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Transgender Studies Books

Books selected for readers looking for transgender studies books.

23 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 470+ tracked lists·2 crossover shelves·57% reader overlap with Gay & Lesbian Books

1. On My Way to Liberation
H. Melt
Fits this list for its focus on studies and transgender.
Shelf signal: Transgender Studies
2. In a Queer Time and Place
J. Jack Halberstam
Fits this list for its focus on studies and transgender.
Shelf signal: Transgender Studies
3. Gender/fucking: the Pleasures and Politics of Living in a Gendered Body
Florence Ashley
Included for strong queer alignment with this transgender studies list.
Shelf signal: Transgender Studies
4. Transland
Mx. Sly
Included for strong book club alignment with this transgender studies list.
Shelf signal: Transgender Studies
5. Amplitudes
Lee Mandelo, Sam J. Miller
Included for strong short story alignment with this transgender studies list.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Short Stories
6. Other Women
Beverly Burch
Fits this list for its focus on studies and transgender.
Shelf signal: Queer Literary Criticism
7. Aggregated Discontent
Harron Walker
Included for strong lgbt alignment with this transgender studies list.
Shelf signal: Transgender Studies
8. The New Queer Conscience
Adam Eli, Ash Kwak Lukashevsky
Included for strong civil rights alignment with this transgender studies list.
Shelf signal: LGBTQ+ Biographies
9. Perverts
Kay Gabriel
Included for strong lgbtq alignment with this transgender studies list.
Shelf signal: Queer Literary Criticism
10. Love in a F*cked-up World
Dean Spade, Algonquin Books
Included for strong relationships alignment with this transgender studies list.
Shelf signal: Marriage & Family
11. Surviving the Future
Shuli Branson, Raven Hudson
Included for strong queer alignment with this transgender studies list.
Shelf signal: Transgender Studies
12. Edge of the World
Alden Jones, Andrew Ellis Evans
Included for strong nonfiction alignment with this transgender studies list.
Shelf signal: LGBTQ+ Travel
13. It Ain't Over Til the Bisexual Speaks
Lois Shearing, Vaneet Mehta
Included for strong history alignment with this transgender studies list.
Shelf signal: Bisexual Studies
14. Enemy Feminisms
Sophie Lewis
Included for strong lgbtq alignment with this transgender studies list.
Shelf signal: Radical Politics
15. The Queer Thing About Sin
Harry Tanner
Included for strong love alignment with this transgender studies list.
Shelf signal: Queer Literary Criticism
16. Subjectified
Suzannah Weiss, Kate Zane
Included for strong women alignment with this transgender studies list.
Shelf signal: Transgender Studies
17. Not Your Founding Father
Nina Sankovitch
Included for strong lgbtq alignment with this transgender studies list.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
18. The Transformative Potential of LGBTQ+ Children's Picture Books
Jennifer Miller
Included for strong queer alignment with this transgender studies list.
Shelf signal: LGBTQ+ Issues
19. Daddy Boy
Emerson Whitney
Strong fit for this transgender studies list in the transgender studies lane.
Shelf signal: Transgender Studies
20. The Lesbian South
Jaime Harker
Included for strong book club alignment with this transgender studies list.
Shelf signal: Queer Literary Criticism
21. A Woman Like That
Various, Joan Larkin
Included for strong short story alignment with this transgender studies list.
Shelf signal: Transgender Studies
22. Constellations of Care
Cindy Barukh Milstein
Included for strong social alignment with this transgender studies list.
Shelf signal: Radical Politics
23. Bisexuality in the United States
Paula C. Rodriguez Rust, Paula C. Rodríguez Rust
Strong fit for this transgender studies list in the bisexual studies lane.
Shelf signal: Bisexual Studies