Middletown
By: Sarah Moon
3.95
Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition
Thirteen-year-old Eli likes baggy clothes, baseball caps, and one girl in particular. Her seventeen…
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1. It's Not Like It's a Secret
By: Misa Sugiura
4.83
Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition
Sixteen-year-old Sana Kiyohara has too many secrets. Some are small, like how it bothers her when h… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
2. How to Find a Missing Girl
By: Victoria Wlosok
3.65
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
For fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and Veronica Mars, this whip-smart thriller follows a sap… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
3. The Baker and the Bard
By: Fern Haught
3.62
Format: 147 pages, Paperback
Author-artist Fern Haught weaves an enchanting, gentle fantasy tale of friendship, determination, a… read more
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- lgbt
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- queer
4. This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
By: Lyz Lenz
3.99
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America… read more
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- audiobook
"So much of our culture depicts young girls dreaming about their weddings. But every middle-aged woman I know dreams about living alone in the woods, maybe with a dog."-Lyz Lenz, This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
5. Bingo Love
By: Tee Franklin
3.93
Format: 92 pages, ebook
Bingo Love is a story of a same-sex romance that spans over 60 years. A chance meeting at church bi… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
6. Homebody
By: Theo Parish
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more
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- contemporary
- lgbt
- young adult
- queer
"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"-Theo Parish, Homebody
7. Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods
By: Grace Lin
4.21
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times bestseller! Newbery and Caldecott honoree and New York Times bestselling autho… read more
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- middle grade
- audiobook
8. Too Bright to See
By: Kyle Lukoff
4.13
Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition
A haunting ghost story about navigating grief, growing up, and growing into a new gender identity … read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- queer
"I've only known what that truth is for a morning, but can't imagine waiting another second to start the rest of my life as myself."-Kyle Lukoff, Too Bright to See
9. 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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- audiobook
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
10. The Canyon's Edge
By: Dusti Bowling
4.22
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A novel in verse about a young girl's struggle for survival after a climbing trip with her father g… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- audiobook
11. Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating
By: Adiba Jaigirdar
4.09
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Everyone likes Humaira "Hani" Khan—she’s easy going and one of the most popular girls at school. Bu… read more
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- lesbian
- audiobook
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"Sometimes I think that maybe I like guys more as a concept than a reality."-Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating
"Family is complicated, Hani. Everyone has a different relationship with their family."-Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating
"Right now, all men seem overwhelmingly unattractive - except the ones on the Netflix shows I watch."-Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating
"Sometimes I think that maybe I like guys more as a concept than a reality. And girls more as a reality than a concept."-Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating
12. Evergreen
By: Matthew Cordell
4.30
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
A picture book by Caldecott medal winner Matt Cordell about a timid squirrel who makes a brave jour… read more
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- fiction
13. I'll Just Be Five More Minutes: And Other Tales from My ADHD Brain
By: Emily Farris
3.67
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A hilariously honest, heartwarming essay collection about life, love, and discovering you have ADHD… read more
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- audiobook
- mental health
14. A Kind of Spark
By: Elle McNicoll
4.52
Format: 193 pages, Paperback
A neurodivergent girl campaigns for a memorial when she learns that her small Scottish town used to… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"No horrible, awful, rubbish day is worth damaging a library book."-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark
"Autistic people have probably done so much for hundreds of years without any credit."-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark
"While you are neurotypical and I am autistic, I promise we are more alike than we are different."-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark
"Books are not medicine, they are food. You won't remember every bite but you will remember the taste."-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark
15. The Chromatic Fantasy
By: H.A .
4.40
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
A gorgeously drawn graphic novel reminiscent of stained glass and illuminated manuscripts, telling … read more
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- lgbt
- fiction
- queer
"[Jules] No!! No! No! No! I want to be happy!! I want to love and be loved!! I want to feel safe!! I want to be someone who doesn't deserve it!! I want my life and my body and my soul!!"-H.A ., The Chromatic Fantasy
"[guard] 'Before we torture you, please sign the release.' [legal form] 'I shall not say "ah, my back really needed that!" when being drawn over the rack. (we've all heard it before. you're not origin…"-H.A ., The Chromatic Fantasy
16. Louder Than Hunger
By: John Schu
4.55
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- audiobook
17. Keedie
By: Elle McNicoll
4.69
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark, Keedie is a powerful coming-of-age story that tho… read more
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- lgbt
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
"I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not."-Elle McNicoll, Keedie
"I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces."-Elle McNicoll, Keedie
"You have to be the cartographer of your own heart. Make it into a map."-Elle McNicoll, Keedie
"She's like the sunflower. She'll find the sun no matter how much darkness other people try to put her in."-Elle McNicoll, Keedie
18. Sorry, Bro
By: Taleen Voskuni
3.66
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
An Armenian-American woman rediscovers her roots and embraces who she really is in this vibrant and… read more
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- lesbian
- audiobook
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"For all my mom knows, I am as straight as Taylor Swift (my mortal enemy)."-Taleen Voskuni, Sorry, Bro
"There's a moon ring on her index finger, and with her other hand she pinches the moon and twists the ring all the way around and back. I want to be that moon. The I immediately tell myself to dial it…"-Taleen Voskuni, Sorry, Bro
"I don't need to do a quick self-assessment to know that I read as super-duper straight. And, let's be real, a basic bitch. My hair is long past my shoulders, styled and sleek and very conventional. S…"-Taleen Voskuni, Sorry, Bro
19. The Lucky List
By: Rachael Lippincott
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Emily and her mum were always lucky. But Emily’s mum’s luck ran out three years ago when she suc… read more
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- lesbian
- audiobook
- lgbt
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"I need to be willing to play the game. I need to be willing to put myself out there, and be vulnerable, and take chances, even though I might lose."-Rachael Lippincott, The Lucky List
20. Want
By: Lynn Steger Strong
3.36
Format: 209 pages, Hardcover
Grappling with motherhood, economic anxiety, rage, and the limits of language, Want is a fiercely p… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- contemporary
"I wonder if any family, after too long trying and failing to love another, can hear one another's words beyond all the ways that they fall short."-Lynn Steger Strong, Want
"At least with hate you know what you are getting. Love like that, you forget sometimes it's not love, that it's empty, all words and performance, and still sometimes you grab at it, thinking maybe it…"-Lynn Steger Strong, Want
21. Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)
By: Olivia A. Cole
4.30
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
This searing and intimate novel in verse follows a sixteen-year-old girl coping with sexual abuse a… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"I remember the thing that I saw on Tumblr, how people with trauma will sometimes reexpose themselves to it, salt in the wound to stay alive. I am tired of salting the wound - I am ready to salt the e…"-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)
"My hair is the color of a dart frog: generations of death adapting into this exact shade of poison ...bright red and orange, the colors of pain, I WILL MAKE YOU SICK I WILL KILL YOU FROM INSIDE YOUR …"-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)
"The last barbecue I went to was at Sarah's house and I almost text her to tell her how when you have so many memories with one person, it's like a crime scene after they're gone. Fingerprints everywh…"-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)
"My mother thinks I’ve dyed my hair red for attention— How can I explain to her the ways that she is right and wrong. As of last night, my hair is the color of a brick the moment before it goes throug…"-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)
22. When Katie Met Cassidy
By: Camille Perri
3.10
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of The Assistants comes another gutsy book about the importance of women … read more
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- lesbian
- audiobook
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"Do you like girls? Is. That. A. Thing. You. Do?"-Camille Perri, When Katie Met Cassidy
"in such a setting a female body in a tuxedo- a tuxedo without a plunging neckline or cropped bottoms paired with stiletto heels, but a proper men’s tux- confused the hell out of people"-Camille Perri, When Katie Met Cassidy
"this larger than life space was in fact just a room like any other. It struck Katie then how much it was about the people who filled a space with drama and personality, with love and grudges and out-…"-Camille Perri, When Katie Met Cassidy
23. The Deepest Breath
By: Meg Grehan
4.27
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
Stevie is eleven and loves reading and sea-creatures. She lives with her mum, and she's been best f… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Not all bad things Are big bad things Not all sad things Are big sad things Sometimes they just come and go Just visitors And we don’t need to be Afraid of them"-Meg Grehan, The Deepest Breath
24. Ellie Engle Saves Herself
By: Leah Johnson
4.13
Format: 288 pages, None
Ellie Engle doesn’t stand out. Not at home, where she’s alone with her pet fish since her dad moved… read more
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- lesbian
- audiobook
- lgbt
- middle grade
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
25. Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding
By: Maia Kobabe
4.47
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
A graphic guide to chest binding with real-life stories and research-backed advice from bestselling… read more
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- lgbt
- queer
26. 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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- audiobook
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
27. Gay the Pray Away
By: Natalie Naudus
4.46
Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition
Valerie Danners is in a cult. She just doesn't know it yet. When she finds a queer book at the libr… read more
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- lesbian
- audiobook
- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
28. Summer and July
By: Paul Mosier
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the critically acclaimed author of Train I Ride and Echo’s Sister comes a moving story of frie… read more
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- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
29. Bloodline
By: Jenn Alexander
3.57
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Jenn Alexander introduces readers to a different kind of romance —think Sweeney Todd in a coffee sh… read more
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- lesbian
- audiobook
- fiction
- lgbt
30. All Signs Point to Yes
By: g. haron davis
3.40
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
a YA anthology of love stories for each of the star signs that will showcase multicultural characte… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
31. Middletown
By: Sarah Moon
3.95
Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition
Thirteen-year-old Eli likes baggy clothes, baseball caps, and one girl in particular. Her seventeen… read more
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- lesbian
- audiobook
- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
