Into the Light
By: Mark Oshiro
3.98
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
When you're like me, you have to lie. It’s been one year since Manny was cast out of his family …
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1. 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
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
2. A Long Stretch of Bad Days
By: Mindy McGinnis
4.02
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Lydia Chass doesn’t mind living in a small town; she just doesn’t want to die in one. A lifetime of… read more
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- mystery thriller
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- audiobook
"The action is wrong. But the person committing it is a breathing, thinking, living, feeling human being. And I can tell you that most of the time where there's violence, there's fear- and it's not on…"-Mindy McGinnis, A Long Stretch of Bad Days
3. Rez Ball
By: Byron Graves
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
4. All the Fighting Parts
By: Hannah V. Sawyerr
4.44
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, a searing and defiant novel in verse about reclaiming agency a… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
5. Where You See Yourself
By: Claire Forrest
4.16
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Where You See Yourself combines an unforgettable coming-of-age tale, a swoon-worthy romance, and mu… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
6. Saints of the Household
By: Ari Tison
4.12
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town--tol… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
7. Invisible Son
By: Kim Johnson
4.20
Format: 416 pages, Library Binding
From the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of This Is My America comes another thriller… read more
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- mystery thriller
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- audiobook
8. Salt the Water
By: Candice Iloh
3.37
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Cerulean Gene is free everywhere except school, where they’re known for repeatedly challenging auth… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
9. We Are All So Good at Smiling
By: Amber McBride
3.88
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
They Both Die at the End meets The Bell Jar in this haunting, beautiful young adult novel-in-verse … read more
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- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Sorrow is no one's fault."-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling
"The only way out is through."-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling
"Let's write our story, so no one can take it away."-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling
"It starts in the middle not the beginning or the end- stories start in the middle."-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling
10. Beholder
By: Ryan La Sala
3.92
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
"Beholder is a resplendent monster of power, secrets, wealth, and murderous interior design." - An… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- fantasy
- queer
"People look into mirrors with such unguarded curiosity, never thinking that someone else is looking back."-Ryan La Sala, Beholder
"We mustn’t light our way with the flame of fear. It’ll make the shadows of even small things into impossible monsters."-Ryan La Sala, Beholder
"This book isn’t dedicated to you, Susan, but I know you’ll read it one day. So I just wanted to let you know you still owe me the rest of my security deposit. Hope those books of yours are going well!"-Ryan La Sala, Beholder
"Our world is an artful illusion—of light, color, and sound. It feels spontaneous when you’re in it, but it isn’t. Beneath it all, or above it all, there’s something both significant and unknowable. A…"-Ryan La Sala, Beholder
11. I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom
By: Shannon C.F. Rogers
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Packed with voice, this is a powerful coming-of-age YA novel about a Filipina-American teen who tri… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
12. The Blood Years
By: Elana K. Arnold
4.32
Format: 390 pages, Hardcover
The harrowing story of a young girl's struggle to survive the Holocaust in Romania. Frederieke T… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- audiobook
13. Forever Is Now
By: Mariama J. Lockington
4.28
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A poignant and lyrical young adult novel-in-verse about a Black teen coming of age in an anxiety-in… read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
14. Ariel Crashes a Train
By: Olivia A. Cole
3.99
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
“A gorgeously kind, wonderfully gentle, and unfailingly compassionate depiction of OCD...bursting w… read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"Parents set themselves up for failure by giving their kids names that mean too much. Some people put so much weight in names, and how is a baby supposed to carry anything so heavy as their parents’ d…"-Olivia A. Cole, Ariel Crashes a Train
15. An Appetite for Miracles
By: Laekan Zea Kemp
4.14
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning author Laekan Zea Kemp’s heart-wrenching novel-in-verse follows two teens who must co… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"...Faith doesn't work without common sense."-Laekan Zea Kemp, An Appetite for Miracles
"Dear God. I know our relationship is not supposed to be transactional. But, You are the one who invented an eye for an eye, so, maybe I can entice you with a good deal."-Laekan Zea Kemp, An Appetite for Miracles
"Because there are people in our lives; rare unexpected people who don't just walk beside us through life; they witness our lives too. They hold our memories in their DNA. So that when one body forget…"-Laekan Zea Kemp, An Appetite for Miracles
16. The Making of Yolanda la Bruja
By: Lorraine Avila
4.15
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Yolanda Alvarez is having a good year. She’s starting to feel at home Julia De Burgos High, her sch… read more
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- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Mamá Teté has a saying: “Al que no le gusta el caldo, que le den dos tazas."-Lorraine Avila, The Making of Yolanda la Bruja
"I wish I would’ve never internalized the need to put the needs of others over my own."-Lorraine Avila, The Making of Yolanda la Bruja
"Mamá Teté comes to my mind: “Our powers exist so we can preserve our power and take back and protect what is ours."-Lorraine Avila, The Making of Yolanda la Bruja
"Right above the mirror is the Julia De Burgos quote I’ve learned to love: “Don’t let the hand you hold, hold you down."-Lorraine Avila, The Making of Yolanda la Bruja
17. For Lamb
By: Lesa Cline-Ransome
4.52
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An interracial friendship between two teenaged girls goes tragically wrong in this powerful histori… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
18. I Am Not Alone
By: Francisco X. Stork
3.91
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning author Francisco X. Stork revisits some of the themes and ideas that made Marcelo in … read more
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- thriller
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
19. Into the Light
By: Mark Oshiro
3.98
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
When you're like me, you have to lie. It’s been one year since Manny was cast out of his family … read more
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- audiobook
- mystery thriller
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- fantasy
- queer
20. The Minus-One Club
By: Kekla Magoon
3.98
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the Coretta Scott King and Printz Honor-winning author of How It Went Down , Light It Up , and… read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
21. Good as Gold
By: Candace Buford
3.55
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Fans of Netflix's Outer Banks will devour this contemporary YA novel with a propulsive mystery abou… read more
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- mystery thriller
- young adult
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- audiobook
