10 Trans and Non-Binary Romance Novels

Happy Pride Month readers! If you follow my Twitter you may have seen me announce that I’ll be focusing on queer romance books all throughout June. Last Pride Month I published a list of 50 fantasy books with queer main characters because when I’m looking for queer rep, I specifically want queer main characters. Although queer side characters and queer normative societies are also important representations in fiction, I want most LGBT+ representation to actually center queer people. For this Pride Month I’ll be doing the same thing except with romance books. Every week of June I’ll share 10 romance books featuring different queer identities starting with trans and non-binary romance novels:

1. Trans and Non-Binary Romance Books (today’s list)
2. Gay Romance Books
3. Lesbian Romance Books
4. Bi and Pan Romance Books

*Note: If you’re unfamiliar with the acronyms I’ve provided a key at the bottom of this post

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Trans and Non-Binary Romance Novels

1. Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee

• YA Romantic Comedy
• Transgender boy main character
• Non-binary/questioning side character
• Fake dating trope
• M/M and M/NB relationships

2. Peter Darling by Austin Chant

• YA
• Peter Pan retelling
• Transgender boy main character
• Rivals to lovers
• M/M relationship

3. Cinder Ella by S.T. Lynn

• Cinderella retelling
• Transgender woman main character
• F/F relationship

4. The Calyx Charm (The Sacred Dark #3) by May Peterson

• Fantasy romance
• Transgender woman main character
• Childhood friends to lovers
• M/F relationship

*Note it’s part of a series but each of the books follows different characters and can be read as a standalone romances

5. For the Love of April French by Penny Aimes

• Contemporary Romance
• Transgender woman main character
• BDSM
• M/F relationship

6. The Perks of Loving a Wallflower (The Wild Winchesters #2) by Erica Ridley

• Historical romance
• Non-binary main character
• Possibly an asexual/demisexual love interest (not explicitly stated, but implied)
• F/NB relationship

*Can be read as a standalone

7. The Flower on the High Peak by Kiara Zuri

• Repunzel retelling
• Non-binary main character and love interest
• Use of neopronouns
• NB/NB relationship

8. Starting from Scratch (The Housemates #5) by Jay Northcote

• College romance
• Transgender man main character
• M/M romance

9. The Craft of Love by E.E. Ottoman

• Historical romance
• Transgender man main character
• Bisexual love interest
• M/F romance

10. Coffee Boy by Austin Chant

• New Adult Contemporary Romance
• Transgender man main character
• M/M relationship

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Relationship Acronyms Key:
– M/M = male with male relationship
– F/F = female with female relationship
– NB/NB = non-binary with non-binary relationship
– Plus other combinations like M/NB, M/F, etc…

What’s your favorite trans or non-binary romance novel? Let’s chat in the comments!

You might also like my review of Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee