Nonfiction: Gay & Lesbian Parenting
1. 
The Ultimate Guide for Gay Dads: Everything You Need to Know About LGBTQ Parenting But Are (Mostly) Afraid to Ask
by:
Eric Rosswood
4.17 avg rating — 148 ratings 2. 
Journey to Same-Sex Parenthood: Firsthand Advice, Tips and Stories from Lesbian and Gay Couples
by:
Eric Rosswood
4.16 avg rating — 110 ratings 3. 
The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant
by:
Dan Savage
4.05 avg rating — 8,735 ratings 
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Does This Baby Make Me Look Straight?: Confessions of a Gay Dad
by:
Dan Bucatinsky
3.76 avg rating — 1,288 ratings 
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Confessions of the Other Mother: Non-Biological Lesbian Moms Tell All
by:
Harlyn Aizley
3.77 avg rating — 477 ratings 8. 
She Looks Just Like You: A Memoir of (Nonbiological Lesbian) Motherhood 3.66 avg rating — 323 ratings
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Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is
by:
Abigail Garner
4.01 avg rating — 143 ratings 10. 
A Family by Any Other Name: Exploring Queer Relationships
by:
Bruce Gillespie
3.87 avg rating — 53 ratings 11. 
You're Not from Around Here, Are You?: A Lesbian in Small-Town America
by:
Louise A. Blum
3.84 avg rating — 141 ratings 12. 
Confessions of a Fairy's Daughter: Growing Up with a Gay Dad
by:
Alison Wearing
3.82 avg rating — 720 ratings 
16. 
The Other Mother: A Lesbian's Fight for Her Daughter
by:
Nancy Abrams
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings 17. 
Radical Relations: Lesbian Mothers, Gay Fathers, and Their Children in the United States Since World War II 3.97 avg rating — 58 ratings
18. 
Women in Love: Portraits of Lesbian Mothers & Their Families
by:
Diana Herrera
4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings 19. 
The Lesbian and Gay Parenting Handbook: Creating and Raising Our Families
by:
April Martin
3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings 
21. 
The Martian Child: A Novel About a Single Father Adopting a Son
by:
David Gerrold
3.84 avg rating — 1,608 ratings 22. 
Dress Codes: Of Three Girlhoods—My Mother's, My Father's, and Mine
by:
Noelle Howey
3.56 avg rating — 503 ratings 
24. 
My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength, and What Makes a Family
by:
Zach Wahls
3.81 avg rating — 1,019 ratings 25. 
Out of the Ordinary: Essays on Growing Up with Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Parents
by:
Noelle Howey
3.95 avg rating — 59 ratings 26. 
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Portrait of a Marriage: Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson
by:
Nigel Nicolson
4.06 avg rating — 4,410 ratings 29. 
Mommy Man: How I Went from Mild-Mannered Geek to Gay Superdad
by:
Jerry Mahoney
4.25 avg rating — 158 ratings 30. 
Untied: A Memoir of Family, Fame, and Floundering
by:
Meredith Baxter
3.60 avg rating — 1,699 ratings 
32. 
Mothering Without a Compass: White Mother's Love, Black Son's Courage 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings
34. 
New Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy, & Birth really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 77 ratings
36. 
Raised By Unicorns: Stories from People with LGBTQ+ Parents
by:
Frank Lowe
4.10 avg rating — 146 ratings 37. 
Who's Your Daddy?: And Other Writings on Queer Parenting
by:
Rachel Epstein
4.12 avg rating — 25 ratings 38. 
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Buying Dad: One Woman's Search for the Perfect Sperm Donor
by:
Harlyn Aizley
3.63 avg rating — 81 ratings 40. 
The Velveteen Father: An Unexpected Journey to Parenthood
by:
Jesse Green
3.74 avg rating — 66 ratings 41. 
Gay Dads: Transitions to Adoptive Fatherhood (Qualitative Studies in Psychology, 6) 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
43. 
Gay Fatherhood: Narratives of Family and Citizenship in America
by:
Ellen Lewin
3.35 avg rating — 23 ratings 
46. 
Lesbian and Gay Parents and Their Children: Research on the Family Life Cycle 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
46. 
How It Feels to Have a Gay or Lesbian Parent: A Book by Kids for Kids of All Ages 3.81 avg rating — 21 ratings
48. 
Family Outing: What Happened When I Found Out My Mother Was Gay
by:
Troy Johnson
3.48 avg rating — 44 ratings 50. 
The Lesbian Parenting Book: A Guide to Creating Families and Raising Children 3.76 avg rating — 29 ratings
52. 
The Family of Woman: Lesbian Mothers, Their Children, and the Undoing of Gender
by:
Maureen Sullivan
4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings 
53. 
Invisible Families: Gay Identities, Relationships, and Motherhood among Black Women
by:
Mignon R. Moore
3.93 avg rating — 89 ratings 
56. 
Let's Get This Straight: The Ultimate Handbook for Youth with LGBTQ Parents 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings
57. 
Where True Love Is: An Affirming Devotional for LGBTQI+ Individuals and Their Allies 4.60 avg rating — 53 ratings
57. 
Crybaby: Infertility, Illness, and Other Things That Were Not the End of the World
by:
Cheryl Klein
4.12 avg rating — 43 ratings 57. 
A Family, Maybe: Two Dads, Two Babies, and the Court Cases That Brought Us Together
by:
Lane Igoudin
4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings 
66. 
Small Courage: A Queer Memoir of Finding Love and Conceiving Family
by:
Jane Byers
4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings 66. 
The Lucky Egg: Understanding Your Fertility and How to Get Pregnant Now
by:
Lucky Sekhon
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 72. 
Whistling Women: A Study of the Lives of Older Lesbians
by:
Cheryl Claassen
3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings 
74. 
Gay Fathers: Encouraging the Hearts of Gay Dads and Their Families
by:
Robert L. Barret
3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings 
77. 
Stuck in the Middle With You: A Memoir of Parenting in Three Genders 3.80 avg rating — 1,109 ratings
77. 
God Believes in Love: Straight Talk About Gay Marriage
by:
Gene Robinson
3.98 avg rating — 691 ratings 
77. 
The Kids: The Children of LGBTQ Parents in the USA (Diverse Humanity: An LGBTQ+ Photobook Series)
by:
Gabriela Herman
4.23 avg rating — 30 ratings 
83. 
Photographs of My Father: A Lost Narrative from the Civil Rights Era
by:
Paul Spike
4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings 84. 
84. 
The Right to Be Parents: LGBT Families and the Transformation of Parenthood
by:
Carlos A. Ball
4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings 
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Legalizing LGBT Families: How the Law Shapes Parenthood
by:
Amanda K. Baumle
3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings 
92. 
Rebel Dad: Triumphing Over Bureaucracy to Adopt Two Orphans Born Worlds Apart 3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Family Pride: What LGBT Families Should Know about Navigating Home, School, and Safety in Their Neighborhoods
by:
Michael Shelton
3.08 avg rating — 36 ratings 
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Don't Call Me Daddy: A Lesbian Mom on Sperm Donors, Not Being Pregnant, and the Ups and Downs of Being the Other Mother
by:
Calla Devlin
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings