Trans, Non Binary, Genderqueer & Two-Spirit Books for Adults

Updated June 1, 2026
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Confessions of the fox
Rosenberg, Jordy.
Paper Book
A New York Times Editors' Choice: "A mind-bending romp through a gender-fluid, eighteenth century London . . . a joyous mash-up of literary genres shot through with queer theory and awash in sex, crime, and revolution." NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR...
Gender queer : a memoir
Kobabe, Maia.
Ebook
In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here. Maia's intensely cathartic...
Black on both sides : a racial history of trans identity
Snorton, C. Riley
Audiobook
Love after the end
Ebook
The lilac people
Todd, Milo.
Ebook
Finalist for the New England Book Award "Reminiscent of Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See . . . Heart-stopping in its suspense and dramatic reveals." --The Boston Globe A moving and deeply humane story about a trans man who must relinquish the...
Trans bodies, trans selves : a resource for the transgender community
Ebook
Herculine
Byron, Grace
Paper Book
One of the Best Books of 2025 Elle * Autostraddle * Debutiful * Chicago Review of Books * MUBI * Dazed * LitHub * Library Journal * them * Loosey A "witty, often-chilling, compulsively readable"...
The care we dream of : liberatory & transformative approaches to LGBTQ+ health
Ebook
Beyond the gender binary : pocket change collection
Vaid-Menon, Alok.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER . A short, compassionate, and deeply personal primer on gender's expansive, multifaceted nature, from acclaimed author and gender non-conforming performance artist and speaker Alok Vaid-Menon. "When reading this book, all I feel is kindness."-Sam Smith,...
Miss Major speaks : conversations with a Black trans revolutionary
Meronek, Toshio
Ebook
2024 Stonewall Honor Award for Nonfiction The future of Black, queer, and trans liberation explored by a legendary transgender elder and activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is a veteran of the infamous Stonewall Riots, a former sex worker, and a transgender elder and...
Redefining realness : my path to womanhood, identity, love & so much more
Mock, Janet
Ebook
New York Times Bestseller * Winner of the 2015 WOMEN'S WAY Book Prize * Goodreads Best of 2014 Semi-Finalist * Books for a Better Life Award Finalist * Lambda Literary Award Finalist * Time Magazine "30 Most Influential People on the Internet" * American Library Association...
The risk it takes to bloom : on life and liberation
Willis, Raquel.
Ebook
I hope we choose love : a trans girl's notes from the end of the world
Thom, Kai Cheng
Ebook
Gender euphoria : stories of joy from trans, non-binary and intersex writers
Ebook
Growing up trans : in our own words
Ebook
What does it mean to be young and transgender today? Growing Up Trans shares stories, essays, art and poetry created by trans youth aged 11 to 18. In their own words, the works illustrate the trans experience through childhood, family and daily life, school, their bodies and mental...
What's the T?
Dawson, Juno
Audiobook
Discover what it means to be a young transgender and/or non-binary person in the twenty-first century in this candid and funny guide for teens from the bestselling author of This Book Is Gay. In What's the T? Stonewall ambassador and bestselling author Juno Dawson is back...
American teenager : how trans kids are surviving hate and finding joy in a turbulent era
Lang, Nico (Journalist)
Paper Book
From an award-winning journalist comes a vivid and moving portrait of eight trans and nonbinary teenagers across the country, following their daily triumphs, struggles, and all that encompasses growing up trans in America today "An urgent and heartfelt chronicle of families...
Before we were trans : a new history of gender
Heyam, Kit
Ebook
A groundbreaking global history of gender nonconformity   Today's narratives about trans people tend to feature individuals with stable gender identities that fit neatly into the categories of male or female. Those stories, while important, fail to account...
A quick & easy guide to queer & trans identities
G, Mady
Ebook
In this quick and easy guide to queer and trans identities, cartoonists Mady G and Jules Zuckerberg guide you through the basics of the LGBTQ+ world! Covering essential topics like sexuality, gender identity, coming out, and navigating relationships, this guide explains the spectrum of human...
Becoming Nicole : the transformation of an American family
Nutt, Amy Ellis.
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The inspiring true story of transgender actor and activist Nicole Maines, whose identical twin brother, Jonas, and ordinary American family join her on an extraordinary journey to understand, nurture, and celebrate the uniqueness in...
Dear Senthuran : a Black spirit memoir
Emezi, Akwaeke
Ebook
FEATURED ON THE COVER OF TIME MAGAZINE AS A 2021 NEXT GENERATION LEADER "A once-in-a-generation voice." - Vulture "One of our greatest living writers." - Shondaland A full-throated and provocative memoir in letters from the New York Times bestselling...
Pageboy : a memoir
Page, Elliot
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A New York Times "100 Notable Books of 2023" A TIME Magazine "100 Must-Read Books of 2023" A Washington Post "50 Notable Works of Nonfiction" An Autostraddle "Best Queer Books of 2023" "Vivid...Moving...
A two-spirit journey : the autobiography of a lesbian Ojibwa-Cree elder
Chacaby, Ma-Nee
Ebook
WINNER of Canada Reads 2025 From her early, often harrowing memories of life and abuse in a remote Ojibwa community, Ma-Nee Chacaby's extraordinary story is one of enduring and ultimately overcoming the social and economic legacies of colonialism. As a child, Chacaby learned...
Jonny Appleseed : a novel
Whitehead, Joshua (Writer)
Audiobook
Tomorrow will be different : love, loss, and the fight for trans equality
McBride, Sarah
Paper Book
"A brave, powerful memoir" (People) that will change the way we look at identity and equality in this country, from the activistelected as the first openly transgender member of Congress in U.S. history "The energy and vigor Sarah has brought to the fight for equality...
Free to be : understanding kids & gender identity
Turban, Jack L.
Ebook
This authoritative guide to understanding and navigating gender identity from an acclaimed expert on the mental health of transgender and gender diverse youth is "a must-read for anyone seeking to better understand how we can truly help all our children thrive" (Chelsea Clinton, #1 New...
She's not there : a life in two genders
Boylan, Jennifer Finney
Ebook
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * The seminal work of trans literature: a story of love, sex, selfhood, and understanding from the renowned author of Cleavage and co-author of Mad Honey "A very funny memoir of growing up confused and a very smart consideration of what it...
The queer and transgender resilience workbook : skills for navigating sexual orientation and gender expression
Singh, Anneliese A.
Ebook
How can you build unshakable confidence and resilience in a world still filled with ignorance, inequality, and discrimination? The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook will teach you how to challenge internalized negative messages, handle stress, build a community of support,...
You weren't meant to be human
White, Andrew Joseph
Ebook
She who became the sun
Parker-Chan, Shelley
Ebook
Two-time British Fantasy Award Winner Astounding Award Winner Lambda Literary Award Finalist Hugo Award Finalist Locus Award Finalist A Dragon Award Finalist Otherwise Award Finalist "I loved it."--The New...
They/them/their : a guide to nonbinary and genderqueer identities
Young, Eris.
Ebook
'The go-to book on everything non-binary' MEG-JOHN BARKER 'A succinct tour through the non-binary and genderqueer experience' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY In this insightful and long-overdue book, Eris Young explores what it's like to live outside of the...
The boy with a bird in his chest
Lund, Emme
Ebook
Longlisted for The Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel Prize "A modern coming-of-age full of love, desperation, heartache, and magic" (Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author) about "the ways in which family, grief, love, queerness, and vulnerability all intersect"...
Special topics in being a human : a queer and tender guide to things I've learned the hard way about caring for people, including myself
Bergman, S. Bear
Ebook
Fine : a comic about gender
Ewing, Rhea.
Paper Book
As graphic artist Rhea Ewing neared college graduation in 2012, they became consumed by the question: What is gender? This obsession sparked a quest in which they eagerly approached both friends and strangers in their quiet Midwest town for interviews to turn into comics. A decade later, this...
Vanishing monuments
Stintzi, John Elizabeth.
Audiobook
My volcano
Stintzi, John Elizabeth.
Ebook
My Volcano is a kaleidoscopic portrait of a menagerie of characters, as they each undergo personal eruptions, while the Earth itself is constantly shifting. Parable, myth, science-fiction, eco-horror, My Volcano is a radical work of literary art, emerging as a subversive,...
Little fish
Plett, Casey
Ebook

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