Today is International Pronouns Day, and in honor of the occasion, we’ve put together a rec list, as is our wont. We focused on books that use neopronouns, they/them or it/its characters, and books that did interesting things with pronouns, such as avoiding them completely, changing them between scenes, etc. Basically, if something about the pronouns in the book stood out to us, we considered it for inclusion in this list! Nine Duck Prints Press contributors suggested titles for this blog post. And now…the books!
- I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
- In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu
- Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee
- Translation State by Ann Leckie
- The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang
- The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang
- The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal
- The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
- Gamechanger by L. X. Beckett
- All Systems Red by Martha Wells
- What Are Your Words?: A Book About Pronouns by Katherine Locke
- She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
- The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
- Victories Greater than Death by Charlie Jane Anders
- Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee
- The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzimons
- Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
- The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon
- Spell Bound by F. T. Lukens
- Your Shadow Remains Half by Sunny Moraine
- Lock In by John Scalzi
- The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
- They/Them by Stuart Getty
- The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas
- The Light of a Thousand Stars and You by Nicola Kapron, published in Bleed Error Issue 1.