Non-fiction by female/non binary/transgender authors deserves some love

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17 participants (33 books)

Overview

So I am not at all used to reading non-fiction in my leisure time. I decided to maybe change that. Also, something I noticed: A lot of commonly perused non-fiction is by -surely good at their job- cis male authors. Therefore, the author would be a good consideration points.
I hope this challenge will nudge me- and maybe you- in a different direction. In honor of a brilliant musical the number of prompts will be 6.
You know, baby steps.

Note: All types and formats of books allowed: Novel, novella, audiobook etc.

Challenge Books

All books added
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

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

333 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl

The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

Margaret Renkl

286 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Feminist, Queer, Crip by Alison Kafer

Feminist, Queer, Crip

Alison Kafer

258 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective fast-paced
Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art by Rebecca Wragg Sykes

Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art

Rebecca Wragg Sykes

463 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced
Capitalism and Disability: Essays by Marta Russell by Marta Russell

Capitalism and Disability: Essays by Marta Russell

Marta Russell

233 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror by Joe Vallese

It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror

Joe Vallese

298 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays horror lgbtqia+ emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean by Susan Casey

The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean

Susan Casey

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction science adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

247 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Styles of Radical Will by Susan Sontag

Styles of Radical Will

Susan Sontag

274 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

nonfiction essays philosophy informative inspiring medium-paced
Venus in pink marble by Gaynor Kane

Venus in pink marble

Gaynor Kane

98 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction poetry