Gay young adult novels

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From the New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop and Red, Pale & Royal Blue comes a romantic comedy about chasing down what you want, only to identify what you need...

An titanic sci-fi graphic novel love affair between two non-binary characters as they find one another through time, distance, and war. An astonishing story that explores the complexity of human essence and what brings us together.

2021 Goodreads Choice Award Finalist
2021 New York Public Library Best Books for Teens
2021 Cybils Award Winner
2022 GLAAD Media Award Winner
2022 Lambda Literary Award Finalist



A sweet, queer teen passion perfect for fans of Heartstopper and Check, Please!

Annie is a smart, antisocial lesbian starting her s

#1 New York Times bestseller! Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera reunite to continue the story of Arthur and Ben, the boys readers first fell for in the bestselling rom-com What If It’s Us.

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34 Books That Make Gay Teens Feel Seen

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Quill Tree Books "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

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In They Both Pass away at the End, Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio both receive some awful news on the matching day: that it's their last day alive. The pair are total strangers, but are looking to make a new ally on their "End Day." Mateo and Rufus encounter on an app called The Last Friend and endure a new adventure of living a lifetime in a single date. all while falling for each other.

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Harper Teen "It's Not Like It's a Secret" by Misa Sugiura

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Two star-crossed girls of color drop in love in this magical and easy-to-love adolescent adult novel. Told through the lens of 16-year-old Sana, whose family moves to California as her parents go through their own trials, this coming-of-age story is impossible to put down.

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Wednesday Books "I Kissed Shara Wheeler" by Casey McQuiston

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I Kissed Shara Wheeler is the latest free by Red, White, and Royal Blue author Casey McQuiston. It follows Chloe Green, a star pupil who's on

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These titles are all Fiction. Juvenile Adult Non-Fiction can be found under the Non-Fiction heading. Graphic Novels can be found here.

• B/P/Q/A – MC is bisexual, pansexual, queer/questioning, and/or asexual
• + = label is stated explicitly on-page
• Titles with MCs of color or indigenous MCs by BIPoC are in purple
• * = Not yet released
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Please note multi-POV books will be listed twice where more than one list is appropriate.

Queer Male Protagonists

Contemporary

• Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide
• This is Why They Hate Us by Aaron Aceves – B
• The Long Run by James Acker
• Teenage Dirtbags by James Acker
• How it All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi
• Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
• What if it’s Us? and Here’s to Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
• Indivisible by Daniel Aleman
• Under all the Lightsby Maya Ameyaw – B
• The Wicker King by K. Ancrum
• Icarus by K. Ancrum
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  The best LGBTQIA+ YA books to read right now

  There is no better feeling than the pleasure of racing through a nice book to figure out how it’s going to end. This is especially true when the novel is a funny, twisty-turny, or pacy story of mishaps and (mis)adventures with a main character you can believe in, a love interest to lust after, and a cast of out and pleased queer characters. In recent years, the choice of YA novels with just those ingredients has joyfully expanded and diversified – and it’s not just teenagers who have been enjoying all the reading fun.

  In the list below, you’ll find seaside romances, road trip misfortunes, nightclubs to swoon over, and revelations to shock and delight. Throughout them all, queer characters abound as they fall in adore, stand up for what they believe in, or learn something new about themselves. I Kissed Shara Wheeler, the latest from Casey McQuiston of Red, White, and Royal Blue and One Last Stop fame, brings together so many of these elements with a bisexual protagonist and a small town much queerer than initially meets the eye. It’s the delight in discovery these stories – and ourselves – that keeps readers coming back for more.

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