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“Audiobooks are a huge part of my life, especially nonfiction. I love learning things from people much smarter than I am because it helps to expand my worldview. Here are some of my favorites.” —TJ Klune, author of We Burned So Bright
One of my favorite pieces of nonfiction. An extraordinary tale of obsession—traveling through a jungle in order to find a lost city supposedly filled with treasure. Come for the adventure, stay for the descriptions of the wildlife. Watch out for those bugs…
Twin narratives wind through this nonfiction story: the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, and the crimes of the man oft-referred to as America’s first serial killer, H.H. Holmes. A stunning narrative about the darkness in so many of us.
In the past 10 to 15 years, queer-centered spaces have begun to disappear at an alarming rate. Jeremy Atherton Lin goes into detail about the history of these spaces—bars, saunas, coffee shops—and how they lifted up the gay community while also providing shelter. Their absence is keenly felt.
I like writing about queer people living their best lives and finding hope and joy. But queer people run the full gamut of humanity, and sometimes they do terrible things. This book dives deep into our history, both the beautiful and the ugly. Sometimes, the call is coming from inside the house.
Imagine you’re me, and you get an idea for a book called We Burned So Bright, which has a black hole coming for Earth. Now, imagine you don’t know the first thing about black holes. What do you do? Go to the experts. Professor Alex Filippenko explains the science behind black holes in an earnest and captivating way. I learned so much from this book, and it helped me to write my own.
TJ Klune is an award-winning writer known for fantasy and fiction featuring gay and LGBTQIA+ characters.
