Books Featuring Trans/Non-Binary People

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Love & Other Disasters By Anita Kelly Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9781538754849
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Published: Forever - January 18th, 2022

The first openly nonbinary contestant on America’s favorite cooking show falls for their clumsy competitor in this delicious romantic comedy debut that USA Today hailed as “an essential read.”

Recently divorced and on the verge of bankruptcy, Dahlia Woodson is ready to reinvent herself on the popular reality competition show Chef’s Special.


Detransition, Baby: A Novel By Torrey Peters Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593133385
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Published: One World - October 5th, 2021

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The lives of three women—transgender and cisgender—collide after an unexpected pregnancy forces them to confront their deepest desires in “one of the most celebrated novels of the year” (Time)

“Reading this novel is like holding a live wire in your hand.”—Vulture


Freshwater By Akwaeke Emezi Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780802128997
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Published: Grove Press - December 18th, 2018

A National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" Honoree
Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for a Debut Novel
Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
A New York Times Notable Book


The Death of Vivek Oji: A Novel By Akwaeke Emezi Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780525541622
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Published: Riverhead Books - May 25th, 2021

A Good Morning America Buzz Pick

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Electrifying." — O: The Oprah Magazine


The City in the Middle of the Night By Charlie Jane Anders Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780765379979
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Published: Tor Books - February 11th, 2020

A LOCUS AWARD FINALIST!

Charlie Jane Anders, the nationally bestselling author of All the Birds in the Sky delivers a brilliant new novel set in a hauntingly strange future with #10 LA Times bestseller The City in the Middle of the Night.

WOULD YOU GIVE UP EVERYTHING TO CHANGE THE WORLD?


The Seep By Chana Porter Cover Image
$25.00
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ISBN: 9781641290869
Published: Soho Press - January 21st, 2020

A 2021 Lambda Literary Award Finalist 

“A unique alien invasion story that focuses on the human and the myriad ways we see and don’t see our own world. Mesmerizing.” 
—Jeff VanderMeer


Wound from the Mouth of a Wound By Torrin A. Greathouse Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781571315274
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Published: Milkweed Editions - December 22nd, 2020

A Minnesota Book Award Finalist in Poetry

A CLMP Firecracker Award Finalist in Poetry

A Bustle Best Book of 2020

A Refinery29 Best New Book of Fall 2020


The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood By Krys Malcolm Belc Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9781640094383
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Published: Counterpoint - June 15th, 2021

Krys Malcolm Belc's visual memoir-in-essays explores how the experience of gestational parenthood—conceiving, birthing, and breastfeeding his son Samson—eventually clarified his gender identity.


The Thirty Names of Night: A Novel By Zeyn Joukhadar Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781982121525
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Published: Atria Books - July 13th, 2021

Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction
Winner of the ALA Stonewall Book Award—Barbara Gittings Literature Award
Named Best Book of the Year by Bustle
Named Most Anticipated Book of the Year by The Millions, Electric Literature, and HuffPost

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How Much of These Hills Is Gold: A Novel By C Pam Zhang Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525537212
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Published: Riverhead Books - April 6th, 2021

NEW YORK TIMES  NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR

WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR

ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF 2020 

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 BOOKER PRIZE

FINALIST FOR THE 2020 CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE


Allegorizings By Jan Morris Cover Image
$24.95
ISBN: 9780871404145
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Published: Liveright - April 6th, 2021

New York Times Book Review • Editors' Choice


Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More By Janet Mock Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781476709130
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Published: Atria Books - December 2nd, 2014

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 Stonewall Honor Book

In her profound and courageous Ne


Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs By Jennifer Finney Boylan Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781250783493
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Published: Celadon Books - June 1st, 2021

From bestselling author of She’s Not There, New York Times opinion columnist, and human rights activist Jennifer Finney Boylan, Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs, a memoir of the transformative power of loving dogs.

This is a book about dogs: the love we have for them, and the way that love helps us understand the people we have been.


Fairest: A Memoir By Meredith Talusan Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780525561323
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Published: Penguin Books - June 8th, 2021

Finalist for the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction
 
"Talusan sails past the conventions of trans and immigrant memoirs." --The New York Times Book Review

"A ball of light hurled into the dark undertow of migration and survival." --Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous


Upright Women Wanted By Sarah Gailey Cover Image
$20.99
ISBN: 9781250213587
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Published: Tordotcom - February 4th, 2020

A 2021 Hugo Award Finalist!
A 2021 Locus Award Finalist!
A 2020 ALA Booklist Top 10 SF/F Pick!
A Booklist Editor's Choice Pick!

Book Riot's Best Books of 2020 So Far!

Named a Best of 2020 Pick for NPR | NYPL | Booklist | Bustle | Den of Geek


Dead Collections: A Novel By Isaac Fellman Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780143136910
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Published: Penguin Books - February 22nd, 2022

A whirlwind romance between an eccentric archivist and a grieving widow explores what it means to be at home in your own body in this clever, humorous, and heartfelt novel.


Something That May Shock and Discredit You By Daniel M. Lavery Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781982105228
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Published: Atria Books - October 13th, 2020

One of our smartest, most inventive humor writers, Ortberg combines bathos and the devotional into a revelation.” —Jordy Rosenberg, The New York Times Book Review

From the New York Times bestselling author of Texts From Jane Eyre and Merry Spinster, writer of Slate’s “Dear Prudence” column, and cofo


Sistersong By Lucy Holland Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780316320771
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Published: Redhook - October 5th, 2021

In an ancient land steeped in wild magic, three royal siblings fight to keep their kingdom safe from the warriors who threaten its borders—and their bond—in this lyrical debut of spells and song, sisterhood and betrayal.

"ABSOLUTELY STUNNING." —Hannah Whitten, author of For the Wolf

In the kingdom o


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Spear By Nicola Griffith Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250819321
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Published: Tordotcom - April 19th, 2022

Winner of the L.A. Times Ray Bradbury Prize

Nominated for the 2022 Nebula Award for Best Novel

"[A] queer Arthurian masterpiece for the modern era."Los Angeles Times

"A pleasure to follow [and] a lovely flexing of Griffith’s strengths in short form."
The New York Times Book Review