All the Powerful Invisible Things by Gretchen Legler
A beautifully crafted 1995 memoir connecting outdoor life, wilderness survival, and a woman’s journey toward lesbian self-realization.
Memoir
Trigger Warning by Sheila Jeffreys
Uncompromising autobiography detailing a lifetime of radical lesbian-feminist activism.
The Queen Of Whale Cay by Kate Summerscale
Marion ‘Joe’ Carstairs was a powerhouse of wealth and refusal
Exile And Pride by Eli Clare
A groundbreaking intersectional memoir exploring disability, queerness, class, environmental destruction, and gender identity through the lens of a white disabled genderqueer writer’s personal experiences and political activism.
The Fixed Stars by Molly Wizenberg
A bestselling food writer’s candid memoir about discovering her attraction to women at age 36, navigating the dissolution of her marriage, coming out to family and friends, and redefining her identity and understanding of family.
Harley Loco by Rayya Elias
A raw punk rock memoir chronicling Syrian-American Rayya Elias’s journey from her childhood in Aleppo through Detroit to 1980s Lower East Side New York, where she pursued music and hairstyling while exploring her sexuality with lovers of both sexes, battling heroin addiction, experiencing homelessness and incarceration, and ultimately finding redemption and sobriety.
The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy
A New Yorker staff writer chronicles her unconventional life as a lesbian journalist who traveled the world, married a woman, became pregnant at 37, and experienced devastating losses that forced her to confront what she could and couldn’t control.
Real Live Nude Girl: Chronicles Of Sex-Positive Culture by Carol Queen
A candid essay collection by bisexual sexologist Carol Queen exploring sex-positive culture, sexual identity, sex work, and erotic experiences, combining memoir with cultural analysis and advocacy.
Exile And Pride by Eli Clare
A groundbreaking intersectional memoir exploring disability, queerness, class, environmental destruction, and gender identity through the lens of a white disabled genderqueer writer’s personal experiences and political activism.
Harley Loco by Rayya Elias
A raw punk rock memoir chronicling Syrian-American Rayya Elias’s journey from her childhood in Aleppo through Detroit to 1980s Lower East Side New York, where she pursued music and hairstyling while exploring her sexuality with lovers of both sexes, battling heroin addiction, experiencing homelessness and incarceration, and ultimately finding redemption and sobriety.