#trans lit

If you already use itch and have a shopping list, don't forget to grab some of the titles you've been waiting for on that day.

If you need some further suggestions, check out Darkchibishadow's trans romance and erotica collections here, which feature an absolute treasure trove of indie trans literature.

As always, I recommend you scroll through the works tagged as transgender and see if you can find your next book by picking up something interesting (link).

You can also check out my favorite reads from itch here and check out a few that I have reviewed here. Not all of these are trans, but quite a few are :).

I will be collecting bundles and other sales under the cut. If you know of any that will be going on during the creator day, feel free to DM or message me so I can add them!

What you can't face can't hurt you.

What awaits after the gauntlet of transition? For Kay, it’s a completed list of achievements. Top surgery, good grades, a GSA presidency, a partner. Now he’s exactly as average as he’s wished. For Tahani, it’s a hot femme’s life: a gallant butch girlfriend, five missed alarms, and poly growing pains. No doctor can keep her from being the lesbian she was meant to be.

Until the university insurance strips Tahani of access to hormones. On her girlfriend’s suggestion, she comes to the GSA’s president for help. 

What starts as a quest to right an injustice pulls on a thread of concealed wounds and desires. Why, despite all his successes, does Kay never feel satisfied? Is his relationship truly that loving, or just another item on his list? Is Tahani’s girlfriend really the butch of her dreams? Which parts of herself would Tahani give up to preserve that dream? 

And how much of their lives and hearts have Kay and Tahani rewritten to fit what doctors demand of trans people? 

A second entry in the Ranked Competitive Breast Growth series and prequel to Estro Junkies, Call Me Kimberly is an unflinching exploration of trans lives, sexuality, and detransition in times of moral panic.

The first preview chapter will be out for Patrons mid-July. Book 2 of the RCBG novels is out November 26th! Pre-order now:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0H6WPYNDC

Itch: https://taliabhatt.itch.io/call-me-kimberly

The Trans Rights Readathon is going on until March 31, so I wanted to recommend some more of my fave trans reads!

"I know what butch is. Butches are not beginner FTMs, except that sometimes they are, but it's not a continuum except when it is. Butch is not a trans identity unless the butch in question says it is, in which case it is, unless the tranny in question says it isn't, in which case it's not. There is no such thing as butch flight, no matter what the femmes or elders say, unless saying that invalidates the opinions of femmes in a sexist fashion or the opinions of elders in an ageist fashion. Or if they're right. But they are not, because butch and transgender are the same thing with different names, except that butch is not a trans identity, unless it is; see above."

TRANS RIGHTS READATHON tRAUM PICKS

Hey, hey, for anyone trying to curate a trans readathon reading list, I am listing books from tRaum written by our trans authors, highlighting the sheer variety possible from these titles! From these authors, we've got older and younger trans characters & voices, covering such wide range of genres as:

Hybrid poetry || high-seas fantasy body horror || Southern lit horror absurdist modern || trans-noir gambling thriller || philosophical autofic || flash fiction grab-bag || genderfluid Dracula || transmasc picaresque || doorstopper transfemme fantasy

Our books are currently reduced price on both Itch and Payhip, but if price is what is keeping you from grabbing a book, we include a link for each to a free ARC copy. <3 Alternatively, just ask in our DMs for an ecopy. We want our books to be accessible to everyone. HAPPY READING!!

BLACK HOLE SCIENCE IS FILLED WITH APOLOGIES by Never Angeline North @whatmountains

transfemme || hybrid poetry || older trans ["Older" sounds so ???; so to clarify, I am using it to convey that it is not about trans youth.]

This is our latest release, and an excellent choice if you are looking to put some trans poetry on your readathon list. Never's writing is absurd, enchanting, sometimes challenging, but always relatable.

Buy a copy HERE. Get a free ARC in exchange for an honest review HERE.

DEMON ENGINE by Marten Norr @martennorr

transmasc & transfemme || t4t || mental illness || older trans || aspec rep || high sea adventure || Indie Ink Finalist for multiple awards

A gifted and troubled demon summoner must work together with the Navy that once ruined his life for the proverbial One Last Job. A wildly imaginative trans sea adventure fantasy with body horror elements.

Buy a copy HERE. Free ARC in exchange for an honest review HERE.

CORRUPTED VESSELS by Briar Ripley Page @flameswallower

transmasc & nonbinary || trans youth || mental illness || literary horror novella

A short, powerful novella about a tiny trans cult that tries to induct a new member into their fold with disastrous results. Literary Southern gothic-ish horror with some lovely prose. (Includes a previously unreleased and unconnected novelette!) Buy a copy HERE. Get a free ARC copy in exchange for an honest review HERE.

LOVE/AGGRESSION by June Martin transfemme || t4t || older trans || funny || Lambda finalist

Two trans women, once each other's life-support, find themselves on opposites sides of a rapidly escalating friendship-breakup war. Modern absurdist literary fiction. But a copy HERE. Free ARC copy in exchange for an honest review HERE.

WAKE UP! by R Merey

transmasc & transfemme || t4t || older trans || acespec rep

$$ so good, she tries to ignore his gambling problem. But when she's kidnapped to witness him play, she's forced to wake up. The trans-noir mahjong thriller you didn't know you were waiting for!

Buy a copy HERE. Free ARC copy in exchange for an honest review HERE.

MOST FAMOUS SHORT FILM OF ALL TIME by Tucker Lieberman

transmasc || older trans rep || experimental fiction

Lev Ockenshaw, a Jewish trans man with a complicated relationship to ghosts and goddesses, gets sucked into a possible office conspiracy. Confessional, meandering, bizarre, and maybe life-changing?!?

Buy a copy HERE. Free ARC copy in exchange for an honest review HERE.

Something Not Right by yves. @yvesdot

all kinds of trans and sexual rep || light horror, fantasy, spec fic elements

A charming collection that starts with flash and works up to longer tales, with a wide range of tone, horror and spec-fic tropes, and characterization.

Buy a copy HERE.

Darknesses by Lachelle Seville

genderfluid || Modern Dracula retelling || revenge fantasy

A young Black woman out from a dangerous cult falls in love with the enigmatic Laura, the latest manifestation of Dracula. A skillful combination of fast paced plot and literary nods to the classic gothic genre.

Buy a copy HERE. Free ARC copy in exchange for an honest review HERE.

H: a trash novel by R Merey

femme transmasc || sex work || experimental(ish??) lit

A cheerful ne'er-do-well finds himself increasingly trapped in the playboy role he's painted himself into. A modern trans nod to "Life of an Amorous Woman," sex work (and fuck boy) lit.

Buy a copy HERE. (or ping me for a free PDF copy.)

Honorary mention: MAEJ by Dale Stromberg @dalestromberg

Full disclosure: MAEJ was not written by a trans author, but it is an outstanding doorstopper fantasy that depicts transfemme characters in a wonderfully satisfying and refreshing way.

Buy a copy HERE. Free ARC for an honest review HERE.