The Trans Rights Readathon is back and continues to be as relevant and needed as ever! While we encourage you all to read books about trans and non-binary characters by trans and non-binary authors all year round, The Trans Rights Readathon is an annual readathon in support of Trans Day of Visibility on March 31st, with the readathon taking place across March 17-31. This is a great way of finding new authors and books!
The readathon is hosted by @trreadathon.bsky.social where you can learn more or visit the readathon website to sign up and find additional resources!
You can take part in the readathon by buying books by trans and bon-binary authors, shouting about their books and posting reviews. If you’re not sure where to find books, then I recommend checking out the Indie Book Database on the official readathon website. Alternatively, you can view our awesome LGBTQIA+ Collection to find indie and self-published books filtered by genre. If you’re an indie and self-published trans author, you can also submit your books!
To Get You Started…
Naturally, we love to shout about indie and self-published non-binary authors, so here is a collection of FIFTY (count ’em!) fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and romance books. Some of these may or may not feature trans or non-binary characters, but all are written by authors who identify as trans or non-binary. Show them some love:
A Sharper, More Lasting Pain by Alex Harvey-Rivas
A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland
Amulet of Wishes by Rita A. Rubin
Angels Before Man by Rafael Nicolás
At The Crossing by Suzanne Clay
Beating Hearts & Battle-Axes by by Jay Wolf
Beautiful Undone by Melissa Polk
Between You, Me, and the Moonlit Sea by Linn Silver
Blood on the Snow by Finn McLellan
BOOM goes the Bride by Valiant Evermech
Curry in a Hurry by Amara Starr
Dirt-Stained Hands, Thorn-Pierced Skin by Tabitha O’Connell
Everything Is Wonderful Now by Shane Blackheart
In Sleep You Know by Christiane Knight
Kotov Syndrome by S. Morgan Burbank
Last Wolves of Paris by T.G. Joye
Lesser Known Monsters by Rory Michaelson
Manipulator’s War by Elise Carlson
Merchants of Knowledge and Magic by Erika McCorkle
Moonlight Love and Witchcraft by Vaela Denarr and Micah Iannandrea
Painted Flock by Claudie Arseneault
Perception Check by Astrid Knight
Prince of the Sorrows by Kellen Graves
Silver Blood by Talli L. Morgan
Synthetic Sea by Franklyn S. Newton
Tempest, Take Me Home by Charlie Knight
The Dragon and Her Princess by Vyria Durav
The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle by Steve Hugh Westenra
The Lady of the Mark by Alex Hanson
The Last Jager by S. Naomi Scott
The Orchid and the Lion by Gabriel Hargrave
The Potion Gardener by Arden Powell
The Reanimator’s Heart by Kara Jorgensen
The Revenge of Captain Vessia Leslie Allen
The Story of the Hundred Promises by Neil Cochrane
The Thread That Binds by Cedar McCloud
Their Heart A Hive by Fox N. Locke
Wherever the Stars Call by S. Jean
Umbra: Tales of a Shadow by Freddie A. Clark
Have I missed your favourite trans indie author? Post your recommendations in the comments!
Craig Schaefer! She is a trans author and all of her books have queer characters. But since this is a trans readathon, let’s go with The Hungry Dreaming as it has a trans character. One of the MCs, at that.
My friend just self published her first book to good reception! Here’s a link to the Amazon page.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GKWT97XN?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title