<![CDATA[Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ?]]>Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells 🙂 anyone got any suggestions ? please boost

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/a4898101-ea42-4e4f-85ef-52bf6588b1c7/trying-to-find-six-sci-fi-and-fantasy-novels-with-enby-characters-and-i-had-it-in-my-head-to-find-three-and-three-but-dang-there-s-a-lot-more-of-us-in-spaceships-than-there-are-casting-spells-anyone-got-any-suggestionsRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 04:18:10 GMTWed, 13 May 2026 02:43:13 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ? on Wed, 13 May 2026 17:17:34 GMT]]>@snosrapkungfu The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo. Great little novella featuring nb Cleric Chih.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.seattle.wa.us/users/garland/statuses/116568401826975295https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.seattle.wa.us/users/garland/statuses/116568401826975295Wed, 13 May 2026 17:17:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ? on Wed, 13 May 2026 16:50:46 GMT]]>@snosrapkungfu Nghi Vo's Singing Hills novellas feature a they/them cleric-- the gender is tied to the order, though the ones I've read resolutely refuse to explain how exactly.

And Robin Hobb's Realm of the Elderlings series (very long but broken down into several trilogies and a quartet) has a beloved non-binary/genderfluid/agender-ish recurring secondary character. It's set in places that mostly don't understand this, so they find various ways to fit in, bit they don't suffer for it, really.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/klara/statuses/116568296396775208https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/klara/statuses/116568296396775208Wed, 13 May 2026 16:50:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ? on Wed, 13 May 2026 16:22:55 GMT]]>@snosrapkungfu Cedar McCloud's Eternal Library series is full of enbies who happen to be magic librarians in a fantasy world. (Mostly agender peeps. The local culture doesn't really understand the concept of gender.)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/andy_the_frazzled/statuses/116568186894745049https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/andy_the_frazzled/statuses/116568186894745049Wed, 13 May 2026 16:22:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ? on Wed, 13 May 2026 15:57:18 GMT]]>@JessMahler @snosrapkungfu @Rowyn @vicorva

Harmony of Falling Snow has an enby side character and a few enbies seen in passing. And all children are considered agender. The 3rd book in the series will have an enby love interest and ze's slated to be a lead in Book 4. But I wouldn't put Harmony on the list myself as the POV characters aren't enby.

Note: I'm enby, so feel like I should have more enby characters, but there we are... (Also, my more active account is @andy_the_frazzled )

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://writing.exchange/users/andyb/statuses/116568086196267702https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://writing.exchange/users/andyb/statuses/116568086196267702Wed, 13 May 2026 15:57:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ? on Wed, 13 May 2026 15:48:46 GMT]]>@snosrapkungfu This doesn’t actually fit what you asked for, but I’m pleased that John Scalzi’s recent books are often told in first-person with a non-gendered narrator character. (Example: Jamie Gray in “The Kaiju Preservation Society”)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://retro.pizza/users/mighty_orbot/statuses/116568052611572100https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://retro.pizza/users/mighty_orbot/statuses/116568052611572100Wed, 13 May 2026 15:48:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ? on Wed, 13 May 2026 15:34:40 GMT]]>my goodness you all are so amazing

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/snosrapkungfu/statuses/116567997187391464https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/snosrapkungfu/statuses/116567997187391464Wed, 13 May 2026 15:34:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ? on Wed, 13 May 2026 15:33:11 GMT]]>@snosrapkungfu ah! I see you have found RootWyrm's Theory of Modern LGBTQIA+ Fantasy Writing! (or is it a law? Either way.)

To wit: when your characters have access to magic, nobody has to worry about 'passing' or transitioning. They can just do it.

(This is not necessarily a bad thing.)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://weird.autos/users/rootwyrm/statuses/116567991344964876https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://weird.autos/users/rootwyrm/statuses/116567991344964876Wed, 13 May 2026 15:33:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ? on Wed, 13 May 2026 15:21:52 GMT]]>@snosrapkungfu
My novel, Planting Life in a Dying City, has an entire city of nonbinary folks -- the culture doesn't recognize gender.

IIRC @Rowyn has several books with enby characters. The ones I remember are side characters, don't know if that makes a difference.

I see someone mentioned @vicorva

I believe @andyb has several enby characters in Harmony of Falling Snow, but it's been a while since I read it and not recalling specifics.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indiepocalypse.social/users/JessMahler/statuses/116567946823213612https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indiepocalypse.social/users/JessMahler/statuses/116567946823213612Wed, 13 May 2026 15:21:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ? on Wed, 13 May 2026 14:57:55 GMT]]>@scholar_farmer @snosrapkungfu

If I recall correctly, T.Kingfisher's "What Moves the Dead" / Sworn Soldier series also has a non-binary or at least gender-neutral protagonist.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://stranger.social/users/Kathmandu/statuses/116567852648781794https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://stranger.social/users/Kathmandu/statuses/116567852648781794Wed, 13 May 2026 14:57:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ? on Wed, 13 May 2026 14:51:35 GMT]]>@snosrapkungfu there's a non-binary lawyer-priest in T Kingfisher's Swordheart and I think they show up in other World of the White Rat books.

Pretty sure one of the POV characters in Mike Brooks' Black Coast and sequels is NB but it's a fantasy society with five standard genders so I may be misremembering. Outstanding modern epic fantasy either way.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/glenatron/statuses/116567827763386871https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/glenatron/statuses/116567827763386871Wed, 13 May 2026 14:51:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ? on Wed, 13 May 2026 14:26:55 GMT]]>@snosrapkungfu Children's magical-world fantasy like Wonderland and Oz rather than high fantasy, so not casting spells, but
Chick The Cherub of "John Dough and the Cherub" (1906).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://icosahedron.website/users/gaditb/statuses/116567730810180628https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://icosahedron.website/users/gaditb/statuses/116567730810180628Wed, 13 May 2026 14:26:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ? on Wed, 13 May 2026 14:19:47 GMT]]>@snosrapkungfu Also, Rebecca Thorne's Tomes & Tea series has a great nonbinary side character (who's getting their own novella soon!)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cloudisland.nz/users/caitelatte/statuses/116567702753107628https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cloudisland.nz/users/caitelatte/statuses/116567702753107628Wed, 13 May 2026 14:19:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ? on Wed, 13 May 2026 14:11:56 GMT]]>@snosrapkungfu Vi Corva's books are really lovely, Non-Player Character for sure! A ttrpg isekai with thought put into folks' upkeep medications.
Becky Chambers' Monk & Robot series has a really well-treated nonbinary main character (though after writing this I remembered it's more on the sci-fi side of the aisle).
Casey Blair's Tea Princess Chronicles has a nonbinary side character introduced in the second book (and a trans man from the first).
T Kingfisher's had some great characters, the white rat lawyer is so nice.
Olivia Atwater has genderfluid/agender angels in Small Miracles which was a delight.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cloudisland.nz/users/caitelatte/statuses/116567671850676360https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cloudisland.nz/users/caitelatte/statuses/116567671850676360Wed, 13 May 2026 14:11:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ? on Wed, 13 May 2026 14:08:53 GMT]]>@snosrapkungfu I recommend @vicorva 's Non Player Character which is a beautiful cozy fantasy book with a nonbinary protagonist and lots of diversity throughout!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastoart.social/ap/users/115662356817100195/statuses/116567659876497416https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastoart.social/ap/users/115662356817100195/statuses/116567659876497416Wed, 13 May 2026 14:08:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ? on Wed, 13 May 2026 13:35:21 GMT]]>@snosrapkungfu I think of the Sworn Soldier series of novellas by T. Kingfisher more as horror than fantasy, but the publisher classifies them as fantasy: https://us.macmillan.com/series/swornsoldier _What Moves the Dead_ is the first in the series. They're all inspired by various classic horror stories, and the "sworn soldier" gender of the main character is one of seven that are socially and linguistically recognized in the character's home country.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/JMarkOckerbloom/statuses/116567528034766096https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/JMarkOckerbloom/statuses/116567528034766096Wed, 13 May 2026 13:35:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ? on Wed, 13 May 2026 13:31:46 GMT]]>@snosrapkungfu Maybe Alex Easton in Kingfisher's Sworn Soldier series? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Moves_the_Dead

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/adrianh/statuses/116567513940552448https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/adrianh/statuses/116567513940552448Wed, 13 May 2026 13:31:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ? on Wed, 13 May 2026 13:30:52 GMT]]>@snosrapkungfu
I recently read Parksville Community Witch, which is probably more romance than fantasy, but the main character is a nonbinary witch

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/116205631931276462/statuses/116567510389107327https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/116205631931276462/statuses/116567510389107327Wed, 13 May 2026 13:30:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ? on Wed, 13 May 2026 13:27:24 GMT]]>@snosrapkungfu "Monk & Robot" belongs on your list. I'll call it "soft sf"?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/msbellows/statuses/116567496743909615https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/msbellows/statuses/116567496743909615Wed, 13 May 2026 13:27:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ? on Wed, 13 May 2026 13:25:11 GMT]]>@snosrapkungfu I'm reasonably sure several works on the Otherwise Award lists (that have received the award or been on the honor lists or long lists) https://otherwiseaward.org/award#previous-awards fit your criteria!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/brainwane/statuses/116567488032369589https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/brainwane/statuses/116567488032369589Wed, 13 May 2026 13:25:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ? on Wed, 13 May 2026 11:35:18 GMT]]>@snosrapkungfu I don't have them in front of me, but @annaleen wrote The Terraformers, which I think has some enby characters. I think it's a good sign that I remember the characters, but not their genders.

Also, I have a similar thought. about @r_emrys The Half-Built Garden.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/willyyam/statuses/116567055948166301https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/willyyam/statuses/116567055948166301Wed, 13 May 2026 11:35:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ? on Wed, 13 May 2026 11:30:34 GMT]]>@snosrapkungfu oooh, I wrote one!

Amazon.com

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(www.amazon.com)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://aoir.social/users/aram/statuses/116567037330030650https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://aoir.social/users/aram/statuses/116567037330030650Wed, 13 May 2026 11:30:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ? on Wed, 13 May 2026 10:48:26 GMT]]>@snosrapkungfu T. Kingfisher's Swordheart series and Becky Chambers' Wayfarer series (e.g. The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet) both have strong enby characters. And Martha Wells Murderbot Diaries -- it was a shock to me when Apple TV gendered the main character

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/scholar_farmer/statuses/116566871641747397https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/scholar_farmer/statuses/116566871641747397Wed, 13 May 2026 10:48:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ? on Wed, 13 May 2026 09:20:08 GMT]]>@snosrapkungfu I'm desperately trying to remember a novel I read a few years ago which had a group of nomadic people whose society had three genders. It was based on African mythology and had flavorful, non-Euro magic; one of the main characters gets corrupted by his power and one of his eyes continually leaks as a sign of that corruption. The overall main theme, as I recall, was attempting to stop desertification of the land, with the desert growing from the east. I can't find it on the internet this morning for the life of me; I thought it was by Nnedi Okorafor, but looking at her titles, none of them seem to be the right one. I'll keep looking and get back to you if I find it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/BaronessWinter/statuses/116566524458815146https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/BaronessWinter/statuses/116566524458815146Wed, 13 May 2026 09:20:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ? on Wed, 13 May 2026 09:13:52 GMT]]>@snosrapkungfu Mary Gentle's eponymous Ilario is intersex but it's been ages since I read it so I don't recall what if any gender they identify with, or how well it holds up.

Hm... the protagonist of Ann Leckie's _The Raven Tower_ is *technically* nonbinary but that's because they're a rock/god so not exactly representation.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/zeborah/statuses/116566499803773082https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/zeborah/statuses/116566499803773082Wed, 13 May 2026 09:13:52 GMT