Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal
By: Anna Whateley
4.09
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
At sixteen, neurodivergent Peta Lyre is the success story of social training. That is, until she fi…
Want to Read"Nothing escapes my alphabet powers. It’s exhausting."-Anna Whateley, Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal
"Nothing escapes my alphabet powers. It’s exhausting."-Anna Whateley, Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal
"Apparently, letters mean you should change. I need to learn a lot of rules instead of going to the park. I like rules. I don't like talking about rules."-Anna Whateley, Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal
"Apparently, letters mean you should change. I need to learn a lot of rules instead of going to the park. I like rules. I don't like talking about rules."-Anna Whateley, Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal
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1. A Quiet Kind of Thunder
By: Sara Barnard
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
Steffi doesn't talk, but she has so much to say. Rhys can't hear, but he can listen. Their love isn… read more
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- romance
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- disability
2. Queens of Geek
By: Jen Wilde
3.53
Format: 39 pages, Paperback
Three friends, two love stories, one convention: this fun, feminist love letter to geek culture is … read more
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- romance
- lgbt
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
3. Amelia Westlake
By: Erin Gough
4.45
Format: None pages, Paperback
From Ampersand Prize-winning author Erin Gough comes this ferociously funny romp through the halls … read more
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4. The Luis Ortega Survival Club
By: Sonora Reyes
4.24
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School comes a story in the vein of… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- autistic spectrum disorder
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
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5. 6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]
By: Tess Sharpe
4.19
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Six moments lead us to two girls, one kiss, and three little words that were maybe always true in t… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"I'm sorry you had to put all your feelings to the side so you could help me." "I'm not," she says fiercely. "I can, in fact, be mad at you and help you at the same time. It's called being emotionally…"-Tess Sharpe, 6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]
6. They Hate Each Other
By: Amanda Woody
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Jonah and Dylan get along like oil and water. Until a fake dating ploy gives them new perspective, … read more
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- romance
- lgbt
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
7. How to Excavate a Heart
By: Jake Maia Arlow
3.81
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
It all starts when Shani runs into May. Like, literally. With her mom’s Subaru. Attempted vehicu… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"I didn't use the word lesbian to describe myself until this year, though, which is when I chopped off all my hair and flirted with veganism"-Jake Maia Arlow, How to Excavate a Heart
8. She Gets the Girl
By: Rachael Lippincott
4.11
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
She’s All That meets What If It’s Us in this swoon-worthy hate-to-love YA romantic comedy from #1 N… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"Money's not as important as doing what you love."-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl
"That's how I knew you were lying that night. I know the real you. Just like you know the real me."-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl
"There's something reassuring in books and stories older than you are. Still talked about long after they've been written and long after their writers die. When the world around you is on fire, there'…"-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl
"And… all at once I see the truth. She never wanted to listen to me. Never was really there for me. She just wanted to control me. This isn’t love. The fighting. The lack of trust. Feeling like I’m wa…"-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl
9. The Midnight Girls
By: Alicia Jasinska
3.79
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
The Wicked Deep meets House of Salt and Sorrows in this new standalone YA fantasy set in a snow-clo… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- queer
"You don’t notice the bars of the cage,"-Alicia Jasinska, The Midnight Girls
"Where would you even go if you were free?"-Alicia Jasinska, The Midnight Girls
"I’ve tasted freedom. I’ve tasted hearts and it’s changed me."-Alicia Jasinska, The Midnight Girls
"It is not a fairy tale. And monsters like us don’t get happy endings."-Alicia Jasinska, The Midnight Girls
10. Ready When You Are
By: Gary Lonesborough
4.20
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
A remarkable YA love story between two Aboriginal boys -- one who doesn’t want to accept he’s gay, … read more
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- romance
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"Go to your elders. You should ask them about your country and your totem. Because that is your identity. A blackfella with no identity is a lost blackfella. He don't know where he belongs."-Gary Lonesborough, Ready When You Are
11. If Tomorrow Doesn't Come
By: Jen St. Jude
4.19
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
We Are Okay meets They Both Die at the End in this YA debut about queer first love and mental healt… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"There's nothing to know." Except I'm in love with you, I can never tell you that, and I know you'll be happier without me."-Jen St. Jude, If Tomorrow Doesn't Come
"We were never just friends, were we?’ I tried to remember. Had there ever been a time when my heart didn’t race around her? When my hands weren’t drawn to her hands? When fighting with her didn’t fee…"-Jen St. Jude, If Tomorrow Doesn't Come
"If I was drowning on land, in oxygen, maybe the floor of the river was the only place I’d be able to breathe. [...] I thought, again, I’m so tired. I’m such a disappointment. I don’t want to do this …"-Jen St. Jude, If Tomorrow Doesn't Come
12. Ophelia After All
By: Racquel Marie
4.06
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
A teen girl navigates friendship drama, the end of high school, and discovering her queerness in Op… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"HAMLET MAY HAVE BEEN A TRAGEDY. BUT OPHELIA DESERVED A COMEDY"-Racquel Marie, Ophelia After All
"It's been hard and messy and scary. I want you guys to care about it and what it changes for me, but without it changing us."-Racquel Marie, Ophelia After All
"But I don’t think the truest love is deemed so because it’s the most painful. Waiting for someone to love you back seems beautiful in a miserable way when you’re young. No offense."-Racquel Marie, Ophelia After All
"I may doubt the truths of the world, but never again will I doubt whether or not the person that I am, or may be, is loved or worthy of love. I know myself, and I don't. Both can be true."-Racquel Marie, Ophelia After All
13. Anything But Fine
By: Tobias Madden
3.96
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Luca is ready to audition for the Australian Ballet School. All it takes to crush his dreams is one… read more
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- romance
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"What is it about hot jocks being dorky that is so impossible to resist?"-Tobias Madden, Anything But Fine
14. Unnecessary Drama
By: Nina Kenwood
3.80
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
From the award-winning author of It Sounded Better in My Head comes a deliciously entertaining enem… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
15. Henry Hamlet's Heart
By: Rhiannon Wilde
4.15
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
A sparkling queer YA romance set in Brisbane, Henry Hamlet’s Heart follows one guy and his sometime… read more
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- romance
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
16. Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal
By: Anna Whateley
4.09
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
At sixteen, neurodivergent Peta Lyre is the success story of social training. That is, until she fi… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- autistic spectrum disorder
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- disability
- queer
"Nothing escapes my alphabet powers. It’s exhausting."-Anna Whateley, Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal
"Apparently, letters mean you should change. I need to learn a lot of rules instead of going to the park. I like rules. I don't like talking about rules."-Anna Whateley, Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal
"My heart beats too loudly at the change in plans. Changes happen sometimes; they aren’t always a bad thing. I grip my coffee cup and wriggle my toes. I can do this, the coffee says; of course you can…"-Anna Whateley, Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal
"Once, in the morning, I decided I would be a biologist, and spent hours in the library studying, preparing for my amazing career. I told the librarian, who still smiles at me. She must think I will g…"-Anna Whateley, Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal
17. Love Frankie
By: Jacqueline Wilson
3.89
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
GROWING UP. FALLING IN LOVE. COMING OUT. Frankie is nearly fourteen and teenage life certainly c… read more
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- romance
- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
18. Social Queue
By: Kay Kerr
3.99
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
'I thought I was nobody’s teen crush, but turns out I was just missing the signs.' Zoe Kelly is … read more
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- romance
- autistic spectrum disorder
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- disability
"It bothers me how people need the truth to be sugar-coated to be palatable. And that it's my job to remember the sugar."-Kay Kerr, Social Queue
"I’ve been trying to motivate myself to have a shower for the last forty-five minutes, but so far all I’ve managed to do is get my underwear out of the drawer and lie back down on the bed. Having a sh…"-Kay Kerr, Social Queue
19. Please Don't Hug Me
By: Kay Kerr
4.00
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A funny-serious own-voices story about what happens when you stop trying to be the person other peo… read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- disability
20. Euphoria Kids
By: Alison Evans
4.20
Format: 247 pages, Paperback
Ever since the witch cursed Babs, she turns invisible sometimes. She has her mum and her dog, but t… read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
21. True Love and Other Impossible Odds
By: Christina Li
4.18
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Pitched as Nina LaCour meets The Half of It, the story follows a first-year college student Grace T… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
