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Trans Lives and Stories Matter
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items With the FBI classifying trans people and their allies as part of a dangerous ideology, it’s more important than ever to financially uplift trans people and hear their stories, fiction or nonfiction. No one story can ever represent an entire group, b...
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Literary Fiction
Graphic Novels
Nonfiction
Poetry
Young Adult
Literary Fiction
Features the titular character who does not obey the gender norms of Nigeria—to Vivek’s peril. 245 pages.
The Death of Vivek Oji: A Novel by Akwaeke Emezi, Paperback
Trans and cis characters are complex and flawed and altogether worthy of humanity. In this novel, one character has detransitioned due to social stigmas and started seeing his female boss. Meanwhile, his trans ex has been badly wanting a baby, leadin...
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters, Paperback
Written by a trans author in an attempt to combat the harmful gender stereotypes that are too often rampant in werewolf romance novels. The way in which this couple overcomes the rigid hierarchical structure of Alpha/Beta/Omega throughout the trilogy...
My Shy Alpha: Book 1 of the Steamy Shifter Romance Series
Author is trans. Debut novel published by indie press Tin House. The tale of Bluebeard is re-imagined with a condemnation of toxic masculinity.
Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou, Paperback
Portrays the bond between seemingly the only trans people in a small South Dakota town—a teacher and her student (there’s no weirdness or predation in their relationship!).
Woodworking
Graphic Novels
An engaging story about figuring out gender and sexuality, starting with a childhood in rural Northern California and ending after attending art school in San Francisco.
Gender Queer: A Memoir - Maia Kobabe
A trans retelling. Could also be shelved under YA.
Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix by Gabe Cole Novoa, Paperback
Nonfiction
A beautiful memoir about growing up trans in a trailer park in the Sonoran desert of Arizona. They now live in Oregon and edit for the literary magazine, Brevity.
Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir by Zoë Bossiere, Hardcover
A genre-defying memoir about healing from assault, caretaking, and gender identity.
sorry i keep crying during sex: a memoir by Jesse James Rose, Hardcover
Memoir from a magazine editor, TV producer, and trans activist. Talks about being a sex worker in her native Hawaii (she’s part Native Hawaiian), going to grad school in New York City, and finding herself the way we all do in our twenties.
Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me by Janet Mock, Paperback
Starts in the mid-1900s and ends with modern times.
Transgender History, second edition: The Roots of Today's Revolution
Poetry
Korean American author, who uses she/they pronouns, writes about grief, ancestors, animals, and ghosts. These 77 poems are written in a numbered list format and the collection was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award.
Separation Anxiety
Young Adult
A trans high-schooler unexpectedly finds love after being subjected to online transphobic harassment.
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender, Paperback
About a nonbinary high-schooler who finds happiness and romance after being kicked out of the house by their bigoted parents.
I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver, Paperback
Trans teenager Teo, the son of the bird goddess, is unexpectedly chosen to compete in the dangerous Sunbearer Trials alongside his fellow demigod friends.
The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas, Paperback