As you may know already, I’m gender non-binary or genderqueer, and my pronouns are they/them. Sometimes it’s hard to find representation, so here’s my attempt at providing a list of books with non-binary, agender, genderfluid, or genderqueer characters. I have tried to only list books where the main character or a fairly important character is non-binary, and not books that only mention a non-binary character or have a very minor non-binary character. When the book is a part of series, I have included only the first book.

Just a disclaimer, I haven’t read every one of these books, so I have done my best to do my research regarding the content of them, but I cannot personally vouch for all of them.

Also, just a reminder to respect everyone’s pronouns. It is super important in our community to use the correct pronouns for everybody.

LITERARY

• Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
• Paul Takes the Form of A Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor
• The Discomfort of Evening by Lucas Rijneveld
• Orlando by Virginia Woolf
• Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
• Nettleblack by Nat Reeve

HORROR

• Your Body is Not Your Body (Anthology) edited by Alex Woodroe and Matt Blairstone
• Bound in Flesh: An Anthology of Trans Body Horror edited by Lor Gislason
• Walking Practice by Dolki Min
• The Honeys by Ryan La Sala
• What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
• Leech by Hiron Ennes

FANTASY & SCI-FI

• Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee
• She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
• In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu
• On A Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
• A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
• The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw
• The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
• No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull
• The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang
• The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia
• Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett
• Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
• An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
• Translation State by Ann Leckie
• All Systems Red by Martha Wells
• Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault
• Finna by Nino Cipri
• The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

NONFICTION

• Life Isn’t Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between by Meg-John Barker and Alex Iantaffi
• Gender Euphoria: Stories of Joy from Trans, Non-Binary and Instersex Writers edited by Laura Kate Dale
• A Quick & Easy Guide To They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni and Tristan Jimerson
• Spectrums: Autistic Transgender People in Their Own Words edited by Maxfield Sparrow
• How To Understand Your Gender: A Practical Guide for Exploring Who You Are by Alex Iantaffi and Meg-John Barker
• How To They/Them: A Visual Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity by Stuart Getty