Speculative Trans (+nonbinary) Works
Works in the speculative, fantasy, science fiction, and horror genres by trans authors!
created by stevehughwestenra
last updated November, 2025
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Oooooh there are so many good books on this list!! I would love to self-rec The Awakening of Lora Abernathy by MJ Anthony, and then some other books I've either read or have on my TBR are:
Dove's Eyes by Kienn Nguyen Glowrot by Beatrice Lebrun The Fall That Saved Us, A Wolf Steps in Blood, and The Flowers I Deserve by Tamara Jerée Accidental Demons by Clare Edge Radio Apocalypse and The Midland Throne by K. Gallagher Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Tsai Of the Wild by E. Wambheim Pluralities and the Saoñi Cycle by Avi Silver Bad in the Blood by Matteo Cerilli A Heretic's Guide to Homecoming by Sienna Tristan Everything by VE Schwab All of K. O'Neill's books (graphic novels) Nimona by N.D. Stevenson (graphic novel) Time and Time Again by Chatham Greenfield The In-between Bookstore by Edward Underhill Pray For Him by Tyler Battaglia Everything by Alex Nonymous (A Tale of Seashells and Shenanigans, Fireflies S'mores and that time i might have accidentally kinda started a faerie war, and A Tale of Hijiinks and Honeydew are my immediate recs) The Beautiful Something Else by Ash Van Otterloo Farzana's Spite by Felix Graves How We End by L.M. Juniper Enter the Machine by Bam Stroker and Don't Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews
I could be wrong, but I don't think V.E. Schwab is trans/NB? She's gay, but I don't think trans.
Nope! They use she/they pronouns and wrote a whole article about coming out as nonbinary: https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/a34100214/ve-schwab-coming-out-story/
Oh, thank you!!
I hadn't realized this either, so big thanks!
Thanks so much for these! I'll start adding them this evening.
Pray For Him's on there, but I don't think I have any of the others yet!
Donnnnne. There were a couple that don't seem to be on Pagebound yet, but almost everything was!
LANTERN by Burgundy Athena Pendragon fits the bill :) Both a non-binary author and a non-binary MC who even uses neo-pronouns
Awesome! Thanks so much!
Please feel free to suggest books (self-recs welcome)!
Also, for the purposes of this list, trans, nonbinary, two spirit, gender fluid (and more!) count. If someone's not cis, they count. (:
I feel like a few Alex Nonymous books might fit this list. They're nonbinary and write a lot of books with nonbinary characters. Out of her books I've already read "Witches, Wings and Fluttering Things", "Debate Kids at the End of the World" and "A Tale of Hijinks & Honeydew" come to mind.
Ooo! They sound perfect (and also like someone whose work I'd enjoy).
Thanks so much--I'll add them to the list!
Oh also Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore (magical realism with two nonbinary protagonists, the author is nonbinary and bigender) would probably fit. As a side note: Unless I'm misremembering Dear Blake doesn't really have any speculative fiction elements but it's been a minute since I read that one
Thanks for the heads-up RE Dear Blake! I'll see if I can figure out how to remove a book, haha. I'll add Lakelore. (:
I appreciate this list! There's a lot of books on here that I've either read already or have been meaning to check out but I'm especially excited about the ones I had not heard of yet.
Yay!!! Glad it's helpful! I feel bad because I know I'm missing a ton of work still, but it turns out it's a lot of work to gather everything together (and a lot of indie stuff is still missing from pagebound, so there are definite gaps).
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