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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Trans Novels by Trans Authors Public
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I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
4 stars
When Ben De Backer comes out to their parents as nonbinary, they're thrown out of their house and forced to …
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The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar
5 stars
Five years after a suspicious fire killed his ornithologist mother, a closeted Syrian American trans boy sheds his birth name …
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Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman
5 stars
A whirlwind romance between an eccentric archivist and a grieving widow explores what it means to be at home in …
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The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon (The Witch King, #1)
4 stars
To save a fae kingdom, a trans witch must face his traumatic past and the royal fiancé he left behind. …
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Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
4 stars
Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in this defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San …
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Dreadnought by April Daniels (Nemesis, #1)
4 stars
What happens when a trans* girl who is not out to her family accidentally inherits superpowers? Things change, a lot.
TakeV says: Transgender superhero! CW: Villain is a terf
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The Barrow Will Send What it May by Margaret Killjoy (Danielle Cain, #2)
4 stars
Margaret Killjoy’s Danielle Cain series is a dropkick-in-the-mouth anarcho-punk fantasy that pits traveling anarchist Danielle Cain against eternal spirits, hypocritical …
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Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders (Unstoppable, #1)
3 stars
“Just please, remember what I told you. Run. Don’t stop running for anything.”
Tina never worries about being 'ordinary'--she doesn't …
Matt K says: YA space romp with a teen learning about their alien nature and a trans girl love interest.
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The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
What does it mean for a family to lose a child they never really knew?
One afternoon, in a town …
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Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
4 stars
Y: The Last Man meets The Girl With All the Gifts in Gretchen Felker-Martin's Manhunt, an explosive post-apocalyptic novel that …
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O Parque das Irmãs Magníficas by Camila Sosa Villada
Da autora argentina Camila Sosa Villada, um livro de amor e afeto: quando terminamos a última página, queremos que o …
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Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
4 stars
From Stonewall and Lambda Award–winning author Kacen Callender comes a revelatory YA novel about a transgender teen grappling with identity …
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The Call-Out by Cat Fitzpatrick
Anvi, Kate, Bette, Keiko, Gaia, and Day are six queer, mostly trans women surviving and thriving in Brooklyn. Visiting all …
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4 stars
Frustrated by her current relationship, trans lesbian Maria Griffiths decides to change her life by making some brash decisions and …
