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 "Always the almost"
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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 "Blackout"
Star rating for Blackout
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
"Six critically acclaimed, bestselling, and award-winning authors bring the glowing warmth and electricity of Black teen love to this interlinked novel of charming, hilarious, and heartwarming stories that shine a bright light through the dark"--
Book cover for "The borrow a boyfriend club"
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5 stars
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Noah Byrd is the perfect boy. At least, that's what he needs to convince his new classmates of to prove his gender. His plan? Join the school's illustrious (and secret) Borrow a Boyfriend Club, whose members rent themselves out for dates. Once he's accepted among the bros, the "slip-ups" end. But Noah's interview is a flop. Desperate, he strikes a deal with the club's prickly but attractive president, Asher. Noah will help them win an annual talent...
Book cover for "Caught in a bad fauxmance"
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bi mc, pan li
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Devin Baez is ready for a relaxing winter break at Lake Andreas. That is, until he runs into his obnoxious next-door neighbors the Seo-Cookes, undefeated champions of the lake's annual Winter Games. In the hope of finally taking down these long-time rivals, the Baezes offer up their beloved cabin in a bet. Reckless? Definitely. So when annoyingly handsome Julian Seo-Cooke finds himself in need of a fake boyfriend, Devin sees an opportunity to get...
Book cover for "Daniel, deconstructed"
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pan mc; nonbinary li, pan li
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"Photographer and film buff Daniel Sanchez learned a long time ago that the only way to get by in an allistic world is to mask his autism and follow the script. Which means he knows that boisterous, buff, and beautiful soccer superstars like his best friend, Mona Sinclair, shouldn't be wasting time hanging out with introverts...But when Daniel meets a new classmate, Gabe Mendes, who is tall, mysterious, nonbinary, and--somehow--as cool as Mona, Daniel...
Book cover for "Fake dates and mooncakes"
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Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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"... 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 "The feeling of falling in love"
Star rating for The feeling of falling in love
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
"Just days before spring break, Neil Kearney is set to fly across the country with his childhood friend (and current friend with benefits) Josh to attend his brother's wedding. Then Josh tells Neil that he's in love with him. With Josh still attending the wedding, Neil needs to find a new date to bring along. Almost against his will, he drafts his horrible roommate, Wyatt. At first, Wyatt (correctly) thinks Neil is acting like a jerk. but when they...
Book cover for "Friday I'm in love"
Star rating for Friday I'm in love
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
"After not being able to have a sweet sixteen party, Mahalia decides to throw a coming out party to celebrate love and herself"--
Book cover for "How to excavate a heart"
Star rating for How to excavate a heart
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
"Snowy weather and fish fossils help bring together two Jewish college freshmen spending winter break in Washington, D.C."--
Book cover for "Imogen, obviously"
Star rating for Imogen, obviously
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Notes:
questioning / bi mc, sapphic li
Description:
"Imogen Scott may be hopelessly heterosexual, but shes got the Worlds Greatest Ally title locked down. She's never missed a Pride Alliance meeting. She knows more about queer media discourse than her very queer little sister. She even has two queer best friends. There's Gretchen, a fellow high school senior, who helps keep Imogen's biases in check. And then there's Lili--newly out and newly thriving with a cool new squad of queer college friends....
Book cover for "Jay's gay agenda"
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Average Rating:
3.5 stars
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"A moving and hilarious sex-positive teen rom-com about the complexities of first loves, first hookups, and first heartbreaks--and how to stay true to yourself while embracing what you never saw coming."--
Book cover for "Keepers of the stones & stars"
Star rating for Keepers of the stones & stars
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gay mc; achillean
Description:
As his relationship with boyfriend Ethan is tested, high school sophomore Alek takes a stand to make his orthodox Armenian church more progressive.
Book cover for "The lesbiana's guide to Catholic school"
Star rating for The lesbiana's guide to Catholic school
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Sixteen-year-old Mexican American Yami Flores starts Catholic school, determined to keep her brother out of trouble and keep herself closeted, but her priorities shift when Yami discovers that her openly gay classmate Bo is also annoyingly cute.
Book cover for "Let's talk about love"
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Average Rating:
3.5 stars
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This book is compassionate, engaging, and adorable. It delves into the differences between romantic and sexual attraction and explores some facets of the broad range of asexuality. It provides much-needed, quality representation for both bi and asexual people, and queer people of color.
Description:
In this young adult novel, Alice, afraid of explaining her asexuality, has given up on finding love until love finds her.
Book cover for "Love is for losers"
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"While her mother builds a clinic in Syria and her best friend abandons her for a boyfriend, fifteen-year-old Phoebe lives with her godmother and discovers her own sexuality and vulnerability."--
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 "Never ever getting back together"
Star rating for Never ever getting back together
Average Rating:
3.2 stars
Description:
"Eighteen-year-old Maya Bailey enters a reality dating competition to get revenge on her cheating, royal-adjacent ex-boyfriend, and she ends up falling for another girl on the show--in fact, the girl he cheated on her with"--
Book cover for "Planning perfect"
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Average Rating:
4 stars
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Summer vacation quickly becomes complicated for Felicity Becker as she tries to plan a perfect wedding for her mom, figure out her feelings for her friend Nancy, and wonder what dating will look like for her as an asexual person.
Book cover for "Riley Weaver needs a date to the Gaybutante Ball"
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Femme, gay podcaster Riley Weaver, a member of the Gaybutante Society, makes a bet with his femmephobic classmate that he can find a masc date for the annual Gaybutante Ball and documents his search in a brand-new podcast.
Book cover for "Ryan and Avery"
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Tells the story of blue-haired Ryan and pink-haired Avery, two boys who meet at a queer prom, through their first ten dates as they fall in love amidst snowstorms, groundings, meeting parents, heartbreak, and every day and date in between.