The Transfeminine Review

The second half of 2024 saw dozens of new releases from transfeminine authors across a wide range of genres, publishers, styles, and levels of commercial and critical success! Today, I’m bringing you the latest dispatch from our New and Upcoming Releases page, which includes every single release from Q3 and Q4 that I’ve been made personally aware of. Some caveats – this list doesn’t include short stories, and it also doesn’t include low-effort AI-gen erotica slop from Kindle Unlimited unless it demonstrated some level of distinction or concentrated human effort from the author.

If you are a transfeminine author who published a work of literature in the period between 7/1/24 and 12/31/24 and you don’t see your book on this list, please reach out to me and I will add it. Nothing is too obscure to be included here.

Obviously if anyone spots errors in the list, let me know about those too.

THE DISCOVERY READING CHALLENGE: Here’s a fact – there isn’t a single person who will look at this list and recognize every single book and author! I know I certainly didn’t. It might be intimidating to look at such a large booklist, so let me pose you a challenge: pick one book by an author you’ve never even heard of and read it blind. If you don’t want to go in completely blind, then read the summaries until you find one that interests you.

January is the perfect month for trying out new things, and your favorite author could be waiting on this list for you to discover them. It can be such a challenge for trans authors to rise out of obscurity, so let’s take a moment to support our lesser-known and underground authors too. If you do the challenge, let me know what book you chose and post on social media about the author and how it goes ❤

Anyway, here’s the list!

New Releases

The Hades Calculus (Gunmetal Olympus #1, Maria Ying, 7/2/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, Website

Vulnerability: or, Why I Show My Tits & Cock & Balls In My Performances (Yvonne LeBien, 7/5/24) – GenderFail Press, Memoir, Printed Matter, Linktree

Individual Inklings (Wulfinna, 7/5/24) – Self, Poetry, Link, Website

Bad Ink: How the New York Times Sold Out Transgender Teens (Riki Wilchins, 7/8/24) – Nonfiction, Riverdale Avenue Books, Amazon, Website

Corpses, Fools, and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema (Willow Maclay and Caden Gardner, 7/9/24) – Repeater, Nonfiction, Amazon, Website

Soul Flames Vol. 4 (Issy Waldrom, 7/9/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, Bluesky

Rhapsody (Heart of Heroes #4, Molly J. Bragg, 7/15/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, Website

Queen B (Her Majesty’s Royal Coven #0.5, Juno Dawson, 7/18/24) – HarperVoyager, Fiction, Amazon, Website

The Woman in the Portrait: Collected Short Stories 2008-2024 (Juliet Jacques, 7/18/24) – Cipher Press, Shortform, Amazon, Website

The Brightest Stars (Zoe Storm, 7/20/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, Patreon

Welcome to Dorley Hall (The Sisters of Dorley #1, Alyson Greaves, 7/25/24) – Neem Tree Press (Traditional Rerelease), Fiction, Amazon, Twitter

The Ghostlands of Natalie Glasgow (Hailey Piper, 7/31/24) – Rooster Republic Press, Fiction, Amazon, Website

Pride Lord (Gryphon Insurrection #8, K. Vale Nagle, 8/1/24) – Self, Fiction, itch, Website

The Sunforge (The Endforge #2, Sascha Stronach, 8/6/24) – S&S/Saga Press, Fiction, Amazon, Website

I Don’t Want to Be Understood (Joshua Jennifer Espinoza, 8/6/24) – Alice James Books, Poetry, Amazon, Website

Transgenesis (Ava Nathaniel Winter, 8/6/24) – Milkweed Editions, Poetry, Amazon, Insta

Hot off the Press (Autumn Wolff, 8/9/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, Linktree

Veil of Steel (Evie Pauli, 8/11/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, I have no idea

The Eagle Returns (The Curse of Shamala #3, Tanya Allan, 8/12/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, Facebook

The Fortunate Fall (Cameron Reed, 8/13/24) – Tor Essentials (re-release), Fiction, Amazon, Bluesky

Further Principles: On the Dynamics of Interdimensional Emotional Support (Non-Euclidean Romance #2, Ela Bambust, 8/15/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, Linktree

Alles dazwischen, darüber hinaus (Maë Schwinghammer, 8/15/24) – Haymon Verlag, Fiction, Amazon, Website

DEED (torrin a. greathouse, 8/20/24) – Wesleyan University Press, Poetry, Amazon, Website

How To Fly (When You Fell From Heaven #1, Alyson Greaves, 8/23/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, Twitter

Bad Luck Charm (Lily Seabrooke, 8/23/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, Twitter

Are You Even Human: Volume One (Natalie Maher, 8/23/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, Podium

Detective Jane Farrier or: How I Learned To Fuck With Vampirism And Get Revenge (Sam’ika, 8/26/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, Bluesky

Bird & Prey (Sylver Paulson, 8/26/24) – Self, Fiction, Kobo, no idea

Embodied Exegesis (ed. Ann LeBlanc, 8/27/24) – Neon Hemlock Press, Shortform, Neon Hemlock, Website

Tattered (Carietta Dorsch, 8/27/24) – Crimson Cult Media, Fiction, B&N, Insta

Induction (Redline’s Downfall #1, Syntax Tales, 8/30/24) – Furplanet Productions, Fiction, Amazon, Bluesky

Matcha and Birds／抹茶と鳥方 (Rebecca Freedman, 8/31/24) – Self, Poetry, itch, Bluesky

The Boy as the Bride (Becoming Katy #3, Lucy Luxe, 9/2/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, ??

Still Life (Katherine Packert Burke, 9/10/24) – W. W. Norton and Company, Fiction, Amazon, Website

The Transitive Properties of Cheese (Ann LeBlanc, 9/10/24) – Neon Hemlock Press, Fiction, Neon Hemlock, Website

Hunt of Her Own (Elena Abbott, 9/10/24) – Bold Stroke Books, Fiction, Amazon, Website

Once Out of Nature: Selected Essays on the Transformation of Gender (Joy Ladin, 9/10/24) – Persea, Theory, Amazon, Website

Family (Joy Ladin, 9/10/24) – Persea, Poetry, Amazon, Website

Gorset, wstyd i kocie uszka. O transkobiecości (J. Szpilka, 9/11/24) – Czarne, Nonfiction, Amazon, if so it’s in Polish

TRANZ (Spencer Williams, 9/15/24) – Four Way Books, Poetry, Amazon, Twitter

An Actress in Our Midst! (Liliana Chaos, 9/18/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, not much of an online presence

The Sapling Cage (Daughters of the Empty Throne #1, Margaret Killjoy, 9/24/24) – The Feminist Press, Fiction, Feminist Press, Website

Trans Philosophy (Talia Mae Bettcher, Perry Zurn, Andrea J. Pitts, 9/24/24) – University of Minnesota Press, Non-Fiction, Amazon, PhilPeople

Songs & Sorcery (Tales of the Walled City #1, Emelia Quantrile, 9/24/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, Website

Les nuits de Kim Sauvage (Sabrina Calvo, 9/25/24) – VOLTE, Fiction, Amazon, Website

Saltbrook: An Alicia Lake Investigation (Ravenswood Institute Files #1, Dee Arbacauskas, 10/1/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, Bluesky

Her Lady of Steel and Fire (Fern V. Bedek, 10/1/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, Linktree)

These Rainy Autumn Nights (Erin Elkin, 10/1/24) – Self, Fiction, itch, Bluesky

The Revenge of Captain Vessia (Sails of Black and Blood #1, Leslie Allen, 10/4/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, Website

A Sea of Silence (Fleet and Fabricant #2, Kay F. Atkinson, 10/8/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, Linktree

Lucy, Uncensored (Teghan Hammond and Mel Hammond, 10/8/24) – Knopf Books, Fiction, Penguin, Website

The Love Hormone (Lilly Lustwood, 10/14/24) – Brightlucky Books, Fiction, Amazon, Twitter

All The Hearts You Eat (Hailey Piper, 10/15/24) – Titan Books, Fiction, Amazon, Website

Girlmode (Magdalene Visaggio, 10/15/24) – HarperCollins, Graphic, HarperCollins, Twitter

It Gets Better . . . Except When It Gets Worse: And Other Unsolicited Truths I Wish Someone Had Told Me (Nicole Maines, 10/15/24) – The Dial Press, Memoir, Amazon, Insta

The Potent Solution (Ashley Nova, 10/16/24) – Spectrum Books, Fiction, Amazon, Linktree

Performance Review (Aster Olsen, 10/16/24) – Self, Fiction, itch, Website

The Familialists (T.T. Madden, 10/19/24) – Off Limits Press, Fiction, Amazon, Bluesky

Kimmy (Alyson Greaves, 10/25/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, Twitter

Up On High Mountain (Anne T. Androgen, 10/26/24) – Self, Fiction, itch.io, Bluesky

She Who Eats Tourists (Atalaya Magdalena, 10/26/24) – Fifth Wheel Press, Poetry, Fifth Wheel, Website

Penumbra (Ela Bambust, 10/30/24) – Self, Fiction, itch.io, Patreon

Tempting Poison (Jemma Topaz, 10/31/24) – Self, Fiction, itch.io, Carrd

Magica Riot (Kara Buchanan, 11/1/24) – Storm Maiden, Fiction, itch.io, Website

They Who Bring the Light (Jessica Conwell, 11/2/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, Bluesky

Blood, Desire, and Love (Savika, 11/3/24) – Self, Fiction, itch, Bluesky)

Revathi: A Life in Trans Activism (A. Revathi and Nandini Murali, 11/7/24) – Tilted Axis Press, Memoir, Tilted Axis, translated so nothing in English

House of Madness, House of Cards (Ravenswood Institute Files #2, Dee Arbacauskas, 11/19/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, Bluesky

Sundown in San Ojuela (M.M. Olivas, 11/19/24) – Lanternfish Press, Fiction, Amazon, Website

The Silver Sea (Netherweld #2, Tanya Allan, 11/20/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, Website

Lilith (Wine Lo Borgias, 11/26/25) – Talk+tell, Fiction, Amazon, no online presence

A Break in Communications (Love in Logistics #1, Lily Seabrooke, 11/29/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, Patreon

The Bottom Line (S.B. Edwards, 12/1/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, Website

How to Fuck Like a Girl (Vera Blossom, 12/3/24) – DOPAMINE, Memoir, Amazon, Carrd

Robin’s World (Rainie Oet, 12/3/24) – Astra Young Readers, Fiction, Amazon, Website

Dissolution (To Crack a Geode #1, Runa Fjord, 12/6/24) – Furplanet Productions, Fiction, Amazon, Bluesky

Change of Heart (Champion #1, Grace Reed, 12/6/24) – Furplanet Productions, Fiction, Amazon, Website

‘Nexus Alpha (Ela Bambust, 12/11/24) – Self, Fiction, itch, Patreon

Accordance, et al. (Wulfinna, 12/13/24) – Self, Poetry, Link, Website

Penumbra: Redshift (Penumbra #2, Ela Bambust, 12/19/24) – Self, Fiction, itch, Patreon

The Dragon and Her Princess (Vyria Durav, 12/22/24) – Self, Fiction, itch, Patreon

A Conflict of Interest (Love in Logistics #2, Lily Seabrooke, 12/23/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, Patreon

Fake the Shot (SLC Sting #2, Olivia Lynd, 12/23/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, Website

Dress Code and Other Stories: A Short Story Collection (Zoe Storm, 12/24/24) – Self, Shortform, Amazon, Patreon

That Night I Got Dragged Home by a Werewolf (Autumn Wolff, 12/27/24) – Self, Fiction, itch, Linktree

Flirting with Death (Fern V. Bedek, 12/28/24) – Self, Fiction, Amazon, Linktree