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These titles are all Fiction. Juvenile Adult Non-Fiction can be found under the Non-Fiction heading. Graphic Novels can be found here.
- B/P/Q/A – MC is bisexual, pansexual, queer/questioning, and/or asexual
- + = label is stated explicitly on-page
- Titles with MCs of color or indigenous MCs by BIPoC are in purple
- * = Not yet released
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Please note multi-POV books will be listed twice where more than one list is appropriate.
Queer Male Protagonists
Contemporary
- Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide
- This is Why They Hate Us by Aaron Aceves – B
- The Long Run by James Acker
- Teenage Dirtbags by James Acker
- How it All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi
- Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
- What if it’s Us? and Here’s to Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
- Indivisible by Daniel Aleman
- Under all the Lightsby Maya Ameyaw – B
- The Wicker King by K. Ancrum
- Icarus by K. Ancrum
LGBTQ Young Adult Fiction & Graphic Novels
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From the New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop and Red, Ivory & Royal Blue comes a romantic comedy about chasing down what you want, only to discover what you need...An legendary sci-fi graphic novel love affair between two non-binary characters as they find one another through time, distance, and war. An astonishing story that explores the complexity of human essence and what brings us together.
2021 Goodreads Choice Award Finalist
2021 New York Public Library Best Books for Teens
2021 Cybils Award Winner
2022 GLAAD Media Award Winner
2022 Lambda Literary Award Finalist
A sweet, queer teen intimacy perfect for fans of Heartstopper and Check, Please!
Annie is a smart, antisocial lesbian starting her s#1 New York Times bestseller! Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera reunite to continue the story of Arthur and Ben, the boys readers first fell for in the bestselling rom-com What If It’s Us.
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The best LGBTQIA+ YA books to read right now
There is no better feeling than the pleasure of racing through a nice book to figure out how it’s going to end. This is especially true when the manual is a funny, twisty-turny, or pacy story of mishaps and (mis)adventures with a main character you can believe in, a love interest to lust after, and a cast of out and satisfied queer characters. In recent years, the choice of YA novels with just those ingredients has joyfully expanded and diversified – and it’s not just teenagers who have been enjoying all the reading fun.
In the list below, you’ll find seaside romances, road trip misfortunes, nightclubs to swoon over, and revelations to shock and delight. Throughout them all, queer characters abound as they fall in adore, stand up for what they believe in, or learn something new about themselves. I Kissed Shara Wheeler, the latest from Casey McQuiston of Red, White, and Royal Blue and One Last Stop fame, brings together so many of these elements with a bisexual protagonist and a small town much queerer than initially meets the eye. It’s the delight in ruling these stories – and ourselves – that keeps readers coming back for more.
Today’s post is sponsored in honor of the upcoming paperback release of Sydney Taylor Honor book Going Bicoastal, coming May 27th from Wednesday Books!
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The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold (January 7th)
The world is about to end. Again.
Ever since the first Storm wreaked havoc on civilization as we know it, seventeen-year-old Liz Flannery has been holed up in an abandoned bookstore in suburban Brand-new Jersey where she used to work, trading books for supplies with the few remaining survivors. It’s the one place left that feels safe to her.
Until she learns that another earth-shattering Storm is coming . . . and everything changes.
Enter Maeve, a prickly and potentially dangerous out-of-towner who breaks into the bookstore looking for shelter one darkness. Though the two girls are immediately at odds, Maeve has what Liz needs—the skills to fix the dilapidated store before the next climate disaster strikes—and Liz reluctantly agrees to let her stay.
As the girls grow closer and undeniable feelings spring up between them, they realize that they confront greater threats than the impending Storm. And when Maeve’s secrets and Liz’s inner demons come endorse to
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