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

Updated June 3, 2026
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So many stars : an oral history of trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, and two-spirit people of color
De Robertis, Caro.
Paper Book
From an acclaimed novelist, a first-of-its-kind, deeply personal, and moving oral history of a generation of trans and gender nonconforming elders of color--from leading activists to artists to ordinary citizens--who tell their own stories of breathtaking courage, cultural...
Night Night Fawn : A Novel
Rosenberg, Jordy.
Paper Book
From the author of Confessions of the Fox comes a novel in which a yenta on her deathbed gives an unrepentant account of all her failures-including her child. "A rant of comedic genius . . . Jordy Rosenberg writes with an enchanting command of language and satire."...
Both/and : Essays by Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Writers of Color
Norris, Denne Michele.
Paper Book
From Denne Michele Norris and Electric Literature, a vital anthology of essays by trans and gender-nonconforming writers of color, sharing stories of joy, heartbreak, rage, and self-discovery. Featuring seventeen essays by trans people of color--spanning writers, scientists,...
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
Paper Book
Winner of the John Boswell Prize from the American Historical Association 2018 Winner of the William Sanders Scarborough Prize from the Modern Language Association 2018 Winner of an American Library Association Stonewall Honor 2018 Winner...
Love after the end
Paper Book
This exciting and groundbreaking fiction anthology showcases a number of new and emerging 2SQ (Two-Spirit and queer Indigenous) writers from across Turtle Island. These visionary authors show how queer Indigenous communities can bloom and thrive through utopian narratives that detail the vivacity...
The lilac people
Todd, Milo.
Ebook
2026 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER 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...
Herculine
Byron, Grace
Paper Book
One of the Best Books of the Year ELLE * Autostraddle * Debutiful * Chicago Review of Books * MUBI * Dazed * LitHub * Library Journal * them * Loosey "Devious and diabolical, Herculine is a jaw...
The care we dream of : liberatory & transformative approaches to LGBTQ+ health
Paper Book
Through a series of essays (by the author and others) and interviews, this book by the editor of the Lambda Literary Award-winning anthology The Remedy offers possibilities - grounded in historical examples, present-day experiments, and dreams of the future - for more liberatory and transformative...
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...
Miss Major speaks : conversations with a Black trans revolutionary
Meronek, Toshio
Paper Book
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
Paper Book
In 2011, Marie Claire magazine published a profile of Janet Mock in which she publicly stepped forward for the first time as a trans woman. Since then, Mock has gone from covering the red carpet for People.com to advocating for all those who live within the shadows of society. Redefining Realness...
What's the T?
Dawson, Juno
Ebook
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 again, this time...
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
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,...
A quick & easy guide to queer & trans identities
G, Mady
Paper Book
A great starting point for anyone curious about queer and trans life, and helpful for those already on their own journeys! In this quick and easy guide to queer and trans identities, cartoonists Mady G and Jules Zuckerberg guide you through the basics of the LGBT+ world! Covering...
Transgender history : the roots of today's revolution
Stryker, Susan
Paper Book
A timely second edition of the classic text on transgender history, with a new introduction and updated material throughout Covering American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today, Transgender History takes a chronological approach to...
The anxiety book for trans people : how to conquer your dysphoria, worry less and find joy
Benson, Freiya.
Paper Book
Anxiety. It's out there and it's messing things up for us all. But for some of us, it's really messing things up. As a trans woman, Freiya Benson is super anxious a lot of the time - from feeling unsafe in social situations, to worrying about how she looks and sounds - but...
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
Paper Book
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...
Reclaiming Two-Spirits : sexuality, spiritual renewal, and sovereignty in Native America
Smithers, Gregory D.
Paper Book
Reclaiming Two Spirits decolonizes the history of gender and sexuality in Native North America. It honors the generations of Indigenous people who had the foresight to take essential aspects of their cultural life and spiritual beliefs underground in order to save them. Before 1492, hundreds of...
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...
Free to be : understanding kids & gender identity
Turban, Jack L.
Paper Book
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
Paper Book
The exuberant memoir of a man named James who became a woman named Jenny.She’s Not Thereis the story of a person changing genders, the story of a person bearing and finally revealing a complex secret; above all, it is a love story. By turns funny and deeply moving, Jennifer Finney Boylan...
Trans sex : a guide for adults
Sparks, Kelvin.
Paper Book
Does a post-vaginoplasty vagina have a G-spot? Why do some trans people find they enjoy anal sex more after testosterone? And can people with post-surgical vaginas experience vaginismus? Written by renowned sex blogger and educator Kelvin Sparks, Trans Sex is the...
Transition : the story of how I became a man
Bono, Chaz
Ebook
Chaz Bono's groundbreaking and candid account of a forty-year struggle to match his gender identity with his physical body and his transformation from female to male At first, America knew the only child of Sonny and Cher as Chastity, the cherubic little girl who appeared on her...
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 gentleman's gentleman
Alexander, T. J.
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FOR LGBTQ+ ROMANCE A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * A USA TODAY BESTSELLER * From the acclaimed author of Chef's Kiss, a groundbreaking trans Regency romance that's both delightfully witty and refreshingly iconoclastic. ...
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"...
A dream of a woman
Plett, Casey
Paper Book
Centering transgender women seeking stable, adult lives, A Dream of a Woman finds quiet truths in prairie high-rises and New York warehouses, in freezing Canadian winters and drizzly Oregon days. In 'Hazel & Christopher,' two childhood friends reconnect as adults after one of them has...
A safe girl to love
Plett, Casey
Paper Book
Eleven unique short stories that stretch from a rural Canadian Mennonite town to a hipster gay bar in Brooklyn, featuring young trans women stumbling through loss, sex, harassment, and love. These stories, shiny with whiskey and prairie sunsets, rattling subways and neglected cats, show...
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
Paper Book
As an author, educator, and public speaker, S. Bear Bergman has documented his experience as, among other things, a trans parent, with wit and aplomb. He also writes the advice column 'Ask Bear,' in which he answers crucial questions about how best to make our collective way through the world....
Fine : a comic about gender
Ewing, Rhea.
Paper Book
Washington Post * 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2022 A vibrant and informative debut with "great documentary power" (Alison Bechdel), Fine is an elegantly illustrated celebration of the transgender community. As graphic artist Rhea Ewing neared college...
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
Gender explained : a new understanding of identity in a gender creative world
Ehrensaft, Diane
Paper Book
Gender is everywhere. Politicians argue over it, educational systems struggle to define it, and our friends, neighbors, and children explore it. More than ever before, young people are questioning their gender identities and redefining the role of gender in their lives. How should our society-...
Beyond the gender binary : pocket change collection
Vaid-Menon, Alok.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER . From the acclaimed author, gender non-conforming performance artist, and speaker, Alok Vaid-Menon, comes a short, compassionate, and deeply personal primer on gender's expansive, multifaceted nature. "When reading this book, all I feel is kindness."-Sam Smith,...
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
Ebook

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