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 "19 love songs"
Star rating for 19 love songs
Average Rating:
2 stars
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short stories featuring gay mc's, trans mc, lesbian mc
Description:
A collection of fiction, nonfiction, and a story in verse celebrating love.
Book cover for "The 57 bus"
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Average Rating:
4 stars
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agender mc
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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 "6 times we almost kissed (and one time we did)"
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Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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bi mc's, sapphic
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Penny and Tate have often clashed, despite their mothers' epic friendship; but now that they are living in the same house, beset by medical crises and Penny's problems dealing with the trauma of her father's death, they have to come to terms with their true feelings for each other.
Book cover for "Ace of spades"
Star rating for Ace of spades
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
Notes:
bi mc; gay mc
Description:
At Niveus Private Academy, Devon and Chiamaka are the only students chosen to be Senior Prefects who are also black, which makes them targets for a series of anonymous texts revealing their secrets to the entire student body. Both students were on track toward valedictorian and bright college futures, but this prank quickly turns into a very dangerous game and they are at more than one disadvantage as it looks like things could turn deadly.
Book cover for "Across a field of starlight"
Star rating for Across a field of starlight
Average Rating:
3 stars
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nonbinary + aro ace-spec mc's, queer normative
Description:
Lu and Fassen are from different worlds and separate solar systems, so when the war of Fassen's world invades Lu's peaceful home, they find themselves at the forefront of a battle they hoped would never happen.
Book cover for "Act cool"
Star rating for Act cool
Average Rating:
4 stars
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trans mc
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Transgender teen and aspiring actor August lands a spot at a prestigious performing arts high school in New York City, but he struggles to move past the life he left behind, with conservative parents who wanted to send him to conversion therapy.
Book cover for "Aetherbound"
Star rating for Aetherbound
Average Rating:
5 stars
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trans mc
Description:
After escaping her abusive family's interstellar merchant ship, seventeen-year-old Pendt lands on a remote space station run by the Brannick twins, and together they make plans to thwart the destinies they never wanted.
Book cover for "The afterward"
Star rating for The afterward
Average Rating:
5 stars
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bi mc; lesbian mc
Description:
In the aftermath of a successful quest, Apprentice Kalanthe and Olsa-the-thief-of-the-realm must cope with their newfound fame and find a way to overcome the forces that would drive them apart.
Book cover for "Afterworlds"
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Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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demi mc
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In alternating chapters, eighteen-year-old Darcy Patel navigates the New York City publishing world and Lizzie, the heroine of Darcy's novel, slips into the "Afterworld" to survive a terrorist attack and becomes a spirit guide, as both face many challenges and both fall in love.
Book cover for "All boys aren't blue"
Star rating for All boys aren't blue
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Notes:
gay mc
Description:
From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first sexual relationships, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys. Both a primer for teens eager to be allies as well as a reassuring testimony for young queer men of color, All Boys Aren't Blue covers topics such as gender identity, toxic masculinity, brotherhood, family,...
Book cover for "All of us villains"
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Average Rating:
4 stars
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bi mc
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Every generation, seven families select a champion to compete in a tournament to the death for control of high magick--the most powerful resource in the world--but this year, a salacious tell-all book draws reporters, tourists, and government agents to Ilvernath to watch the bloody curse unfold and some of the champions are determined to thwart their destinies and rewrite their stories.
Book cover for "All our hidden gifts"
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Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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sapphic mc, bi genderfluid li
Description:
Maeve Chambers doesn't have much going for her. Not only does she feel like the sole idiot in a family of geniuses, she managed to drive away her best friend Lily a year ago. But when she finds a pack of dusty old tarot cards at school, and begins to give scarily accurate readings to the girls in her class, she realizes she's found her gift at last. Things are looking up - until she discovers a strange card in the deck that definitely shouldn't be...

13. All out

Book cover for "All out"
Star rating for All out
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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queer anthology
Description:
Take a journey through time and genres and discover a past where queer figures live, love, and shape the world around them in this collection in which 17 young adult authors across the queer spectrum come together to write diverse historical fiction for teens.
Book cover for "All together now"
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Average Rating:
3.3 stars
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When her band's drummer and fellow guitarist start dating, life gets awkward for eighth-grader Bina, a talented musician and songwriter, whose discomfort only multiplies when her best friend Austin develops a crush on her.
Book cover for "Always the almost"
Star rating for Always the almost
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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gay trans mc, pan li
Description:
Sixteen-year-old trans boy Miles Jacobson's New Year resolutions include winning back his ex-boyfriend and winning the Widewest's biggest classical piano competition, but when a new, proudly queer boy moves to town, Miles reconsiders who he was and who he is now.
Book cover for "And other mistakes"
Star rating for And other mistakes
Average Rating:
4 stars
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lesbian mc
Description:
"Seventeen-year-old Aaliyah is trying to survive her last years of high school, but things become much more complicated after she is outed by a church elder and Aaliyah must navigate new friends, old flames, and nosy school counselors during her senior year."--
Book cover for "Ander & Santi were here"
Star rating for Ander & Santi were here
Average Rating:
5 stars
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nonbinary mc, bi li
Description:
Nonbinary teen Ander is ready to leave their family's taquería and focus on their art, but when Santi, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, begins to work at the restaurant, the two teens spark a romance made complicated by immigration police.
Book cover for "Anne of Greenville"
Star rating for Anne of Greenville
Average Rating:
5 stars
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lesbian mc, sapphic
Description:
In this contemporary retelling of Anne of Green Gables, Anne Shirley, a queer, half-Japanese disco superfan, moves to a town that seems too small for her big personality and where she becomes embroiled in a series of dramatic and unfortunate events.
Book cover for "Arden High"
Star rating for Arden High
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Series:
Arden High volume 2.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
demi mc; queer-normative
Description:
Waitlisted by her dream college and questioning her identity, Leah steps down as cheer captain to focus on her future, but when the competition for captaincy goes awry, power-hungry twins take command of the squad and immediately pit the cheerleaders against the basketball team.
Book cover for "Are you listening?"
Star rating for Are you listening?
Average Rating:
2.7 stars
Description:
A chance encounter sends runaway Bea on a journey through West Texas with Lou, who Bea must trust as she is driven to confront buried truths about loss and heartbreak.