Best Gender-Bending Books

1.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,411 ratings
2.
Middlesex
Middlesex 4.04 avg rating — 657,081 ratings
3.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating — 109,432 ratings
4.
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night 3.96 avg rating — 191,692 ratings
5.
Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1)
Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 135,447 ratings
6.
Tipping the Velvet
Tipping the Velvet 4.05 avg rating — 76,485 ratings
7.
Stone Butch Blues
Stone Butch Blues 4.53 avg rating — 34,576 ratings
8.
The Bone Doll's Twin (The Tamír Triad, #1)
The Bone Doll's Twin (The Tamír Triad, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 13,188 ratings
9.
Annabel
Annabel 3.84 avg rating — 11,927 ratings
10.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating — 197,127 ratings
11.
Leviathan (Leviathan, #1)
Leviathan (Leviathan, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 94,191 ratings
12.
Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)
Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3) 4.26 avg rating — 83,258 ratings
13.
The Passion
The Passion 4.11 avg rating — 25,838 ratings
14.
The Oracle's Queen (The Tamír Triad, #3)
The Oracle's Queen (The Tamír Triad, #3) 4.19 avg rating — 8,193 ratings
15.
Behemoth (Leviathan, #2)
Behemoth (Leviathan, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 41,050 ratings
16.
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity 4.27 avg rating — 8,771 ratings
17.
Written on the Body
Written on the Body 4.08 avg rating — 32,848 ratings
18.
Golden Fool (Tawny Man, #2)
Golden Fool (Tawny Man, #2) 4.38 avg rating — 89,362 ratings
19.
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice 3.78 avg rating — 199,192 ratings
20.
The Privilege of the Sword (Riverside, #2)
The Privilege of the Sword (Riverside, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 5,426 ratings
21.
Hidden Warrior (The Tamír Triad, #2)
Hidden Warrior (The Tamír Triad, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 8,240 ratings
22.
Lilith's Brood (Xenogenesis, #1-3)
Lilith's Brood (Xenogenesis, #1-3) 4.37 avg rating — 21,510 ratings
23.
Golden Boy
Golden Boy 4.10 avg rating — 9,027 ratings
24.
Goliath (Leviathan, #3)
Goliath (Leviathan, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 33,620 ratings
25.
As You Like It
As You Like It 3.81 avg rating — 87,364 ratings
26.
Invisible Monsters Remix
Invisible Monsters Remix really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 149,310 ratings
27.
Woman on the Edge of Time
Woman on the Edge of Time 3.92 avg rating — 18,309 ratings
28.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 3.92 avg rating — 289,188 ratings
29.
Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation
Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation 4.09 avg rating — 2,973 ratings
30.
If I Was Your Girl
If I Was Your Girl 3.97 avg rating — 41,637 ratings
31.
Eric Olafson : Space Pirate (Eric Olafson Series)
Eric Olafson : Space Pirate (Eric Olafson Series) 4.13 avg rating — 140 ratings
32.
Mask of Shadows (Mask of Shadows, #1)
Mask of Shadows (Mask of Shadows, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 5,808 ratings
33.
The Danish Girl
The Danish Girl 3.76 avg rating — 24,699 ratings
34.
As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl
As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl 4.04 avg rating — 7,894 ratings
35.
The Art of Being Normal
The Art of Being Normal 3.90 avg rating — 20,220 ratings
36.
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn (Eon, #1)
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn (Eon, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 62,528 ratings
37.
Beauty Queens
Beauty Queens 3.62 avg rating — 55,072 ratings
38.
The Last Time I Wore a Dress
The Last Time I Wore a Dress 3.89 avg rating — 2,703 ratings
39.
The Passion of New Eve
The Passion of New Eve 3.67 avg rating — 5,008 ratings
40.
Symptoms of Being Human
Symptoms of Being Human 4.10 avg rating — 18,918 ratings
41.
Wraeththu (Wraeththu #1-3)
Wraeththu (Wraeththu #1-3) 3.94 avg rating — 2,683 ratings
42.
Wandering Son, Vol. 1
Wandering Son, Vol. 1 3.97 avg rating — 3,385 ratings
43.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating — 1,156,531 ratings
44.
Shadow Man
Shadow Man 3.73 avg rating — 353 ratings
45.
Fräulein M.
Fräulein M. 3.96 avg rating — 682 ratings
46.
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 115,492 ratings
47.
Pantomime (Micah Grey, #1)
Pantomime (Micah Grey, #1)
by: L.R. Lam
3.91 avg rating — 3,266 ratings
48.
Venus Plus X
Venus Plus X 3.71 avg rating — 2,078 ratings
49.
Every Day (Every Day, #1)
Every Day (Every Day, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 241,675 ratings
50.
None of the Above
None of the Above 3.84 avg rating — 14,124 ratings
51.
Ammonite
Ammonite 3.90 avg rating — 6,980 ratings
52.
Tales of the City (Tales of the City #1)
Tales of the City (Tales of the City #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 46,893 ratings
53.
The Female Man
The Female Man 3.47 avg rating — 8,756 ratings
54.
Pope Joan
Pope Joan 4.10 avg rating — 73,849 ratings
55.
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Will Grayson, Will Grayson 3.69 avg rating — 409,408 ratings
56.
Female Masculinity
Female Masculinity 4.01 avg rating — 2,642 ratings
57.
The Day the Music Died
The Day the Music Died 3.90 avg rating — 29 ratings
58.
Whiskey When We're Dry
Whiskey When We're Dry 4.04 avg rating — 10,936 ratings
59.
Bone Dance
Bone Dance
by: Emma Bull
3.86 avg rating — 1,691 ratings
60.
Nobody Passes
Nobody Passes 4.01 avg rating — 2,508 ratings
60.
She's My Dad
She's My Dad 4.01 avg rating — 101 ratings
62.
Raptor
Raptor 4.11 avg rating — 1,903 ratings
63.
Commitment Hour (League of Peoples, #2)
Commitment Hour (League of Peoples, #2) 3.73 avg rating — 652 ratings
63.
Trans-Sister Radio
Trans-Sister Radio 3.75 avg rating — 10,925 ratings
65.
Luna
Luna 3.83 avg rating — 21,972 ratings
66.
Ilario: The Lion's Eye (First History #1)
Ilario: The Lion's Eye (First History #1) 3.49 avg rating — 323 ratings
67.
Ilario: The Stone Golem (First History #2)
Ilario: The Stone Golem (First History #2) 3.57 avg rating — 94 ratings
68.
I Am Not Myself These Days
I Am Not Myself These Days 3.97 avg rating — 14,676 ratings
69.
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown 3.84 avg rating — 76,592 ratings
70.
In the Hand of the Goddess (Song of the Lioness, #2)
In the Hand of the Goddess (Song of the Lioness, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 101,510 ratings
71.
Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey Into Manhood and Back Again
Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey Into Manhood and Back Again 3.43 avg rating — 6,262 ratings
72.
Halfway Human
Halfway Human 4.02 avg rating — 682 ratings
73.
Familiar Scars
Familiar Scars 3.99 avg rating — 82 ratings
73.
Root of the Spark
Root of the Spark 4.07 avg rating — 44 ratings
75.
Misfortune
Misfortune 3.71 avg rating — 1,895 ratings
76.
The World Wreckers (Darkover, #22)
The World Wreckers (Darkover, #22) 3.73 avg rating — 2,040 ratings
76.
Ethan of Athos (Vorkosigan Saga, #3)
Ethan of Athos (Vorkosigan Saga, #3) 3.81 avg rating — 16,721 ratings
76.
Glasshouse
Glasshouse 3.88 avg rating — 11,565 ratings
79.
Lythande
Lythande 3.72 avg rating — 2,303 ratings
79.
I Will Fear No Evil
I Will Fear No Evil 3.66 avg rating — 12,452 ratings
81.
The Masqueraders
The Masqueraders 4.09 avg rating — 9,299 ratings
82.
Myra Breckinridge
Myra Breckinridge 3.57 avg rating — 5,191 ratings
83.
The Empress Sword
The Empress Sword 4.05 avg rating — 86 ratings
84.
Imajica
Imajica 4.17 avg rating — 24,045 ratings
85.
How to be Both
How to be Both
by: Ali Smith
3.66 avg rating — 26,692 ratings
86.
PoMoSexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality
PoMoSexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality 3.85 avg rating — 1,012 ratings
87.
The Boy in the Dress
The Boy in the Dress 4.08 avg rating — 16,197 ratings
88.
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More 4.30 avg rating — 16,467 ratings
89.
Trumpet
Trumpet 4.06 avg rating — 7,265 ratings
90.
Transgender History
Transgender History 4.22 avg rating — 5,492 ratings
91.
Bloodhound (Beka Cooper, #2)
Bloodhound (Beka Cooper, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 39,816 ratings
92.
Goddess
Goddess 3.51 avg rating — 954 ratings
93.
Take Me There
Take Me There 4.06 avg rating — 327 ratings
94.
Refuse
Refuse 3.96 avg rating — 245 ratings
94.
Annie's Plaid Shirt
Annie's Plaid Shirt 4.35 avg rating — 184 ratings
94.
The Outcasts - A Thousand Dreams of Redemption
The Outcasts - A Thousand Dreams of Redemption 4.06 avg rating — 36 ratings
97.
Freak Show
Freak Show 3.83 avg rating — 4,044 ratings
97.
Collaborators
Collaborators 3.87 avg rating — 31 ratings
99.
Everything Grows
Everything Grows 3.80 avg rating — 243 ratings
100.
Born This Way
Born This Way 4.41 avg rating — 64 ratings
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