Little Black Bird
By: Anna Kirchner
4.01
Format: 300 pages, ebook
Magic is dying out, but it will not disappear without a fight. Wiktoria is a seventeen year old …
Want to Read $ 8.99"There's nothing wrong with you. And I don't like your idea that I can 'fix' you. You aren't broken. There's nothing to fix."-Anna Kirchner, Little Black Bird
"It's okay not to know. It's okay to question. It's okay to change your mind. It's okay to change your label or not want a label at all. It's okay to challenge the heteronormative standards of the society. Hell, it's okay to challenge amatonormative standards of the society."-Anna Kirchner, Little Black Bird
"I like you. I like us. But I don't want you to push yourself to make it romantic or sexual or whatever just because you think we should, because we have matching heart lines, or are bonded by magic, or you think I'm your soulmate. Besides, I'm still figuring things out myself and I don't like the idea that I'm attracted to you only because of magic. Or that I'm attracted to magic itself."-Anna Kirchner, Little Black Bird
"You know, there's this bullshit idea that you just magically know when you like someone romantically or sexually. But that's all it is - bullshit. Emotions are messy. People are messy. I imagine that magic makes it all just messier. And anything that isn't a clear-cut heterosexual romance out of a Disney film or a Hollywood romcom is constantly being put into doubt and questioned, because we are so used to seeing the same simple story repeated over and over again. That being straight or gay are the only options, that one person is right for you your entire life, that you just know you're meant to be, that couples have to be exclusive to be real relationships, that couples need to be couples, that romance always comes with sex. Life is not that easy. People and attraction are way more complicated than that."-Anna Kirchner, Little Black Bird
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1. Not Even Bones (Market of Monsters, #1)
By: Rebecca Schaeffer
4.14
Format: 368 pages, ebook
Dexter meets This Savage Song in this dark fantasy about a girl who sells magical body parts on the… read more
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- urban fantasy
- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- fantasy
- paranormal
"I know."-Rebecca Schaeffer, Not Even Bones (Market of Monsters, #1)
"He snorted. “You do remember that I’m on the wrong side of the cage now?"-Rebecca Schaeffer, Not Even Bones (Market of Monsters, #1)
"Morals were nothing but things to be manipulated with. They were tools you could use against others, and weapons others could use against you."-Rebecca Schaeffer, Not Even Bones (Market of Monsters, #1)
"I won't ever say I'm a good person. I don't want to be. I like who I am - and I don't want to lose that. I don't want to lose me. Because it felt like that's what happened to all of them. They'd lost…"-Rebecca Schaeffer, Not Even Bones (Market of Monsters, #1)
2. The Assassin's Curse (The Assassin's Curse, #1)
By: Cassandra Rose Clarke
4.53
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Ananna of the Tanarau abandons ship when her parents try to marry her off to another pirate clan. B… read more
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3. The Sunshine Court (All For the Game, #4)
By: Nora Sakavic
4.59
Format: None pages, None
My name is Jean Moreau. My place is at Evermore. I belong to the Moriyamas. It is a truth Jean h… read more
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- fiction
- queer
- young adult
- lgbt
"What you hold onto is less important than the act of holding on itself. It’s so easy to get lost in ourselves and this world. Sometimes you need to find your way back one tiny miracle at a time."-Nora Sakavic, The Sunshine Court (All For the Game, #4)
"Jean held onto his control with everything he had left after such a nightmarish day, but he could feel his grip slipping. Endure, he warned himself, and on its tail-end came a desperate How much must…"-Nora Sakavic, The Sunshine Court (All For the Game, #4)
4. Ellen Outside the Lines
By: A.J. Sass
4.37
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A novel about a neurodivergent thirteen-year-old navigating changing friendships, a school trip, an… read more
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- queer
- fiction
- lgbt
"Not every person fits neatly into categories. Life doesn't always stick to a planned itinerary."-A.J. Sass, Ellen Outside the Lines
5. A Scatter of Light
By: Malinda Lo
3.87
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning author Malinda Lo returns to the Bay Area with another masterful coming-of-queer-age … read more
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- fiction
- queer
- young adult
- lgbt
"This is what I’ve learned: The art is greater than you and your feelings. You have to serve it. It is not you. Some people will never understand that, but you need to surround yourself with people wh…"-Malinda Lo, A Scatter of Light
6. 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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- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
- 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
7. A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)
By: Hafsah Faizal
3.57
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
Why save the world when you can have tea? On the streets of White Roaring, Arthie Casimir is a c… read more
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- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- paranormal
- fantasy
"Every good love story starts with a bullet to the heart."-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)
"We understand what it's like to grieve with fire and not tears."-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)
"It was hard not to watch Arthie Casimir. The way she worked and schemed, at times as still as stone, other times as restless as a bee. For the most part, Arthie obscured her femininity. She was, afte…"-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)
8. Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White (Song of the Last Kingdom, #2)
By: Amélie Wen Zhao
3.92
Format: 345 pages, Paperback
The epic sequel to the book Song of Silver, Flame Like Night, is a fast-paced, riveting YA fantasy … read more
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- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- fantasy
- mythology
9. Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
By: Lex Croucher
4.01
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Heartstopper meets A Knight’s Tale in this queer medieval rom-com YA debut about love, friendship, … read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
"To be afraid you must have something you cannot bear to lose."-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
"You know fathers aren't always right just by virtue of being fathers."-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
"Not everybody lives for the triumphs and defeats, the epic highs and lows of the little black and white squares"-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
"The problem with compromise is that... you sit on the fence for so long that you discover you've built a kingdom on it."-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
10. Loveless
By: Alice Oseman
4.20
Format: 433 pages, Paperback
It was all sinking in. I’d never had a crush on anyone. No boys, no girls, not a single person I ha… read more
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- fiction
- queer
- young adult
- lgbt
"God, I am sad gay and alone"-Alice Oseman, Loveless
" Some little comedy play? Apologize to Oscar Wilde right the fuck now!"-Alice Oseman, Loveless
"I wasn’t going to die alone. I was going to try harder. I wanted forever love. I didn’t want to be loveless."-Alice Oseman, Loveless
"Give your friendships the magic you would give a romance. Because they're just as important. Actually, for us, they're way more important."-Alice Oseman, Loveless
11. This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart, #1)
By: Kalynn Bayron
4.12
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Darkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron's new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a … read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- fantasy
- mythology
- queer
12. Aces Wild: A Heist
By: Amanda DeWitt
3.78
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
What happens in Vegas when an all-asexual online friend group attempts to break into a high-stakes … read more
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- asexual
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- queer
"Just because you didn't experience sexual attraction didn't mean you didn't you didn't experience romantic feelings. But those romantic feelings didn't look like they did in the movies because, well,…"-Amanda DeWitt, Aces Wild: A Heist
"It felt like a puzzle, mostly put together but with a piece missing, waiting to be filled. There were plenty of pieces to fill it- gay, straight, bisexual- but none fit quite right. Sometimes I thoug…"-Amanda DeWitt, Aces Wild: A Heist
13. Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1)
By: Amélie Wen Zhao
3.80
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
In a fallen kingdom, one girl carries the key to discovering the secrets of her nation’s past—and u… read more
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- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- fantasy
- mythology
"A sword's purpose may be determined by its wielder, but take the weapon away entirely, and neither the merciful nor the cruel may draw blood with it."-Amélie Wen Zhao, Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1)
"What use are tears? Ying had murmured to her once, back when they had just crossed their twelfth cycle of life and the wounds of Lan’s losses still cut deep every night. The dead will neither feel th…"-Amélie Wen Zhao, Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1)
"What use are tears? Ying had murmured to her once, back when they had just crossed their twelfth cycle of life and the wounds of Lan’s losses still cut deep every night. The dead will neither feel th…"-Amélie Wen Zhao, Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1)
14. Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)
By: Darcie Little Badger
4.00
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
Imagine an America very similar to our own. It's got homework, best friends, and pistachio ice crea… read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- paranormal
- fantasy
- queer
"Everyone loves pill-bugs. They're the insect version of hedgehogs."-Darcie Little Badger, Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)
"It's hard to know that you're flying too high until the feathers start dropping."-Darcie Little Badger, Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)
"She's say his name and tell his story. Maybe, someday, he'd follow the words home."-Darcie Little Badger, Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)
"She'd say his name and tell his story. Maybe, someday, he'd follow the words home."-Darcie Little Badger, Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)
15. When Villains Rise (Market of Monsters, #3)
By: Rebecca Schaeffer
4.21
Format: 384 pages, ebook
Dexter meets Victoria Schwab in this dark and compelling fantasy about a girl who is determined to … read more
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- urban fantasy
- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- fantasy
- paranormal
"Sometimes freedom comes at an ugly price." •pg.246 - Nita"-Rebecca Schaeffer, When Villains Rise (Market of Monsters, #3)
"Anytime a Zannie is the only one enjoying a situation,you know something has gone terrible wrong."-Rebecca Schaeffer, When Villains Rise (Market of Monsters, #3)
"Kovit made a small sound in the back of his throat but rolled with it, matching her vicious kiss with equal force..."-Rebecca Schaeffer, When Villains Rise (Market of Monsters, #3)
"Looking at Fabricio meant facing her own part in his screams. It meant facing that she didn't actually feel bad about what she did."-Rebecca Schaeffer, When Villains Rise (Market of Monsters, #3)
16. Only Ashes Remain (Market of Monsters, #2)
By: Rebecca Schaeffer
4.18
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
After escaping her kidnappers and destroying the black market where she was held captive, all Nita … read more
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- urban fantasy
- young adult
- fiction
- paranormal
- fantasy
"How many secrets does it take before it's all a lie?"-Rebecca Schaeffer, Only Ashes Remain (Market of Monsters, #2)
"I am not a good person. But I am a person. I make my own choices."-Rebecca Schaeffer, Only Ashes Remain (Market of Monsters, #2)
"All lives are hard. But some leave you alive, and some leave you dead."-Rebecca Schaeffer, Only Ashes Remain (Market of Monsters, #2)
"Sometimes she could see the monster inside him. And sometimes he made her see the monster inside herself."-Rebecca Schaeffer, Only Ashes Remain (Market of Monsters, #2)
17. Just Lizzie
By: Karen Wilfrid
4.35
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this beautifully written contemporary middle grade debut, an eighth grader's study of asexuality… read more
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- asexual
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- queer
"How do you “start"-Karen Wilfrid, Just Lizzie
"I thought having a name for myself, asexual, would be the answer. It isn’t, though. I don’t just want to know myself. I want other people to know me, understand me, believe me. So that I can actually…"-Karen Wilfrid, Just Lizzie
"Sarah Nan takes me by the wrist and pulls me away. 'Lizzie, you were talking to a boy !' 'It's no big deal,' I tell her. Maybe it was--because it didn't feel like talking to a boy. It felt like talki…"-Karen Wilfrid, Just Lizzie
" Asexual . The prefix 'a-' means 'not.' Hasn't my life always been about what I'm not? Not pretty, not athletic, not interested, not ready--but now here's this word that tells me that what I am not i…"-Karen Wilfrid, Just Lizzie
18. You Don't Have a Shot
By: Racquel Marie
4.38
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A queer YA romance about rival soccer players from author Racquel Marie, perfect for fans of She Dr… read more
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- fiction
- queer
- young adult
- lgbt
19. Seven Devils (Seven Devils, #1)
By: L.R. Lam
3.93
Format: 458 pages, Hardcover
When Eris faked her death, she thought she had left her old life as the heir to the galaxy's most r… read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
"Eris got the call from the commander while she was killing a man."-L.R. Lam, Seven Devils (Seven Devils, #1)
20. Seven Mercies (Seven Devils, #2)
By: L.R. Lam
4.16
Format: 426 pages, Hardcover
The second book in a feminist space opera duology that follows the team of seven rebels who will fr… read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
21. Little Black Bird
By: Anna Kirchner
4.01
Format: 300 pages, ebook
Magic is dying out, but it will not disappear without a fight. Wiktoria is a seventeen year old … read more
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- urban fantasy
- asexual
- lgbt
- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- fantasy
- paranormal
- mythology
- queer
"There's nothing wrong with you. And I don't like your idea that I can 'fix' you. You aren't broken. There's nothing to fix."-Anna Kirchner, Little Black Bird
"It's okay not to know. It's okay to question. It's okay to change your mind. It's okay to change your label or not want a label at all. It's okay to challenge the heteronormative standards of the soc…"-Anna Kirchner, Little Black Bird
"I like you. I like us. But I don't want you to push yourself to make it romantic or sexual or whatever just because you think we should, because we have matching heart lines, or are bonded by magic, …"-Anna Kirchner, Little Black Bird
"You know, there's this bullshit idea that you just magically know when you like someone romantically or sexually. But that's all it is - bullshit. Emotions are messy. People are messy. I imagine that…"-Anna Kirchner, Little Black Bird
