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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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 …
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Tiny Pieces of Skull by Roz Kaveney
5 stars
In the 1980s, poet and activist Roz Kaveney wrote a novel, Tiny Pieces of Skull, about trans street life and …
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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 …
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4 stars
Ten years ago, Peter Pan left Neverland to grow up, leaving behind his adolescent dreams of boyhood and resigning himself …
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Small Beauty by Jia Qing Wilson-Yang
Small Beauty tells the story of Mei, who in coping with the death of her cousin abandons her life in …
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Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
4 stars
A whipsmart debut about three women--transgender and cisgender--whose lives collide after an unexpected pregnancy forces them to confront their deepest …
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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 …
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Wendy Reimer is a thirty-year-old trans woman in Winnipeg who comes across evidence that her late grandfather, a devout Mennonite …
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Nearly Roadkill by Caitlin Sullivan
5 stars
"A novel written in cyberspace, Nearly Roadkill is an Infobahn erotic thriller without any boundaries - virtual, sexual, legal, or …
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Paul takes the form of a mortal girl by Andrea Lawlor (Open prose series)
It's 1993 and Paul Polydoris tends bar at the only gay club in a university town thrumming with politics and …
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Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
5 stars
The highly-anticipated, genre-defying new novel by award-winning author Akwaeke Emezi that explores themes of identity and justice. Pet is here …
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An embittered dog walker obsessed with a social media influencer inadvertently puts a curse a young man—and must adventure into …
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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, …
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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 …
