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

Updated June 3, 2026
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Gender queer : a memoir
Kobabe, Maia.
Paper Book
2020 ALA Alex Award Winner 2020 Stonewall -- Israel Fishman Non-fiction Award Honor Book 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...
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
Our work is everywhere : an illustrated oral history of queer & trans resistance
Rose, Syan
Ebook
Trans bodies, trans selves : a resource for the transgender community
Paper Book
There is no one way to be transgender. Transgender and gender non-conforming people have many different ways of understanding their gender identities. Only recently have sex and gender been thought of as separate concepts, and we have learned that sex (traditionally thought of as physical or...
We see each other : a Black, trans journey through TV and film
Anderson, Tre'vell
Paper Book
A groundbreaking look at the history of transgender representation in TV and film, by an of-the-moment and in-demand culture reporter. WE SEE EACH OTHER is a personal history of trans visibility since the beginning of moving images. A literary reckoning, it unearths a transcestry...
Trans like me : conversations for all of us
Lester, C. N.
Paper Book
A personal and culture-driven exploration of the most pressing questions facing the transgender community today, from a leading activist, musician, and academic In Trans Like Me, CN Lester takes readers on a measured, thoughtful, intelligent yet approachable tour through...
The risk it takes to bloom : on life and liberation
Willis, Raquel.
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...
American teenager : how trans kids are surviving hate and finding joy in a turbulent era
Lang, Nico (Journalist)
Ebook
Before we were trans : a new history of gender
Heyam, Kit
Paper Book
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,...
Becoming Nicole : the transformation of an American family
Nutt, Amy Ellis.
Audiobook
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...
Gender failure
Spoon, Rae.
Paper Book
Ivan E. Coyote and Rae Spoon are accomplished, award-winning writers, musicians and performers; they are also both admitted 'gender failures.' In their first collaborative book, Ivan and Rae explore and expose their failed attempts at fitting into the gender binary, and how ultimately our...
How we do family : from adoption to trans pregnancy, what we learned about love and LGBTQ parenthood
Reese, Trystan.
Audiobook
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...
Jonny Appleseed : a novel
Whitehead, Joshua (Writer)
Ebook
Tomorrow will be different : love, loss, and the fight for trans equality
McBride, Sarah
Paper Book
Sarah McBride is on a mission to fight for transgender rights around the world. But before she was a prominent activist, and before she became the first transgender person to speak at the Democratic National Convention in 2016, she was a teenager struggling with her identity. With...
You weren't meant to be human
White, Andrew Joseph
Paper Book
A Washington Post and Publishers Weekly Best SF/Fantasy/Horror Novel of 2025 Alien meets Midsommar in this chilling debut adult novel from award-winning author Andrew Joseph White about identity, survival, and transformation amidst an alien invasion...
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...
A safe girl to love
Plett, Casey
Ebook
Why I was late
Petch, Charlie
Audiobook
Glitter up the dark : how pop music broke the binary
Geffen, Sasha.
Paper Book
Why has music so often served as an accomplice to transcendent expressions of gender? Why did the query "is he musical?" become code, in the twentieth century, for "is he gay?" Why is music so inherently queer? For Sasha Geffen, the answers lie, in part, in music's intrinsic quality of subliminal...
Automatic Noodle
Paper Book
A cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own noodle shop, from acclaimed sci-fi author Annalee Newitz. An instant USA Today and indie bestseller! Indie Next pick | Library Reads pick | Best of the Year at...
Automatic noodle
Newitz, Annalee
Paper Book
A cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own noodle shop, from acclaimed sci-fi author Annalee Newitz. An instant USA Today and indie bestseller! Indie Next pick | Library Reads pick | Best of the Year at...

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