Monster Manor Summer of Pride Challenge - hosted by junisreading

Read a memoir
Memoirs and autobiographies are a great way to explore queer history first hand, connect to people from different times and feel like you're not alone in your experiences. 
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Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir

Akwaeke Emezi

8 hours, 43 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Siempre estuve ahí by Oliver Nash, Oliver Nash
Siempre estuve ahí
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Oliver Nash, Oliver Nash

Siempre estuve ahí

Oliver Nash, Oliver Nash

285 pages • missing pub info (editions)

emotional reflective medium-paced
Another Appalachia by Neema Avashia

Another Appalachia

Neema Avashia

5 hours, 46 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Achilles and the Houseboy by Gillibran Brown

Achilles and the Houseboy

Memoirs of a Houseboy #3

Gillibran Brown

143 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction adventurous medium-paced
Pageboy by Elliot Page

Pageboy

Elliot Page

8 hours, 24 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen by Amrou Al-Kadhi

Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen

Amrou Al-Kadhi

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

Gender Queer

Maia Kobabe

240 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction gender graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional informative reflective fast-paced
Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese-American by Laura Gao

Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese-American

Laura Gao

272 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her Way Home by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her Way Home

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

240 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Fun With Dick and Shane: The Memoirs Of A Submissive Houseboy by Gillibran Brown

Fun With Dick and Shane: The Memoirs Of A Submissive Houseboy

Memoirs of a Houseboy #1

Gillibran Brown

234 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction emotional funny reflective medium-paced