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 "All that it ever meant"
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agender / genderfluid sc
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Reeling from the death of her mother, fourteen-year-old Mati's family leaves England to visit their native Zimbabwe, where Mati finds comfort in Meticais, a gender-neutral spirit or ghost who only she can see, and who helps her navigate her mercurial interpersonal relationships and feelings of grief.
Book cover for "Cinderella is dead"
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3.3 stars
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"Queer black girls team up to overthrow the patriarchy in the former kingdom of Cinderella"--
Book cover for "Cool. Awkward. Black"
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5 stars
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Featuring exclusively Black characters, this multi-genre story collection--drawing from contemporary, historical, fantasy, sci-fi, magical and realistic--celebrates and redefines the many facets of Blackness and geekiness, both in the real world and those imagined.
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As the newly crowned first Black king of England, seventeen-year-old James faces intense media scrutiny and a blackmailer intent on disclosing his deepest secrets, including his sexuality and hidden relationship.
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"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 "Rapunzella, or, don't touch my hair"
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"You're fifteen. You spend your time at school and at Val's hair salon with Baker, Val's son, who has eyes that are like falling off a cliff into space. The salon is a space of safety, but also of possibility and dreams. When you dream, you visit an enchanted forest full of friends and wonder. You dream of witches and magic, of hair so rich and alive that it grow upwards and outwards into a wild landscape, becomes trees and leaves, and houses birds...
Book cover for "That self-same metal"
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bi mc
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In 1605 London, sixteen-year-old Joan Sands' magical ability to control metal makes her a skilled craftswoman, but her family gift for observing the Fae, who recently broke the Pact and are now brutally attacking mortals, draws Joan into political intrigue in both human and Fae worlds.
Book cover for "Where sleeping girls lie"
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4 stars
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"A girl new to boarding school discovers dark secrets and coverups after her roommate disappears."--