As the title says, what are your favorite books with trans protagonists?

I just finished Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki and thoroughly enjoyed it. The main character is a runaway trans girl who wants to be a violinist. Without spoiling too much it’s also a sci-fi/fantasy story and has a lesbian side-romance. TW for rape and general transphobia.

What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher is another favorite of mine. It has a nonbinary protagonist and is a SFF horror rewrite of The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe. If you like an alt-history Victorian setting with the undead this is straight up your alley.

  • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    4·
    10 months ago

    I tried, but I couldn’t do it. I feel like I need to hand in my trans fem card or something…

      • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        I think you’re on to something there. I’m not American and I’m a lot older than the protagonist. Her life felt very removed from mine, so I didn’t get the feeling of resonating with her experiences the way many people seem to. But you make a good point about coming back to it at some point! I should do that