THRIVE Reading List

Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education by Jay T. Dolmage, ISBN: 9780472053711
Black STEM USA: America’s Next Civil Rights Movement by C.M. Williams and Sharon Ewell Foster, ISBN:9780996870702
Decolonizing Academia: Poverty, Oppression and Pain by Clelia O. Rodríguez, ISBN: 9781773630748
Surviving Your Stupid Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School by Adam Ruben, ISBN: 9780307589446

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 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

The Black Trans Prayer Book co-edited by J Mase III and Lady Dan Figueroa Edidi, ISBN: 9781678197612
Transforming: The Bible & the Lives of Transgender Christians by Austen Hartke, ISBN: 9780664263102
- Translation in Spanish: TransFormadxs: La Biblia y las Vidas de lxs Cristianxs Transgénero
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib, ISBN: 9780735235007

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

I am J by Cris Beam, ISBN: 9780316053617
Beautiful Music fo Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-Mills, ISBN: 9780738732510
Huntress by Malinda Lo, ISBN: 9780316040075
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan, ISBN: 9780525421580
Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert, ISBN: 9780316349000
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender, ISBN: 9780062820259
Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith, ISBN: 9780062943194
Openly Straight Series
- Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg (Book 1), ISBN: 9780545509893
- Openly, Honestly by Bill Konigsberg (Book 1.5), ISBN: 9781338171280
- Honestly Ben by Bill Konigsberg (Book 2), ISBN: 9780545858267
Simon Snow Series
- Carry On by Rainbow Rowell (Book 1), ISBN: 9781250135025
- Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell (Book 2), ISBN: 9781250146076
- Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell (Book 3; Anticipated 2021), ISBN: 9781250254337

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

The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist by 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
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
Trans* in College: Transgender Students’ Strategies for Navigating Campus Life and the Institutional Politics of Inclusion by Z. Nicolazzo, ISBN: 9781620364574