Trans Rights Readathon 2026: March 17-31
The Trans Rights Readathon is back this year! It's an event to support trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender-nonconforming authors. The organizers encourage everyone to read books by these authors and/or featuring trans, nonbinary, 2Spriit, and gender non-conforming characters.
For more information on the event: https://transrightsreadathon.carrd.co/
I'll be sharing at least one free book each day for the event. If you read one of these, or one of the other free books below, please support the author by leaving a review! With so many AI books flooding the ebook space, I and many other readers rely on reviews to figure out which books are written by real people.
To start, here are some previously-shared books that are still free:
Blood Samples by Xine Fury - Short stories in a shared universe. Includes both trans women and trans men.
Courage is a Gift: and other stoies by and about transgender, nonbinary, and genderqueer people - multigenre short story collection.
Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom: A Transfeminine Anthology - Sampler covering a variety of genres. All authors are transfeminine.
Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Authors - Pay-if-you-can collection of 25 speculative fiction stories.
Trans Rites: An Anthology of Genderfucked Horror presented by The Dionysian Public Library - "eleven bizarre tales of transition and transformation, beastliness and becoming."
Trismegistus Shandy has many stories in a variety of genres with strong trans themes.
Johannes T. Evans, a trans man, has free nonfiction essays and fiction in a variety of genres.
K.A. Cook, an agender author writing stories with aromantic characters, has collected all of hir stories with transgender protagonists.
A Magnolia Dies and Blooms by H.R. Wolfe - Trans man joins alligator gar against his bigoted hometown. Author is trans.
Friends of the Damned by Vincent Lore - Gothic horror short story with a trans man protagonist. Author is a trans man.
HRTeeth by A.L. Thorne - Dental horror short story with a trans man protagonist.
A Strip of Velvet by Rien Gray - Cis woman huntress/nonbinary Lord of the Hunt. Author is nonbinary.
Band Girls by yves. - Erotic realistic fiction story with a trans lesbian main character. Author is a gender absinent transfeminist.
Cicerone by Oskar Leonard - Nonbinary guide to a magical city gets caught up in a murder investigation. Author is trans.
Equals at the Mansion by Vivian Redwood - queer polyamorous romantasy with a trans woman main character. Author is genderqueer.
The Forester by Blaine D. Arden - Elf must solve a murder to save his ex-lover and their mutual crush. Nonbinary love interest. Author is nonbinary.
Lantern's Glow by Anemone Moss - Nonbinary streamer in the 2060s follows an alien message. Author is a trans lesbian.
Last Gasp by Emily Reisback - Romance between a human man and a nonbinary alien as the world ends.
Lucas by MJ James - Trans man accidentally turns into a vampire and has to cope with not being able to medically transition + vampire politics. Author is nonbinary and transmasc.
Body After Body by Briar Ripley Page - From the book's summary, "Body After Body is the lurid, dreamlike, amoral queer/trans sci-fi trash literature at least four or five people have been waiting for."
Cary Sims: The Fairy Mushroom Forest by Cassandra Morphy - Trans girl goes to secret magical school.
Coffee and Faerie Cakes by Laura Simmons - Cozy romance between a nonbinary fae running a café and a trans man customer/thief.
Pixel by Lexa Chara Meadows - Agender loner hacker meets aromantic woman and gets dragged on an adventure. Author is nonbinary.
Self-Made by M. Darusha Wehm - Cyberpunk story with a heavily transmasc-coded victim and a stealth trans character (not the villain). Author is agender.
Silent Truth by Samuel York - Closeted gay homicide detective questions stealth trans man realtor who keeps finding dead bodies in his show houses.
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg - Key lesbian and transgender novel by a trans author.
Any Fruit but Oranges by Callixta/Calix King - Poetry written between 2015 and 2025. Author is bigender and trans.
Entering Existence by creatures critters - Poetry chapbook about plurality by transfem authors.
Assigned [] At Birth by versegm - zine on the intersection of being nonbinary and intersex.
Before Nonbinary by cosmo crouch - Zine of historical figures who may have been nonbinary or gender non-conforming if they had modern terminology to describe themselves.
How to Question Your Gender Without Going Insane by Isaac James - Short zine about questioning gender as a genderqueer person.
A Rose by Any Other Name - zine with contributions from several authors about their chosen names.
Visibility: An RPG Magazine from the Trans Community - Games, stories and art by trans creators. The first issue is free to download.
Mage By Blood by Theodore Snapdragon - Posted chapter-by-chapter for free on Royal Road. Has a queer trans man lead character.
whatever.odt by JD O'Meara - memoir about being genderqueer.