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Breaking the Surface

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By Greg Louganis, Eric Marcus — 2025

Champions aren’t born, they’re made. The haunting, searingly candid New York Times bestselling memoir of Greg Louganis’ journey to overcome homophobia, colorism, and disability to become one of the best Olympic athletes in the world.

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No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement

People with disabilities forging the newest and last human rights movement of the century.

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Joseph P. Shapiro
1994
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Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist

One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an education, have a job, and just be human.

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Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner
2021
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Uncomfortable Labels: My Life as a Gay Autistic Trans Woman

In this candid, first-of-its-kind memoir, Laura Kate Dale recounts what life is like growing up as a gay trans woman on the autism spectrum.

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Laura Kate Dale
2019
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Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger: A Memoir

Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger is Donovan’s searing, beautiful, and searching chronicle of reclaiming her own story and the narrative of the women who came before her. Her family’s matriarchs found strength and passion through food, and they inspired Donovan’s accomplished career.

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Lisa Donovan
2025
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The Other Mothers: Two Women’s Journey to Find the Family that Was Always Theirs

An LGBTQ memoir about one couple’s struggles to defy the patriarchy and redefine the nuclear family, The Other Mothers dives into the history and social challenges queer couples face when trying to make a family.

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Jennifer Berney
2021
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Black Sheep: A Blue-Eyed Negro Speaks of Abandonment, Belonging, Racism, and Redemption

Ray Studevent grew up between two worlds. Born to a white, heroin-addicted mother and black, violently alcoholic father, the odds were stacked against him from day one.

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Ray “Ben” Studevent
2025
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How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir

Haunted and haunting, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir about a young, black, gay man from the South as he fights to carve out a place for himself, within his family, within his country, within his own hopes, desires, and fears.

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Saeed Jones
2020
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The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America

From Trump's proposed border wall and travel ban to the marching of white supremacists in Charlottesville, America is consumed by tensions over immigration and the question of which bodies are welcome.

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Nikesh Shukla (editor), Chimene Suleyman (editor)
2025
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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture.

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Alice Wong (editor)
2025
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How to Be Well: The 6 Keys to a Happy and Healthy Life

In How to Be Well, best-selling author and leading health expert Dr. Frank Lipman shares his formula for lifelong vitality—the Good Medicine Mandala.

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Frank Lipman
2019
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