STEMM-Focused

  • The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, ISBN: 9781541724709

Academic Fiction

Workbooks and Mental Health Books

  • Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker, ISBN: 9781492871842
  • Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs by Will Hall, ISBN: 9780980070927
  • Managing your Mental Health during your PhD: A Survival Guide by Dr. Zoë J. Ayres, ISBN: 9783031141935
  • Managing Your Mind: The Mental Fitness Guide by Gillian Butler, ISBN: 9780195314533
  • The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health: Navigate an Unequal System, Learn Tools for Emotional Wellness, and Get the Help you Deserve by Dr. Rheeda Walker, ISBN: 9781684034147
  • The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook by Anneliese A. Singh, ISBN: 9781626259461
  • The Gender Quest Workbook: A Guide for Teens and Young Adults Exploring Gender Identity by Rylan Jay Testa, Deborah Coolhart, and Jayme Peta, ISBN: 9781626252974
  • The Reflective Workbook for Partners of Transgender People: Your Transition as Your Partner Transitions by D.M. Maynard, ISBN: 9781785927720

Affirming Religious Texts

Children’s and Illustrated Books

  • The Secret Lives of Scientists, Engineers, and Doctors: Volume 1 by Faisal Hossain, ISBN: 9781645434450
  • Introducing Teddy: A Gentle Story About Gender and Friendship by Jess Walton and illustrated by Dougal MacPherson, ISBN: 9781681192109
  • When Aidan Became A Brother by Kyle Lukoff and illustrated by Kaylani Juanita, ISBN: 9781620148372
  • It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity by Theresa Thorn and illustrated by Noah Grigni, ISBN: 9781250302953

LGBTQ+ YA Fiction

Anti-Racist Literature

  • Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit by Mary-Frances Winters, ISBN: 9781523091300
  • Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson, ISBN: 9780593230251
  • The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein, ISBN: 9781631492853
  • My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts by Resmaa Menakem, ISBN: 9781942094470
  • So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo, ISBN: 9781580056779
  • Superior: The Return of Race Science by Angela Saini, ISBN: 9780807076910
  • White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, ISBN: 9780807071168

Non-fiction

  • The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist by Dr. Ben Barres, ISBN: 9780262039116
  • Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin, ISBN: 9780763656119
  • The Bisexual Option by Fred and Fritz Klein, ISBN: 9781560230335
  • Green Card Voices a Book Series
  • High School by Teagan and Sara Quin, ISBN: 9780374169947
  • Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story by Angela Saini, ISBN: 9780807071700
  • Letter to a Young Female Physician: Notes from a Medical Life by Suzanne Koven, ISBN: 9781324007142
  • Raising Them: Our Adventure in Gender Creative Parenting by Kyl Myers, ISBN: 9781542003681
  • Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock, ISBN: 9781476709123
  • The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, ISBN: 9781551528915
  • The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Health Care edited by Zena Sharman, ISBN: 9781551526584
  • Trans* in College: Transgender Students’ Strategies for Navigating Campus Life and the Institutional Politics of Inclusion by Dr. Z. Nicolazzo, ISBN: 9781620364574
  • Trans Medicine: The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender by Dr. stef m. shuster, ISBN: 9781479845378

Other Books