Each of Us a Desert
By: Mark Oshiro
3.84
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A fantasy novel about finding home and falling in love amidst the dangers of a desert where stories…
Want to Read $ 12.99"The sound of sunlight is the gentle scurrying of lizards and mice, desperate to find shade and comfort. It's the earth, groaning and creaking as it wakes up, as the moisture within it is pulled away, cracking and breaking the soil. It is the scratching echo of our feet pressing."-Mark Oshiro, Each of Us a Desert
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1. The Grief Keeper
By: Alexandra Villasante
3.39
Format: 414 pages, Hardcover
Putnam has acquired Alex Villasante's The Grief Keeper, about sisters Marisol and Gabriella Morales… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
2. 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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- romance
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
3. Burn Down, Rise Up
By: Vincent Tirado
3.75
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Stranger Things meets Get Out in this Sapphic Horror debut from nonbinary, Afro-Latine author Vince… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- contemporary
- fantasy
- queer
4. We Set the Dark on Fire (We Set the Dark on Fire, #1)
By: Tehlor Kay Mejia
3.76
Format: 384 pages, ebook
At the Medio School for Girls, distinguished young women are trained for one of two roles in their … read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
"If we're not all free, none of us are free."-Tehlor Kay Mejia, We Set the Dark on Fire (We Set the Dark on Fire, #1)
"Think about all the crimes your precious government condones, not just the ones they punish. Then you can talk to me about who the real criminals are. If we're not all free, none of us are free. You …"-Tehlor Kay Mejia, We Set the Dark on Fire (We Set the Dark on Fire, #1)
"From up here, you couldn't see that people were starving. Couldn't see the ancient wall with the armed sentries stationed along it. Couldn't see the mothers' hands reaching, begging for a scrap of so…"-Tehlor Kay Mejia, We Set the Dark on Fire (We Set the Dark on Fire, #1)
5. Crazy Food Truck, Vol. 1 (1)
By: Rokurou Ogaki
3.65
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Gordon is a gruff, middle-aged cook running a food truck in a sand-covered wasteland. When he encou… read more
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- fiction
6. Life of Melody
By: Mari Costa
4.33
Format: 182 pages, ebook
Life of Melody is a queer romantic comedy & fantasy graphic novel by Mari Costa about a fairy godfa… read more
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- romance
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
7. The Bruising of Qilwa
By: Naseem Jamnia
3.75
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
In this intricate debut fantasy introducing a queernormative Persian-inspired world, a nonbinary re… read more
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- queer
- fantasy
- fiction
- lgbt
8. 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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- romance
- lgbt
- young adult
- 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
9. Friday I'm in Love
By: Camryn Garrett
3.84
Format: 288 pages, Library Binding
It's too late for a Sweet Sixteen but what if Mahalia had a Coming Out Party? A love letter to roma… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
10. The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)
By: Aiden Thomas
4.33
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where teen semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the h… read more
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- romance
- lgbt
- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
"No hetero, but damn, Teo, your wings" Niya circled Teo back on the boat. "Does this make me a furry?"-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)
"No hetero, but damn, Teo, your wings!" Niya circled Teo back onto the boat. "Does this make me a furry?"-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)
"Why was it that just because his body was different from everyone else’s, they thought they could ask whatever inappropriate questions they wanted."-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)
"Why was it that just because his body was different from everyone else's, they thought they could ask whatever inappropriate questions they wanted?"-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)
11. Man o' War
By: Cory McCarthy
4.39
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An achingly honest and frequently hilarious coming-of-age novel about an Arab American trans swimme… read more
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- romance
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"Not all trans people started out feeling like a different gender trapped in their skin. Some find themself a little at a time, a door inside that unlocks and reveals new doors, and new doors after th…"-Cory McCarthy, Man o' War
12. If You Still Recognise Me
By: Cynthia So
4.05
Format: 409 pages, Paperback
Elsie has a crush on Ada, the only person in the world who truly understands her. Unfortunately, th… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"I wonder if Ada would be able to feel the sapphic vibes if she could see the things she and I wrote to each other through the eyes of someone who was an outsider to our friendship."-Cynthia So, If You Still Recognise Me
"And I lie down and look at the ceiling, and I wonder how adults learn to love with this feeling that the past is always growing bigger, that you're always losing mroe of yourself to it."-Cynthia So, If You Still Recognise Me
"I didn't truly believe it back then. That I deserved to be seen. I do now, though. I do. And being seen requires being open about myself. Joan looks at me, soft, patient. I want to be seen."-Cynthia So, If You Still Recognise Me
"There's nothing like meeting someone and feeling comfortable with them instantly. That to me is the closest thing we have to magic in the world. The inexplicable connection that we just feel, right a…"-Cynthia So, If You Still Recognise Me
13. Turtle Under Ice
By: Juleah del Rosario
3.55
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A teen navigates questions of grief, identity, and guilt in the wake of her sister’s mysterious dis… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
14. Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story
By: Sarah Myer
4.40
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Eisner Award Nomination: Best Publication for Teens "A beautiful, courageous book.” Gene Luen Y… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
15. The Ones We Burn
By: Rebecca Mix
3.72
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Monster. Butcher. Bloodwinn. Ranka is tired of death. All she wants now is to be left alone, living… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
"Very dramatic" Percy said. "Maybe next time she'll consider theater instead of genocide"-Rebecca Mix, The Ones We Burn
"My strength is not owed to the wounds you gave me, but my willingness to let them scar."-Rebecca Mix, The Ones We Burn
16. Each of Us a Desert
By: Mark Oshiro
3.84
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A fantasy novel about finding home and falling in love amidst the dangers of a desert where stories… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- magical realism
- lgbt
- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- contemporary
- fantasy
- queer
"The sound of sunlight is the gentle scurrying of lizards and mice, desperate to find shade and comfort. It's the earth, groaning and creaking as it wakes up, as the moisture within it is pulled away,…"-Mark Oshiro, Each of Us a Desert
17. Losing the Girl (Life on Earth, #1)
By: MariNaomi
2.98
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
High school math prodigy Claudia Jones is missing. Her classmates share rumors of an alien abductio… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- young adult
18. Burning Roses (Hunting Monsters, #3)
By: S.L. Huang
3.70
Format: 156 pages, Hardcover
When Rosa (aka Red Riding Hood) and Hou Yi the Archer join forces to stop the deadly sunbirds from … read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
19. The Weavers of Alamaxa (The Alamaxa Duology, #2)
By: Hadeer Elsbai
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Following up on one of the most exciting fantasy debuts, The Daughters of Izdihar, Hadeer Elsbai co… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
20. Lakelore
By: Anna-Marie McLemore
3.92
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this young adult novel by award-winning author Anna-Marie McLemore, two non-binary teens are pul… read more
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- romance
- magical realism
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- fantasy
- queer
"There's a certain way that falling for someone can only ever feel when you've fallen at least a little for yourself first."-Anna-Marie McLemore, Lakelore
"The worst mistake I've ever made is bad all on its own, but I never think of it on its own. Some mistakes come in sets, and my worst mistake had a part one that came seven years earlier."-Anna-Marie McLemore, Lakelore
21. Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster
By: Andrea Mosqueda
3.78
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this voice-driven young adult debut by Andrea Mosqueda, Maggie Gonzalez needs a date to her sist… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
22. Sing Anyway (Moonlighters, #1)
By: Anita Kelly
4.05
Format: 124 pages, Kindle Edition
After a lifetime of failed relationships, non-binary history professor Sam Bell is committed to a n… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
23. The Stars Too Fondly
By: Emily Hamilton
3.80
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
In her breathtaking debut—part space odyssey, part sapphic rom-com—Emily Hamilton tells a tale of g… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
24. Ander & Santi Were Here
By: Jonny Garza Villa
4.21
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Aristotle and Dante meets The Hate U Give meets The Sun Is Also A Star: A stunning YA contemporary … read more
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- romance
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
25. A Warning About Swans
By: R.M. Romero
4.08
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Swan Lake meets The Last Unicorn by way of the Brothers Grimm in a dreamy, original fairytale in ve… read more
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- romance
- fantasy
- young adult
- lgbt
26. The Canadian Miracle
By: Cory Doctorow
3.61
Format: 23 pages, ebook
Short fiction from science fiction author, activist, and journalist Cory Doctorow!A contentious ele… read more
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- fiction
27. Rules for Second Chances
By: Maggie North
3.62
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Liz Lewis has tried everything to be what people want, but she’s always been labeled different in … read more
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- romance
- fiction
- contemporary
28. In the Vanishers’ Palace
By: Aliette de Bodard
3.67
Format: 145 pages, Kindle Edition
From the award-winning author of the Dominion of the Fallen series comes a dark retelling of Beauty… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
29. Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything
By: Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
3.77
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A Mexican American teen discovers profound connections between immigration, folklore, and alien lif… read more
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- romance
- magical realism
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- fantasy
"White people--guys especially--always imagine another way because their paths have always been saturated with forks. For Abuela and mi mamá, there was no fork. No other way."-Raquel Vasquez Gilliland, Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything
30. Gravity's Pull (Life on Earth, #2)
By: MariNaomi
3.54
Format: 224 pages, ebook
Claudia Jones has returned to Blithedale High School, but rumors about her possible alien abduction… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- lgbt
31. Distant Stars
By: MariNaomi
3.51
Format: 272 pages, ebook
In the final volume of the Life on Earth trilogy, celebrated cartoonist MariNaomi concludes her tal… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- lgbt
