9 Books Monday is a feature here on the blog, where I talk about 9 books that have positive representation for a minority/marginalized group. In the past, I have done posts about 9 book with: bisexual female main characters, latinx mc, black mc, muslim mc, lesbian mc and asian mc.

This time I’m doing 9 books with Trans Main Characters:

4 Books I Read and Loved

When the Moon was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore : This is a beautifully written magical realism book, where one of the main charcters of the story, Samir, is a bacha posh: a child assigned female at birth selected to live as a boy until puberty. But it turns out Sam is not “living as a boy,” he is a boy. Beside the trans rep, there’s also pakistani rep and latinx rep (#ownvoices).

Coffee Boy by Austin Chant

Lately, I have made a few posts about underrated books and since June is Pride Month (By the way, HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!), I decided that it was the perfect time to write a post about underrated books with LBGTQ+ main characters.  Here are some books that I loved and I desperately want more people to read them, because I think they deserve more love:

*In this post, you will see the abbreviations mc and li and I wanted to clarify what they meant. So, mc=main character and li= love interest.

Coffee Boy by Austin Chant – 960 rating on Goodreads

• Representation: Transexual man mc (#ownvoices) & bisexual man li
• Genre: New adult, romance
• Why read it?: Short book with funny and witty banter, character development, thoughtful conversations about gender and sexual orientation & a great romance.

Secondhand Origin Story by  Lee Blauersouth – 24 ratings on…