#nonbinary authors

November plays host to many reading challenges this month, and it's National Native American Heritage month. I'll do my best to fit in as many recs as possible !

This week, let's take a look at some queer books with nonbinary characters, or written by nonbinary authors. I've read a few of these, but there are so many good ones here I'm looking forward to.

Look no further than Tales from a Mall!

Physical copy | Ebook + Sneak-peek | Masterpost

Come explore the Fresh Malls, a 22nd century establishment where ferrets have mechanical attachments, people have tails, and there's no shortage of products to buy!

Just ignore the radioactive rat infestation and the fact that people have started to disappear... There's nothing to worry about at all :)

✨ INTERNATIONAL NONBINARY PEOPLES DAY ✨

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There’s only one week left to get this awesome bundle of 7 trans and nonbinary winter stories. Transmute: Winter Magic includes our novella To Drive the Hundred Miles by Alec J. Marsh, and works by 6 other creators – all starring trans and nonbinary characters, all by trans and nonbinary authors! These awesome titles can be yours for only $3 – a savings of 81% compared to buying them all individually. Indeed, the $3 price is less than we usually charge just for To Drive the Hundred Miles – so this is a pretty great deal!

i found this on canva and totally forgot I made it at some point. so here's a list of some of my personal fave authors who use they/them, neo, or multiple pronouns :3

Aiden Thomas

Rivers Solomon

Emery Lee

Anna-Marie (A-M) McLemore

Sarah Gailey

Akwaeke Emezi

read from august 25th - august 28th

review:

beware - slight spoilers ahead!

XIRAN JAY ZHAO THE GENIUS YOU ARE. i have no clue why i didn’t read this earlier but boy did i love this book!!!!!! disabled rep in the form of both zetian & shimin? check. feminine rage? check. great dialogue? check. world building that makes sense? check. a love triangle that doesn’t feel forced and is resolved in an interesting way? check. loveable anti-hero as a protag? check. grungy elements that make this YA book feel like it’s pushing the boundaries of YA fantasy? check. check check checkkkkkkk god i loved zetian. honestly she’s up there as one of my fav protags from literature. i always love a female protagonist who pushes against society’s rules and transcends beyond what is expected of her. plus she felt so rational, and i love that her character development wasn’t focused on her letting go of her rage!!!!! let women be angry and murder lots of men (in fictional books)!!!!!! i really enjoyed the plot and all its progressions and developments. the action scenes felt so real, and although i found it really hard to picture things such as the chrysalises & spirit armour…. i was having way too much fun to let the fact i didn’t have a super clear picture affect my experience reading this. i’m not a fan of love triangles tbh and they fucking piss me off but the way this one was handled….. chefs kiss. yet again XIRAN JAY ZHAO YOUR MIND. i wish the “resolution” of the love triangle (iykyk) was a bit more fleshed out and had time to breathe before the ending, and i hate when books are such a clear set up to a sequel. babes give me some form of resolution my god!!!!!!! but honestly with how much fun i had i can’t really complain, but i imagine those who read this when it first released would be fuming about the ending. it felt rushed. defo didn’t feel like it came out of nowhere but….. idk it felt Too Fantastical. the ending defo follows zetian’s established personality and motivations, but it feels like it.. wouldn’t be possible in universe. possible as in… yeah that could happen logistically…. but in reality would it be able to work? idk. but god this book literally scratches every itch i love in a book. in less than 400 pages, xiran jay zhao has cemented themselves as one of my favourite authors. plus they get bonus points for being a fellow nonbinary baddie. cant wait to see what chaos zetian causes in the next book 😼