My favourite reads of the last 12 months: 2024 edition

It's that time of year to choose your three favourite reads of the last 12 months on Shepherd (give it a go yourself):

Find my best memoirs about surviving dysfunctional family, gender identity crisis, and murder

...and the top 250 reads from readers:

My top ten of the last twelve months

...and my twelve-month reading list (chronological)

The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition by Lucy Sante
Letter to My Transgender Daughter by Carolyn Hays
Some Strange Music Draws Me In: A Novel by Griffin Hansbury
This Day Changes Everything: A Novel by Edward Underhill
Hollywood Lesbians by Boze Hadleigh
She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen
Who's Afraid of Gender by Judith Butler
Then Everything Happens at Once by M-E Girard
Girl Mans up by M-E Girard
Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
Yours For the Taking by Gabrielle Korn
All Boys Aren't Blue. A Memoir-manifesto by Johnson, George M.
Roaming by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki
Homebodies. A Novel by Denton-Hurst, Tembe
The Risk It Takes to Bloom. On Life and Liberation by Willis, Raquel
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
Horse Barbie by Geena Rocero
Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler
Full Catastrophe Living. Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness by Jon Kabat-Zinn
The 2000s Made Me Gay. Essays on Pop Culture by Grace Perry
The Summer of Impossibilities by Rachael Allen
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers