If it isn’t obvious, I read a lot of trans books in a year! Being the creator of the Trans Reading Challenge is so fun because then I can recommend a whole BUNCH of books for the prompts, and also just in general! You should also be reading trans books all year long.

I will list the books based on the main prompts they fit, so there will be overlap with some books! I also specified which books contain a trans 4 trans romance (T4T) just because 🙂

On to the books
1. Trans boy/man main character:
The Dark One by Taylor Hubbard (T4T).
Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman.
The Blighted Stars by Megan E. O’Keefe.
A Gentleman’s Gentleman by TJ Alexander (T4T).
Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith.
Self-Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore (T4T).
The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo (T4T).
Teleportation and Other Luxuries by Archie Bongiovanni.
Tempest, Take Me Home by Charlie Knight
The Flowered Blade by Taylor Hubbard.
The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill.

2. Trans girl/woman main character:
The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy.
The Companion by E.E. Ottoman (T4T4T).
Teleportation and Other Luxuries by Archie Bongiovanni.
By Way of Sorrow by Robyn Gigl.
Survivor’s Guilt by Robyn Gigl.
Remain Silent by Robyn Gigl.
Nothing But the Truth by Robyn Gigl.
Unexploded Remnants by Elaine Gallagher.
Dreadnought by April Daniels.
The Science of Ghosts by Lilah Sturges.
Woodworking by Emily St. James.
The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi.

3. Nonbinary main character:
Teleportation and Other Luxuries by Archie Bongiovanni.
Tempest, Take Me Home by Charlie Knight.
Dragonfall by L.R. Lam.
Emberclaw by L.R. Lam.
The Forbidden Book by Sacha Lamb.
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers.
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers.
The Brilliant Death by A.R. Capetta.
The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor.
The Perks of Loving a Wallflower by Erica Ridley.
Going Overboard by Caroline Huntoon.
Single Player by Tara Tai.
The Second Rebel by Linden A. Lewis.
The Last Hero by Linden A. Lewis.
A Song For You and I by K. O’Neill.
The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang.
These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs.
These Vengeful Gods by Gabe Cole Novoa.
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley-Parker Chan.
He Who Drowned the World by Shelley-Parker Chan.
A Hundred Vicious Turns by Lee Paige O’Brien (T4T).
A Single Brutal Fate by Lee Paige O’Brien (T4T).
The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa.
Tempest, Take Me Home by Charlie Knight.
We Can Never Leave by H.E. Edgmon.
Model Home by Rivers Solomon.
I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner.

4-7. BIPOC trans main character by a BIPOC trans author:
Self-Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore.
Single Player by Tara Tai.
The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa.
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley-Parker Chan.
He Who Drowned the World by Shelley-Parker Chan.
The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang.
Model Home by Rivers Solomon.

8. Disabled trans main character:
Tempest, Take Me Home by Charlie Knight.
The Flowered Blade by Taylor Hubbard.
The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi.
The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor.
These Vengeful Gods by Gabe Cole Novoa.

9. General nonfiction (not a memoir):
A Short History of Trans Misogyny by Jules Gill-Peterson.
The T in LGBT: Everything You Need to Know About Being Trans by Jamie Raines.
Trans History: From Ancient Times to the Present Day by Alex L. Combs and Andrew Eakett.

10. Memoir by a trans person:
The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood by Krys Malcolm Belc.
Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer by Dylan Mulvaney.