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):
https://shepherd.com/bboy/2024/f/am-kirsch
Find my best memoirs about surviving dysfunctional family, gender identity crisis, and murder
https://shepherd.com/best-books/dysfunctional-family-gender-identity-and-murder
...and the top 250 reads from readers:
https://shepherd.com/bboy/2024
Here's my twelve-month reading list (chronological) and Top 10 FYI :-)
- 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
- 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
Top 10
- Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
- Yours For the Taking by Gabrielle Korn
- Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler
- You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
- I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition by Lucy Sante
- Some Strange Music Draws Me In: A Novel by Griffin Hansbury
- She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen
- Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
- Roaming by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki
- Horse Barbie by Geena Rocero