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 "The 57 bus"
Star rating for The 57 bus
Average Rating:
4 stars
Notes:
agender mc
Description:
This riveting nonfiction book for teens about race, class, gender, crime, and punishment tells the true story of a teen who was set on fire by another teen while riding a bus in Oakland, California.
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 "I'll give you the sun"
Star rating for I'll give you the sun
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
At thirteen, Jude and her twin brother, Noah, were incredibly close. At sixteen, Jude and Noah are barely speaking. Something has happened to wreck the twins in different and dramatic ways. Then Jude meets a cocky, broken, beautiful boy, as well as an even more unpredictable new force in her life. The early years are Noah's story to tell. The later years are Jude's. What the twins don't realize is that they each have only half the story, and if they...
Book cover for "It's not like it's a secret"
Star rating for It's not like it's a secret
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When her family moves to California, Sana falls for the beautiful and smart Jamie Ramirez but struggles with differences between their diverse friend groups, a boy's sweet but unrequited affection, and her father's increasingly obvious affair.
Book cover for "Little & Lion"
Star rating for Little & Lion
Average Rating:
3.4 stars
Description:
"Suzette returns home to Los Angeles from boarding school and grapples with her bisexual identity when she and her [stepbrother] Lionel fall in love with the same girl, pushing Lionel's bipolar disorder to spin out of control and forcing Suzette to confront her own demons"--
Book cover for "The lost coast"
Star rating for The lost coast
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Danny didn't know what she was looking for when she and her mother spread out a map of the United States and Danny put her finger down on Tempest, California. What she finds are the Grays: a group of friends who throw around terms like queer and witch like they're ordinary and everyday, though they feel like an earthquake to Danny. But Danny didn't just find the Grays. They cast a spell that calls her halfway across the country, because she has something...
Book cover for "The mirror season"
Star rating for The mirror season
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
After Ciela and Lock are sexually assaulted at the same party, they develop a cautious friendship through her family's possibly-magical pastelería and his secret forest of otherworldly trees.
Book cover for "Picture us in the light"
Star rating for Picture us in the light
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Daniel, a Chinese-American teen, must grapple with his plans for the future, his feelings for his best friend Harry, and his discovery of a family secret that could shatter everything.
Book cover for "Prince of the Palisades"
Star rating for Prince of the Palisades
Description:
"After a public break-up goes viral, seventeen-year-old Prince Jadon of Îles de la Rêveri stays in America to clean up his image and finds an unexpected romance as he navigates redemption in the eyes of his country and family"--
Book cover for "Saving Montgomery Sole"
Star rating for Saving Montgomery Sole
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"An outcast teen girl explores the mysteries of friendship, family, faith, and phenomena, including the greatest mystery of all--herself"--
Book cover for "This is why they hate us"
Star rating for This is why they hate us
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Seventeen-year-old Enrique "Quique" Luna decides to get over his crush on Saleem Kanazi before the end of summer by pursuing other romantic prospects, but he ends up discovering heartfelt truths about friendship, family, and himself.
Book cover for "This time will be different"
Star rating for This time will be different
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Katsuyamas never quit -- but seventeen-year-old CJ doesn't even know where to start. She's never lived up to her mom's type A ambition, and she's perfectly happy just helping her aunt, Hannah, at their family's flower shop. She doesn't buy into Hannah's romantic ideas about flowers and their hidden meanings, but when it comes to arranging the perfect bouquet, CJ discovers a knack she never knew she had. A skill she might even be proud of. Then her...
Book cover for "Watch over me"
Star rating for Watch over me
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Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
"Newly graduated from high school, Mila has aged out of the foster care system. So when shes offered a teaching job and a place to live on an isolated part of the Northern California coast, she immediately accepts. Maybe she will finally find a new home, a real home. The farm is a refuge, but its also haunted by the past. And Milas own memories are starting to rise to the surface."--Provided by publisher.