Teen Vogue has done it again: It has given us a new informative article of relevance to trans and nonbinary people. This time Charlie Jane Anders is looking at young adult books by, for and/or about queer people.
Trans and/or non-binary authors like Akwaeke Emezi, Cory McCarthy, and Kacen Callendar have been taking young-adult fiction by storm.
Just five years ago, there were only a handful of YA novels by self-identified trans/nb authors, but since then the floodgates have opened.
There are at least two dozen YA books by trans/nb authors coming in 2021, and many of these books also represent other identities that have been sorely lacking in teen reads, including BIPOC authors.
“The breadth and depth of genres, narratives, and representation in these books are even more important than the mere presence of gender-nonconforming authors,” says author Ray Stoeve, who maintains a list of books for young readers by trans/non-binary authors.
Here are some of the most exciting young adult books coming in 2021:
Can’t Take That Away by Steven Salvatore (March 9)
Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas (March 23)
Between Perfect and Real by Ray Stoeve (April 13)
Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee (May 4)
May the Best Man Win by Z.R. Ellor (May 18)
The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon (June 1)
The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons (June 1)
The [Un]Popular Vote by Jasper Sanchez (June 1)
The Sisters of Reckoning by Charlotte Nicole Davis (Aug 10)
