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12 books with a reading profile close to Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe. Inward-looking and contemplative; an easy read.

1

Pageboy

by Elliot Page

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

In this memoir, Elliot Page recounts his transition from a closeted actor in the public eye to a man living authentically.
2

The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing

by Lara Love Hardin

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

Lara Love Hardin recounts her rapid descent from a soccer mom in an affluent neighborhood to an inmate in a California county jail.
3

A House in the Sky

by Amanda Lindhout

Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

In 2008, freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout and photographer Nigel Brennan were kidnapped by teenage militants while traveling near Mogadishu, Somalia.
4

Lab Girl

by Hope Jahren

Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

Hope Jahren maps her life as a geobiologist through the developmental cycles of trees, seeds, and soil.
5

Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time

by Rob Sheffield

Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

Rob Sheffield uses fifteen physical mix tapes to structure the story of his marriage to Renée Crist, a fellow music critic who died suddenly from a pulmonary embolism at age thirty-one.
6

Blankets

by Craig Thompson

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

Craig Thompson’s autobiographical graphic novel chronicles his upbringing within a strict Evangelical household in the rural Midwest.
7

What My Bones Know

by Stephanie Foo

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

Stephanie Foo chronicles her transition from a high-functioning radio producer to a patient diagnosed with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
8

Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

by Kate Bowler

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

At thirty-five, Kate Bowler was a professor at Duke Divinity School researching the prosperity gospel when she received a diagnosis of stage IV colon cancer.
9

Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

by Suleika Jaouad

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

At age twenty-two, Suleika Jaouad received a diagnosis of leukemia with a thirty-five percent chance of survival.
10

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

by Haruki Murakami

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

Haruki Murakami documents his transition from a jazz club owner to a novelist, centering his narrative on the rigorous physiological requirements of professional writing.
11

This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage

by Ann Patchett

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

Ann Patchett organizes this collection of essays around the tethering forces of commitment and steady work.
12

Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

by Elizabeth Gilbert

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

After the events of Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert finds herself in a serious relationship with Felipe, an older Brazilian man.

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