Best Gay Memoirs

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HomoAmerican - The Secret Society
HomoAmerican - The Secret Society 4.57 avg rating — 37 ratings
2.
Running with Scissors
Running with Scissors 3.77 avg rating — 400,435 ratings
3.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating — 197,151 ratings
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Boy Erased
Boy Erased 3.62 avg rating — 21,380 ratings
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Naturally Tan
Naturally Tan 3.79 avg rating — 22,631 ratings
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Mississippi Sissy
Mississippi Sissy 3.63 avg rating — 1,653 ratings
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Me
Me 4.32 avg rating — 70,317 ratings
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Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies
Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies 4.31 avg rating — 8,238 ratings
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Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love
Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love 4.19 avg rating — 67,703 ratings
10.
When We Rise: My Life in the Movement
When We Rise: My Life in the Movement 4.35 avg rating — 2,846 ratings
11.
Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage
Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage 3.93 avg rating — 554 ratings
12.
America's Boy: A Memoir
America's Boy: A Memoir 3.98 avg rating — 533 ratings
13.
Cowboys, Armageddon, and The Truth: How a Gay Child was Saved from Religion
Cowboys, Armageddon, and The Truth: How a Gay Child was Saved from Religion 4.20 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Confession d'un masque
Confession d'un masque 3.95 avg rating — 37,130 ratings
15.
The Best Little Boy in the World: The 25th Anniversary Edition of the Classic Memoir
The Best Little Boy in the World: The 25th Anniversary Edition of the Classic Memoir
by: John Reid
3.84 avg rating — 1,637 ratings
15.
All American Boy
All American Boy 3.86 avg rating — 44 ratings
17.
I Am Not Myself These Days
I Am Not Myself These Days 3.97 avg rating — 14,676 ratings
18.
Moab Is My Washpot
Moab Is My Washpot 3.93 avg rating — 24,906 ratings
19.
Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival
Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival 3.98 avg rating — 9,531 ratings
20.
Rubyfruit Jungle
Rubyfruit Jungle 3.91 avg rating — 45,998 ratings
21.
Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir
Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir 4.37 avg rating — 2,887 ratings
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The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss
The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss 3.91 avg rating — 25,538 ratings
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Flying High, Diving Deep
Flying High, Diving Deep
by: Habu
3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings
23.
Modern Brides & Modern Grooms
Modern Brides & Modern Grooms 4.21 avg rating — 34 ratings
23.
Bent But Not Broken
Bent But Not Broken 4.21 avg rating — 34 ratings
23.
How We Fight For Our Lives
How We Fight For Our Lives 4.27 avg rating — 22,736 ratings
27.
Bad Kid: A Memoir
Bad Kid: A Memoir 4.11 avg rating — 947 ratings
28.
An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic
An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic 4.26 avg rating — 6,192 ratings
28.
Becoming a Man
Becoming a Man 4.17 avg rating — 3,722 ratings
30.
At Your Own Risk
At Your Own Risk 4.34 avg rating — 486 ratings
31.
Where's My Wand?: One Boy's Magical Triumph over Alienation and Shag Carpeting
Where's My Wand?: One Boy's Magical Triumph over Alienation and Shag Carpeting 3.56 avg rating — 696 ratings
32.
Reflections of a Rock Lobster: A Story About Growing Up Gay
Reflections of a Rock Lobster: A Story About Growing Up Gay 3.91 avg rating — 117 ratings
33.
Breaking the Surface
Breaking the Surface 3.97 avg rating — 1,032 ratings
34.
Catholic and Gay: My Journey into Roman Catholic Priesthood and Out of the Closet
Catholic and Gay: My Journey into Roman Catholic Priesthood and Out of the Closet 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
34.
Stuck Rubber Baby
Stuck Rubber Baby 4.04 avg rating — 5,442 ratings
36.
A Family, Maybe: Two Dads, Two Babies, and the Court Cases That Brought Us Together
A Family, Maybe: Two Dads, Two Babies, and the Court Cases That Brought Us Together 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
37.
They Called Us Enemy
They Called Us Enemy 4.42 avg rating — 50,179 ratings
38.
Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins: The Autobiography
Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins: The Autobiography 3.58 avg rating — 1,860 ratings
38.
The Naked Civil Servant
The Naked Civil Servant 4.03 avg rating — 2,696 ratings
40.
Does This Baby Make Me Look Straight?: Confessions of a Gay Dad
Does This Baby Make Me Look Straight?: Confessions of a Gay Dad 3.76 avg rating — 1,288 ratings
41.
Homo Domesticus: Notes from a Same-Sex Marriage
Homo Domesticus: Notes from a Same-Sex Marriage 3.68 avg rating — 126 ratings
41.
Cures: A Gay Man's Odyssey
Cures: A Gay Man's Odyssey 3.43 avg rating — 156 ratings
43.
The Soundtrack of My Life
The Soundtrack of My Life 3.73 avg rating — 983 ratings
44.
Transparent
Transparent
by: Don Lemon
3.68 avg rating — 200 ratings
45.
City Boy: My Life in New York in the 1960s and 70s
City Boy: My Life in New York in the 1960s and 70s 3.73 avg rating — 1,225 ratings
46.
Firebird
Firebird
by: Mark Doty
4.17 avg rating — 558 ratings
47.
My Lives
My Lives 3.78 avg rating — 515 ratings
48.
To the Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei, Star Trek's Mr. Sulu
To the Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei, Star Trek's Mr. Sulu 3.98 avg rating — 1,404 ratings
49.
Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography
Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography 3.83 avg rating — 35,834 ratings
50.
Not Like Other Boys: Growing Up Gay: A Mother and Son Look Back
Not Like Other Boys: Growing Up Gay: A Mother and Son Look Back 3.85 avg rating — 41 ratings
51.
Ambidextrous: The Secret Lives of Children
Ambidextrous: The Secret Lives of Children 4.02 avg rating — 99 ratings
52.
An Underground Life: Memoirs of a Gay Jew in Nazi Berlin
An Underground Life: Memoirs of a Gay Jew in Nazi Berlin
by: Gad Beck
3.94 avg rating — 448 ratings
53.
Body Counts: A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS, and Survival
Body Counts: A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS, and Survival 4.23 avg rating — 673 ratings
54.
Gypsy Boy
Gypsy Boy 3.94 avg rating — 6,136 ratings
55.
Shattered Love: A Memoir
Shattered Love: A Memoir 3.55 avg rating — 740 ratings
56.
Visions and Revisions: Coming of Age in the Age of AIDS
Visions and Revisions: Coming of Age in the Age of AIDS
by: Dale Peck
3.41 avg rating — 160 ratings
57.
Lost and Found in Johannesburg: A Memoir
Lost and Found in Johannesburg: A Memoir 3.77 avg rating — 208 ratings
58.
Amazing Gracie: A Dog's Tale
Amazing Gracie: A Dog's Tale 4.22 avg rating — 6,684 ratings
59.
Gay Olympian: The Life and Death of Dr. Tom Waddell
Gay Olympian: The Life and Death of Dr. Tom Waddell 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings
60.
Not My Father's Son
Not My Father's Son 4.05 avg rating — 46,602 ratings
60.
You're Doing It Wrong: A Mixtape Memoir
You're Doing It Wrong: A Mixtape Memoir 4.33 avg rating — 18 ratings
60.
Anything Goes
Anything Goes 4.03 avg rating — 3,019 ratings
60.
Farm Boy, City Girl: From Gene to Miss Gina
Farm Boy, City Girl: From Gene to Miss Gina 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
60.
Gay Comics
Gay Comics 4.19 avg rating — 32 ratings
60.
Confess: The Autobiography
Confess: The Autobiography 4.40 avg rating — 3,804 ratings
60.
Mama's Boy: A Story from Our Americas
Mama's Boy: A Story from Our Americas 4.58 avg rating — 2,745 ratings
60.
Disasterama!: Adventures in the Queer Underground 1977 to 1997
Disasterama!: Adventures in the Queer Underground 1977 to 1997 4.34 avg rating — 175 ratings
60.
Are You Kidding?: A Life
Are You Kidding?: A Life
by: Bob May
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
60.
Endangered Species: A Surly Bear in the Bible Belt
Endangered Species: A Surly Bear in the Bible Belt
by: Jeff Mann
3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
60.
Before Night Falls
Before Night Falls 4.21 avg rating — 7,135 ratings
60.
Rum, Bum and Concertina
Rum, Bum and Concertina 3.77 avg rating — 39 ratings
60.
The Story of Fester Cat
The Story of Fester Cat 4.24 avg rating — 200 ratings
73.
The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family
The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family 3.94 avg rating — 6,869 ratings
73.
Sweet Tooth: A Memoir
Sweet Tooth: A Memoir 3.77 avg rating — 622 ratings
73.
I Am What I Am
I Am What I Am 4.23 avg rating — 1,260 ratings
73.
The Times I Knew I Was Gay
The Times I Knew I Was Gay 3.92 avg rating — 7,272 ratings
73.
Escaping from Eden
Escaping from Eden 4.48 avg rating — 842 ratings
73.
The Kenneth Williams Diaries
The Kenneth Williams Diaries 4.22 avg rating — 874 ratings
73.
Play Boy
Play Boy 3.34 avg rating — 1,736 ratings
73.
So Gay for You: Friendship, Found Family, and the Show That Started It All
So Gay for You: Friendship, Found Family, and the Show That Started It All 4.45 avg rating — 1,858 ratings
73.
The Martian Child: A Novel About a Single Father Adopting a Son
The Martian Child: A Novel About a Single Father Adopting a Son 3.84 avg rating — 1,608 ratings
82.
Bettyville: A Memoir
Bettyville: A Memoir 3.74 avg rating — 8,201 ratings
82.
The Orton Diaries
The Orton Diaries
by: Joe Orton
4.04 avg rating — 677 ratings
82.
Blue Box Boy: A Memoir of Doctor Who in Four Episodes
Blue Box Boy: A Memoir of Doctor Who in Four Episodes 3.98 avg rating — 123 ratings
85.
The Saucers Speak!
The Saucers Speak! 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
85.
The Hurry-Up Song: A Memoir of Losing My Brother
The Hurry-Up Song: A Memoir of Losing My Brother 3.85 avg rating — 26 ratings
85.
The End of Eddy
The End of Eddy 3.94 avg rating — 35,582 ratings
88.
A Little Fruitcake: A Childhood in Holidays
A Little Fruitcake: A Childhood in Holidays 3.74 avg rating — 103 ratings
88.
Me
Me 3.58 avg rating — 2,803 ratings
88.
Difficult People: A Gateway to Enlightenment
Difficult People: A Gateway to Enlightenment 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
88.
Center Center: A Funny, Sexy, Sad Almost-Memoir of a Boy in Ballet
Center Center: A Funny, Sexy, Sad Almost-Memoir of a Boy in Ballet 3.45 avg rating — 777 ratings
88.
J'irais bien refaire un tour...
J'irais bien refaire un tour...
by: Dave
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
93.
Everything Is Awful: And Other Observations
Everything Is Awful: And Other Observations 3.68 avg rating — 3,377 ratings
93.
Entre émoi et moi
Entre émoi et moi 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
95.
It's All Relative: Two Families, Three Dogs, 34 Holidays, and 50 Boxes of Wine
It's All Relative: Two Families, Three Dogs, 34 Holidays, and 50 Boxes of Wine 3.82 avg rating — 1,507 ratings
95.
Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son: A Memoir
Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son: A Memoir 4.10 avg rating — 326 ratings
95.
How I Learned to Snap: A Small Town Coming-Out and Coming-of-Age Story
How I Learned to Snap: A Small Town Coming-Out and Coming-of-Age Story
by: Kirk Read
3.82 avg rating — 557 ratings
95.
Logical Family: A Memoir
Logical Family: A Memoir 4.21 avg rating — 2,927 ratings
95.
La prochaine fois que tu mordras la poussière
La prochaine fois que tu mordras la poussière 3.92 avg rating — 7,903 ratings
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Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Ever
Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Ever 3.79 avg rating — 839 ratings
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