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Jennifer Morales's avatar

Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl, by Andrea Lawlor is one of my favorite stories of gender-fluidity. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/604072/paul-takes-the-form-of-a-mortal-girl-by-andrea-lawlor/

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ocean capewell's avatar

Yesssss! This book is amazing!

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Rachael's avatar

I found out about this book a couple of weeks ago and it definitely sounds like a cool story.

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Rachael's avatar

I have a couple of recs if anyone wants some new trans books to their TBRs:

- The Flicker by H.E. Edgmon (MG dystopian)

- Camp Prodigy by Caroline Palmer (MG graphic novel)

- Any book written by Edward Underhill (mostly YA romance, but has an adult spec fic book that recently came out)

- Girlmode by Magdalene Visaggio (YA graphic novel)

- Ander and Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa (YA romance)

- Chef's Choice by TJ Alexander (romance)

- The Prospects by K.T. Hoffman (romance)

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Liana Laughlin's avatar

I found The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes: and the un written history of the trans experience , Playdon, Zoe-Jane a super interesting book to read at this time as our federal government is doing their best to erase trans history. The interplay between the UK and the US was happening in the past and it’s happening in a similar way now with the Cass report.

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Emily Levin's avatar

Thanks for this! And a shout out for the TJ Klune-inverse.

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Hailey's avatar

"The Spirit Bares Its Teeth" is a great one!

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Rachael's avatar

Despite not being much of a horror reader, I did enjoy reading The Spirit Bares Its Teeth.

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ZK Hardy's avatar

Becky Chambers is my favorite and I'm hoping that (if I'm lucky) I can one day do for my readers what she has done for me and my partner.

It may be a bit of an obvious choice but Gender Queer is also really good and meaningful to me.

https://bookshop.org/p/books/gender-queer-a-memoir-maia-kobabe/14914528?ean=9781549304002&next=t

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Dana Peleg's avatar

Awesome! As always, grateful for you, Ben! Not sure what I'm going to read next, but I loved Aidan Thomas's Cemetery Boys, so maybe The Sunbearer Trials will be the one!

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ocean capewell's avatar

I really liked “some strange music draws me in” by griffin hansbury (trans author + trans characters.) also lost boi by sassafras lowrey (who i believe has a different last name now)

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Emily's avatar

TJ Alexander just released a Historical Romance that has a trans main character called A Gentleman’s Gentleman! It’s fantastic!! Highly recommend even if you don’t normally read romance or historical romance! Also Cat Sebastian has some phenomenal queer historical romance! Both of these authors do a great job of keeping the reader feeling cozy and “safe” while still talking about the actual history and issues queer folks faced (and continue to face).

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Daniel Thistlethwaite's avatar

My favourite trans book would be Nevada, by Imogen Binnie. It just seemed like the main characters were going through a lot of stuff that I could relate to. Torrey Peters has also cited it as an important inspiration for her work too.

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Willow Foltz's avatar

Novae Caelum - Literally anything they've written but The Stars and Green Magicks series is phenomenal and my current favorite

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Alison Baldyga's avatar

Oooh - add to your reading list: In the Valley, A Shadow by my friend Samantha Tano (Sci-fi).

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Robyn Ryle's avatar

What a great list! I love Detransition, Baby and A Psalm for the Wild-Built so much!

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Kestrel M's avatar

Oooooh, shoutout for Ryka Aoki and Becky Chambers! Consider adding "The Sapling Cage" by Margaret Killjoy to your list. It's a hell of a coming of age story about a young trans witch in a magic kingdom. https://substack.com/profile/20162796-margaret-killjoy?utm_source=global-search

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Kate's avatar

I love everything by Danez Smith, Chana Porter, and Em X. Liu.

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Kate's avatar

Also Charlie Jane Anders!

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Frances Greene's avatar

Love this list, will refer to it the next time in the library!

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