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• Awakened

  a Novel

  Osworth, A. E.,

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  "A coven of trans witches battles an evil AI in the magical coming-of-middle-age romp about love, loss, drag shows, and late capitalism."

• A/S/L

  Thornton, Jeanne

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  "As teens, Lilith, Sash, and Abraxa make a video game, meeting only online through its creation, but as they grow up and grow apart, the game doesn't get finished. Nearly 20 years later, they are still unknown to each other, even as they are all…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Stag Dance

  a Novel & Stories

  Peters, Torrey

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  "In this electrifying collection of three stories and a novella from Peters (Detransition Baby), trans characters explore desire, identity, and love." Including a dystopian fantasy, an erotic horror, an "illicit affair between roommates," and a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Herculine

  a Novel

  Byron, Grace,

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  "A brilliant addition to the growing genre of trans horror, Byron's debut is narrated by an unnamed trans woman struggling to make it as a writer in New York City. Her emotional demons stem from a stint in conversion therapy and a soul-sucking…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Disappoint Me

  a Novel

  Dinan, Nicola,

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  "Max is thirty, a published poet and grossly overpaid legal counsel for a tech company. With a lifetime of dysphoria and fuccbois rattling around in her head, Max is plagued with a deep dissatisfaction during what should be the best years of her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Amplitudes

  Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity

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  "A speculative fiction anthology exploring queer and trans lives across imaginative futures--from dystopian cities to galactic nightclubs. Blending protest, desire, and whimsy, the collection reclaims sci-fi as a space for queer liberation,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Terry Dactyl

  Sycamore, Mattilda Bernstein,

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  "Terry Dactyl has lived many lives. Raised by boisterous lesbian mothers in Seattle, she comes of age as a trans girl in the 1980s in a world of dancing queens and late-night house parties just as the AIDS crisis ravages their world... In…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lilac People

  a Novel

  Todd, Milo

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  "In 1932 Berlin, Bertie, a trans man, and his friends spend carefree nights at the Eldorado Club, the epicenter of Berlin's thriving queer community. An employee of the renowned Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld at the Institute of Sexual Science, Bertie works…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Crawl

  Stories

  Delsohn, Max

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  "A dryly humorous and poignant collection featuring an eclectic cast of characters navigating trans life in 2010s Seattle."

• Bad Habit

  a Novel

  Portero, Alana,

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  "Trapped in a working-class Madrid slum in the 1980s, a trans woman navigates the local party scene involving heroin and disco while searching for belonging in a potentially violent world where every choice can be fatal."

• You Weren't Meant to Be Human

  White, Andrew Joseph

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  "Stomach-churning gore pairs with quieter but equally disturbing moments of psychological horror" in this supernatural novel following an autistic trans man fighting for bodily autonomy.

• The In-between Bookstore

  a Novel

  Underhill, Edward,

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  "A whimsical and healing novel about a trans man in New York who--almost 30, laid off, broke--moves back to his small Illinois hometown, walks into the bookstore he worked at in high school... and slips through time to come face-to-face with his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Best Woman

  a Novel

  Dommu, Rose

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  In this lesbian rom-com, "a trans woman returns to Florida for her brother's wedding and finds more drama than she bargained for."

• Canto Contigo

  a Novel

  Villa, Jonny Garza,

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  "In this contemporary romance, Mexican American Rafie is fuming at his parents for making the family relocate to San Antonio. After the passing of his beloved grandfather (the man who introduced him to guitars and mariachi), Rafie is determined to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• These Vengeful Gods

  Novoa, Gabe Cole,

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  "A cathartic revenge story crackling with rage against systemic discrimination, set in a contemporary fantasy dystopia with an extensive and inventive magic system."

• One of the Boys

  Zeller, Victoria,

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  "Grace Woodhouse has left a lot behind. She used to have a great friend group, an amazing girlfriend, and a right foot set to earn her a Division I football scholarship-before she came out as trans. As senior year begins, Grace is struggling to find…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• So Many Stars

  An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-spirit People of Color

  De Robertis, Caro,

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  "From the 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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Before Gender

  Lost Stories From Trans History, 1850-1950

  Erlick, Eli,

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  "These narratives chronicle the grit, joy, and survival of trans people long before gender became an everyday term."