SFF With Genderweirdness Baked Into the Worldbuilding (34 books)

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This is NOT for books featuring trans or nonbinary protagonists in worlds with gender systems that mimic modern real-world ones. These are for books like Left Hand of Darkness or the Imperial Radch series, where the setting has an invented system of gender and/or sex.

Matriarchies are acceptable if it's not just a gender-flipped version of our world. Settings where the genders are male/female but genders are assigned or chosen based on something other than sex are also great. Aliens, dwarves, all non-humans very welcome!

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1	Pasha the Storm by Linda H. Codega (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Maej by Dale Stromberg (Goodreads Author) 4.60 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Slow Gods by Claire North 4.02 avg rating — 3,593 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Cloud Roads (The Books of the Raksura, #1) by Martha Wells (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 16,507 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.10 avg rating — 227,337 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1) by Ann Leckie (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 120,552 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch #2) by Ann Leckie (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 61,240 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3) by Ann Leckie (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 50,665 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The West Passage by Jared Pechaček 3.86 avg rating — 1,675 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Unraveling by Benjamin Rosenbaum (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 246 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Name of All Things (A Chorus of Dragons #2) by Jenn Lyons (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 6,346 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 2,765 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota, #1) by Ada Palmer (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 16,053 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Thief of Songs by M.C.A. Hogarth (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 121 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Cantor for Pearls (Twin Kingdoms, #2) by M.C.A. Hogarth (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 76 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Song of Spores by Bogi Takács (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 23 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Raven Stratagem (The Machineries of Empire, #2) by Yoon Ha Lee 4.09 avg rating — 9,940 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Yoke of Stars by R.B. Lemberg (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 128 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 1: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island by Kent Monkman 4.25 avg rating — 429 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Many Drops Make a Stream by Adrian Harley 4.65 avg rating — 23 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Hades Calculus (Gunmetal Olympus, #1) by Maria Ying 4.30 avg rating — 334 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Màgòdiz by Gabe Calderón 4.03 avg rating — 201 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Songbroken by Heather Osborne (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu 3.65 avg rating — 1,184 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Two Dark Moons (Sãoni Cycle, #1) by Avi Silver (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 225 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The 5th Gender by G.L. Carriger (Writing as) 4.16 avg rating — 3,528 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Stone in the Skull (Lotus Kingdoms, #1) by Elizabeth Bear (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 1,248 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Static by L.A. Witt (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 1,454 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Black Tides of Heaven (Tensorate #1) by Neon Yang 3.69 avg rating — 13,736 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Red Threads of Fortune (Tensorate #2) by Neon Yang 3.84 avg rating — 5,748 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Point of Hopes (Astreiant #1) by Melissa Scott (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 1,152 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Devourers by Indra Das 3.75 avg rating — 4,839 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Thread That Binds (Eternal Library #1) by Cedar McCloud (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 147 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Inheritors of Power (The Broken Trust #3) by Juliette Wade (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 50 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars