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Drunk In Love by Cole Hart, Tiece
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHow can one song be so strong and intoxicating that it nearly makes a woman leave her husband for another man? Olivia is a sexy, independent, business woman who’s been married to Mark for six years. He is everything that Olivia wants in a husband, except for the fact that he’s a quick pumper and extremely boring in bed... -
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Lady Killer by Cara Malone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOpposites attract when a forensic investigator dying to fit in teams up with a detective with a major case of wanderlust.Maya Ross has worked hard to cultivate a tough, no-nonsense reputation as ‘one of the guys’ in a male-dominated field. As lead investigator, she’s at the peak of her career – and she can’t admit to anyone that it’s making her deeply unhappy... -
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Bow Grip by Ivan E. Coyote
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIvan E. Coyote is one of North America’s most beguiling storytellers and the author of three story collections, including Loose End, which was shortlisted for the Ferro-Grumley Award for Fiction in 2006... -
![Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris]()
Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe old South lives on at the MacGregor Plantation--in the breeze, in the cotton fields...and in the crack of the whip. It's an antebellum fever-dream, where fear and desire entwine in the looming shadow of the Master's House... -
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![Black Pearl the Prequel by Tiffany Patterson]()
Black Pearl the Prequel by Tiffany Patterson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat will it take to rebuild my self-esteem?When I walked in on my boyfriend in bed with another woman, I couldn't believe my eyes. To make matters worse, his lack of remorse was like another slap to the face. Years of his verbal put-downs and hurtful comments about my weight all but thoroughly destroyed my self-confidence.But finally, I was done... -
![Jacob's School Play: Starring He, She, and They by Ian Hoffman, Sarah Hoffman]()
Jacob's School Play: Starring He, She, and They by Ian Hoffman, Sarah Hoffman
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsJacob--star of one of the most banned books of the decade according to the American Library Association--is back in his third book and ready to put on a school play! While learning their lines and making their costumes, Jacob's class finds itself unexpectedly struggling with identity, and what it means to be "he," "she," or "they... -
![For Today I Am a Boy by Kim Fu]()
For Today I Am a Boy by Kim Fu
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFinding one's place in the world can be hard, but sometimes even more elusive, is finding where you fit in your family.Peter Huang and his sisters—elegant Adele, shrewd Helen, and Bonnie the bon vivant—grow up in a house of many secrets, then escape the confines of small-town Ontario and spread from Montreal to California to Berlin... -
![The Virgin of Flames by Chris Abani]()
The Virgin of Flames by Chris Abani
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the author of the award-winning GraceLand comes a searing, dazzlingly written novel of a tarnished City of Angels Praised as “singular” (The Philadelphia Inquirer) and “extraordinary” (The New York Times Book Review), GraceLand stunned critics and instantly established Chris Abani as an exciting new voice in fiction. In his second novel, set against the uncompromising landscape of East L.A... -
![The Image by Jean de Berg, Catherine Robbe-Grillet]()
The Image by Jean de Berg, Catherine Robbe-Grillet
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOriginally published in France in 1958 and immediately banned, this novel concerns the sexual games of domination and punishment that take place between two women to which only the narrator has access... -
![The Bitch Goddess Notebook by Martha O'Connor]()
The Bitch Goddess Notebook by Martha O'Connor
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSet in a small-town high school in Illinois in 1988, three misfit girls join forces with devastating consequences. Rennie, the stunningly attractive straight-A student, finds herself way out of her depth when she embarks on an affair with her married teacher. Cherry builds a shrine to Princess Diana in her bedroom while nursing her hippy mother through her coke-fuelled rages... -
![The Eighth Girl by Maxine Mei-Fung Chung]()
The Eighth Girl by Maxine Mei-Fung Chung
Rated: 3.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne woman, many personas. But which one is telling the truth?Alexa Wú is a brilliant yet darkly self-aware young woman whose chaotic life is manipulated and controlled by a series of alternate personalities. Only three people know about their existence: her therapist Daniel; her stepmother Anna; and her enigmatic best friend Ella... -
![Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon]()
Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBeyond the Gender Binary, spoken word poet Alok Vaid-Menon challenges the world to see gender not in black and white, but in full color. Taking from their own experiences as a gender-nonconforming artist, they show us that gender is a malleable and creative form of expression. The only limit is your imagination... -
![Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power by Audre Lorde]()
Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power by Audre Lorde
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere are many kinds of power, used and unused, acknowledged or otherwise. Thus begins this powerful essay; Uses of the Erotic defines the power of the erotic, names the process by which women have been stripped of this power, and considers how women can reclaim it... -
![What Is a Woman?: One Man's Journey to Answer the Question of a Generation by Matt Walsh]()
What Is a Woman?: One Man's Journey to Answer the Question of a Generation by Matt Walsh
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIs this even a question?What is a woman? For months, Matt Walsh devoted nearly every waking hour to answering this simple question. Honestly, it’s a question he never thought he’d have to ask.But all of a sudden, way too many people don’t seem to know the answer... -
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![The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha]()
The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLeah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha follows up their incredible book Care Work with The Future Is Disabled. Piepzna-Samarasinha writes about the last two years of surviving COVID-19 as a disabled femme of color in an ableist world that isn’t interested in protecting disabled folks. They also discuss mutual aid and disabled joy in the face of isolation and discrimination... -
![Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen]()
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAn engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that's obsessed with sexual attraction, and what we can all learn about desire and identity by using an ace lens to see the worldWhat exactly is sexual attraction and what is it like to go through the world not experiencing it? What does asexuality reveal about consent, about compromise, about the structures of society? This...Categorized as:
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![What's the T? The no-nonsense guide to all things trans and/or non-binary for teens by Juno Dawson]()
What's the T? The no-nonsense guide to all things trans and/or non-binary for teens by Juno Dawson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsDiscover what it means to be a young transgender and/or non-binary person in the twenty-first century in this candid and funny guide for teens from the bestselling author of This Book is Gay...Categorized as:
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![The Weight of Them by N.D. Stevenson]()
The Weight of Them by N.D. Stevenson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAutobio, slightly NSFW-ish for boobs comic by author Noelle Stevenson. Free to download, but any proceeds will be donated to BIPOC transition fundraisers...Categorized as:
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![Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students by Zaretta Lynn Hammond, Yvette Jackson]()
Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students by Zaretta Lynn Hammond, Yvette Jackson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA bold, brain-based teaching approach to culturally responsive instructionThe achievement gap remains a stubborn problem for educators of culturally and linguistically diverse students... -
![Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure by Eli Clare]()
Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure by Eli Clare
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn Brilliant Imperfection Eli Clare uses memoir, history, and critical analysis to explore cure—the deeply held belief that body-minds considered broken need to be fixed.Cure serves many purposes. It saves lives, manipulates lives, and prioritizes some lives over others. It provides comfort, makes profits, justifies violence, and promises resolution to body-mind loss...Categorized as:
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![You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America by Paul Kix]()
You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America by Paul Kix
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom journalist Paul Kix, the riveting story, never before fully told, of the 1963 Birmingham Campaign―ten weeks that would shape the course of the Civil Rights Movement and the future of America.It’s one of the iconic photographs of American A Black teenager, a policeman and his lunging German Shepherd. Birmingham, Alabama, May of 1963... -
![Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole by Tiffany Aliche]()
Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole by Tiffany Aliche
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTiffany Aliche was a successful pre-school teacher with a healthy nest egg when a recession and advice from a shady advisor put her out of a job and into a huge financial hole. As she began to chart the path to her own financial rescue, the outline of her ten-step formula for attaining both financial security and peace of mind began to take shape... -
![Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock]()
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn 2011, Marie Claire magazine published a profile of Janet Mock in which she stepped forward for the first time as a trans woman. Those 2300 words were life-altering for the People.com editor, turning her into an influential and outspoken public figure and a desperately needed voice for an often voiceless community... -
![Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Tunde Oyeneyin]()
Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Tunde Oyeneyin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom Tunde Oyeneyin, the massively popular Peloton instructor, fitness star, and founder of SPEAK, comes an empowering, inspiring book that shows how she transformed grief, setbacks, and flaws into growth, self-confidence, and triumph—for fans of Shonda Rhimes, Brene Brown, and Glennon Doyle... -
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![Calling a Wolf a Wolf by Kaveh Akbar]()
Calling a Wolf a Wolf by Kaveh Akbar
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"The struggle from late youth on, with and without God, agony, narcotics and love is a torment rarely recorded with such sustained eloquence and passion as you will find in this collection." —Fanny HoweThis highly-anticipated debut boldly confronts addiction and courses the strenuous path of recovery, beginning in the wilds of the mind...Categorized as:
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![Killing Rage: Ending Racism by bell hooks]()
Killing Rage: Ending Racism by bell hooks
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOne of our country's premier cultural and social critics, bell hooks has always maintained that eradicating racism and eradicating sexism must go hand in hand. But whereas many women have been recognized for their writing on gender politics, the female voice has been all but locked out of the public discourse on race.Killing Rage speaks to this imbalance... -
![Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown, Hess Love]()
Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown, Hess Love
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor readers of Ace and Belly of the Beast : A Black queer feminist exploration of asexuality--and an incisive interrogation of the sex-obsessed culture that invisibilizes and ignores asexual and A-spec identity.Everything you know about sex and asexuality is (probably) wrong.The notion that everyone wants sex--and that we all have to have it--is false...Categorized as:
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![Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community by Laura Erickson-Schroth]()
Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community by Laura Erickson-Schroth
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere is no one way to be transgender. Transgender and gender non-conforming people have many different ways of understanding their gender identities. Only recently have sex and gender been thought of as separate concepts, and we have learned that sex (traditionally thought of as physical or biological) is as variable as gender (traditionally thought of as social)...Categorized as:
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![You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience by Tarana Burke]()
You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience by Tarana Burke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organisers, artists, academics and cultural figures to discuss the topics the two have dedicated their lives to understanding and teaching: vulnerability and shame resilience.Contributions by Kiese Laymon, Imani Perry, Laverne Cox, Jason Reynolds, Austin Channing Brown, and more...Categorized as:
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![Patriarchy Blues: Reflections on Manhood by Frederick Joseph]()
Patriarchy Blues: Reflections on Manhood by Frederick Joseph
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this personal and poignant collection, the author of the New York Times bestseller The Black Friend examines the culture of masculinity through the lens of a Black man...
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