Recs if you like Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl...

Reading suggestions for the Trans Rights Readathon! (Any year of course). Books with trans characters of any label (or any non-cis gender identity) by trans/non-cis authors. I have not read all the books in this list. Feel free to name your fave books by trans authors in the comments!

I tried to include most books I know or that have been recommended that either have transfem, transmasc or nonbinary main characters. I only add first in series!

Works in the speculative, fantasy, science fiction, and horror genres by authors who are not cisgender! Two spirit, nonbinary, trans, genderfluid, and other gender diverse authors count!

Fiction reads with trans femme characters and/or by trans femme authors

See my trans Rights readathon suggestions masterlist for more trans reads! 🏳️‍⚧️

(Under construction 🏗 🚧 many more books to be added! Suggestions welcome!)

here's a (currently short) list of books that have genderfluid characters as their MC or LI! I kept looking for lists like this, but mainly found ones for nonbinary characters in general, so I'm starting this from scratch with books I remember having genderfluid characters. All genres and audiences! [open to recommendations! all kinds of genderfluid identities allowed!]

messy characters + bad decisions

Adult novels, novellas, short stories, and graphic novels prominently featuring non-binary characters across genres. Many stories lean horror and/or erotic 🔞🔞🔞

Recommendations welcome!

✦ I have not read all of these books - if you notice anything that seems to be mis-labeled/mis-placed on this list, please let me know! ✦

I don't resonate with most sapphic reading lists, so here is one for dykes instead

(ok bc to me jane schoenbrun is his aesthetic/creative offspring)

both nonfiction and fiction about being genderqueer, nonbinary, genderfluid, bigender etc

the books that are most interesting, inventive, and complex for the girlhood studies grad student in me. whose “girlhood” are we talking about? i’m thinking of girlhood as a liminal, queer, socially constructed, often traumatic, uncanny space.

"Weird girl literature" featuring sapphic characters

💜 yarnandbooks

Not necessarily trans, but may feel trans, have a trans author, trans allegories, you get the picture. I haven't read a lot in my adult life, so this may be for those boys too who haven't. Definitely open to suggestions to add to the list!

queer literary fiction i adore

Well rounded nonbinary and genderfluid main characters written by nonbinary and trans authors

Books to feel connected to your queerness (credit to all my fellow boundlings' recs from the PB club!!)