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.

  • shalafi@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Sir Terry Pratchett has some great characters in Monstrous Regiment. Pratchett was making social commentary in the Discworld books decades before it was “cool”. You’ve likely seen quotes and ideas you didn’t know originated there.

    One long-running character is a trans dwarf who could hardly be less acceptable to her race, but she does her thing and fuck anyone’s opinion.

    All of the Discworld books are a wild ride. I’ve read 1,000+ books, never anything as smart as Discworld.