YA books for Trans Day of Remembrance
We celebrate and acknowledge our trans whānau this Transgender Day of Remembrance, 20 November 2024. These YA books feature trans characters living their lives, and/or were written by trans authors.
Books
Twelfth grade night: Arden High, book 1 by Molly Booth
Sasha Masha by Agnes Borinsky
Into the real by Z Brewer
Felix ever after by Kacen Callender
Girl, transcending by AJ Clementine
I shall never fall in love by Hari Conner
Dreadnought by April Daniels
This book is gay by Juno Dawson
I wish you all the best by Mason Deaver
The witch king & The fae keeper by H. E. Edgmon
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
The passing playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons
Ander and Santi were here by Jonny Garza Villa
Constellations by Kate Glasheen
A million quiet revolutions by Robin Gow
Just happy to be here by Naomi Kanakia
Before I had words: on being a transgender young adult by Skylar Kergil
Old wounds by Logan-Ashley Kisner
Gender queer by Maia Kobabe
The best of assigned male by Sophie Labelle
Gender rebels: 30 trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive heroes past and present by Katherine Locke
Man o' war by Cory McCarthy
When the moon was ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
Self-made boys: a Great Gatsby remix by Anna-Marie McLemore
Identity: a story of transitioning by Corey Maison
Beating heart baby by Lio Min
All out edited by Saundra Mitchell
Out now: queer we go again! edited by Saundra Mitchell
Most ardently: a Pride & prejudice remix by Gabe Cole Novoa
Homebody by Theo Parish
Birthday by Meredith Russo
If I was your girl by Meredith Russo
Miles away from you by A. B. Rutledge
And they lived by Steven Salvatore
The 57 bus by Dashka Slater
Between perfect and real by Ray Stoeve
Cemetery boys by Aiden Thomas
Both sides now by Peyton Thomas
Hell followed with us by Andrew Joseph White
eBooks
If I can give you that by Michael Gray Bulla
Felix ever after by Kacen Callender
I wish you all the best by Mason Deaver
Meet cute diary by Emery Lee
eAudiobooks
Felix ever after by Kacen Callender
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi