Both Sides Now
By: Peyton Thomas
3.30
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Gilmore Girls meets Red, White and Royal Blue in this witty and warm-hearted novel about a trans te…
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1. If I Was Your Girl
By: Meredith Russo
3.11
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A new kind of big-hearted novel about being seen for who you really are. Amanda Hardy is the new gi… read more
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- romance
- transgender
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
2. Hell Followed With Us
By: Andrew Joseph White
4.13
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Prepare to die. His kingdom is near. Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cu… read more
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- transgender
- gay
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- queer
"Do you believe in God? I do, please stop, there's so much blood"-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us
"I think it hits us all at the same time that maybe we'll live long enough to grow up."-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us
"Bein transgender is who you are, and the pain is what the outside does to you. The pain is what happens when you and the world go at each other's throats."-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us
"I'm done begging for a scrap of respect-I am done with those who enact suffering, and I am done with the sons of bitches who stand back and let it happen."-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us
3. I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)
By: Mason Deaver
4.16
Format: 329 pages, Hardcover
An alternate cover edition for 9781338306125 can be found here. When Ben De Backer comes out to … read more
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- romance
- transgender
- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"Whatever happens"-Mason Deaver, I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)
"The world’s too loud sometimes."-Mason Deaver, I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)
"This kid, Nathan, laughs like it's his favourite thing in the world to do."-Mason Deaver, I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)
"Bodies are fucking weird, especially when it feels like you don't belong in your own."-Mason Deaver, I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)
4. Stay Gold
By: Tobly McSmith
3.84
Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition
Debut author Tobly McSmith delivers a coming-of-age teen love story about a transgender boy who’s g… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- transgender
- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"When you’re seen as different, it’s best to go with the flow, pick your battles, and plan the right times to push back."-Tobly McSmith, Stay Gold
5. Act Cool
By: Tobly McSmith
3.79
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Named a Rainbow Book List Title and one of Bank Street Children's Best Books of the Year. A tran… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- transgender
- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"My reality is that I was born in the wrong body. Their reality is an old book full of rules, and if you follow the rules then you go to heaven. How real is that? More real than me?"-Tobly McSmith, Act Cool
"Love can be good and beautiful, like me and Davina. But sometimes it can be a fever dream running hot and cold, leaving you with art that looks like someone took a poop on a canvas."-Tobly McSmith, Act Cool
"Each trans and nonbinary person is like a unique and beautiful snowflake. Some people are more comfortable in their body and don’t need surgery or hormone therapy, and others do. No one way is right …"-Tobly McSmith, Act Cool
6. Meet Cute Diary
By: Emery Lee
3.25
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
Felix Ever After meets Becky Albertalli in this swoon-worthy, heartfelt rom-com about how a transge… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- transgender
- gay
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
7. Between Perfect and Real
By: Ray Stoeve
3.99
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Ray Stoeve’s Between Perfect and Real is a moving YA debut about a trans boy finding his voice—and … read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- transgender
- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"Not that I hate my body. There are just parts of it that aren't what they should be."-Ray Stoeve, Between Perfect and Real
"Burlesque involves stripping... It's also historically been a way of satirizing or commenting on politics, making people laugh, showing off your sexuality or your body- it's hella queer."-Ray Stoeve, Between Perfect and Real
8. Blaine for the Win
By: Robbie Couch
3.98
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
After being dumped so his boyfriend can pursue more “serious” guys, a teen boy decides to prove he … read more
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- romance
- gay
- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
9. May the Best Man Win
By: Z.R. Ellor
3.23
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
A trans boy enters a throw-down battle for the title of Homecoming King with the boy he dumped last… read more
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- romance
- transgender
- gay
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
10. Kiss & Tell
By: Adib Khorram
3.64
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Kiss & Tell is a total rush! Perfectly sweet and swoon worthy. I loved every page! - Julie Murphy, … read more
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- romance
- gay
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
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
- transgender
- 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. The Gravity of Us
By: Phil Stamper
3.61
Format: 314 pages, Hardcover
As a successful social media journalist with half a million followers, seventeen-year-old Cal is us… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- gay
- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"Fixing seems so permanent, so absolute. Like there’s no room for error. Aim to make things better."-Phil Stamper, The Gravity of Us
13. 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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- romance
- gay
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
14. Infinity Alchemist (Infinity Alchemist, #1)
By: Kacen Callender
3.49
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Infinity Alchemist is a spellbinding novel about a quest that leads three young alchemists toward u… read more
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- romance
- transgender
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- queer
15. Spin Me Right Round
By: David Valdes
3.55
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From lauded writer David Valdes, a sharp and funny YA novel that's Back to the Future with a twist,… read more
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- romance
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
16. Can't Take That Away
By: Steven Salvatore
4.07
Format: 375 pages, Hardcover
A debut novel about a genderqueer teen who finds the courage to stand up and speak out for equality… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- transgender
- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"Respect my existence or expect my resistance."-Steven Salvatore, Can't Take That Away
"If I'm not wearing makeup or something androgynous, they see me as a boy. If I do dress more feminine or androgynous, they see a boy but a boy wearing eyeshadow or nail polish. It's easier for people…"-Steven Salvatore, Can't Take That Away
17. Always the Almost
By: Edward Underhill
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A trans pianist makes a New Year's resolution on a frozen Wisconsin night to win regionals and win … read more
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- romance
- transgender
- gay
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
18. The Passing Playbook
By: Isaac Fitzsimons
4.13
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Fifteen-year-old Spencer Harris is a proud nerd, an awesome big brother and a Messi-in-training. He… read more
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- romance
- transgender
- gay
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"As if Spencer's thoughts were sending out a homing beacon, Justice looked over in his direction, making eye contact, and Spencer understood what Gimli saw when he gazed upon Galadriel. But, no. Just …"-Isaac Fitzsimons, The Passing Playbook
19. Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix
By: Anna-Marie McLemore
4.09
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
New York City, 1922. Nicolás Caraveo, a 17-year-old transgender boy from Minnesota, has no interest… read more
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- romance
- transgender
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- queer
"We were boys who had created ourselves. We had formed our own bodies, our own lives, from the ribs of the girls we were once assumed to be."-Anna-Marie McLemore, Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix
"Gatsby and I may have been nothing to men like Tom Buchanan, but men like that did not know we were as divine as the heavens. We were boys who had created ourselves. We had formed our own bodies, our…"-Anna-Marie McLemore, Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix
"There's no use denying that I fell a little bit in love with Jay, at least as much in love as I've ever been with any body. You see, Nicky, boys are always falling in love with me, but I don't fall m…"-Anna-Marie McLemore, Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix
20. Charming Young Man
By: Eliot Schrefer
3.80
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer comes an exuberant YA historical coming-of-ag… read more
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- romance
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- queer
21. Obie Is Man Enough
By: Schuyler Bailar
4.41
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
A coming-of-age story about transgender tween Obie, who didn't think being himself would cause such… read more
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- transgender
- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
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22. The [Un]Popular Vote
By: Jasper Sanchez
3.97
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Vaseline on the teeth makes a smile shine. It’s a cheap stunt, but Mark Adams knows it’s optics tha… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- transgender
- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"They smile at me, their dimples like divots at the corners of his mouth. Something clenches tight in my chest, and I'm pretty sure men have gone to war for this."-Jasper Sanchez, The [Un]Popular Vote
23. The Key to You and Me
By: Jaye Robin Brown
3.37
Format: 368 pages, ebook
KEY TO YOU AND ME, THE read more
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- romance
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
24. Geheimnisse (Brynmor University, #1)
By: Dominik Gaida
3.74
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
«Ich bin nach Brynmor gekommen, um herauszufinden, was mit meinem Bruder passiert ist. Aber manche … read more
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- romance
- contemporary
- queer
- lgbt
25. The Year I Stopped Trying
By: Katie Heaney
3.62
Format: 256 pages, Library Binding
Booksmart meets The Perks of Being a Wallflower in this novel of overachieving, existential crises,… read more
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- romance
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"I did not even want to know myself."-Katie Heaney, The Year I Stopped Trying
"I do want to be told exactly what to do, I just don't want them to act like I don't know what I'm doing"-Katie Heaney, The Year I Stopped Trying
26. Both Sides Now
By: Peyton Thomas
3.30
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Gilmore Girls meets Red, White and Royal Blue in this witty and warm-hearted novel about a trans te… read more
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- young adult contemporary
- transgender
- gay
- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
27. Rebound (Fake Boyfriend, #2.5)
By: Eden Finley
3.67
Format: 70 pages, ebook
Available in the Fake Boyfriend Breakaways collection ARON I’ve always known Wyatt was hot, b… read more
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- romance
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
28. Be Dazzled
By: Ryan La Sala
3.97
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Raffy has a passion for bedazzling. Not just bedazzling, but sewing, stitching, draping, pattern ma… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- gay
- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"... Carb-e Diem. Seize the bread."-Ryan La Sala, Be Dazzled
"Maybe it’s hardest to begin the things we know will bring about ends."-Ryan La Sala, Be Dazzled
29. It's Complicated - Liebe leicht gemacht (Fake Boyfriends, #3.5)
By: Eden Finley
3.51
Format: 126 pages, Kindle Edition
Schon seit vielen Jahren ist Max in seinen besten Freund Ash verliebt. Warum er ihm das verheimlich… read more
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- romance
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
30. Grün & Gold - Liebe in allen Farben 1
By: Lisa Brenner
4.02
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Die erste Liebe ist immer kompliziert Ein neues Schuljahr im Internat Tannenberg beginnt. Bei de… read more
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31. Grün & Gold, Band 1
By: Lisa Brenner
4.20
Format: 120 pages, None
Ein neues Schuljahr am Internat beginnt. Die Zehntklässler sind alte Hasen, aber dieses Jahr dürfen… read more
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- contemporary
- queer
- young adult
- lgbt
