Looking for fiction with good trans representation that my family might read. Need books that:
- Normalize trans experiences for cis individuals,
- Match specific genres/themes for each family member, and
- Don’t scream “trans” from the cover.
Dad’s into Tom Clancy, so a military submarine thriller with trans representation would be ideal—super specific, right? Wonder how that would play out!
The classic trans fiction book is “Nevada”, by Imogen Binnie. That is more by trans women for trans women though. My personal favourite in the genre is “Small Beauty” Jia Qing Wilson-Yang. It’s a very floaty book about a mixed race trans woman dealing with the death of her cousin, to whom she was close. It’s really good, but again more for trans-women.
“Honeybee” by Craig Silvey is very good and is more written for a general audience. It follows the journey of a trans person coming to terms with their identity. Although it was written by a non-trans author, it is still well written, sympathetic, and decent representation. “This Is How It Always Is” by Laurie Frankel is another good one about parents of a trans child. Very sweet, and obviously written by the parent of a trans child.
To put it in list form, my recomendations are: