Hi all, could anyone give me some books with genderless characters? I love fantasy (ShadowHunter series is my favourite) but am open to any genre really. Thanks 🙂
[Written on the Body](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15054) by Jeanette Winterson is a sensual romance story whose narrator is never gendered, so you can imagine them however you like.
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Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold features a genetically engineered race known as the ba who are deliberately agender/sexless. A ba individual is also a key player in Diplomatic Immunity, also by Bujold. Both books are part of the Vorkosigan series; I would say you can easily read Cetaganda with no prior familiarity with the narrative universe but maybe not Diplomatic Immunity. That said, the whole series is well worth reading.
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The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi.
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What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
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The Great Godden by Meg Rosoff
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Imajica by Clive Barker.
Fantastic fantasy book and iirc one of the main protagonists flips genders often with different people seeing them as different genders.
It’s been a while though so I may be misremembering slightly.
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The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red.
[A Psalm for the Wild-Built](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40864002) by Becky Chambers is a very cozy story with two genderless characters (one human one robot).
[Written on the Body](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15054) by Jeanette Winterson is a sensual romance story whose narrator is never gendered, so you can imagine them however you like.
Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold features a genetically engineered race known as the ba who are deliberately agender/sexless. A ba individual is also a key player in Diplomatic Immunity, also by Bujold. Both books are part of the Vorkosigan series; I would say you can easily read Cetaganda with no prior familiarity with the narrative universe but maybe not Diplomatic Immunity. That said, the whole series is well worth reading.
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi.
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
The Great Godden by Meg Rosoff
Imajica by Clive Barker.
Fantastic fantasy book and iirc one of the main protagonists flips genders often with different people seeing them as different genders.
It’s been a while though so I may be misremembering slightly.
The Singing Hills Cycle series!
Rabbits by Terry Miles.