#non binary books

The readathon finishes on the 31st of March so here's a few trans+ book recs for anyone who wants to squeeze in at least one book on trans+ identities, with trans+ characters or written by trans+ authors!

Non fiction books

Genderqueer by Maya Kobabe (graphic autobiography by a non binary author)

Life isn't Binary by Alex Iantaffi and MJ Barker (imagine trying to deconstruct binaries from all aspects of your life, not just from sexuality and gender. This book tries to help you with that and includes some journaling prompts for reflection too!)

A Short History Of Trans Misogyny by Jules Gill Peterson (very dense book despite being quite short but absolutely necessary as a read)

A Quick And Easy Guide To Queer And Trans Identities (little graphic novel doing exactly what the title says. Info is pretty basic but it's a lovely starting point for people trying to understand themselves and the community, plus there's illustrated snails educating you about this stuff, what do you want more?)

Queer As Folklore by Sacha Coward (not only focused on trans and genderqueer identities, but it's super interesting to dive into the links between myths monsters and queerness, so I added it to the list anyway)

Fiction books

Deadendia by Hamish Steele (it's a graphic novel series with 3 books out, the mc is transmasc and we also have a non binary character who I love! I still have to get my hands on the 3rd book but what I read so far is so good)

Monk and Robot duology by Becky Chambers (A Psalm For The Wild Built, A Prayer For The Crown Shy) (features an agender mc and is honestly one of the best things you will ever read in your life)

Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White (amazing horror dystopia featuring religious trauma and queer rage, mc is transmasc)

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White (historical horror where the horror is misogyny, it will make you angry as fuck but it's so good. mc is transmasc but there is also a transfem character)

Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White again (contemporary thriller with a trasmasc mc as well as non binary rep. The main focus is a bloody family feud in a small conservative American town. Emotionally challenging as a read but so worth it)

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw (non binary character in a short but very cool fantasy novella, the less you know the better with this one imo)

Sworn Soldier series by T. Kingfisher (What Moves The Dead, What Feasts At Night, What Stalks The Deep) (series composed of short horror books featuring a genderqueer mc. These are absolutely amazing. The horror is good and it's contrasted super well by a very fun narration 100% recommend it)

She Who Became The Sun by Shelly Parker Chan (the famous Mulan inspired book. Tho I would describe it as a historical fantasy set in China. Genderqueerness is a fundamental part of the story with an afab mc who grows up dressing as a boy and then a man, describing themselves as not exactly one or the other. And on the other side we have an eunuch whose identity as "not wholly male" is central to their character. Now that I write about it I should reread this and get to the sequel as well...)

Walking Practice by Dolki Min (horror scifi with a genderfluid alien mc)

The Left Hand Of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (slow paced scifi set on a planet where people's sex is not fixed. It is a super interesting take on gender)

(bonus) Libri in italiano

Trilogia Esplicita di Fumettibrutti (tratta l'esperienza personale dell'autrice e della sua identità trans)

Non Sono Unə Femminista Io? di Emmanuel Beaubatie (piccolo saggio riguardo il rapporto tra femminismo e identità trans+)

Questioni Di Un Certo Genere della collana "le cose spiegate bene" de Il Post (lettura fondamentale, da informazioni e spunti riguardo tantissimi aspetti delle identità trans e genderqueer, ed é specificatamente scritto per un pubblico italiano (anche per chi non ne sa proprio nulla sull'argomento)

Gender is Over di Isa Borrelli (libro sull'essere non binary scritto da unə autorə non binary)

Rivoluzione Non Binary di Lou Ms.Femme (lettura piú introduttiva rispetto alla precedente ma comunque ottima, sempre di unə autorə non binary)

From my own tbr

Books I have not read yet that are on my radar:

Who's Afraid Of Gender by Judith Butler (non fic on gender and genderqueer identities)

Before We Were Trans by Kit Eyam (non fic on history of trans+ people)

Orlando by Virginia Woolf (fiction with a genderfluid mc)

Trans Rites: an anthology of genderfucked horror by v. f. Thompson (fiction)

Making Sex: Body and Gender from the Greeks to Freud by Thomas W. Laqueur (non fiction)

You Weren't Meant To Be Human by Andrew Joseph White (horror with transmasc mc)

Stag Dance by Torrey Peters (short stories by a trans author)

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