Just Happy to Be Here
By: Naomi Kanakia
3.73
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this YA standalone perfect for fans of Tobly McSmith and Meredith Russo, the first out trans gir…
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1. Black Girl You Are Atlas
By: Renée Watson
4.61
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson. In thi… read more
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- audiobook
- young adult
- contemporary
2. Dear Wendy
By: Ann Zhao
4.01
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Dear Wendy's Sophie and Jo, two aromantic and asexual students at Wellesley College, engage in an o… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"Nobody talks about breaking up with your friends. It sucks. Especially when that friend ditches you to be with whoever they think is The One."-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy
"And still, it's hard to find people like me. The asexual community is small enough as it is; there are fewer aromantic people and even fewer people who are both."-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy
"And that really made me think for the first time about how this could happen with any friend who's not also aroace. Like, my person, my closest confidant, will probably always have someone else - a r…"-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy
3. Homebody
By: Theo Parish
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- young adult
- contemporary
- queer
"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"-Theo Parish, Homebody
4. Bunt! Striking Out on Financial Aid
By: Ngozi Ukazu
4.12
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Molly Bauer's first year of college is not the picture-perfect piece of art she'd always envisioned… read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
5. 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
- 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
6. Just Say Yes
By: Goldy Moldavsky
3.72
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Jimena Ramos had no idea she was undocumented.Now she’s seventeen, and she needs to figure out a wa… read more
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- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
7. Shut Up, This Is Serious
By: Carolina Ixta
4.15
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An unforgettable YA debut about two Latina teens growing up in East Oakland as they discover that t… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
8. Canto Contigo
By: Jonny Garza Villa
4.27
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
When a Mariachi star transfers schools, he expects to be handed his new group's lead vocalist spot—… read more
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- audiobook
- transgender
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
9. The No-Girlfriend Rule
By: Christen Randall
4.22
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Julie Murphy meets Casey McQuiston in this unforgettable queer romance about a teen girl whose fora… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
10. Diary of a Confused Feminist
By: Kate Weston
3.80
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Kat wants to do GOOD FEMINISM, although she's not always sure what that means. She also wants to be… read more
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- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
11. Icarus
By: K. Ancrum
4.08
Format: 382 pages, Hardcover
Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, this… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
12. Punk Rock Karaoke
By: Bianca Xunise
4.04
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A debut young adult graphic novel from Ignatz Award-winning and nationally syndicated cartoonist, B… read more
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- contemporary
- lgbt
- young adult
- queer
13. Just Happy to Be Here
By: Naomi Kanakia
3.73
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this YA standalone perfect for fans of Tobly McSmith and Meredith Russo, the first out trans gir… read more
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- audiobook
- young adult contemporary
- transgender
- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- queer lit
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
14. 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
15. Just Another Epic Love Poem
By: Parisa Akhbari
4.29
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Best friendship blossoms into something more in this gorgeously written queer literary romance. … read more
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- young adult contemporary
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
16. The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee
By: Ellen Oh
3.46
Format: None pages, None
When a Korean American teenage artist gets sucked into the world of her own web comic, she must fin… read more
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- young adult contemporary
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"You wrote me and all these other people into a story that robbed us of our free will. These past few weeks, I felt like someone was forcing me to do things I didn't want to do, feel things I didn't w…"-Ellen Oh, The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee
17. 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
18. Looking for Smoke
By: K.A. Cobell
4.27
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Since moving to the Blackfeet Reservation with her parents, Mara Racette has felt like an outsider,… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
19. 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
20. Death's Country
By: R.M. Romero
3.84
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Hadestown meets “Orpheus and Eurydice” when two Miami teens travel to the underworld to retrieve th… read more
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- fiction
- lgbt
- young adult
- queer
21. Age 16
By: Rosena Fung
4.32
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
A powerful coming-of-age graphic novel about three generations of mothers and daughters passing dow… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
