Read-alikes and related books

Books like The Argonauts

Across Critical Theory, Feminist, Motherhood, and Movements — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson.

Critical Theory Feminist Motherhood Movements Parenting LGBTQ Literary Criticism Personal Memoirs Philosophy Family & Relationships Biography & Autobiography

Top related books to The Argonauts

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of The Argonauts.

Choosing Family A Memoir of Queer Motherhood and Black Resistance

Francesca T. Royster

Themes: Motherhood • Parenting • LGBTQ

The Gothic and Theory An Edinburgh Companion

Jerrold E. Hogle

Themes: Critical Theory • Feminist • Movements

The Bold World A Memoir of Family and Transformation

Jodie Patterson

Themes: Motherhood • Parenting • LGBTQ

He’s Always Been My Son A Mother’s Story about Raising Her Transgender Son

Janna Barkin

Themes: Motherhood • Parenting • LGBTQ

The Breaks

Julietta Singh

Themes: Motherhood • Parenting • LGBTQ

Bettyville A Memoir

George Hodgman

Themes: Motherhood • Parenting • LGBTQ

Expecting The Inner Life of Pregnancy

Chitra Ramaswamy

Themes: Motherhood • Parenting • LGBTQ

Beckett Beyond the Normal

Seán Kennedy

Themes: Feminist • Movements • LGBTQ

Assembling My Father A Daughter’s Detective Story

Anna Cypra Oliver

Themes: Feminist • Parenting • Literary Criticism

#10

Letters to Our Daughters: A collection of wisdom & life lessons from Black mothers

Cayme Andrea

Themes: Motherhood • Movements • Parenting

#11

The Folded Clock A Diary

Heidi Julavits

Themes: Motherhood • Parenting • Literary Criticism

#12

The Shame of Losing

Sarah Cannon

Themes: Motherhood • Parenting • Literary Criticism

#13

The Blue Jay’s Dance A Birth Year

Louise Erdrich

Themes: Motherhood • Parenting • Literary Criticism

#14

Black Milk On the Conflicting Demands of Writing, Creativity, and Motherhood

Elif Shafak

Themes: Motherhood • Parenting • Literary Criticism

#15

The Three Mothers How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

Anna Malaika Tubbs

Themes: Motherhood • Parenting • Literary Criticism

#16

#Imomsohard

Kristin Hensley

Themes: Motherhood • Parenting • Literary Criticism

#17

Presentimiento A Life in Dreams

Harrison Candelaria Fletcher

Themes: Motherhood • Parenting • Literary Criticism

#18

The Middle of Everything Memoirs of Motherhood

Michelle Herman

Themes: Motherhood • Parenting • Literary Criticism

#19

Spilt Milk Memoirs

Courtney Zoffness

Themes: Motherhood • Parenting • Literary Criticism

#20

Conversations on Love

Natasha Lunn

Themes: Motherhood • Parenting • Personal Memoirs

#21

Coming Clean A Memoir

Kimberly Rae Miller

Themes: Motherhood • Parenting • Literary Criticism

#22

A House Full of Daughters A Memoir of Seven Generations

Juliet Nicolson

Themes: Motherhood • Parenting • Literary Criticism

#23

The Woman Who Gave Birth to Her Mother Tales of Transformation in Women’s Lives

Kim Chernin

Themes: Motherhood • Movements • Parenting

#24

What We Will Become A Mother, a Son, and a Journey of Transformation

Mimi Lemay

Themes: Motherhood • Parenting • LGBTQ

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson — spanning Critical Theory, Feminist, Motherhood and featuring authors such as Francesca T. Royster, Jerrold E. Hogle, Jodie Patterson, Janna Barkin, and others.