A list of novels with trans protagonists, written by trans authors. All genres of fiction included, but memoirs, short story collections, graphic novels, etc must find a different list.
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A list of novels with trans protagonists, written by trans authors. All genres of fiction included, but memoirs, short story collections, graphic novels, etc must find a different list.
Feel free to add!
5 stars
Lush and frothy, incisive and witty, Shola von Reinhold’s decadent queer literary debut immerses readers in the pursuit of aesthetics …
Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) by Hazel Plante
The playful and poignant novel LITTLE BLUE ENCYCLOPEDIA (FOR VIVIAN) sifts through a queer trans woman's unrequited love for her …
5 stars
Frustrated by her current relationship, trans lesbian Maria Griffiths decides to change her life by making some brash decisions and …
Ten years ago, Peter Pan left Neverland to grow up, leaving behind his adolescent dreams of boyhood and resigning himself …
Tiny Pieces of Skull by Roz Kaveney
In the 1980s, poet and activist Roz Kaveney wrote a novel, Tiny Pieces of Skull, about trans street life and …
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
4 stars
"Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She's used …
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom is the highly sensational, ultra-exciting, …
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
5 stars
A whipsmart debut about three women--transgender and cisgender--whose lives collide after an unexpected pregnancy forces them to confront their deepest …
Wendy Reimer is a thirty-year-old trans woman in Winnipeg who comes across evidence that her late grandfather, a devout Mennonite …
Paul takes the form of a mortal girl by Andrea Lawlor
It's 1993 and Paul Polydoris tends bar at the only gay club in a university town thrumming with politics and …
Nearly Roadkill by Caitlin Sullivan, Kate Bornstein
5 stars
"A novel written in cyberspace, Nearly Roadkill is an Infobahn erotic thriller without any boundaries - virtual, sexual, legal, or …
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
Stone Butch Blues is a historical fiction novel written by Leslie Feinberg about life as a butch lesbian in 1970s …
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
The highly-anticipated, genre-defying new novel by award-winning author Akwaeke Emezi that explores themes of identity and justice. Pet is here …
4 stars
An embittered dog walker obsessed with a social media influencer inadvertently puts a curse a young man—and must adventure into …
Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg
Set in the eighteenth century London underworld, this bawdy, genre-bending novel reimagines the life of thief and jailbreaker Jack Sheppard …