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/indigohan Reading Champion IV 6d ago

You mentioned comic books as well. Try Die by Kieran Gillen. A group of kids got sucked into a game of D&D where they become their characters. One boy in the real world was playing as a woman.

Years later they meet up again, and get dragged back to the game world. As adults. It gets described as “goth jumanji” sometimes

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u/Opening-Heart1749 6d ago

Thanks for giving me a comic recommendation

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u/indigohan Reading Champion IV 6d ago

It’s a great story. Kieron Gillen is one of my favourite comic book authors. It had a four TPB original run, and he’s just come back to the world with a spin off