gender shenanigans
This is a list of books which feature a character for plot reasons, disguising themself as another gender (sometimes followed by the realisation that they may not be cis actually ). If you've got suggestions for books that feature this trope, please let me know. Disclaimer: I have not read all of these yet.
created by spacemoth
last updated November, 2025
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Lynn Flewelling's The Bone Doll's Twin has the crossdressing/gender disguise element of the plot!
Thanks! I'll add it
Lila Bard in A Darker Shade of Magic wears a cross dress disguise and is very gnc in general. I wouldn’t normally suggest it since that’s kinda the extent of it, but VE Schwab in recent years switched from she/her to she/they pronouns and has openly talked about how they wanted to write more queer and sapphic characters before but felt limited by the publishing landscape. So I (perhaps parasitically) retrospectively attribute more weight to it as being something Schwab might’ve wanted to push further, or been exploring herself at the time.
One of my fav books of literally all time, and Lila is so NB coded
If I remember correctly, Graceling fits this list
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