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 "Boyfriends with girlfriends"
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Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
When Lance begins to date Sergio, who's bisexual, he's not sure that it'll work out, and when his best friend Allie, who has a boyfriend, meets Sergio's lesbian friend, she has unexpected feelings which she struggles to understand.
Book cover for "Canto contigo"
Star rating for Canto contigo
Notes:
trans mc; gay mc's
Description:
When Mariachi star Rafael Alvarez moves to a new school, he anticipates claiming the lead vocalist role, but instead faces a rival with a familiar face as he navigates family issues, competition, and complicated feelings for his rival.
Book cover for "Cemetery boys"
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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 "Constellations"
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genderqueer / nonbinary MC
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"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 "Fifteen hundred miles from the sun"
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"Julián Luna has a plan for his life: Graduate. Get into UCLA. And have the chance to move away from Corpus Christi, Texas, and the suffocating expectations of others that have forced Jules into an inauthentic life. Then in one reckless moment, with one impulsive tweet, his plans for a low-key nine months are thrown--literally--out the closet. The downside: the whole world knows, and Jules has to prepare for rejection. The upside: Jules now has...
Book cover for "Hockey girl loves drama boy"
Star rating for Hockey girl loves drama boy
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"A young adult graphic novel romance about a hotheaded hockey player who asks for temper management lessons from the cool, calm boy in drama club ... It should have been a night of triumph for Alix's hockey team. But her mean teammate Lindsay decided to start up with her usual rude comments and today Alix, who usually tries to control her anger, let it finally run free. Alix lashes out and before she knows it, her coach is dragging her off Lindsay,...
Book cover for "I shall never fall in love"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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lesbian mc; nonbinary mc; sapphic
Description:
"George has major problems: they've just inherited the failing family estate, and the feelings for their best friend Eleanor have become more complicated than ever. Not to mention, if anyone found out they were secretly dressing in men's clothes, George is sure it would be ruination for the family name. Eleanor has always wanted to do everything 'right,' including falling in love--but she's never met a boy she was interested in. She'd much rather...
Book cover for "I wish you all the best"
Star rating for I wish you all the best
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
After coming out as nonbinary, Ben must leave home and goes to live with a sister and her husband to finish the last year of high school.
Book cover for "Keepers of the stones & stars"
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Notes:
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 "Like a love song"
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Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
"A Brazilian American teen pop star hopes a fake relationship will turn her image around. After a humiliating public breakup moments before winning an award, 17-year-old Natalie's tearful breakdown becomes an embarrassing meme. To rebrand and fix her reputation, Natalie agrees to pretend to have a new boyfriend, and she signs a contract that sets her up for three months with up-and-coming British teen actor William Ainsley, who is White and Jewish....
Book cover for "The love code"
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"Astrid is a teen living in Vancouver who has lost everything: her girlfriend to a guy and her social status when her parents lose their jobs. Determined to make her way into university, she joins a robotics club hoping to make contacts and win a scholarship, but also finds the love of her life. The Love Code tells the story of a relatable teen navigating the contemporary world of women working in STEM careers within a changing economy."--
Book cover for "Middletown"
Star rating for Middletown
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Thirteen-year-old Eli's life descends into chaos when her older sister dupes social services into letting them live on their own after their mother is sent to court-ordered rehab.
Book cover for "Mismatched"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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"Seventeen-year-old Evan Horowitz learns the dangers of playing matchmaker in this modern graphic retelling of Jane Austen's Emma."--
Book cover for "Operatic"
Star rating for Operatic
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Description:
It's almost the end of middle school, and Charlie has to find her perfect song for a music class assignment. The class learns about a different style of music each day, from hip-hop to metal to disco, but it's hard for Charlie to concentrate when she can't stop noticing her classmate Emile, or wondering about Luka, who hasn't been to school in weeks. On top of everything, she has been talked into participating in an end-of-year performance with her...

15. Pulp

Book cover for "Pulp"
Star rating for Pulp
Average Rating:
2.7 stars
Description:
In 1955, eighteen-year-old Janet Jones keeps the love she shares with her best friend Marie a secret. It's not easy being gay in Washington, DC, in the age of McCarthyism, but when she discovers a series of books about women falling in love with other women, it awakens something in Janet. As she juggles a romance she must keep hidden and a newfound ambition to write and publish her own story, she risks exposing herself--and Marie--to a danger all...
Book cover for "Release"
Star rating for Release
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
Description:
Adam Thorn doesn't know it yet, but today will change his life. Between his religious family, a deeply unpleasant ultimatum from his boss, and his own unrequited love for his sort-of ex, Enzo, it seems as though Adam's life is falling apart. At least he has two people to keep him sane: his new boyfriend (he does love Linus, doesn't he?) and his best friend, Angela. But all day long, old memories and new heartaches come crashing together, throwing...
Book cover for "She gets the girl"
Star rating for She gets the girl
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Description:
"Alex Blackwood is really good at getting the girl she wants, but coming from a broken home with an alcoholic mother she finds commitment difficult, even when she thinks she is in love. Impossibly awkward Molly Parker has a crush on the cool Cora Myers, but she does not know how to even start a conversation, much less make a connection. Now they are all at college in Pittsburgh. Alex decides to 'help' Molly get the girl, while proving to her own flame...
Book cover for "The stars and the blackness between them"
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Told in two voices, sixteen-year-old Audre and Mabel, both young women of color from different backgrounds, fall in love and figure out how to care for each other as one of them faces a fatal illness.
Book cover for "Timekeeper"
Star rating for Timekeeper
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Series:
Timekeeper volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
In an alternate 1875 England, seventeen-year-old clock mechanic Danny, aided by the boy he loves, must discover who is sabotaging the towers that control the flow of time and stop him or her before it is too late.