Melissa Febos

15 books

Abandon Me: Memoirs by Melissa Febos

Abandon Me: Memoirs

Melissa Febos

nonfiction essays memoir challenging reflective slow-paced

308 pages | first published 2017

The Beautiful Anthology by Stephanie St. John, M.J. Fievre, Victoria Patterson, Angela Tung, Jessica Anya Blau, Tyler Stoddard Smith, Quenby Moone, Uche Ogbuji, Nora Burkey, Zoe Zolbrod, Rachel Pollon, Robin Antalek, Marni Grossman, Stephen Walter, Matthew Baldwin, Elizabeth Collins, James D. Irwin, Judy Prince, Rich Ferguson, Melissa Febos, Steve Sparshott, Catherine Tufariello, Ronlyn Domingue, Lance Reynald, Greg Olear, J.E. Fishman, Gina Frangello

The Beautiful Anthology

Stephanie St. John, M.J. Fievre, Victoria Patterson, Angela Tung, Jessica Anya Blau, Tyler Stoddard Smith, Quenby Moone, Uche Ogbuji, Nora Burkey, Zoe Zolbrod, Rachel Pollon, Robin Antalek, Marni Grossman, Stephen Walter, Matthew Baldwin, Elizabeth Collins, James D. Irwin, Judy Prince, Rich Ferguson, Melissa Febos, Steve Sparshott, Catherine Tufariello, Ronlyn Domingue, Lance Reynald, Greg Olear, J.E. Fishman, Gina Frangello

nonfiction essays poetry short stories challenging reflective slow-paced

247 pages | first published 2012

Body Work by Melissa Febos

Body Work

Melissa Febos

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

192 pages | first published 2022

Crush: 26 Real-life Tales of First Love by Emily Franklin, Suzanne Finnamore, Kerry Cohen, Rebecca Walker, Catherine Newman, Robert Wilder, David Levithan, Rebecca Woolf, Lauren Oliver, Christopher Coake, Steve Almond, Brendan Halpin, Ann Hood, Amy Greene, Tara Bray Smith, Joshua Mohr, Melissa C. Walker, Andrea N. Richesin, Melissa Febos, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Jon Skovron, Sheila Kohler, Laurie Faria Stolarz, Katherine Center, Daria Snadowsky, Katie Herzog, Heather Swain

Crush: 26 Real-life Tales of First Love

Emily Franklin, Suzanne Finnamore, Kerry Cohen, Rebecca Walker, Catherine Newman, Robert Wilder, David Levithan, Rebecca Woolf, Lauren Oliver, Christopher Coake, Steve Almond, Brendan Halpin, Ann Hood, Amy Greene, Tara Bray Smith, Joshua Mohr, Melissa C. Walker, Andrea N. Richesin, Melissa Febos, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Jon Skovron, Sheila Kohler, Laurie Faria Stolarz, Katherine Center, Daria Snadowsky, Katie Herzog, Heather Swain

nonfiction romance short stories lighthearted reflective medium-paced

272 pages | first published 2011

Girlhood by Melissa Febos

Girlhood

Melissa Febos

nonfiction feminism gender memoir reflective medium-paced

320 pages | first published 2021

Goodbye to All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving New York by Liza Monroy, Marie Myung-Ok Lee, Rebecca Wolff, Emily Carter Roiphe, Lauren Elkin, Dana Kinstler, Rayhane Sanders, Chloe Caldwell, Emily St. John Mandel, Eva Tenuto, Elisa Albert, Karen E. Bender, Janet Steen, Valerie Eagle, Ann Hood, Hope Edelman, Melissa Febos, Roxane Gay, Marcy Dermansky, Cheryl Strayed, Maggie Estep, Sari Botton, Ruth Curry, Mira Ptacin, Dani Shapiro, Meghan Daum, Emma Straub, Emily Gould

Goodbye to All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving New York

Liza Monroy, Marie Myung-Ok Lee, Rebecca Wolff, Emily Carter Roiphe, Lauren Elkin, Dana Kinstler, Rayhane Sanders, Chloe Caldwell, Emily St. John Mandel, Eva Tenuto, Elisa Albert, Karen E. Bender, Janet Steen, Valerie Eagle, Ann Hood, Hope Edelman, Melissa Febos, Roxane Gay, Marcy Dermansky, Cheryl Strayed, Maggie Estep, Sari Botton, Ruth Curry, Mira Ptacin, Dani Shapiro, Meghan Daum, Emma Straub, Emily Gould

nonfiction essays memoir reflective fast-paced

288 pages | first published 2013

Kink: Stories by Garth Greenwell, R.O. Kwon

Kink: Stories

Garth Greenwell, R.O. Kwon

fiction erotica lgbtqia+ literary short stories reflective medium-paced

288 pages | first published 2021

The Lonely Stories: 22 Celebrated Writers on the Joys & Struggles of Being Alone by Natalie Eve Garrett

The Lonely Stories: 22 Celebrated Writers on the Joys & Struggles of Being Alone

Natalie Eve Garrett with Megan Giddings, Claire Dederer, Imani Perry, Jeffery Renard Allen, Maggie Shipstead, Emily Raboteau, Lev Grossman, Lena Dunham, Yiyun Li, Anthony Doerr, Helena Fitzgerald, Maile Meloy, Aja Gabel, Jean Kwok, Amy Shearn, Peter Ho Davies, Maya Shanbhag Lang, Jhumpa Lahiri, Jesmyn Ward, Dina Nayeri, Melissa Febos, Lidia Yuknavitch

nonfiction essays emotional reflective sad medium-paced

272 pages | first published 2022

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence by Michele Filgate

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence

Michele Filgate

nonfiction essays memoir emotional reflective medium-paced

288 pages | first published 2019

Whip Smart by Melissa Febos

Whip Smart

Melissa Febos

nonfiction memoir reflective fast-paced

278 pages | first published 2010