Welcome back to the FYA Reading Challenge! This month’s prompt is to read a book featuring trans or non-binary voices.
If you’re looking for inspiration, we have lists of books featuring:
As well as our overarching LGBTQ+ tag.
Here are a few suggestions to get you started!
Reading Challenge Recs
Anna-Marie McLemore’s second novel, When the Moon Was Ours, features a variety of queer characters,—including Sam, a trans boy—and a wonderful message that it’s OK to take time to figure yourself out and even more OK to make choices that others might not understand.
Akwaeke Emezi’s Pet is a mythical, magical novel about a future world “free of monsters” and a trans girl named Jam who’s destined for greatness.
Aiden Thomas’s Cemetary Boys is a novel about a trans boy who falls in love with a … ghost.
F.T. Lukens’ Spell Bound features a trans non-binary character who is quite literally magical, and the boy who brings them out of their shell.
Meredith Russo’s debut novel, If I Was Your Girl, is a vibrant story about Amanda, a trans girl, and her first love that garnered a 1o on our Swoonworthy Scale.
FYA Resident Guy Brian Katcher’s Almost Perfect is a story about a boy who falls for a trans girl who remains true to herself even when the boy questions everything.
Which book(s) are you planning to read for this prompt? Let us know in the comments!
