8 Genre-Blending Nonfiction Books You Need To Read

This wise and tender book feels like the sort of thing only Kai Cheng Thom could write. She draws on her experiences as an artist, healer, mediator, and community activist to offer an expansive blueprint for living and loving in a broken world. In letters to old friends, ex-lovers, famous transphobes, and past versions of herself, she explores grief, forgiveness, and grace. Interspersed between the letters are short prompts and exercises intended for the reader. It’s a book that can be read in nearly infinite ways: as self-help, as poetry, as memoir, as spiritual teacher, as all of the above.