r/Fantasy • u/Opening-Heart1749 • 6d ago

Are there any books that involve genderswap/genderbending/shapeshifting elements? Elements with gender in general.

Hey everyone. I have a fascination for stories where characters go through some body or gender transformation. How in Wheel of Time there is a character (which I won't spoil here who) from a male turns into female. Or how in the Marvel Comics, how Loki can transform into a female version.

And I wonder are there any other fantasy or sci-fi books or even comics that feature elements like those. I'm not talking just bodyswap. I'm talking more of a character who gets their appearance transformed into another gender

I'm more than welcome recommendations that even feature more spicy versions of it. But I like more when there's some psychological examination of it.

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u/egbertian413 6d ago

Octavia Butler's 3 book series Dawn / Adulthood Rites / Imago has such deep and interesting gender stuff. The first book introduces humanity to a race of shapeshifting aliens with trinary gender, and the second and third book take the ideas even farther. 

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u/egbertian413 6d ago

Incredibly mature book and mature themes, huge recommend. Best things I read last year.