Biographies & Memoirs Books


Take It Like a Man: The Autobiography of Boy GeorgeTake It Like a Man: The Autobiography of Boy George
Best Price: $159.41
I loved Boy George in the 80's. Didn't know that he had so many problems and "friends"...
How I Learned to Snap: A Small Town Coming-Out and Coming-of-Age StoryHow I Learned to Snap: A Small Town Coming-Out and Coming-of-Age Story
Best Price: $4.95
In my quest for more and more great gay coming-of-age fiction, I came across Kirk Read's...
Comfort Food for Breakups: The Memoir of a Hungry GirlComfort Food for Breakups: The Memoir of a Hungry Girl
Best Price: $2.17
"Soup can sometimes take the place of language..." Marusya Bociurkiw writes in Comfort...
Chick Flicks : Theories and Memories of the Feminist Film MovementChick Flicks : Theories and Memories of the Feminist Film Movement
Best Price: $8.99
Rich is a major figure in recent feminist film history, so it's great to see her book out....
Trouble With Harry HayTrouble With Harry Hay
Best Price: $11.03


Brotherhood: Gay Life in College FraternitiesBrotherhood: Gay Life in College Fraternities
Best Price: $6.98
This anthology of stories is a must-read for any person working with fraternity and sorority...
Little and Lonely - Moments and Milestones  (Parts One and Two)Little and Lonely - Moments and Milestones (Parts One and Two)
Best Price: $0.81
Little - The first few chapters of this memoir are of course from the author's early years and...
Prayer WarriorsPrayer Warriors
Best Price: $6.50
Prayer Warriors is a tragic story, to be sure. Stuart's story of coming out as gay to his...
Arts and LettersArts and Letters
Best Price: $6.50
Who would have thought in the 1980s that the author of "States of Desire" would become...
City of Secrets: The Truth Behind the Murders at the VaticanCity of Secrets: The Truth Behind the Murders at the Vatican
Best Price: $4.20
It's so easy being a Catholic in the United States: priests who are your buddies, who stop over...


Dirty White Boy: Tales of SohoDirty White Boy: Tales of Soho
Best Price: $10.17
How to Have a Life-StyleHow to Have a Life-Style
A wonderful 'how-to' from the master himself. Full of Quentin's classic wit. I loved every...
Clone: The Life and Legacy of Al Parker, Gay SuperstarClone: The Life and Legacy of Al Parker, Gay Superstar
Okay, so it's not perfectly written or researched in detail, but then what porn star's life is...
Jeb and Dash: A Diary of Gay Life 1918-1945Jeb and Dash: A Diary of Gay Life 1918-1945
I could not put this book down. This diary of a gay man from 1918 to 1945 reads like a novel...
Confronting History: A MemoirConfronting History: A Memoir
Best Price: $24.95
I enjoyed reading this book and am sure will re-read it later on as I grow older. I admire his...

The Man Who Would Marry Susan Sontag: And Other Intimate Literary Portraits of the Bohemian Era (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiog)The Man Who Would Marry Susan Sontag: And Other Intimate Literary Portraits of the Bohemian Era (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiog)
Best Price: $10.90
The man who would marry Susan Sontag was Alfred Chester, a dislikeable gay writer with a great...
No Girls Allowed: Tales of Daring Women Dressed as Men for Love, Freedom and AdventureNo Girls Allowed: Tales of Daring Women Dressed as Men for Love, Freedom and Adventure
Best Price: $8.95
A female pharaoh? A woman general in the Kahn's army? A female Viking raider? No way, you say?...
Burning PointBurning Point
Best Price: $12.19
I found this book at a rummage sale for a buck. I started reading it at the book store and...
Last Watch of the Night: Essays Too Personal and OtherwiseLast Watch of the Night: Essays Too Personal and Otherwise
Best Price: $1.15
[...] I recall being warmly introduced by a senior professor during that first cold semester to...
Homosexuals in HistoryHomosexuals in History
Best Price: $8.69
A very readable and enjoyable book that provides informative sketches of a wide variety of gay...

Stitching a Revolution - The Making of an ActivistStitching a Revolution - The Making of an Activist
Best Price: $0.67
For those of us who were fortunate enough to be in Washington on that cold morning in October,...
Papa and Daddy and Babies in AlaskaPapa and Daddy and Babies in Alaska
Best Price: $6.59
I stumbled upon this book and fell in love with this less than typical family. The story...
Following Foo: (the electronic adventures of The Chestnut Man)Following Foo: (the electronic adventures of The Chestnut Man)
Best Price: $4.40
When I saw this book, I just had to read it. Not because of who the author was or that he was...
My Lives: An AutobiographyMy Lives: An Autobiography
Best Price: $1.25
Why this book is an autobiography when we've read a lot of it before is beyond me. Must say,...
An Underground Life:  Memoirs of a Gay Jew in Nazi Berlin (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies)An Underground Life: Memoirs of a Gay Jew in Nazi Berlin (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies)
Best Price: $14.97
Here's the story: gay Jew (really a half-Jew under Nazi racial law) survives Holocaust in...

Gourd GirlsGourd Girls
Best Price: $10.92
Priscilla Wilson's "Gourd Girls" is a rich and honest account of a life lived well. ...
Mirrors: Portrait of a Lesbian TranssexualMirrors: Portrait of a Lesbian Transsexual
This is a somewhat hard to find title, but well worth aquiring. It details the personal...
Hollywood LesbiansHollywood Lesbians
Best Price: $5.73
What fascinating revelations! I read this book from cover to cover and repeatedly said to...
Lost Prophet : The Life and Times of Bayard RustinLost Prophet : The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin
Best Price: $6.94
"Visionary." "Inspirational." "Controversial." "Black."...
Not Afraid to Change: The Remarkable Story of How One Man Overcame HomosexualityNot Afraid to Change: The Remarkable Story of How One Man Overcame Homosexuality
Best Price: $3.96
Mr. Paulk's book is remarkable in light of his return to a gay bar in Washington, DC., where...

Peter Flinsch: The Body in QuestionPeter Flinsch: The Body in Question
Best Price: $18.45
At the age of eighty-seven, Peter Flinsch is one of the art world's unsung heroes; for the past...
My Life and the Paradise Garage- PMy Life and the Paradise Garage- P
Cheren has written an autobiography and therefore readers looking for a carefully researched or...
The Mirror Makes No SenseThe Mirror Makes No Sense
Best Price: $7.68
this was a good book. It took me two days to read it( i had a lot of homework so i couldn't read...
Wild Heart, a Life: Natalie Clifford Barney's Journey from Victorian America to the Literary Salons of ParisWild Heart, a Life: Natalie Clifford Barney's Journey from Victorian America to the Literary Salons of Paris
Best Price: $2.51
If you are looking for a deep, penetrative, and thorough look at a woman described as a...
Mary Renault: A Biography (A Harvest Book)Mary Renault: A Biography (A Harvest Book)
Best Price: $2.95
I have loved Mary Renault's historical novels about the ancient world since I was a pre-teen and...

The Earth HouseThe Earth House
Best Price: $11.29
Saying what this book is "about" (building a house, losing a partner, practicing Zen)...
Baby Precious Always Shines: Selected Love Notes Between Gertrude Stein and Alice B. ToklasBaby Precious Always Shines: Selected Love Notes Between Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas
Best Price: $25.27
How wonderful to read about the emotions of what is sometimes considered to be...
Naked: The Life and Pornography of Michael LucasNaked: The Life and Pornography of Michael Lucas
Best Price: $7.18
I rated this book a one, not because of the writing....but because of the self centered...
Hollywood Gays: Conversations With : Cary Grant, Liberace, Tony Perkins, Paul Lynde, Cesar Romero, Brad Davis, Randolph Scott, James Coco, William Haines, David lewisHollywood Gays: Conversations With : Cary Grant, Liberace, Tony Perkins, Paul Lynde, Cesar Romero, Brad Davis, Randolph Scott, James Coco, William Haines, David lewis
Best Price: $19.97
Not only did Grant have a lot of relationships and marriages with women but he sued Chevy Chase...
Both Sides Now:  One Man's Journey Through WomanhoodBoth Sides Now: One Man's Journey Through Womanhood
Best Price: $2.50
I was so excited to get this book and find something in it that would change my life for the...

Fatherhood for Gay Men: An Emotional and Practical Guide to Becoming a Gay DadFatherhood for Gay Men: An Emotional and Practical Guide to Becoming a Gay Dad
Best Price: $7.68
Although this book was a great memoir of a gay father and his adoption process all of the...
Flights of Angels: My Life with the Angels of LightFlights of Angels: My Life with the Angels of Light
Best Price: $17.53
As a fellow "survivor" of the Drugs, Rock 'n Roll, and the San Francisco free-spirited...
I Am My Own Wife: The True Story of Charlotte von MahlsdorfI Am My Own Wife: The True Story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf
Best Price: $2.75
Don't let the sensationalist title scare you off - this is a bewildering rarity in TS lit:...
The Wrestling PartyThe Wrestling Party
Best Price: $2.39
I was doing random subject searches at the library and came across this. Although early on it is...
Remembering Elizabeth Bishop: An Oral BiographyRemembering Elizabeth Bishop: An Oral Biography
Best Price: $36.50

I, Pierre Seel, Deported Homosexual: A Memoir of Nazi TerrorI, Pierre Seel, Deported Homosexual: A Memoir of Nazi Terror
Best Price: $62.00
Pierre Seel, Outspoken Gay Concentration Camp Survivor, Dies in France at Age 82 The...
Straight from the Heart: A Love StoryStraight from the Heart: A Love Story
Best Price: $3.46
"Former Mr. Universe Bob Paris and topflight model Rod Jackson tell how their marriage...
My Father and Myself (New York Review Books Classics)My Father and Myself (New York Review Books Classics)
Best Price: $7.50
I'm always on the lookout for a good "dog book." I found MY DOG TULIP several years...
The Unmasking of Oscar WildeThe Unmasking of Oscar Wilde
Best Price: $12.99
Pearce begins his book pompously: "I am convinced that [this book] penetrates to the very...
The White Book (Le Livre Blanc)The White Book (Le Livre Blanc)
A young man, sentencing himself to a self-imposed exile, writes a book tracing his infatution...

Death And Letters Of Alice James, TheDeath And Letters Of Alice James, The
Best Price: $4.97
Alice James (1848-1892) was the sister of Henry and William James, as literary as her more...
Wrestling RealityWrestling Reality
Best Price: $16.47
Chris Kanyon wrestled for nine years in the WCW and WWE, winning the WCW United States...
Tales Of The Lavender Menace: A Memoir Of LiberationTales Of The Lavender Menace: A Memoir Of Liberation
Best Price: $0.77
Oh, what a fun read! This is one person's perspective, one person's story. Karla Jay does not...
Escapades of a Gay Traveler: Sexual, Cultural, and Spiritual EncountersEscapades of a Gay Traveler: Sexual, Cultural, and Spiritual Encounters
Best Price: $13.90
I have traveled the world for several decades. I would recommend to every gay traveler that he...
Both Feet Firmly Planted in Midair: My Spiritual JourneyBoth Feet Firmly Planted in Midair: My Spiritual Journey
Best Price: $0.91
This is a wonderful to give to any gay Catholic wrestling with his/her sexuality, but it is also...

Walt Whitman: A Gay LifeWalt Whitman: A Gay Life
Best Price: $10.12
In a world where historical figures as prominant and as influential as Walt Whitman are thought...
The Girls: Sappho Goes to HollywoodThe Girls: Sappho Goes to Hollywood
Best Price: $2.88
Nearly all of Dianne McLellan's accounts of Greta Garbo's lesbian liaisons are unreliable,and...
A Gay Couple's Journey Through Surrogacy: Intended FathersA Gay Couple's Journey Through Surrogacy: Intended Fathers
Best Price: $20.63
I liked this book, I really did. It was wonderful to read a book about a subject that is not...
  
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