Yay, thanks for making this list. I've been trying to find more variety of books for the GSA at my highschool.

Ifrah wrote: "Yay, thanks for making this list. I've been trying to find more variety of books for the GSA at my highschool."
really glad you found it helpful and will be able to use it with your GSA! Back when I was in a GSA (er, like a decade ago!) the only lgbtq teen books I knew of were Annie On My Mind, all the Rainbow Boys books, and a couple books by Julie Anne Peters. I would troll the gay and lesbian section at the book store by my house for books to read and ended up reading Edmund White and some other stuff like that. Definitely no trans books (though I didn't know I was trans at the time and didn't know that trans men existed, I knew vaguely that trans issues were about me, if that makes sense, and wanted to read fiction about them) and basically no books with people of colour or people from working class families. It was dumb. I would reccommend "I Am J" to your GSA if you're just gonna look at one because there are strong CAFAB and CAMAB trans characters, most characters are people of colour and almost all characters are working class. It's also just a great story with good characters in general.

I hate Luna. It's full of misgendering and the narrator is awful.

Amelia wrote: "I hate Luna. It's full of misgendering and the narrator is awful."

I agree it had major issues. It was more of a book with a transcharacter than a book about the transcharacter.

Amelia wrote: "I hate Luna. It's full of misgendering and the narrator is awful."

yeah, I hated it too! It is also completely all about how much of a burden having a trans sister is for Luna's sister Regan. Snooze. But the truth is, I hate most of the books on this list, there are a few good ones, but mostly every single teen book with trans characters has a ton of problems.

Luna did certainly have its issues. I will say that I like Peters' writing, but Regan was an underdeveloped moron, and the narrative wasn't very interesting. I barely gave it 3.5 stars.

Anyway, thanks for making this list. There are so few trans books, it's nice to have what few there are compiled into a convenient list.

I would love to see my novel, Run, Clarissa, Run get a few more reviews and maybe a little higher on the list. If anyone wants a review copy, feel free to send me a private message. I am always glad to give copies in exchange for honest reviews.

I would like to recommend adding books by Karin Bishop; they're at the Kindle store and maybe BN. Several of them are YA, although some have adult protagonists (haven't read them all), but they all seem to have at least one transgendered character, usually a teen and often the narrator.

I've read a few so far and the characters are very real and treated with sensitivity--I mean all the characters throughout. And no porn, thank goodness! I like her writing style and she's gotten great reviews from readers (at Amazon, I mean.)

Her book "Ignorance is Bliss" was very good and led me to read "Luna" and "Almost Perfect" from this list. I think some "Luna" criticism is harsh as far as Luna herself is portrayed, but I felt it was about the growth and acceptance by Regan. In the same way, "Almost Perfect" dealt with the growth (and agonizing backsliding!) of Logan.

LGBT or straight or whatever--being a teen is tough!

I haven't read Ignorance is Bliss but I read Roommates by her. It was a little slow (not enough dramatic tension) but it was a good presentation of transition for a trans/intersex person. I'll check if it's on goodreads and add it if it is.

Sue wrote: "I would like to recommend adding books by Karin Bishop; they're at the Kindle store and maybe BN. Several of them are YA, although some have adult protagonists (haven't read them all), but they all..."
Thanks for the suggestions--just FYI, this list is crowdsourced, meaning that anyone on Goodreads can add books to the list by "voting" on them so if you (or anyone) finds a book that is not on here, you can add it and are encouraged to do-so because people adding books to the list is how it got to be 51 books long and how it continues to grow and stay current!

Sue wrote: "I would like to recommend adding books by Karin Bishop; they're at the Kindle store and maybe BN. Several of them are YA, although some have adult protagonists (haven't read them all), but they all..."

I did also see, though, that there was no record for Ignorance is Bliss on Goodreads so I created one since I am a librarian on here, just FYI. I am not sure if people who do not have librarian status on Goodreads can create new book records but I assume there's some way to suggest them if you can't find the book you are looking for (? does anyone know?)

There is a way to add books if you are not a librarian, but as far as I can tell it's basically sends the link to someone who is a librarian. I "added" Roommates but it may take awhile to actually show up.

Jackson wrote: "Sue wrote: "I would like to recommend adding books by Karin Bishop; they're at the Kindle store and maybe BN. Several of them are YA, although some have adult protagonists (haven't read them all), ..."

People who are not librarians can add new book http://www.goodreads.com/book/new?boo...=

I'd add The Bone Doll's Twin.