Non-fiction by female/non binary/transgender authors deserves some love

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18 participants (55 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
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

390 pages • digital • 2013

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard

Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens

Eddie Izzard

14 hours, 39 minutes • audio • 2017

nonfiction memoir funny inspiring reflective medium-paced
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Hidden Figures

Margot Lee Shetterly

384 pages • digital • 2016

nonfiction feminism history mathematics race science informative inspiring slow-paced
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

Gender Queer: A Memoir

Maia Kobabe

240 pages • paperback • 2019

nonfiction gender graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional informative reflective fast-paced
Ma and Me by Putsata Reang

Ma and Me

Putsata Reang

384 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
American Teenager: How Eight Trans Kids are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Age by Nico Lang

American Teenager: How Eight Trans Kids are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Age

Nico Lang

8 hours, 57 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ politics sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom by Johanna Hedva

How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom

Johanna Hedva

384 pages • digital • 2024

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
CEO of Everything by Victoria Ryce, Gail Vaz-Oxlade

CEO of Everything

Victoria Ryce, Gail Vaz-Oxlade

304 pages • paperback • 2016

nonfiction business self help informative inspiring medium-paced
Metaracism: How Systemic Racism Devastates Black Lives--And How We Break Free by Tricia Rose

Metaracism: How Systemic Racism Devastates Black Lives--And How We Break Free

Tricia Rose

288 pages • hardcover

nonfiction politics race
Socialism 101: From the Bolsheviks and Karl Marx to Universal Healthcare and the Democratic Socialists, Everything You Need to Know about Socialism by Kathleen Sears

Socialism 101: From the Bolsheviks and Karl Marx to Universal Healthcare and the Democratic Socialists, Everything You Need to Know about Socialism

Adams 101)

Kathleen Sears

256 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced