34 - A book with a trans or nonbinary protagonist

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A book with a trans or nonbinary protagonist

Definitions to help:
Trans (Transgender): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transge...
Nonbinary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-binary

Books I've read and would recommend:
This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
Melissa by Alex Gino

I have also read two books I could highly recommend with intersex protagonists:
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin
Intersex: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex

Listopia: A book with a trans or nonbinary protagonist

[Chelsea]

T. Kingfisher and Nghi Vo both have excellent fantasy novella series featuring nonbinary protagonists. Kingfisher's series starts with What Moves the Dead and is fantasy/horror set in fictional countries in our world, and Vo's series starts with The Empress of Salt and Fortune and is a fantasy series centered around storytelling.

All the White Spaces is an EXCELLENT historical horror book set in Antarctica with a trans protagonist.

[Wendi]

I'm going to read Ollie in Between, which is about a nonbinary protagonist.

[Laura Ruth]

Couple of romances that come to mind:

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston. Exes wind up on the same food-and-wine tour (can also be used for Italy prompt). (view spoiler)[ One of the partners comes out as nonbinary late in the book. (hide spoiler)]

Hold Me by Courtney Milan. "You've Got Mail" trope with a trans woman and pansexual man.

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall. Historical romance, someone from a noble British family fakes death in order to start a new life as a woman.

[Gillian]

I saw that someone added Light from Uncommon Stars and A Psalm for the Wild-Built! Those are both absolutely fantastic. Highly recommend!!

[Laura Z]

I just finished Woodworking by Emily St. James. It's a debut novel set in South Dakota, and it's excellent!

[Karen]

The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill.

[Brandon]

In the Marvel comics, Loki has been male and female at different points in time. I might use one of those titles.

[Ellen]

I'm going to read by Laurie Frankel

[Tracy]

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
The Spirit Bares its Teeth

[Nadine in NY]

Chelsea wrote: "T. Kingfisher and Nghi Vo both have excellent fantasy novella series featuring nonbinary protagonists. Kingfisher's series starts with What Moves the Dead and is fantasy/horror set ..."


Nice! The three books in Kingfisher's series can be used for "nb," "less than 260 pages," and "horse on the cover."

[Sasha]

I have lots of options on my TBR:

Stealing Thunder
Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation
Endpapers
We Are Green and Trembling
Witches
Memoirs of a Man's Maiden Years
In den buntesten Farben (In the Most Vibrant Colours - not translated yet afaik)

[Stina]

Nadine in NY wrote: "Chelsea wrote: "T. Kingfisher and Nghi Vo both have excellent fantasy novella series featuring nonbinary protagonists. Kingfisher's series starts with What Moves the Dead and is fan..."

And the fourth Sworn Soldier book is coming out next year!

[Erin]

If you're looking for horror options, I really liked Old Wounds and The Transition both by Logan-Ashley Kisner