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Retired librarian. Can be found at https://translibrarian.com building the trans literature database and occasionally blogging.
My links: https://campsite.bio/translibrarian
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katecrane.bsky.social
Bay Area: Petra is reading in Berkeley (2/6) and Los Altos (2/5). I'll be at one of them

While Lord says QoF “is a trans book,” it’s also a “compelling fantasy first and foremost" she hopes will appeal to a wide audience. “I’m especially hoping it clicks with queer edgelord teenagers.”
Spring 2026 Writers to Watch: Petra Lord
A lifelong fantasy reader, the author began what would become her highly anticipated debut YA novel 'Queen of Faces' (Holt, Feb.) as a side project while studying TV writing.
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January 14, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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sollizyy.bsky.social
I powered through this book in like two days, it is extremely informative and accessibly written, I highly recommend it for understanding the day to day struggles trans women face and potential solutions we can build towards
adrhetoric.space Artemis @adrhetoric.space · 23d
One of the advance reviewers: "Douglas opens this study in potentially the most radical way possible: letting trans women tell their own stories. This study is unique in that it denies the authority of an impartial observer and opts for the opposite, ..." 1/2

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Real Girls' Talk: Transfeminine Precarity Across U.S. Places and Spaces, 2024-2025 by Artemis T. Douglas
Transfeminist Social Science Research
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January 15, 2026 at 6:23 AM
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descriptivist.net
Do you like books about teens with superpowers? How about books about trans teens? Sapphic romance? Well have I got a book for you…
Just Super
Frank Doyle was going places. He was popular. He was a star athlete at his high school, and had plans to turn that into a scholarship. He was somebody. Then he got marked, and his life was ruined. Sur...
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January 15, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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ltteoal.bsky.social
For our avid readers,
📖 Metamorphosis is
a fearless memoir of becoming. Trans identity, survival, loss, migration, and choosing truth over silence.
Raw. Human. Necessary.
#LGBTQBooks #TransMemoir #BlueskyReads
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METAMORPHOSIS: Surviving the Architecture of Control
Amazon.com: METAMORPHOSIS: Surviving the Architecture of Control: 9798241286963: Van Zyl, Juanita Catherine: Books
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January 15, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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augustawolfe.bsky.social
How dare that tree be monoecious!!

#censorship #WishTree #KatherineApplegate #BannedBooks #anti-trans #anti-Muslim #anti-woke
kaaauthor.bsky.social Katherine Applegate @kaaauthor.bsky.social · 22d
My thanks to @penamerica.bsky.social for the thoughtful conversation about #wishtree, which was recently removed from school reading programs in Wisconsin and Virginia.

The good news? When I visit a classroom, I come away reassured. The future’s in good hands. ❤️

pen.org/katherine-ap...
Katherine Applegate’s Book Was Labeled ‘Deliberate Indoctrination.’ It’s About the Power of Kindness.
Author Katherine Applegate tells PEN America what children miss out on when adults refuse to let them read her books.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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jlrbpress.ca
We love making beautiful books, but we won't make you choose between pomes and lunch! We've got autism-fuelled divorce drama jlrbpress.ca/hateful-people, a queer/trans epic jlrbpress.ca/good-man & womanhood galore! jlrbpress.ca/becoming 📚 100% DRM-free CAD $4.99/USD $3.69. What've you got to lose? 💥
Background: Nuclear explosion; middle layer: Kindle, Nook, & Google Play w/ various country flags; a cover of Becoming: An Anthology of What-If Poems about Women and Womanhood, Edited by Katie Cowger, Terri Gower, & Lucía M. Polis; Green starburst: ALL DRM-FREE POETRY EBOOKS JUST CD $4.99 (USD $3.69); Pink starburst: Poetry? In this economy?! jlrbpress.ca/books
January 15, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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readers.kitauthor.com
Looking for a low heat gaslamp #romantasy with a nonbinary lead? H. Smythe is working to create a magical communication device based on the new telegraph technology. But will reaching out lead to secrets being revealed?

books2read.com/RadioArcanum

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January 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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judithsonnet.bsky.social
This is a book about how trans people just wanna live and be happy. It's so exhausting (and scary) trying to defend ourselves constantly. I wanted the political/social stuff to be a surprise, but maybe I ought to just be leaning into it. Because a LOT of real shit went into Our Sarnath.
Our Sarnath: A Cosmic Horror Novella
Amazon.com: Our Sarnath: A Cosmic Horror Novella eBook : Sonnet, Judith: Books
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January 12, 2026 at 4:34 AM
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transgenderreport.com
A Cultural History of Gender is a book series that traces how gender has been understood, constructed, and lived across 2,500 years of global history.

www.bloomsbury.com/u...

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
A Cultural History of Gender
How has 'gender' been created, understood and experienced in different cultures over the centuries? How have differently gendered people interacted with communi…
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January 6, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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erininthemorning.com
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?

Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.

Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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beedokfern.bsky.social
A trans fem egg and a genetically engineered super-soldier are forced to work very closely through the power of mind scanning and neural implants.

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FLRVKWZQ

beedok.itch.io/war-dogs-leash

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War Dog's Leash cover art.
January 5, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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gcnmag.bsky.social
More than a photobook, this is a revolutionary exploration of trans masc identity and intimacy. Read 👉 buff.ly/JuNJDcM #GCNnews
January 5, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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queerazon.bsky.social
Roon & Raud and the Case of the Deadly Derby by Nora Bellamy

A cozy queer mystery set in eccentric Laurel, where a beloved cat race turns deadly. Retired partners, a trans found family member, and small-town secrets collide.

queerazon.com/product/roon...

#QueerBooks #TransCharacters #Mystery
January 6, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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stevewestenra.bsky.social
📚 NEW YEAR, NEW TRANS BOOK LIST! 🏳️‍⚧️

I'm getting the online version of the trans book club back up & running.

If you'd like to join our Discord, let me know! It's open to anyone, including cis readers. Books are by trans, nonbinary, Two Spirit, and other gender diverse authors.

We'll be reading:
January 6, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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horrorbutch.bsky.social
There's probably a lot more in gay lit circles that I just don't discover bc it's not really what I read.
There's also the Trans and Nonbinary Romance Reads collection: itch.io/c/5397639/tr...
&
Trans Dudes Having Fun With Femmes: itch.io/c/4618165/tr... (+ also linked in there is the gay variety).
Trans and Nonbinary Romance Reads - Collection by Mendel Spector
A collection by Mendel Spector
itch.io
January 4, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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horrorbutch.bsky.social
They are definitely on there! I mostly read lesbian lit, so I don't find all of them, but there's Beau Van Dalen, Briar Ripley Page, Enoli Lee, a bunch of the authors in this anthology (lmhpub.itch.io/we-can-alway...), Mars Adler, Al Hess & Mendel Spector just off the top of my head. (1/2)
We Can Always Tell: An Anthology of Trans Erotic Horror by LMH Pub
an anthology
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January 4, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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kialeep.bsky.social
Fyre Fly, Book 2 of Friendly Fyre, is officially open for ARC readers! Best read if you've already read book 1 but I won't stop you if you want to join my ARC list lol

If you're interested in my cozy, queer (trans, wlw) fantasy, grab a copy for free today!

#booksky #trans #wlw

bookhip.com/FXSXQML
Get your FREE copy of Fyre Fly
Thank you for volunteering to read Book 2 of Friendly Fyre! I will message you closer to the end of January when the book publishes. Talk to you then!
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January 4, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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dreddieclark.bsky.social
Took me a while to get to it but, Isaac Fellman's Notes From A Regicide is going to be on my list of the best novels of 2025.

Hugely emotionally resonant but also intellectually playful; what strikes me most is how it uses its SFnal elements for exactly the opposite effect most lit SF does.
Unsurprising from Fellman, but god this is good. Incisive, distinctive, beautiful writing on a sentence level. Ultimately a story about character and family, with all 3 lead characters quite annoying people at times, and yet this does nothing to get in the way of how moving, affective, and effective the portrait of them is. Massively queer, as well. And all this could be done in simply naturalistic fiction; the book is even set in New York, but a New York of several centuries and several feet of sea level rise in the future. What the SFnal element does - and I think it's indispensible - is the *opposite* of what SF apologetics usually claims is the utility of SFnal narratives - i.e. make it easier explore real world themes in a nonthreateningly unreal fantasy land or projected future. Fellman, on the other hand, takes these vividly drawn, proudly trans characters out of time and out of contemporary mores as a method of *insulating* the superb character work from the demands of having to make A Point about the burgeoning anti-queer climate of the current moments. This is particularly true of the almost dreamlike fictional state the chronologically earliest part of the narrative is set in - erehwon as actually nowhere, rather than allegory - but holds across the future setting in general as well. Instead, the story is free to be that of Griffon, Zaffre, and Etoine and how they experience the world and each other. From a lot of other writers - most other writers - this would probably be a flaw. But Fellman is brave enough to flout genre convention here and a good enough writer to pull it off. A spectacularly successful, moving book, and surely one of the best SFF novels 2025 has produced. Cover of Notes from a Regicide
December 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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proud-geek.co.uk
20 Trans & Non-Binary Books To Read in 2026

From campy murder mysteries to queer dark academia and epic trans fantasy novels, here's our list of 20 trans and non-binary books to keep an eye out for in 2026 at Proud Geek.

#booksky #transbooks
Trans & Non-Binary Books To Read in 2026
From campy murder mysteries to queer dark academia and epic trans fantasy novels, here's our list of 20 trans and non-binary books to keep an eye out for in 2026.
www.proud-geek.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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anatomicgirl.bsky.social
1st book of 2026: Unmasking Autism by Devin Price. Written by a neurospicy trans person, this is autism from an inside perspective. I felt so seen. Highly recommended!

#books #2026reads
Book cover of Unmasking Autism, the words half black, half rainbow, on an otherwise white background
January 3, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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grayfarer.bsky.social
Transgender people have always existed‼️
"Not Your Founding Father by Nina Sankovitch is a biography about the Public Universal Friend (born Jemima Wilkinson), a nonbinary minister who emerged in 1776, claiming to be a genderless messenger of God."
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Not-Yo...
Not Your Founding Father
A thrilling celebration of a forgotten early American renegade, Not Your Founding Father reconsiders just how radical the American experiment could...
www.simonandschuster.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:04 AM
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anotherindiewriter.com
Alright. My 2026 goal is to sell 250 books this year. That's averaging just over 20 a month.

Want to support your local trans femme sci-fi author? Have I got some links for you!

payhip.com/anotherindie...
ko-fi.com/anotherindie...
anotherindiewriter.itch.io
www.kobo.com/us/en/author...
January 4, 2026 at 4:51 PM