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture

Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness

Red Closet: The Hidden History of Gay Oppression in the USSR

Dining Out: First Dates, Defiant Nights, and Last Call Disco Fries at America's Gay Restaurants

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