Transgender & Nonbinary Fiction
Stories by and about trans and nonbinary people, across literary fiction, romance, fantasy and young adult. The category has grown rapidly since the 2010s, with more trans authors publishing in every genre.
Below are the most-shelved titles in our catalogue, updated from Open Library data.
This list collects 244 books tagged Transgender & Nonbinary Fiction by 205 authors, published between 1927 and 2026. 2 are free to read. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
Common tropes in Transgender & Nonbinary Fiction
From Wikipedia
Transgender literature is a collective term used to designate the literary production that addresses, has been written by or portrays people of diverse gender identity.
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Orlando
Virginia Woolf
Stone Butch Blues
Leslie Feinberg
The Knife of Never Letting Go
Patrick Ness, Nick Podehl
Cemetery Boys
Aiden Thomas
If I Was Your Girl
Meredith Russo
Wild Seed
Octavia E. Butler
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
Arundhati Roy
Felix Ever After
Kacen Callender
Melissa
Alex Gino
If You Could Be Mine
Sara Farizan
Detransition, Baby
Torrey Peters
Mooncakes
Suzanne Walker, Wendy Xu
Pet
Akwaeke Emezi, Carla Bataller Estruch
The Art of Being Normal
Lisa Williamson
The Black Tides of Heaven
Neon Yang, Nancy Wu
Light From Uncommon Stars
Ryka Aoki
When the Moon Was Ours
Anna-Marie McLemore
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
Andrew Joseph White
Prayer for the Crown-Shy
Becky Chambers
Dreadnought
April Daniels, Natasha Soudek
The Danish Girl
David Ebershoff, Noa Shavit
Michael Tolliver lives
Armistead Maupin
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain
Nghi Vo
For Today I Am A Boy
Kim Fu
In the Night Garden
Catherynne M. Valente
Girl Mans Up
M-E Girard
Almost Perfect
Brian Katcher
Grasshopper Jungle
Andrew Smith, Translator Andrew Smith Sir
Frankissstein
Jeanette Winterson
All Out
Saundra Mitchell
Up the Walls of the World
James Tiptree, Jr.
Queer Pulp
Susan Stryker
Drag King Dreams
Leslie Feinberg
The Other Boy
M. G. Hennessey
Gracefully Grayson
Amy Polonsky, Ami Polonsky
The days of Anna Madrigal
Armistead Maupin, Professor Kate Mulgrew
I am J
Cris Beam
Lily and Dunkin
Donna Gephart
Waking the Moon
Elizabeth Hand
A Queer and Pleasant Danger
Kate Bornstein
Beautiful Music for Ugly Children
Kirstin Cronn-Mills
Finna
Nino Cipri
The Girl in the Road
Monica Byrne
The Red Threads of Fortune
Neon Yang
The Bermudez Triangle
Maureen Johnson
The Informationist
Taylor Stevens
A Safe Girl to Love
Casey Plett
Top Transgender & Nonbinary Fiction authors
- Sophie Labelle12 books
- Chuck Tingle13 books
- Rachel Gold7 books
- Leslie Feinberg2 books
- Aiden Thomas3 books
- Becky Chambers2 books
- Neon Yang2 books
- April Daniels2 books
- Armistead Maupin13 books
- Donna Gephart2 books
- Nino Cipri2 books
- Casey Plett3 books
- Cecilia M. Tan12 books
- Hal Schrieve2 books
- Giselle Renarde2 books
- Rohan Quine3 books
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Frequently asked questions
What are the most popular Transgender & Nonbinary Fiction books?
By reader shelving on Open Library and downloads, the most popular include Orlando (1928), Stone Butch Blues (1993), The Knife of Never Letting Go (2008), Cemetery Boys (2020) and If I Was Your Girl (2016).
Are there free Transgender & Nonbinary Fiction books?
Yes — 2 transgender & nonbinary fiction titles are in the public domain and free to read, including Tattered Tom; or, The Story of a Street Arab and Running to Waste: The Story of a Tomboy.