Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally, they're books that have yet to be released. Find out more here.
With this week being the heart of the Trans Rights Readathon (an annual call to action to readers and book lovers in support of Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV) on March 31st), I want to focus on some upcoming trans/nonbinary titles.
- What We Are Seeking by Cameron Reed: April 7th brings us this soaring novel of queer hope and transformation on an alien world where survival means transformation.
- Gender Ever After edited by S.B. Milne: Coming May 1st, this anthology of 15 stories revels in the full spectrum of gender expression, identity, and desire with love stories blooming between sapphic people of every kind—including trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, and genderfluid—offering a kaleidoscope of possibility, passion, and joy.
- Safe Food: A Queer Splatterpunk Novel by Taylor Z. Adams: On May 1st we get to meet the ladies (and monsters) of TransCendent Studios, transbian vampires on the verge of being exposed who find that protecting found family demands spilling far more than stage blood.
- Estro Junkies by Talia Bhatt: Coming May 24th, this absurdist, satirical drama explores transfeminine love, community, and identity through an underground contest that awards hormones and surgeries to anyone willing to grow the biggest breasts—so long as they claim they’re cis men... which neither Nicky nor Daniel are.
- Carrying by Samantha Josephs: Publishing June 4th, this mix of sensational body horror and transgressive camp comedy explores a trans woman whose secret threatens to be unraveled by a mysterious illness and bizarre experimental treatments.
- Transcendent: A Memoir by Laverne Cox: On June 9th, the four-time Emmy-nominated actress shares her journey as a transgender woman in Hollywood, confronting childhood trauma, shame, gender identity, her transition, body image issues, her search for romantic love, deep-seated feelings of unworthiness, and ultimately, healing.
- Calk Walk & Love Cake by Douglas Bell: Releasing on June 16th and July 17th, these 2nd editions explore queer love, masculinity, politics, trans joy, and protest through the romance between Bryan, a polished Black executive and steady father, and Nadia, a radiant, no-nonsense transgender woman.
- Misery's Wife by Joan Tierney: Arriving July 14th, this queer and cli-fi reimagining of a Portuguese folktale tells the tale of a young trans woman who must save her elder sisters from the King of the Air, the King of the Sea, and the King of Misery
- All We Hide by Robyn Gigl: Coming August 4th from the author of the Erin McCabe series, this brand new investigation follows a trans detective who takes on the twisty, poignant cold case murder of a local trans woman, unraveling the threads of a mystery that’s haunted her since she was a child.
- Shy Trans Banshee by Tony Santorella: Appearing October 2nd, this queer urban fantasy features 3 friends, into hooking up with strangers and fighting supernatural crime, who are tasked by one of the Van Helsings to find a missing colleague, only to meet up with a timid trans woman with the uncanny ability to know just what's going to happen next.
- Public Access Afterworld by Jane Schoenbrun: Just in time for Halloween, this October 27th release sees a trans woman content moderator who notices a pattern emerging from the most hideous videos humanity has to offer and sets out on an epic journey that sweeps from rural Texas to the heart of American darkness at 1940s Los Alamos to rescue Jules from the Public Access Afterworld.
- Dice & Dungeons: The Velvet Robe by Emily Lacey Kay: Releasing February 1st of next year, this is a heartfelt coming-of-age story about friendship, fantasy, and the courage it takes to rewrite your own character sheet as Sam decides to stop hiding behind Gorn the Barbarian to become Elara of the Silver Spire, a High Elf Wizard of illusion and grace.
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