Picture Us in the Light
By: Kelly Loy Gilbert
4.09
Format: 361 pages, Hardcover
Danny Cheng has always known his parents have secrets. But when he discovers a taped-up box in his …
Want to Read $ 7.99"Other people don't exist just to be your happy ending, you know?"-Kelly Loy Gilbert, Picture Us in the Light
"Something crackles on my skin like a fire. He felt me in that moment, he understood what it was to me."-Kelly Loy Gilbert, Picture Us in the Light
"We all have those things, I think – those things we want too badly to speak about aloud for fear someone'll swoop in and tell us we're just dreaming, those things we hold close and fantasize about at night and swear to the world we don't care that much about."-Kelly Loy Gilbert, Picture Us in the Light
"Art doesn't change the ending. It doesn't let you lose yourself that way--the opposite, really; it calls you from the darkness, into the glaring, unforgiving light. But at least--this is why it will always feel like a calling to me--it lets you not be so alone."-Kelly Loy Gilbert, Picture Us in the Light
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1. What They Always Tell Us
By: Martin Wilson
4.40
Format: 172 pages,
JAMES AND ALEX have barely anything in common anymore--least of all their experiences in high schoo… read more
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- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
2. At the Edge of the Universe
By: Shaun David Hutchinson
2.62
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
Tommy and Ozzie have been best friends since second grade, and boyfriends since eighth. They spent … read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
3. Only This Beautiful Moment
By: Abdi Nazemian
4.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the Stonewall Honor–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a sweeping story of three genera… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
4. Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)
By: Adib Khorram
4.24
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
Darius doesn't think he'll ever be enough, in America or in Iran. Darius Kellner speaks better K… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"How could I be a tourist in my own past?"-Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)
"...love was and opportunity, not a burden."-Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)
"Don't ask me, we never did anything other than kissing."-Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)
"Suicide isn't the only way you can lose someone to depression."-Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)
5. The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2)
By: Erik J. Brown
4.24
Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition
THEY FOUND EACH OTHER. NOW THEY MUST RESCUE WHAT THEY LEFT BEHIND. The highly-anticipated sequel to… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- young adult
- queer
"He sets the rifle down and we close the gap in between us in half a second. His arms around me, mine around him. Holding tight, as though we're trying to fuse ourselves together. It's familiar and lo…"-Erik J. Brown, The Only Light Left Burning (All That's Left in the World, #2)
6. Deposing Nathan
By: Zack Smedley
4.23
Format: 393 pages, Hardcover
Nate never imagined that he would be attacked by his best friend, Cam. Now, Nate is being called… read more
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- lgbt
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"If you think you need to earn enough points on someone’s rubric for them to accept you, then either you’re wrong to assume they won’t love you for who you are, or they never loved you in the first pl…"-Zack Smedley, Deposing Nathan
"I’ve spent every minute of these past months trying to figure out why I feel the things I feel, and if there’s a way to put that into words, I won’t find it. I am who I am. I’ve never acted on less t…"-Zack Smedley, Deposing Nathan
7. This Is Why They Hate Us
By: Aaron H. Aceves
4.06
Format: 390 pages, Hardcover
Enrique “Quique” Luna has one goal this summer—get over his crush on Saleem Kanazi by pursuing his … read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"People are exhausting. Sure, they can be fun sometimes; they can “open you up to new experiences"-Aaron H. Aceves, This Is Why They Hate Us
"What a horrible weight it is to be silent when you want to shout, to hold back when you want to reach out, to freeze when you want to melt."-Aaron H. Aceves, This Is Why They Hate Us
"I guess it's true that us queers are starved for stories that mirror our lives. I can't remember a time when I saw a queer person in a movie or TV show or book that I didn't have to actively seek out…"-Aaron H. Aceves, This Is Why They Hate Us
"Why is the world like this? How is the world like this? How is it that humans have created a society that allows a child to come to the conclusion that they would be better off dead than alive becaus…"-Aaron H. Aceves, This Is Why They Hate Us
8. Skater Boy
By: Anthony Nerada
4.03
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
In this YA pop-punk debut about queer romance and destroying labels, a teen risks everything to wr… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- coming of age
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"If we can convince our own minds we aren't good enough, we can't really be disappointed when we don't get what we truly want."-Anthony Nerada, Skater Boy
9. The Long Run
By: James Acker
4.31
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Two track and field athletes find an unexpected but powerful love in this unapologetically blunt an… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
10. Like a Love Story
By: Abdi Nazemian
4.26
Format: 432 pages, None
It's 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing. Reza is an Iranian boy w… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"I just have too much to scream about to leave just yet."-Abdi Nazemian, Like a Love Story
"In the language my mother speaks, I literally don't exist."-Abdi Nazemian, Like a Love Story
"There should be a limit on how long any human being has to wear braces. - Reza"-Abdi Nazemian, Like a Love Story
"I want her to hold me, ask me about him, something. Instead she says, 'I can't hear about this. Please. I can't."-Abdi Nazemian, Like a Love Story
11. Picture Us in the Light
By: Kelly Loy Gilbert
4.09
Format: 361 pages, Hardcover
Danny Cheng has always known his parents have secrets. But when he discovers a taped-up box in his … read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- queer
"Other people don't exist just to be your happy ending, you know?"-Kelly Loy Gilbert, Picture Us in the Light
"Something crackles on my skin like a fire. He felt me in that moment, he understood what it was to me."-Kelly Loy Gilbert, Picture Us in the Light
"We all have those things, I think – those things we want too badly to speak about aloud for fear someone'll swoop in and tell us we're just dreaming, those things we hold close and fantasize about at…"-Kelly Loy Gilbert, Picture Us in the Light
"Art doesn't change the ending. It doesn't let you lose yourself that way--the opposite, really; it calls you from the darkness, into the glaring, unforgiving light. But at least--this is why it will …"-Kelly Loy Gilbert, Picture Us in the Light
12. My Fair Brady
By: Brian D. Kennedy
4.00
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
My Fair Lady meets the classic teen film She's All That in this charming and swoony new rom-com fro… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
13. Teenage Dirtbags
By: James Acker
4.07
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the author of The Long Run comes another unflinchingly raw and boldly hilarious novel about an… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- coming of age
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
14. Chasing Pacquiao
By: Rod Pulido
3.68
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Experience the extreme joys, sorrows, and triumphs of a queer Filipino-American teenager struggling… read more
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- lgbt
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
15. The Breakup Lists
By: Adib Khorram
3.92
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Love is more complicated than “boy meets boy” in bestselling author Adib Khorram’s sharply funny ne… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
16. Another First Chance
By: Robbie Couch
4.28
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
They Both Die at the End meets You’ve Reached Sam, in this heart-stopping speculative young adult n… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
17. Six Truths and a Lie
By: Ream Shukairy
3.97
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Six Muslim teens are falsely accused of a deadly attack in this timely and harrowing examination of… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
18. Some Other Now
By: Sarah Everett
4.15
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
This Is Us for teens, this luminous and heartbreaking contemporary novel follows a girl caught betw… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
"A letter from the great-grandson."-Sarah Everett, Some Other Now
19. The Bump
By: Sidney Karger
3.88
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Two men expecting a baby via surrogate go on the road trip of a lifetime in this hilarious and poig… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- queer
20. The Queens of New York
By: E.L. Shen
4.04
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed author E. L. Shen comes a sun-drenched, cinematic YA novel about three Asian America… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Freudian slips happen to the breast of us"-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York
"Once you've bowed your head and burned the incense, the grief locks inside the coffin, shrouded underneath new grass and fertile soil. But I don't think Ariel has any grass at all."-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York
"I inhale with the waves flooding the shore. They are easy. They are mine. I can feel my heartbeat slowing. Bea may be in Queens underground, but for now, she is here. We are little girls again, on th…"-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York
"When I got my official acceptance letter in the mail, Umma immediately pinned it to the fridge. She took down my old tests to make room. This letter deserved the entire metal canvas. It was the culmi…"-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York
21. This Is Me Trying
By: Racquel Marie
4.20
Format: None pages, None
Perfect for fans of Nina LaCour, This is Me Trying is a profound and tender YA contemporary novel e… read more
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- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
