LQW Research Reading List

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The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
by Jared M. Diamond
4,022 members
40 reviews
3.9
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Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
by Judith Butler
3,838 members
27 reviews
3.8
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When God Was a Woman
by Merlin Stone
2,103 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
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Sex in History
by Reay Tannahill
1,441 members
8 reviews
3.9
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Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
by Julia Serano
1,364 members
31 reviews
½ 4.3
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Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us
by Kate Bornstein
1,313 members
17 reviews
4
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Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex
by Judith Butler
1,241 members
5 reviews
3.9
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Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe
by John Boswell
1,086 members
9 reviews
3.8
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10
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
by Olivia Judson
989 members
34 reviews
4
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When the Moon Was Ours
by Anna-Marie McLemore
938 members
28 reviews
3.9
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12
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
by Cat Bohannon
856 members
27 reviews
4.1
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13
Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality
by Anne Fausto-Sterling
750 members
4 reviews
4.1
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14
Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity
by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
618 members
7 reviews
4
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Making Sex: Body and Gender from the Greeks to Freud
by Thomas Laqueur
535 members
5 reviews
3.9
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Sex, Ecology, Spirituality: The Spirit of Evolution
by Ken Wilber
479 members
4 reviews
½ 4.3
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Myths Of Gender: Biological Theories About Women And Men
by Anne Fausto-Sterling
475 members
3 reviews
3.9
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Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
by Kit Heyam
405 members
10 reviews
½ 4.4
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20
The Mismeasure of Woman
by Carol Tavris
397 members
4 reviews
4.1
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21
Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity
by José Esteban Muñoz
397 members
3 reviews
3.9
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23
The Invention of Heterosexuality
by Jonathan Ned Katz
365 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
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24
Bisexuality in the Ancient World
by Eva Cantarella
322 members
4 reviews
3.8
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25
Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality
by Hanne Blank
301 members
8 reviews
4
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The Prehistory of Sex: Four Million Years of Human Sexual Culture
by Timothy Taylor
239 members
4 reviews
4.2
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27
Gender Euphoria
by Laura Kate Dale
238 members
5 reviews
½ 4.3
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28
Stuck in the Middle with You: A Memoir of Parenting in Three Genders
by Jennifer Finney Boylan
227 members
40 reviews
3.8
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Woman, Culture, and Society
by Michelle Rosaldo
197 members
4
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30
The Gendered Society Reader
by Michael S. Kimmel
179 members
1 review
3.9
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31
Sex and Suits: The Evolution of Modern Dress (Kodansha Globe)
by Anne Hollander
172 members
2 reviews
4.1
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32
Life Isn't Binary
by Meg-John Barker
169 members
3 reviews
3.9
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33
Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
by Kai Cheng Thom
147 members
5 reviews
4.1
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35
Beyond Trans: Does Gender Matter?
by Heath Fogg Davis
111 members
1 review
½ 3.7
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36
Queer Sex: A Trans and Non-Binary Guide to Intimacy, Pleasure and Relationships
by Juno Roche
111 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5
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Transgender Voices: Beyond Women and Men
by Lori B. Girshick
87 members
½ 4.5
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Non-Binary Lives: An Anthology of Intersecting Identities
by Jos Twist
82 members
2 reviews
½ 4.4
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41
Queer Ecologies: Sex, Nature, Politics, Desire
by Catriona Mortimer-Sandilands
65 members
½ 3.3
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42
Virgins: A Cultural History
by Anke Bernau
48 members
1 review
½ 3.7
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43
Queer Theory Sociology
by Steven Seidman
48 members
½ 3.5
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45
Animal Behaviour: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
by Tristram D. Wyatt
44 members
1 review
4
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46
The Book of Non-binary Joy: Embracing the Power of You
by Ben Pechey
37 members
1 review
3
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47
Am I Trans Enough?
by Alo Johnston
36 members
1 review
½ 4.7
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Sex and Evolution
by George C. Williams
30 members
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An Enthusiasm for Orchids: Sex and Deception in Plant Evolution
by John Alcock
23 members
1 review
4
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53
"Chopsticks Only Work in Pairs"
by Shanshan Du
21 members
½ 3.3
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54
Sexuality in China: Histories of Power and Pleasure
by Howard Chiang
21 members
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55
The 7 Sexes: Biology of Sex Determination
by Elof Axel Carlson
19 members
4
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The Bonobo Way: The Evolution of Peace Through Pleasure
by Dr. Susan Block
10 members
5
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Theoretical Studies on Sex Ratio Evolution
by Samuel Karlin
10 members
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Other, Please Specify: Queer Methods in Sociology
by D'Lane R. Compton
10 members
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67
Theorising Chinese Masculinity: Society and Gender in China
by Kam Louie
5 members
5
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70
Gender Imbalance and Marriage Squeeze in China
by Quanbao Jiang
1 member
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72
My heart is non-binary
by A. J. Smith
1 member
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The Power
by Naomi Alderman
6,039 members
300 reviews
½ 3.7