books recommended by Janet Mock

Janet Mock is an American writer, television host, director, producer and transgender rights activist. Her debut book, the memoir Redefining Realness, became a New York Times bestseller. She is a contributing editor for Marie Claire and a former staff editor of People magazine's website.

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books recommended by Janet Mock

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

Just Kids

Just Kids

Patti Smith

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

The Artist's Way

The Artist's Way

Julia Cameron

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou

On Writing

On Writing

Stephen King

Sula

Sula

Toni Morrison

The Color Purple

The Color Purple

Alice Walker

The Glass Castle

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

Invisible Man

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

Sister Outsider

Sister Outsider

Audre Lorde

Cravings

Cravings

Chrissy Teigen

Matilda

Matilda

Roald Dahl

The Year of Magical Thinking

The Year of Magical Thinking

Joan Didion

Ain't I a Woman

Ain't I a Woman

Bell Hooks

Ignore Everybody

Ignore Everybody

Hugh MacLeod

Dreams from My Father

Dreams from My Father

Barack Obama

Committed

Committed

Elizabeth Gilbert

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

A Room With a View

A Room With a View

E. M. Forster

Angela Davis

Angela Davis

Angela Yvonne Davis

Brown Girl Dreaming

Brown Girl Dreaming

Jacqueline Woodson

Captive Genders

Captive Genders

Eric A. Stanley

Carrie Mae Weems

Carrie Mae Weems

Carrie Mae Weems

Changing My Mind

Changing My Mind

Zadie Smith

Conundrum

Conundrum

Jan Morris

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement

Barbara Ransby

From a Native Daughter

From a Native Daughter

Hauani-Kay Trask

George

George

Alex Gino

Giovanni's Room

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks

I Love You and I'm Leaving You Anyway

I Love You and I'm Leaving You Anyway

Tracy McMillan

Lost Kingdom

Lost Kingdom

Julia Flynn Siler

Me: Stories of My Life

Me: Stories of My Life

Katharine Hepburn

Nevada

Nevada

Imogen Binnie

O Pioneers!

O Pioneers!

Willa Cather

Olive Kitteridge

Olive Kitteridge

Elizabeth Strout

Passing

Passing

Nella Larsen

Sister Citizen

Sister Citizen

Melissa V. Harris-Perry

Stormy Weather

Stormy Weather

James Gavin

Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

Warsan Shire

The Age of Innocence

The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton

The Bell Jar

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

The Missing Piece

The Missing Piece

Shel Silverstein

Whipping Girl

Whipping Girl

Julia Serano

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