Compiled by Ellyn Ruthstrom
Each year at the Boston Bisexual Women’s Network’s Book Swap, we go around the circle, and everyone mentions at least one book they have read and would recommend to others. Here is the list that was compiled at the recent book swap brunch on October 22. We hope it gives you some good ideas!
Fiction
The Hero of This Book: A Novel, by Elizabeth McCracken
The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls
A Lot of People Live in This House, by Bailey Merlin
Small World, by Laura Zigman
Women Don’t Owe You Pretty, by Florence Given
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir, by Michelle Zauner
The Book of Lost Names, by Kristin Harmel
The Little Paris Bookshop, by Nina George
A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness
Above Ground, by Clint Smith
There There, by Tommy Orange
Memoir
You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir, by Maggie Smith
Fly Girl: A Memoir, by Ann Hood
Nonfiction
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex, by Angela Chen
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, by Charles C. Mann
Dawnland Voices: An Anthology of Indigenous Writing from New England, by Siobhan Senier
Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America, by Matika Wilbur
(Photo caption: In September, Ellyn & Steph hosted our annual backyard bi+ women’s bookswap brunch)