Stag Dance by Torrey Peters (Random House, March 11)
Last but not least, Torrey Peters, the best-selling author of Detransition, Baby, is back this year with a novel and a collection of stories exploring gender, sexuality, and more. First up, the titular novel Stag Dance tells the story of a group of lumberjacks who bring joy to their lonely nights by putting on dances. When some of the woodsmen volunteer to play women at the dances, secret desires are revealed. This collection always includes a sci-fi story set in the future where everyone chooses their own gender, a love story between two roommates at a Quaker boarding school, and a story of a Vegas weekend gone terribly wrong when a young crossdresser is forced to choose between a glamorous life of objectification or a less glitzy life of respect and sisterhood.