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Books where the love interest is not cis but does not have a POV are noted with (LI).
Books where a major secondary is not cis but does not have a POV is noted with (MS).
*Upcoming

Note: Non-binary identities have been categorized according to on-page identity usage and/or author description. In some cases, that places them in more than one category.

Agender

• Our Bloody Pearl by D.N. Bryn
• Almond, Quartz, and Finch by Lisa Bunker (MG)
• The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta (YA)
• Moon Dark Smile by Tessa Gratton (YA)
• Something Spectacular by Alexis Hall (histrom)
• When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb (historical YA fantasy)
• The Evolving Truth of Ever-Stronger Will by Maya MacGregor (YA)
• Man O’ War by Cory McCarthy (YA LI)
• The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater (nonfic YA)
• Chaos Life by A. Stiffler and K. Copeland (webcomic)

Bigender

• Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault (SFF)
• Homesick by Nino Cipri (Speculative short story)
• Pyre at the Eyreholme Trust by Lin Darrow (graphic novella)
• Why We Fight by TJ Klune (Contemporary m/nb romance)
• Venom & Vow by Anna-Marie McLemore and Elliott McLemore (YA fantasy)
• Somebody Told Me by Mia Siegert (YA contemporary)
• The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall (YA fantasy)

Butch

YA

• Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler
• The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum
• Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard
• Radical by EM Kokie
• Like Other Girls by Britta Lundin

NA/Adult

• A Masc for Purim by Roz Alexander
• Rooting for You by Roz Alexander (Amz)
• The Unbroken by CL Clark
• Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole (Stud)
• Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
• Sizzle Reel by Carlyn Greenwald
• Season of Love by Helena Greer
• D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins (Stud)
• *A Little Kissing Between Friends by Chencia C. Higgins (Teddy Bear Stud)
• Departure from the Script by Jae
• The Unspoken Name by AK Larkwood (Fantasy)
• Against All Odds by Cara Malone
• Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (Fantasy)
• The Night Off by Meghan O’Brien
• The Butch and the Beautiful by Kris Ripper
• Last Chance by Lily Seabrooke (Amz)
• Perfect Pairing by Rachel Spangler
• Spanish Surrender by Rachel Spangler
• Satisfaction Guaranteed by Karelia Stetz-Waters
• Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon (NA)
• Eight Kinky Nights by Xan West z”l
• Shattered by Lee Winter
• Stud Like Her by Fiona Zedde (Amz)
• Opposites Attract novella collection

Demiboy

• Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender (YA)

Demigirl

• Christmas Inn Maine by Chelsea M. Cameron
• The Brilliant Death by A.R. Capetta (YA)
• Whip Stir Serve by Caitlin Frost and Henry Drake (Romance)
• Survival Rout by Ana Mardoll (Amz)
• Court of the Undying Seasons by A.M. Strickland (YA)

Genderfluid

PB

• Neither by Airlie Anderson

YA

• The Brilliant Death by A.R. Capetta (LI)
• Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin
• At the Edge of the Universe by Shaun David Hutchinson (MS)
• Salt the Water by Candice Iloh
• The Honeys by Ryan La Sala
• This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke
• Mask of Shadows and Ruin of Stars by Linsey Miller
• The Diablo’s Curse by Gabe Cole Novoa
• Bigger Love by Rick R. Reed
• *Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven
• The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Adult

• *The Palace of Eros by Carolina de Robertis (Amz)
• Something Spectacular by Alexis Hall (histrom)
• Love Lessons by Reese Morrison
• Nine of Swords, Reversed by Xan West z”l

Genderqueer

YA

• Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake (LI)
• Into the Real by Z Brewer
• Brooklyn, Burning by Steve Brezenoff
• *The Forbidden Book by Sacha Lamb
• Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore (LI)
• Like Water by Rebecca Podos (LI)
• Can’t Take That Away by Steven Salvatore
• Out of Salem by Hal Schrieve
• The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde (LI)

NA/Adult

• Grease Bats by Archie Bongiovanni
• Behrouz Gets Lucky by Avery Cassell
• Long Macchiatos and Monsters by Alison Evans
• Endpapers by Jennifer Savran Kelly
• Love Limits by Reese Morrison
• Cam Girl by Elliot Wake w/a Leah Raeder (LI)
• Jilted by Lilah Suzanne
• The Heretic’s Guide to Homecoming by Sienna Tristen

Intersex

MG

• Cattywampus by Ash Van Otterloo

YA

• Icarus by K. Ancrum (LI)
• Double Exposure by Bridget Birdsall
• None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio
• That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston
• The Names We Take by Trace Kerr
• Pantomime, Shadowplay, and Masquerade by Laura Lam
• *Flawless Girls by Anna-Marie McLemore
• Just Ash by Sol Santana
• Confessions of a Teenage Hermaphrodite by Lianne Simon

Adult

• Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan Maguire
• An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon (SFF)
• Born Both by Hida Viloria (memoir)

Nonbinary

These include both MCs who actively identify as nonbinary and MCs who are clearly do not fall into the gender binary but actively choose not to label themselves.

PB

• Small Knight and the Anxiety Monster by Manka Kasha
• What Are Your Words? by Katherine Locke and Andy Passchier
• Peanut Goes for the Gold by Jonathan Van Ness
• *The Birthday Party by Rainie Oet

MG

• Moonflower by Kacen Callender
• *Anong and the Ribbon Skirt by Elijah Forbes
• Alice Austen Lived Here by Alex Gino
• Skating on Mars by Caroline Huntoon
• Elle Campbell Wins Their Weekend by Ben Kahn
• Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth LaPensée and K.C. Oster
• *Jamie by L.D. Lapinski
• Tiger Honor by Yoon Ha Lee
• *Identical by Bones Leopard
• Both Can Be True by Jules Machias
• The One Who Loves You Most by medina
• Camp QUILTBAG* by Nicole Melleby and AJ Sass
• *Splinter & Ash by Marieke Nijkamp
• *Camp Prodigy by Caroline Palmer
• Spin With Me by Ami Polonsky
• Jude Saves the World by Ronnie Riley
• Ana on the Edge by A.J. Sass
• Ellen Outside the Lines by A.J. Sass
• Just Shy of Ordinary by A.J. Sass
• The Fabulous Zeb Watson! by Kevin Sylvester and Basil Sylvester
• Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston by Esme Symes-Smith
• A Touch of Ruckus by Ash Van Otterloo (LI)
• The Beautiful Something Else by Ash Van Otterloo
• The Dog Knight by Jeremy Whitley (text), Bre Indigo (illustration), and Melissa Caprigilione (color)
• The Otherwoods by Justine Pucella Winans

YA

• *Love, Misha by Jam Aden (Graphic Novel)
• “A Play in Many Parts” by Fox Benwell in Unbroken
• Sasha Masha by Agnes Borinsky
• Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution by Kacen Callender
• The Lost Coast by AR Capetta (Fantasy)
• I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver – B
• The Ghosts We Keep by Mason Deaver
• Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon
• Acting the Part by Z.R. Ellor
• Spellhacker by M.K. England (LI)
• The One True Me and You by Remi K. England (F/NB Romance)
• Ander and Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa
  
• Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens
• The Many Half-Filled Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor
• Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore (NB/NB Romance)
  
• Even if We Break by Marieke Nijkamp (Thriller)
• At the End of Everything by Marieke Nijkamp (Thriller)
• The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa (Transmasc, Fantasy)
• *These Vengeful Gods by Gabe Cole Novoa (Transmasc, Fantasy)
• A Hundred Vicious Turns by Lee Paige O’Brien
• “Shipwrecked” by Mark Oshiro in That Way Madness Lies
• And They Lived… by Steven Salvatore (M/NB Romance)
• Lizard Radio by Pat Schmatz (Dystopian)
• “Parker Outside the Box” by Ray Stoeve in Take the Mic
• *Have You Seen This Girl by Nita Tyndall
• My Name is Magic by Xan van Rooyen
• Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu
• Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans – L

Adult

• Chef’s Kiss by TJ Alexander (F/NB Romance)
• Homesick by Nino Cipri (variety)
• River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey (AU)
• The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia
• The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar (transmasc)
• Sing Anyway by Anita Kelly
• Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly (F/NB Romance)
• The Unbalancing by R.B. Lemberg (Fantasy)
• *The Pairing by Casey McQuiston (M/NB Romance)
• The Gold Persimmon by Lindsay Merbaum
• A River of Golden Bones by A.K. Mulford (Fantasy)
• The Story of Silence by Alex Myers (Fantasy)
• Documenting Light by EE Ottoman (Transfem)
• Winter’s Dawn by Arden Powell (M/NB Novella)
• The Love Study by Kris Ripper (M/NB Romance)
• Just Might Work by Katia Rose (F/NB Romance)
• Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian (Historical Romance)
• Vanishing Monuments by John Elizabeth Stintzi
• Dithered Hearts by Chace Verity (Polyam Fantasy)
• A Boy Called Cin by Cecil Wilde (Contemporary Romance)
• The Wolf Among the Wild Hunt by Merc Fenn Woolfmoor
• The Tensorate series by JY Yang (Fantasy)
• Book of Hats by Dov Zeller (transmasc historical)

Transgender Female

MG

• George by Alex Gino (Contemporary)
• Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker (Contemporary)
• Joy, to the World by Lisa Bunker and Kai Shappley
• Magical Princess Harriet by Leiah Moser
• The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith (Fantasy GN)
• The Ojja-Wojja by Magdalene Visaggio (text) and Jenn St-Onge (illustration) (Graphic Novel)

YA

• Unstoppable by Charlie Jane Anders (Sci-Fi) (LI)
• Beauty Queens by Libba Bray~ (Contemporary Satire)
• *Grind Like a Girl by Veronica Casson
• “Murders at the Rue Apartelle, Boracay” by Rin Chupeco in His Hideous Heart
• In the City of Time by Gwendolyn Clare
• Jess, Chunk, and the Road Trip to Infinity by Kristin Elizabeth Clark (Contemporary Romance)
• The Nemesis series by April Daniels (Superhero)
• Wonderland by Juno Dawson
• Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
• Cheer Up! by Crystal Frasier, Val Wise, and Oscar O. Jupiter
• *Whippoorwills by Crystal Frasier and Val Wise
• Being Emily by Rachel Gold
• *Lucy, Uncensored by Mel Hammond and Teghan Hammond
• Just Happy to Be Here by Naomi Kanakia
• Tally the Witch by Molly Landgraff
• Queen of Faces by Petra Lord
• Mick and Michelle by Nina Rossing
• If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo (Romantic Contemporary)
• Birthday by Meredith Russo (Contemporary Romance)
• “Somewhere That’s Green” by Meredith Russo in Meet Cute
• Beast by Brie Spangler (LI)(Contemporary Romance)
• *The Summer Love Strategy by Ray Stoeve
• *Girlmode by Magdalene Visaggio and Paulina Ganucheau
• *One of the Boys by Victoria Zeller

NA/Adult

• For the Love of April French by Penny Aimes (Contemporary M/F Romance)
• Chef’s Choice by TJ Alexander (Contemporary M/F Romance)
• Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (Sci-Fi)
• Grey Dawn by Nyri A. Bakkalian (Amz)
• Nevada by Imogen Binnie
• Double Exposure by Chelsea Cameron (LI) (Contemporary Romance)
• Caroline’s Heart by Austin Chant (Fantasy Romance)
• Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane
• City of a Thousand Feelings by Anya Johanna DeNiro
• OKPsyche by Anya Johanna DeNiro
• *Best Woman by Rose Dommu
• My Dinner With Andrea by Jen Durbent
• Wild Geese by Soula Emmanuel
• Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
• The Erin McCabe Mysteries by Robyn Gigl
• Full Fathom Five by Max Gladstone
• Gifts of Spring by Shira Glassman
• Show Girls by Alyson Greaves (Amz)
• A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall (Historical Romance)
• Miss Klaus by J.R. Hart (Christmas Romance)
• The Weight of Living by M.A. Hinkle
• Bobbi Logan by Renee James
• The Default World by Naomi Kanakia
• Tiny Pieces of Skull by Roz Kaveney
• Jinx Ballou, Bounty Hunter by Dharma Kelleher (Crime Fiction Series)
• I’ve Got a Time Bomb by Sybil Lamb
• Cinder Ella by ST Lynn (Fantasy Romance)
• Mer Made by ST Lynn (Fantasy Romance)
• Hold Me by Courtney Milan (Contemporary M/F Romance)
• *Love Story by Sul Mousavi
• Through the Inferno by Jessi Noelle (Contemporary M/F Romance)
• Roller Girl by Vanessa North (Contemporary F/F Romance)
• The Companion by EE Ottoman
• Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters (Literary Fiction)
• The Calyx Charm by May Peterson (Fantasy Romance)
• Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) by Hazel Jane Plante
• A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett (short stories)
• Little Fish by Casey Plett
• A Dream of a Woman by Casey Plett (short stories)
• The Seep by Chana Porter (Sci-Fi)
• Bad Habit by Alana S. Portero (Recent Historical)
• Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt (Horror)
• Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt (Horror)
• Fake It by Lily Seabrooke (Contemporary F/F Romance)
• Not Like Before by Lily Seabrooke and Jacqueline Ramsden (Contemporary F/F Romance)
• The Subtweet by Vivek Shraya (Literary Fiction)
• An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon (LI) (SFF)
• *The Science of Ghosts by Lilah Sturges (Comic)
• Chameleon Moon by RoAnna Sylver (SFF)
• Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom
• Summer Fun by Jeanne Thornton
• The Blundering Billionaire by Chace Verity (Contemporary M/F Romance)
• Bad Girls by Camila Sosa Villada (Contemporary Fantasy)
• Drag Me Up by R.M. Virtues (Contemporary Romance)
• *These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart by Izzy Wasserstein (Technothriller)
• Small Beauty by jia qin wilson-yang
• Bang Bang Bodhisattva by Aubrey Wood (Cyberpunk)
• *Princess of the Pomegranate Moon by Emily Wynne (Epic Fantasy)
• The Spy and Her Serpent by Maria Ying (Amz)

Transgender Male

PB

• Calvin by J.R. and Vanessa Ford
• When Aiden Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff/Juanita Kaylani

ER

• Call Me Max by Kyle Lukoff

MG

• Obie is Man Enough by Schuyler Bailar
• The Ship We Built by Lexie Bean
• Dear Mothman by Robin Gow
• The Other Boy by M.G. Hennessey
• *Linus and Etta Could Use a Win by Caroline Huntoon
• Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff

YA

• Blackwater by Jeannette Arroyo and Ren Graham
• If I Can Give You That by Michael Gray Bulla
• *The Ghost of You by Michael Gray Bulla
• Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender (Demiboy)
  
• *Out of Blue Comes Green by M.E. Corey
• The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon
• May the Best Man Win by Z.R. Ellor
• The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons
• Moon Dark Smile by Tessa Gratton
• Rainbow Islands by Devin Harnois
• *Walker by Clive Hawken
  
• Magical Boy by The Kao
• Avi Cantor Has Six Months to Live by Sacha Lamb
• *Flyboy by Kasey LeBlanc
• Not Your Villain by CB Lee
• Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee
• Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith
• Act Cool by Tobly McSmith
• Blood Sport by Tash McAdam
• Sink or Swim by Tash McAdam
• When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
• Self-Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore
• Venom & Vow by Anna-Marie McLemore and Elliott McLemore (YA fantasy)
• Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min
• Even if We Break by Marieke Nijkamp
• Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa
• I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman
• Jaya and Rasa by Sonia Patel
• The Borrow a Boyfriend Club by Page Powars
• *And They Were Roommates by Page Powars
• “The Other Team” by Michael Lee Richardson in Proud
• The (Un)popular Vote by Jasper Sanchez
• All Kinds of Other by James Sie
• Something Like Gravity by Amber Smith
• Between Perfect and Real by Ray Stoeve
• Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
• The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas
• *Just Max by Aiden Thomas
• Both Sides Now by Peyton Thomas
• Always the Almost by Edward Underhill
• *In Case You Read This by Edward Underhill
• On a Summer Night by Gabriel D. Vidrine (Amz)
• “Every Shade of Red” by Elliot Wake in All Out
• Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
• The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
• *Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White

NA/Adult

• Chef’s Choice by TJ Alexander (Contemp m/f Rom)
• Second Chances in New Port Stephen by TJ Alexander (Contemp m/m Rom)
• *Eden’s End by TJ Alexander (Histrom)
• Names for the Dawn by C.L. Beaumont (Amz)
• Sunset Springs by Kacen Callender
• Coffee Boy by Austin Chant
• Peter Darling by Austin Chant
• Caroline’s Heart by Austin Chant
• Crush by L. Dreamer
• *Hollow is the Heart by H.E. Edgmon
• Long Macchiatos and Monsters by Alison Evans (LI)
• Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman
• The Prospects by KT Hoffman (Bks)
• The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar
• Slow Moves by Elliot Junkyard (Amz)
• Depart, Depart! by Sim Kern
• The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo
• What it Looks Like by Matthew J. Metzger
• Second Chance by Jay Northcote
• Starting from Scratch by Jay Northcote
• Documenting Light by EE Ottoman
• A Matter of Disagreement by EE Ottoman
• The Doctor’s Discretion by EE Ottoman
• The Craft of Love by EE Ottoman
• The Longest Night by EE Ottoman
• The Companion by EE Ottoman
• The Queer and the Restless by Kris Ripper
• Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg
• *Rules for Ghosting by Shelly Jay Shore
• “Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time” by K.M. Szpara
• *The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill
• Your Heart Will Grow by Chace Verity
• Bad Boy by Elliot Wake
• Their Troublesome Crush by Xan West
• *You Weren’t Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White
• All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes (Historical)
• Reverb by Anna Zabo
• The Right Thing to Do at the Time by Dov Zeller
• Cat’s Got Your Heart by Jem Zero

Two-Spirit

• Màgòdiz by Gabe Calderón (Amz)
• *Anong and the Ribbon Skirt by Elijah Forbes (MG GN)
• Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead