A list of the best books about transgender and nonbinary characters to add to your reading list this year.
124), in the Ukrainian context Maya and Her Mums may be considered a picturebook about queerness. Still, as all of the young characters are cisgender and assumed to be heterosexual, and no intimacy between the protagonist’s lesbian mothers is shown in either the verbal or the visual ...
This anthology of essays by Native writers uses “weaving techniques such as coiling and plaiting as organizing themes,” and it includes work from writers such as Terese Marie Mailhot and Deborah Miranda. Jasmine Guillory, The Wedding Party The bestselling Jasmine Guillory returns with her third ...
Emily is immediately thrust into the deadly intrigues of Faerie as the two of them seize the throne of Wendell’s long-lost kingdom, which Emily finds a beautiful nightmare filled with scholarly treasures.
Little Island’s Parkinson-Bennett says that The Deepest Breath is one of Little Island’s favourite books, and that it’s with great pleasure Little Island is announcing its sibling title. “Meg has a wonderful gift for capturing emotion, and the warmth between characters, in deceptively simple...
or some combination of these). What I’m looking for in particular are books that exude energy and command—that persuade and even transport me with the world or worlds, the characters and consciousnesses, they present. I adore innovation and am usually more drawn to imperfect work that takes...
Fisher writes incredibly well, his descriptive prose evoking the barren, frozen landscape and the characters’ isolation to great effect, without feeling dense or flowery. Tension swells throughout the narrative, and though the expected climax never quite comes, this ties in thematically with the id...
"People always tell me I'm brave for being myself," Brusehoff said. "I hope we can create a world that makes room for all of us and celebrates all our uniqueness." "I hope to see a world where transgender and nonbinary youth are seen as youth before anything else," Mota said. ...
While no one is innocent, that’s perhaps as it should be. We are all vagabonds from something: our pasts, our ancestors, our very selves. If anything, the moral gray areas in which these characters live confirm the messiness of the mundane. Thus, the biggest crimes are those committed ...
Instead, I want to celebrate, with delight and wonder, these 56 novels, collections, and memoirs, all of which are publishing in 2020. About the methodology: these are 2020 books by women and nonbinary writers of color that I personally happen to be excited about. It’s one list, ...