Books like One in Every Crowd by Ivan E. Coyote

A teenage boy’s journey into the hospital psychiatric ward, exploring identity, suicide, and mental health in the 21st century.

A groundbreaking memoir that blends personal narrative with rigorous theory, charting Maggie Nelson’s queer romance, pregnancy, and the politics of love and family.

This collection of 15 short stories by Edgar Allan Poe includes well-known tales such as 'The Fall of the House of Usher' and 'The Masque of the Red Death'.

Kelly Link’s first YA short‑story collection, Pretty Monsters, spotlights her imaginative worlds where the uncanny lurks behind everyday scenes—ranging from a grandmother’s mysterious handbag to a survivor’s alien‑laden future.

A Chinese immigrant teenager struggles with self-acceptance, family dynamics, and coming of age in a new country, facing prejudice and discrimination as he navigates the complexities of his father's homophobia and the streets of Toronto.

A twelve‑story collection of inventive fantasy tales set in a steampunk universe, featuring clockwork automatons, steam‑powered machines, and other marvels of the age of steam.

A high-school senior's attempt to help a friend facing weight loss and self-perception issues.

An anthology of essays and stories that chart the ever‑shifting meanings of butch and femme, written by Ivan E. Coyote, Zena Sharman, and a diverse array of queer voices.

Three distinct YA short stories, each paired with the author’s commentary on the creative process, exploring curiosity, growth, and the challenges of crafting a narrative.

Ivan E. Coyote’s “Loose End” is a vibrant collection of short stories set in Vancouver’s East End, celebrating diverse, openly queer lives amid everyday moments of coffee, hot rods, and community.

In her powerful new book, critically acclaimed author Melissa Febos examines the narratives women are told about what it means to be female and what it takes to free oneself from them. When her body began to change at eleven years old, Febos understood immediately that her meaning to other people had changed with it. By her teens, she defined herself based on these perceptions and by the romantic relationships she threw herself into headlong. Over time, Febos increasingly questioned the stories she'd been told about herself and the habits and defenses she'd developed over years of trying to meet others' expectations. The values she and so many other women had learned in girlhood did not prioritize their personal safety, happiness, or freedom, and she set out to reframe those values and beliefs. Blending investigative reporting, memoir, and scholarship, Febos charts how she and others like her have reimagined relationships and made room for the anger, grief, power, and pleasure women have long been taught to deny. Written with Febos' characteristic precision, lyricism, and insight, Girlhood is a philosophical treatise, an anthem for women, and a searing study of the transitions into and away from girlhood, toward a chosen self.