here are some books that hooked me easily when i was getting into reading nonfiction. Many memoirs but also less academic/more personal/humorous feminist lit and queer theory :3
created by johnwaters
last updated August, 2026
Shock Value: A Tasteful Book about Bad Taste
John Waters
Park Cruising: What Happens When We Wander Off the Path
Marcus McCann
Care Of: Letters, Connections, and Cures
Ivan E. Coyote
Len & Cub: A Queer History
Meredith J. Batt
Role Models
Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir
Danny Ramadan
Rebent Sinner
Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme
Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men
Jane Ward
The Tragedy of Heterosexuality
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
Kabi Nagata
Tomboy Survival Guide
Authority: Essays
Andrea Long Chu
Females
Down the Drain
Julia Fox
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Alison Bechdel
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
Audre Lorde
Black Friend: Essays
Ziwe Ziwe
Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder
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