Transgender Awareness Week Booklist
November 13-19 is Transgender Awareness Week! We've compiled a booklist for all ages to help share transgender stories.
Transgender Awareness Week is observed each year during the month of November and aims to raise awareness of the transgender community through education and advocacy.
Click on a title to find it in our catalog; and find many more titles at cobbcat.org.
Children's Picture Books
Ho'onani: Hula Warrior by Heather Gale
I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel
My Rainbow by Trinity Neal
Pink is for Boys by Robb Pearlman
Sparkle Boy by Lesléa Newman
When Aiden Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff
Children's and Preteen Chapter Books
George by Alex Gino
Gracefully Grayson by Amy Polonski
The Other Boy by MG Hennessey
Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff
Teen and Young Adult Fiction
Between Perfect & Real by Ray Stoeve
Birthday by Meredith Russo
Both Sides Now by Peyton Thomas
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Dreadnought by April Daniels
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith
When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
Adult Fiction
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel by Julian Jarboe
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom
Finna by Nino Cipri
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
Little Fish by Casey Plett
Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee
The Seep by Chana Porter
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Adult Nonfiction
Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man by Thomas Page McBee
Being Jazz: My Life as a Transgender Teen by Jazz Jennings
Darling Days by iO Tillet Wright
Fairest by Meredith Talusan
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love, & So Much More by Janet Mock
Sissy: A Coming-of-Age Gender Story by Jacob Tobia
Something That May Shock and Discredit You by Daniel Mallory Ortberg
Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBride