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Detransition, Baby
New · Fiction, Queer, LGBT

Detransition, Baby

by Torrey Peters
2021 · 337 pages · Fiction
49 New ★ 3.91 on Goodreads · 97K ratings
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

Goodreads Choice (fiction) finalist (2021). On the NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. 3.91★ from 97K Goodreads ratings.

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49Must-Read Score
  • Critics54 out of 100 · counts 35%+21
  • Readers43 out of 100 · counts 50%+25
  • Buzz19 out of 100 · counts 15%+3

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