Reading Outside the Gender Binary - hosted by dytiscusfriend

A literary fiction book or a play
"Literary fiction" is often used academically to distinguish books that are seen as more valuable from a variety of genres but I use it here as short hand for a fiction book that is not genre fiction. This can mean autobiographical fiction, contemporary fiction, or fiction of any kind that is not easily categorized as horror, fantasy, science/speculative fiction, etc. Magical realism is often part of traditionally defined literary fiction. Since
Since we're queering what we read, we might as well queer the way we read so define genres and literary fiction in the ways that make sense and are most meaningful to you. 
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The Four Profound Weaves by R.B. Lemberg

The Four Profound Weaves

Birdverse #1

R.B. Lemberg

175 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous mysterious slow-paced
The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar

The Map of Salt and Stars

Zeyn Joukhadar

360 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction literary speculative fiction adventurous challenging emotional slow-paced
Blutbuch by Kim de l'Horizon

Blutbuch

Kim de l'Horizon

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction gender lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Burgerz by Travis Alabanza

Burgerz

Travis Alabanza

80 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ play poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

Stone Butch Blues

Leslie Feinberg

301 pages • first pub 1993 (editions) user-added

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Manywhere by Morgan Thomas

Manywhere

Morgan Thomas

209 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar

The Thirty Names of Night

Zeyn Joukhadar

291 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor

Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl

Andrea Lawlor

354 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary magical realism adventurous funny reflective medium-paced
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

The Death of Vivek Oji

Akwaeke Emezi

7 hours, 38 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Reina by Elizabeth Duval

Reina

Elizabeth Duval

176 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced