21 must-read queer books like Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic by g. haron davis

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Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic

By: g. haron davis

3.96

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of All Out and Cemetery Boys, this anthology claims a seat at the table of fantasy…

"There is no shortage of people who want to hide the truth, dear Ari, and not a single one of them is of any consequence to me. In a decade, there will be another witch or wizard or magician or mundane person who comes across me and, instead of accepting a very real part of themselves, decides it's better to hide it away."

-g. haron davis, Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic

"There is no shortage of people who want to hide the truth, dear Ari, and not a single one of them is of any consequence to me. In a decade, there will be another witch or wizard or magician or mundane person who comes across me and, instead of accepting a very real part of themselves, decides it's better to hide it away."

-g. haron davis, Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic

"She smiled at him a little sadly. 'What do you want, Ronan? Do you want them to suffer? Or do you want them to change? The truth was, he hadn't thought that far ahead 'It's easy to hurt people,' she said, 'to frighten them. Much harder to get them to understand.' 'What if they don't want to understand?' 'There will always be someone standing in your way. You have to live on your own terms, not theirs."

-g. haron davis, Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic

"She smiled at him a little sadly. 'What do you want, Ronan? Do you want them to suffer? Or do you want them to change? The truth was, he hadn't thought that far ahead 'It's easy to hurt people,' she said, 'to frighten them. Much harder to get them to understand.' 'What if they don't want to understand?' 'There will always be someone standing in your way. You have to live on your own terms, not theirs."

-g. haron davis, Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic

If you liked the queer plot in Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic by g. haron davis , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. The Luis Ortega Survival Club

By: Sonora Reyes

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School comes a story in the vein of… read more

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  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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2. The Dos and Donuts of Love

By: Adiba Jaigirdar

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A pun-filled YA contemporary romance, The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar finds a teenage… read more

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  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"Food is a big part of my culture, especially sweet foods. When you're Bangladeshi, you're taught that any good news or celebration has to be accompanied with some sweet food. Every time you visit som…"

-Adiba Jaigirdar, The Dos and Donuts of Love

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3. The Wicked Bargain

By: Gabe Cole Novoa

4.19

Format: 368 pages, None

El Diablo is in the details in this Latinx pirate fantasy starring a transmasculine nonbinary teen … read more

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  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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4. Venom & Vow

By: Anna-Marie McLemore

3.73

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Keep your enemy closer. Cade McKenna is a transgender prince who’s doubling for his brother. Va… read more

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  • romance
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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5. Homebody

By: Theo Parish

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more

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  • young adult
  • lgbt
  • transgender
  • queer
"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

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6. The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

By: Andrew Joseph White

4.52

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

Mors vincit omnia. Death conquers all. London, 1883. The Veil between the living and dead has th… read more

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  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"He's...he's doing the same thing I do. His hands are fluttering. Like mine. Oh God, he's like me."

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

"I should not have to keep fixing the damage done to us. It would be so easy to not hurt us and the Speakers can't even do that. It's more work to hurt us. It's more work to be cruel - and yet they co…"

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

"I do not get to savor the masculine cut of my clothes, or the illusion of short hair, or the feeting joy of my skin feeling like mine. Instead, I have to worry if my boyhood is convincing enough to k…"

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

"My name is Daphne.' Daphne? In that moment, it's as if I've peeled the skin away from the chest of a patient, revealing a beating heart. A boy could not say that name as if terrified the syllables wi…"

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

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7. Skater Boy

By: Anthony Nerada

4.03

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

In this YA pop-punk debut about queer romance and destroying labels, a teen risks everything to wr… read more

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  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"If we can convince our own minds we aren't good enough, we can't really be disappointed when we don't get what we truly want."

-Anthony Nerada, Skater Boy

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8. Mermaids Never Drown: Tales to Dive For

By: Zoraida Córdova

3.67

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

14 Young Adult short stories from bestselling and award-winning authors make a splash in Mermaids N… read more

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  • romance
  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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9. Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror Delight

By: Shelly Page

3.84

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

Night of the Living Queers is a YA horror anthology that explores a night when anything is possible… read more

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  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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10. The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics

By: The Kao

4.37

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In this vibrant and affirming comics anthology, 29 trans & nonbinary comic artists share their pers… read more

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  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • queer
Cover of Infinity Alchemist (Infinity Alchemist, #1) by Kacen Callender

11. Infinity Alchemist (Infinity Alchemist, #1)

By: Kacen Callender

3.49

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Infinity Alchemist is a spellbinding novel about a quest that leads three young alchemists toward u… read more

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  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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12. The Diablo's Curse

By: Gabe Cole Novoa

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Wicked Bargain comes a high-stakes race to defeat a curse designed to kill a… read more

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  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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13. The Deep Dark

By: Molly Knox Ostertag

4.42

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

From Molly Knox Ostertag, writer-illustrator, comes a darkly beautiful story of identity, family, l… read more

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  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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14. Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic

By: g. haron davis

3.96

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of All Out and Cemetery Boys, this anthology claims a seat at the table of fantasy… read more

Similar categories in g. haron davis's Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic book and g. haron davis's Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"There is no shortage of people who want to hide the truth, dear Ari, and not a single one of them is of any consequence to me. In a decade, there will be another witch or wizard or magician or mundan…"

-g. haron davis, Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic

"She smiled at him a little sadly. 'What do you want, Ronan? Do you want them to suffer? Or do you want them to change? The truth was, he hadn't thought that far ahead 'It's easy to hurt people,' she …"

-g. haron davis, Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic

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15. Compound Fracture

By: Andrew Joseph White

4.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling and award-winning author Andrew Joseph White returns with a queer Appalachian thriller,… read more

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  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"There's a whole spectrum of reactions to coming out. Getting kicked out is one extreme–being accepted wholeheartedly is the other. But in the middle, there's this. The awkwardness, the refusals to ac…"

-Andrew Joseph White, Compound Fracture

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16. The Spells We Cast (The Spells We Cast #1)

By: Jason June

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Nigel Barrett has spent his whole life preparing for the Culling, a spell-casting competition that … read more

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  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Riley Weaver Needs a Date to the Gaybutante Ball by Jason June

17. Riley Weaver Needs a Date to the Gaybutante Ball

By: Jason June

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The next LGBTQ+ young adult rom-com from  New York Times  bestselling author Jason June (author of … read more

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  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans

18. Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything

By: Justine Pucella Winans

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Murder most fowl? In this sardonic and campy YA thriller, an anxious, introverted nonbinary teen bi… read more

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  • queer
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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19. Lunar Boy

By: Jacinta Wibowo

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Witch Boy and Squished, Lunar Boy is a must-have heartwarming coming-of-age graphic… read more

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  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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20. Daniel, Deconstructed

By: James Ramos

3.95

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A nerdy high schooler learns to embrace his main-character energy in this witty and heart-healing o… read more

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  • romance
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"My parents have always taught us that love is love, and even though Mom is a firm believer that all of her children should get married, settle down, and have a family, she's never insisted on what ki…"

-James Ramos, Daniel, Deconstructed

"I'm gonna be really real with you. People are a fucking mess. We love to complicate simple shit, and simplify complicated shit. Sometimes, we get so caught up in trying to follow the rules that we fo…"

-James Ramos, Daniel, Deconstructed

Cover of Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2) by Aiden Thomas

21. Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2)

By: Aiden Thomas

4.42

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Teo never thought he could be a Hero. Now, he doesn’t have a choice. The sun is gone, the Obsid… read more

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  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer

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