LGBT Biographies

1.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating — 197,140 ratings
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The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk
The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk 4.14 avg rating — 4,469 ratings
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Big Freedia: God Save the Queen Diva!
Big Freedia: God Save the Queen Diva! 4.10 avg rating — 403 ratings
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The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster
The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster 3.90 avg rating — 29,487 ratings
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Sorted: Growing Up, Coming Out, and Finding My Place
Sorted: Growing Up, Coming Out, and Finding My Place 4.36 avg rating — 1,848 ratings
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The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer
The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer 3.46 avg rating — 1,430 ratings
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Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography
Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography 3.83 avg rating — 35,833 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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Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America
Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America 3.98 avg rating — 942 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 — 67,700 ratings
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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? 4.01 avg rating — 45,373 ratings
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Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade
Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade 4.07 avg rating — 1,791 ratings
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The Naked Civil Servant
The Naked Civil Servant 4.03 avg rating — 2,696 ratings
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Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded
Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded 4.24 avg rating — 10,993 ratings
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Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space
Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space 4.13 avg rating — 2,055 ratings
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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
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Memoirs
Memoirs 3.94 avg rating — 1,181 ratings
18.
Two or Three Things I Know for Sure
Two or Three Things I Know for Sure 4.13 avg rating — 5,973 ratings
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Palimpsest
Palimpsest 4.01 avg rating — 2,024 ratings
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas 3.54 avg rating — 13,202 ratings
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Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned
Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned 4.06 avg rating — 2,807 ratings
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James Baldwin
James Baldwin 4.30 avg rating — 1,174 ratings
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The Secrets of My Life
The Secrets of My Life 3.27 avg rating — 5,792 ratings
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When We Were Outlaws: A Memoir of Love and Revolution
When We Were Outlaws: A Memoir of Love and Revolution 4.06 avg rating — 319 ratings
25.
Seriously... I'm Kidding
Seriously... I'm Kidding 3.67 avg rating — 110,234 ratings
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The Ladies of Llangollen
The Ladies of Llangollen 3.69 avg rating — 144 ratings
27.
Sexy Serenity: A Memoir
Sexy Serenity: A Memoir 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings
28.
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness 4.11 avg rating — 29,550 ratings
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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
30.
In My Life: The Brian Epstein Story
In My Life: The Brian Epstein Story 4.04 avg rating — 56 ratings
30.
The Other Side of Paradise
The Other Side of Paradise 4.20 avg rating — 2,131 ratings
30.
Naturally Tan
Naturally Tan 3.79 avg rating — 22,630 ratings
33.
Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation
Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation 4.09 avg rating — 2,973 ratings
34.
Conundrum
Conundrum 3.90 avg rating — 2,167 ratings
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Somebody to Love: The Life, Death and Legacy of Freddie Mercury
Somebody to Love: The Life, Death and Legacy of Freddie Mercury 4.23 avg rating — 3,424 ratings
36.
Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama
Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama 3.71 avg rating — 35,013 ratings
37.
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain 3.83 avg rating — 41,534 ratings
38.
Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir
Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir 3.77 avg rating — 10,879 ratings
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Find a Way
Find a Way 4.19 avg rating — 2,882 ratings
40.
Aimée & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943
Aimée & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943 4.04 avg rating — 4,438 ratings
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To the Stars
To the Stars 3.98 avg rating — 1,404 ratings
42.
Alan Turing: The Enigma
Alan Turing: The Enigma 3.75 avg rating — 11,795 ratings
42.
Bad Feminist
Bad Feminist 3.92 avg rating — 117,715 ratings
44.
A Spanner in the Works: The Extraordinary Story of Alice Anderson and Australia’s Only All-Girl Garage
A Spanner in the Works: The Extraordinary Story of Alice Anderson and Australia’s Only All-Girl Garage 4.13 avg rating — 159 ratings
45.
Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death
Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death 4.30 avg rating — 374 ratings
46.
She Wants It: Desire, Power, and Toppling the Patriarchy
She Wants It: Desire, Power, and Toppling the Patriarchy 3.43 avg rating — 1,718 ratings
47.
Welcome to My World
Welcome to My World 3.74 avg rating — 649 ratings
47.
Ian McKellen: A Biography
Ian McKellen: A Biography 3.55 avg rating — 22 ratings
49.
Elton: The Biography
Elton: The Biography 3.64 avg rating — 270 ratings
50.
Me
Me 3.58 avg rating — 2,803 ratings
51.
Sal Mineo: A Biography
Sal Mineo: A Biography 3.81 avg rating — 358 ratings
52.
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great 4.10 avg rating — 4,159 ratings
53.
The Things That Matter
The Things That Matter 3.86 avg rating — 1,002 ratings
54.
Barefoot
Barefoot really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
54.
A Tale of Two Masks: A Transgender Psychopath’s Search for Realization and Restraint
A Tale of Two Masks: A Transgender Psychopath’s Search for Realization and Restraint 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
54.
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More 4.30 avg rating — 16,467 ratings
54.
Alabama Snow
Alabama Snow 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
54.
My Too Tight Vagina
My Too Tight Vagina 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
54.
My Razzle Dazzle: An Outsider's True Story
My Razzle Dazzle: An Outsider's True Story 4.17 avg rating — 24 ratings
54.
La vida cotidiana del dibujante underground
La vida cotidiana del dibujante underground
by: Nazario
3.64 avg rating — 56 ratings
54.
Bull of Heaven: The Mythic Life of Eddie Buczynski and the Rise of the New York Pagan
Bull of Heaven: The Mythic Life of Eddie Buczynski and the Rise of the New York Pagan 4.40 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Zuni Man-Woman
The Zuni Man-Woman 3.91 avg rating — 106 ratings
54.
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
54.
Her Widow
Her Widow 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings
54.
Hugged
Hugged 4.59 avg rating — 85 ratings
54.
Disasterama!: Adventures in the Queer Underground 1977 to 1997
Disasterama!: Adventures in the Queer Underground 1977 to 1997 4.34 avg rating — 175 ratings
54.
A Boy's Own Story (The Edmund Trilogy, #1)
A Boy's Own Story (The Edmund Trilogy, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 9,051 ratings
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Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout
Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout 4.32 avg rating — 10,756 ratings
54.
Overshare: Love, Laughs, Sexuality and Secrets
Overshare: Love, Laughs, Sexuality and Secrets 4.22 avg rating — 1,804 ratings
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El salón de los artistas exiliados en California: Salka Viertel acogió en su exilio a actores, intelectuales prominentes y personas anónimas huidas del nazismo
El salón de los artistas exiliados en California: Salka Viertel acogió en su exilio a actores, intelectuales prominentes y personas anónimas huidas del nazismo 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
54.
Farm Boy, City Girl: From Gene to Miss Gina
Farm Boy, City Girl: From Gene to Miss Gina 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
54.
Big Freedia: God Save the Queen Diva!
Big Freedia: God Save the Queen Diva! 4.10 avg rating — 403 ratings
54.
The Chartreuse Garden: The Horrific Murders of Innocents that Compelled Me to Fight Social Injustice and Hate
The Chartreuse Garden: The Horrific Murders of Innocents that Compelled Me to Fight Social Injustice and Hate 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World
Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World 3.92 avg rating — 279 ratings
54.
Christopher and His Kind: A Biography
Christopher and His Kind: A Biography 4.05 avg rating — 3,666 ratings
54.
Celluloid Activist: The Life and Times of Vito Russo
Celluloid Activist: The Life and Times of Vito Russo 4.34 avg rating — 38 ratings
77.
Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me
Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me 4.02 avg rating — 16,571 ratings
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The Scarlet Professor: Newton Arvin: A Literary Life Shattered by Scandal
The Scarlet Professor: Newton Arvin: A Literary Life Shattered by Scandal 3.90 avg rating — 121 ratings
77.
Fashion Climbing: A Memoir with Photographs
Fashion Climbing: A Memoir with Photographs 3.70 avg rating — 1,979 ratings
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Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens
Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens 3.86 avg rating — 10,157 ratings
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REC*OG*NIZE: The Voices of Bisexual Men
REC*OG*NIZE: The Voices of Bisexual Men 4.18 avg rating — 60 ratings
77.
The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation
The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation 4.28 avg rating — 359 ratings
83.
Damned Strong Love: The True Story of Willi G. and Stefan K.
Damned Strong Love: The True Story of Willi G. and Stefan K. 4.04 avg rating — 335 ratings
83.
My Lives
My Lives 3.78 avg rating — 515 ratings
83.
Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love
Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love 4.03 avg rating — 66 ratings
83.
My Father and Myself
My Father and Myself 3.87 avg rating — 745 ratings
83.
The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde
The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde 4.25 avg rating — 166 ratings
83.
The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant
The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant 4.05 avg rating — 8,735 ratings
83.
Becoming a Visible Man
Becoming a Visible Man 4.10 avg rating — 926 ratings
83.
Me
Me 4.32 avg rating — 70,311 ratings
83.
Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out
Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out 3.90 avg rating — 649 ratings
83.
Not My Father's Son
Not My Father's Son 4.05 avg rating — 46,604 ratings
93.
Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius
Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius
by: Ray Monk
4.15 avg rating — 6,565 ratings
93.
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde 4.01 avg rating — 5,107 ratings
93.
Freddie Mercury: The Definitive Biography
Freddie Mercury: The Definitive Biography 3.87 avg rating — 5,226 ratings
96.
Queers in History
Queers in History 3.79 avg rating — 176 ratings
96.
Lytton Strachey: The New Biography
Lytton Strachey: The New Biography 4.24 avg rating — 239 ratings
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S/He
S/He 4.15 avg rating — 1,565 ratings
96.
Caught in the Act
Caught in the Act 4.10 avg rating — 1,662 ratings
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Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay and Christian in America
Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay and Christian in America
by: Mel White
4.09 avg rating — 873 ratings
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