Recs if you like How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS...
You're not mad enough!
If you're looking to read something that will radicalize you...this is the list for you. Signed, your fave community organizer
disease, germs, and plagues, oh my!
histories of sickness around the globe - death, destruction, and the fight for cures and eradication
PDX Queer Book Club
Stonewall Book Awards and Honors
I thought it would be nice to have all of them in one long list.
HIV/AIDS Nonfiction & Memoir
A diverse, essential guide to understanding HIV/AIDS through history, activism, and personal storytelling. Read, reflect, and share these revealing perspectives.
Public Health and Infectious Disease - Non-Fiction
Public health: scientific, political, social, cultural, economic…
lgbtq+ nonfiction + memoirs
Queer Stories
Memoirs and non-fiction from the queer community
Stonewall: Israel Fishman Nonfiction Award
The first and most enduring award for LGBTQIA+ books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by the American Library Association's Rainbow Round Table. Since Isabel Miller's Patience and Sarah received the first award in 1971, many other books have been honored for exceptional merit relating to the LGBTQIA+ experience.
The Stonewall Book Award-Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award are presented to English language works published the year prior to the announcement date. (from ala.org)
2016-2025
my substack recommendations
everything i have recommended on my substack newsletter: https://courtneymosierwarren.substack.com/?utm_campaign=profile_chips
Baillie Gifford Prize winners
The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize, is an annual British book prize for the best non-fiction writing in the English language
