Book recommendations

[iFindMeHere]

Looking for a good book on the journey from "f" to m. not the movement. not the activism. not the rights. bonus points for heavy discussion of social adaptation.

Thanks

[Mister]

While the whole thing isn't great, check out Matt Kailey's Just Add Hormones.  The whole ending about being a desperately alone penis-less gay man is kind of lame, but the rest is cool.

[iFindMeHere]

Thanks man.

[Renate]

FTM Account
The Mirror Makes No Sense (2006) - Mark Angelo Cummings * Amazon * WorldCat
Becoming a Visible Man (2004) - Jamison Green * Amazon * WorldCat
Just Add Hormones: An Insider's Guide to the Transsexual Experience (2005) - Matt Kailey * Amazon * WorldCat
The First Man-Made Man: The Story of Two Sex Changes, One Love Affair, and a Twentieth-Century Medical Revolution (2007) - Pagan Kennedy * Amazon * WorldCat
Both Sides Now: One Man's Journey through Womanhood (2006) - Dhillon Khosla * Amazon * WorldCat
What Becomes You (2007) - Aaron Raz Link * Amazon * WorldCat
The Last Time I Wore a Dress (1997) - Daphne Scholinski * Amazon * WorldCat
The Testosterone Files: My Hormonal and Social Transformation from Female to Male (2006) - Max Wolf Valerio * Amazon * WorldCat

FTM Adult Fiction
Stone Butch Blues: A Novel (1993) - Leslie Feinberg * Amazon * WorldCat
The Well of Loneliness (1928) - Radclyffe Hall * Amazon * WorldCat

FTM Juvenile Fiction
Parrotfish (2007) - Ellen Wittlinger * Amazon * WorldCat

[DRAIN]

i'm reading Becoming a Visible Man right now. it has a bit of activism type stuff but its a pretty easy and good read

[icontact]

I heard Stone Butch Blues is really good.
I read like the first two chapters of The First Man-Made Man when I was ninja-ing my way into the gay section at the library one time. It was pretty interesting.

[Andrew]

Seconded on Matt Kailey's book. It's both academic enough to provide some insightful commentary on the process itself, and personal enough for you to really feel what it's like to transition. There's a lot of very astute observation about male social roles and about what it feels like to go from being in the minority (butch lesbian) to the majority (straight male). One scene in particular has him in his new, post-testosterone male role explaining what a drag show is to a clueless hick. Marvelous. I found this in the college bookstore during my freshman year when I first transitioned and I've read and reread it many times since then.

[iFindMeHere]

Thanks guys

[Mr. Fox]

     Ooh, I recognize Parrotfish, because I found it in my library's catalog when searching.  I am glad to have been reminded.
     The Well of Loneliness is not an FTM book, but rather about a lesbian (albeit a very masculine one).  Nevertheless, it is quite good (one of my favorites) and I recommend it most highly.  However, realize that invert is an olden word for homosexual, and does not mean introvert.  I traversed through much of the book on that assumption, much to my future horror.
Adrian

[joannatsf]

I recently read a great novel where the main character is FTM.  It involves his story as well as the other members of his family.  The story starts when Mary realizes at the age of six that she's really a boy.  The year is 1952 and the setting is rural Suffolk in the UK.  The story follows Mary's journey to becoming Martin over a period of 25 year.  The name of the book is Sacred Country and the author is Rose Tremain.  It's an excellant read!

[Renate]

The Well of Loneliness is not an FTM book...

Well, I won't argue with you on this one.
In 1928 there wasn't really such thing as a transsexual.
Was Stephen just a lesbian or a proto-transsexual?
You decide.

[whatsername]

I recently read <i>Stone Butch Blues</i> and it was heart breaking, but definitely deals with the journey one might take.  Also even though it's technically fiction...it's not really.  I loved it.

The Well of Loneliness is not an FTM book, but rather about a lesbian (albeit a very masculine one).

The same could be said of SBB.

[Arch]

I have Matt Kailey's book, and it's pretty good. But does anyone know of any other books about gay transmen?