LGBTQ YA Books

Young Adult books featuring lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or trans, queer, questioning, asexual, nonbinary, genderfluid, genderqueer, pansexual, two spirit, demisexual, or other romantic and sexual orientations and gender identities. Not exhaustive or complete.

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Book cover for "Carry on"
Star rating for Carry on
Series:
Simon Snow volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Notes:
bi mc, gay li
Description:
Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen. That's what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he's probably right. Half the time, Simon can't even make his wand work, and the other half, he starts something on fire. His mentor's avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there's a magic-eating monster running around, wearing Simon's face. Baz would be having a field day with all...
Book cover for "Cemetery boys"
Star rating for Cemetery boys
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Notes:
gay mc / trans mc, gay li
Description:
Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can't get rid of him. When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his true gender, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With the help of his cousin and best friend Maritza, he performs the ritual himself, and then sets out to find the ghost of his murdered cousin and set it free. However, the ghost he summons is actually Julian Diaz, the school's resident bad boy, and Julian...
Book cover for "Cheer up!"
Star rating for Cheer up!
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Notes:
lesbian mc, trans li / sapphic li
Description:
Annie is a smart, antisocial lesbian starting her senior year of high school who's under pressure to join the cheerleader squad to make friends and round out her college applications. Her former friend BeeBee is a people-pleaser--a trans girl who must keep her parents happy with her grades and social life to keep their support of her transition. Through the rigors of squad training and amped up social pressures (not to mention micro aggressions and...

24. Cold

Book cover for "Cold"
Star rating for Cold
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Told in alternating perspectives, Todd replays the events that lead to his death in the local park, watching as detectives investigate his murder and talk to the students responsible for it, and meanwhile Georgia, who does not know Todd, cannot stop thinking about him.
Book cover for "The coldest touch"
Star rating for The coldest touch
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Elise, a mortal girl who feels the death of anyone she touches, and Claire, the vampire assigned to recruit her to the Veil, must work together to stop a paranormal killer even as they realize they might be falling in love.
Book cover for "Confetti realms"
Star rating for Confetti realms
Description:
"On Halloween night, when the moon is full, teenagers get up to mischief. But when an encounter with a giant, sentient puppet in a graveyard sends five teens to a mysterious dimension called the Confetti Realms, they must overcome obstacles in their own friendships--and collect the debted teeth owed to the puppet--in order to make their way home. But the allure of staying in a fantasy world is a hard one to beat, and going home to their normal lives...
Book cover for "Constellations"
Star rating for Constellations
Notes:
genderqueer / nonbinary MC
Description:
"In 1980s Troy, New York, nonbinary teenager Claire's stint in court-ordered rehab may be exactly what they need to unpack all the bad they have experienced--if they can stay sober in a world seemingly never made for them"--
Book cover for "The corruption of Hollis Brown"
Star rating for The corruption of Hollis Brown
Description:
"Hollis Brown is stuck. Born to a blue-collar American Dream, Hollis lives in a rotting small town where no one can afford to leave. Hollis's only bright spots are his two best friends, cool girls Annie and Yulia, and the thrill of fighting his classmates. As if his circumstances couldn't get worse, a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger named Walt results in a frightening trap. After unknowingly making a deal at the crossroads, Hollis finds...
Book cover for "Cupid's revenge"
Star rating for Cupid's revenge
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
"Unlike her friend Teddy, sixteen-year-old Tilly is not looking for a girlfriend, but when Teddy forms a crush on Katherine Cooper-Bunting, his co-star in their community theater production, Tilly finds herself also swooning over her"--
Book cover for "Dandelion travels"
Star rating for Dandelion travels
Description:
"Eric Wallace is sick of secrets. As a Black queer teen, Eric's efforts to conform to fit his parents' and classmates' expectations have left him exhausted by the summer after senior year. When Eric finds out his pastor father has been cheating on his mother, his picture-perfect family crumbles. Eric rages at the double standards he's been held to. He travels to Los Angeles with his best friends to escape his home life and finally start to live on...
Book cover for "DC pride 2021"
Star rating for DC pride 2021
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
"DC celebrates Pride with this ... collection starring fan-favorite LGBTQIA+ characters Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Midnighter, Extraño, Batwoman, Aqualad, Alan Scott, Obsidian, Future State Flash, Renee Montoya, Pied Piper, and many more. [Includes] a pinup gallery with art by Travis Moore, Kris Anka, Kevin Wada, Sophie Campbell, Nick Robles, and more--not to mention six ... new profiles of DCTV's LGBTQIA+ characters and the actors who play them"--...
Book cover for "Dead girls don't dream"
Star rating for Dead girls don't dream
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Description:
When seventeen-year-old Riley is murdered in an occult ritual, the witch's daughter Madelyn resurrects her in an attempt to break the cycle of violence and escape the horrors of Voynich Woods.
Book cover for "Dear Medusa"
Star rating for Dear Medusa
Description:
"Sixteen-year-old Alicia Rivers has a reputation that precedes her. But there's more to her story than the whispers that follow her throughout the hallways at school--whispers that splinter into a million different insults that really mean: a girl who has had sex. But what her classmates don't know is that Alicia was sexually abused by a popular teacher, and that trauma has rewritten every cell in her body into someone she doesn't recognize. To the...
Book cover for "The deep dark"
Star rating for The deep dark
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
lesbian mc; trans li; trans sc
Description:
High school senior Magdalena Herrera has adult responsibilities and a deadly secret hidden in the dark of the basement, one that drains her of energy and leaves her bleeding--until the return of her childhood friend Nessa forces her to face her secrets.
Book cover for "Delicates"
Star rating for Delicates
Series:
Sheets volume 2.
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
Description:
"Marjorie Glatt's life hasn't been the same ever since she discovered a group of ghosts hiding in her family's laundromat. Wendell, who died young and now must wander Earth as a ghost with nothing more than a sheet for a body, soon became one of Marjorie's only friends. But when Marjorie finally gets accepted by the popular kids at school, she begins to worry that if anyone learns about her secret ghost friends, she'll be labeled as a freak who sees...
Book cover for "Every body looking"
Star rating for Every body looking
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
In this novel in verse, a mixed-heritage dancer's coming of age within the African diaspora is shaped by abuse at the hands of a cousin, her mother's descent into addiction, and her father's efforts to create a Nigerian-inspired home in America.
Book cover for "The Extraordinaries"
Star rating for The Extraordinaries
Author:
Series:
Extraordinaries volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Description:
"Nick Bell? Not extraordinary. But being the most popular fanfiction writer in the Extraordinaries fandom is a superpower, right? After a chance encounter with Shadow Star, Nova City's mightiest hero (and Nick's biggest crush), Nick sets out to make himself extraordinary. And he'll do it with or without the reluctant help of Seth Gray, Nick's best friend (and maybe the love of his life)."--
Book cover for "Fake dates and mooncakes"
Star rating for Fake dates and mooncakes
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Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Description:
"... follows an aspiring chef who discovers the recipe for love is more complicated than it seems when he starts fake-dating a handsome new customer."--Provided by publisher.
Book cover for "Fence"
Star rating for Fence
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Series:
Average Rating:
3.9 stars
Description:
"Nicholas, the illegitimate son of a retired fencing champion, is a scrappy fencing wunderkind, and dreams of getting the chance and the training to actually compete. After getting accepted to the prodigious Kings Row private school, Nicholas is thrust into a cut-throat world, and finds himself facing not only his golden-boy half-brother, but the unbeatable, mysterious Seiji Katayama... Through clashes, rivalries, and romance between teammates, Nicholas...
Book cover for "Finally Fitz"
Star rating for Finally Fitz
Description:
"Heartbroken after her breakup with her girlfriend Dani, bisexual Fitz hatches a plan with childhood friend Levi to fake an online romance to make their exes jealous, which leads to unexpected real feelings as they navigate the complexities of love, friendship, and authenticity."--Provided by publisher.